Background: The role of anti-granulocyte-macrophage colony stimulating factor (GM-CSF)
antibodies as a diagnostic marker in idiopathic pulmonary alveolar proteinosis (iPAP) remains …

Background Should all out‐of‐hospital cardiac arrest ( OHCA ) patients be directly transported
to cardiac arrest centers ( CAC s) remains under debate. Our study evaluated the impacts …

Background Effect of acute hypobaric hypoxia on autonomic nervous activities remains
unclear. We evaluated the effect of rapid ascent to high altitude on autonomic cardiovascular …

This study aimed to investigate the proportion of young OSA adults with sleep-related
complaints in a sleep center, affiliated with a tertiary medical center for over a decade. This study …

Background To investigate the effect of a simplified prevention bundle with alcohol-based,
dual hand hygiene (HH) audit on the incidence of early-onset ventilation-associated …

Background Differentiation between pyopneumothorax and lung abscess can be difficult but
has important therapeutic consequences. The role of chest ultrasonography in this issue …

Tuberculous (TB) pleurisy and parapneumonic effusion (PPE) are common causes of pleural
fibrosis. The mechanisms underlying fibrin deposition may be different since involved …

Purpose Sleep disturbance at high altitude is common in climbers. In this study, we intended
to evaluate the effect of rapid ascent on sleep architecture using polysomnography (PSG) …

Background The globules (stained green, orange, or orange in the center coated with a green
rim) seen in Papanicolaou-stained smears of bronchoalveolar lavage fluid are suggested …

OBJECTIVE To investigate the clinical importance of cytokines, surfactant protein D (SFTPD,
formerly SP-D), and Kerbs von Lungren 6 antigen (KL-6) in bronchoalveolar lavage fluid (…