Impact of pulmonary nontuberculous mycobacterial treatment on pulmonary function tests in patients with and without established obstructive lung disease.

Background And Objective: There is relatively little data regarding pulmonary function test (PFT) findings and impact of treatment on PFT in pulmonary nontuberculous mycobacterial (pNTM) disease.

Methods: We performed a retrospective study on pNTM patients. Clinical, radiographical, microbiological and PFT data were reviewed.

Development of transient peanut allergy following lung transplantation: a case report.

A 47-year-old woman underwent bilateral lung transplantation for nonspecific interstitial pneumonitis and received donor lungs from a 12-year-old patient with a known peanut allergy. Post-transplant, the patient experienced four anaphylaxis-like reactions. A skin prick test to peanut was initially positive; however, it steadily declined over serial assessments and reverted to negative one year post-transplant.

Impact of endotracheal tube size on preextubation respiratory variables.

Purpose: Many parameters have been evaluated to predict successful extubation. These are all affected by extrapulmonary variables. The purpose of this study was to evaluate the effect of endotracheal tube (ETT) size on preextubation predictors of successful extubation.