期刊: MINERVA RESPIRATORY MEDICINE, 2023; 62 (1)
The use of a timely and appropriate antibiotic therapy, which requires early and accurate microorganisms' detection in pneumonia. Currently, the ident......
期刊: MINERVA RESPIRATORY MEDICINE, 2023; 62 (3)
Pulmonary embolism (PE) has been described as a common and relevant complication of SARS-CoV-2 infection. In addition to the damage directly caused by......
期刊: MINERVA RESPIRATORY MEDICINE, 2023; 62 (1)
Since the initial description of the pulmonary pathology associated with alpha1 antitrypsin deficiency, much has been learned about the variability of......
期刊: MINERVA RESPIRATORY MEDICINE, 2023; 62 (1)
BACKGROUND: One of the most precocious Italian COVID-19 outbreaks began in February 2020 in Medicina, a small town in the province of Bologna. We comp......
期刊: MINERVA RESPIRATORY MEDICINE, 2023; 62 (3)
INTRODUCTION: Sarcoidosis is a systemic granulomatous disease which mainly affects the lungs in 90% of patients. In this meta-analysis, we aimed to st......
期刊: MINERVA RESPIRATORY MEDICINE, 2023; 62 (1)
We report on a case of a 69-year-old female patient affected by centrilobular and panlobular emphysema, who underwent bronchoscopic lung volume reduct......
期刊: MINERVA RESPIRATORY MEDICINE, 2023; 62 (2)
BACKGROUND: This study aimed to compare six-minute walk test (6-MWT) and incremental shuttle walk test (ISWT) in evaluating the exercise capacity and ......
期刊: MINERVA RESPIRATORY MEDICINE, 2023; 62 (2)
Invasive aspergillosis is a highly lethal opportunistic infection that poses a significant threat to immunocompromised pa-tients. In these patients, t......
期刊: MINERVA RESPIRATORY MEDICINE, 2023; 62 (3)
Sarcoidosis is a systemic granulomatous disease with almost 90% of intrathoracic involvement. Therapeutic management of the disease is challenging as ......
期刊: MINERVA RESPIRATORY MEDICINE, 2023; 62 (3)
pneumonia is a leading cause of death and disability. Clinicians traditionally have relied upon intravenous antibiotics for the treatment of severe pn......
期刊: MINERVA RESPIRATORY MEDICINE, 2023; 62 (2)
INTRODUCTION: Our study aimed to verify the usefulness of the Model for Assessment of Telemedicine (MAST) to select quality studies on the use of tele......
期刊: MINERVA RESPIRATORY MEDICINE, 2023; 62 (2)
The coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic made daily news of deaths. According to several studies, a signifi-cant number of deaths due to COVID......
期刊: MINERVA RESPIRATORY MEDICINE, 2023; 62 (1)
BACKGROUND: Long-term sequelae due to Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) are now under investigation. Aim of this study was to evaluate the one-year ......
期刊: MINERVA RESPIRATORY MEDICINE, 2023; 62 (1)
BACKGROUND: While the type and the number of treatments for Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) have sub-stantially evolved since the start of the pan......
期刊: MINERVA RESPIRATORY MEDICINE, 2023; 62 (2)
BACKGROUND: Sarcoidosis affects the lung in more than 90% of cases, but also affect any organ of the body. The bronchoscope allows for several differe......