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A study of pulmonary function in end-stage renal disease patients on hemodialysis: a cross-sectional study
Wedge pressure in large vs. small pulmonary arteries to detect pulmonary venoconstriction
Polyarteritis Nodosa and Bronchiolitis Obliterans with Organizing Pneumonia, an Unusual Association
Bronchiolitis obliterans and organizing pneumonia (BOOP) is an inflammatory, fibrotic disorder of the small airways, alveoli and pulmonary intersitium. Often idiopathic and usually benign, this condition may cause dyspnea and influenza-like symptoms. Polyarteritis nodosa (PAN) is a small and medium vessel vasculitis, which usually involves the kidney and other viscera but rarely results in vasculitis of the lungs. This is the second case of BOOP associated with PAN reported in the literature. Knowledge of this association is likely to be of value because an undiagnosed vasculitis can rapidly become fatal