Lung IndiaPub Date : 2025-01-01Epub Date: 2024-12-24DOI: 10.4103/lungindia.lungindia_477_24
Sunil K Chhabra
{"title":"Understanding the use of z-scores and LLN in pulmonary function test reports.","authors":"Sunil K Chhabra","doi":"10.4103/lungindia.lungindia_477_24","DOIUrl":"10.4103/lungindia.lungindia_477_24","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":47462,"journal":{"name":"Lung India","volume":"42 1","pages":"1-3"},"PeriodicalIF":1.3,"publicationDate":"2025-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC11789950/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142886398","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 : 2025-01-01Epub Date: 2024-12-24DOI: 10.4103/lungindia.lungindia_445_24
Dipasri Bhattacharya, Antonio M Esquinas, Mohanchandra Mandal
{"title":"Wean early leave early-The underpinning facts!","authors":"Dipasri Bhattacharya, Antonio M Esquinas, Mohanchandra Mandal","doi":"10.4103/lungindia.lungindia_445_24","DOIUrl":"10.4103/lungindia.lungindia_445_24","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":47462,"journal":{"name":"Lung India","volume":"42 1","pages":"77-78"},"PeriodicalIF":1.3,"publicationDate":"2025-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC11789946/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142886401","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 : 2025-01-01Epub Date: 2024-12-24DOI: 10.4103/lungindia.lungindia_354_24
Neeraj Sharma, Robin Choudhary, Kirti Mohanan, Kunal Kumar
{"title":"Tuberculous parotitis: A rare presentation of a common disease.","authors":"Neeraj Sharma, Robin Choudhary, Kirti Mohanan, Kunal Kumar","doi":"10.4103/lungindia.lungindia_354_24","DOIUrl":"10.4103/lungindia.lungindia_354_24","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":47462,"journal":{"name":"Lung India","volume":"42 1","pages":"75-76"},"PeriodicalIF":1.3,"publicationDate":"2025-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC11789962/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142886396","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 : 2025-01-01Epub Date: 2024-12-24DOI: 10.4103/lungindia.lungindia_189_24
Pavithra Murugesan, Deepthi Sharma, B R Ramesh, Geetha V Bhat
{"title":"Pulmonary talaromycosis in a non-HIV individual-A rare case report from Southern India.","authors":"Pavithra Murugesan, Deepthi Sharma, B R Ramesh, Geetha V Bhat","doi":"10.4103/lungindia.lungindia_189_24","DOIUrl":"10.4103/lungindia.lungindia_189_24","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":47462,"journal":{"name":"Lung India","volume":"42 1","pages":"55-56"},"PeriodicalIF":1.3,"publicationDate":"2025-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC11789954/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142886383","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 : 2025-01-01Epub Date: 2024-12-24DOI: 10.4103/lungindia.lungindia_239_24
Iqbal Muhammad, Ngakan P P Putra, Ungky A Setyawan, Nanik Setijowati
{"title":"Diagnostic value of monocyte chemoattractant protein-1 (MCP-1) and lactate dehydrogenase (LDH) in malignant pleural effusion: A cross-sectional study.","authors":"Iqbal Muhammad, Ngakan P P Putra, Ungky A Setyawan, Nanik Setijowati","doi":"10.4103/lungindia.lungindia_239_24","DOIUrl":"10.4103/lungindia.lungindia_239_24","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":47462,"journal":{"name":"Lung India","volume":"42 1","pages":"66-67"},"PeriodicalIF":1.3,"publicationDate":"2025-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC11789956/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142886368","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 : 2025-01-01Epub Date: 2024-12-24DOI: 10.4103/lungindia.lungindia_351_24
Anil K Singh, Huda Shamim, Swish K Singh, Rajat K Mishra, S Dipin
{"title":"Necrotizing pneumonia causing left descending pulmonary artery pseudoaneurysm: A rare entity.","authors":"Anil K Singh, Huda Shamim, Swish K Singh, Rajat K Mishra, S Dipin","doi":"10.4103/lungindia.lungindia_351_24","DOIUrl":"10.4103/lungindia.lungindia_351_24","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":47462,"journal":{"name":"Lung India","volume":"42 1","pages":"57-58"},"PeriodicalIF":1.3,"publicationDate":"2025-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC11789957/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142886377","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 : 2025-01-01Epub Date: 2024-12-24DOI: 10.4103/lungindia.lungindia_449_24
