Published in Journal of Thoracic Disease
Background Patients who undergo transapical transcatheter aortic/mitral valve implantation are at higher risk of morbidity and mortality than those undergoing transvascular procedures. In addition, these patients have prolonged intensive care and hospital courses. Fast-track anesthesia could reduce perioperative complications and admission stays in...
Published in Journal of Thoracic Disease
Background Immune-checkpoint inhibitors (ICIs) have been increasingly used for non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC) treatment in recent years. Although insufficient, the rate of programmed death-ligand 1 expression has been adopted as a predictor of ICI efficacy. We evaluated tumor growth rate as a clinically easy-to-use predictor of the therapeutic ...
Published in Journal of Thoracic Disease
Background We organized this study in order to investigate differences in serum inflammatory profiles and circulating serum pneumoproteins between smokers with and without chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD). Methods Patients aged 35–70 years with COPD and a smoking history ≥10 pack-years (cases, n=38) and 38 participants with the same smo...
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Background The role of lung resection in patients with pulmonary aspergillosis is generally reserved for those with localized disease who fail medical management. We used a national database to investigate the influence of preoperative patient comorbidities on inpatient mortality and need for surgery. Methods Patients admitted with pulmonary asperg...
Published in Journal of Thoracic Disease
Background Aortic aneurysm and dissection are important causes of morbimortality in patients with Marfan syndrome (MFS) and other connective tissue diseases that affect the cardiovascular tissues. Timely intervention through different surgical techniques improves the prognosis. Both sparing and replacement-type interventions of the aortic valve are...
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Background The objective of this study was to characterize short- and intermediate-term readmissions following esophagectomy and to identify predictors of readmission in these two groups. Methods Patients who underwent esophagectomy in the National Readmissions Database (2013–2014) were grouped according to whether first readmission was “short-term...
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Background Acute lung injury (ALI) induced by sepsis is a common cause of death in clinical practice, and there remains a lack of clinical effective treatment. Cecal ligation and puncture (CLP) is a classic animal model of sepsis, which can induce ALI. Studies have shown that in the lung injury cell model, OGDH (oxoglutarate dehydrogenase) transcri...
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Background The purpose of this study was to retrospectively evaluate the clinical value of an electromagnetic navigation system for CT-guided percutaneous lung biopsy of peripheral lung lesions. Methods This was a retrospective study. Patients with peripheral lung lesions in our institution between January 2019 and December 2020, who underwent lung...
Published in Journal of Thoracic Disease
Published in Journal of Thoracic Disease
Central airway obstruction (CAO) remains a challenging disease for both patients who are suffering from it and for physicians who are managing it. Patients will frequently present with acute symptoms of respiratory failure that require management in an intensive care unit (ICU). While the true prevalence and incidence of CAO in the ICU setting is u...
