{"title":"Sleep apnoea","authors":"K. Prowse, M.B. Allen","doi":"10.1016/0007-0971(88)90085-X","DOIUrl":"10.1016/0007-0971(88)90085-X","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":75618,"journal":{"name":"British journal of diseases of the chest","volume":"82 ","pages":"Pages 329-340"},"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)90085-X","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"14208293","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":"Sputum wax-worms after plombage","authors":"John B. Wood , Deirdre C.T. Watson","doi":"10.1016/0007-0971(88)90077-0","DOIUrl":"10.1016/0007-0971(88)90077-0","url":null,"abstract":"<div><p>Paraffin wax plombage (1) was one of several plombage operations used for pulmonary tuberculosis about 40 years ago, and Shepherd included seven patients treated with wax plombage in her review of plombage in 1985 (2). We describe another patient with wax plombage who coughed up wax 28 years after plombage, followed by much larger amounts of wax 15 years later. The pieces of wax were like worms and spirals, and we discuss possible causes for these shapes.</p></div>","PeriodicalId":75618,"journal":{"name":"British journal of diseases of the chest","volume":"82 ","pages":"Pages 321-323"},"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)90077-0","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"14205373","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}
J. Zapatero , J. López Longo , I. Monteagudo , L. Carreño
{"title":"Costal chondritis in heroin addicts: a comparative study with postsurgical chondritis","authors":"J. Zapatero , J. López Longo , I. Monteagudo , L. Carreño","doi":"10.1016/0007-0971(88)90086-1","DOIUrl":"10.1016/0007-0971(88)90086-1","url":null,"abstract":"<div><p>Infection of the chondrocostal junction occurs infrequently nowadays. However, with the increasing incidence in the last years of intravenous drug addiction, more cases have been reported recently. The authors studied two groups of patients with costal chondritis, one of heroin addicts and the other of patients who had undergone thoracic surgery previously. While in the postsurgical group the patients need some kind of resection for their treatment, in the heroin addicts an early drainage is usually enough.</p></div>","PeriodicalId":75618,"journal":{"name":"British journal of diseases of the chest","volume":"82 ","pages":"Pages 341-346"},"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)90086-1","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"14208294","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":"Aneurysmal bone cyst of the rib: a review and report of two cases","authors":"Bezalel Friedman , Alon Yellin , Monika Huszar , Alexander Blankstein , Gad Lotan","doi":"10.1016/0007-0971(88)90041-1","DOIUrl":"10.1016/0007-0971(88)90041-1","url":null,"abstract":"<div><p>Aneurysmal bone cyst (ABC) is a benign lesion and generally occurs in the long bones and vertebral column. ABC of the rib is an uncommon entity. Two cases of ABC involving the rib are reported. Its occurrence in the eighth decade of life as manifested in one of our patients is extremely rare. The aetiology, clinical manifestations, pathology and treatment are briefly discussed. En bloc resection of the lesion is curative, and offers a good cosmetic and functional result.</p></div>","PeriodicalId":75618,"journal":{"name":"British journal of diseases of the chest","volume":"82 ","pages":"Pages 179-185"},"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)90041-1","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"14181041","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}
B.R.C. O'Driscoll , S.P. Ruffles , Jon G. Ayres , G.M. Cochrane
{"title":"Long term treatment of severe asthma with subcutaneous terbutaline","authors":"B.R.C. O'Driscoll , S.P. Ruffles , Jon G. Ayres , G.M. Cochrane","doi":"10.1016/0007-0971(88)90089-7","DOIUrl":"10.1016/0007-0971(88)90089-7","url":null,"abstract":"<div><p>We have investigated the use of subcutaneous terbutaline in 17 patients with brittle asthma and five patients with chronic severe asthma. Twelve of the 17 patients with brittle asthma improved both subjectively and objectively (mean lowest daily PEF rising from 142 litres/min to 297 litres/min), with reduction in oral steroid dose, nebulized β-agonist dose and number of hospital admissions. Both continuous infusion and 6-hourly divided dose regimens were equally effective.</p><p>Only one of the five with chronic severe asthma showed any lasting response.</p><p>Eighteen patients have continued to use subcutaneous terbutaline over long periods (2–40 months). Overall 11 patients suffered side-effects of usually minor degree, although one patient had to withdraw because of the development of painful subcutaneous nodules.</p><p>We conclude that subcutaneous terbutaline delivered by infusion or by intermittent injections is a useful addition to the therapy of some patients with brittle asthma.</p></div>","PeriodicalId":75618,"journal":{"name":"British journal of diseases of the chest","volume":"82 ","pages":"Pages 360-367"},"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)90089-7","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"14208296","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}
M. Heino , J. Karjalainen , J. Ylikoski , A. Laitinen , L.A. Laitinen
{"title":"Bronchial ciliogenesis and oral steroid treatment in patients with asthma","authors":"M. Heino , J. Karjalainen , J. Ylikoski , A. Laitinen , L.A. Laitinen","doi":"10.1016/0007-0971(88)90040-X","DOIUrl":"10.1016/0007-0971(88)90040-X","url":null,"abstract":"<div><p>The effect of steroids on the ciliogenesis of bronchial epithelium has not previously been studied in asthmatics. Bronchial biopsies were taken during bronchoscopy from five asthmatics before and after oral steroid treatment, and studied by transmission electron microscopy. Two untreated healthy subjects served as controls. After treatment ciliogenesis was abundant in all patients.</p></div>","PeriodicalId":75618,"journal":{"name":"British journal of diseases of the chest","volume":"82 ","pages":"Pages 175-178"},"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)90040-X","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"14298069","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":"Exercises in chest X-ray diagnosis","authors":"A.J.R. Wightman","doi":"10.1016/0007-0971(88)90049-6","DOIUrl":"10.1016/0007-0971(88)90049-6","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":75618,"journal":{"name":"British journal of diseases of the chest","volume":"82 ","pages":"Page 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)90049-6","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"52756700","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":"Radiology of the paediatric chest","authors":"Robert R. Cox","doi":"10.1016/0007-0971(88)90022-8","DOIUrl":"10.1016/0007-0971(88)90022-8","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":75618,"journal":{"name":"British journal of diseases of the chest","volume":"82 ","pages":"Page 100"},"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)90022-8","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"52756112","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":"Meetings announcements","authors":"","doi":"10.1016/0007-0971(88)90084-8","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1016/0007-0971(88)90084-8","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":75618,"journal":{"name":"British journal of diseases of the chest","volume":"82 ","pages":"Page 328"},"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)90084-8","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"91700215","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Meetings announcements","authors":"","doi":"10.1016/0007-0971(88)90028-9","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1016/0007-0971(88)90028-9","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":75618,"journal":{"name":"British journal of diseases of the chest","volume":"82 ","pages":"Page 104"},"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)90028-9","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"137291636","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}