abstract：:To study the efficacy of short term chemotherapy in the treatment of peripheral glandular tuberculosis a controlled trial was carried out in Algiers in March 1982 comparing two therapeutic regimes. All the patients admitted to the study presented with glandular tuberculosis which was proved either histologically or ba...

journal_title：Revue des maladies respiratoires

authors： Amrane R,Mazouni L,Boulahbal F,Abtroun N,Zidane C

更新日期：1989-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Bronchial provocation tests are useful for the detection of subclinical bronchial hyper-reactivity. Their standardisation is vital, in particular the method of administration of the bronchoconstrictor agent. Our study compares two systems of histamine delivery: an aerosol propellant with freons and a jet nebuliser lin...

journal_title：Revue des maladies respiratoires

authors： Michel O,Sergysels R,Duchateau J

更新日期：1989-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We report a study using Doppler echocardiography looking for pulmonary arterial hypertension (HTAP) in 36 patients presenting with chronic airflow obstruction (BPCO) who are in a stable state. 18 of these (group 1) had confirmed HTAP by right heart catheterisation which had been done the day before and was defined as ...

journal_title：Revue des maladies respiratoires

authors： Didier A,Boudjemaa B,Coca F,Rivière D,Rouquet RM,Leophonte P

更新日期：1988-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We report seven cases of seven pulmonary varicella occurring in seven adults without any previous history of known immunological deficit. In all the cases the vesicular eruption was diffuse, occurring after contact with a child presenting with benign varicella. The respiratory signs appeared five to seven days after t...

journal_title：Revue des maladies respiratoires

authors： Piperno D,Gaussorgues P,Boyer F,Robert D,Biron F,Peyramond D

更新日期：1988-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:There are relatively few observations on the influence of pregnancy in chronic respiratory illness, excluding asthma and interstitial pneumonia. Chronic airflow obstruction only presents at a relatively advanced age, past the menopause. Chronic respiratory failure due to restrictive lung disorders appears well tolerat...

journal_title：Revue des maladies respiratoires

authors： Muir JF,Defouilloy C,Broussier PM

更新日期：1988-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Invasive pulmonary aspergillosis is an opportunistic pneumonia which is particularly common in immuno-depressed subjects. The most frequent risk factors are the intensity and duration of leucopaenia, cytotoxic drugs and steroid therapy. In the respiratory tract, the proliferation of Aspergillus fumigatus becomes possi...

journal_title：Revue des maladies respiratoires

authors： Marquette CH,Wallaert B,Ramon P,Tonnel AB

更新日期：1988-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The authors report the results of a multi-centre trial on 500 cases of lymph-epithelial thymoma (TLE) treated by 14 surgical teams. Most typically a tumour of the adult in the fifth decade, occurring most commonly in women (60%), one in every two cases of TLE occurs in auto-immune disease: usually myasthenia. Most oft...

journal_title：Revue des maladies respiratoires

authors： Dahan M,Gaillard J,Mary H,Renella-Coll J,Berjaud J

更新日期：1988-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The authors explain the different types of legislation, according to dissimilar systems, which enable the Social Security or private services to take charge of the care required for occupationally acquired asthma. They emphasize that compensation is currently specified in the different countries by official internatio...

journal_title：Revue des maladies respiratoires

authors： Gervais P,Rosenberg N

更新日期：1988-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:One in a hundred pregnant females has asthma. Pregnancy may change the course of the asthma and inversely foetal and obstetric prognosis may be affected by the illness and by the potentially deleterious effect of treatment. The maternal physiological changes which occur during pregnancy throw little light on the varia...

journal_title：Revue des maladies respiratoires

authors： Cohendy R,Godard P,Bousquet J,Aubas P,Michel FB

更新日期：1988-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Fifty nine asthmatic children were assessed by skin tests (prick-tests) (TC), specific serum IgE level (R.A.S.T.) and bronchial provocation tests (TPB) with house dust, mites, grass pollen, animal scales and moulds. The concordance of the skin and R.A.S.T. tests with the provocation test, chosen for reference and thei...

journal_title：Revue des maladies respiratoires

authors： Souille B,Boissinot E,Terrisse M,Duguet-Gruau F,Varaigne F,Moline J

更新日期：1987-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The medical treatment of left ventricular failure classically relies upon the use of diuretics with or without digitalis. The recent arrival of vasodilators allows for both an improvement in the quality of life as well as a prolongation of survival for people in heart failure. The "new" positive inotropic agents which...

journal_title：Revue des maladies respiratoires

authors： Jaeger P,Cohen Solal A,Dahan M,Juliard JM,Charlier P,Gourgon R

更新日期：1987-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The term "obstructive bronchiolitis" used in this review covers different clinicopathological aspects. On the one hand, it refers to "small airways disease", where bronchiolar narrowings are widespread, secondary to post inflammatory fibrotic changes linked to tobacco smoke or fibrogenic dust inhalation. These obstruc...

