La infección por SARS-CoV-2 puede favorecer el desarrollo de diversas secuelas respiratorias,
sobre todo en los pacientes que han sufrido una neumonía grave por COVID-19. Dado …

SARS-CoV-2 infection can cause a range of respiratory sequelae, especially in patients
who have had severe Covid-19 pneumonia. Given the high number of patients who have …

A pesar de que es conocido que la presencia crónica de microorganismos en las vías
aéreas de pacientes con enfermedad pulmonar obstructiva crónica (EPOC) en fase de …

East respiratory syndrome (MERS), were associated with similar clinical features and
outcomes. 2 One might anticipate that patients with chronic respiratory diseases, particularly …

Importance In patients with severe community-acquired pneumonia, treatment failure is
associated with excessive inflammatory response and worse outcomes. Corticosteroids may …

Background In 2008, the first transplantation of a tissue-engineered trachea in a human
being was done to replace an end-staged left main bronchus with malacia in a 30-year-old …

Rationale: Sputum neutrophil elastase and serum desmosine, which is a linked marker of
endogenous elastin degradation, are possible biomarkers of disease severity and progression …

Background Neutrophil extracellular traps (NETs) have been observed in the airway in
patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD), but their clinical and …

The healthy lung has previously been considered to be a sterile organ because standard
microbiological culture techniques consistently yield negative results. However, culture-…

Background Patients with bronchiectasis have frequent exacerbations that are thought to be
related to neutrophilic inflammation. The activity and quantity of neutrophil serine proteases, …