CHEST PHYSIOTHERAPHY

Chest Pain

اغلب بیماران می پندارند که درد قفسه (Chest Pain) نشانگر به سکته قلبی است. البته الزاماً این طور نیست، درد ممکن است منشا ریوی، معده - روده ای، روانی یا ماهیچه ای - استخوانی داشته باشد، وقتی دو مورد و یا بیشتر از آن با هم همراه شوند، علائم بروز می کند. همه اینها تشخیص درد سینه را مشکل می سازد. فقط با جداکردن علائم فردی و بیماریهای مربوط به آن می توانید یک تصویر تشخیصی معین و واضحی را ترسیم کنید. 

Pneumomediastinum and subcutaneous emphysema associated with asthma exacerbation.

The case of a nineteen year old male student who presented with marked dyspnoea, dysphagia and horseness of voice is presented. Chest examination revealed bilateral polyphonic rhonchi and the chest radiograph showed the presence of subcutaneous emphysema and pneumomediastinum. A diagnosis of acute severe asthma complicated with subcutaneous emphysema and pneumomediastinum was made and the patie...

Endobronchial Tuberculosis and Chest Radiography

Endobronchial tuberculosis and chest radiography I read, with interest, the article entitled “Clinical and Para-clinical Presentations of Endobronchial Tuberculosis” by Ahmadi Hoseini H. S. et al. (1) published in this journal. I would like to focus on some details about the chest X-ray of patients as elaborated by the authors in the results section. Accordingly, the findings of chest radiograp...

Chest discomfort and abnormal chest radiograph.

Stomach in Chest and Chest in Stomach

A 76-year-old woman presented with hypotension noted to be atrial fibrillation. Her medical history was significant for diabetes mellitus, hypertension, morbid obesity, end-stage renal disease, and gastroesophageal reflux disease with known large hiatal hernia. After presentation, she developed nausea, vomiting, and vague epigastric pain. Chest computed tomography (CT) demonstrated an intrathor...