the fifth case [1,2]. A 46-year-old Caucasian woman presented to the emergency department with acute respiratory failure, petechiae, pulmonary hemorrhage, azotemia, proteinuria, and hematuria for 10 days. Aventilation/perfusion lung scan was read as low probability for a pulmonary embolism. Additional serologic examinations included negative ANA, antiGBM, pANCA, cANCA, hepatitis B and HIV antib...

this study aimed to evaluate the clinical, histopathological and hematological effects of mesobuthus eupeus venom on chicken organs. adult chickens were subcutaneously injected with five doses of m. eupeus venom (0.5, 2, 5, 10 and 20 mg/kg; four chickens per each dose). symptoms were recorded during the experiment and blood samples were collected for hematological analysis. moreover, a complete...

INTRODUCTION Acute respiratory failure has been one of the most important causes of death in intensive care units, and certain aspects of its pulmonary pathology are currently unknown. OBJECTIVES The objective was to describe the demographic data, etiology, and pulmonary histopathological findings of different diseases in the autopsies of patients with acute respiratory failure. METHOD Auto...

BACKGROUND Albumin treatment of ischemic stroke was associated with cardiopulmonary adverse events in previous studies and a low incidence of intracranial hemorrhage. We sought to describe the neurological and cardiopulmonary adverse events in the ALIAS Part 2 Multicenter Trial. METHODS Ischemic stroke patients, aged 18-83 and a baseline NIHSS ≥ 6, were randomized to treatment with ALB or sal...

The Forkhead Box (Fox) family of transcription factors plays important roles in regulating expression of genes involved in cellular proliferation and differentiation. In a previous study, we showed that newborn foxf1(+/-) mice with diminished Foxf1 levels exhibited abnormal formation of pulmonary alveoli and capillaries and died postnatally. Interestingly, surviving newborn foxf1(+/-) mice exhi...

Pulmonary hemorrhage and hemoptysis are uncommon in childhood, and the frequency with which they are encountered by the pediatric pulmonologist depends largely on the special interests of the center to which the child is referred. In those centers caring for children with cystic fibrosis or congenital heart disease, these will be by far the most common causes of hemoptysis. Other causes of hemo...

Background: Accurate intraoperative localization of the nodules was key point sub-lobectomy resection. Percutaneous computed tomography (CT)-guided hook-wire most widely used method to locate pulmonary nodules, however, it associated with high rates pneumothorax and parenchymal hemorrhage. In recent years, surgeons were continuously seeking innovative approaches cover limitations CT-guided hook...

A stranded yearling male California sea lion was admitted to a rehabilitation center June 2003. On presentation, the sea lion was emaciated and had diarrhea and neutrophilia. Two weeks later, the animal became anorexic, blood and mucus were observed around the oral cavity, and corneal opacity was noted in the right eye. Hematology results at that time included leukocytosis consisting of neutrop...

conclusions patients treated with ptu should be closely monitored and followed up, even if the drug has been used for several years. when patients develop progressive dyspnea with alveolar opacities on chest imaging that cannot be explained otherwise, alveolar hemorrhage should be an important differential diagnosis while investigating the case. early diagnosis and prompt discontinuation of the...