Introduction and objectives: Chronic Pulmonary Aspergillosis (CPA) is a spectrum of chronic progressive lung disease with similar clinical radiological features as pulmonary tuberculosis (PTB). The aim this study was to evaluate the epidemiological, clinical, characteristics CPA in Sri Lankan patients. Methods: A cross-sectional descriptive carried out on 43 patients diagnosis National Hospital...

The bronchial vasculature is the systemic arterial blood supply to the lung. Although small relative to the pulmonary blood flow, the bronchial vasculature serves important functions and is modified in a variety of pulmonary and airway diseases. Congestion of the bronchial vasculature may narrow the airway lumen in inflammatory airway diseases, and formation of new bronchial vessels (angiogenes...

Pulmonary surfactant is a complex and highly surface active material composed of lipids and proteins which is found in the fluid lining the alveolar surface of the lungs. Surfactant prevents alveolar collapse at low lung volume, and preserves bronchiolar patency during normal and forced respiration (biophysical functions). In addition, it is involved in the protection of the lungs from injuries...

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Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) and lung cancer are two leading causes of death in the world, which are projected to rank fourth and sixth by 2030 [1], respectively. Both are caused by cigarette smoking and there is an increasing evidence linking the two diseases through epidemiologic and genetic studies The Impact of Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease on Lung Cancer Survival: A...

Diabetes mellitus (DM) as a chronic disease could lead to micro- and macrovascular disorder. Also, some evidence demonstrated that pulmonary involvement is more frequent in DM patients than the healthy population. Hence, we tried to perform a systematic search to considering pulmonary disease among the DM patients. Articles were identified through searching databases including PubMed, Google Sc...

An estimated 90 million subjects in the USA have a history of smoking, and are therefore at risk of developing smoke-related lung diseases including lung cancer, chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) and pulmonary fibrosis. An ageing population, the lack of effective diagnostic and therapeutic approaches, and the modest impact of smoking cessation strategies largely explain why chronic l...

back ground and purpose: air pollution in cities thorough the world, is a complex mixture of poisonous compounds which are always combustion products particulate matters (pm) are instant member of this mixture. despite wide spectrum health effects of pm, effects on death seem to be the most important one. the main purpose of this study was to estimate number of cardio pulmonary death in adults ...