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OBJECTIVE
To assess the efficacy and safety of inhaled nebulized hypertonic saline (HS) solution in infants with acute bronchiolitis.
METHODS
Totally 129 patients with acute bronchiolitis (clinical severity score ≥ 4, aged 2-18 months) admitted to the Capital Institute of Pediatrics from November
BACKGROUND
Methotrexate (MTX) is potential change in immunosuppression after lung transplantation that may help to slow down the decline in lung function in bronchiolitis obliterans syndrome (BOS).
METHODS
We sought to analyze the safety and efficacy of MTX in patients with BOS, by retrospective
We report an immunodeficient patient with a rare gastrointestinal manifestation. A 26-year-old male with common variable immunodeficiency (CVID) and bronchiolitis obliterans, who was on intravenous gamma-globulin and prednisone, presented diffuse abdominal pain, nausea, vomiting and constipation of
Efalizumab is a recombinant humanised IgG1 kappa isotype monoclonal antibody against the CD11a molecule. Efalizumab is approved for the treatment of moderate-to-severe psoriasis and is currently administered as a weekly subcutaneous injection. Throughout October 2005, 19,000 patients were treated
BACKGROUND
Standard immunosuppression after lung transplantation includes calcineurin inhibitors, azathioprine, and steroids. Calcineurin inhibitor administration is associated with an increased renal impairment. Sirolimus shows no renal toxicity and could be used in selected patients.
METHODS
We
Vaping's popularity has grown exponentially since its introduction to the US market in 2003. Its use has sky-rocketed since the unveiling of the vaping pods in 2017 which may account for the advent of the vaping related illnesses we are now seeing. Substances such as nicotine solution,
BACKGROUND
Municipal effluent constitutes a large reservoir of human enteric viruses and bacteria. Contemporary monitoring practices rely on indicator bacteria, and do not test for viruses. Different viruses, including Norwalk-like viruses, Hepatitis A virus (HAV), adenoviruses, and rotaviruses, are
BACKGROUND
We observed an unexpectedly high incidence of postoperative gastroparesis among lung and heart-lung transplant recipients.
OBJECTIVE
To identify the incidence of GI complications and to describe the clinical profiles of patients who developed symptomatic gastroparesis after lung