TOPIC: Imaging TYPE: Fellow Case Reports INTRODUCTION: The causes of acute respiratory failure are numerous, requiring providers to have a broad diagnosis when approaching patients with failure. Malignancy (either from primary lung tumor or metastases) typically present as focal lesions. Ground glass opacities and septal thickening not usually associated malignancy, but rather interstitial dise...

Background: As little is known about the long term relationship between respiratory symptoms and mortality from non-malignant respiratory diseases, a study was undertaken to investigate the predictive value of respiratory symptoms and symptom load for mortality from obstructive lung disease (OLD) and pneumonia in the long term in a Norwegian population. Methods: In 1972, 19 998 persons aged 15–...

BACKGROUND As little is known about the long term relationship between respiratory symptoms and mortality from non-malignant respiratory diseases, a study was undertaken to investigate the predictive value of respiratory symptoms and symptom load for mortality from obstructive lung disease (OLD) and pneumonia in the long term in a Norwegian population. METHODS In 1972, 19 998 persons aged 15-...

Subtyping panic disorder by predominant symptom constellations, such as cognitive or respiratory, has been done for some time, but criteria have varied considerably between studies. We sought to identify statistically symptom dimensions from intensity ratings of 13 DSM-IV panic symptoms in 343 panic patients interviewed with the Anxiety Disorders Interview Schedule for DSM-IV Lifetime Version. ...

BACKGROUND In addition to their respiratory symptoms, patients with COPD experience multiple, co-occurring symptoms. OBJECTIVES The aims of this study were to identify subgroups of COPD patients based on their distinct experiences with 14 symptoms and to determine how these subgroups differed in demographic and clinical characteristics and disease-specific quality of life. PATIENTS AND METH...

PURPOSE A change in the perception of respiratory symptoms after treatment with inhaled beta2 agonists is often used to aid diagnosis of exercise-induced bronchoconstriction (EIB). Our aim was to test the association between subjective ratings of respiratory symptoms and changes in airway caliber after induced and inhibited bronchoconstriction in athletes with EIB. METHODS Eighty-five athlete...