El-Shabrawy, Mohamed Alsadik, Maha E. El-Shafei, Maher Abdelmoaty, Ahmed A. Alazzouni, Ahmed S. Esawy, Marwa M. Shabana, Marwa A.
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The Egyptian Journal of Bronchology
BackgroundCoronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) was announced in early December 2019. The pandemic situation is declared. This study aimed to evaluate the role of biomarkers in estimating the severity and predicting the prognosis of COVID-19.ResultsA total of 116 confirmed patients were included in this study. The patients were evaluated clinically. ...
Shabaan, Ahmed Youssef Daabis, Rasha Galal Abdelhady, Ahmed Mohamed Ibrahim, Dina Hassan
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The Egyptian Journal of Bronchology
BackgroundAsthma-COPD overlap (ACO) according to GINA and GOLD is not a single disease and is described by persistent airflow limitation with several features usually associated with asthma and several features usually associated with COPD. Some different protocols were proposed to diagnose ACO, besides those reported in GINA and GOLD guidelines. D...
Azeem, Haitham A. Abdallah, Hytham Abdelnaser, Mohamad M.
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The Egyptian Journal of Bronchology
BackgroundThe World Health Organization (WHO) has named the virus as 2019 novel coronavirus on January 12, 2020, and has declared a public health emergency globally on January 30, 2020. The epidemic started in Wuhan, China, in December of 2019 and quickly spread to over 200 countries. COVID-19 can cause multiple organ injuries (e.g., kidney, heart,...
Ghoneim, Adel H. A. El-Gammal, Mohamed S. Ahmed, Yasmeen R. Gad, Doaa M.
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The Egyptian Journal of Bronchology
BackgroundChronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) causes changes in sleep quality with accompanied nocturnal drops in oxygen saturation leading to cardiac dysrhythmias, pulmonary hypertension, and more arousal. However, this sleep disturbance is an aspect of COPD that is still under evaluation. Therefore, this work is designed to detect sleep ...
Ishak, Sally Raafat Hassan, Azza Mohammed Kamel, Terez Boshra
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The Egyptian Journal of Bronchology
BackgroundThere incidence of childhood interstitial lung diseases increased in the last years in Egypt. Changes in environmental and climatic conditions may be contributing factors. Also, raising birds at home increased in the past years due to financial issues. Other environmental factors include increased industries, traffic, and pollution. Our s...
Thalla, Sreenu Yerubandi, Akhila Hafeezunnisa, Sk. Jareena, Sk. Makkapati, Sivakshari
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The Egyptian Journal of Bronchology
BackgroundChronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) is a common, preventable, and treatable disease that is characterized by persistent respiratory symptoms and airflow limitation that is due to airway and/or alveolar abnormalities usually caused by significant exposure to noxious particles or gasses. An acute exacerbation of COPD refers to a fl...
Zakaria, Mohamed W. El-Korashy, Reem I. Shaheen, Mostafa O. Selim, Samah Amum, Kwashi J.
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The Egyptian Journal of Bronchology
BackgroundCognitive dysfunction in idiopathic interstitial pneumonia (IIP) is an important clinical co-morbidity that is associated with impaired lung function. The aim of the work is to assess cognitive function in major IIP and to find out the relation between cognitive dysfunction and the oxygenation parameters.ResultsFifty individuals were invo...
Farghaly, Shereen El-Abdeen, Ashraf Zin Shaaban, Lamiaa H. El-Malah, Hossam El-Deen Galal M. Kamal, Maida
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The Egyptian Journal of Bronchology
BackgroundScreening of post-intubation stenosis can allow early diagnosis, early management of stenosis, and possible prevention of progress. Fiberoptic bronchoscope is the gold standard for diagnosis of tracheal stenosis. Other imaging modalities as computed tomography can be considered but are not available in intensive care unit.Purpose of the s...
Selim, Samah
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The Egyptian Journal of Bronchology
Abo-Galala, Mona M. A. Galal, Iman H. E. Abdel-Fattah, Eman B. Kamel, Basel B. M.
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The Egyptian Journal of Bronchology
BackgroundOxygen therapy is essential in the management of patients with respiratory problem, including after endotracheal extubation. Conventional oxygen devices may be inadequate in patients requiring high inspiratory flow. HFNC has a growing place in the repertoire of respiratory therapies. The purpose of this study was to compare the efficiency...
