Right Diaphragmatic Eventration with an Intrathoracic Kidney: Case Report and Review of the Literature by Anibal Carrasco, Ricardo Castro

“…The clinical features included dry cough, chest pain, respiratory distress, and bronchial spasms for 4 years; additionally, the patient had episodes of bronchial asthma since her childhood. The right hemithorax presented invasion of the thin loops, right colon, and kidney. …”
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Health-care Resource Requirements and Potential Financial Consequences of an Environmentally Driven Switch in Respiratory Inhaler Use in England by Darsuh Attar-Zadeh, Harriet Lewis, Martina Orlovic

“…**Objective:** To assess the potential financial impact of patients with asthma or chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) switching from pMDIs to dry powder inhalers (DPIs) in a representative primary care network (PCN) population of 50 000 and the English National Health Service (NHS). …”
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A variety of clinical presentations of eosinophilic granulomatosis with polyangiitis: a comprehensive review by Agata Sebastian, Joanna Kosałka-Węgiel

“…Typical symptoms include late-onset bronchial asthma and blood and tissue eosinophilia. In addition to these characteristic symptoms, EGPA can affect important organs such as the skin, kidneys, heart, sinuses, gastrointestinal tract, and nervous system. …”
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Dupilumab in children with eosinophilic esophagitis: a retrospective multicenter study by Mohammed Hasosah, Ghassan Sukkar, Asharf AlSahafi, Ali Zaidan, Nouf Ghous, Abdulmajed Alshahrani, Ziyad Al Zahrani, Naif Hasosah, Mansour Qurashi, Loie Goronfolah, Ali Alsharief, Nagla Kamal

“…It is currently indicated for the treatment of asthma, atopic dermatitis, and EoE. This study aimed to describe children with EoE that is difficult to treat using conventional treatment and to identify symptomatic, histological, and endoscopic improvements after dupilumab treatment. …”
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Urinary Proteome and Exosome Analysis Protocol for the Discovery of Respiratory Diseases Biomarkers by Laura Martelo-Vidal, Sara Vázquez-Mera, Pablo Miguéns-Suárez, Susana Belén Bravo-López, Heidi Makrinioti, Vicente Domínguez-Arca, Javier de-Miguel-Díez, Alberto Gómez-Carballa, Antonio Salas, Francisco Javier González-Barcala, Francisco Javier Salgado, Juan José Nieto-Fontarigo

“…Finally, we detected 333 miRNAs using Nanostring, 15 of them up-regulated in T2^high asthma (N = 4) compared to T2^low asthma (N = 4) and healthy subjects (N = 4). …”
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Eosinophilic Gastritis in a Patient Previously Treated with Dupilumab by Masaya Iwamuro, Toshi Murakami, Takehiro Tanaka, Shohei Oka, Seiji Kawano, Yoshiro Kawahara, Hiroyuki Okada

“…A 77-year-old Japanese man with bronchial asthma was treated with dupilumab. Dupilumab treatment was discontinued at the patient’s request after two injections separated by a 2-week interval. …”
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Acute Tracheal Obstruction Secondary to Cervical Liposarcoma Metastasis by Haoyu Chen, Song Zhang, Haining Zhou

“…ABSTRACT Tracheal obstruction can arise from multiple conditions, including chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, asthma, foreign bodies, tumors, and acute heart failure. …”
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Magnesium Homeostasis and Implications for Human Health: A Review of the Literature by Piotr Marcin Dudziak, Maria Golińska, Mateusz Łyko, Jakub Kurasz, Paweł Siudziński, Wojciech Maj, Alicja Skoczylas, Wiktoria Podlasiewicz, Katarzyna Pala, Anna Nowak

“…Magnesium supplementation has shown promise in treating conditions such as migraine, depression, heart disease, and asthma. Recent discoveries have unveiled genetic factors, including mutations in specific genes, that can lead to magnesium deficiency. …”
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QSAR modeling of benzoquinone derivatives as 5-lipoxygenase inhibitors by T.K. Shameera Ahamed, Vijisha K. Rajan, K. Muraleedharan

“…The inhibitors of 5-LOX control the overproduction of pro-inflammatory mediators known as leukotrienes (LTs) and thus have therapeutic relevance in the treatment of various diseases like asthma, rheumatoid arthritis, inflammatory bowel disease and certain types of cancers. …”
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The Successful Use of Extracorporeal Membrane Oxygenation in a Newly Diagnosed HIV Patient with Acute Respiratory Distress Syndrome (ARDS) Complicated by Pneumocystis and Cytomegal... by Jin Kook Kang, Matthew Acton, Bo Soo Kim

“…Case Presentation: A 40-year-old patient with a past medical history of asthma was admitted to a local hospital due to dyspnea, cough, and wheezing, where the patient was diagnosed with HIV infection, ARDS, and combined pneumocystis and cytomegalovirus pneumonia. …”
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An investigation performed in a Bangladeshi general hospital on the use of proton pump inhibitors drugs by patients by Sony Tahmina Akter, Alam Md Nur, Hoque Majedul M.

