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2. Metabolic Effects of Nebulised Salbutamol during Submaximal Exercise in Asthmatics
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Freeman, W, primary, Javaid, A, primary, Packe, GE, primary, Nattrass, M, primary, Wright, AD, primary, and Cayton, RM, primary
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- 1988
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3. High-dose vitamin D(3) during intensive-phase antimicrobial treatment of pulmonary tuberculosis: a double-blind randomised controlled trial.
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Martineau AR, Timms PM, Bothamley GH, Hanifa Y, Islam K, Claxton AP, Packe GE, Moore-Gillon JC, Darmalingam M, Davidson RN, Milburn HJ, Baker LV, Barker RD, Woodward NJ, Venton TR, Barnes KE, Mullett CJ, Coussens AK, Rutterford CM, and Mein CA
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Background: Vitamin D was used to treat tuberculosis in the pre-antibiotic era, and its metabolites induce antimycobacterial immunity in vitro. Clinical trials investigating the effect of adjunctive vitamin D on sputum culture conversion are absent.Methods: We undertook a multicentre randomised controlled trial of adjunctive vitamin D in adults with sputum smear-positive pulmonary tuberculosis in London, UK. 146 patients were allocated to receive 2·5 mg vitamin D(3) or placebo at baseline and 14, 28, and 42 days after starting standard tuberculosis treatment. The primary endpoint was time from initiation of antimicrobial treatment to sputum culture conversion. Patients were genotyped for TaqI and FokI polymorphisms of the vitamin D receptor, and interaction analyses were done to assess the influence of the vitamin D receptor genotype on response to vitamin D(3). This trial is registered with ClinicalTrials.gov number NCT00419068.Findings: 126 patients were included in the primary efficacy analysis (62 assigned to intervention, 64 assigned to placebo). Median time to sputum culture conversion was 36·0 days in the intervention group and 43·5 days in the placebo group (adjusted hazard ratio 1·39, 95% CI 0·90-2·16; p=0.14). TaqI genotype modified the effect of vitamin D supplementation on time to sputum culture conversion (p(interaction)=0·03), with enhanced response seen only in patients with the tt genotype (8·09, 95% CI 1·36-48·01; p=0·02). FokI genotype did not modify the effect of vitamin D supplementation (p(interaction)=0·85). Mean serum 25-hydroxyvitamin D concentration at 56 days was 101·4 nmol/L in the intervention group and 22·8 nmol/L in the placebo group (95% CI for difference 68·6-88·2; p<0·0001).Interpretation: Administration of four doses of 2·5 mg vitamin D(3) increased serum 25-hydroxyvitamin D concentrations in patients receiving intensive-phase treatment for pulmonary tuberculosis. Vitamin D did not significantly affect time to sputum culture conversion in the whole study population, but it did significantly hasten sputum culture conversion in participants with the tt genotype of the TaqI vitamin D receptor polymorphism.Funding: British Lung Foundation. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]- Published
- 2011
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4. Tuberculosis: a missed opportunity for early diagnosis at the front line?
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Lad TS and Packe GE
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- Adolescent, Adult, Aged, Early Diagnosis, Female, Humans, Incidence, London epidemiology, Male, Middle Aged, Retrospective Studies, Tuberculosis epidemiology, Emergency Service, Hospital, Tuberculosis diagnosis
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Introduction: The incidence of tuberculosis (TB) has increased over the last two decades. Many patients with TB preferentially access healthcare via the emergency department (ED) prediagnosis, presenting an early opportunity for diagnosis., Methods: We looked at the number of patients who presented to ED in the 3 months prior to TB notification, and their outcomes., Results: 42% of all notifications had accessed ED prior to notification. The majority were hospitalised, with a proportion of these patients previously attending ED only to be discharged. 37% of patients were discharged from ED with many having TB symptoms, and only a minority referred onto TB clinic., Conclusions: The ED is often the first contact that urban TB patients have with healthcare. Healthcare professionals should ensure this diagnosis is not missed in high incidence areas as it has significant clinical and infection control consequences., (Published by the BMJ Publishing Group Limited. For permission to use (where not already granted under a licence) please go to http://group.bmj.com/group/rights-licensing/permissions.)
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- 2014
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5. Neutrophilia independently predicts death in tuberculosis.
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Lowe DM, Bandara AK, Packe GE, Barker RD, Wilkinson RJ, Griffiths CJ, and Martineau AR
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- Adult, Aged, Female, Humans, Male, Middle Aged, Prevalence, Survival Analysis, Treatment Outcome, United Kingdom, Young Adult, Blood Cell Count, Leukocytosis complications, Leukocytosis diagnosis, Neutrophils cytology, Tuberculosis blood, Tuberculosis mortality
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- 2013
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6. Ethnic variation in inflammatory profile in tuberculosis.
