Excelsior Correspondent
SRINAGAR, July 2: The therapeutic procedure, ‘Whole Lung Lavage’ has been performed for the first time in J&K for the management of a rare lung disease.
The procedure was performed by the combined efforts of the Department of Pulmonary Medicine and Anaesthesia of Government Medical College, Srinagar.
“A patient was a 50-year male who presented with a one-month history of shortness of breath on exertion and was found to have low oxygen saturation (60% on room air),” GMC said.
It said that on evaluation at CD Hospital with the help from Cincinnati Children’ Centre (USA) diagnosis of primary Pulmonary Alveolar Proteinosis was made.
“Pulmonary alveolar proteinosis is a rare lung disorder with an estimated prevalence of 0.2 -0.6 cases per 100000 individuals.”
The disease is characterized by the accumulation of milk-like proteinaceous material in the lung sacs affecting gas exchange and resulting in hypoxemia, which is low oxygen saturation.
“WLL is considered the standard of care for the management of this rare disorder. The procedure was successfully performed over three hours using 15 liters of sterile normal saline (to wash out the lung) in the theatre of Chest Diseases hospital,” GMC said.
The team of Interventional Pulmonologists led by H.O.D Pulmonary Medicine Prof Dr. Naveed Nazir Shah consisted of Prof Khursheed Ahmad Dar, Dr. Muhammad Yousuf Dar, Dr. Firdous Manzoor, Dr. Tajamul Hussain, Dr. Zubair, Dr. Hina, Dr. Aliya, Dr. Shahnawaz, Dr. Naeem, Dr. Mehwish, Dr. Tahir, Dr. Shahid, Dr. Zaid, Dr. Asir along with theatre team of hospital.
The anesthesia team consisted of Dr. Mushtaq and Dr. Messam under the guidance of H.O.D anesthesia Prof Rukhsana Najeeb.
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