{"title":"An uncommon cause of acute hypercapnic respiratory failure managed with endoscopic ultrasound.","authors":"Vishal Raj, Aman Ahuja, Monika Gupta, Dhruva Chaudhry, Pawan Kumar Singh","doi":"10.4103/lungindia.lungindia_423_24","DOIUrl":"10.4103/lungindia.lungindia_423_24","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Abstract: </strong>Mediastinal cysts can occasionally cause severe respiratory symptoms. A 60-year-old female smoker presented with acute hypercapnic respiratory failure. Imaging revealed a posterior mediastinal cyst compressing the trachea. Bronchoscopic ultrasound-guided fine needle aspiration (EUS-B FNA) provided both diagnostic clarity and symptomatic relief. This case underscores the importance of considering mediastinal cysts in differential diagnoses of acute respiratory distress and demonstrates the efficacy of EUS-B FNA for both diagnosis and immediate therapeutic intervention.</p>","PeriodicalId":47462,"journal":{"name":"Lung India","volume":"42 2","pages":"151-154"},"PeriodicalIF":1.3,"publicationDate":"2025-03-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC11952737/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143516984","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Lung IndiaPub Date : 2025-03-01Epub Date: 2025-02-27DOI: 10.4103/lungindia.lungindia_483_24
Swapnil N Deshmukh, Navothna Somireddy, Manosri Mandadi
{"title":"Effect of long-term inhaled corticosteroids therapy on cognitive function in patients with bronchial asthma and chronic obstructive pulmonary disease.","authors":"Swapnil N Deshmukh, Navothna Somireddy, Manosri Mandadi","doi":"10.4103/lungindia.lungindia_483_24","DOIUrl":"10.4103/lungindia.lungindia_483_24","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":47462,"journal":{"name":"Lung India","volume":"42 2","pages":"175-176"},"PeriodicalIF":1.3,"publicationDate":"2025-03-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC11952740/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143517028","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Lung IndiaPub Date : 2025-03-01Epub Date: 2025-02-27DOI: 10.4103/lungindia.lungindia_28_25
Ritesh Agarwal, Inderpaul S Sehgal, Valliappan Muthu
{"title":"The 2024 International Society for Human and Animal Mycology (ISHAM)-ABPA working group guidelines: Transforming diagnosis and management of ABPA.","authors":"Ritesh Agarwal, Inderpaul S Sehgal, Valliappan Muthu","doi":"10.4103/lungindia.lungindia_28_25","DOIUrl":"10.4103/lungindia.lungindia_28_25","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":47462,"journal":{"name":"Lung India","volume":"42 2","pages":"79-83"},"PeriodicalIF":1.3,"publicationDate":"2025-03-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC11952734/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143517044","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Lung IndiaPub Date : 2025-03-01Epub Date: 2025-02-27DOI: 10.4103/lungindia.lungindia_345_24
Tvisha K Patel, Arvind Kumar, Zarana K Khamar, Neelam K Rathod, Kartik G Patel
{"title":"Intrarater and interrater reliability of respiratory muscle strength measuring aneroid manometer.","authors":"Tvisha K Patel, Arvind Kumar, Zarana K Khamar, Neelam K Rathod, Kartik G Patel","doi":"10.4103/lungindia.lungindia_345_24","DOIUrl":"10.4103/lungindia.lungindia_345_24","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":47462,"journal":{"name":"Lung India","volume":"42 2","pages":"171-172"},"PeriodicalIF":1.3,"publicationDate":"2025-03-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC11952727/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143517065","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Lung IndiaPub Date : 2025-03-01Epub Date: 2025-02-27DOI: 10.4103/lungindia.lungindia_466_24
Preeyati Chopra, Rhea S Suares, Rishabh Deshwal, Kranti Garg
{"title":"Pneumothorax as first presentation of 'ABPA sans asthma'.","authors":"Preeyati Chopra, Rhea S Suares, Rishabh Deshwal, Kranti Garg","doi":"10.4103/lungindia.lungindia_466_24","DOIUrl":"10.4103/lungindia.lungindia_466_24","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Abstract: </strong>In patients with severe asthma with allergic bronchopulmonary aspergillosis (ABPA), a variety of radiological manifestations are seen. Pleural involvement is rare, and a very few case reports of secondary spontaneous pneumothorax have been reported in the literature. Here, we report an even rarer case of secondary spontaneous pneumothorax in a patient of ABPA 'without asthma'.</p>","PeriodicalId":47462,"journal":{"name":"Lung India","volume":"42 2","pages":"155-158"},"PeriodicalIF":1.3,"publicationDate":"2025-03-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC11952733/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143517036","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Lung IndiaPub Date : 2025-03-01Epub Date: 2025-02-27DOI: 10.4103/lungindia.lungindia_532_24