“…Other reasons included (15%) no clear indication, (20%) gastric discomfort, (13.57%) asthma, and (8.57%) infections. Esomeprazole was the most prescribed PPI, used by 41% of patients, followed by omeprazole at 32%. …”
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Symptomatic Patent Foramen Ovale with Hemidiaphragm Paralysis by Hussain Ibrahim, Adnan Khan, Shawn P. Nishi, Ken Fujise, Syed Gilani

“…Chronic conditions such as Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease, Congestive Heart Failure, and Asthma are being common etiologies. Less common etiologies include conditions such as valvular heart disease, pulmonary embolism, and right-to-left shunt (RLS) from patent foramen ovale (PFO). …”
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12/15-Lipoxygenase Is an Interleukin-13 and Interferon-γ Counterregulated-Mediator of Allergic Airway Inflammation by Alexa R. Lindley, Margaret Crapster-Pregont, Yanjun Liu, Douglas A. Kuperman

“…Interleukin-13 increases expression of the arachidonic acid-metabolizing enzyme, 15-lipoxygenase-1, in a variety of cell types. 15-lipoxygenase-1 is dramatically elevated in the airways of subjects with asthma. Studies in animals indicate that 15-lipoxygenase-1 contributes to the development of allergic airway inflammation but is protective in some other forms of inflammation. …”
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Immune Dysfunction in Tourette Syndrome by Ishraga Elamin, Mark J. Edwards, Davide Martino

“…Finally, TS patients could be prone to allergic illnesses (asthma, atopic dermatitis, rhinitis, conjunctivitis), but more work is needed in this area.…”
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From an allergic reaction to a superior vena cava syndrome by Milutinović Vojislava, Milutinović Vladimir

“…It is often that the clinical picture is initially interpreted as an allergic reaction, asthma or airway obstruction. In the presented case, this rare syndrome was the first symptom of intrathoracic malignancy.…”
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Effects of using wearable devices to monitoring physical activity in pulmonary rehabilitation programs for chronic respiratory diseases: A systematic review protocol. by Thaianne Rangel Agra Oliveira, Ana Tereza do Nascimento Sales Figueiredo Fernandes, Thayla Amorim Santino, Fernanda Elizabeth Pereira da Silva Menescal, Patrícia Angélica de Miranda Silva Nogueira

“…Patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) and asthma present low levels of physical fitness because they avoid physical exercises due to the fear of triggering recurrent symptoms. …”
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Inhaled Therapy in Respiratory Disease: The Complex Interplay of Pulmonary Kinetic Processes by Jens Markus Borghardt, Charlotte Kloft, Ashish Sharma

“…The inhalation route is frequently used to administer drugs for the management of respiratory diseases such as asthma or chronic obstructive pulmonary disease. Compared with other routes of administration, inhalation offers a number of advantages in the treatment of these diseases. …”
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Anti-inflammatory actions of acupuncture by Freek J. Zijlstra, Ineke van den Berg-de Lange, Frank J. P. M. Huygen, Jan Klein

“…The attributive effect of acupuncture has been investigated in inflammatory diseases, including asthma, rhinitis, inflammatory bowel disease, rheumatoid arthritis, epicondylitis, complex regional pain syndrome type 1 and vasculitis. …”
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Break through the mold: Hyper-IgE syndrome as a vehicle for invasive aspergillosis by Joseph Nordin, Stephen Smetana, Rachel Johnson, Angela Bartosiak, Nicholas Nassif

“…Hyperimmunoglobulin E syndrome (HIGES) is a rare immunodeficiency characterized by high levels of immunoglobulin E (IgE) in the setting of various clinical features such as cutaneous candidiasis, asthma, recurrent rashes, and fungal infections. This case describes a 70-year-old male with cachexia and dyspnea found to have a cavitary lesion and aspergilloma, with remarkably high IgE and positive 1,3-β-D-glucan and Aspergillus testing. …”
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Gut-Lung Microbiota in Chronic Pulmonary Diseases: Evolution, Pathogenesis, and Therapeutics by Chang Yi Shi, Chen Huan Yu, Wen Ying Yu, Hua Zhong Ying

“…Patients with chronic respiratory diseases, including asthma, COPD, bronchiectasis, and idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis, often have alteration of the composition and function of intestinal and lung microbiota. …”
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