Patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) may benefit from ambulatory oxygen; however, the effect of exercise on arterial oxygen saturation (Sa,O2) in patients with kyphoscoliosis and of correction with ambulatory oxygen have not been previously reported. Twelve patients with stable kyphoscoliosis (mean (SD) Cobb angle 79 (26) degrees) were studied, with mean (SD) arterial oxyg...

To determine whether the level of pressure support (PS) provided during exercise influences endurance time in people with severe kyphoscoliosis, a double-blind randomised crossover study was performed. We hypothesised that high-level PS would be required to enhance endurance time in this population with high impedance to inflation. 13 participants with severe kyphoscoliosis performed four endur...

A 13 year old girl with trisomy 18 is described. She showed profound mental and growth retardation, severe kyphoscoliosis, and unusual ocular features including discontinuous eyebrows, distichiasis, and blue sclerae.

BACKGROUND Although most pediatric Chance fractures (PCFs) can be treated successfully with casting and bracing, some PCFs cause progressive spinal deformities requiring surgical treatment. There are only few reports of asymmetrical osteotomy for PCF-associated spinal deformities. CASE PRESENTATION We here report a case of a 10-year-old girl who suffered an L2 Chance fracture from an asymmetr...

This paper presents the application of multidimensional scaling (MDS) analysis to data emerging from noninvasive lung function tests, namely the input respiratory impedance. The aim is to obtain a geometrical mapping of the diseases in a 3D space representation, allowing analysis of (dis)similarities between subjects within the same pathology groups, as well as between the various groups. The a...

A 62-year-old woman had had kyphoscoliosis since age 12 years. Respiratory failure developed at age 35 years following a respiratory infection. A tracheostomy was done and she required assisted ventilation using a respiratory (Bird). Many attempts at weaning her from the ventilator were unsuccessful. She has remained dependent on assisted ventilation for more than 27 years but has had a relativ...