Chronic altitude illness
24 Chronic altitude illness Introduction Chronic mountain sickness Historical Epidemiology of CMS Clinical aspects of CMS Hemodynamics Prevention Treatment Pathophysiology of CMS with normal lungs Excessive erythrocytosis with lung disease…
Genetics and genomics of exposure to high altitude
6 Genetics and genomics of exposure to high altitude Introduction History Variation at the molecular level Omics analysis Candidate genes Hypoxia-inducible factors Description of hypoxia-inducible factors HIF responses to hypoxia…
Surgery and Endoscopic Procedures
Congenital Laryngomalacia Vocal cord paralysis Congenital subglottic stenosis Subglottic hemangioma Congenital laryngeal web Laryngal atresia Laryngotracheoesophageal cleft Tracheomalacia Bronchomalacia Congenital tracheal stenosis Tracheal agenesis Acquired Subglottic stenosis Glottic stenosis Tracheal…
of Images in Respiratory Diseases
Fig. 11.1 Foreign bodies in the airway of a 14-month-old patient with a history of penetration syndrome. Chest x-rays obtained on inspiration (a) and expiration (b) show greater transparency in the right…
of Pulmonary Function in Schoolchildren and Adolescents
Test Measured variables Physiopathological diagnosis Spirometry and flow/volume loop Forced flows and volumes: Expiratory: PEF, FVC, FEV0.5, FEV0.75, FEV1, FEV6, FEV1/FVC, FEF25, FEF50, FEF75, FEF25–50 Inspiratory: FIF50, FEF50/FIF50 Obstructive ventilatory…
Chest Cavity, and Dorsal Spine Surgery
Funnel chest Pigeon chest Aplasia or dysplasia Pectus excavatum Pectus carinatum Ectopia cordis Cleft sternum Poland’s syndrome Asphyxiating thoracic dystrophy Pectus Excavatum Pectus excavatum is the anterior depression of the…
Mechanical Ventilation
Newborn 1 year 7 years Adult Compliance (ml/cm H2O) 5 15 50 60–100 Resistance (cm H2O/l/s) 40 15 4 2 Fig. 67.1 Ventilation per minute and physiological dead space Lung compliance…
Pneumonia
Pulmonary complications Extrapulmonary complications Suppurated pleuropulmonary complications Immunological/infectious complications Necrotizing pneumonia Pneumatocele, pyopneumatocele Pulmonary abscess Parapneumonic pleural effusion Pleural empyema Mechanical complications of suppurated pneumonias: Air escaping (pneumothorax and bronchopleural…
