The case of a 15-month-old boy with bilateral diaphragm paralysis after simultaneous cardiac surgery for tetralogy of Fallot, and Nuss procedure for pectus excavatum, is presented. Extubated one day after his first operation, the boy suffered severe respiratory distress soon after, due to bilateral diaphragmatic paralysis. Diaphragm paralysis restricted abdominal respiration, while thoracic res...

diabetic mellitus (dm) is a major risk factor of morbidity, mortality and economic cost to society. diabetic patients are at risk of having microvascular or macrovascular disorders of diabetes. postoperative anemia have wide spectrum of some early complications that require more care in hospitalization stays. therefore, this study was designed to evaluate effect of preoperative anemia on short-...

CONTEXT Severe acute pancreatitis has long been known to be a cause of pulmonary dysfunction and multisystem organ failure. OBJECTIVE We evaluated the spectrum of pulmonary dysfunction in acute pancreatitis. METHODS Over a period of one year, 60 patients referred to us with a diagnosis of acute pancreatitis on the basis of clinical findings, CT and elevated serum amylase level were studied ...

The mitochondrial theory of aging proposes that reactive oxygen species (ROS) generated inside the cell will lead, with time, to increasing amounts of oxidative damage to various cell components. The main site for ROS production is the respiratory chain inside the mitochondria and accumulation of mtDNA mutations, and impaired respiratory chain function have been associated with degenerative dis...

Background: Pediatric logistic organ dysfunction (PELOD) score, which can predict mortality or multiple organ dysfunction syndrome (MODS) outcomes, has been validated for children. It is cumbersome to measure respiratory dysfunction variables included in original PELOD scoring, in ventilator and blood gas analysis limited setups, so all three variables included under respiratory dysfunction (i....

multiple sclerosis (ms) is a demyelinating disease of the central nervous system characterized by morphological hallmarks of inflammation, demyelination and axonal loss. to date, little attention has been paid to the contribution of mitochondrial respiratory chain enzyme activities to ms. in this study, kinetic analysis of mitochondrial respiratory chain complex i enzyme (measured as nadh ferri...

Weaning failure is, unfortunately, a rather common phenomenon for mechanically-ventilated patients (especially those with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD)), and the respiratory muscles play a pivotal role in its development. Weaning fails whenever an imbalance exists between the ventilatory needs and the neurocardiorespiratory capacity. This can happen if there is an increase in the...

Pseudo-Meigs' syndrome is characterized by the presence of a benign ovarian tumor associated with ascites and a right-sided hydrothorax. The major problem associated with pseudo-Meigs' syndrome is the respiratory distress caused by a giant mass in the peritoneal space, massive ascites and pleural effusion. Even if there are no respiratory problems prior to surgery, potential respiratory dysfunc...

Respiratory illnesses are a main source of death in the world and exact lung sound identification is very significant for conclusion assessment sickness. Be that as it may, this method vulnerable to doctors instrument limitations. As result, automated investigation analysis respiratory sounds has been field great research exploration during last decades. The classification potential distinguish...