Popular epidemiology challenges the system - citizen action in stopping toxic waste pollution of water supply
Environment - October 1, 1993, by Phil Brown
Woburn, Massachusetts, a working-class, lower-middle-income town 12 miles north of Boston, has become a famous toxic waste site and a beacon for citizen activists concerned with diseases caused by environmental agents. Though not as well known as the tragedy of Love Canal... (Read More)
Pleurectomy/decortication and adjuvant therapy for malignant mesothelioma - Multimodality Therapy of Chest Malignancies: Proceedings of a Harvard Medical
Chest - April 1, 1993, by Valerie W. Rusch
Malignant mesothelioma is an uncommon and usually fatal cancer, for which there is no standard treatment. However, surgical resection remains the mainstay of treatment because of the inability to treat the entire hemithorax effectively with radiation and the lack of effe... (Read More)
AIDS and malignant mesothelioma - is there a connection?
Chest - April 1, 1993, by Cynthia A. Behling,
Paul L. Wolf,
Parviz Haghighi
A 35-year-old male homosexual, a former intravenous drug abuser, was found to be human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) positive in 1984. He developed AIDS in 1987 and began treatment with zidovudine in 1989. One year later he developed left apical pleural blebs, a pneumoth... (Read More)
Chest roentgenographic guidelines in the selection of patients for fiberoptic bronchoscopy
Chest - April 1, 1993, by Su Wei-Juin,
Lee Pui-Yuen,
Perng Reury-Perng
We conducted this study to define the value of fiberoptic bronchoscopy (FOB) in the evaluation of chest radiographic abnormalities and to provide guidelines for fiberoptic bronchoscopy on the basis of chest radiographic appearances. Fiberoptic bronchoscopy without fluoros... (Read More)
Lung cancer in patients with immunodeficiency syndrome
Chest - February 1, 1993, by Jason Karp,
George Profeta,
Paul R. Marantz,
Jill P. Karpel
We report adenocarcinoma of the lung in seven patients with human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) infection. We compared age, clinical findings and survival data with a sex-matched control group of HIV-negative patients with adenocarcinoma of the lung. Median age of HIV-in... (Read More)
Surfactant protein-A concentration in bronchoalveolar lavage fluids of patients with pulmonary alveolar proteinosis
Chest - February 1, 1993, by Yasuhito Honda,
Hiroki Takahashi,
Noriharu Shijubo,
Yoshio Kuroki,
Toyoaki Akino
Pulmonary alveolar proteinosis (PAP) is characterized by accumulation of large quantities of lipoproteinaceous materials in alveoli. Surfactant protein A (SP-A) is the predominant phospholipid-associated glycoprotein in pulmonary surfactant and is specific to the lung. ... (Read More)
Lung cancer in young adults
Chest - December 1, 1992, by William Bourke,
David Milstein,
Raffaele Giura,
Marco Donghi,
Maurizio Luisetti,
Ami-Hai E. Rubin,
Lewis J. Smith
Lung cancer in young adults is uncommon. Previous studies have reported that only 1 to 6 percent of patients with lung cancer are younger than 40 years of age.[1-4] By age 50 years, the proportion increases to 7 to 12 percent and increases rapidly thereafter.[2,5]
There... (Read More)
Solitary pulmonary nodule in a patient without asbestos exposure - Roentgenogram of the Month
Chest - October 1, 1992, by J. Francis Turner,
Chris Gronbeck,
Carl Stacy
(Chest 1992; 102:1267-68)
A 71-year-old woman was admitted with a two-week history of nausea, diarrhea, and dehydration. Her symptoms resolved with fluid replacement and supportive care. Her past history was remarkable for hypertension, atrial septal heart defect, mit... (Read More)
Malignant pleural mesothelioma due to environmental mineral fiber exposure in Turkey: analysis of 135 cases
Chest - September 1, 1992, by Ziya Toros Selcuk,
Lutfi Coplu,
Salih Emri,
Ali Fuat Kalyoncu,
Ahmet Altay Sahin,
Yusuf Izzettin Baris
We reviewed data from 135 patients with environment-associated malignant pleural mesothelioma (MPM) from the Central Anatolian region of Turkey. The most significant factors suggesting the diagnosis of MPM were the village where the patient resided and the typical presen... (Read More)
The significance of irregular opacities on the chest roentgenogram
Chest - July 1, 1992, by James A. Dick,
W. Keith C. Morgan,
David F.C. Muir,
Robert B. Reger,
Nicholas Sargent
Scanty irregular opacities are not uncommonly observed on the chest roentgenogram in the absence of interstitial fibrosis of the lungs. In such circumstances the irregular opacities, when present, tend to be relatively scanty and seldom, if ever, exceed an ILO category of... (Read More)
A rapidly expanding extrapulmonary mass - Roentgenograms of the Month
Chest - May 1, 1992, by Neil J. Duval
Neil J. Duval, M.D., F.C.C.P.
A 24-year-old Filipino man was noted on routine chest roentgenogram to have a 5 x 2.5 cm left apical mass. In retrospect, the abnormality was present, measuring 3 x 1.5 cm, on a roentgenogram obtained four months prior to presentation. He... (Read More)
Workers' compensation: state enactments in 1991
Monthly Labor Review - January 1, 1992, by Charles A. Berreth
Charles A. Berreth is a labor economist in the Office of Workers' Compensation Programs, Employment Standards Administration, U.S. Department of Labor.
Legislative sessions were held in all States in 1991, with the exception of Kentucky. Substantial changes were made in... (Read More)
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