Vijayan, V K and Kuppurao, K V and Venkatesan, P and Prabhakar, R (1988) Arterial hypoxemin in acute tropical pulmonary eosinophilia. Lung India, 6 (4). pp. 183-185. ISSN Print: 0970-2113; Online: 0974-598X
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Abstract
Arterial oxygen tensions were estimated in 48 acute tropical eosinophilic patients. Twenty (42%) had PaO2 of less than 80 mmHg, though 18 had only mild hypoxemia (PaO2 -70-80 mmHg). A smoker had PaO2 of less than 60 mmHg. The single breath carbon monoxide transfer factor (TLCO) was lowered in 42 (88%) patients. The PaO2 correlation with both FEV1% and TLCO percent predicted was not strong. Obstructive ventilatory and diffusion defects may not be the main mechanisms of hypoxemia in these patients.
| Item Type: | Article |
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| Subjects: | Tuberculosis > Clinical Research |
| Divisions: | Clinical Research |
| Depositing User: | Dr. Rathinasabapati R |
| Date Deposited: | 26 Aug 2013 06:16 |
| Last Modified: | 15 Mar 2016 06:01 |
| URI: | http://eprints.nirt.res.in/id/eprint/250 |
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