Bonello Sarah, Farrugia Yanika, Mallia Theresa, Maniscalco Nicoletta, Balzan Martin
Mater Dei Hospital, Malta.
Multidiscip Respir Med. 2024 Jan 29;19(1):937. doi: 10.5826/mrm.2024.937. eCollection 2024 Feb 6.
Kyphoscoliosis is present in up to 2% of the juvenile population and can have deleterious effects on respiratory mechanics, leading to chronic respiratory failure later on in adult life.
Hereby we describe a 53-year-old patient with severe uncontrolled asthma who presented with chronic hypercapnic respiratory failure. During her medical workup, she was noted to have several comorbidities leading to her respiratory failure. The patient had radiological evidence of bronchiectasis with recurrent episodes of infection, and a severe deformity of the spine due to Kyphoscoliosis. Probably the kyphotic component of this deformity had worsened due to a long history of oral steroid use leading to severe osteoporosis and consequent vertebral compression fractures reaching a Cobb angle of 73 degrees. This was probably caused by the patient's non-compliance with inhaler therapy and an excessive reliance on oral steroid use. Her respiratory failure was treated with domiciliary noninvasive positive pressure ventilation and 24-hour oxygen therapy and her symptoms improved.
A multidisciplinary approach across different specialities is necessary when managing such a patient with kyphoscoliosis, bronchiectasis, asthma with airflow limitation with respiratory failure.
脊柱后凸侧弯在高达2%的青少年人群中存在,并且会对呼吸力学产生有害影响,导致成年后期出现慢性呼吸衰竭。
在此我们描述一名53岁患有严重未控制哮喘的患者,该患者出现慢性高碳酸血症性呼吸衰竭。在其医学检查过程中,发现她有多种导致呼吸衰竭的合并症。该患者有支气管扩张伴反复感染发作的影像学证据,以及因脊柱后凸侧弯导致的严重脊柱畸形。可能由于长期口服类固醇导致严重骨质疏松及随后的椎体压缩骨折,该畸形的后凸成分加重,Cobb角达到73度。这可能是由于患者不依从吸入器治疗以及过度依赖口服类固醇使用所致。她的呼吸衰竭采用家庭无创正压通气和24小时氧疗进行治疗,症状得到改善。
在管理患有脊柱后凸侧弯、支气管扩张、气流受限伴呼吸衰竭的哮喘患者时,需要不同专科的多学科方法。