Diaphragmatic hernias can be congenital or acquired and manifest as a defect thus allowing abdominal contents to protrude into the thorax through defect. Common presentations symptoms include shortness of breath, nausea, vomiting, pain. Rarely colon small bowel is interposed between liver diaphragm, Chilaiditi sign. When sign accompanied by it termed syndrome. We present case 41-year-old male w...

[Purpose] The purposes of this study were to investigate the influences of position on %MVIC of spinal stability muscles to establish for the most effective breathing pattern for activation of spinal stability muscles in order to provide an additional treatment method for use in spinal stability exercise programs. [Subjects and Methods] Thirty-three healthy subjects performed quiet breathing an...

A 7-day-old male infant presented to the emergency room after respiratory distress was noted at an outpatient well child check. On exam, he was observed to have tachypnea, increased work of breathing, and decreased breath sounds on the left side of the chest. On chest X-ray, he was found to have a left-sided congenital diaphragmatic hernia. The infant was transported to a tertiary care facility...

A new method is being developed to investigate airway obstruction in young children by means of noninvasive electromyography (EMG) of diaphragmatic and intercostal muscles. The purpose of this study was to evaluate the reproducibility of the EMG measurements. Eleven adults, 39 school children (20 healthy, 19 asthmatic), and 16 preschool children were studied during tidal breathing on separate o...

Phrenic nerve injury can occur as a complication of lung transplantation. A 54-year-old man underwent single-lung transplantation due to interstitial pneumonia. The patient required circulatory support with venoarterial extracorporeal membrane oxygenation and was unable to be weaned from ventilatory support with nitric oxide. Although enhanced CT scanning showed stenotic anastomosis of the righ...

Optical fiber is increasingly popular and appreciated as a modern sensor technology in various sectors, one of which for medical functions. This study was conducted to detect human diaphragmatic breathing flow using theoretical experimental approaches. Initially, the lung model formed finite element method Navier-Stokes equation by applying principles momentum continuity. Furthermore, Bragg gra...

BACKGROUND Lung volume reduction (LVR) has recently been used to treat severe emphysema. About 25% of the volume of each lung is removed with this method. Little is known about the mechanism of functional improvement so a study was undertaken to investigate the changes in ventilatory mechanics and diaphragmatic function in eight patients after LVR. METHODS Measurements of work of breathing (W...