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Title : Pathogenesis of COPD: Unveiling Insights
Name : Saroj Kumari Meena
University : National Institute of TB and Respiratory Diseases
Country : India
Download AbstractDr.Saroj Kumari Meena is a Specialist Grade I (TB and Chest) at NITRD, New Delhi. Previously, they were affiliated with the Department of Respiratory Medicine, Ten Tock Seng Hospital, Singapore. With several publications in national and international journals, they have also contributed chapters on tubercular pleural effusion (NCCP textbook of Pleural Diseases) and Clinical Application of FeNO (Pulmonary Function Tests book). As an editor/reviewer for IJT, Lung India, and the Monaldi Archive of Chest Diseases, they actively contribute to medical research. Their work on sleep disorders won First Prize at NAPCON 2020. Their key areas of interest include Tuberculosis, ICU and Sleep Medicine, Interventional Pulmonology, Asthma, and Allergy.
Title : Identifying Risk Factors for Recurrent Multidrug Resistant Tuberculosis based on Patient's Record Data from 2016 to 2021
Name : Teramaj Wongel Wotale
University : Dilla University
Country : Ethiopia
Download AbstractDepartment of Statistics, College of Natural and Computational Sciences, Dilla University, Dilla, Ethiopia
Title : Evaluation of Impulse Oscillometry Combined with Bronchodilator Testing in Pediatric Asthma Management
Name : I-Han Cheng
University : University College London
Country : United Kingdom
Download AbstractI-Han Cheng is a medical doctor currently pursuing an MSc in Musculoskeletal Science & Medical Engineering at University College London (UCL), Stanmore Campus, London, United Kingdom. With expertise in pediatric asthma management and innovative diagnostic tools, they have contributed significantly to advancing non-invasive methods for respiratory evaluation.
Title : Tubercular Cervicitis – A Diagnostic Dilemma : Report of Five Cases and Literature Review
Name : Ritam Kumari
University : University College of Medical Sciences
Country : India
Download AbstractRitam Kumari is a Senior Resident (OBGYN) working in Ucms and Gtb Hospital New Delhi. She is an active member of AOGD and FOGSI with multiple publications.
Title : Promising therapeutic intervention: Dietary supplementation with αKG reduces pulmonary fibrosis and ARDS pathogenesis in SARS-CoV-2-infected mice.
Name : Garima Joshi
University : NCR Biotech Science Cluster
Country : India
Download AbstractGarima Joshi, a Ph.D. scholar at the Regional Centre for Biotechnology (RCB). As a senior research fellow, my work centres on mitigating post-acute COVID-19 complications, specifically pulmonary inflammation and fibrosis, using alpha-ketoglutarate supplementation
Title : SPATIAL MODELING AND ECOLOGICAL SUITABILITY OF EBOLA VIRUS DISEASE IN AFRICA
Name : LOMBO BALUMA DIDIER
University : Northeast Forestry University
Country : China
Download AbstractLOMBO BALUMA Didier
Born in Kisangani, February 19, 1984
Title : Silicoscleroderma – An Occupational Health Hazard
Name : Navaneeth S Kamath
University : Christian Medical College, Vellore
Country : India
Download AbstractAbstract:
Silicosis is a fibrotic type of interstitial lung disease caused by inhalation of free crystalline silicon dioxide or silica. Occupational exposure to respirable crystalline silica dust is a major health hazard. Occupational exposure to silica is associated with more severe forms of scleroderma characterized by diffuse cutaneous involvement, fibrotic type of interstitial lung disease, and association with cancer. The author would like to emphasize this occupational lung disease through a case-based discussion.
A middle-aged male working in the sandblasting and stone-cutting industry was brought to the medicine department with skin tightness, dysphagia, and discoloration of the skin for the last 1 year. On examination, he had skin thickening over the face and the extremities with restricted mouth opening. His hands were cold and showed peripheral cyanosis representing Raynaud’s phenomenon. Systemic examination was suggestive of diffuse cutaneous systemic sclerosis, further confirmed by the antinuclear antibody testing. Further, CT of the chest showed mediastinal lymphadenopathy with eggshell calcification and interstitial fibrosis consistent with silicosis and fibrotic non-specific interstitial pneumonitis. The patient was started on pulse monthly cyclophosphamide for six cycles, and steroids were given for 4 weeks and tapered. Tadalafil and amlodipine were given for his pulmonary artery hypertension and Raynaud’s phenomenon, respectively. This case also highlights the importance of periodic screening of the workers exposed to silica dust to prevent silicosis.
