A 63-year-old man who underwent single lung transplantation for advanced emphysema had a postoperative course complicated by asymptomatic bronchial dehiscence associated with a large broncholith. The stone eventually caused airway obstruction requiring partial fragmentation and incomplete extrication. We suggest that calcified nodes of significant size be removed at the time of surgery in the l...

Background: Chronic airflow obstruction (CAO) is a chronic lung condition that interferes with normal breathing. In common practice, CAO includes obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD), asthma, bronchitis, and emphysema. The present study was planned to be carried out in tertiary care center evaluate the profile of patients an aim establish cause-effect relationship between various disorders obst...


 In recent years, the prevalence of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) has been increasingly observed among women, which is one reasons for higher interest scientists in influence COPD on pregnant woman.
 The aim our study was to establish features development pregnancy complications women with COPD.
 Materials and methods. 77 clinically instrumentally verified signs w...

The prevalence of bronchial hyperreactivity to inhaled methacholine and of a clinical history of symptoms of asthma was determined in a birth cohort of 9 year old New Zealand children. A history of current or previous recurrent wheezing was obtained in 220 of 815 children. Of 800 who had spirometric tests, 27 (3.4%) had resting airflow obstruction (FEV1/FVC less than 75%). Methacholine challeng...

We used a questionnaire combined with medical history and spirometric studies to compare symptoms and respiratory function in two groups of subjects living in the French province of Doubs. A group of 250 dairy farmers was compared with 250 control subjects, matched with regard to sex, age, height, and smoking habits. The prevalence of acute bronchial infections and dyspnea was identical in the ...

We report on a 55-year-old man of Turkish descent whowas admitted to hospital because of recurrent pneumonia. Besides a smoking history of 30 pack-years his past medical history was unremarkable. Physical examination was entirely unremarkable. Spirometry demonstrated an (postbronchodilator) airway obstruction with a FEV1 of 1,27L (38% predicted), FVC 2,83L (71% predicted), and FEV1/FVC ratio of...

To determine if a relationship exists among the magnitude and rate of airway rewarming, and the severity of bronchial obstruction in thermally induced asthma, we had seven subjects perform three- to four-point stimulus response curves with isocapnic hyperventilation of frigid air with and without pretreatment with inhaled norepinephrine. The latter was employed to alter the heat supplied to the...

Intractable advanced lung cancer can be treated palliatively with photodynamic therapy (PDT) combined with chemotherapy to remove central and peripheral (lobar or segmental bronchi) bronchial stenosis and obstruction. We present data for 12 (eight men, four women) consecutive patients with 13 advanced non-small cell lung carcinomas in whom curative operations were contraindicated, who underwent...

Mucus gland adenoma is an extremely rare benign lung tumor, presumed to arise from the bronchial mucus glands; it is a TTF-1 negative tumor, centrally located, causing the clinical manifestations of obstruction. We report a TTF-1 negative mucus gland adenoma, arising into the medial bronchopulmonary segment, lacking any relation to a bronchus.

Ten years ago most researchers in Western countries “knew” what caused asthma, and we knew how to prevent it.1 Asthma was an atopic disease caused by allergen exposure. The fundamental etiological mechanism was that allergen exposure, particularly in infancy, produced atopic sensitization and continued exposure resulted in asthma through the development of eosinophilic airway inflammation, bron...