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Infectious Disease Case Report Posters ISESSION TYPE: Case Report PosterPRESENTED ON: Sunday, March 23, 2014 at 01:15 PM - 02:15 PMINTRODUCTION: Hydatid cyst disease is caused by Echinococcus granulosus (dog tapeworm), E. multilocularis, or E. vogeli and lungs and liver are mainly involved. In Romania, the highest rate of this zoonotic disease is in Dobrogea and Ardeal (26.45%ooo). ⋯ The following authors have nothing to disclose: Simona Cambrea, Cristina Mihai, Ioan Arghir, Georgios Athanasiou, Valerios Kortzis, Oana ArghirNo 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: Endobronchial tuberculosis (EBTB) is defined as tuberculosis infection of tracheobronchial tree with microbial and histopathological evidence. It is present in 10-40% of patients with active pulmonary tuberculosis, and it is often misdiagnosed as bronchial asthma or lung cancer. We report a patient with endobronchial tuberculosis with a metastasis-like lesion of thoracic vertebra (T11). ⋯ The following authors have nothing to disclose: Chhar Bun PaulNo Product/Research Disclosure Information.
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Pulmonary Vascular Disease CasesSESSION TYPE: Case ReportsPRESENTED ON: Saturday, March 22, 2014 at 04:15 PM - 05:15 PMINTRODUCTION: Percutaneous vertebroplasty and kyphoplasty are both techniques used to treat vertebral fractures and consist in the application of polimethilmethacrilate (PMMA) into the vertebral body, working as cement. One of the complications is pulmonary embolism (PE) of PMMA due to leakage of cement into the perivertebral veins. We report one case of a patient with cement PE seen in our practice. ⋯ The following authors have nothing to disclose: Aarón Córdova, Inma AlfagemeNo Product/Research Disclosure Information.
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SleepSESSION TYPE: Slide PresentationsPRESENTED ON: Monday, March 24, 2014 at 10:45 AM - 11:45 AMPURPOSE: Polysomnography (PSG) is a costly and time-consuming investigation for the evaluation of sleep apnea syndrome(SAS). Since it is not feasible to referred all individuals to PSG, it is useful to define predictors of OSA among these subjects. The aim is to identify specific patterns of developing apnea, by taking into consideration the multiple connections between risk factors in a relevant population of patients. Using a social network analysis pattern, we have developed incentives for predicting the apnea stage for any new patient by evaluating its network topological position and assigning a proposed ApnEa Risk score (AER)- a numerical predictor for the risk of severe apnea. ⋯ The following authors have nothing to disclose: Mihai Udrescu, Alexandru Topirceanu, Razvan Avram, Stefan MihaicutaNo Product/Research Disclosure Information.