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OSA PostersSESSION TYPE: Poster PresentationsPRESENTED ON: Saturday, March 22, 2014 at 01:15 PM - 02:15 PMPURPOSE: Obstructive Sleep Apnea (OSA) represents a perioperative risk. Continuous positive airway pressure (CPAP) therapy has demonstrated its ability to reduce this risk. However, many patients don't adhere to this treatment. Our study was designed to identify patients with poor adherence to CPAP therapy. ⋯ The following authors have nothing to disclose: Eric Deflandre, Stephanie Degey, Vincent Bonhomme, Anne-Francoise Donneau, Robert Poirrier, Jean-Francois Brichant, Pol HansNo Product/Research Disclosure Information.
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Pleural Case Report PostersSESSION TYPE: Case Report PosterPRESENTED ON: Sunday, March 23, 2014 at 01:15 PM - 02:15 PMINTRODUCTION: The controlled ovarian stimulation (COS) may cause Ovarian Hyperstimulation Syndrome (OHS). The severe OHS is characterized by ascites and pleural effusion, due to movement of fluid in the extravascular space. A case of a woman who developed a clinical picture similar to severe OHS after COS and total hysterectomy is presenting. ⋯ The following authors have nothing to disclose: Eleftheria Haini, Andreas Afthinos, Eleftherios Markatis, Dimitra Haini, Linos Tsilias, Kostas Pagratis, Ilias Papanikolaou, Kyriakos HainisNo Product/Research Disclosure Information.
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Lung Cancer Posters IISESSION TYPE: Poster PresentationsPRESENTED ON: Saturday, March 22, 2014 at 01:15 PM - 02:15 PMPURPOSE: Nephrotoxicity remains major complication of drugs that are used to treat malignant disease. The most common drugs that cause nephrotoxicity are antimetobolites, alkylating agents and anthracyclins. Chemotherapeutic agents can affect the kidney with clinical manifestations that range from an asymptomatic elevation of serum creatinine to acute renal failure requiring dialysis. Our aim is to investigate the presence of predictive factors in the development of nephrotoxicity in patients receiving chemotherapy. ⋯ The following authors have nothing to disclose: Makbule Ozlem Akbay, Dilek Ernam, Erhan Ogur, Nuray Erdal, Nilgün HatabayNo Product/Research Disclosure Information.
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Cancer Case Report Posters ISESSION TYPE: Case Report PosterPRESENTED ON: Sunday, March 23, 2014 at 01:15 PM - 02:15 PMINTRODUCTION: Bronchioloalveolar carcinoma is a subtype of adenocarcinoma characterized by peripheral location, good histological differentiation, lepidic growth pattern and potential for aerogenous and lymphatic dissemination. We report the case of a patient with a diffuse variant of bronchioloalveolar carcinoma (BAC) which is confused with interstitial conditions such as hypersensitivity pneumonitis, atypical pneumonia, idiopathic interstitial pneumonitis or respiratory bronchiolitis. ⋯ The variable characteristics of bronchioloalveolar carcinoma and its diffuse presentation make confusion with a number of diseases probable, including interstitial lung diseases. Therefore we consider it advisable to obtain histopathological confirmation in those patients with atypical presentations or slow progression, and to consider bronchioloalveolar carcinoma as a diagnostic alternativeReference #1: Howar J West. Bronchioloalveolar carcinoma, including adenocarcinoma in situ. Wolters Kluwer Health. Up to date Review Juny 2013Reference #2: American thoracic society/european respiratory society international multidiciplinary classification of lung adenocarcinoma. Jthorac Oncol 2011; 6:244Reference #3: H. Bronchioloalveolar carcinoma masquerading as pneumonia. Respir Care 2004; 49:1349DISCLOSURE: The following authors have nothing to disclose: Julián Ceballos Gutiérrez, Juan Cruz Rueda, Cintia Merinas López, Ana Dolores Romero OrtizNo Product/Research Disclosure Information.
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Tuberculosis Case Report PostersSESSION TYPE: Case Report PosterPRESENTED ON: Sunday, March 23, 2014 at 01:15 PM - 02:15 PMINTRODUCTION: The potential complications of immune reconstitution disease during antiretroviral therapy (ART) are extremely diverse and included the unmasking form of tuberculosis. TB caused by immune reconstruction inflammatory syndrome is associated with a high mortality risk although HIV-infected patients are treated with antiretroviral agents. ⋯ Described unmasked and accelerated worsening of TB disease post-ART suggest that immune reconstitution inflammatory syndrome had contributed in both cases. Because pelvic inflammation disease is considered co-epidemic with HIV, the diagnosis of TB was delayed, the progression of TB disease was fast and severe, but the prognosis was finally a favorable one.Reference #1: Lawn SD, Meintjes G. Pathogenesis and prevention of immune reconstitution disease during antiretroviral therapy. Expert Rev. Anti Infect. Ther. 9(4), 415-430 (2011)Reference #2: Lawn SD, Wilkinson RJ, Lipman MC, Wood R. Immune reconstitution and unmasking tuberculosis during antiretroviral therapy. Am.J. respir. Crit. Care Med. 177, 680-685 (2008)DISCLOSURE: The following authors have nothing to disclose: Valerios Kortzis, Georgios Athanasiou, Ioan Arghir, Elena Dantes, Simona Cambrea, Paraschiva Postolache, Oana ArghirNo Product/Research Disclosure Information.