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Vanishing lung syndrome.
history of smoking presented to the emergency department following a few hours of chest tightness, shortness of breath and cold sweats. He was tachypneic and had no breath sounds over his right hemithorax, which was hyperresonant to percussion. Arterial blood gas analysis on ambient air showed pH level 7.32 (normal 7.35–7.45), partial pressure of oxygen 74.5 (normal 80–105) mm Hg, partial press...
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reach statistical significance (hazard ratio 1⁄4 0.48; 95% confidence interval [0.21, 1.06] p 1⁄4 0.069). IPF, CF, and COPD did not have significantly different 1-year survival compared with KS (p 1⁄4 0.559, p 1⁄4 0.358, and p 1⁄4 0.388). Pairwise comparisons between PCD and KS found no statistically significant differences in 1-year (p 1⁄4 0.566) or overall (p 1⁄4 0.664) post-LTx survival. Usi...
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ژورنال
عنوان ژورنال: Tuberculosis and Respiratory Diseases
سال: 1956
ISSN: 1738-3536,2005-6184
DOI: 10.4046/trd.1956.3.1.125