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Coussens AK, Wilkinson RJ, Nikolayevskyy V, Elkington PT, Hanifa Y, Islam K, Timms PM, Bothamley GH, Claxton AP, Packe GE, Darmalingam M, Davidson RN, Milburn HJ, Baker LV, Barker RD, Drobniewski FA, Mein CA, Bhaw-Rosun L, Nuamah RA, Griffiths CJ, and Martineau AR
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- Adult, Antibiotics, Antitubercular therapeutic use, Antigens, Bacterial metabolism, Asian People, Bacterial Load drug effects, Black People, Blood Cells immunology, Blood Cells metabolism, Cells, Cultured, Female, Humans, Inflammation Mediators metabolism, Isoniazid therapeutic use, London, Male, Mycobacterium tuberculosis drug effects, Mycobacterium tuberculosis isolation & purification, Sputum drug effects, Sputum microbiology, Tuberculosis, Pulmonary drug therapy, Tuberculosis, Pulmonary ethnology, Tuberculosis, Pulmonary virology, White People, Young Adult, Host-Pathogen Interactions drug effects, Inflammation Mediators blood, Mycobacterium tuberculosis immunology, Tuberculosis, Pulmonary immunology
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Distinct phylogenetic lineages of Mycobacterium tuberculosis (MTB) cause disease in patients of particular genetic ancestry, and elicit different patterns of cytokine and chemokine secretion when cultured with human macrophages in vitro. Circulating and antigen-stimulated concentrations of these inflammatory mediators might therefore be expected to vary significantly between tuberculosis patients of different ethnic origin. Studies to characterise such variation, and to determine whether it relates to host or bacillary factors, have not been conducted. We therefore compared circulating and antigen-stimulated concentrations of 43 inflammatory mediators and 14 haematological parameters (inflammatory profile) in 45 pulmonary tuberculosis patients of African ancestry vs. 83 patients of Eurasian ancestry in London, UK, and investigated the influence of bacillary and host genotype on these profiles. Despite having similar demographic and clinical characteristics, patients of differing ancestry exhibited distinct inflammatory profiles at presentation: those of African ancestry had lower neutrophil counts, lower serum concentrations of CCL2, CCL11 and vitamin D binding protein (DBP) but higher serum CCL5 concentrations and higher antigen-stimulated IL-1 receptor antagonist and IL-12 secretion. These differences associated with ethnic variation in host DBP genotype, but not with ethnic variation in MTB strain. Ethnic differences in inflammatory profile became more marked following initiation of antimicrobial therapy, and immunological correlates of speed of elimination of MTB from the sputum differed between patients of African vs. Eurasian ancestry. Our study demonstrates a hitherto unappreciated degree of ethnic heterogeneity in inflammatory profile in tuberculosis patients that associates primarily with ethnic variation in host, rather than bacillary, genotype. Candidate immunodiagnostics and immunological biomarkers of response to antimicrobial therapy should be derived and validated in tuberculosis patients of different ethnic origin.
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- 2013
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7. Vitamin D accelerates resolution of inflammatory responses during tuberculosis treatment.
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Coussens AK, Wilkinson RJ, Hanifa Y, Nikolayevskyy V, Elkington PT, Islam K, Timms PM, Venton TR, Bothamley GH, Packe GE, Darmalingam M, Davidson RN, Milburn HJ, Baker LV, Barker RD, Mein CA, Bhaw-Rosun L, Nuamah R, Young DB, Drobniewski FA, Griffiths CJ, and Martineau AR
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- Adult, Antimicrobial Cationic Peptides pharmacology, Antitubercular Agents pharmacology, Female, Gene Expression Regulation, Genotype, Humans, Immune System, Inflammation, Kinetics, Male, Middle Aged, Polymorphism, Genetic, Regression Analysis, Risk, Steroids chemistry, Time Factors, Tuberculosis therapy, Vitamin D therapeutic use, Tuberculosis immunology, Vitamin D metabolism
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Calcidiol, the major circulating metabolite of vitamin D, supports induction of pleiotropic antimicrobial responses in vitro. Vitamin D supplementation elevates circulating calcidiol concentrations, and thus has a potential role in the prevention and treatment of infection. The immunomodulatory effects of administering vitamin D to humans with an infectious disease have not previously been reported. To characterize these effects, we conducted a detailed longitudinal study of circulating and antigen-stimulated immune responses in ninety-five patients receiving antimicrobial therapy for pulmonary tuberculosis who were randomized to receive adjunctive high-dose vitamin D or placebo in a clinical trial, and who fulfilled criteria for per-protocol analysis. Vitamin D supplementation accelerated sputum smear conversion and enhanced treatment-induced resolution of lymphopaenia, monocytosis, hypercytokinaemia, and hyperchemokinaemia. Administration of vitamin D also suppressed antigen-stimulated proinflammatory cytokine responses, but attenuated the suppressive effect of antimicrobial therapy on antigen-stimulated secretion of IL-4, CC chemokine ligand 5, and IFN-α. We demonstrate a previously unappreciated role for vitamin D supplementation in accelerating resolution of inflammatory responses during tuberculosis treatment. Our findings suggest a potential role for adjunctive vitamin D supplementation in the treatment of pulmonary infections to accelerate resolution of inflammatory responses associated with increased risk of mortality.
