Abstract: COVID-19 has dominated the whole world and resulted in increased morbidity mortality. Here we present a case report of 54-years-old man with repeated admissions to hospital after severe pneumonia which on progression lead sepsis bronchitis. There was Dexamethasone induced hyperglycaemia administered antibiotics, corticosteroids, anti-asthmatics COPD preparations. He recurrently admitt...

Increasing evidence suggests that vitamin D benefits both innate and adaptive immunity, thereby eliciting an anti-inflammatory effect and reducing the risk of infectious disease. The present study examined the association between serum 25-hydroxyvitamin D (25(OH)D) levels and the risk of chronic bronchitis among US adults. We analysed data from 6872 US adults aged ≥ 20 years who participated in...

background: although lebanon is a highly polluted country, so far no study has specifically been designed to assess the association between outdoor air pollution and chronic bronchitis in this country. objective: to assess the association between exposure to outdoor air pollution and chronic bronchitis in lebanon. methods: a pilot case-control study was conducted in two tertiary care hospitals....

was found, and 83 children with bronchiectasis and 35 with chronic bronchitis are described. All developed the disease at an early age, but, apart from bronchiolitis with dehydration, no specific aetiological factor could be found; tuberculosis, pertussis, and measles, in particular, have been virtually eradicated from this child population. The diseases described flourish in inferior social ci...

An epidemiological investigation in 11 ginneries representing the ginning industry in Egypt demonstrated the existence of byssinosis among 38 4% of the workers. Studies of two pressing plants and two card-rooms in Alexandria showed a prevalence of byssinosis of 52-6% and 266% respectively. The ages of those exposed and the duration of exposure were considered in relation to the prevalence of by...

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Copyright © 2006 Massachusetts Medical Society. A 40-year-old man with no underlying lung disease has a 7-day history of mild shortness of breath with exertion, as well as cough that is now productive of purulent sputum. He reports no paroxysms of cough and no contact with ill persons in his community. He does not appear to be in distress. His temperature is 37°C, his pulse 84 beats per minute,...