With the possibility existing that survivors of the respiratory-distress syndrome of the newborn may have lung changes secondary to therapy, chest roentgenograms, PaO, and A-a oxygen gradients in 12 selected patients who survived hyaline-membrane disease were observed and measured. Three of four infant survivors had abnormal chest roentgenograms for as long as two years. Abnormally large A-a gr...

UNLABELLED Exhaled nitric oxide (eNO) detects airway inflammation. Hyperbaric oxygen therapy (HBOT) is used for tissue hypoxia, but can cause lung damage. We measured eNO following inhalation of oxygen at different tensions and pressures. METHODS Part 1, eNO was measured before and after HBOT. Part 2, normal subjects breathed 40% oxygen. RESULTS Baseline eNO levels in patients prior to HBOT...

Tuberculosis is a public health problem. Endobronchial localization of tuberculosis rare. Its endoscopic aspects are diverse and often misleading can pose problem differential diagnosis such as tumor or foreign body in children. Chest CT helps bronchoscopy remains the most reliable examination with biopsy. early treatment to avoid complications including bronchostenosis. We report case tubercul...

background anxiety is an unpleasant experience that may have adverse effects on the process of anesthesia, cesarean delivery, recovery period and postoperative pain. anxiety can also affect maternal satisfaction of the medical cares that provided by the medical team. objectives to compare the effects of inhalational 50% nitrous oxide (n2o) with oxygen on reducing anxiety and pain in parturients...

results a significant decrease in apoptotic cells and increase in proliferative reaction were observed in the i/r + hbo group compared to the i/r group. conclusions we demonstrated that hbo suppressed apoptosis, which caused inflammation after renal i/r, and promoted tubular cell regeneration. hbo has protective effects against aki caused by renal i/r through the inhibition of apoptosis. materi...

The BREELIB nebulizer was developed for iloprost to reduce inhalation times for patients with pulmonary arterial hypertension (PAH). This multicenter, randomized, unblinded, four-part study compared inhalation time, pharmacokinetics, and acute tolerability of iloprost 5 µg at mouthpiece delivered via BREELIB versus the standard I-Neb nebulizer in 27 patients with PAH. The primary safety outcome...

bacterial sepsis is one of the most common causes of mortality and morbidity in neonates. it has been recognized a gradual change in spectrum of organisms responsible for neonatal sepsis. in this study we have evaluated changing trend of incidence and antibiotic susceptibility in neonatal late - onset sepsis (los) in 2-periods. this study is based on results of blood culture in neonatal late-on...

RATIONALE Nitric oxide formation is deficient in airways of patients with cystic fibrosis (CF). Since nitric oxide has bronchodilatory effects, nitric oxide deficiency may contribute to airway obstruction in CF. OBJECTIVES We reasoned that inhalation of l-arginine, the precursor of enzymatic nitric oxide formation, could improve airway nitric oxide formation and pulmonary function in patients...

We would like to thank M. Korppi for his correspondence regarding our article. In the prospective, randomized, double-blind, controlled study, we enrolled 39 infants suffering from bronchiolitis, therefore analyzing the effect of 7% hypertonic saline—0.1% hyaluronic acid (7% HS– HA) on the clinical course of the disease. We agreewithM.Korppi that the evidence of the length of hospital stay (LOS...