Pulmonary Manifestations of Dermatologic Diseases

May 20, 2019 by in GENERAL RADIOLOGY Comments Off on Pulmonary Manifestations of Dermatologic Diseases

Systemic diseases often manifest with cutaneous findings. Many pediatric conditions with prominent skin findings also have significant pulmonary morbidity. These conditions include inherited multisystem genetic disorders, such as yellow nail…

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Pulmonary Manifestations of Genetic Diseases

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Many different pulmonary manifestations are seen in conjunction with genetic disorders. Pulmonary findings have been noted with some cytogenetic conditions, many single gene or mendelian disorders, and numerous inborn errors…

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Pulmonary Manifestations of Parasitic Diseases

May 20, 2019 by in GENERAL RADIOLOGY Comments Off on Pulmonary Manifestations of Parasitic Diseases

Respiratory diseases are important causes of morbidity and mortality among children throughout the world. Although diseases attributed to parasitic infection are uncommon for many physicians in temperate climates, these infections…

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Pulmonary Manifestations of Gastrointestinal Diseases

May 20, 2019 by in GENERAL RADIOLOGY Comments Off on Pulmonary Manifestations of Gastrointestinal Diseases

This chapter addresses the pulmonary involvement observed in gastrointestinal diseases, particularly gastroesophageal reflux (GER), Heiner syndrome, inflammatory bowel disease (IBD), the hepatopulmonary syndrome (HPS), and pancreatitis. Although the purported mechanisms…

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Pulmonary Manifestations of Neuromuscular Diseases

May 20, 2019 by in GENERAL RADIOLOGY Comments Off on Pulmonary Manifestations of Neuromuscular Diseases

Children with neuromuscular disorders have primarily ventilation rather than oxygenation impairment as a result of inspiratory muscle insufficiency. When the respiratory muscles are not assisted, this leads to hypercapnic ventilatory…

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