Chronic bronchitis and emphysema complicated by heart failure pulmonary edema the X-ray.docVIP

 PAGE \* MERGEFORMAT 5 Chronic bronchitis and emphysema complicated by heart failure pulmonary edema the X-ray Study: Dai-Bing Luo Hongfeng Wang Yanhong [Keywords:] chronic bronchitis and emphysema, pulmonary edema, left heart failure X-ray Chronic bronchitis is one of obstructive lung disease, chronically ill, often accompanied by diffuse or localized emphysema, and can be complicated by left ventricular failure, pulmonary edema. Now collected 50 cases of chronic bronchitis and emphysema in our hospital complicated by left heart failure, pulmonary edema, chest X-ray findings, to investigate the characteristic changes of the lungs. 1 General Information This group of patients 29 males, 21 women, aged 56 to 87 years, mean 68 years, duration of 8 to 12 years, an average of 20 years. Treatment when many were cough, sputum, chest tightness, heart palpitations recently increased, both the clinical diagnosis of slow Support emphysema associated with left heart failure, pulmonary edema. 2 Chest X-ray 1) The markings appeared as thickening, increased, some thin, fuzzy, disorder, part of the lung fields can be seen a little patchy weak spots, or in the shadow of the secondary infection. Hilar expansion of 23 cases of fuzzy, 1 on the lung field Intercostal pulmonary vein before the expansion 3 mm 34 cases, middle and lower lung fields were curtain-like shadow seen in the size of the irregular grid-like translucent shadows. 2) emphysema: According to X-ray through the degree of lung, diaphragm position, intercostal space, and the diagnosis of mediastinal width, and in accordance with emphysema distribution in the lung field is divided into two universality and limitations of emphysema. Universality of the lung emphysema in 37 cases, the limitations of emphysema in 13 cases, including 8 cases of bullae, suggesting the universality of emphysema in elderly patients account for the majority. 3) tuberculosis and pulmonary fibrosis: 50 cases of tuber