Lung - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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The lung or pulmonary system is the essential respiration organ in air-breathing animals, including most tetrapods, a few fish and a few snails. In mammals and the more complex life forms, the two...
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Left main bronchus - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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The left main bronchus (or left primary bronchus , or left principal bronchus ) is smaller in caliber but longer than the right, being nearly 5 cm long. It enters the root of the left lung oppos...
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A 32-year-old man had been suffering from dyspnea on exertion and stridor, which were due to stenosis of the left main bronchus as a complication of bronchial tuberculosis. ... Dyspnea disappeared 2 days after the procedure, and the pulmonary function 3 weeks later showed considerable improvements in %FVC, FEV1 and MMF.
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www.medscape.com/medline/abstract/1593174
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Right or Left main stem bronchus is for the carina and this is a bifurcation that sends air to both lungs. Moreover, if one of the bronchi becomes occluded that lung would not get oxygen, collapse as well as that forms about thirty differen...
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Respiratory status and pulmonary function tests were followed up for 2–90 months ..... Balloon dilation was performed at the left main bronchus and bronchus ...
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The main function of the lungs is to provide continuous gas exchange between inspired air and the blood in the pulmonary circulation, ... The trachea extends from below the cricoid cartilage to the carina, the point where the trachea divides into the left and right main bronchus, with a length of 12-15cm in an adult and...
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MATERIALS AND METHODS: Nineteen patients with tuberculous stenosis of the left main bronchus were treated with balloon (n = 15) and self-expanding metallic Z stents (n = 4). Respiratory status and pulmonary function tests were followed up for 2-90 months.
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www.biomedexperts.com/Abstract.bme/10102202/Tuberculous...
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The oily iodinated fluid coats the main bronchi and gives them a dense white appearance. Note that the carina lies at the bottom of the aortic knob and that the left main bronchus slopes more horizontally than the main right bronchus which is oriented mostly vertically.
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www.med.yale.edu/intmed/cardio/echo_atlas/references/ma...
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of the left main bronchus to be 8 mm. The pulmonary function tests were repeated at the same time and showed improvement in the obstructive ventilatory ...
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www.ajronline.org/cgi/reprint/150/3/553.pdf
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