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BACKGROUND: Although there are improvements of clinical symtoms after bronchodilator inhalation in COPD patients, it has been noted that there was no increase of FEV1 in some cases. FEV1 did not reflect precisely the improvement of ventilatory mechanics after bronchodilator inhalation in these COPD patients. The main pathophysiology of COPD is obstruction of airway in expiratory phase but in result, the load of respiratory system is increased in inspiratory phase. Therefore the improvement of clinical symptoms after bronchodilator inhalation may be due to the decrease of inspiratory load. So we performed the study which investigated the effect of bronchodilator on inspiratory response of vetilatory mechanics in COPD patients. METHODS: In 17 stable COPD patients, inspiratory and expiratory forced flow-volume curves were measured respectively before bronchodilator inhalation. l0mg of salbutamol solution was inhaled via jet nebulizer for 4 minutes. Forced expiratory and inspiratory flow-volume curves were measured again 15 minutes after bronchodilator inhalation. RESULTS: FEV1, FVC and FEV1/FVC% were 0.92 +/-0.34L(38.3+/- 14.9% predicted), 2.5+/-0.81L (71.1 +/-21.0% predicted) and 43.1+/-14.5% respectively before bronchodilator inhalation. The values of increase of FEV1, FVC and PIF(Peak Inspiratory Flow) were 0.15 +/-0.13L(relative increase: 17.0%), 0.58+/-0.38 L(29.0%) and 1.0+/-0.56L/sec(37.5%) respectively after bronchodilator inhalation. The increase of PIF was twice more than FEV1 in average(p<0.001). The increase of PIF in these patients whose FEV1 was not increased after bronchodilator inhalation were 35.0%, 44.0% and 55.5% respectively. CONCLUSION: The inspiratory parameter reflected improvement of ventilatory mechanics by inhaled bronchodilater better than expiratory parameters in COPD patients.
Albuterol ; Humans ; Inhalation ; Mechanics ; Nebulizers and Vaporizers ; Pulmonary Disease, Chronic Obstructive* ; Respiratory System

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Asthma* ; Humans ; Permeability*

No abstract available.
Pneumonia* ; Squalene

Respiratory failure is the most serious manifestation and usual cause of death in acute organophosphate poisoning, and is common in acute cholinergic crisis. But the respiratory failure may appear suddenly in a patient who is recovering from the cholinergic crisis, even while receiving conventional therapy. These are case report of 37 years old male and 24 years old female with intermediate syndrome in organophosphate poisoning. The two patients ingested organophosphate(fenthion and mixture of DDVP with chlorpyrifos respectively) incidentally and in a sucide attempt respectively. After apparent recovery from the cholinergic crisis with a conventional therapy but before the expected onset of delayed polyneuropathy , the respiratory failure appeared suddenly with a muscular weakness, affecting predominantly the proximal limb muscles, neck flexors, territories of several motor cranial nerves. The two patients needed mechanical ventilatory support and recovery from the intermediate syndrome was complete in both patients, although one subsequently developed hypoxic encephalopathy. The clinical manifestation and electrophysiologic study support the clinical diagnosis of intermediate syndrome. The syndrome carries a risk of death, because of respiratory paralysis, if not recognized early and treated adequatedly. Prompt endotrachial intubation and mechanical ventilatory support is the cornerstone of treatment of the intermediate syndrome. Therefore, all patient should be observed in a hospital for up to 5 days after poisoning.
Adult ; Cause of Death ; Chlorpyrifos ; Cranial Nerves ; Diagnosis ; Dichlorvos ; Extremities ; Female ; Humans ; Hypoxia, Brain ; Intubation ; Male ; Muscle Weakness ; Neck Muscles ; Organophosphate Poisoning* ; Poisoning ; Polyneuropathies ; Respiratory Insufficiency* ; Respiratory Paralysis ; Young Adult

The motor complications after herpes zoster infection are uncommon, but, the association of muscular paralysis and zoster has been reported for several times. The association between diaphragmatic paralysis and zoster was for the first time reported by Halpern and Covner. The case presented below showed right diaphragmatic paralysis following herpes zoster of C3 and C4 region of dermatome on the right side. A 59-year-old man was found to have a paralysed hemidiaphragm within two months of the appearance of typical herpes zoster rashs involving his right shoulder and neck. Investigations, including bronchoscopy, failed to detect other cause for the diaphragmatic paralysis. We believe that the cervical zoster and diaphragmatic paralysis were causally related.
Bronchoscopy ; Exanthema ; Herpes Zoster* ; Humans ; Middle Aged ; Neck ; Paralysis ; Respiratory Paralysis* ; Shoulder

