We study the temporal pattern of selected respiratory diseases and the influence of specific weather parameters on their morbidity in two eco-climatic zones in Nigeria for the period 19962006. Out of 2,056 and 2,647 cases of respiratory diseases (bronchial asthma, bronchopneumonia, lobar pneumonia, bronchiolitis, cardiac asthma, pulmonary tuberculosis, sinusitis, tonsillitis and upper respirato...

Exacerbations of bronchial asthma is one of the common presenting complaints affecting all age groups. There has been a recent increase in the incidence of asthma with a parallel increase in the number of drugs available for its treatment. The present study was aimed at evaluating prescribing pattern of medications in exacerbations of bronchial asthma and to compare it with National Asthma Educ...

We report a case of liver metastasis of lung carcinoma with portal vein tumor thrombus (PVTT). Although the primary lesion of lung tumor remained unchanged, the patient rapidly developed wide-spread metastases and formed PVTT of liver metastasis. The primary lesion showed features of mixed Clara and bronchial surface epithelial cell component type adenocarcinoma with small foci of micropapillar...

34 bronchial and 13 intercostal arteries were selectively embolized in 27 patients. the most frequent predisposing factor was either active or residual pulmonary tuberculosis. the procedure was performed with urografin as the contrast agent, cobra shaped or headhunter catheters, and gelfoam (no. 18) or ivalon (no. 9) particles. the most common anatomic pattern was a common bonchial artery trunk...

BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE External beam radiation therapy (EBRT) is occasionally used in the treatment of bronchial stump recurrences after complete surgical resection in patients with non-small-cell lung cancer (NSCLC), but no prospective study exists, so far. The objective of this review is to determine effectiveness of high-dose EBRT in this disease. METHODS A systematic review was undertaken...

The effect of bacterial colonization of the bronchi on the progress of airflow limitation is not well known. Therefore, the pattern of airway inflammation in smokers and patients with stable chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) and its relation to bronchial microbial colonization was assessed. Eight nonsmoking and 18 smoking controls as well as 52 patients with COPD (28 mild, 11 moderat...

Cuvacak kutori (mattiral) is an important herbal medicine prescribed for bronchial asthma in siddha system of medicine. In order to evolve pharmacopoeial standards, the medicine was prepared in laboratory scale and chemically analysed. Analytical data along with the tlc pattern can be used for fixing standards.