title: [A case of severe COPD associated with tracheo-bronchial stenosis, treated with non-invasive positive pressure ventilation].
abstract: A 76-year-old man was admitted with acute exacerbation of COPD. He was administered bronchodilators, antibiotics and oral corticosteroids. Although his cough, sputum, fever and the laboratory data improved. wheezing and dyspnea remained. The chest CT revealed severe stenosis of the trachea and both main bronchi, which was thought to be the cause of the symptoms, and similar to the condition of "excessive dynamic airway collapse (EDAC)". We treated him with NPPV and his symptoms improved and he returned home. "EDAC"-like tracheobronchial stenosis with COPD treated with NPPV is rare.
authors.affiliation: Department of Respiratory Medicine, Osaka Prefectural Medical Center for Respiratory and Allergic Diseases.
authors.forename: Yoshio
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Tamura
authors.forename: Kazuyo
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Sakatani
authors.forename: Nobutaka
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Yamakoshi
authors.forename: Haruko
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Terada
authors.forename: Hidehiro
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Honda
authors.forename: Chika
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Komori
authors.forename: Hanako
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Kuhara
authors.forename: Naoko
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Morishita
authors.forename: Katsuko
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Shishido
authors.forename: Hiroto
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Matsuoka
authors.forename: Naohiko
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Shishido
authors.forename: Hideki
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Ishihara
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D001982:Bronchial Diseases / Q000150:complications* / Q000628:therapy; D003251:Constriction, Pathologic / Q000628:therapy; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D011175:Positive-Pressure Respiration; D029424:Pulmonary Disease, Chronic Obstructive / Q000150:complications*; D014135:Tracheal Stenosis / Q000150:complications* / Q000628:therapy