RT Journal Article
SR Electronic
T1 Pulmonary function in tropical eosinophilia before and after treatment with diethylcarbamazine.
JF Thorax
JO Thorax
FD BMJ Publishing Group Ltd and British Thoracic Society
SP 574
OP 577
DO 10.1136/thx.30.5.574
VO 30
IS 5
A1 M S Nesarajah
YR 1975
UL http://thorax.bmj.com/content/30/5/574.abstract
AB Spirometric and lung volume measurements were carried out before and after treatment with diethylcarbamazine in 19 patients with tropical eosinophilia. The total lung capacity and vital capacity returned to or nearly to normal while the FEV1 and PEFR, though improved, tended to remain below normal, indicating some residual airways obstruction especially in patients whose treatment began more than one month from the onset of symptoms. The time taken for the pulmonary function to return to normal with treatment was found to be much longer than for the clinical and haematological response.