{"title":"General practitioner referrrals for static miniature chest radiography: Indications and diagnostic yield","authors":"F.G. Simpson, J.F.J. Morrison, N.J. Cooke, S.B. Pearson","doi":"10.1016/0007-0971(88)90011-3","DOIUrl":"10.1016/0007-0971(88)90011-3","url":null,"abstract":"<div><p>The chest clinic based miniature radiographic service had been studied prospectively with the view of assessing its efficiency and correlating radiological and clinical findings. We conclude that such a service provides advantages for rapid patient recall and assessment. The fact that it is organized by chest physicians allows a more selected pattern of clinic referral.</p></div>","PeriodicalId":75618,"journal":{"name":"British journal of diseases of the chest","volume":"82 ","pages":"Pages 76-78"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1988-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.1016/0007-0971(88)90011-3","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"14296516","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Update in intensive care and emergency medicine vol. 2: Cardiopulmonary interaction in acute respiratory failure","authors":"M.A. Branthwaite","doi":"10.1016/0007-0971(88)90025-3","DOIUrl":"10.1016/0007-0971(88)90025-3","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":75618,"journal":{"name":"British journal of diseases of the chest","volume":"82 ","pages":"Pages 101-102"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1988-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.1016/0007-0971(88)90025-3","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"52756372","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Respiratory medicine revision","authors":"Dan Veale","doi":"10.1016/0007-0971(88)90057-5","DOIUrl":"10.1016/0007-0971(88)90057-5","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":75618,"journal":{"name":"British journal of diseases of the chest","volume":"82 ","pages":"Page 206"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1988-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.1016/0007-0971(88)90057-5","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"52756997","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Respiratory intensive care","authors":"John Millard","doi":"10.1016/0007-0971(88)90054-X","DOIUrl":"10.1016/0007-0971(88)90054-X","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":75618,"journal":{"name":"British journal of diseases of the chest","volume":"82 ","pages":"Page 205"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1988-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.1016/0007-0971(88)90054-X","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"52756903","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Pulmonary rehabilitation","authors":"Anne Cockcroft","doi":"10.1016/0007-0971(88)90061-7","DOIUrl":"10.1016/0007-0971(88)90061-7","url":null,"abstract":"<div><p>Rehabilitation of patients with chronic respiratory disease has tended to be neglected in the past, partly because of a generally pessimistic view of their prospects. Simple programmes of exercise training can produce measurable increases in exercise tolerance and sometimes great improvements in quality of life for respiratory patients. The effects of exercise seem to be through improvement in exercise efficiency. A full rehabilitation programme also involves an attempt to deal with patients' psychological problems and to help them regain independence in all aspects of their lives. The opportunity exists to improve the lot of a large group of people, at a relatively modest cost.</p></div>","PeriodicalId":75618,"journal":{"name":"British journal of diseases of the chest","volume":"82 ","pages":"Pages 220-225"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1988-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.1016/0007-0971(88)90061-7","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"14206716","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
James K. Stoller , Herbert P. Wiedemann , Jacob Loke, Peter Snyder, James Virgulto, Richard A. Matthay
{"title":"Terbutaline and diaphragm function in chronic obstructive pulmonary disease: A double-blind randomized clinical trial","authors":"James K. Stoller , Herbert P. Wiedemann , Jacob Loke, Peter Snyder, James Virgulto, Richard A. Matthay","doi":"10.1016/0007-0971(88)90064-2","DOIUrl":"10.1016/0007-0971(88)90064-2","url":null,"abstract":"<div><p>We conducted a double-blind, randomized crossover trial to evaluate whether oral terbutaline (2.5 mg orally three times daily for a week) increased the force of diaphragmatic contraction in normocapnic patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease. Ten patients with moderate to severe airway obstruction completed the trial. Compared with placebo, terbutaline produced a mean increase of 5.8 cmH<sub>2</sub>O in peak inspiratory mouth pressure and a mean increase of 5.0 cmH<sub>2</sub>O in transdiaphragmatic pressure during a maximal inspiratory manoeuvre. These small changes with terbutaline failed to achieve statistical significance. Also, terbutaline failed to alter flow rates (FEV<sub>1</sub>, <span><math><mtext>V</mtext><mtext>̇</mtext><msub><mi></mi><mn>max50</mn></msub></math></span>) or patients' dyspnoea ratings using two separate clinical scales (Pneumoconiosis Research Unit Score and the Modified Dyspnoea Index). Because all observed changes in respiratory muscle strength were small and because the trial had power to detect small changes in inspiratory mouth pressures, we suggest that oral terbutaline at the dose administered in this study has little noteworthy effect on respiratory muscle strength in normocapnic patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease.</p></div>","PeriodicalId":75618,"journal":{"name":"British journal of diseases of the chest","volume":"82 ","pages":"Pages 242-250"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1988-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.1016/0007-0971(88)90064-2","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"14206718","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Recent advances in arterial diseases: Atherosclerosis, hypertension and vasospasm","authors":"Andrew Marshall","doi":"10.1016/0007-0971(88)90024-1","DOIUrl":"10.1016/0007-0971(88)90024-1","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":75618,"journal":{"name":"British journal of diseases of the chest","volume":"82 ","pages":"Page 101"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1988-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.1016/0007-0971(88)90024-1","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"52756330","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Pulmonary physiology in clinical practice","authors":"John Gibson","doi":"10.1016/0007-0971(88)90053-8","DOIUrl":"10.1016/0007-0971(88)90053-8","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":75618,"journal":{"name":"British journal of diseases of the chest","volume":"82 ","pages":"Pages 204-205"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1988-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.1016/0007-0971(88)90053-8","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"52756820","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease—Current concepts","authors":"A.J. Johnson","doi":"10.1016/0007-0971(88)90047-2","DOIUrl":"10.1016/0007-0971(88)90047-2","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":75618,"journal":{"name":"British journal of diseases of the chest","volume":"82 ","pages":"Pages 201-202"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1988-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.1016/0007-0971(88)90047-2","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"52756641","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Pulmonary involvement in ulcerative colitis","authors":"K.W. Moles, G. Varghese, J.R. Hayes","doi":"10.1016/0007-0971(88)90012-5","DOIUrl":"10.1016/0007-0971(88)90012-5","url":null,"abstract":"<div><p>Pulmonary involvement in ulcerative colitis usually presents as a rapidly progressive cough with copious amounts of sputum. Although it is rare, distressing symptoms may be relieved by inhaled steroids i 50–60% of cases. Three case reports are presented along with a review of the features of 28 other cases</p></div>","PeriodicalId":75618,"journal":{"name":"British journal of diseases of the chest","volume":"82 ","pages":"Pages 79-83"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1988-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.1016/0007-0971(88)90012-5","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"14181035","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}