- Lung Cancer Diagnosis and Treatment
- Medical Imaging and Pathology Studies
- Tracheal and airway disorders
- Antifungal resistance and susceptibility
- Vascular Anomalies and Treatments
- Dysphagia Assessment and Management
- Technology in Education and Healthcare
- Pleural and Pulmonary Diseases
- Lung Cancer Treatments and Mutations
- Ultrasound in Clinical Applications
- Public Health and Environmental Issues
- Airway Management and Intubation Techniques
Hospital Maciel
2019-2023
Instituto Nacional del Tórax
2022
Universidad de la República
2022
Tracheal diverticulum is defined as an air cyst located on the lateral wall, congenital or acquired. Most of them are asymptomatic, incidentally found CT. The common symptoms chronic cough, stridor, recurrent respiratory infections. Asymptomatic requires no treatment and managed conservatively while surgical excision indicated in cases local complications symptom permanence. We report a case tracheal presented with haemoptysis, rare symptom. diagnosis was made CT that shows 15 mm image right...
Objetivo: presentar la utilización de guía ecográfica en el tórax para realizar biopsias y colocación drenajes, ya sean pleurales o pericárdicos.Material método: se realizaron 124 procedimientos ecoguiados Instituto del Tórax Hospital Maciel, desde enero 2014 hasta agosto 2022.Resultados: evaluaron franja etaria, tipo procedimiento rentabilidad diagnóstica los ecoguiados. Se 69 punciones con fines diagnósticos, 48 colocaciones drenajes bajo apoyo ecográfico 7 pericárdicos.Conclusión:...
Introduction: viral pneumonias increase the susceptibility to develop fungal secondary infections. With COVID-19 pandemic, multiple cases of invasive pulmonary aspergillosis associated with (PAAC) have been reported, increasing mortality. It is not recommended perform bronchoscopy during illness given risk aerosolization, so new techniques such as mini bronchoalveolar lavage (BAL) emerge. The necessity a validating task for galactomannan (GM) measurement in samples obtained through mini-BAL...