Recurrent lower respiratory tract infections in a 14-year-old boy with tracheobronchomegaly (Mounier-Kuhn syndrome).

abstract：:Ten children with mild bronchial asthma underwent bronchial challenge with carbachol on three consecutive days; using a double-blind technique, they were given inhaled saline placebo on the first day and placebo or sodium cromoglycate (SCG) on the second and third days 15 min prior to the bronchial provocation test wi...

journal_title：Pediatric pulmonology

authors： Barbato A,Pisetta F,Mesirca P,Ragusa A,Zacchello F

更新日期：1987-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In children unable to perform reliable spirometry, the interrupter resistance (R(int) ) technique for assessing respiratory resistance is easy to perform. However, few data are available on the possibility to use R(int) as a surrogate for spirometry. We aimed at comparing R(int) and spirometry at baseline and after br...

journal_title：Pediatric pulmonology

authors： Beydon N,Mahut B,Maingot L,Guillo H,La Rocca MC,Medjahdi N,Koskas M,Boulé M,Delclaux C

更新日期：2012-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To determine whether non-invasive positive pressure ventilation (NIPPV) delivered via nasal prongs can alleviate the need for tracheal intubation and invasive ventilation in infants admitted to the pediatric intensive care unit (PICU) with impending respiratory failure, and to find predictive factors for succ...

journal_title：Pediatric pulmonology

authors： Cavari Y,Sofer S,Rozovski U,Lazar I

更新日期：2012-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Even though childhood asthma is assumed to comprise reversible airway obstruction, some children develop irreversible airway obstruction (not reversed by a bronchodilator or corticosteroids); this may be due to inflammation that has caused remodeling. Lately, it has been claimed that in the absence of treatment with i...

journal_title：Pediatric pulmonology

authors： König P

更新日期：2002-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Wheezing is the most widely reported adventitious lung sound in the English language. It is recognized by health professionals as well as by lay people, although often with a different meaning. Wheezing is an indicator of airway obstruction and therefore of interest particularly for the assessment of young children an...

journal_title：Pediatric pulmonology

authors： Pasterkamp H

更新日期：2018-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Premature neonates frequently require oxygen supplementation as a therapeutic intervention that, while necessary, also exposes the lung to significant oxidant stress. We hypothesized that hyperoxia has a deleterious effect on alveolar epithelial barrier function rendering the neonatal lung susceptible to inj...

journal_title：Pediatric pulmonology

authors： Vyas-Read S,Vance RJ,Wang W,Colvocoresses-Dodds J,Brown LA,Koval M

更新日期：2018-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The choice of antibiotics for sinusitis in children with cystic fibrosis (CF) is empirical or based on lower airway cultures, because sinus cultures are difficult to obtain. The aim of this study was to identify the main organisms cultured from CF children with chronic sinusitis, and to evaluate the concordance of con...

journal_title：Pediatric pulmonology

authors： Muhlebach MS,Miller MB,Moore C,Wedd JP,Drake AF,Leigh MW

更新日期：2006-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The prevalence of respiratory syncytial virus (RSV) infection was studied during three consecutive annual outbreaks (1983-1986) in SR Croatia, Yugoslavia. A total of 1,238 subjects were examined, using RSV isolation and immunofluorescent (DTFA) methods, with 1,042 showing the signs of respiratory infection and 207 of ...

journal_title：Pediatric pulmonology

authors： Mlinarić-Galinović G,Ugrcić I,Bozikov J

更新日期：1987-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Measurements of arterial oxygen tension (PaO2) while breathing room air, and maximum expiratory flow volume curves were performed in 34 patients with cystic fibrosis (age range 7-27 years, 24 males and 10 females). Logistic regression was performed using forced vital capacity (FVC), forced expiratory volume in 1 secon...

journal_title：Pediatric pulmonology

authors： Stecenko AA,Postotnik L,Thomas RG

更新日期：1989-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We studied the left lung using multi-focus microphotography in 378 rat fetuses, assessing airway branching from day 13 to day 19 of gestation, and lung growth variables from day 13 to day 21. Longitudinal growth, and monopodial and dichotomous branching brought about a consistent airway pattern with variations within ...

