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COPD- AN IRREVERSIBLE REACTIVE AIRWAY DISEASE

– Dr. Radha Munje Prof and Head, Chest & TB, IGGMC, Nagpur We have heard and often talked about pink puffers and blue bloaters which are the characteristic presentation of patients of COPD . Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) represents…

RADS – Bronchial Asthma & COPD

Dr. Girish Deshpande MBBS, MD (Medicine), Consultant Physician and Intensivist Reactive Airways Disease: Reactive Airways Disease is a general term for conditions involving wheezing and allergic reactions.(1) Reactive Airways Dysfunction Syndrome (RADS): RADS is a term proposed by Stuart M…

REACTIVE AIRWAY DISEASE: CAN I USE THE TERM?

DR. Nilofer Salim Mujawar Professor, Dept. of Paediatrics, NKPSIMS Frequently one finds the diagnosis written on discharge cards as “reactive airways” and “reactive airways disease”. Perhaps what the physician wanted to convey is a diagnosis of asthma. The terms though…

Anaesthesia and Reactive Airway

Dr. Anjali Savargaonkar Associate Professor, Anesthesiology, Govt. Medical College & Superspeciality Nagpur Anesthetizing patients with “reactive airway” remains a challenge to the anesthesiologist. There is always a possibility of catastrophic bronchospasm and other respiratory complications associated with anesthesia in patients…

Investigations in case of Fever

Dr.Pravin Gadkari Consultant Pathologist MD (Pathology) Fever is the most common presenting symptom of a varied group of diseases. Hence it is important to develop a rational, minimally invasive, economical approach for investigations of fever resulting in most appropriate management…

Fever and Anaesthesia

Dr.Anjali Bhure Prof and HOD Dept.of Anaesthesiology, NKPSIMS   INTRODUCTION: Alteration in body temperature is common during anaesthesia. In human beings, body temperature is maintained within a very narrow range by way of afferent sensing, central processing and efferent thermoregulatory…

Fever of Unknown Origin – An Evidence Based Approach

Dr. S. R. Tankhiwale Professor of Medicine and Director, Center for Health Professionals Education & Research Jawaharlal Nehru Medical College, Sawangi (Meghe), Wardha   Fever of unknown origin identifies the syndrome that does not resolve spontaneously where cause remains elusive…