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- 2012
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8. Improved vitamin D status despite allocation to placebo in a tuberculosis treatment trial: contamination bias?
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Martineau AR, Griffiths CJ, and Packe GE
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- Bias, Humans, Vitamin D blood, Antitubercular Agents therapeutic use, Tuberculosis, Pulmonary blood, Tuberculosis, Pulmonary drug therapy, Vitamin D analogs & derivatives, Vitamin D therapeutic use, Vitamins therapeutic use
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- 2009
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9. Influence of a single oral dose of vitamin D(2) on serum 25-hydroxyvitamin D concentrations in tuberculosis patients.
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Martineau AR, Nanzer AM, Satkunam KR, Packe GE, Rainbow SJ, Maunsell ZJ, Timms PM, Venton TR, Eldridge SM, Davidson RN, Wilkinson RJ, and Griffiths CJ
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- Administration, Oral, Adult, Female, Humans, Male, Middle Aged, Vitamin D blood, Ergocalciferols administration & dosage, Vitamin D analogs & derivatives, Vitamins administration & dosage
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Setting: Newham Chest Clinic, London, UK., Objective: To determine the safety and efficacy of the administration of bolus-dose vitamin D(2) in elevating serum 25-hydroxyvitamin D (25[OH]D) concentrations in tuberculosis (TB) patients., Design: A multi-ethnic cohort of TB patients was randomised to receive a single oral dose of 2.5 mg vitamin D(2) (n = 11) or placebo (n = 14). Serum 25(OH)D and corrected calcium concentrations were determined at baseline and 1 week and 8 weeks post-dose, and compared to those of a multi-ethnic cohort of 56 healthy adults receiving an identical dose of vitamin D(2)., Results: Hypovitaminosis D (serum 25[OH]D < 75 nmol/l) was present in all patients at baseline. A single oral dose of 2.5 mg vitamin D2 corrected hypovitaminosis D in all patients in the intervention arm of the study at 1 week post-dose, and induced a 109.5 nmol/l mean increase in their serum 25(OH)D concentration. Hypovitaminosis D recurred in 10/11 patients at 8 weeks post-dose. No patient receiving vitamin D(2) experienced hypercalcaemia. Patients receiving 2.5 mg vitamin D(2) experienced a greater mean increase in serum 25(OH)D at 1 week post-dose than healthy adults receiving 2.5 mg vitamin D(2)., Conclusion: A single oral dose of 2.5 mg vitamin D(2) corrects hypovitaminosis D at 1 week but not at 8 weeks post-dose in TB patients.
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- 2009
10. A single dose of vitamin D enhances immunity to mycobacteria.
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Martineau AR, Wilkinson RJ, Wilkinson KA, Newton SM, Kampmann B, Hall BM, Packe GE, Davidson RN, Eldridge SM, Maunsell ZJ, Rainbow SJ, Berry JL, and Griffiths CJ
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- Adult, Aged, Aged, 80 and over, Double-Blind Method, Drug Administration Schedule, Female, Follow-Up Studies, Humans, Male, Middle Aged, Vitamin D administration & dosage, Vitamins administration & dosage, Dietary Supplements, Immunity, Innate drug effects, Tuberculosis immunology, Vitamin D pharmacology, Vitamins pharmacology
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Rationale: Vitamin D was used to treat tuberculosis (TB) in the preantibiotic era. Prospective studies to evaluate the effect of vitamin D supplementation on antimycobacterial immunity have not previously been performed., Objectives: To determine the effect of vitamin D supplementation on antimycobacterial immunity and vitamin D status., Methods: A double-blind randomized controlled trial was conducted in 192 healthy adult TB contacts in London, United Kingdom. Participants were randomized to receive a single oral dose of 2.5 mg vitamin D or placebo and followed up at 6 weeks., Measurements and Main Results: The primary outcome measure was assessed with a functional whole blood assay (BCG-lux assay), which measures the ability of whole blood to restrict luminescence, and thus growth, of recombinant reporter mycobacteria in vitro; the readout is expressed as a luminescence ratio (luminescence postinfection/baseline luminescence). IFN-gamma responses to the Mycobacterium tuberculosis antigens early secretory antigenic target-6 and culture filtrate protein 10 were determined with a second whole blood assay. Vitamin D supplementation significantly enhanced the ability of participants' whole blood to restrict BCG-lux luminescence in vitro compared with placebo (mean luminescence ratio at follow-up, 0.57, vs. 0.71, respectively; 95% confidence interval for difference, 0.01-0.25; p=0.03) but did not affect antigen-stimulated IFN-gamma secretion., Conclusions: A single oral dose of 2.5 mg vitamin D significantly enhanced the ability of participants' whole blood to restrict BCG-lux luminescence in vitro without affecting antigen-stimulated IFN-gamma responses. Clinical trials should be performed to determine whether vitamin D supplementation prevents reactivation of latent TB infection. Clinical trial registered with www.clinicaltrials.gov (NCT 00157066).
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- 2007
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11. Neutrophil-mediated innate immune resistance to mycobacteria.
