Isolated left pulmonary artery hypoplasia

I Touil, NK Boudawara, S Bouchareb, J Knani… - Pan African Medical …, 2020 - ajol.info
Pulmonary artery hypoplasia is a rare malformation of childhood that is usually associated
with cardiac abnormalities. In the absence of these cardiac malformations it is discovered later …

Predictive echocardiographic factors of severe obstructive sleep apnea

I Touil, HIH Amor, M Kechida, NK Boudawara… - Pan African Medical …, 2021 - ajol.info
Introduction: obstructive sleep apnea (OSA) is a common chronic pulmonary disease,
characterized by repetitive collapse of the upper respiratory airways, leading to oxygen …

PCR-based screening for the most prevalent alpha 1 antitrypsin deficiency mutations (PI S, Z, and Mmalton) in COPD patients from Eastern Tunisia

S Denden, R Lakhdar, N Boudawara Keskes… - Biochemical …, 2013 - Springer
It is generally agreed that the protease inhibitor (PI) alleles PI*S (Val264Glu) and PI*Z (Lys342Glu)
are the most common alpha 1 antitrypsin deficiency variants worldwide, but the PI*…

[HTML][HTML] Pulmonary MALT lymphoma associated with interstitial pulmonary disease

…, J Ayeb, L Boussoffara, NK Boudawara… - … Medicine Case Reports, 2022 - Elsevier
Interstitial lung disease (ILD) and low-grade Mucosa-associated B-cell lymphoma (MALT
lymphoma) are two different disorders of the respiratory system. In some cases, pulmonary …

Nutritional status in patients with bronchiectasis

L Boussoffara, N Boudawara, I Touil, MB Khelifa… - 2012 - Eur Respiratory Soc
Introduction: the association between nutritional depletion and chronic respiratory diseases
has been recognised for years and mainly documented in chronic obstructive pulmonary …

[HTML][HTML] Case Report: Purtscher-like retinopathy in a patient with lung adenocarcinoma

…, S Mbarek, HIH Amor, S Braiek, NK Boudawara… - …, 2022 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
This case report describes an unreported case of Purtscher-like retinopathy in a patient with
pulmonary adenocarcinoma. A 39-year-old man was hospitalized for exploration of a …

Daytime sleepiness and quality of life in patients with obstructive sleep apnea

T Imen, J Ayeb, S Bouchareb, S Ksissa, NK Boudawara… - 2021 - Eur Respiratory Soc
Introduction: Obstructive sleep apnea is a chronic disease which include a variety of symptoms
such as snoring, daytime sleepiness… known to be related with poor quality of life (QOL). …

[HTML][HTML] Endobronchial schwannoma in adult: a case report

…, BA Yosr, K Meriem, B Soumaya, KB Nadia… - … Medicine Case Reports, 2021 - Elsevier
Schwannomas are uncommon benign nerve sheath tumors and often arise in the posterior
mediastinum and costovertebral angle. However, endobronchial schwannomas are rare. In …

External validation of the ISARIC 4C Mortality Score for hospitalized patients with COVID-19 in Tunisia

…, HB Soltane, R Karray, OC Walha, NK Boudawara… - 2023 - researchsquare.com
Estimating mortality risk in hospitalized patients with COVID-19 infection may help clinicians
to early triage patients with poor prognostic outcome. The Coronavirus Clinical …

Respiratory function in patients with obstructive sleep apnea hypopnea syndrome

N Boudawara, L Boussoffara… - European …, 2014 - Eur Respiratory Soc
Introduction: In the obstructive apnea hypopnea syndrome Sleep (OSAHS) the exploration
of respiratory function is indicated for smoking subjects and / or ex -smoking subjects with …