{"title":"[Laënnec and asthma].","authors":"J Charpin","doi":"","DOIUrl":"","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":76480,"journal":{"name":"Revue francaise des maladies respiratoires","volume":"9 2","pages":"151-3"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1981-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"18067250","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":"[French Society of Tuberculosis and Respiratory Diseases. List of members (1981)].","authors":"","doi":"","DOIUrl":"","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":76480,"journal":{"name":"Revue francaise des maladies respiratoires","volume":"9 2","pages":"167-97"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1981-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"18067251","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":"[Pneumothorax seen by Th. Laennec].","authors":"P Fréour","doi":"","DOIUrl":"","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":76480,"journal":{"name":"Revue francaise des maladies respiratoires","volume":"9 3","pages":"265-9"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1981-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"18077113","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":"[Diagnostic radiology in mediastinal disorders : technical progress and current strategy (author's transl)].","authors":"M Coulomb, P Delormas, B Paramelle, M Geindre","doi":"","DOIUrl":"","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>After a brief reminder of recent progress in radiological methods in the diagnosis of mediastinal disorders, the authors study the contribution of Computerised Axial Tomography (T.D.M.). The advantages of T.D.M. in mediastinal disease rest on two characteristics : the morphological study of the mediastinum is made easier by the display of transverse axial cuts with nothing superimposed; the density measurements can distinguish between opacities which would appear similar on conventional radiology. Three facts have been established by the authors : T.D.M. raises the diagnostic sensitivity of radiology; in distinguishing between fatty, watery, vascular and solid tumours, it increases aetiological specificity; it simplifies the diagnostic approach while increasing the efficiency of radiology and the importance of its role in therapeutic decisions. In a typical case where one has just discovered an abnormal mediastinal opacity (and in whom a gastro-intestinal primary has been excluded), T.D.M. should be the first examination after standard radiography, because its results determine the remaining investigation. T.D.M. is specially indicated in evaluating a myasthenic or when investigating an anomaly in the infero-posterior mediastinum. A few cases do not entirely fit in to this schema, because of a particular clinical or radiological situation such as : mediastinal adenopathy; the assessement of the extent of a bronchogenic carcinoma; anterior cardio-phrenic opacities. The examination of the hila again has its limits when the abnormal opacity is small as there are errors in the technique due to the effects of incomplete volume. Finally, there remains the improved cost-effectiveness of the radiological examination of the mediastinum with the rational use of T.D.M.</p>","PeriodicalId":76480,"journal":{"name":"Revue francaise des maladies respiratoires","volume":"9 1","pages":"27-43"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1981-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"17851868","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}
D Charpin, D Vervloët, R Poirier, J Charpin, P Laval
{"title":"[Host factors in asbestos-associated disease. A study in twins (author's transl)].","authors":"D Charpin, D Vervloët, R Poirier, J Charpin, P Laval","doi":"","DOIUrl":"","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Observations in two pairs of identical twins illustrate the importance of genetic factors in determining the outcome of exposure to asbestos in relation to pleural plaques and bronchogenic carcinoma. The first pair of twins, laggers with french railroad (S.N.C.F.), were discovered fortuitously, after only several years exposure, to have bilateral pleural plaques and calcification at the same site on the axillary and diaphragmatic surfaces. The second set of twins developed epidermoïd bronchial carcinoma : one at the right hilum, the other postero-basally on the right in 1969 and 1977 respectively. Both were in ship-building and each had been exposed to asbestos in the same yard for 20 years between 1945 and 1965. Radiographs showed left sided pleural calcification and reticular shadowing at the bases in the two cases. These observations show the role of the host in the generation of asbestos disease. They are in keeping with studies on the presence of certain tissue types (HLA B27, and HLA B8) in those with asbestosis and of non-specific auto-antibodies (anti-nuclear factor, rheumatoid factor) in asbestosis, silicosis and the idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis. The relation between genetic factors and asbestos-induced cancer is suggested by the variable susceptibility of different kinds of animals to carcinogenesis in response to asbestos and by the increased inductibility of the enzyme system Aryl-hydrocarbon-hydroxylase in subjects exposed to this air-born contaminant who develop pleural tumours and/or bronchitis. There are only two other publications of bronchial carcinoma in twins in the literature.