Combined pulmonary fibrosis and emphysema in a tyre industry worker

Lung India

Volumn 29, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 273-276

  Karkhanis, Vinaya ^a   Joshi, J M ^a  

^a BYL NAIR CHARITABLE HOSPITAL   (India)

Author keywords

Emphysema; smoking; talc

Indexed keywords

BICARBONATE; CARBON MONOXIDE; CYCLOPHOSPHAMIDE; OXYGEN; PREDNISOLONE; TALC;

ABNORMAL RESPIRATORY SOUND; ADULT; ARTERIAL CARBON DIOXIDE TENSION; ARTERIAL GAS; ARTERIAL OXYGEN TENSION; ARTERIAL PH; ARTICLE; BLOOD GAS ANALYSIS; BREATHING RATE; CASE REPORT; CENTRAL VENOUS PRESSURE; CLINICAL FEATURE; CLUBBING FINGERS; COMBINED PULMONARY FIBROSIS AND EMPHYSEMA; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; COR PULMONALE; COUGHING; DISEASE DURATION; DISEASE SEVERITY; DUST EXPOSURE; DYSPNEA; EMPHYSEMA; FOLLOW UP; FOOT EDEMA; FORCED EXPIRATORY VOLUME; FORCED VITAL CAPACITY; HEART ATRIUM ENLARGEMENT; HEART CATHETERIZATION; HEART RIGHT VENTRICLE FAILURE; HUMAN; INDUSTRIAL WORKER; INTERSTITIAL LUNG DISEASE; JUGULAR VEIN; LUNG ARTERY PRESSURE; LUNG DIFFUSION CAPACITY; LUNG FIBROSIS; MALE; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; OXYGEN THERAPY; POLYCYTHEMIA; PULMONARY HYPERTENSION; RESIDUAL VOLUME; SPIROMETRY; SYSTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE; TACHYPNEA; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY; TOTAL LUNG CAPACITY; TRICUSPID VALVE REGURGITATION; TWO DIMENSIONAL ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY;

EID: 84864867024     PISSN: 09702113     EISSN: 0974598X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4103/0970-2113.99116     Document Type: Article

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