1. Chronic Bronchitis—A Neglected Disease Entity
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A.M. Paull, Roswell W. Phillips, A.M. Phillips, and David V. Pecora
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Emphysema ,Gynecology ,medicine.medical_specialty ,Chronic bronchitis ,business.industry ,Neglected Disease ,Neglected Diseases ,General Medicine ,medicine.disease ,Surgery ,Bronchitis, Chronic ,Pulmonary Emphysema ,medicine ,Humans ,Bronchitis ,business - Abstract
SUMMARY 1 The majority of adult males seen by us with chronic cough do not have tumor, tuberculosis, bronchial asthma, bronchiectasis or chronic pneumonitis, but rather chronic bronchitis. 2 A clinical study of 18 such coughers with chronic bronchitis is presented. 3 Inhalation of cigarette smoke was found to be the common agent in the production of chronic bronchitis. No other cause for the cough was demonstrated. 4 All showed evidence of pulmonary emphysema, usually of severe degree in long standing cases. 5 A study of 20 cases with autopsy evidence of pulmonary emphysema and without tuberculosis, tumor, or asthma, disclosed chronic bronchitis in all and the only associated bronchial disease in 18. Bronchiectasis was found in two cases. 6 It is felt that chronic bronchitis is the commonest cause of pulmonary emphysema. Mechanisms whereby this takes place are discussed. 7 A relationship between chronic bronchitis and bronchogenic carcinoma is alluded to. RESUMEN 1 La mayoria de los adultos del sexo masculino con tos cronica no tiene tumor, tuberculosis, asma bronquial, bronquiectasia o neumonitis cronica, sino mas bien bronquitis cronica. 2 Un estudio clinico de 18 tosedores con bronquitis cronica,-se presenta. 3 La inhalacion de humo de cigarrillo se encontro que era elagente mas comun en la produccion de la bronquitis cronica. (No se encontro otra causa de la tos). 4 Todos mostraron evidencias de enfisema pulmonar, generalmente severo en caso de larga duracion. 5 En el estudio de 20 casos con evidencias a la autopsia de tener enfisema pulmonar y sin tuberculosis, tumor, o asma, se encontro solo asociada la bronquitis cronica en 18 y solo en dos bronquiectasia. 6 Se cree que la bronquitis cronica es la causa mas comun del enfisema. Los mecanismos que intervienen se discuten. 7 Se hace alusion a una relacion entre la bronquitis cronica y el carcinoma bronquigenico. RESUME 1 La majorite des adultes du sexe masculin qui ont ete examines par les auteurs n'etaient atteints ni de cancer, ni de tuberculose, ni d'asthme, ni de bronchiectasie ou de pneumonie chronique, mais plutot de bronchite chronique. 2 Les auteurs presentent l'etude de 18 de ces tousseurs habituels, atteints de bronchite chronique. 3 La cause habituelle de cette bronchite chronique semble etre l'inhalation de fumee de cigarette. On ne put mettre en evidence aucune autre cause de cette toux. 4 Tous les malades avaient un emphyseme pulmonaire qui, generalement, etait tres important lorsque la maladie evoluait depuis longtemps. 5 Chez 20 malades pour lesquels l'autopsie aux en evidence l'existence d'emphyseme, on ne put constater ni tuberculose, ni cancer, ni asthme, mais chez tous une bronchite chronique et dans 18 cas une affection bronchique associee. Chez deux malades, il existe une dilatation des bronches. 6 Les auteurs estiment que la bronchite chronique est la cause la plus commune d'emphyseme pulmonaire. Ils mettent en discussion le mecanisme de cette constatation. 7 Ils font allusion a la relation qui unit la bronchite chronique et le cancer des bronches.
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- 1954