title: Global pediatric pulmonology: what is coming to the West--out of India?
abstract: With the increasing globalisation, immigration and travel there are increasing opportunities for the exotic diseases to be seen in different settings. This paper highlights pulmonary diseases seen in the Indian subcontinent. It discusses briefly the clinical features and management of Tropical Pulmonary Eosinophilia, Hydatid disease of the lungs, Malarial lung pathology. In addition, the low cost medical innovations evolved to use the newer medical technologies, in an affordable fashion, in a developing countries context have been detailed.
authors.affiliation: Lady Hardinge Medical College and assoc, Kalawati Saran Children's Hospital, Bangla Sahib Marg, New Delhi 110-001, India. singh1625@bol.net.in
authors.forename: Varinder
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Singh
mesh_terms: D002648:Child; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D006801:Humans; D015994:Incidence; D007194:India / Q000453:epidemiology; D008171:Lung Diseases / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000453:epidemiology*; D015272:Pulmonary Medicine / Q000458:organization & administration*