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COPD

June 18, 2020

Sputum Inflammometry to Manage Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease Exacerbations: Beyond Guidelines

Carmen Venegas, Nan Zhao, Terence Ho, et al.

Tuberc Respir Dis. 2020;83(3):175-184.

Quantitative sputum cytometry facilitates in assessing the nature of bronchitis associated with exacerbations of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD). This is not assessed in most clinical trials that evaluate the...

Review Article

COPD

April 29, 2020

Blood Eosinophil Counts in Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease: A Biomarker of Inhaled Corticosteroid Effects

Dave Singh

Tuberc Respir Dis. 2020;83(3):185-194.

Blood eosinophil counts have emerged as a chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) biomarker that predict the effects of inhaled corticosteroids (ICS) in clinical practice. Post-hoc and prospective analysis of randomized...

Review Article

Interstitial Lung Diseases

April 29, 2020

New Era of Management Concept on Pulmonary Fibrosis with Revisiting Framework of Interstitial Lung Diseases

Arata Azuma, Luca Richeldi

Tuberc Respir Dis. 2020;83(3):195-200.

The disease concept of interstitial lung disease with idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis at its core has been relied on for many years depending on morphological classification. The separation of non-specific interstitial...

Review Article

Tuberculosis

March 10, 2020

Towards Understanding Tuberculosis-Related Issues in North Korea: A Narrative Review of North Korean Literature

Chang-Jun Lee, Sungwhan Lee, Hee-Jin Kim, et al.

Tuberc Respir Dis. 2020;83(3):201-210.

Background: North Korea is one of the 30 countries with the highest tuberculosis (TB) and drug-resistant TB burdened. To understand the medical issues and research trends associated with TB in...

Review Article

Tuberculosis

April 29, 2020

False-Positive Mycobacterium tuberculosis Detection: Ways to Prevent Cross-Contamination

Mohammad Asgharzadeh, Mahdi Asghari Ozma, Jalil Rashedi, et al.

Tuberc Respir Dis. 2020;83(3):211-217.

The gold standard method for diagnosis of tuberculosis is the isolation of Mycobacterium tuberculosis through culture, but there is a probability of cross-contamination in simultaneous cultures of samples causing false-positives....

Original Article

Tuberculosis

June 18, 2020

Tuberculosis Surveillance and Monitoring under the National Public-Private Mix Tuberculosis Control Project in South Korea 2016–2017

Jinsoo Min, Hyung Woo Kim, Yousang Ko, et al.

Tuberc Respir Dis. 2020;83(3):218-227.

Background: The national Public-Private Mix (PPM) tuberculosis (TB) control project provides for the comprehensive management of TB patients at private hospitals in South Korea. Surveillance and monitoring of TB under...

Original Article

Miscellaneous

April 29, 2020

Validation of the Korean Version of the Bronchiectasis Health Questionnaire

Hyun Kuk Kim, Hyun Lee, Sang-Heon Kim, et al.

Tuberc Respir Dis. 2020;83(3):228-233.

Background: The Bronchiectasis Health Questionnaire (BHQ) is a simple and repeatable, self-reporting health status questionnaire for bronchiectasis. We have translated the original version of the BHQ into Korean using a...

Original Article

COPD

June 18, 2020

Clinical Features of Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease with High Fractional Exhaled Nitric Oxide

Seong Ahn, Tae-Ok Kim, Jinsun Chang, et al.

Tuberc Respir Dis. 2020;83(3):234-241.

Background: The fractional exhaled nitric oxide (FENO) test is useful in asthma patients. However, a few studies on its usefulness in chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) patients have been reported....

Original Article

Critical Care Medicine

March 10, 2020

Retrospective Analysis of Long-Term Survival in Very Elderly (Age ≥80) Critically Ill Patients of a Medical Intensive Care Unit at a Tertiary Care Hospital in Korea

Seung Hun Lee, Ju-Young Kim, Tae Hoon Kim, et al.

Tuberc Respir Dis. 2020;83(3):242-247.

Background: The purpose of this study was to evaluate the long-term survival rates of very elderly (age ≥80) critically ill patients admitted to a medical intensive care unit (MICU) at...

Original Article

Critical Care Medicine

June 16, 2020

Clinical Impact of Supplementation of Vitamins B1 and C on Patients with Sepsis-Related Acute Respiratory Distress Syndrome

Jung-Wan Yoo, Rock Bum Kim, Sunmi Ju, et al.

Tuberc Respir Dis. 2020;83(3):248-254.

Background: Although few studies have reported improved clinical outcomes with the administration of vitamin B1 and C in critically ill patients with septic shock or severe pneumonia, its clinical impact...

Current Issue: Volume 83(3); Jul 2020

Evolution of Interferon-gamma Release Assay Results and Submillisievert Chest CT Findings among Close Contacts of Active Pulmonary Tuberculosis Patients Soonho Yoon, Do-CiC Mihn, Jin-Hwa Song, et al. [Accepted] Original Article Jul 9, 2020 PDF	Risk factors for predicting hypoxia in adult patients undergoing bronchoscopy under sedation Ji Soo Choi, Eun Hye Lee, Sang Hoon Lee, et al. [Accepted] Original Article Jul 9, 2020 PDF
The attributable risk of smoking on all-cause mortality in Korean: a study using KNHANES IV-VI (2007-2015) with mortality data Young Sik Park, Sangshin Park, Chang-Hoon Lee [Accepted] Original Article Jul 7, 2020 PDF

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