{"title":"Thromboembolism in tuberculosis: a neglected comorbidity.","authors":"K. Gupta","doi":"10.5005/ijcdas-56-1-5","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.5005/ijcdas-56-1-5","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":76635,"journal":{"name":"The Indian journal of chest diseases & allied sciences","volume":"1 1","pages":"5-6"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2022-06-28","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"79907781","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Applications of ultrasonography in respiratory intensive care.","authors":"A. Karim, V. Arora","doi":"10.5005/ijcdas-56-1-27","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.5005/ijcdas-56-1-27","url":null,"abstract":"Emerging evidence suggests that ultrasonography of lung is a fast, inexpensive, widely available bed-side diagnostic tool which is useful for quick and early diagnosis of respiratory diseases. It is useful in the differential diagnosis of pulmonary infiltrates and has good accuracy in identifying consolidation and alveolar-interstitial syndrome. This technique can also be useful in the immediate evaluation of patients with dyspnoea or acute respiratory failure in the respiratory intensive care unit and helps in monitoring treatment response. Ultrasonography of lung has also been found to be useful in the diagnosis of pulmonary embolism, traumatic lung contusion and lung consolidation as well. There is a need for developing specific guidelines for establishing the standards of training and education regarding lung ultrasonography in India.","PeriodicalId":76635,"journal":{"name":"The Indian journal of chest diseases & allied sciences","volume":"143 1","pages":"27-31"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2022-06-28","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"75800100","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Tracheal diverticulum.","authors":"Mehul Shah, J. M. Joshi","doi":"10.5005/ijcdas-54-1-39","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.5005/ijcdas-54-1-39","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":76635,"journal":{"name":"The Indian journal of chest diseases & allied sciences","volume":"31 1","pages":"39-40"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2022-06-16","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"90825005","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
M. Al-Ghobain, M. Al-moamary, M. S. Al-Hajjaj, A. I. Alfayez, S. Basha
{"title":"Prevalence of rhinitis symptoms among 16 to 18 years old adolescents in Saudi Arabia.","authors":"M. Al-Ghobain, M. Al-moamary, M. S. Al-Hajjaj, A. I. Alfayez, S. Basha","doi":"10.5005/ijcdas-55-1-11","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.5005/ijcdas-55-1-11","url":null,"abstract":"OBJECTIVE\u0000The present study was designed to estimate the prevalence of rhinitis symptoms among secondary school students in Saudi Arabia\u0000\u0000\u0000METHODS\u0000A cross-sectional study was conducted among children from secondary schools in the city of Riyadh. The study utilised the International Study of Asthma and Allergies in Children (ISAAC) questionnaire.\u0000\u0000\u0000RESULTS\u0000Among the 3073 students (1504 boys and 1569 girls), the prevalence of life-time rhinitis, rhinitis in the past 12 months, and hay fever were 43.8%, 38.6% and 21.3%, respectively. There was a significant difference between boys and girls in the prevalence of life-time rhinitis (41% versus 46.5%, p = 0.02) and the prevalence of rhinitis in the past 12 months (35.1% versus 41.9%, p = 0.001). There was no significant difference between boys and girls in the prevalence of hay fever (22.5% versus 20.2%, p = 0.144). The prevalence of asthma symptoms among students with life-time rhinitis and hay fever were 35.4% and 39.9%, respectively. Asthma symptoms were strongly linked with life-time rhinitis (Odds Ratio [OR] = 2.5, p < 0.001) and hay fever (OR = 2.4, p value < 0.001).\u0000\u0000\u0000CONCLUSIONS\u0000The prevalence of rhinitis symptoms is high among 16 to 18 years old adolescents in Saudi Arabia, and symptoms are more common in girls compared to boys. Rhinitis symptoms are also associated with a high frequency of asthma symptoms.","PeriodicalId":76635,"journal":{"name":"The Indian journal of chest diseases & allied sciences","volume":"183 1","pages":"11-4"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2022-06-16","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"74778603","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Pneumoconioses.","authors":"V. Karkhanis, J. Joshi","doi":"10.5005/ijcdas-55-1-25","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.5005/ijcdas-55-1-25","url":null,"abstract":"Occupational lung diseases are caused or made worse by exposure to harmful substances in the work-place. \"Pneumoconiosis\" is the term used for the diseases associated with inhalation of mineral dusts. While many of these broad-spectrum substances may be encountered in the general environment, many occur in the work-place for greater amounts as a result of industrial processes; therefore, a range of lung reactions may occur as a result of work-place exposure. Physicians in metropolitan cities are likely to encounter pneumoconiosis for two reasons: (i) patients coming to seek medical help from geographic areas where pneumoconiosis is common, and (ii) pneumoconiosis caused by unregulated small-scale industries that are housed in poorly ventilated sheds within the city. A sound knowledge about the various pneumoconioses and a high index of suspicion are necessary in order to make a diagnosis. Identifying the disease is important not only for treatment of the individual case but also to recognise and prevent similar disease in co-workers.","PeriodicalId":76635,"journal":{"name":"The Indian journal of chest