Background. Many surveys throughout the world have evaluated the smoking behaviors,
beliefs, and attitudes of medical students, but no information is available from Albania. Method. …

PURPOSE: Assessement whether C-reactive protein (CRP) in pleural fluid, is a sensitive
marker for discriminating transudative from exudative pleural effusions; to evaluate it can be …

PURPOSE: To study the use of cut off values of fluid ADA level in differential diagnosis of
tuberculous pleurisy in country with low incidence of tuberculosis. METHODS: 121 consecutive …

The aim: To study the use of cut off values of fluid ADA level in differential diagnosis of
tuberculous pleurisy. Materials and methods: 121 consecutive patients with pleural effusion were …

PURPOSE: Our objective was to determine the usefulness of pleural effusion C reactive
protein levels in the diagnosis of pleural effusions. METHODS: A comparison of serum and …

Chronic respiratory diseases are associated with severe, not only pulmonary, but also systemic
damage such as dysfunction of peripheral muscles, dysfunction of respiratory muscles, …

PURPOSE: We investigated whether a rapid diagnosis of TB Pleural effusions can be
established by interferon-y blood and pleural tests in routine clinical practice and assess the level …

Aim: Evaluation of preventive actions at hospital and to measure the implication level of the
hospital staff in tobacco prevention. Methods: From 658 hospital staff, 629 (95,6%) were in …

Study objective: The use of plasma proBNP concentrations as a diagnostic tool in differential
diagnosis of dyspnea in comorbidity pulmonary patients. Design: Observational study. …

[Tuberculosis in the districts of Kamez and Vlore (Albania) in the early 2000s]. - Abstract -
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