18 Questions 40 Answers 0 Followers
Questions related from Arnab Maji
Why oxygen therapy is not much of use in treating hypoxemia in OSA?
29 October 2013 1,962 5 View
Which of the following has the better correlation with dyspnea and quality of life in COPD? - 1. FEV1 2. RV/TLC 3. FVC 4. IC Answer with reason and proper references.
23 October 2013 5,294 11 View
A 15 year old girl presented with exertional SOB for last 1 month which exacerbated for last 2 days. At OPD she was grade 4 Dyspneic with resting desaturation with cyanosis and following cxr. the...
02 October 2013 1,176 21 View
My brother has been admitted with massive left sided primary spontaneous pneumothorax which was properly managed by us with chest tube drainage with full expansion of underlying lung. We went for...
28 August 2013 3,027 11 View
Seeking information on Fat Embolism Syndrome
20 July 2013 811 3 View
What is the role of diuretics in the management of ARDS?
27 June 2013 6,818 9 View
I have come across difficulties in dealing a case of an infant. Would you kindly give your valuable opinion? A 7 month old infant presented to me with high grade fever with chill rigor for 1.5...
19 June 2013 6,770 12 View
Fixed airflow obstruction is a clinical subtype or phenotype of Difficult-to-treat Asthma. Is there any specific spirometry criteria on which we can tell of having fixed air-flow limitation in...
06 May 2013 4,393 3 View
A 13 year old boy in our institution presented with sudden onset dyspnea with cough. CXR revealed rt sided massive pneumothorax for which we put chest drain. The boy was improving then from 5 th...
03 May 2013 8,293 50 View
As per recent diagnostic criteria for the diagnosis of NTM, there is a chance of overdiagnosis of NTM, thereby enhancing the potential toxicities of the drugs. There is also a chance of...
29 March 2013 7,284 1 View
Is the term ALI is really obsolete after emergence of the new Berlin definition of ARDS ? Whats is the actual purpose of such a definition?
21 March 2013 5,730 5 View
Is there any proven efficacy of NIV in COPD with cor-pulmonale?
14 March 2013 4,289 1 View
In a resource poor setting, especially in our eastern part of India, thoracoscopes are not available in every centre so all we have to depend on is blind pleural biopsy or VATS under surgical...
13 March 2013 173 18 View
Biomarkers are able to predict mortality in COPD patients. What are those biomarkers?
13 March 2013 5,073 2 View
What are the DPLDs which increase lung volume rather than decreasing it?
13 February 2013 2,443 3 View
What should be the ideal treatment of TB in presence of type 2 DM and what should be the ideal management of DM in presence of TB? What should be the ideal starting regimen for DM in presence of...
23 January 2013 2,363 8 View
what may be the causes of dyspnea in chronic arsenicosis? Can isolated pulmonary arterial hypertension be associated with and caused by chronic arsenicosis?
25 December 2012 1,455 1 View
Etoposide capsules in one study were administered for 5 days to a total dose of 800 mg/m2. A response rate of 70% and a median survival of 9.5 months was seen, result comparable with the efficacy...
11 December 2012 7,918 4 View