BACKGROUND: A number of different weaning techniques can be employed such as spontaneous breathing trial, Intermittent mandatory ventilation(IMV) or Pressure support ventilation(PSV). However, the conclusive data indicating the superiority of one technique over another have not been published. Usually, a conventional spontaneous breathing trial is undertaken by supplying humidified O2 through T-shaped adaptor connected to endotracheal tube or tracheostomy tube. In Korea, T-tube trial is not popular because the high-flow oxygen system is not always available. Also, the timing of extubation is not conclusive and depends on clinical experiences. It is known that to withdraw the endotracheal tube after weaning is far better than to go through any period. The tube produces varying degrees of resistance depending on its internal diameter and the flow rates encountered. The purpose of present study is to evaluate the effectiveness of weaning and extubation following a 60 minutes spontaneous breathing trial with simple oxygen supply through the endotracheal tube. METHODS: We analyzed the result of weaning and extubation following a 60 minutes spontaneous breathing trial with simple oxygen supply through the endotracheal tube in 18 subjects from June, 1993 to June, 1994. They consisted of 9 males and 9 females. The duration of mechanical ventilation was from 38 hours to 341 hours(mean: 105.9 +/- 83.4 hours). In all cases, the cause of ventilator dependency should be identified and precipitating factors should be corrected. The weaning trial was done when the patient became alert and arterial O2 tension was adequate(PaO2 > 55mmHg) with an inspired oxygen fraction of 40%. We conducted a careful physical examination when the patient was breathing spontaneously through the endotracheal tube. Failure of weaning trial was signaled by cyanosis, sweating, paradoxical respiration, intercostal recession. Weaning failure was defined as the need for mechanical ventilation within 48 hours. RESULTS: In 19 weaning trials of 18 patients, successful weaning and extubation was possible in 16/19(84.2% ). During the trial of spontaneous breathing for 60 minutes through the endotracheal tube, the patients who could wean developed slight increase in respiratory rates but significant changes of arterial blood gas values were not noted. But, the patients who failed weaning trial showed the marked increase in respiratory rates without significant changes of arterial blood gas values. CONCLUSION: The result of present study indicates that weaning from mechanical ventilation following a 60 minutes spontaneous breathing with O2 supply through the endotracheal tube is a simple and effective method. Extubation can be done at the same time of successful weaning except for endobronchial toilet or airway protection.
Cyanosis ; Female ; Humans ; Korea ; Male ; Oxygen ; Physical Examination ; Precipitating Factors ; Respiration* ; Respiration, Artificial ; Respiratory Rate ; Sweat ; Sweating ; Tracheostomy ; Ventilators, Mechanical ; Weaning*

Sarcoidosis is a chronic multisystemic disorder of unknown cause characterized by presence of noncaseating Epithelioid granuloma in affected organ. It was first reported in 1887 by Hutchinson and is relatively common in western countries. But it is not commonly seen in East Asia including Korea. All parts of the body can be affected, but the lung is the most frequently affected organ. Other common site of involvement include lymph node, eye, skin, etc. It is known that 3~9% of all cases of sarcoidos is associated with bone involvement. Bone involvement usually cause no symptom and frequently affect bones in hands an feet. In many cases, it is known to be associated with skin involvement. We recently experienced one case of sarcoidosis which typically showed X-ray finding of sarcoidosis with associated skin lesion(lupus pernio) and report it with review of the literature.
Far East ; Foot ; Granuloma ; Hand ; Korea ; Lung ; Lymph Nodes ; Sarcoidosis* ; Skin

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Lung Diseases, Interstitial* ; Sjogren's Syndrome*

Patients with mediastinal teratoma are usually asymptomatic, but may develop symptoms by rupture into adjacent structures which result in pneumonia, hemoptysis, pleural effusion, pericardial effusion, or pneumothorax. Rarely, life-threatening acute respiratory distress require a emergenc y surgery. Rupture into pleural cavity may result in pleuritis and pleural effusion with severe anterior chest or back pain. The symptom must be differentiated from other common intrathoracic distress diseases. Clinical, cytologic and radiologic examinatio ns of pleural effusion, and moreover, measurement of enzymes such as amylase or insulin, which is secreted from pancreatic tissues, in pleural effusion and cystic fluid enabled us to make the diagnosis of rupture of mediastinal teratoma preoperatively.
Amylases ; Back Pain ; Diagnosis ; Hemoptysis ; Humans ; Insulin ; Pericardial Effusion ; Pleural Cavity* ; Pleural Effusion ; Pleurisy ; Pneumonia ; Pneumothorax ; Rupture ; Rupture, Spontaneous* ; Teratoma* ; Thorax