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Assessment of nutritional support in critically ill patients and its correlation with outcomes at respiratory intensive care unit at Zagazig University Hospitals in (2014 –2015)
Conclusion Sufficient nutritional support whether enteral or parenteral is very important in critically ill patients. TPN should never be used as a substitute for EN in patients who can tolerate enteral feeding as it is associated with infectious and metabolic complications and its deleterious effect on patients, outcome. (Source: Egyptian Journal of Chest Diseases and Tuberculosis)
Source: Egyptian Journal of Chest Diseases and Tuberculosis - December 30, 2016 Category: Respiratory Medicine Source Type: research

Study of cardiovascular diseases in hospitalized AECOPD patients
Conclusions The prevalence of cardiovascular diseases (CVD) in patients hospitalized for COPD in Zagazig University Hospital was high. Age, sex and CVD trends, as well as life style changes, should be considered when prevention and control strategies are formulated. (Source: Egyptian Journal of Chest Diseases and Tuberculosis)
Source: Egyptian Journal of Chest Diseases and Tuberculosis - December 28, 2016 Category: Respiratory Medicine Source Type: research

Asthma related quality of life in western Saudi subpopulation and its correlation to level of asthma control
Conclusion Asthma quality of life is strongly correlated to level asthma control rather than the objective measures of FEV1, so it complements the results of objective assessments. Asthma related quality of life questionnaire should be implemented in the routine assessment of persistent asthmatic patients. (Source: Egyptian Journal of Chest Diseases and Tuberculosis)
Source: Egyptian Journal of Chest Diseases and Tuberculosis - December 28, 2016 Category: Respiratory Medicine Source Type: research

Six years experience of medical thoracoscopy at Al Hussein University Hospital
Conclusion Medical thoracoscopy is an easy procedure and an excellent diagnostic procedure for pleural effusion of uncertain etiology. It has low complication rate even in settings where the procedure is just started. It should be included in the armamentarium of procedures for management of pleural effusion. (Source: Egyptian Journal of Chest Diseases and Tuberculosis)
Source: Egyptian Journal of Chest Diseases and Tuberculosis - December 27, 2016 Category: Respiratory Medicine Source Type: research

Study of IPF among patients with gastro-esophageal reflux disease
Conclusion The present data support and extend the concept of a high incidence of pulmonary fibrosis in GERD patients even in those patients free of respiratory symptoms. (Source: Egyptian Journal of Chest Diseases and Tuberculosis)
Source: Egyptian Journal of Chest Diseases and Tuberculosis - December 27, 2016 Category: Respiratory Medicine Source Type: research

Role of chest ultrasound in detecting successful pleurodesis
Conclusions Thoracic ultrasonography for the evaluation of pleurodesis is feasible and simple. Iodopovidone was more effective than bleomycin and doxycyclin in inducing pleurodesis in patients with malignant pleural effusion. (Source: Egyptian Journal of Chest Diseases and Tuberculosis)
Source: Egyptian Journal of Chest Diseases and Tuberculosis - December 27, 2016 Category: Respiratory Medicine Source Type: research

The study of fibulin-1 as a novel biomarker in bronchial asthma and its association with disease severity
Conclusion This may highlights the potential role of fibulin-1 in airway wall remodeling. (Source: Egyptian Journal of Chest Diseases and Tuberculosis)
Source: Egyptian Journal of Chest Diseases and Tuberculosis - December 27, 2016 Category: Respiratory Medicine Source Type: research

Plasma brain natriuretic peptide levels in COPD without pulmonary hypertension
Conclusion Plasma BNP can be used as a useful prognostic biomarker of COPD and a good predictor of exacerbation, As BNP level was significantly higher in COPD patients than in control groups, (p<0.005) and also significantly higher in grade (IV, III) than grade (II) and was significantly higher in grade (II) than grade (I) COPD patients, BNP level significantly higher (p<0.005) during exacerbation than during remission of COPD patients. (Source: Egyptian Journal of Chest Diseases and Tuberculosis)
Source: Egyptian Journal of Chest Diseases and Tuberculosis - December 20, 2016 Category: Respiratory Medicine Source Type: research

Preliminary study of the anabolic/catabolic balance in patients with interstitial pulmonary fibrosis
Conclusions The metabolic disturbance as regards the anabolic hormone level IGF-1 was the most affected in comparison to the other parameters. (Source: Egyptian Journal of Chest Diseases and Tuberculosis)
Source: Egyptian Journal of Chest Diseases and Tuberculosis - December 20, 2016 Category: Respiratory Medicine Source Type: research

Serum zinc level in bronchial asthma
Conclusion Measurement of zinc level could be recommended in asthmatic adults. proper supplementations of zinc can be useful in the management of asthmatic patients due to increase the effect of antioxidant defense system. However, further multi-centre studies with greater number of patients are needed to warrant the results of this study. (Source: Egyptian Journal of Chest Diseases and Tuberculosis)
Source: Egyptian Journal of Chest Diseases and Tuberculosis - December 15, 2016 Category: Respiratory Medicine Source Type: research

Clinical and immunological effect of subcutaneous immunotherapy in allergic asthma
Conclusion SCIT is a safe treatment strategy that significantly reduce exacerbation and medication requirement in allergic asthma without mixed allergy also improve immunological response. (Source: Egyptian Journal of Chest Diseases and Tuberculosis)
Source: Egyptian Journal of Chest Diseases and Tuberculosis - December 12, 2016 Category: Respiratory Medicine Source Type: research

Value of blood eosinophilia in phenotype-directed corticosteroid therapy of COPD exacerbation: Final results
Conclusion In AECOPD, it would be valuable to suggest that blood eosinophilia (>2%) is a simple accessible routine biomarker to identify phenotypes that actually need to add oral steroid to their management, and those for which there is a greater risk of harm. (Source: Egyptian Journal of Chest Diseases and Tuberculosis)
Source: Egyptian Journal of Chest Diseases and Tuberculosis - December 12, 2016 Category: Respiratory Medicine Source Type: research

Closed suction system versus open suction
Conclusion There is no difference in the incidence of ventilator associated pneumonia and mortality rates between the two groups. The average length of stay declined in patients with OTSS group. (Source: Egyptian Journal of Chest Diseases and Tuberculosis)
Source: Egyptian Journal of Chest Diseases and Tuberculosis - November 26, 2016 Category: Respiratory Medicine Source Type: research

Role of thoracic ultrasound in diagnosis of pulmonary and pleural diseases in critically ill patients
Conclusion The results and advantages of thoracic US make it a suitable diagnostic modality for evaluating lung and pleural pathologies in the ICU that will have the upper hand over CXR and chest CT in the following decades. (Source: Egyptian Journal of Chest Diseases and Tuberculosis)
Source: Egyptian Journal of Chest Diseases and Tuberculosis - November 26, 2016 Category: Respiratory Medicine Source Type: research

Impact of pulmonary hypertension on biventricular functions tissue doppler echocardiographic study
Conclusion TDI-derived methods more accurate and sensitive than conventional Echo pre-ejection period method for assessment of inter-ventricular mechanical delay. (Source: Egyptian Journal of Chest Diseases and Tuberculosis)
Source: Egyptian Journal of Chest Diseases and Tuberculosis - November 26, 2016 Category: Respiratory Medicine Source Type: research