diseases & allied sciences","volume":"82 1","pages":"25-34"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2022-06-16","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"83397704","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Bronchoscopic management of benign bronchial stenosis by electrocautery and balloon dilatation.","authors":"M. Garg, P. Gogia, P. Manoria, R. Goyal","doi":"10.5005/ijcdas-54-1-41","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.5005/ijcdas-54-1-41","url":null,"abstract":"Benign bronchial stenosis is managed by surgical or bronchoscopic methods. Although surgical approach is definitive, it is technically demanding and is costlier than bronchoscopic treatment. Here, we report the case of a 27-year-old female patient with symptomatic benign bronchial stenosis of the left main bronchus. The stenosis was dilated successfully through a fibreoptic bronchoscope by electrocautery followed by balloon bronchoplasty and application of mitomycin-C. On follow up, there was no evidence of re-stenosis.","PeriodicalId":76635,"journal":{"name":"The Indian journal of chest diseases & allied sciences","volume":"77 1","pages":"41-3"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2022-06-16","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"90441463","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Adherence and acquired drug-resistance in tuberculosis: wisdom stood on its head.","authors":"T. Kadhiravan","doi":"10.5005/ijcdas-55-1-9","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.5005/ijcdas-55-1-9","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":76635,"journal":{"name":"The Indian journal of chest diseases & allied sciences","volume":"144 1","pages":"9-10"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2022-06-16","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"83788347","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Combined pleural fluid cholesterol and total protein in differentiation of exudates and transudates.","authors":"A. Patel, S. Choudhury","doi":"10.5005/ijcdas-55-1-21","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.5005/ijcdas-55-1-21","url":null,"abstract":"BACKGROUND\u0000The management strategy to be adopted in pleural effusion depends on whether an effusion is a transudate or exudate.\u0000\u0000\u0000OBJECTIVE\u0000To evaluate the usefulness of pleural fluid cholesterol and/or total protein measurements for differentiating between exudates and transudates, and to compare it with Light's criteria.\u0000\u0000\u0000METHODS\u0000In this prospective study 60 patients with pleural effusion were included. Pleural fluid total protein, lactate dehydrogenase (LDH) and cholesterol as well as serum total protein and LDH levels along with other investigations were studied. Clinical classification of transudate or exudate was done on the basis of aetiology.\u0000\u0000\u0000RESULTS\u0000Based on clinical signs and symptoms, chest radiograph, other investigations and response to treatment, 49 of these effusions were classified as exudates and 11 as transudates. Using pleural fluid cholesterol levels at a cut-off point of greater than 60 mg/dL and/or total protein at a cut-off point of greater than 3 g/dL for distinguishing transudates and exudates, the sensitivity, specificity, positive predictive value (PPV) and negative predictive value (NPV), were 100 percent. Using Light's criteria for discriminating transudates and exudates, sensitivity, specificity, PPV and NPV were found to be 98%; 100%; 100% and 92%, respectively. The differences resulted from a mis-classification of one expected exudate as transudate by Light's criteria.\u0000\u0000\u0000CONCLUSION\u0000Pleural fluid cholesterol and total protein are simple, cost-effective, and useful parameters in distinguishing pleural transudates from exudates, with the advantage of requiring only two laboratory determinations and no simultaneous blood sample, compared to the use of Light's criteria.","PeriodicalId":76635,"journal":{"name":"The Indian journal of chest diseases & allied sciences","volume":"9 1","pages":"21-3"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2022-06-16","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"83456142","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Allergy situation in India: what is being done?","authors":"R. Prasad, Raj Kumar","doi":"10.5005/ijcdas-55-1-7","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.5005/ijcdas-55-1-7","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":76635,"journal":{"name":"The Indian journal of chest diseases & allied sciences","volume":"23 1","pages":"7-8"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2022-06-16","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"73448832","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"A case of Staphylococcus toxic shock syndrome presenting with multiple pneumatocoeles in the chest.","authors":"S. Nandwani, A. Pande, M. Saluja","doi":"10.5005/ijcdas-55-1-45","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.5005/ijcdas-55-1-45","url":null,"abstract":"Staphylococcus toxic shock syndrome is a severe illness caused by infection with toxin producing Staphylococcus aureus and is associated with a poor outcome. We report a case of Staphylococcus TSS presenting with cough and expectoration along with multiple pneumatoceles visible on the chest radiograph that progressed to acute respiratory distress syndrome with eventual foci in brain. The patient was aggressively managed and recovered completely.","PeriodicalId":76635,"journal":{"name":"The Indian journal of chest diseases & allied sciences","volume":"60 1","pages":"45-7"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2022-06-16","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"84605150","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}