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Full-Text Articles in Pulmonology
Pulmonary Talcosis 10 Years After Brief Teenage Exposure To Cosmetic Talcum Powder., Amarah Shakoor, Arsalan Rahatullah, Adil Aijaz Shah, Ali Bin Sarwar Zubairi
Pulmonary Talcosis 10 Years After Brief Teenage Exposure To Cosmetic Talcum Powder., Amarah Shakoor, Arsalan Rahatullah, Adil Aijaz Shah, Ali Bin Sarwar Zubairi
Department of Medicine
Pulmonary talcosis is a rare but debilitating variant of pneumoconiosis often presenting with isolated non-specific symptoms of progressive exertional dyspnoea or cough. Occupational exposure to talc dust and intravenous drug abuse are well-recognised aetiological factors with only a few cases related to cosmetic talc exposure being reported to date. The authors report a case of a young woman in whom a mere 4 month ritual of inhaling cosmetic talcum powder led to full-blown pulmonary talcosis being diagnosed 10 years later. The importance of a taking a pertinent history relating to environmental exposures in all patients presenting with respiratory symptoms is …
Differentiating Asthma From Its Mimics, Zeeshan Waheed, Muhammad Irfan, Mohammad Salih, Ali Bin Sarwar Zubairi
Differentiating Asthma From Its Mimics, Zeeshan Waheed, Muhammad Irfan, Mohammad Salih, Ali Bin Sarwar Zubairi
Section of Pulmonary & Critical Care
All that wheezes is not asthma this adage accredited to Chevalier Jackson emphasizes the importance of differentiating asthma from its mimics, particularly if the patient is not responding to usual therapy. The above statement also warrants further diagnostic evaluation and management of non-asthma conditions that mimic asthma. We present here a case of a middle aged female who presented with severe bronchospasm, initially labeled as asthma but was resistant to usual anti-asthma therapy. After further workup she was eventually diagnosed to have esophageal achalasia.
Undetected Common Variable Immune Deficiency In A Young Adult Of Pakistani Descent., M Owais Khan, Adil Iqba Memon, Ali Bin Sarwar Zubairi, Asifali Imam
Undetected Common Variable Immune Deficiency In A Young Adult Of Pakistani Descent., M Owais Khan, Adil Iqba Memon, Ali Bin Sarwar Zubairi, Asifali Imam
Department of Medicine
Common variable immune deficiency (CVID) is a syndrome which is due to deficiency of humoral immune response resulting in increased susceptibility to infections We report a case of CVID in a 24-year-old male whopresented with a history of recurrent pneumonias.
Measuring The Symptom Burden Of Lung Cancer: The Validity And Utility Of The Lung Cancer Module Of The M D Anderson Symptom Inventory, Tito R Mendoza, Xin Shelley Wang, Charles Lu, Guadalupe R Palos, Zhongxing Liao, Gary M Mobley, Shitij Kapoor, Charles S Cleeland
Measuring The Symptom Burden Of Lung Cancer: The Validity And Utility Of The Lung Cancer Module Of The M D Anderson Symptom Inventory, Tito R Mendoza, Xin Shelley Wang, Charles Lu, Guadalupe R Palos, Zhongxing Liao, Gary M Mobley, Shitij Kapoor, Charles S Cleeland
Faculty, Staff and Student Publications
We conducted a study to establish the psychometric properties of a module of the M. D. Anderson Symptom Inventory (MDASI) developed specifically for patients with lung cancer (MDASI-LC). The MDASI measures 13 common "core" symptoms of cancer and its treatment. The MDASI-LC includes the 13 core MDASI symptom items and three lung cancer-specific items: coughing, constipation, and sore throat. MDASI-LC items were administered to three cohorts of patients with lung cancer undergoing either chemotherapy or chemoradiotherapy. Known-group validity and criterion (concurrent) validity of the MDASI-LC were evaluated using the Eastern Cooperative Oncology Group performance status and the 12-item Short-Form Health …