Annals of Pulmonology

Review Article   |   10.36959/918/456 Volume 7 Issue 1

Factors Associated with Decreased Emergency Department Utilization after Written Asthma Action Plans

Authors: Alan Mallouhi, MS, JaVaughn Corey R. Gray, MS, MHS, Tiana Roddy, BS, MS, Chioma Udemgba, MD and Nereida A. Parada, MD

Data from the medical records of 373 adult patients with asthma who had a completed WAAP were retrospectively reviewed. Patients were evaluated for the effect of the receipt of a WAAP and ED utilizati... Read more

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Research Article   |   10.36959/918/455 Volume 7 Issue 1

Dry Powder Inhaler as the Most Common Treatment Option in Patients with COPD

Authors: Agung Rejecky and Erna Rochmawati

Treatment options for COPD are pharmacological and non-pharmacological therapies. COPD treatment aims to relieve symptoms, reduce the frequency of relapses and the severity of exacerbations. Treatment... Read more

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Case Report   |   10.36959/918/454 Volume 6 Issue 1

The Use of Oral Ketamine for Wound Dressing in an Adult Patient

Authors: Yusuf RA and Sanusi AA

Ketamine is a racemic mixture of two enantiomers, R- and S-ketamine. The mixture is primarily used as anaesthestic agent. In low or sub anaesthetic doses, ketamine has potent analgesic properties, and... Read more

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Review Article   |   10.36959/918/453 Volume 5 Issue 1

COVID-19 and other Respiratory Conditions - A Narrative Review of the Impact of the COVID-19 Pandemic on other Respiratory Conditions and Modifications Made to Adult Respiratory Services in the United Kingdom

Authors: Rabiu Momoh

In this article, we have explored the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on those with pre-existing respiratory conditions, as well as exploring modifications required to respiratory services in the Unit... Read more

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Research Article   |   10.36959/918/452 Volume 5 Issue 1

Pulverized Oral Nicotine Equivalent to One Cigarette Reduces Parasympathomimetic Neurovegetative Tone and Increases the Physical Dependence in Smokers

Authors: Susana Calvo Pascual, Rafa Peris Cardell and José Belda Ramírez

Nicotine has well known long term neurovegetative effects but their relationship to tobacco dependence is unknown. We study the change in the neurovegetative tone induced after sprayed nicotine, equiv... Read more

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Research Article   |   10.36959/918/450 Volume 4 Issue 1

D-dimer in COVID-19 Patients

Authors: Monica Pernia, MD, Liberato Salvatore, MD, Andrew Einstein, MD, Gen Li, PhD, Ramona Jayasena, Reginald Widemon, MD, Hyunjoong William Kim, MD, KM Capaccione, MD, PhD and Mary M Salvatore, MD

Our retrospective IRB approved study reviewed D-dimer levels in patients hospitalized at Columbia University Irving Medical Center during the height of the COVID-19 pandemic. We took a random sample o... Read more

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Research Article   |   10.36959/918/451 Volume 4 Issue 1

Uncontrolled Asthma is Associated with Comorbid Stress and Somatoform Symptoms

Authors: Matthew Moore, BS, C Dash Duncan, BS, Antigone Gonis, MD, Charlotte Chaiklin, MD, David Eckles, BA and Nereida A Parada, MD

Anxiety and depression are recognized comorbidities that may limit control of asthma. The purpose of this study is to identify the associations between perceived stress, somatization, and perceived as... Read more

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Research Article   |   10.36959/918/449 Volume 3 Issue 1

Lung Function In Children With Scoliosis and Enhanced Spirometry Sensitivity When Using Arm Span Index for Restriction Detection

Authors: Snezhina Lazova, Vasil Yablanski, Evgeni Vlaev, Stamatios Priftis, Emilia Naseva, Penka Perenovska and Guergana Petrova

Scoliosis is the most common abnormality of the spine with direct effects on the thoracic cage, leading to potentially severe and irreversible changes in lung function. Scoliosis has generally been as... Read more

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Review Article   |   10.36959/918/448 Volume 2 Issue 1

Atelectasis with Torpid Evolution in Patients with Cystic Fibrosis

Authors: Prados-Sanchez C, Martinez-Redondo M, Maiz-Carro L, Giron-Moreno RM, Quintana-Gallego E, Martinez-Martinez MT, Blanco-Aparicio M, Garcia-Clemente MM, Iturbe-Fernandez D, Garcia-Rio F, Carpio-Segura CJ, Salcedo-Posadas A, Martin de Vicente C, Costa-Colomer J and Maintz Jochen G

Cystic fibrosis (CF) is a chronic and progressive disease. Respiratory complications, usually, afect the quality of life, morbidity and prognosis of the disease. Within respiratory complications, atel... Read more

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Case Report   |   10.36959/918/447 Volume 2 Issue 1

Amyloidosis Diagnosed by Endobronchial Ultrasound Guided Transbronchial Needle Aspiration (EBUS-TBNA)

Authors: Mohammed Choudhry, Mohtady Nabateh, Jessica Wang, Adair Seager and Christopher Woods

We present a patient with Amyloidosis diagnosed by EBUS-TBNA. A 55-year-old African American man with past medical history of hypertension; was referred for mediastinal lymphadenopathy (Figure 1 and F... Read more

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Research Article   |   10.36959/918/446 Volume 1 Issue 1

Quality of Life and Psychological Disorders of Patients with Chronic Pulmonary Obstructive Disease (COPD) Admitted for Exacerbation

Authors: Concepcion Prados, Ana Gonzalez, Sandra Rojas, Laura Castano, Macarena Lerin and Team of Pneumology Hospitalization

We aimed to verify how many patients with COPD admitted due to exacerbation had psychological disorders such as anxiety-depression and had their quality of life affected according to specific question... Read more

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Research Article   |   10.36959/918/445 Volume 1 Issue 1

Method for the Culture of Mouse Pulmonary Microvascular Endothelial Cells

Authors: Anita Kovacs-Kasa, Matthew N Varn, Alexander D Verin and Joyce N Gonzales

Pulmonary microvascular endothelial cells (ECs) are integral to the alveoli-capillary barrier of the lung. The EC barrier integrity is known to be disrupted in severe lung diseases such as acute respi... Read more

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Research Article   |   10.36959/918/444 Volume 1 Issue 1

Asthma, Air Pollution and Environmental Exposure

Authors: Marianne Frieri, Hyfaa Mashaal, Krishan Kumar and Anthony Boutin

A large number of asthmatic patients, particularly females, present inadequate disease control. Depressive symptoms are reportedly common in asthma and have been related to poor disease control, but t... Read more

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