background:  pericardial effusion (pe) in down syndrome (ds) patients  usually occur s   secondary to hypothyroidism,  but  we have   no  report of massive pericardial effusion in   euthyroid   down syndrome patient with  supravalvar  pulmonary stenosis . case presentation:  we  report ed   an   11-month-old  male with down syndrome   with  massive  pericardial  effusion that  had conservative ...

asbestos applications were limited during past two decades in developed nations due to its debilitating health problems, while in developing countries it’s various usages continues. the main goals of present study were evaluation of asbestos concentrations in ambient outdoor and indoor air and occupational exposure, as well as exposure effects on pulmonary function. sampling procedure was ca...

NISHIMURA, Y., HIDA, W., TAGUCHI, 0., SAKURAI, M., ICHINOSE, M., INOUE, H. and TAKISHIMA, T. Respiratory Muscle Strength and Gas Exchange in Neuromuscular Diseases : Comparison with Chronic Pulmonary Emphysema and Idiopathic Pulmonary Fibrosis. Tohoku J. Exp. Med., 1989, 159 (1), 57-68 To examine whether or not the respiratory muscle weakness is correlated with decrease in arterial oxygen tensi...

The present study investigated and analyzed the clinical impact of sublobectomy on pulmonary functions.Changes in pulmonary function before and after sublobectomy were compared to the changes after lobectomy.Changes in the pulmonary function before and after sublobectomy and lobectomy did not exhibit remarkable differences in long-term effects. Surgery-related indexes of the sublobectomy group ...

Mucormycosis is a rare opportunistic fungal infection in renal transplant recipients which is associated with exceedingly high mortality when inadequately treated. Risk factors for this infection include diabetes, neutropaenia and immunosuppression. We report a case of pulmonary mucormycosis in a renal allograft recipient with type 2 diabetes and limited pulmonary reserve. The patient was succe...

background : there is little evidence about the role of zafirlukast (a highly selective ltd4 antagonist) in chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (copd). the zafirlukast can reduce the need for short-acting rescue β2 agonists, produce fewer exacerbations of asthma and increased quality of life as possible benefits treatment for asthma. the aim of our study was to evaluate the effects of zafirlu...

conclusions although we found a trend towards decreasing spah and improving 6mwd, no statistically significant shift were detected in our outcomes due to inadequate sample size. patients and methods a registered (irct201108257411n1), triple-blind, randomized controlled trial was performed in rasoule akram hospital, tehran, from 2009 to 2011. forty five patients with secondary pulmonary hyperten...

background: hyponatremia has poor outcomes in other cardiopulmonary disorders, but its predictive value in predicting mortality of patients with acute pulmonary embolism is unknown. so, we evaluate the mortality of inpatients diagnosed with pulmonary embolism (pe) who had hyponatremia at the time of admission. materials and methods: by conducting a cohort study in patients with acute pulmonary ...

introduction: delay in the diagnosis of tuberculosis increases the risk of death and enhances the transmission of disease in the community. this study aims to determine the patient and health service delay and factors affecting it in tuberculosis diagnosis. materials & methods: a cross-sectional survey that included all the public health centers was conducted in markazi province from march 2009...