Background: Scoliosis is considered as one of the commonest spinal deformity to affect the pulmonary functions because of its ability to alter the respiratory mechanics. Its advancement with age proves fatal because of complications such as respiratory failure. Even though idiopathic scoliosis is also prevalent in India, the data regarding pulmonary function status of these individuals are scan...

INTRODUCTION ADZCREASED MAXIMUM B R E A T H I N G capacity suggests a poor prognosis in patients with chronic pulmonary disease.' .4 reduction in maximum breathing capacity occurs either when the amount of functioning lung tissue is diminished as in fib& or other nstrictive lung diseases, or when diffuse pulmonary obstruction limits the velocity with which air can bc moved as in chronic bronchi...

BACKGROUND Reduced exercise capacity severely impacts quality of life in pulmonary Langerhans cell histiocytosis. Ascertaining mechanisms that impair exercise capacity is necessary to identify targets for symptomatic treatments. METHODS Dyspnea, pulmonary function tests and cardiopulmonary exercise test were analysed in 62 study participants. Data were compared between subjects with impaired ...

BACKGROUND Pectus excavatum (PE) is a common chest wall malformation, with surgery being the only method known to correct the defect. Although the Nuss and Ravitch procedures are commonly used, there is no consensus as to whether surgical repair improves pulmonary function. We therefore investigated whether pulmonary function recovers after surgical repair, and if recovery is dependent on the t...

BACKGROUND Pulmonary involvement, manifested as pulmonary arterial hypertension or pulmonary fibrosis, is the most common cause of death in systemic sclerosis (SSc). We aimed to explore the feasibility of detecting early pulmonary involvement in SSc using recently developed non-invasive quantitative measures of pulmonary physiology using cardiovascular magnetic resonance (CMR). METHODS Twenty...

A 21-year-old male patient with massive acute pulmonary embolism was treated by thrombolysis, interventional thrombus fragmentation, and surgical pulmonary embolectomy. Within the following 2 years, the patient developed progressive dyspnea at exertion. Chronic thromboembolic pulmonary hypertension was diagnosed by right-heart catheter, VQ scan, magnetic resonance, and conventional pulmonary an...

pulmonary arteriovenous malformations are rare clinical entities thai are associated with right to left shunts, and are often clinically presented by the triad of dyspnea, cyanosis, and digital clubbing. currently, transcatheter embolization of fistula is gaining increasing popularity as the superior therapeutic option. in certain situations, however, surgery is preferred. two cases of direct p...

The carbon monoxide transfer factor and its subdivisions, the pulmonary membrane diffusing capacity and the pulmonary capillary volume were measured in fourteen subjects following submassive pulmonary emboli, as demonstrated by a ventilation-perfusion scan, and in fourteen matched controls. Transfer factor and alveolar volume were significantly lower in patients with pulmonary emboli (p less th...

The literature on pulmonary function testing in sarcoidosis is critically reviewed. The results indicate that pulmonary function tests are not a reliable means for detecting the presence of parenchymal sarcoidosis, nor do they provide an accurate estimate of the extent of parenchymal disease. There are at present no known pulmonary function criteria that allow the clinician to predict the natur...