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Slide PresentationPRESENTED ON: Monday, March 24, 2014 at 10:45 AM - 11:45 AMPURPOSE: Hookah is a tobacco smoking tool which is thought to be harmless than cigarette, and there is no adequate studies about its hazards to health, that is threatening the youth of the world today. In this study, we aimed to indicate the accumulated carbon monoxide levels in breath, examine the changes in respiratory function tests and indicate the effect of the parameters of oxidative stres in blood after smooking hookah. ⋯ The following authors have nothing to disclose: Funda Karaduman Yalcin, Mukremin Er, Aysegul Senturk, Hatice Kilic, Hatice Canan HasanogluNo Product/Research Disclosure Information.
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Cardiovascular Case Report Posters IISESSION TYPE: Case Report PosterPRESENTED ON: Sunday, March 23, 2014 at 01:15 PM - 02:15 PMINTRODUCTION: We present a case of progressive hypoxemia with platypnea-orthodeoxia developing after lung resection surgery for lung cancer. ⋯ Symptoms of hypoxemia with platypnea-orthodeoxia are concerning for shunt physiology. The differential diagnosis includes sources of intracardiac (ASD, PFO) and intrapulmonary shunting. He had a prior intracardiac shunt on an earlier echo but not on the post-operative study. He had no evidence of other cardiac causes such as pericardial effusion, constrictive pericarditis or aortic aneurysm. He had an interstitial lung disease by CT scan but this was unchanged radiographically. There was no evidence of other pulmonary causes such as COPD, thromboembolic disease or an intrapulmonary shunt (arteriovenous malformation). He had no history of liver disease with shunt from cirrhosis or history of kyphoscoliosis. Platypnea-orthodeoxia was first described in 1949 and major causes are intracardiac shunts and intrapulmonary shunts. The intracardiac shunts are right-to-left and most often include atrial septal defect, patent foramen ovale or fenestrated atrial aneurysm. Other causes include pericardial effusion, lobectomy, pneumonectomy or upper abdominal surgery. This occurs from preferential blood flow towards the atrial septum that is accentuated by altered intracardiac anatomy, compliances of the right and left heart, pulmonary vascular resistance and transient right to left pressure gradients associated with respiratory and positional changes. This is generally not associated with pulmonary hypertension and atrial right-to-left shunting has been reported despite normal right-sided pressures. A right-to-left shunt is more likely to appear after a right-sided lung resection with most patients having symptoms develop a month to several months afterwards. Noncardiac causes can include intrapulmonary shunting, such as thromboembolic disease and AVMs, or cirrhosis and kyphoscolisoss. The key to diagnosis is clinical suspicion of symptoms of dyspnea and hypoxemia, induced or worsened by an upright posture. In conclusion, interatrial shunting through a PFO or ASD is a rare but clinically significant condition after thoracic surgery. There are several underlying etiologies and can occur in the immediate postoperative period or can be more delayed.Reference #1: Interatrial Shunting After Major Thoracic Surgery: A Rare but Clinically Significant Event. Ann Thorac Surg 2012;93:1647-51Reference #2: Dyspnoea and hypoxaemia after lung surgery: the role of interatrial right-to-left shunt. Eur Respir J 2006; 28: 174-181Reference #3: Platypnoea-orthodeoxia syndrome. Heart 2000;83:221-223DISCLOSURE: The following authors have nothing to disclose: Nitin Bhatt, Ulysses MagalangNo Product/Research Disclosure Information.
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BronchiectasisSESSION TYPE: Slide PresentationsPRESENTED ON: Saturday, March 22, 2014 at 09:00 AM - 10:00 AMPURPOSE: To assess the effectiveness of inhaled colistin in elderly patients with bronchiectasis and chronic bronchial PA infection in reducing hospital readmissions ⋯ The following authors have nothing to disclose: Eva Tabernero, Pilar Gil, Ramon Alkiza, Javier Garros, Anibal Hernandez, Juan Luis ArtolaNo Product/Research Disclosure Information.
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ILD PostersSESSION TYPE: Poster PresentationsPRESENTED ON: Saturday, March 22, 2014 at 01:15 PM - 02:15 PMPURPOSE: Indication of oxygen therapy in Interstitial Lung Diseases is not standardized and its specific requirements are not well defined. Objective: to evaluate Interstitial Lung Disease patients that requires ambulatory oxygen therapy. ⋯ The following authors have nothing to disclose: Irene Martin, Eva Balcells, Amalia Moreno, Vanesa Vicens, Ana Villar, Alejandra Marin, Esteban Cano, Alejandro Robles, Antonio Xaubet, Sergi Marti, Diego Castillo, Maria MolinaNo Product/Research Disclosure Information.
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COPD Case Report PostersSESSION TYPE: Case Report PosterPRESENTED ON: Sunday, March 23, 2014 at 01:15 PM - 02:15 PMINTRODUCTION: A giant bulla is defined as an air space in the lung that occupies at least 30% of the hemithorax. Indications for surgical resection are controversial but most commonly include dypnea due to compression of adjacent lung tissue or spontaneous pneumothorax. Previous authors have suggested including mediastinal shift as an indication, but outcome data is lacking. We present a unique case of a 71-year-old patient with bullous emphysema which resulted in compression of the dextrocardial structures. ⋯ The following authors have nothing to disclose: B. Jakub Wilhelm, Aniket Sakharpe, Leopoldo Baccaro, Stanley Ogu, Richard AngelicoNo Product/Research Disclosure Information.