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Martineau AR, Newton SM, Wilkinson KA, Kampmann B, Hall BM, Nawroly N, Packe GE, Davidson RN, Griffiths CJ, and Wilkinson RJ
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- Cytokines metabolism, Female, Humans, Leukocyte Count, Male, Neutrophils metabolism, Tuberculosis blood, Tuberculosis ethnology, Tuberculosis pathology, Immunity, Innate immunology, Mycobacterium bovis immunology, Mycobacterium tuberculosis immunology, Neutrophils immunology, Tuberculosis immunology
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Neutrophils contain antimicrobial peptides with antituberculous activity, but their contribution to immune resistance to tuberculosis (TB) infection has not been previously investigated to our knowledge. We determined differential white cell counts in peripheral blood of 189 adults who had come into contact with patients diagnosed with active TB in London, United Kingdom, and evaluated them for evidence of TB infection and capacity to restrict mycobacterial growth in whole-blood assays. Risk of TB infection was inversely and independently associated with peripheral blood neutrophil count in contacts of patients diagnosed with pulmonary TB. The ability of whole blood to restrict growth of Mycobacterium bovis bacille Calmette Guérin and Mycobacterium tuberculosis was impaired 7.3- and 3.1-fold, respectively, by neutrophil depletion. In microbiological media, human neutrophil peptides (HNPs) 1-3 killed M. tuberculosis. The neutrophil peptides cathelicidin LL-37 and lipocalin 2 restricted growth of the organism, the latter in an iron-dependent manner. Black African participants had lower neutrophil counts and lower circulating concentrations of HNP1-3 and lipocalin 2 than south Asian and white participants. Neutrophils contribute substantially to innate resistance to TB infection, an activity associated with their antimicrobial peptides. Elucidation of the regulation of neutrophil antimicrobial peptides could facilitate prevention and treatment of TB.
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- 2007
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12. Factors influencing the distribution of tuberculosis cases in an inner London borough.
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Beckhurst C, Evans S, MacFarlane AF, and Packe GE
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- Adolescent, Adult, Age Distribution, Asia, Western ethnology, Humans, London epidemiology, Minority Groups statistics & numerical data, Poverty, Regression Analysis, Risk Factors, Socioeconomic Factors, Tuberculosis ethnology, Tuberculosis epidemiology
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The incidence of tuberculosis (TB) has increased throughout London, especially in inner city boroughs. Ethnicity, poverty, and the success of TB control measures all affect the distribution of cases between boroughs. This study was conducted to see which factors affect the distribution of cases between electoral wards within an inner London borough. The Borough of Newham in the East End of London is made up of 24 electoral wards and has one of the highest notification rates in the United Kingdom. Our analysis showed that the percentage of the population who were non-white made a strong contribution to the variance in TB rates between wards (p < 0.0001), but the age distribution of the population and Jarman scores for poverty did not, the latter because the entire borough is deprived. Measures to control TB should be targeted at those areas where members of the community are most at risk.
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- 2000
13. When is referral of Heaf test positive school children worth while? Evidence is not sufficiently persuasive to overturn current recommendation.
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Packe GE
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- Adolescent, BCG Vaccine, Child, Child, Preschool, Humans, Referral and Consultation, Tuberculin Test, Tuberculosis prevention & control
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- 1997
14. Bone density in asthmatic patients taking inhaled corticosteroids: comparison of budesonide and beclomethasone dipropionate.
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Packe GE, Robb O, Robins SP, Reid DM, and Douglas JG
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- Administration, Inhalation, Adult, Anti-Inflammatory Agents administration & dosage, Beclomethasone administration & dosage, Bronchodilator Agents administration & dosage, Budesonide, Dose-Response Relationship, Drug, Drug Administration Schedule, Female, Humans, Long-Term Care, Male, Middle Aged, Pregnenediones administration & dosage, Anti-Inflammatory Agents adverse effects, Asthma drug therapy, Beclomethasone adverse effects, Bone Density drug effects, Bronchodilator Agents adverse effects, Pregnenediones adverse effects
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We assessed bone mineral density (BMD) in 20 asthmatics who had been taking inhaled budesonide (BUD) (median daily dose 800 micrograms) for over a year, 13 of whom had taken previous courses of systemic steroids. Their results were compared with those of 20 patients receiving inhaled high-dose beclomethasone dipropionate (BDP) (median daily dose 1,000 micrograms), all of whom had received previous courses of systemic corticosteroids, and with those of 17 mild asthmatics who had never taken either inhaled or systemic steroids. Mean (standard deviation) (SD)) BMD in the patients taking BUD was 139.5 (28.6) mg/ml. This was significantly lower (p < 0.05) than in the control patients who had never taken inhaled or systemic steroids (160.4 (27.4) mg/ml). Mean BMD in the patients taking BUD did not differ significantly from that observed in patients taking BDP (127.5 (22.6) mg/ml). Although the reduction in BMD in the asthma patients taking regular high-dose BUD could have been due to previous courses of corticosteroid, the magnitude of bone loss is similar to that seen in patients taking high-dose inhaled BDP and intermittent corticosteroids.
