Purpose The chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) assessment test (CAT) was
recently introduced for use in assessing disease-specific quality of life and follow-up of patients …

Objective: To evaluate the relationship between pulmonary function tests, arterial blood
gases, and thyroid gland functions in patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD…

Pneumoconiosis was diagnosed by open lung biopsy in two dental technicians who had
interstitial lung disease. Mineralogical analysis was performed to investigate the origin of the …

Aim Bronchiectasis develops as a result of genetic and environmental factors and its
etiopathogenesis is not still clear. Recent studies have revealed that inflammatory cytokines, which …

Objective: To compare the diagnostic efficacy and agreement of the traditional tuberculin
skin test with QuantiFERON-Tuberculosis Gold In-Tube test for latent tuberculosis infection in …

Nikotin bağımlılığı sigara içme davranışının sürdürülmesinde ve tedavi girişimlerinin genel
başarısızlığında en önemli nedenlerdendir. Çalışmamızda, sigara içen sağlık personelinin …

Background: This study was done to investigate the course of serum adenosine deaminase (sADA)
level during pulmonary tuberculosis (TB) and its relationship with clinical, radiological…

Background Patients with pleural effusions who reside in geographic areas with a high
prevalence of tuberculosis frequently have similar clinical manifestations of other diseases. The …

Tuberculosis (TB) is a complicated disease in which biological, socioeconomical and
environmental factors play role. Since only 10% of the individuals infected with Mycobacterium …

AIM: To investigate pulmonary involvement via pulmonary function tests (PFT) and high-resolution
computed tomography (HRCT) in patients with chronic hepatitis C virus (HCV) …