title: Pulmonary functions in patients with epidemic dropsy.
abstract: Pulmonary functions were performed in thirteen patients with epidemic dropsy. The epidemic occurred in Delhi in 1998 during which 102 patients with epidemic dropsy reported to our medical unit. Other investigations included chest radiograph, ECG, liver and renal function tests. There was a restrictive ventilatory defect with diminution of diffusion capacity for carbon monoxide in these patients. Echocardiogram was done in seven of these patients and was normal. The cause of breathlessness and restrictive ventilatory defect is likely to be non-cardiogenic pulmonary oedema.
authors.affiliation: Department of Medicine, All India Institute of Medical Sciences, New Delhi. gckhil@hotmail.com
authors.forename: G C
authors.initials: GC
authors.lastname: Khilnani
authors.forename: Isha
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Trikha
authors.forename: O P
authors.initials: OP
authors.lastname: Malhotra
authors.forename: D
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Prabhakaran
authors.forename: J N
authors.initials: JN
authors.lastname: Pande
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D004196:Disease Outbreaks; D004487:Edema / Q000139:chemically induced* / Q000503:physiopathology; D005260:Female; D005506:Food Contamination; D006801:Humans; D007194:India / Q000453:epidemiology; D008168:Lung / Q000503:physiopathology*; D008297:Male; D010938:Plant Oils / Q000506:poisoning*; D011654:Pulmonary Edema / Q000139:chemically induced / Q000503:physiopathology
chemical_list: D010938:Plant Oils; C030610:argemone oil