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- 1996
15. Bone turnover and inhaled corticosteroids.
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Packe GE and Douglas JG
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- Administration, Inhalation, Adrenal Cortex Hormones administration & dosage, Humans, Adrenal Cortex Hormones adverse effects, Bone and Bones metabolism
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- 1995
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16. Rates of change in peak expiratory flow and in diurnal variation in peak flow in patients recovering from acute severe asthma.
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Packe GE, Freeman W, and Cayton RM
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- Acute Disease, Adult, Albuterol therapeutic use, Asthma drug therapy, Follow-Up Studies, Humans, Peak Expiratory Flow Rate physiology, Prednisolone therapeutic use, Asthma physiopathology, Circadian Rhythm physiology, Lung physiopathology
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1. The rates of change in mean peak expiratory flow and in diurnal variation in peak flow were compared in 14 patients recovering from acute severe asthma. 2. Peak expiratory flow was measured on hospital admission, and at 6-hourly intervals for the next 3 weeks. 3. Diurnal variation in peak flow was assessed by measuring the following: amplitude (the highest minus the lowest peak expiratory flow during any given 24 h period), amplitude % mean (the highest minus the lowest peak expiratory flow during any given 24 h period divided by the mean peak expiratory flow over that period) and residual amplitude (the maximum variation about the mean peak expiratory flow during any given 24 h period). 4. Plots of diurnal variation in peak flow and peak expiratory flow against time were constructed for each patient. To enable comparison of changes in peak expiratory flow and diurnal variation in peak flow the data were transformed. 5. The rate of change for mean peak expiratory flow and for the three measures of diurnal variation in peak flow was assessed by fitting an exponential function to each set of data, and calculating the slope of the exponential curve halfway through the period of observation (10.5 days). 6. Median (range) slope for peak expiratory flow was 0.055 (0-2.57). The comparable value for amplitude was -3.15 (-1.27 to -4.22) (absolute median values compared, P = 0.0029), for amplitude % mean was -1.87 (-0.18 to -5.95) (P = 0.012) and for residual amplitude was -1.43 (-0.62 to -3.09) (P = 0.033).(ABSTRACT TRUNCATED AT 250 WORDS)
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- 1994
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17. Spontaneous sternal fractures in four patients with chronic airflow obstruction taking corticosteroids.
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Hameed K, Packe GE, Legge JS, and Friend JA
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- Aged, Female, Humans, Long-Term Care, Male, Middle Aged, Adrenal Cortex Hormones adverse effects, Fractures, Spontaneous chemically induced, Lung Diseases, Obstructive drug therapy, Sternum injuries
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Four patients with chronic airflow obstruction developed spontaneous sternal fractures. All had received repeated courses of high dose corticosteroids and three were receiving long term treatment with low dose corticosteroids. It is important to consider sternal fracture in the differential diagnosis when patients with chronic airflow obstruction present with chest pain.
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- 1993
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18. Severity of chest disease in CF patients in relation to their genotypes.
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Packe GE, Miedzybrodzka ZH, and Dean JC
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- Cystic Fibrosis physiopathology, Genotype, Humans, Severity of Illness Index, Cystic Fibrosis genetics
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- 1993
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19. Bone density in asthmatic patients taking high dose inhaled beclomethasone dipropionate and intermittent systemic corticosteroids.
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Packe GE, Douglas JG, McDonald AF, Robins SP, and Reid DM
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- Administration, Inhalation, Administration, Oral, Asthma physiopathology, Dose-Response Relationship, Drug, Female, Forced Expiratory Volume, Humans, Lumbar Vertebrae, Male, Middle Aged, Adrenal Cortex Hormones administration & dosage, Asthma drug therapy, Beclomethasone administration & dosage, Bone Density drug effects
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Background: Asthmatic patients taking low to moderate doses of inhaled topical corticosteroids have been shown to have lower bone density than those taking bronchodilators only. There is little information on bone density in asthmatic patients taking high dose inhaled corticosteroids., Methods: Bone mass was studied in three age matched groups of asthmatic patients. These comprised: 17 asthmatic patients who had never taken inhaled or systemic corticosteroids (group 1); 20 patients who had taken beclomethasone diproprionate in a dosage of 1000-2000 micrograms daily for at least a year, who had also received courses of systemic corticosteroids in the past (group 2); and 20 patients who were taking both high dose inhaled corticosteroids and regular low dose prednisolone, at a median dose of 7 mg daily (group 3). Vertebral bone density was measured by quantitative computed tomography. Biochemical indices of bone formation and resorption were also measured., Results: Mean bone density in group 2 (127.5(22.6) mg/ml) was similar to that in group 3 (114.5 (36.0) mg/ml). Bone density was significantly lower in both of these groups than in group 1 (160.4 (27.4) mg/ml). There were no significant differences between groups for any of the markers of bone formation and resorption., Conclusions: Asthmatic patients receiving high dose inhaled beclomethasone and intermittent courses of systemic corticosteroids have reduced vertebral bone density. The bone loss is similar in degree to that seen in patients taking high dose inhaled topical corticosteroids and continuous low dose systemic corticosteroids.
