conclusions family members are valuable components in the therapeutic process of delirium. effective use of family members in the delirium caring process can be considered to be one of the key non-medical nursing components in the therapeutic process. results two main themes from two different perspectives emerged, 'patients' perspectives' (experiences during icu hospitalization) and 'family me...

This study was performed to radiographically examine the prevalence of aspiration sites and to evaluate their anatomical correlation with the bronchial patterns. Ten healthy beagle dogs were repeatedly radiographed, at weekly intervals, in the left and right lateral, ventrodorsal (VD) and dorsoventral (DV) positions. Three milliliters of iohexol distilled with same volume of saline was infused ...

An 88-year-old woman with advanced Parkinson's disease (stage V on the Yahr scale) had difficulty in expectoration and underwent tracheostomy in 1999. In July 2004, granulation tissue was formed in the tracheal lumen at the tip of the tracheostomy tube, and a standard type silicone T-tube was inserted. Thereafter, she was cared for at home, where she was doing well until early March 2009, when ...

A 23-year-old woman, who had suffered recurrent acute bronchitis, dyspnoea, and stridor, was found to have a tracheal stenosis and complete left main bronchus obstruction. Biopsy of the tumour showed an adenoid cystic carcinoma. After pneumonectomy the trachea was closed through tumour tissue. Two weeks later a right thoracotomy showed that a tumour had invaded the trachea from the carina up to...

Endobronchial metastasis secondary to osteosarcoma is distinctly rare. 2 We report a young man with metastatic osteosarcoma who presented with position-dependent dyspnoea. A CT scan of the chest showed a soft tissue mass that originated from the left lung, causing significant volume loss of the left lung, extended through the left main bronchus and projected to the trachea (fig 1A,B). Bronchosc...

Aspiration of tracheobronchial foreign bodies commonly affects young children, is potentially life threatening and requires early intervention for extraction. Access to facilities and skill manpower for bronchoscopic extraction is however limited in Nigeria. The aim of this study is to describe the experience in our institution with bronchoscopic removal of tracheobronchial foreign bodies and h...

A 59-year-old man was admitted with hemoptysis for 1 month. Chest X-ray and CT scan showed a foreign body (teeth) at right main bronchus and left central mass (Fig. 1a and b), upon which we suspected lung carcinoma. Bridge prosthesis with three teeth at the orifice of the right main bronchus was removed (Fig. 2) and biopsy taken from the tumoral lesion at left main bronchus revealed epidermoid ...

OBJECTIVE To describe the clinical characteristics, presentation and management of Pardah pin inhalation in female teenagers of single center in northern India. METHODS This was a prospective cross-sectional study being performed in department of cardiovascular and thoracic surgery of Sher-i-Kashmir institute of medical sciences located in northern India from January 2009 to December 2012. We...