journal_title：Revue des maladies respiratoires

authors： Bignon J,Jaubert F,Laurent P

更新日期：1987-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The definition of asthma brings with it the idea of inflammation, as bronchial obstruction, which characterises it, is associated with bronchospasm, hypersecretion and oedema. In the asthmatic, awareness of the bronchial inflammation at the time of diagnosis is essential, as it contributes to prognosis and therapeutic...

journal_title：Revue des maladies respiratoires

authors： Pujol JL,Godard P,Bousquet J,Michel FB

更新日期：1987-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We report a case of lipoid pneumonia complicated by supra-infection with Mycobacterium fortuitum. The diagnosis of a lipoid pneumonia was suggested by the CT Scanner which showed a negative density in the pneumonic tissue. The supra-infection by the mycobacterium dit not change the radiological opacities which stayed ...

journal_title：Revue des maladies respiratoires

authors： Vincent M,Chambon M,Fougerat J,Loire R,Economides A

更新日期：1987-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Busulfan or Misulban is considered by many the treatment of choice in chronic myeloid leukemia, for which it is used as a single agent. An interstitial fibrosing lung disease occurring after Busulfan was first described in 1961 and to date 56 cases have been published and are the object of this review. The clinical pi...

journal_title：Revue des maladies respiratoires

authors： Massin F,Fur A,Reybet-Degat O,Camus P,Jeannin L

更新日期：1987-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In a new case of alveolar microlithiasis we report the diagnostic value of two non-invasive examinations. In agreement with the histo-chemical date, scintigraphy with technetium shows an abnormal pulmonary fixation as evidence of the presence of intra-pulmonary calcium. The demonstration of micro-lithiasis in the alve...

journal_title：Revue des maladies respiratoires

authors： Desché P,Epardeau B,Tainturier C,Caubarrere I

更新日期：1987-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The occurrence is reported of a bronchial epidermoid cancer appearing 13 years after irradiation for an intra-thoracic paraganglioma. Four criteria are required when considering the carcinogenic effects of radiation: a documented history or irradiation, a latent period of 8 to 20 years, histological evidence of the de...

journal_title：Revue des maladies respiratoires

authors： Courty G,Laylavoix F,Martre P,Pierchon MS

更新日期：1986-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Yeasts are taking a growing place in the development of opportunistic pneumonias in a hospital environment. We report a case of pneumonia due to Torulopsis glabrata in a patient of 58 years in complete remission from a malignant oesophageal tumour after surgery and radiotherapy, and not given immunosuppressive treatme...

journal_title：Revue des maladies respiratoires

authors： Herbecq P,Wallaert B,Dei Cas E,Gosselin B,Wurtz A,Ramon P,Tonnel AB

更新日期：1986-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We report the case of a 73 year old man presenting with severe hypoxaemia due to an anatomical right to left shunt from a persistent left superior vena cava (VCSG) anastomosing with the left auricle. This was fortuitously discovered while placing a left sub clavicular catheter; the diagnosis of the VCSG draining into ...

journal_title：Revue des maladies respiratoires

authors： Degreef JM,Saulnier F,Rémy J,Bart F,Wallaert B,Tonnel AB

更新日期：1986-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A search for an allergic cause in asthma is fundamental to the diagnosis. Typically it is based on: A clinical history. Specific cutaneous and inhaled provocation tests which can produce a possible reaction (early and delayed) which are of great pathophysiological and therapeutic interest. In vitro tests (which enable...

journal_title：Revue des maladies respiratoires

authors： Molina CL,Mignot P,Janin-Mercier A,Kantelip B,Delage J

更新日期：1986-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The invasive aspergillus pneumonias have been described particularly in chemotherapy for patients with haematological disorders. In respiratory disorders such cases are exceptional. The authors report a case of invasive aspergillus pneumonia, occurring during treatment of a small cell cancer; the rapid commencement of...

journal_title：Revue des maladies respiratoires

authors： Pauli G,Dietemann-Molard A,Pujol JL,Roegel E

更新日期：1985-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The authors review the literature about respiratory burns and their initial and late functional repercussions. Upper airway oedema induces initial upper airway obstructive impairment. Pulmonary parenchymal failure is characterised by the functional consequences observed with adult respiratory distress syndrome. Surviv...

journal_title：Revue des maladies respiratoires

authors： Sergysels R,Jaspar N

更新日期：1985-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The natural history and pathophysiology of chronic airflow obstruction (BPCO) remain poorly understood. Therapy cannot cure the disease but should be aimed at palliating its effects: to reduce dyspnoea, to improve the exercise performance, to minimise the complications, to stabilise the disease and improve the quality...

