Study on Chronic Bronchitis Syndrome Recently Prevalent

[Study on chronic bronchitis with special reference to rheumatoid factor].

概 要 慢性 気管支 炎に検 出 され る リウマチ 因子(RF)と 本症 の二,二 臨床所見 との比較検 討を行 な うと ともに,こ れ と比較す る意味 で他の慢性肺 疾患に ついて も併せ検 討 した.そ の結果,RFの 頻度 は慢性気 管支炎 において最 も高 く,つ いで サル コイ ドーシス,塵 肺,気 管支端 息お よび肺結 核の順で あつた.慢 性気管 支炎を 西本分類 でみた場合 は感染を主症 状 とす る感染閉塞型 お よび感染型 に,ま た 換 気機能 に よる分 類では 閉塞型お よび混合型 にそれぞれRF陽 性者 を多数認め た.喀 疾の性 状を粘液 性 お よび膿 性 に分 け る と膿性 痰 を示 す症例 にRFは 高頻度 であ り,肺機 能検査 では%DLCOお よびstatic complianceの 低下 した ものにやや高 率に出現す る傾向 ...

Mycoplasma pneumonia, Stevens-Johnson syndrome, and chronic obliterative bronchitis.

CIFEEST eddorials Chronic Bronchitis

CHEST / 89 / 3 / MARCH, 1986 321 Oxidant Damage by Leukocytes T he pathogenesis of chronic bronchitis remains poorly understood. Particularly significant is our lack of understanding of why only a minority of patients with “simple” chronic bronchitis progress to the advanced form of the disease with chronic airflow obstruction. Much of our knowledge of this disease is derived from morphologic s...

Bronchography in chronic bronchitis.

Bronchograms were made in eight men, chosen on clinical grounds as representative of three grades of severity in a series of 67 male bronchitis studied prospectively over a period of 10 years, with the object of ascertaining the anatomical condition at the end of this period. In the stationary group the bronchograms showed only a mild mucous reaction, and peripheral filling was generally good. ...

Chronic bronchitis and urban air pollution in an international study.

OBJECTIVES The chronic effects of urban air pollution are not well known. The authors' aim was to investigate the association between the prevalence and new onset of chronic bronchitis and urban air pollution. METHODS Subjects from the general population randomly selected for the European Community Respiratory Health Survey (ECRHS I) during 1991-93 in 21 centres in 10 countries were followed ...