The two main sources of blood supply to the lungs and their supporting structures are the pulmonary and bronchial arteries. The bronchial arteries account for 1% of the cardiac output but can be recruited to provide additional systemic circulation to the lungs in various acquired and congenital thoracic disorders. An understanding of bronchial artery anatomy and function is important in the ide...

Airway foreign body (FB) is a life-threatening condition not only in children but also in elderly patients. Many kinds of airway FB are documented, including seeds, food and other organic material. Pill aspiration is a distinct clinical entity estimated to comprise about 7% of airway foreign bodies [1]. As it may occur to outpatients and inpatients, clinicians should be aware of it when managin...

The value of 121 flexible bronchoscopy (FB) procedures was evaluated in 54 children, aged three months to 14 years, suspected of having pulmonary tuberculosis. Specimens from FB were culture-positive for Mycobacterium tuberculosis in seven of the 13 bacteriologically confirmed cases. Bronchial abnormalities consistent with the diagnosis were found in 31 of 54 cases. Separate or coexistent findi...

Tracheobronchial injuries are rare but life-threatening conditions in patients with blunt thoracic trauma. The diagnosis and management of such injury may often be delayed due to other concomitant severe injuries. No reported case of a robotic-assisted bronchial reconstruction has ever been performed for a traumatic bronchial injury. A 23-year-old male suffered from traumatic left main bronchia...

Bronchial stenosis is known to complicate endobronchial tuberculosis despite medical therapy. It is often associated with dyspnoea. In severe cases, bronchial stenosis results in airflow obstruction, impaired secretion clearance, and can lead to respiratory failure. We present an unusual observation of platypnoea-orthodeoxia syndrome in a young woman with acute atelectasis due to post-tuberculo...

A 91-year-old woman who was admitted to our hospital for dyspnea presented with bilateral wheezing despite normal chest radiograph findings. Although she was treated for bronchial asthma, her respiratory condition worsened. Chest computed tomography revealed stenosis of the left main bronchus and an area of high attenuation in the bronchial wall (Picture A). Bronchoscopy revealed the nearly tot...

Introduction. General anesthesia is frequently employed in neck surgery procedures. However, patients at high risk for general anesthesia, regional options, such as the superficial cervical plexus block, warrant careful consideration. Patients with mediastinal lymph node enlargement face an elevated of airway obstruction and hemodynamic instability during induction. In selected surgeries, inclu...

asthma and chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (copd) are highly prevalent chronic diseases in the general population. both are characterized by similar mechanisms: airway inflammation, airway obstruction, and airway hyperresponsiveness. however, the distinction between the two obstructive diseases is not always clear. multiple epidemiological studies demonstrate that in elderly people with o...

Introduction. Beta blockers play an essential role in the treatment of cardiovascular diseases, but also various other endocrinological, gastroenterological, ophthalmological and neurological disorders. The most important effects beta are a reduction myocardial oxygen consumption inhibition renin secretion. divided into three generations according to their selectivity - non-selective, cardiosel...

INTRODUCTION Pulmonary function tests allow an objective assessment of the degree of bronchial obstruction in collaborative subjects. The measurement of airway resistance using passive methods is very helpful in non-collaborative subjects. The objective of this study was to assess the applicability of measuring airway resistance by the interrupter technique (Rint) in pediatric subjects, determi...