Lane Hamilton Syndrome

Lane-Hamilton syndrome: association or coincidence.

The combination of idiopathic pulmonary hemosiderosis (IPH) and celiac disease (CD) is rare. The clinical importance of this association is that a significant improvement can be obtained with gluten free diet not only in intestinal but also in pulmonary symptoms. A four and half-years old girl was admitted with complaints of cough, difficulty in breathing and paleness. She had intermittent epis...

The acute respiratory distress syndrome: fibrosis in the fast lane.

The acute respiratory distress syndrome (ARDS) is an acute and severe form of microvascular lung injury which is frequently seen in intensive therapy units. Reductions in mortality have been reported by some centres; however, 40–70% of patients still die from this syndrome. 2 Treatment at present is largely supportive and, despite our increased understanding of the pathological processes involv...

Passing Lane Effectiveness on Two-Lane Roads

IN T R O D U C T IO N A passing lane is an added lane provided in one or both directions of travel on a conventional tw o-lane highw ay to im prove passing oppo r­ tunities. T his definition includes passing lanes in level or rolling terra in , clim bing lanes on grades, and short four-lane sections. T he length of the added lane can vary from 1,000 feet as m uch as 3 miles. Figure 1 illustrate...

Homer Lane

Joan Lane

The death of Dr Joan Lane after a short illness in May of this year is a great and sad loss to her colleagues and friends and to the history of medicine community. Joan was about to take retirement from the University of Warwick, where she had taught for the past twenty-two years. Although she had no intention of ceasing with her research activities, she was planning to spend more time with her...