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- 1992
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20. Changes in spirometry during consecutive admissions for infective pulmonary exacerbations in adolescent and adult cystic fibrosis.
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Packe GE and Hodson ME
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- Adolescent, Adult, Female, Forced Expiratory Volume physiology, Humans, Lung Diseases microbiology, Male, Recurrence, Spirometry, Time Factors, Vital Capacity physiology, Bacterial Infections physiopathology, Cystic Fibrosis physiopathology, Lung physiopathology
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Changes in spirometry during consecutive admissions for treatment of pulmonary infective exacerbations were studied in 45 patients (24 males, 21 females) with cystic fibrosis (CF) who had required five or more such admissions. Over the overall study period there was a mean (SD) decline in FEV1 of -112.1 (188.0) ml yr-1 (P less than 0.001) and in FVC of -47.9 (82.4) ml yr-1 (P less than 0.001). FEV1 and FVC increased during each admission with treatment; however, the magnitude of this change became less over consecutive admissions by a mean value of -33.3 ml (45.0) (P less than 0.001) for FEV1, and -26.0 (72.2) ml (P less than 0.05) for FVC. In the majority of patients that died or underwent transplantation, FEV1 at the time of the last admission did not rise above 800 ml despite full treatment.
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- 1992
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21. Cardio-respiratory responses to exercise following treatment of acute severe asthma.
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Cayton RM, Packe GE, and Freeman W
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- Acute Disease, Adolescent, Adult, Asthma blood, Asthma drug therapy, Asthma, Exercise-Induced diagnosis, Convalescence, Female, Humans, Male, Middle Aged, Oxygen blood, Partial Pressure, Peak Expiratory Flow Rate physiology, Asthma physiopathology, Exercise physiology
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Asthmatic patients are encouraged to adopt a normal and active life-style. However, following treatment of acute severe asthma, patients may ask for advice about taking exercise. Serial measurements of the cardio-respiratory responses to continuous work load exercise, were made in asthmatic patients convalescing following hospital treatment of an acute exacerbation. Eighteen asymptomatic patients, (seven male) aged 18-48 years, were studied. The first test was performed within 1 week of admission, when the mean (SD) peak expiratory flow rate (PEFR) was 88 (20)% predicted normal and the arterial oxygen tension (PaO2) was 13.1 (1.4) kPa. No significant differences in the mean cardio-respiratory responses, from the last minute of exercise, were found during the 4-week study. There were no significant differences in the four tests, between the resting PEFR, lowest post-exercise PEFR or % change in PEFR. Also, there were no significant differences in the pre-exercise, end of exercise and recovery (10 min after exercise) PaO2, between the four tests. However, taking the four tests as a whole, significant relationships were found between the recovery PaO2 and the lowest post-exercise PEFR, expressed in absolute terms (r = 0.515, P less than 0.001), and as a percentage of predicted normal (r = 0.533, P less than 0.001); and also between the recovery PaO2 and the % change in PEFR after exercise (r = 0.299, P less than 0.05). It is suggested that a formal exercise test should be performed in convalescent asthmatics wishing to participate in active sports. Patients with exercise-induced asthma may then be identified and treated appropriately.
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- 1991
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22. Measures of reversibility in response to bronchodilators in chronic airflow obstruction.
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Packe GE
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- Humans, Bronchodilator Agents therapeutic use, Lung Diseases, Obstructive drug therapy
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- 1991
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23. Group G streptococcal bacteraemia--a review of thirteen cases in Grampian.
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Packe GE, Smith DF, Reid TM, and Smith CC
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- Aged, Female, Humans, Male, Middle Aged, Scotland epidemiology, Sepsis epidemiology, Streptococcal Infections microbiology, Sepsis microbiology, Streptococcal Infections epidemiology
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Thirteen cases of group G streptococcal bacteraemia are described. All subjects were hospital in-patients between 1980-1988, and were either middle-aged or elderly. A primary site of infection was identified in 11, of whom nine had soft tissue infection and two had infections derived from the gut/biliary tree. Seven patients had underlying disease, two of whom had malignancy. One patient died of septicaemia. In the majority of patients early institution of treatment led to prompt recovery.
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- 1991
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24. The effect of sustained-release theophylline in nocturnal asthma.
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Freeman W, Packe GE, and Cayton RM
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- Adult, Asthma blood, Bronchodilator Agents pharmacology, Delayed-Action Preparations, Double-Blind Method, Drug Evaluation, Female, Humans, Male, Middle Aged, Peak Expiratory Flow Rate drug effects, Theophylline blood, Asthma drug therapy, Theophylline administration & dosage
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Nocturnal symptoms are common and often disabling in asthmatic subjects. Furthermore, they often persist, in spite of appropriate dosages of inhaled beta 2-agonists and topical steroids. In such a clinical situation, theophylline preparations may have a therapeutic role. This double-blind, placebo-controlled, cross-over trial was designed to evaluate the effectiveness of a twice-daily Bioavail slow-release theophylline capsule in a group of out-patient asthmatics, with a history of nocturnal and/or early morning wheeze or chest tightness. Theophylline was initially prescribed and monitored in an 'open' phase to obtain the drug dosage required to achieve a serum level in the therapeutic range of 10-20 mg/l. In the ten patients who completed the study, serum theophylline levels were stable throughout. During active treatment there was an improvement in morning peak expiratory flow rate (PEFR), and a reduction in measurements of diurnal variation. In addition, the bronchodilator response to an inhaled beta 2-agonist was preserved. Bioavail theophylline has thus been shown to be an effective agent in the management of adults with nocturnal asthma.
