The uses of overnight pulse oximetry
Shruti Singh, Sara Z Khan, Dilbagh Singh, Sameer Verma, Arunabh TalwarLung India 2020 37(2):151-157
Overnight pulse oximetry (OPO) has proven to be an effective and beneficial technique to determine the cardiorespiratory status of patients in both the inpatient and outpatient settings. It is a cheap, safe, reliable, simple, and accurate method of patient monitoring as compared to the expensive and labor-intensive method of multichannel polysomnography for detecting sleep-disordered breathing. It provides accurate information about patient's oxygenation status and also helps in monitoring the response to continu...
Source: Lung India - February 26, 2020 Category: Respiratory Medicine Authors: Shruti Singh Sara Z Khan Dilbagh Singh Sameer Verma Arunabh Talwar Source Type: research
Correlation of programmed death-ligand 1 expression with gene expression and clinicopathological parameters in Indian patients with non-small cell lung cancer
Conclusions: The study demonstrated PD-L1 expression in ~ 1/3rd cases of NSCLC patients. No or very weak correlation was observed for PD-L1 expression with genetic mutations and other parameters studied. The presence of gene mutations in PD-L1 expressed samples suggests further investigation on PD-L1 inhibitors in such patients for decisive treatments. (Source: Lung India)
Source: Lung India - February 26, 2020 Category: Respiratory Medicine Authors: Manish Kumar Bhupesh Guleria Shivashankar Swamy Sneha Soni Source Type: research
Accidental inhalation of scarf pin: Presentation and management
Conclusion: Scarf pin inhalation is common in women who wear the Islamic headscarf. Bronchoscopy is an important tool to manage these FBs, but the best prevention treatment is careful handling of these potentially sharp objects away from the mouth. (Source: Lung India)
Source: Lung India - February 26, 2020 Category: Respiratory Medicine Authors: Rachid Marouf Sara Zerrouki Ihsan Alloubi Brahim Housni Source Type: research
Clinicopathological characteristics and treatment outcome in small cell lung cancer: A single institutional experience from India
Conclusions: Small cell carcinoma in our series had a high incidence of advanced stage (85%) and 13% of patients were nonsmoker. Only 66% of patients received palliative chemotherapy and achieved high disease control rate (>75%) in the evaluable patients with median PFS of 9.3 months. (Source: Lung India)
Source: Lung India - February 26, 2020 Category: Respiratory Medicine Authors: Sandip Ganguly Bivas Biswas Sayanika Bhattacharjee Joydeep Ghosh Sumit Mukhopadhyay Divya Midha Deepak Dabkara Source Type: research
Multidrug resistance in tubercular mediastinal adenopathy diagnosed by endobronchial ultrasound-transbronchial needle aspiration
Conclusion: Such a high percentage of drug-resistant patients is common in tertiary care hospitals; however, similar percentages may be found in other settings as well. Therefore, all efforts should be made to take samples for Mycobacterium tuberculosis culture from the involved nodes before commencing therapy to avoid treatment failures. (Source: Lung India)
Source: Lung India - February 26, 2020 Category: Respiratory Medicine Authors: Amit Dhamija Saurabh Goyal Abhinav Guliani Reena Raveendran Arup Kumar Basu Source Type: research
Changes of serum adenosine deaminase level in new cases of pulmonary tuberculosis before and after intensive phase treatment
Conclusions: The examination of serum ADA levels can be used to evaluate the PTB treatment response. (Source: Lung India)
Source: Lung India - February 26, 2020 Category: Respiratory Medicine Authors: Soedarsono Soedarsono Kana Wulung Arie Ichida Prinasetyo Mayfanny Tanzilia Jusak Nugraha Source Type: research
A decade after introducing MPOWER, trend analysis of implementation of the WHO FCTC in the Eastern Mediterranean Region