Sunil K Chhabra
{"title":"Race-specific to GLI multi-ethnic to race-neutral GLI Global prediction equations for spirometry - which is the right option for Indians?","authors":"Sunil K Chhabra","doi":"10.4103/lungindia.lungindia_532_24","DOIUrl":"10.4103/lungindia.lungindia_532_24","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":47462,"journal":{"name":"Lung India","volume":"42 2","pages":"84-86"},"PeriodicalIF":1.3,"publicationDate":"2025-03-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC11952730/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143517038","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Lung IndiaPub Date : 2025-03-01Epub Date: 2025-02-27DOI: 10.4103/lungindia.lungindia_576_24
Parul Sharma, Saurabh Karmakar, Abdul Raouf Wani, Vinay Venugopal, Debapriyo Maji
{"title":"Thoracic endometriosis syndrome diagnosed by dry thoracoscopy: Novel diagnostic method for a rare disease.","authors":"Parul Sharma, Saurabh Karmakar, Abdul Raouf Wani, Vinay Venugopal, Debapriyo Maji","doi":"10.4103/lungindia.lungindia_576_24","DOIUrl":"10.4103/lungindia.lungindia_576_24","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Abstract: </strong>Endometriosis is an ectopic implantation of uterine tissue and can affect the thoracic cavity, resulting in Thoracic Endometriosis Syndrome (TES). TES is rare and presents with catamenial pneumothorax, haemothorax, and hemoptysis, often coinciding with menstruation. We report a case of a 46-year-old female with a decade-long history of hemoptysis and periodic chest pain associated with her menstrual cycle. High-resolution CT scans revealed persistent pneumothorax and pleural nodules. A dry thoracoscopy was performed, and biopsies confirmed the diagnosis of TES through histopathology and immunohistochemistry. This case highlights the importance of considering TES in women with cyclic respiratory symptoms and demonstrates the diagnostic value of dry thoracoscopy in benign conditions of the pleura. Raising awareness among clinicians is crucial for timely diagnosis and management of TES, reducing patient morbidity.</p>","PeriodicalId":47462,"journal":{"name":"Lung India","volume":"42 2","pages":"147-150"},"PeriodicalIF":1.3,"publicationDate":"2025-03-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC11952721/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143517045","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Lung IndiaPub Date : 2025-03-01Epub Date: 2025-02-27DOI: 10.4103/lungindia.lungindia_431_24
Nitin Jain, Divyam Sharma, Nirmal Kumar Jain
{"title":"Newer research transforming 24-month treatment of MDR/XDR-TB TO 6 months.","authors":"Nitin Jain, Divyam Sharma, Nirmal Kumar Jain","doi":"10.4103/lungindia.lungindia_431_24","DOIUrl":"10.4103/lungindia.lungindia_431_24","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Abstract: </strong>Tuberculosis (TB) is a global threat to public health and remains the second leading infectious cause of death from a single infectious agent in 2022. According to the global tuberculosis report 2023, an estimated 10.6 million people developed TB in 2022 and 1.3 million died from the disease. About 4,10,000 new cases of multidrug-resistant/rifampicin-resistant tuberculosis (MDR/RR-TB) emerged in 2022. This huge burden has been recognised by World Health Organisation (WHO) by launching the End-TB strategy. The United Nations (UN) is committed to end TB epidemic globally by the year 2030; the aim is to reduce TB incidence by 80% and TB deaths by 90%. To eliminate the catastrophic cost, the Prime Minister of India has announced an ambitious plan to eliminate the TB in India by 2025, 5 years ahead of UN targets by ensuring quality health care and advanced treatment. Responding to the challenge of TB and drug-resistant tuberculosis, WHO is regularly issuing evidence-based guidelines using the International Grading of Recommendations Assessment, Development and Evaluation approach to assessment of new scientific evidence. Major advances have been reported in newer drugs and impact making research for new regimens in recent years. National Tuberculosis Elimination Programme has adopted effective interventions and technologies for diagnosis, treatment, and care of TB giving a new hope for elimination of TB. The present article reviews the new impact making research transforming traditional 18 to 24 months treatment of MDR/XDR TB to 6 months treatment.</p>","PeriodicalId":47462,"journal":{"name":"Lung India","volume":"42 2","pages":"140-146"},"PeriodicalIF":1.3,"publicationDate":"2025-03-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC11952741/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143517077","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}