The pathologic and radiologic spectrum of ILD associated with Ig deficiency is remarkably wide. This is reminiscent of collagen vascular diseases, in which the same disease and the same immune abnormalities can be associated with many different types of ILD. With the exception of granulomatous pneumonitis, which could not be confidently catogo-rized in subject 15, […]
On arrival in the ED, the patients average oxygen saturation on room air was 97 ± 3%. Patients had an initial PEFR of 52 ± 21% of predicted normal, and were treated in the ED for a median of 2.9 h (IQR, 2.1 to 3.9 h). The final recorded PEFR was 80 ± 23% of […]
In a follow-up study from the same center, no DVTs were found in the 60 patients who were given either enoxaparin, 20 or 40 mg daily. Another randomized trial failed to detect a difference in VTE rates in 136 major thoracolumbar reconstruction patients who had received prophylaxis with both GCS and either IPC or the VFP. Given the paucity of […]
Lung obstruction in emphysema patients is due to the reduction of airway support and the consequent dynamic collapse of airways, particularly during forced exhalation; in emphysema patients, intrinsic airway disease is not present and resistance is entirely expiratory. Severe COPD is a combination of emphysema with varying amounts of chronic bronchitis and bronchospasm. The primary […]
Two weeks after being sent home from the ED, patients were contacted by telephone. A relapse was defined as an urgent or unscheduled visit to any physician for worsening asthma symptoms during the 14-day follow-up period. Complete follow-up data were available for 641 patients, of whom 17% reported relapse (95% confidence interval, 14 to 20). […]