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Table 2 Pulmonary signs and symptoms at diagnosis and last follow-up

From: Hermansky-Pudlak syndrome type 2 manifests with fibrosing lung disease early in childhood

 

Patient 1

Patient 2

Patient 3

Patient 4

Patient 5

Patient 6

Mean (range) or distribution (range)/

Age [y] at start of lung symptoms

12a

2b

9d

0.8e

2

7g

5.5 (0.8-12)

Age [y] at clinical diagnosis/ last follow-up

12/ 17

9c/ 14

13/ 19

2/ 4

2/ 6

15/ 15

8.83 (2-15)/12 (4-19)

Dyspnea at diagnosis/ last follow-up

yes/ yes

no/ no

no/ during exercise

no/ recurrent

no/yes1

recurrent

1/ 5

Tachypnea at diagnosis/ last follow-up

no/ yes (32/min)

no/ no (16/min)

no/ no

no/ yes

no/ no

no/ no

0/ 2

Coughing at diagnosis/ last follow-up

yes/ yes

no/ no

no/ during exercise

no/ no

no/ yes

no/ no

1/ 3

Pneumothorax at diagnosis/ during course

no/ no

no/ yes (pleurodesis at age 12 y)

no/ yes (pleurodesis at age 15 y)

no/ no

no/ yes

no/ no

0/ 3

Clubbing at diagnosis/ last follow-up

no/ no

yes/ yes

yes/ yes

no/ no

nk/ nk

yes/ yes

3/ 3

Thoracic scoliosis at diagnosis/ last follow-up

no/ yes (since age 15 y)

yes/ yes (operative correction)

no/ yes (since age 13 y)

no/ no

yes/ yes

no/ no

2/ 4

Need for oxygen at diagnosis/ last follow-up

no/ no

no/ yes (night time)

no/no

no/ recurrent

yes/yesf

no/ no

1/ 3

  1. Abbreviations: y year(s), min minute, nk no known, atachypnea without cough, sputum, or cyanosis, brespiratory insufficiency and need of ventilation after birth, recurrent pneumothoraces during childhood, cage at genetical diagnosis, dat the age of 8 clubbing revealed, dyspnea and cough during exercise at the age of 9, erecurrent pneumonia with need of oxygen, dyspnea and fever, fwith tracheostoma, gseveral lower respiratory tract infections, clubbing revealed