Tuberculous pleurisy is the most common form of extrapulmonary tuberculosis in Korea. Tuberculous pleurisy presents a diagnostic and therapeutic problem due to the limitations of traditional diagnostic tools. There have been many clinical research works during the past decade. Recent studies have provided new insight into the tuberculous pleurisy, which have a large impact on clinical practice.…
Occupational lung diseases are caused or made worse by exposure to harmful substances in the work-place. “Pneumoconiosis” is the term used for the diseases associated with inhalation of mineral dusts. While many of these broadspectrum substances may be encountered in the general environment, many occur in the work-place for greater amounts as a result of industrial processes; therefore, a r…
Laryngeal trauma is an uncommon but potentially life-threatening injury. Estimates of occurrence range from 1 in 5000 emergency department visits to 1 in 137,000 hospital admissions. The signs and symptoms are variable, and severe injuries may initially appear innocuous. The airway must always be thoroughly evaluated.
Tuberkulosis (TB) adalah penyakit infeksi menular yang disebabkan oleh Mycobacterium tuberculosis complex (MTBC) yang menyerang paru-paru dan berbagai organ. Manifestasi ekstraparu yang paling sering adalah limfadenitis TB yang merupakan proses peradangan pada kelenjar getah bening akibat aktivitas MTBC. Beberapa faktor yang menyebabkan tuberkulosis ekstraparu antara lain faktor sosiodemografis…
AbstrakFine Needle Aspiration Biopsy (FNAB) sebagai alat diagnostik pembesaran kelenjar limfe telah membantu klinisi untuk menegakkan diagnosis TB anak. Penelitian ini bertujuan untuk melihat gambaran klinis, uji tuberkulin dan foto Rontgen thorak pasien yang didiagnosis limfadenitis TB secara FNAB. Penelitian deskriptif ini dilakukan secara retrospektif dari rekam medis anak dengan FNAB kelenj…
MTB ranks as the first worldwide pathogen latently infecting one third of the population and the second leading cause of death from a single infectious agent, after the human immunodeficiency virus (HIV). The development of vigorous and apparently appropriate immune response upon infection with M. tuberculosis in humans and experimental animals conflict with failure to eradicate the pathogen it…
Tuberkulosis (TB) adalah suatu penyakit infeksi menular yang disebabkan oleh Mycobacterium tuberkulosis yang dapat menyerang berbagai organ terutama paru-paru. Penyakit ini bila tidak diobati atau pengobatannya tidak tuntas dapat menimbulkan komplikasi berbahaya hingga kematian. TB diperkirakan sudah ada di dunia sejak 5000 tahun sebelum masehi, namun kemajuan dalam penemuan dan pengendalian pe…
A previous meta-analysis suggested that the treatment with erdosteine was associated with significant amelioration of the cumulative global efficacy index and symptoms in comparison to placebo or other mucolytics. However, this conclusion was criticized because the meta-analysis, as it had been done, made it impossible to preclude the potential operation of selection biases within and across t…
Four dogs and one patient with uncomplicated atelectasis of an entire lung were studied. Arterial oxygen saturations were nearly normal, indicating diminished flow to the atelectatic lung. Angiography confirmed this finding. "Vinyl plastic injections showed no evidence of increased bronchial collateral circulation and pathological examination of the atelectatic lung did not demonstrate any …
Cough is a natural process that protects the airway. Cough can occur spontaneously or voluntarily. It is considered chronic when it is present for longer than 4 weeks in children or 8 weeks in adults. In both, chronic cough causes patient distress and increased healthcare utilization. Etiologies of pediatric chronic cough include asthma, protracted bacterial bronchitis, tracheomalacia, habit co…