Ninety four dairy farmers were investigated by chest radiography, pulmonary function tests, and bronchoalveolar lavage. They were divided into five groups--1: 11 subjects with acute farmer's lung; 2: 25 subjects with previously diagnosed farmer's lung who had stayed on their farm; 3: 15 farmers with previously diagnosed farmer's lung who had left the farm; 4: 23 precipitin positive symptomless ...

Introduction: Many studies have been done indicating patients more likely to develop osteoarthritis (OA) post anterior cruciate ligament (ACL) injury in spite of having an reconstruction (ACLR) done. In this study, we aimed at identifying factors causing early traumatic arthritis (PTOA) among who’ve underwent ACLR. The hypothesis used here was that cartilage defects and meniscus injuries would ...

The question of whether a chest radiographic severity staging system could be correlated with standard blood/serum diagnostic indices in allergic bronchopulmonary aspergillosis (ABPA) was addressed in 41 patients. Asthma and positive Aspergillus fumigatus (AF) serology were considered essential diagnostic inclusion criteria. Eosinophil count, serum immunoglobulin (Ig)E and immediate skin hypers...