Recognition of a difficult airway prior to the use of lung • isolation devices is essential. Radiological studies must be reviewed, including a poste• rior–anterior chest radiograph and computer tomography scan of the chest. Securing the airway first is a must in patients with difficult • airways requiring lung isolation. The use of an independent bronchial blocker is the first-line • choice in...

Huntington's disease is a neurodegenerative disorder with an autosomal dominant inheritance pattern. Patients with Huntington's disease show an increased risk of aspiration pneumonia when the pharyngeal muscle is invaded. We report a case of advanced-stage Huntington's disease in which the patient received right middle lobectomy for a lung abscess caused by repeated aspiration. The best lung is...

Background: Pneumonia due to Mycoplasma infections can cause serious health problems and economic losses in small ruminants industry. Aims: The aim of this study was isolation and identification of Mycoplasmas in sheep naturally infected with pneumonia in Northeastern Iran. Methods: This study used histopathology, culture and ...

Among electrophysiologic procedures, catheter ablation of atrial fibrillation (AF) is challenging, requiring the isolation of all pulmonary veins (PVs). AF is associated with serious complications including PV stenosis. Presently described was a technically challenging case of PV isolation in a patient with left-sided pneumonectomy due to lung cancer.

Circulating tumor cells (CTCs) have garnered a lot of attention in the past few decades. Isolation of these rare cells from the billions of blood cells has been a challenge until recent times. With the advent of new sensitive technologies that permit live cell isolation and downstream genomic analysis, the existing paradigm of CTC research has evolved to explore clinical utility of these cells....

BACKGROUND PCR-based assays can improve clinical care, but they remain technically demanding and labor-intensive. We describe a new instrument, the GeneXpert, that performs automated nucleic acid isolation, reverse transcription, and fluorescence-based quantitative PCR in approximately 35 min. METHODS Yield and integrity of RNA isolated on the GeneXpert were compared with Qiagen-based extract...

Minimally invasive cardiac surgery (MICS) requires lung isolation. Lung isolation is usually achieved with double-lumen endotracheal tube (DLT). Patients with idiopathic thrombocytopenic purpura (ITP) have an increased risk of bleeding events. We suspected endobronchial hemorrhage after exchange of DLT during induction of anesthesia for replacement of mitral valve in a 62-year-old man with a kn...

BACKGROUND A novel double-lumen endotracheal tube, the Papworth BiVent tube, has been designed to allow the rapid passage of a blocker into either main bronchus, without fibreoptic endoscopic guidance. METHODS The feasibility of lung isolation and one-lung ventilation (OLV) in human cadavers is examined, along with displacement of the bronchus blocker during head and neck movement. RESULTS ...

Background: Social determinants of health (SDHs) are social factors that affect human health; loneliness and isolation core SDH factors. There is a possibility SDHs related to passive decision-making. However, few studies have evaluated SDHs, especially loneliness, among lung cancer patients. This study aims investigate the effects on diagnosis treatment Japanese