Pulmonary Hypoplasia Presented in Adulthood as a Chronic Respiratory Failure: Report of Two Cases
| Autor: | A. Mas, A. Marin, Rosa Mirapeix, J. R. Sanudo, Christian Domingo, M. D. Torremorell |
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| Rok vydání: | 1997 |
| Předmět: |
Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine
Spirometry Chronic bronchitis medicine.medical_specialty Lung medicine.diagnostic_test business.industry Respiratory disease medicine.disease Hypoplasia Surgery Pulmonary hypoplasia medicine.anatomical_structure Respiratory failure Internal medicine medicine Cardiology Arterial blood business |
| Zdroj: | Respiration. 64:240-243 |
| ISSN: | 1423-0356 0025-7931 |
| Popis: | We report 2 cases of pulmonary hypoplasia diagnosed in adulthood presenting clinically as chronic respiratory failure. Both patients met criteria for chronic bronchitis and had shown repeated respiratory infections and increasing dyspnoea. The spirometry showed a severe non-defined ventilatory disturbance and the arterial blood gases showed the presence of marked hypoxaemia. The altered chest X-ray, arterial blood gases and spirometry had been attributed to chronic bronchitis. The CT scan was instrumental in establishing the diagnosis of pulmonary hypoplasia. |
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