Juniper Publishers-International Journal of Pulmonary & Respiratory Sciences

Juniper Publishers-International Journal of Pulmonary & Respiratory Sciences  A Tracheal Web as a Cause of Dyspnea in a Patient who had been treated for Asthma in the Past 35 years Authored by Strouvalis Ioannis Abstract A Tracheal Web is a soft tissue formation partially occluding the trachea lumen. It is of benign origin and can be either congenital or acquired – the latter mostly in patients with a history of prolonged intubation. Due to the symptoms that are consistent with obstructive lung disease, it can often be misdiagnosed as such. As a result some patients may have been categorized as asthmatics with minimal response to treatment, since the tracheal web causes a fixed obstruction pattern. We describe a case of a female 57 year old patient that had been under asthma treatment for 35 years and was admitted to Sismanogleio Public Hospital, Greece, due to dyspnea consistent with an asthma exacerbation. Keywords: Tracheal web; Asthma; Fiberoptic broncho...

Juniper Publishers-International Journal of Pulmonary & Respiratory Sciences  Deadly High Altitude Pulmonary Disorders: Acute Mountain Sickness (AMS); High Altitude Pulmonary Edema (HAPE) and High Altitude Cerebral Edema (HACE): A Clinical Review  Authored by Michael Obrowski   Abstract Mountain Sickness, also called High Altitude Sickness, is specifically a triad of different disorders, in order of increasing seriousness: Acute Mountain Sickness (AMS); High Altitude Pulmonary Edema (HAPE) and High Altitude Cerebral Edema (HACE). These three disorders, with relatively unimportant small variations seen in some Pulmonology Textbooks, because these are so serious, they are all potentially deadly pulmonary disorders and we will discuss these three major, deadly disorders. Each one, starting with AMS, can progress rapidly to HAPE and then HACE. The two authors of this article have over half a century of high altitude mountaineering experience. They have also...

Juniper Publishers-International Journal of Pulmonary & Respiratory Sciences  Human Model for Studying the Bare Area of the Liver with Special Reference to the Metastatic Potential of Lung Cancer Metastases Authored by Wilson I B Onuigbo Abstract The medical masters of yester years noted the great importance of the actions of Nature in their writings. For instance, Julius Cohnheim was emphatic that autopsies “are all in a manner experiments instituted by nature, which we need only rightly interpret to get a clear idea of the causes, laws of growth, and significance of the tumour.” Indeed, as Nature has it, there is a “bare” area of the liver. Moreover, this area is adjacent to the right adrenal gland. Furthermore, as Bourne depicted, the position of the adrenal gland is probably not fortuitous but related to some evolutionary factor. Therefore, in line with my other practical papers, it is hypothesized that, in cases of right lung cancer, a block containing hepati...