plastic bronchitis (pb) refers to the presence of inspissated bronchial casts (bc) is uncommon in children.our case presented with subcutaneous emphysema as the dominant manifestation and was suspected to have foreign body in airway, but bronchoscopy revealed a bronchial cast. subcutaneous emphysema as the initial/sole manifestation of plastic bronchitis is very rare in children.

The epidemiology of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) has been dominated by one hypothesis stating that cigarette smoking and chronic bronchitis were the key to pathogenesis and another that asthma, chronic bronchitis, and even emphysema are related to different expressions of a primary airway abnormality. The first hypothesis was rejected in the late 1960s based on a longitudinal st...

Patients with COPD have large amount of secretions. Many conventional and advanced techniques are used to clear the respiratory Flutter device is a hand held which works on principle positive expiratory pressure improve patient’s ability eliminate excessive Autogenic drainage self-drainage technique for controlled breathing moving There paucity literature about this newer chest clearance in mod...

background and aims: infectious bronchitis (ib), caused by infectious bronchitis virus (ibv), is an acute and highly contagious disease in chickens. ibv is considered mainly as a respiratory infection, other clinical manifestations, including renal, enteric and reproductive signs can be observed. since there has been no study on evaluation of changes in biochemical parameters during ib infectio...

introduction: infectious bronchitis (ib), caused by infectious bronchitis virus (ibv), is an acute and highly contagious disease in chickens. ibv is mainly considered a respiratory infection, other clinical manifestations, including renal, enteric and reproductive signs can be observed. aim: since there has been no study on evaluation of changes in biochemical parameters during ib infection, th...

The effect of sauna on tracheobronchial clearance was studied in five male patients with chronic bronchitis by a radioaerosol technique. No enhancement of tracheobronchial clearance could be detected.

An analysis of the plasma proteins in the sol phase of sputum was carried out using quantitative cross immunoelectrophoresis. The average concentrations of nine plasma proteins were estimated in the sol phase of sputum specimens from 30 patients with chronic bronchitis and the values were compared with the concentrations of these proteins in saliva and serum specimens from the same group of pat...

and on 20,000 Minneapolis public school children. Besides the 'determination of the thoracic index {i.e., the" ratio of the depth of the chest to its width), the length-width index, the length-depth index and the size of the subcostal angle, the vital capacity was measured. The author refers to the popular and erroneous idea that the healthy chest is 'round and deep and the tuberculous chest fl...

BACKGROUND Guidelines on acute lower respiratory tract infections recommend restrictive use of antibiotics, however, in patients with relevant co-morbid conditions treatment with antibiotics should be considered. Presently, it is unknown whether GPs adhere to these guidelines and target antibiotic treatment more often at patients with risk-elevating conditions. OBJECTIVES We assessed whether ...