Lung Involvement in Extra Respiratory Diseases: The Importance of a Multidisciplinary Approach

A special issue of Diagnostics (ISSN 2075-4418). This special issue belongs to the section "Pathology and Molecular Diagnostics".

Deadline for manuscript submissions: 30 April 2024 | Viewed by 1574

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Department of Medical Sciences-Pulmonology, University of Medicine and Pharmacy, "Iuliu Hatieganu", 400012 Cluj Napoca, Romania
Interests: interstitial lung disease; idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis; severe asthma; rare lung diseases
Department of Medical Sciences-Pulmonology, University of Medicine and Pharmacy, "Iuliu Hatieganu", 400012 Cluj Napoca, Romania
Interests: respiratory disorders during sleep; noninvasive ventilation; interstitial lung disease secondary autoimmune diseases
1. Department of Pulmonology II, Faculty of Medicine, Carol Davila University of Medicine and Pharmacy, 050474 Bucharest, Romania
2. Marius Nasta Institute of Pneumology, 050159 Bucharest, Romania
Interests: smoke free environments; obstructive respiratory diseases; sleep apnea; noninvasive ventilation; bronchiectasis; adherence issues; interstitial lung diseases
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Dear Colleagues,

The present issue aims to give an overview of new challenges in diagnosing and managing various clinical entities that have an impact on the lungs and to emphasize the importance of a multidisciplinary approach. This ranges from analyzing the effect of drugs on the respiratory tract (interstitial lung involvement secondary to oncologic therapy, immunosuppressive therapy, or cardiac therapy) to evaluating lung involvement in inflammatory bowel disease, neurological disease (brain–lung interaction), heart disease (the eternal dilemma: is it a cardiology or respiratory patient?), eye disease, infectious disease, endocrinological or skin disease. This issue intends to cover lung conditions in particular situations such as pregnancy (drugs in pregnancy and their impact on pulmonary involvement, sleep apnea in pregnant women), surgical patients (before and after the surgery), and patients with mental illnesses (underdiagnosed or misdiagnosed mental illnesses in chronic respiratory diseases and risk factors for respiratory disorders in chronic psychiatric patients).

We look forward to your collaboration.

Best regards,

Dr. Milena Adina Man
Dr. Nicoleta Stefania Motoc
Prof. Dr. Florin Mihaltan
Guest Editors

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Keywords

  • lung diseases
  • lung involvement in extra respiratory conditions
  • extra respiratory manifestations
  • interstitial lung diseases
  • drug-induced lung diseases
  • lung diseases in pregnancy
  • lung involvement in inflammatory bowel disease
 
 

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A Multidisciplinary Approach as a Goal for the Management of Complications in Systemic Scleroderma: A Literature Review and Case Scenario
by Dariana-Elena Pătrîntașu, Hédi Katalin Sárközi, Eugeniu Lupușor, Irina Elena Vlangăr, Gheorghe-Marian Rotariu, Ionuț-Alexandru Rența, Anda-Nicoleta Nan and Corina Eugenia Budin
Diagnostics 2023, 13(21), 3332; https://doi.org/10.3390/diagnostics13213332 - 28 Oct 2023
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Systemic sclerosis (also known as scleroderma) is a chronic fibrosing autoimmune disease with both skin and multisystem organ involvement. Scleroderma has the highest mortality among all rheumatic diseases. The pathophysiology mechanism of systemic sclerosis is a progressive self-amplifying process, which involves widespread microvascular [...] Read more.
Systemic sclerosis (also known as scleroderma) is a chronic fibrosing autoimmune disease with both skin and multisystem organ involvement. Scleroderma has the highest mortality among all rheumatic diseases. The pathophysiology mechanism of systemic sclerosis is a progressive self-amplifying process, which involves widespread microvascular damage, followed by a dysregulation of innate and adaptive immunity and inflammation and diffuse fibrosis of the skin and visceral organs. Fibrosis of internal organs is a hint for systemic sclerosis, moreover associated with interstitial lung disease (SSc-ILD) is a complex process. In order to correlate scientific data from the literature with clinical experience, we present the case of a 56-year-old woman who was diagnosed with systemic sclerosis 16 years ago. The association of numerous comorbidities characterized by a considerable level of seriousness characterizes this case: the highly extensive systemic damage, the cardiovascular impact of the illness, and the existence of severe pulmonary arterial hypertension. The systemic and clinical manifestations, respiratory functional tests, radiological features, and specific therapy are discussed. Full article
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