Pulmonary functions in patients with epidemic dropsy.
Indian J Chest Dis Allied Sci
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2003 Jan-Mar; 45(1): 25-9
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in English
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| ID: sea-29398
ABSTRACT
Pulmonary functions were performed in thirteen patients with epidemic dropsy. The epidemic occurred in Delhi in 1998 during which 102 patients with epidemic dropsy reported to our medical unit. Other investigations included chest radiograph, ECG, liver and renal function tests. There was a restrictive ventilatory defect with diminution of diffusion capacity for carbon monoxide in these patients. Echocardiogram was done in seven of these patients and was normal. The cause of breathlessness and restrictive ventilatory defect is likely to be non-cardiogenic pulmonary oedema.
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IMSEAR (South-East Asia)
Main subject:
Pulmonary Edema
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Plant Oils
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Female
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Humans
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Male
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Food Contamination
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Disease Outbreaks
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Adolescent
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Adult
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Edema
Country/Region as subject:
Asia
Language:
English
Journal:
Indian J Chest Dis Allied Sci
Year:
2003
Type:
Article
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