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- 1991
25. Acute myocardial infarction caused by intravenous amphetamine abuse.
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Packe GE, Garton MJ, and Jennings K
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- Acute Disease, Adult, Electric Countershock, Electrocardiography, Humans, Male, Myocardial Infarction complications, Ventricular Fibrillation etiology, Ventricular Fibrillation therapy, Amphetamine adverse effects, Myocardial Infarction chemically induced, Substance Abuse, Intravenous complications
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A man aged 27 years presented with an acute myocardial infarction after injecting himself intravenously with amphetamine. Soon after admission ventricular fibrillation developed. This was successfully cardioverted. Coronary arteriography was normal.
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- 1990
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26. Effects of exercise on gas exchange in patients recovering from acute severe asthma.
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Packe GE, Freeman W, and Cayton RM
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- Acute Disease, Adult, Asthma blood, Carbon Dioxide blood, Female, Humans, Male, Middle Aged, Oxygen blood, Peak Expiratory Flow Rate physiology, Asthma physiopathology, Exercise physiology, Lung physiopathology, Pulmonary Gas Exchange physiology
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The effect of exercise on gas exchange was studied in 17 patients (seven male and 10 female) recovering in hospital from acute severe asthma. On admission the patients (mean age 26 (SD 8) years) had a mean peak expiratory flow (PEF) of 26.8% (5.7%) predicted, a mean arterial oxygen tension (PaO2) of 8.63 (1.26) kPa, and a mean alveolar-arterial oxygen difference (A-aDO2) of 5.98 (1.34) kPa. Once resting symptoms had resolved (after 3.7 (1.6) days) patients performed a constant load exercise test (100 watts for men, 75 watts for women) on a bicycle ergometer for five minutes. PEF was measured before exercise and at five minute intervals for 30 minutes after exercise. Blood gas tensions were measured on capillary blood before, during, and 10 minutes after exercise. Treatment was not interrupted for this study. Mean PEF at rest was 87.6% (21.1%) predicted and showed no significant change after exercise. Mean PaO2 was 13.13 (1.37) kPa before exercise; it showed no significant change during exercise (13.93 (1.34) kPa) or 10 minutes after exercise (13.50 (2.15) kPa). Mean A-aDO2 also showed no change, being 1.82 (1.31) kPa before exercise, 1.79 (1.27) kPa during exercise, and 2.53 (0.93) kPa after exercise. It is concluded that moderate exercise carried out shortly after treatment for acute severe asthma is unlikely to result in worsening gas exchange during or after exercise if resting PEF, PaO2 and A-aDO2 have attained normal or near normal values.
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- 1990
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27. A patient with acquired immune deficiency syndrome (AIDS) and Pneumocystis carinii pneumonia who developed bilateral pneumothoraces.
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Packe GE, Smith DF, and Douglas JG
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- Adult, Humans, Male, Pneumothorax diagnostic imaging, Radiography, Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome complications, Pneumonia, Pneumocystis complications, Pneumothorax complications
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- 1990
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28. Non-Hodgkin's lymphoma of the bronchial mucosa presenting with reversible airflow obstruction.
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Packe GE, Edwards CW, and Cayton RM
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- Adult, Airway Obstruction physiopathology, Bronchi pathology, Bronchial Neoplasms pathology, Bronchial Neoplasms physiopathology, Female, Humans, Lymphoma pathology, Lymphoma physiopathology, Mucous Membrane pathology, Mucous Membrane physiopathology, Respiratory Function Tests, Airway Obstruction etiology, Bronchi physiopathology, Bronchial Neoplasms complications, Lymphoma complications
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- 1985
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29. Eosinophilic leukaemia presenting with intolerance of alcohol.
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Packe GE, Stentiford NH, and Richardson SG
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- Drug Tolerance, Eosinophils, Humans, Male, Middle Aged, Ethanol adverse effects, Leukemia diagnosis
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- 1984
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30. Protective effect of BCG vaccination in infant Asians: a case-control study.
