Current Issue

 
THE INDIAN JOURNAL OF CHEST DISEASES AND ALLIED SCIENCES
 
Vol. 57                                    April - June 2015                                   Issue. 2
 
Editorial

Do sleep disorders predispose to the development of type 2 diabetes mellitus?

S.K. Sharma and Saket Jha .. 77

 
Original Articles

A comparative study of skin prick test versus serum-specific IgE measurement in Indian patients

with bronchial asthma and allergic rhinitis

Raj Kumar, Nitesh Gupta, Jayesh Kanuga and Mansi Kanuga .. 81

 

A study of depression in adult patients with bronchial asthma presenting to a tertiary care

hospital in eastern India

Swapnendu Misra, Susmita Kundu, Debabrata Majumder, Somenath Kundu, Aloke Gopal Ghoshal and Ritabrata Mitra .. 87

  

 
Review Article

Interpretation of spirometry: selection of predicted values and defining abnormality

S.K. Chhabra .. 91

 
Radiology Forum

Massive recurrent pleural effusion in a 35-year-old non-smoking male

K. Gowrinath and C. Raghavendra .. 107

 
Case Reports

Isolated endobronchial capillary haemangioma: a rare cause of haemoptysis in adult

Susmita Kundu, Aparup Dhua, K. Hariprasath, Saswata Ghosh and Ankan Bandyopadhyay .. 109

 

A 54-year-old man with tracheomegaly, tracheal diverticulas and bronchiectasis -- Mounier-Kuhn syndrome

Mandeep Singh and Raj Kumar .. 113

 

Swyer-James-Macleod syndrome: a rare entity

Urvinderpal Singh, Vidhu, Aditi, Kulbir Singh and Ashrafjit Singh .. 117

 

 

Eosinophilic granulomatosis with polyangitis presenting as cardiac tamponade

Sushil Kathar and Zarir F. Udwadia .. 121

 

Co-existence of bronchiectasis and chronic obstructive pulmonary disease

Nitin Goel, Pawan Gupta, Abhijeet Singh and Rajendra Prasad .. 125

 

Wegener’s granulomatosis: are we still missing it?

Supriya Adiody, V.P. Gopinathan and Edwin J. George .. 129 

 
Book Reviews

Endoscopic Ultrasound-Guided Transbronchial Needle Aspiration (EBUS-TBNA): A Practical Approach .. 132

 

The Tobacco Epidemic .. 134

 

Clinical Tuberculosis: Diagnosis and Management .. 135

 

MDR and XDR Tuberculosis .. 136 

 
Abstracts' Service

Abstracts' Service .. 137

 
Guidelines to Authors

Guidelines to Authors .. 141 

 
Announcements

Announcements .. 116, 128