OBJECTIVE To check the respiratory muscle strength in cardiac surgery and the relationship with the postoperative pulmonary complications. METHODS Sixty-tree adult's patients undergoing elective cardiac surgery were enrolled in this study. In the day of the surgery all patients did the respiratory muscle strength test. In the postoperative a multidisciplinary team took care all patients and t...

abstract  background: uncuffed endotracheal tube(ett) were considered for children less than 8 years. meanwhile, aspiration around ett in patients undergoing adenotonsillectomy is concerned.we compared cuffed versus uncuffed ett regarding respiratory complications following adenotonsillectomy.  methods: 128 children aged 2-8 yr were divided to two groups of 64 each. uncuffed and cuffed tubes we...

BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVE In order to survey the current status of the use and complications associated with respiratory endoscopy, the Japan Society for Respiratory Endoscopy conducted a nationwide postal questionnaire survey. METHODS The survey was mailed to all 538 facilities certified by the society. The subjects were patients who underwent respiratory endoscopy in 2010. The numbers of pro...

Respiratory distress accompanied by stridor is an uncommon complication of 131I radioiodine therapy for differentiated thyroid cancer that occurs within 48 hours of treatment. This report presents three cases with papillary thyroid carcinoma in which 131I therapy caused this acute complication. One of them had no apparent risk for this complication such as the existence of remnant thyroid tissu...

BACKGROUND In recent years, the optimal location for noninvasive mechanical ventilation (NIMV) has been a matter of debate. Our aim was to detect the effectiveness of NIMV in acute hypercapnic respiratory failure (AHRF) in respiratory ward and factors associated with failure. METHODS 69 patients treated with NIMV in respiratory ward were prospectively evaluated. The success of NIMV was define...

background: respiratory problems are common after long bone fractures. the objective of the present investigation is to evaluate the effect of early fixation of femoral shaft fracture on the incidence of respiratory problems.   methods: the results of early and late stabilization of femoral shaft fractures were studied in 150 patients. the patients were divided into two groups according to the ...

Leptspirosis is a common tropical infection presenting with classical features of fever, jaundice and renal failure. Multiorgan dysfunction including Acute respiratory distress syndrome (ARDS) is a common pulmonary complication. Suclinical pancreatitis involvement is an unusual complication and should be looked for in patients presenting with laptospirosis

We report a patient who developed adult respiratory distress syndrome (ARDS) secondary to Mycobacterium tuberculosis as an immune reconstitution disease. This complication occurred 14 days after the commencement of highly active antiretroviral therapy (HAART) for advanced HIV infection. The case emphasises that immune reconstitution can be an extremely aggressive complication of HAART.