Restrictive ventilatory defects in pediatrics
Restrictive lung disease is rare among children in the general population. Among a clinical pediatric population, however, relatively frequently rare diseases are encountered which are associated with restrictive lung disease. They are not always symptomatic during resting conditions or with minor exercise. Restrictive ventilatory defects may be due to:
- interstitial fibrosis, fibrosis after treatment with cytostatic drugs and/or irradiation
- atelectasis, pneumothorax, thoracic trauma
- pneumonia, tuberculosis, empyema
- extrinsic allergic alveolitis
- thoracic malformations, kyphoscoliosis
- neuromuscular disease
- intrathoracic tumors, hernia diaphragmatica
- intra-abdominal tumors, ascites
- cardiomyopathy, cardiomegaly, cardiac failure
- auto-immune disease (systemic lupus erythematodes, ‘mixed connective tissue disease’, rheumatoid arthritis)
- pulmonary complications of sickle cell disease, leukemia
See also:
Restrictive lung disease
Clinical causes of a restrictive syndrome
Global causes of a small VC
Confirming a restrictive disorder