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T Ninan

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PubMed1992

Evaluation of mean transit time in children as an indicator of airways obstruction.

Mean transit time was evaluated as a test of pulmonary function in normal and asthmatic children. It was found to be independent of body size and negatively correlated with PEFR, FEV1 and FVC in normal children. Mean transit time was less sensitive in detecting the effects of bronchodilator therapy in asthmatic children than other simpler tests of lung function. The range of normal was so wide that there was no clear demarcation between normal and abnormal. The degree of overlap makes isolated tests of mean transit time of little diagnostic value. It is therefore concluded that mean transit time though it theoretically offers the attractive advantage of being a sensitive indicator of both large and small airways obstruction, is unlikely to play a major part in the routine evaluation of lung function in asthmatic children.

Adolescent↗
PubMed1989

Generalised lymphangiomatosis with chylothorax.

A 9 month old boy presented with acute respiratory distress and was found to have a left pleural effusion. The chylous nature of the effusion, multiple bony lytic lesions, and splenic cysts lead to the diagnosis of congenital lymphangiomatosis with chylothorax. Surgical intervention including pleurectomy was required after unsuccessful conservative management.

Bone Neoplasms↗