journal_title：Pediatric pulmonology

authors： Rotschild A,Massoud EA,Solimano A,Puterman ML,Sekhon HS,Thurlbeck WM

更新日期：1996-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:There is increasing interest in using the Multiple Breath Washout technique and the lung clearance index (LCI) for detecting early pulmonary changes, for example, in cystic fibrosis lung disease. However, there are still limited data regarding equipment specific reference ranges, repeatability and reproducibility. The...

journal_title：Pediatric pulmonology

authors： Fuchs SI,Eder J,Ellemunter H,Gappa M

更新日期：2009-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:Extremely low gestational age neonates (ELGANs) are at risk for pulmonary hypertension (PH). We hypothesized that PH, defined by echocardiogram at 36 weeks gestational age (GA), would associate with respiratory morbidity, increased oxidant stress, and reduced nitric oxide production. STUDY DESIGN:ELGANs in t...

journal_title：Pediatric pulmonology

authors： O'Connor MG,Suthar D,Vera K,Slaughter JC,Maitre NL,Steele S,Beller A,Fike CD,Aschner JL,Moore PE,Austin ED

更新日期：2018-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Extralobar pulmonary sequestration is a congenital lung malformation characterized by a non-functional lung segment with systemic feeding vessel. Over 90% of sequestrations are found in the thorax with less than 10% located in the abdomen. We present an unusual case of intra abdominal pulmonary sequestration, located ...

journal_title：Pediatric pulmonology

authors： Chouikh T,Berteloot L,Revillon Y,Delacourt C,Khen-Dunlop N

更新日期：2014-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We report on a 1-month-old boy who presented with a "horseshoe" lung, complete "O" rings of the trachea, and an unusual course of the left pulmonary artery mimicking a left pulmonary artery sling. Computed tomography, cardiac catheterization, and bronchoscopy were performed to confirm the rare coexistence of these ano...

journal_title：Pediatric pulmonology

authors： Hwang HK,Chen MR,Chen SJ,Kao HA,Lee KS,Shih SL

更新日期：2002-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In adults, the term specific pulmonary renal syndrome describes disorders with pulmonary and glomerular manifestations and includes Wegener's granulomatosis, Goodpasture disease, and systemic lupus erythematosus. Nonspecific pulmonary renal syndrome refers to either pulmonary disease complicating glomerular disease, o...

journal_title：Pediatric pulmonology

authors： von Vigier RO,Trummler SA,Laux-End R,Sauvain MJ,Truttmann AC,Bianchetti MG

更新日期：2000-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A potentially useful method to monitor respiratory mechanics in artificially ventilated patients consists of analyzing the relationship between tracheal pressure (P), lung volume (V), and gas flow (V) by multiple linear regression (MLR) using a suitable model. Contrary to other methods, it does not require any particu...

journal_title：Pediatric pulmonology

authors： Rousselot JM,Peslin R,Duvivier C

更新日期：1992-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：INTRODUCTION:Chest impedance (CI) is the current standard for cardio-respiratory monitoring in preterm infants but fails to provide direct and quantitative information on diaphragmatic activity. Transcutaneous electromyography (dEMG) is able to measure diaphragmatic activity, but its feasibility and repeatability to mo...

journal_title：Pediatric pulmonology

authors： Kraaijenga JV,Hutten GJ,de Jongh FH,van Kaam AH

更新日期：2015-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Three adults with cystic fibrosis (one after lung transplantation) presented with fever, chest pain, and acute radiographic changes. The changes included a cavitary lesion of the lung, acute dense infiltrates, and lobar collapse. After failing conventional antibiotic therapy, the patients underwent flexible bronchosco...

journal_title：Pediatric pulmonology

authors： Colin AA,Tsiligiannis T,Nosé V,Waltz DA

更新日期：2006-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Campomelic dysplasia is a generalized disorder of cartilaginous growth and development, leading to early death from pulmonary insufficiency. We describe the airway dynamics as observed bronchoscopically in two affected infants. Both infants demonstrated anatomic compromise of the upper airway and diffuse laryngotrache...

journal_title：Pediatric pulmonology

authors： Grad R,Sammut PH,Britton JR,Goodrich P,Hoyme HE,Dambro NN

更新日期：1987-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Corticosteroids continue to be used by many physicians to treat infants with bronchiolitis. The aim of this study was to examine the short-term and long-term efficacy of oral corticosteroid therapy when added to beta2-agonists in infants with mild to moderate bronchiolitis (defined as the first episode of wheezing ass...