Gurkamal Singh, Mohan K Hanumanthappa, Ritesh Agarwal, Shivaprakash M Rudramurthy, Nidhi Prabhakar, Valliappan Muthu, Inderpaul S Sehgal, Sahajal Dhooria, Ashutosh N Aggarwal, Kuruswamy T Prasad
{"title":"Prevalence of Aspergillus colonization and sensitization in patients hospitalized with acute exacerbation of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease.","authors":"Gurkamal Singh, Mohan K Hanumanthappa, Ritesh Agarwal, Shivaprakash M Rudramurthy, Nidhi Prabhakar, Valliappan Muthu, Inderpaul S Sehgal, Sahajal Dhooria, Ashutosh N Aggarwal, Kuruswamy T Prasad","doi":"10.4103/lungindia.lungindia_449_24","DOIUrl":"10.4103/lungindia.lungindia_449_24","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":47462,"journal":{"name":"Lung India","volume":"42 1","pages":"61-64"},"PeriodicalIF":1.3,"publicationDate":"2025-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC11789955/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142886379","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 : 2025-01-01Epub Date: 2024-12-24DOI: 10.4103/lungindia.lungindia_207_24
P Amrutha, P Arjun, Muhammed Niyas, A Rajalakshmi
{"title":"Distribution of vaccine-preventable respiratory viral infections in 2023: Insights from a Tertiary Care Center in Southern India.","authors":"P Amrutha, P Arjun, Muhammed Niyas, A Rajalakshmi","doi":"10.4103/lungindia.lungindia_207_24","DOIUrl":"10.4103/lungindia.lungindia_207_24","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":47462,"journal":{"name":"Lung India","volume":"42 1","pages":"64-65"},"PeriodicalIF":1.3,"publicationDate":"2025-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC11789952/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142886369","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}
{"title":"Evaluation of the Drug-Resistant Tuberculosis (DR-TB) management component under the National Tuberculosis Elimination Program (NTEP) in Kerala, India, 2021-22.","authors":"Raman Swathy Vaman, Madhanraj Kalyanasundaram, Malu Mohan, Narayana Pradeepa, Manoj V Murhekar","doi":"10.4103/lungindia.lungindia_355_24","DOIUrl":"10.4103/lungindia.lungindia_355_24","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Background and objective: </strong>We evaluated the DR-TB component of the National Tuberculosis Elimination Program (NTEP) in a high-burden district in Kerala to identify the programmatic gaps, if any, in screening, diagnosis, treatment, and follow-up of notified DR-TB patients.</p><p><strong>Methods: </strong>A mixed-methods design was used, and the evaluation was performed in two steps. In the first step, we reviewed the program documents and conducted stakeholder interviews to develop a detailed description of the program design and developed a logical framework to evaluate program performance. Consequently, in the next step, we conducted programmatic data reviews, facility surveys, and in-depth interviews with key stakeholders to identify the programmatic gaps in implementation, guided by the logic framework.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>Of the 494 microbiologically confirmed TB patients during 2021-22, 342 (69%) were tested for drug sensitivity, and 30 DR-TB patients were identified. There was no separate district DR-TB treatment center with airborne infection control facilities, and only 16% (66/422) of the various categories of staff were trained in recent guidelines. Only 30% (9/30) of DR-TB patients were provided with any psychological assessment. The favorable treatment outcome was 80% Interviews revealed poor readiness and motivation from the private sector for screening, contextual barriers in human resource availability, transportation, and financial barriers to the beneficiary despite providing financial benefits.</p><p><strong>Conclusion: </strong>Prioritizing the establishment of a district DR-TB treatment center and sputum transport mechanism, posting a clinical psychologist dedicated to counseling patients on therapy, and training all categories of staff on DR-TB management guidelines will significantly contribute to improving program outcomes.</p>","PeriodicalId":47462,"journal":{"name":"Lung India","volume":"42 1","pages":"16-24"},"PeriodicalIF":1.3,"publicationDate":"2025-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC11789963/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142886371","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}