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Dr Romi Singla - Department Of Pulmonary Medicine GMC, Patiala

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BRONCHIOLITIS OBLITERANS:<br />

� Obstructive lung disease<br />

� Insidious onset<br />

� Progressive dyspnea and cough<br />

� Normal or Hyperinflated CXR<br />

� P/E: Reduced breath sounds, occasionally an<br />

inspiratory squeak<br />

� PFTs: Airflow limitation, reduced/ normal<br />

diffusing capacity<br />

� HRCT : Adjacent areas of decreased and<br />

increased attenuation (geographic pattern) air<br />

trapping<br />

� Majority progress to Hypercapnic Resp. Failure.

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