journal_title：Revue des maladies respiratoires

authors： Fleury B,Housset B,Kulpa M,Derenne JP

更新日期：1985-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We report the observation of a 78 year old patient who had a plexiform ameloblastoma since the age of 38. A systematic pulmonary radiographic examination revealed multiple dense nodules like "cannon ball secondaries". However the histology of these pulmonary nodules, obtained by open lung biopsy, was identical with th...

journal_title：Revue des maladies respiratoires

authors： Hyvernat P,Ollagnier C,Freidel M,Guibert B,Rochet M

更新日期：1985-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The authors report a double study comparing the conventional chest radiograph and digitalised images. The first study was to visualise normal mediastinal structures (the contour of the posterior mediastinum, the azygo-oesophageal recess, the bronchial sub-segments, intermediate, carina, trachea) and showed a superiori...

journal_title：Revue des maladies respiratoires

authors： Bruneton JN,Caramella E,Kerboul P,Normand F,Denis F,Manzino JJ,Aubanel D

更新日期：1985-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:60 patients were studied with severe chronic respiratory failure (IRC) and a permanent tracheostomy treated with domiciliary ventilation (VADT). The study commenced from the time of the tracheostomy and included length of survival (by the actuarial method) quality of life, subjectively and objectively (progress of blo...

journal_title：Revue des maladies respiratoires

authors： Dudeffant P,Manier G,Gbikpi-Benissan G,Cardinaud JP

更新日期：1985-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Disturbance of ciliary function are considered as a significant factor in the outcome of chronic respiratory afflictions. Thanks to a simple method of stroboscopic lighting, the ciliary beat frequency was studied on 40 nasal mucus smears obtained by swabbing in 28 children and 12 adults with chronic respiratory failur...

journal_title：Revue des maladies respiratoires

authors： Escudier E,Peynegre R,Boucherat M,Bernaudin P,de la Rocque F,Bernaudin JF

更新日期：1985-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The implication of "slow reacting substance of Anaphylaxis" SRS-A in the pathogenesis of asthma was realised in 1950. In recent years SRS-A has been shown to be a mixture of varied composition: The Leukotrienes (LT) C4, D4 and E4. These substances derive their arachidonic acid through the 5-lipoxygenase. The LT B4, wh...

journal_title：Revue des maladies respiratoires

authors： Leitch AG

更新日期：1984-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Chest radiographs, taken in the standing position, were reviewed in 47 hospitalised patients with chronic obstructive respiratory failure; the review was done retrospectively and the radiographs were examined for signs of left ventricular failure. Only interstitial and alveolar oedema were considered, upper lobe blood...

journal_title：Revue des maladies respiratoires

authors： Louis O,Noseda A

更新日期：1984-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The authors report an "analytic epidemiological" study, showing the risk of relapse in tuberculous patients in the Bas-Rhin in 1967 to 1977. This was possible thanks to statutory notification of tuberculous cases, with an index updated by annual returns. The study relates to French subjects notified as new cases of al...

journal_title：Revue des maladies respiratoires

authors： Petitjean R,Lert F,Lotte A,Burghard G

更新日期：1984-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Subjects with a complete paralysis of the abdominal muscles and severe or lesser involvement of the intercostals were studied. The author analysed, under electromyographic control, the flow-volume curves by measuring flow at 50% (V50) and at 25% (V25) of the observed and theoretical vital capacity (CV) above observed ...

journal_title：Revue des maladies respiratoires

authors： Leroy M,Jaeger-Denavit O,Liot F

更新日期：1984-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The diagnosis of pulmonary hydatid cysts in children is generally easy and does not require endoscopic exploration, because the radiological aspects of an intact or a complicated cyst are most often suggestive. There are, nevertheless, some cases of pulmonary hydatids where the cyst is partially evacuated and then inf...

journal_title：Revue des maladies respiratoires

authors： Henry P,Khalfallah A,Lakhal A,Hafsa K,Karoui H

更新日期：1984-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This study was carried out between 1973 and 1982 on the proportional mortality by lung cancer of a group of workers living either in Brussells or in Wallonia and receiving compensation for silicosis or anthrasilicosis. The majority of patients suffered from anthrasilicosis (more than 96%) and had been exposed to the r...

journal_title：Revue des maladies respiratoires

authors： Vande Weyer R,Arnold L,Boudewijns F,Petit P,Yernault JC

更新日期：1984-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The phospholipid content of bronchoalveolar lavage (LBA) has been little studied till now. This work involved 96 LBA on 7 cases of allergic alveolitis, 11 cases of diffuse interstitial fibrosis (FID) and 42 of sarcoidosis. The liquid collected was submitted to a cellular study (cellularity, total and differential) and...

journal_title：Revue des maladies respiratoires

authors： Sallerin F,Prévost MC,De Graeve P,Miguères J,Krempf M,Jover A

更新日期：1984-01-01 00:00:00