Our patient was exposed to silica for 40 years, making it a possible contributor to the development of systemic sclerosis. Unfortunately, there is no definitive therapy for silica-associated systemic sclerosis apart from managing the organ-specific symptoms and stopping further silica exposure. People exposed to silica at the workplace may be periodically screened using high-resolution CT scan and spirometry. Personal protective equipment must be provided to prevent silicosis as well as silica-associated systemic sclerosis as the disease is irreversible.
Biography:
Dr.Navaneeth S Kamath is a Senior Resident pursuing DM in Clinical Immunology and Rheumatology at Christian Medical College and Hospital, Vellore, Tamil Nadu, India. He has done his MBBS and MD in Internal Medicine from Kasturba Medical College and Hospital, Manipal University following which he completed his DNB in Internal Medicine from the National Board of Examinations, India. He has worked as a consultant in Medicine for 18 months in Kasturba Medical College Manipal from 2021-2022 following which he joined CMC Vellore to pursue his DM in Rheumatology. His areas of expertise include autoimmune diseases and rheumatological ailments. His research interests include Systemic Lupus erythematosus, Scleroderma, Vasculitis, Autoinflammatory disorders, and other connective tissue disorders.
Title : Exercise-Induced Dyspnea in Adolescents: Popular Fiction and Reality
Name : Miles Weinberger
University : University of California San Diego, Rady Children’s Hospital, USA
Country : USA
Download AbstractBackground: Athletic activities are increasingly popular among adolescents. Many complain of dyspnea during their activity.
Objective: There has been controversy regarding the assessment of dyspnea on exertion. The various methods will be discussed and critiqued.
Methods: Careful literature review with details of the methodologies used to evaluate dyspnea on exertion in adolescent athletes.
Results: Determination of etiology that is not from asthma can be achieved with cardiopulmonary testing during exercise with physiology determined during reproduced symptomatic dyspnea. Utilizing continuous laryngeal monitoring reported a prevalence of vocal cord dysfunction (VCD) or inducible laryngeal (ILO) in 5-8% of adolescents and 20% of regular exercise participants.[i] Those implausible prevalences are likely a result of the methodology that identifies VCD or ILO based on observations that include movements of aryepiglottic folds and vocal cord adduction without airway obstruction.[ii]
Conclusions: There is now sufficient evidence that continuous laryngeal monitoring during exercise cannot identify the cause of exercise-induced dyspnea. Determination of exercise-induced dyspnea etiology that is not from asthma can best be achieved with cardiopulmonary testing during exercise. Measurements then include oxygen utilization, carbon dioxide production, heart rate and ECG monitoring, respiratory rate, maximum tidal volume, flow-volume loop monitoring, minute ventilation, oximetry, pH, and pCO2 (an alternative to arterial catheter is a finger stick as exercise is terminated).[iii] If decreased flows during flow-volume monitoring with or without stridor are seen in association with reproduced dyspnea, prompt laryngoscopy while symptomatic can identify the specific laryngeal cause of upper airway obst
[i] Leong P, Vertigan AE, Hew M, Baxter M, Phyland D, Hull JH, et al. Diagnosis of vocal cord dysfunction/inducible laryngeal obstruction: an International Delphi Consensus Study. J Allergy Clin Immunol 2023. Online ahead of print.
[ii] Olin TJ. Exercise-induced laryngeal obstruction: When pediatric exertional dyspnea does not respond to bronchodilator. Front Pediatr 2019 1;7:52.
[iii] Bhatia R, Abu-Hasan M, Weinberger M. Exercise-induced dyspnea in children and adolescents: Differential diagnosis. Pediatr Ann 2019;48:e121-127.