Nonsurgical Therapy for Pulmonary Hydatid Cyst Disease: Continuation
After obtaining appropriate informed consent, the patient was enrolled in a compassionate-use protocol approved by the NIH, National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases institutional review...
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At follow-up 1 week later (20 days after the procedure), the patient’s erythrocyte sedimentation rate was 24 mm/h, a chest x-ray film showed 5 to 10% decrease in cavity size with internally collapsed...
View ArticleNonsurgical Therapy for Pulmonary Hydatid Cyst Disease: Deliberation
Unintended thin-needle biopsy-aspiration of a hydatid cyst to obtain diagnostic material from mass lesions not considered as possible hydatid cysts at the time of aspiration has been reported in five...
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As just noted, the procedure was not without complications. Why cyst communication with the bronchi occurred is unclear but could be related to shrinkage or damage to tissues from the hypertonic saline...
View ArticleA Longitudinal Study of Pulmonary Function in Cotton Gin Workers in the San...
In 1981 we published the results of a cross-sectional study of spirometry in cotton gin workers in the San Joaquin Valley. No excess of obstructive airway disease was found in the cotton gin workers...
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Techniques Three model 06031 survey spirometers (Warren E. Collins) were used for all pulmonary function measurements. The spirometers were calibrated and monitored for leaks with each use. Each...
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Initial Comparison of Ginner and Control Groups Under the constraint of the number of control subjects available to us, it was not possible to match the control subjects to the ginners for all the...
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Prevalence of Respiratory Symptoms The prevalence of cough was higher in smokers than nonsmokers and in ginners than control subjects. The difference reached a level of statistical significance only...
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In the initial comparison of ginners and control subjects (Table 1), the ginners were significantly older and had more smokers, and the smokers had a greater exposure to cigarette smoke than the...
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This was the result that would be expected by chance alone. Further, comparison of the mean pulmonary function values between the positive and negative responders revealed no significant differences in...
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