kartik sood

1. POST INFECTIVEOBLITERATIVE BRONCHIOLITIS OB IS A DISORDER CAUSED BY PARTIAL OR COMPLETE OBSTRUCTION OF THE BRONCHI AND BRONCHIOLES BY FIBROUS TISSUE FOLLOWING AN INSULT TO THE LOWER RESPIRATORY TRACT

2. PATHOGENESIS

4. SEVERE AIRFLOW OBS NOT ATTRIBUTABLE TO OTHER CAUSES OF OBSTRUCTION

5. LACK OF PHYSIOLOGICAL IMPROVEMENT FOLLOWING TREATEMENT WITH BRONCHODILATORS

7. TREATMENT

8. INHALED BRONCHODILATORS AND ORAL THEOPHYLLINE MAY BE USED BUT CORTICOSTEROIDS HAVE BEEN REPORTED TO BE IMPORTANT . RATIONALE BEING TO ARREST AIRWAY INFLAMMATION AND PROGRESSION OF FIBROSIS

9. TO SUMMARIZE SEVERAL CASES DIAGNOSED AS ASTHMA , COPD OR BRONCHIECTASIS , IN CHILDREN AND ADULTS MAY ACTUALLY BE CASE OF OB.A HIGH INDEX OF SUSPICION AND USE OF HRCT MAY PROVE THAT THE DISEASE IS A FREQUENT CAUSE OF CHRONIC AIRFOW LIMITATION.