</p>","PeriodicalId":76480,"journal":{"name":"Revue francaise des maladies respiratoires","volume":"9 1","pages":"55-9"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1981-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"18214426","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":"[Influence of Laënnec's work on Italian medicine].","authors":"C Grassi","doi":"","DOIUrl":"","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":76480,"journal":{"name":"Revue francaise des maladies respiratoires","volume":"9 5","pages":"421-6"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1981-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"18081176","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 eosinophilia: current concepts, diagnostic and therapeutic advances].","authors":"P Durieux, P Solal-Celigny","doi":"","DOIUrl":"","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Pulmonary eosinophilia is a parenchymatous disorder with tissue eosinophilia (with or without blood eosinophilia). It remains ill understood whether from the pathophysiological, diagnostic, aetiologic or therapeutic standpoint. This paper takes stock of the principal classifications used and the necessary stages in the diagnostic approach. First, current understanding of the function of the eosinophil is discussed. The method of searching for a precise aetiological diagnosis is reviewed under the general headings of \"parasitic\", \"fungal\" and \"drug induced\". Pulmonary eosinophilia wih vasculitis and idiopathic eosinophilia have then considered. The authors stress the importance of establishing a eosinophilia have then considered. The authors stress the importance of establishing a precise aetiology and searching for extra pulmonary lesions or evidence of vasculitis in the management of pulmonary lesions or evidence of vasculitis in the management of pulmonary eosinophilia. As regards treatment, particularly of prolonged pulmonary eosinophilia, corticosteroids are relied upon. For some this may be after a test trial of anti-parasitic therapy.</p>","PeriodicalId":76480,"journal":{"name":"Revue francaise des maladies respiratoires","volume":"9 1","pages":"5-26"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1981-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"18083786","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}
A J Robalo Cordeiro, M F Baganha, J G Carmo, E Gaspar, M A Lima, M A Rosa
{"title":"[Broncho-alveolar lavage in uranium miners (author's transl)].","authors":"A J Robalo Cordeiro, M F Baganha, J G Carmo, E Gaspar, M A Lima, M A Rosa","doi":"","DOIUrl":"","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>This study on workers in a uranium mine is principally concerned with the characteristics of the cells recovered by LBA. First, alveolar macrophage function was studied (including viability, phagocytic activity, capillary adherence and migratory activity). Secondly the lymphocytes were identified as T, B, and then their mitogenic responses were studied; occurring spontaneously or in response to phytohemagglutinin or purified protein derivative. Finally, the biochemical aspects were examined (including immunoglobulins, total protein, albumin, phospholipids, potassium, calcium, magnesium, complement components, anti-proteases, etc.). We conclude that there were not demonstrable changes in cellular function in either smokers or non smokers in miners subjected to the ambient radiation of a uranium mine.</p>","PeriodicalId":76480,"journal":{"name":"Revue francaise des maladies respiratoires","volume":"9 3","pages":"241-56"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1981-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"18314779","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":"[Transcutaneous measurement of pO2.(author's transl)].","authors":"B Dautzenberg, H Carter, C Sors","doi":"","DOIUrl":"","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>An apparatus which allowed the measurement of transcutaneous paO2 (tcpO2) was tested on adults in an intensive care unit. The correlation between tcpO2 and blood paO2 was satisfactory (r = 0.91, n = 111), but the slope of the regression line was variable from one subject to another. On account of the poor transfer of information from the arterial blood to the skin surface, this slope could be very flat (0.43 in one of the subjects in the study). The response time of the apparatus was very short and allowed a study of the effect on the individual of variations in FIO2. The equipment appears useful for continuous non invasive monitoring of the progress of the pO2, but it cannot directly give the true value of the paO2.</p>","PeriodicalId":76480,"journal":{"name":"Revue francaise des maladies respiratoires","volume":"9 4","pages":"327-35"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1981-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"18315734","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":"[The epidemiology of asthma in Lorraine. A method of Study (author's transl)].","authors":"J P Monneau, J P Grilliat, B Haas, R Guegen","doi":"","DOIUrl":"","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>The authors undertook an epidemiological study to held useful criteria to identify asthma sufferers. A simple questionnaire was used asking three questions: - Do you wheeze on breathing? - Do you have attacks of breathlessness during the night? - Do you have asthma? 7,904 people were questioned at the Centre for Preventive Medicine at Vandoeuvre-les-Nancy over a year and 1,062 gave a positive response to at least one question. The replies were sub-divided into 5 groups according to the pattern of response and were then given a further clinical assessment as follows: - A sensitivity test for house dust allergy; - A bronchial sensitivity test to Acetylcholine; - The level of blood eosinophilia; - Presence or absence of a family history of asthma. The results were then compared to a matched group of controls who gave a negative reply to all three questions. The authors concluded that the term asthma should only be used by people who recognize themselves as asthmatics and can identify at least one trigger factor in their symptoms. One frequently finds in such people : a family history of asthma, a positive allergy test to the house dust mite, and eosinophilia. On the other hand those with only one or two symptoms (dyspnoea or wheezing) without recognizing themselves as asthmatics had little evidence of a family history of asthma, a sensitivity to the house dust mite comparable to controls and no eosinophilia; in these people there was a striking relationship to tobacco consumption. The Acetylcholine test shows little discriminative value in an epidemiological study of this nature; asthmatics could not be separated from patients with chronic air-flow obstruction, particularly when due to tobacco. It would be helpful to find a test of bronchial hyperactivity which could be used epidemiology. As a result of this study it is possibly to place the prevalence of asthma in the South of Lorraine in the range of 1.7 to 3.6% of the population.</p>","PeriodicalId":76480,"journal":{"name":"Revue francaise des maladies respiratoires","volume":"9 5","pages":"381-92"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1981-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"18335008","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}