Pulmonary alveolar proteinosis (PAP) is a rare pulmonary disease characterised by alveolar
accumulation of surfactant. It may result from mutations in surfactant proteins or granulocyte …

… p m et une espérance de rendement R m , mais ignorent la valeur de ces paramètres
pour une entreprise donnée. Deux types d'entreprises coexistent au sein d'une classe : des …

Bronchial thermoplasty is a young yet promising treatment for severe asthma whose benefit
for long-term asthma control outweighs the short-term risk of deterioration and …

… The results of Hussain and coworkers [5] are very similar to those reported by Aubier and
coworkers [9] in nonseptic hypotensive spontaneously breathing dogs. The similarity in …

To identify airway pathologic abnormalities selectively associated with severe asthma, we
examined 10 control subjects, 10 patients with intermittent asthma, 15 patients with mild-to-…

Background The evolutionarily conserved 18-glycosyl-hydrolase family contains true chitinases
and chitinase-like proteins that lack enzymatic activity. Acidic mammalian chitinase has …

OBJECTIVES The aim of the present study was to determine if myocytes can die by apoptosis
in fibrillating and dilated human atria. BACKGROUND The cellular remodeling that occurs …

The effect of cardiogenic shock (tamponade) on respiratory muscles performance was
studied in 13 dogs breathing spontaneously. These 13 dogs were compared with 7 dogs …

Background Recently in France, primary pulmonary hypertension developed in a cluster of
patients exposed to derivatives of fenfluramine in appetite suppressants (anorexic agents), …

We studied the effects of hypophosphatemia on diaphragmatic function in eight patients with
acute respiratory failure who were artificially ventilated. Their mean serum phosphorus level …