Patients with certain neurological diseases are at increased risk of developing chest infections as well as respiratory failure due to muscular weakness. In particular, patients with certain neuromuscular disorders are at higher risk. These conditions are often associated with sleep disordered breathing. It is important to identify patients at risk of respiratory complications early in the cour...

background although dolomite is classified as a relatively non-toxic, nuisance dust, little information exists as to its potential to produce respiratory disorders following occupational exposure. the purpose of this study was, therefore, to evaluate the possible effects, if any, of heavy inhalation exposure to this chemical on the prevalence of respiratory symptoms, functional impairments and ...

AlthoLgh drugs play a major part in the treatment of respiratory disease, relatively few new ones have been developed in the last few years. Considerable advances, however, have been made in the use of existing agents, particularly bronchodilators and oxygen, and these are discussed in the first of these two articles. As infection is a major cause of respiratory disease the newer antimicrobial ...

Various neurologic diseases such as multiple sclerosis and Parkinson disease can cause pulmonary complications. Pulmonary disorders often manifest late in a neuromuscular disease, but occasionally a respiratory problem may be the first sign. Often the first signs are sleep disturbances and nocturnal desaturation. Although the diseases are diverse, common principles apply in their management.

A fibromialgia corresponde a uma condição dolorosa musculoesquelética crônica que se diagnostica por meio da presença de dor crônica e difusa, e pela presença de dor à compressão de pelo menos onze de dezoito pontos anatomicamente determinados. Nos distúrbios do sono, embora não constituam critério diagnóstico, são freqüentes, em especial, os eventos de fragmentação do sono, tais como o aumento...

INTRODUCTION Although in the shade of metabolic and cardiovascular complications, respiratory tract disorders are very frequent and are predominant in extremely obese subjects with body mass index (BMI > 4O kg/m2), most often of gynoid type. CLASSIFICATION OF DISORDERS These disorders can be classified into four groups: 1. Respiratory function disorders without alveolar hypovenitilation, 2. P...

Disorders of mitochondrial oxidative phosphorylation may disturb cardiac energy metabolism and cause cardiomyopathy. Twenty one cases from the literature and one further patient with cardiomyopathy due to biochemically defined respiratory chain defects were reviewed for clinical course, morphology, and pathophysiological mechanisms of the cardiomyopathy. All cases showed concentric hypertrophy ...

Introduction: This article is part of the Focus Theme of Methods of Information in Medicine on “Biosignal Interpretation: Advanced Methods for Studying Cardiovascular and Respiratory Systems”. Objectives: This work proposes an algorithm for diagnostic classification of multi-channel respiratory sounds. Methods: 14-channel respiratory sounds are modeled assuming a 250-point second order vector a...