Conclusions: Although several remarkable achievements have been made regarding tobacco control goals, many policy implementation challenges remain and require urgent action by member states in the Eastern Mediterranean region. (Source: Lung India)
Source: Lung India - February 26, 2020 Category: Respiratory Medicine Authors: Gholamreza Heydari Source Type: research
Rigid bronchoscopic interventions for central airway obstruction & #8211; An observational study
Conclusions: An individualized approach to interventional procedures is safe and effective way to achieve and maintain palliation of CAO. RB with multimodality treatment achieves the goal in majority of the patients. (Source: Lung India)
Source: Lung India - February 26, 2020 Category: Respiratory Medicine Authors: Ajmal Khan Zia Hashim Mansi Gupta Hira Lal Aarti Agarwal Alok Nath Source Type: research
Bronchoscopic device closure of postoperative bronchopleural fistulae: Novel devices and innovative techniques
Conclusions: Bronchoscopic device closure can be a successful strategy to manage postoperative BPF with minimal complications. (Source: Lung India)
Source: Lung India - February 26, 2020 Category: Respiratory Medicine Authors: Vikas Marwah C D S Katoch Kunal Kumar Kamal Pathak Saikat Bhattacharjee Prashant Jindamwar Source Type: research
Methodology of Seasonal Waves of Respiratory Disorders survey conducted at respiratory outpatient clinics across India
Conclusions: It is feasible to conduct a large multisite study to assess respiratory disease burden. Challenges include low response rate and logistic issues. (Source: Lung India)
Source: Lung India - February 26, 2020 Category: Respiratory Medicine Authors: Bharat Bhushan Sharma Sheetu Singh Krishna Kumar Sharma KP Suraj Tariq Mahmood Kumar Utsav Samaria Surya Kant Nishtha Singh Tejraj Singh Aradhna Singh Rajeev Gupta Parvaiz A Koul Sundeep Salvi Virendra Singh SWORD Study Group Source Type: research
Postoperative bronchopleural fistula: Does one size fit all ?
Valliappan Muthu, Kuruswamy Thurai Prasad, Ritesh AgarwalLung India 2020 37(2):97-99 (Source: Lung India)
Source: Lung India - February 26, 2020 Category: Respiratory Medicine Authors: Valliappan Muthu Kuruswamy Thurai Prasad Ritesh Agarwal Source Type: research
Bronchial thermoplasty for severe asthma: A position statement of the Indian chest society
Conclusion: This position statement provides practical guidance regarding patient selection and the technical performance of BT for severe asthma. (Source: Lung India)
Source: Lung India - December 30, 2019 Category: Respiratory Medicine Authors: Karan Madan Saurabh Mittal Tejas M Suri Avinash Jain Anant Mohan Vijay Hadda Pavan Tiwari Randeep Guleria Deepak Talwar Sudhir Chaudhri Virendra Singh Rajesh Swarnakar Sachidanand J Bharti Rakesh Garg Nishkarsh Gupta Vinod Kumar Ritesh Agarwal Ashutosh N Source Type: research
Ultrasonography in chronic obstructive pulmonary disease: Fact or fiction ?
Jaber S Alqahtani, Saeed M AlghamdiLung India 2020 37(1):84-85 (Source: Lung India)
Source: Lung India - December 30, 2019 Category: Respiratory Medicine Authors: Jaber S Alqahtani Saeed M Alghamdi Source Type: research
Ultrasonography of diaphragm in chronic obstructive pulmonary disease: Unanswered questions
Vijay Hadda, Pawan Tiwari, Saurabh Mittal, Karan Madan, Anant MohanLung India 2020 37(1):83-84 (Source: Lung India)
Source: Lung India - December 30, 2019 Category: Respiratory Medicine Authors: Vijay Hadda Pawan Tiwari Saurabh Mittal Karan Madan Anant Mohan Source Type: research
Assessing the flat diaphragm in chronic obstructive pulmonary disease: Deep-diving is a better approach
Uma Devaraj, Kavitha Venkatnarayan, Uma Maheswari Krishnaswamy, Priya RamachandranLung India 2020 37(1):82-83 (Source: Lung India)
Source: Lung India - December 30, 2019 Category: Respiratory Medicine Authors: Uma Devaraj Kavitha Venkatnarayan Uma Maheswari Krishnaswamy Priya Ramachandran Source Type: research