journal_title：Pediatric pulmonology

authors： Berger I,Argaman Z,Schwartz SB,Segal E,Kiderman A,Branski D,Kerem E

更新日期：1998-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We determined lung function at age 10 years in very low birthweight (VLBW,

journal_title：Pediatric pulmonology

authors： Palta M,Sadek-Badawi M,Madden K,Green C

更新日期：2007-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Our objective was to compare the effectiveness of maximum forced expiratory flow measured at functional residual capacity (V'maxFRC) and the ratio of flow at 75% of the forced expiratory volume to peak forced expiratory flow (FEF(75)/FEF(peak)) for detecting bronchodilator-related changes in wheezy infants. In 55 infa...

journal_title：Pediatric pulmonology

authors： Sheikh S,Castile R,Hayes J,McCoy K,Eid N

更新日期：2003-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Chronic colonization with Pseudomonas (P.) aeruginosa worsens the prognosis of cystic fibrosis (CF) patients. This study aims to analyze the functional properties of neutrophils in CF patients with P. aeruginosa colonization. METHODS:Patients with CF (n = 16) were grouped by positivity of P. aeruginosa in s...

journal_title：Pediatric pulmonology

authors： Aslanhan U,Cakir E,Ozyigit LP,Kucuksezer UC,Gelmez YM,Yuksel M,Deniz G,Aktas EC

更新日期：2021-01-29 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:Forced expiratory volume in 1 second (FEV1) is an important predictor of outcome in cystic fibrosis (CF). This study aimed to describe the change in lung function, nutritional status, and mortality of children with CF at a single center in Cape Town, South Africa, and identify factors associated with poor lu...

journal_title：Pediatric pulmonology

authors： Vandenbroucke NJ,Zampoli M,Morrow B

更新日期：2020-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To describe and analyze the characteristics and the early risk factors for mortality of noninvasive ventilation (NIV) in critically ill children. STUDY DESIGN:A multicenter, prospective, observational 2-year study carried out with critically ill patients (1 month - 18 years of age) who needed NIV. Clinical d...

journal_title：Pediatric pulmonology

authors： López J,Pons-Òdena M,Medina A,Molinos-Norniella C,Palanca-Arias D,Demirkol D,León-González JS,López-Fernández YM,Perez-Baena L,López-Herce J,NIV Research Group.

更新日期：2020-12-31 00:00:00

abstract：:We previously demonstrated that infants with a history of bronchopulmonary dysplasia (BPD) exhibit airflow obstruction and air trapping. The purpose of this study was to assess longitudinal changes in pulmonary function in infants with a history of BPD over the first 3 years of life, and the relationship to somatic gr...

journal_title：Pediatric pulmonology

authors： Filbrun AG,Popova AP,Linn MJ,McIntosh NA,Hershenson MB

更新日期：2011-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Pneumomediastinum is uncommon in pediatric medical practice, outside the neonatal period. While asthma or respiratory infections are the most frequent underlying causes, it is important not to forget the possibility of foreign body aspiration, particularly after the clinical presentation. ...

journal_title：Pediatric pulmonology

authors： Findlay CA,Morrissey S,Paton JY

更新日期：2003-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:There is no consensus about reproducibility and reliability of spirometry in young children. We evaluated forced expiratory maneuvers from 98 children aged 3 to 5 years with a variety of respiratory disorders before and after bronchodilator treatment. Forced vital capacity (FVC) and forced expiratory volume in 1 sec (...

journal_title：Pediatric pulmonology

authors： Kanengiser S,Dozor AJ

更新日期：1994-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Phrenic nerve paralysis is a condition typically occurring after invasive procedures in the chest and neck. Here we describe a case of transient unilateral diaphragmatic paralysis in a child with status asthmaticus complicated by complete right lung atelectasis. Common causes of this disorder and possible implications...

journal_title：Pediatric pulmonology

authors： Santuz P,Piccoli A,Zaglia F,Biban P

更新日期：2004-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We compared proliferation (growth) and differentiation (development) related proteins in normal and hypoplastic fetal murine lungs. The hypoplastic lungs were created in CD-1 fetal mice by nitrofen exposure (25 mg per pregnant mouse given intragastrically on gestational day 8 [Gd8]), as published earlier. The lungs we...

journal_title：Pediatric pulmonology

authors： Chinoy MR,Chi X,Cilley RE

更新日期：2001-08-01 00:00:00