Incidental lung volume reduction following fulminant pulmonary hemorrhage in a patient with severe emphysema
| Autor: | Michael Boeckeler, Marius Horger, Juergen Hetzel, Werner Spengler |
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| Rok vydání: | 2014 |
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Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine
Reoperation medicine.medical_specialty Hemoptysis Fulminant Postoperative Hemorrhage Severity of Illness Index Pulmonary function testing Pulmonary Disease Chronic Obstructive Bronchoscopy Quality of life Severity of illness medicine Humans Lung emphysema Respiratory function Lung Device Removal Aged medicine.diagnostic_test business.industry Hemostatic Techniques Recovery of Function respiratory system medicine.disease respiratory tract diseases Surgery Treatment Outcome Pulmonary Emphysema Female Pulmonary hemorrhage business Lung Volume Measurements Tomography X-Ray Computed |
| Zdroj: | Lung. 193(3) |
| ISSN: | 1432-1750 |
| Popis: | Endoscopic lung volume reduction is an emerging technique meant to improve lung function parameters, quality of life, and exercise tolerance in patients with severe lung emphysema. This is the first report of lung volume reduction by autologous blood in a patient with non-bullous lung emphysema. A 74-year-old woman with heterogeneous lung emphysema developed accidentally diffuse lobar bleeding immediately after valve placement. Due to persistent hemorrhage, the valves had to be removed shortly thereafter. Despite extraction of the valves, respiratory function of the patient improved rapidly indicated also by a drop in the COPD assessment test questionnaire, 3 months later. This was consistent with both improvement of lung function tests and six-minute walking test. |
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