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Showing 1 to 9 of 9 for “"Lung biopsy"”.
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Diagnostic outcomes of CT-guided lung biopsy in an HIV and TB co-infection prevalent region
… cases of HIV during the same period. CT-guided lung biopsy is a limited resource primarily used for diagnosing suspected cancer. TB is occasionally diagnosed on samples obtained by CT-guided lung biopsy. Objectives: To quantify the burden of TB on the CT-guided lung biopsy (CTLB) service at …
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Applications of aspiration lung biopsy with special reference to the pathogenesis of the resolution of acute and chronic lobar pneumonia
Lung biopsy is neither widely known nor practiced and it was only in 1949 that i first came across a paper on this subject. The title was: "Cellular analysis of the aspiration lung biopsy from normal and some pathological conditions by Z. Godlowski" (1949). The very term "lung biopsy" conjures up …
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MPhil in pulmonary haemorrhage in children in Cape Town
… review of the clinical data, investigations and lung biopsy results was done and outcomes were reported. Results: Sixteen children were included in the study. The median age at presentation was 1.79 years (IQR 0.48-3.15). At presentation, the median haemoglobulin (Hb)was 5.4 (IQR 3.6-85). Five …
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An investigation into Toxoplasma gondii infection and the expression of Arginase-1 and iNOS in human lung tissue
… modulating proteins Arginase-1 and iNOS in human lung biopsy samples. Previously, a 100% toxoplasmosis infection rate was found in 72 lung biopsy samples acquired from patients. This compared with 10% in healthy controls. Little is known of immune mechanisms acting on T. gondii infected lung …
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The contribution of respiratory pathogens to Sudden Unexpected Death in Infancy
… 2015. Cerebrospinal fluid, pericardial fluid and lung biopsy were collected from each study participant during post-mortem examination. Total nucleic acids were extracted on the automated QIAsymphony platform. The microbial diversity was investigated using a commercialized multiplex real-time PCR …
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Hut lung : a study of domestically acquired pneumoconiosis in rural women
… to investigate the features and causes of hut lung. The range of clinical, radiologic, histologic, pulmonary physiologic and broncho-alveolar lavage features in patients meeting the following criteria was assessed: i) rural women practising traditional cooking methods ii) with a diffuse …
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Factors influencing pneumothorax rates of transthoracic CT-guided lung biopsies in a Tertiary centre in Cape Town, South Africa
… pulmonary lesions is important in diagnosis of lung carcinoma and affects subsequent decisions on specific management. Transthoracic CT-guided lung biopsy is considered an effective option to obtain tissue with low rates of complications, with pneumothorax being the most common. Objectives: To …
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Bedeutung der VATS (Video-Assistierte Thorakoskopie) mit Lungenbiopsie in der Diagnostik der idiopathischen interstitiellen Lungenkrankheiten
… der idiopathischen interstitiellen Lungenkrankheiten hat den Stellenwert der histopathologischen Zuordnung in Bezug auf die klinische Relevanz verdeutlicht. Es ist insbesondere von Wichtigkeit festzustellen ob eine idiopathische Lungenfibrose (IPF) mit ihrem histologischen Bild einer …
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ΧΡΗΣΗ ΕΜΒΟΛΩΝ ΘΡΟΜΒΟΥ ΣΤΗ ΔΙΑΔΕΡΜΙΚΗ ΒΙΟΨΙΑ ΤΟΥ ΠΝΕΥΜΟΝΑ ΓΙΑ ΤΗΝ ΑΠΟΦΥΓΗ ΤΟΥ ΠΝΕΥΜΟΘΩΡΑΚΑ
… ON 34 EXPERIMENTAL ANIMALS USING PERCUTANEOUSLUNG BIOPSY. STUDIES WERE PERFORMED ON 19 OF THEM AFTER THE INJECTION OF COAGULATED BLOOD (CLOT) WHICH HAD REMAINED IN THE SYRINGE TUBE FOR 75-90 MIN. THE POSSIBILITY OF DECREASING THE OCCURANCE OF PNEUMOTHORAX WAS EXAMINED AS WELL AS OTHER …