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Packe GE and Innes JA
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- Adolescent, Bangladesh ethnology, Child, Child, Preschool, England, Female, Humans, India ethnology, Male, Pakistan ethnology, Tuberculosis, Pulmonary ethnology, BCG Vaccine, Tuberculosis, Pulmonary prevention & control, Vaccination
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BCG vaccination has been routinely offered to infant Asian children in Birmingham since 1965. We conducted a case-control study to assess the protective effect of this scheme. Altogether 108 Asian children aged under 13 years, born since 1965, received treatment for tuberculosis. For each case four controls were selected; they were matched to the case by month and year of birth, sex, and ethnic origin. Cases and controls were all born in Birmingham. Of the cases, 62 out of 108 (57%) had received BCG, and of the controls, 336 out of 432 (78%) had received BCG. The estimated protective efficacy of vaccination was 64% (95% confidence limits, 43% and 77%). Routine BCG vaccination in infant Asians confers useful protection against the development of tuberculosis in childhood.
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- 1988
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31. A dose-response and duration of action assessment of a combined preparation of fenoterol and ipratropium bromide (Duovent).
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Packe GE, Archer PS, and Cayton RM
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- Adult, Aged, Dose-Response Relationship, Drug, Drug Combinations administration & dosage, Drug Combinations therapeutic use, Female, Fenoterol therapeutic use, Forced Expiratory Volume, Humans, Ipratropium therapeutic use, Male, Middle Aged, Time Factors, Atropine Derivatives administration & dosage, Ethanolamines administration & dosage, Fenoterol administration & dosage, Ipratropium administration & dosage, Lung Diseases, Obstructive drug therapy
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The dose-response relationships of a combination of the selective beta adrenergic agonist, fenoterol, and the synthetic anticholinergic drug, ipratropium bromide, were studied. In an open cross-over assessment, 20 patients with evidence of reversible airways obstruction inhaled 2, 4, 6 or 8 puffs from a metered dose inhaler, containing 100 micrograms fenoterol and 40 micrograms ipratropium bromide per puff, administered according to a randomization schedule, on four non-consecutive days. Before, and at intervals up to eight hours after inhalation FEV1, FVC, pulse and blood pressure were measured. Immediate and prolonged bronchodilatation followed each dose. The overall analysis of the FEV1, and FVC showed little difference between 2, 4 and 6 puffs. The highest dose, 8 puffs, was more effective, but associated with an increased incidence of side effects.
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- 1984
32. Aeroallergen skin sensitivity in patients with severe asthma during a thunderstorm.
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Packe GE and Ayres JG
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- Acute Disease, Adolescent, Adult, Allergens, Child, Female, Humans, Male, Middle Aged, Spores, Fungal, Air Microbiology, Asthma etiology, Rain, Skin Tests, Weather
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- 1986
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33. Comparison of right ventricular weight at necropsy in interstitial pulmonary fibrosis and in chronic bronchitis and emphysema.
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Packe GE, Cayton RM, and Edwards CW
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- Aged, Cardiomegaly complications, Humans, Middle Aged, Organ Size, Pulmonary Fibrosis complications, Bronchitis pathology, Heart Ventricles pathology, Pulmonary Emphysema pathology, Pulmonary Fibrosis pathology
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The ventricular weights in 43 patients with interstitial pulmonary fibrosis were retrospectively compared with those in 172 patients with emphysema and chronic bronchitis. The mean right ventricular weight of patients with interstitial pulmonary fibrosis and those with emphysema and chronic bronchitis was 85.5 g (SD 23.2) and 88.8 g (34.3), respectively. Thirty five patients (81%) with interstitial pulmonary fibrosis had a right ventricular weight over 65 g compared with 124 (72%) of those with emphysema. Fifty three per cent of both those with interstitial pulmonary fibrosis and those with chronic bronchitis and emphysema had a right ventricular weight greater than 80 g. Differences between the two groups were not significant. These results suggest that the prevalence of right ventricular hypertrophy and pulmonary hypertension in interstitial pulmonary fibrosis is similar to that found in chronic bronchitis and emphysema.
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- 1986
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34. Effect of nebulised salbutamol on maximal exercise performance in men with mild asthma.
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Freeman W, Packe GE, and Cayton RM
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- Adult, Asthma physiopathology, Exercise Test drug effects, Forced Expiratory Volume, Heart Rate drug effects, Humans, Male, Nebulizers and Vaporizers, Oxygen Consumption drug effects, Albuterol therapeutic use, Asthma drug therapy
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The effect of 5 mg nebulised salbutamol on the cardiorespiratory responses to a progressive maximal exercise test was investigated in eight asthmatic (mean forced expiratory volume in one second (FEV1) 3.48 (1.0) litres) and eight non-asthmatic men. Exercise tests were performed on a bicycle ergometer after administration of nebulised salbutamol or matched saline placebo. In the asthmatic subjects salbutamol increased the resting FEV1 by 11%. The mean (SD) percentage fall in FEV1 after exercise did not change significantly (salbutamol 9.4 (12.8); placebo 15.0 (8.0], but because the FEV1 before exercise was increased the lowest FEV1 after exercise was also significantly higher after salbutamol than placebo (3.60 (1.13) v 2.85 (0.80) litres). Despite the improvement in FEV1 before exercise there was no significant difference in maximal workload, oxygen uptake, heart rate, or ventilation during exercise after salbutamol compared with placebo in the asthmatic patients. Tidal volume was higher at maximal exercise after salbutamol but there was no change in perception of breathlessness or exertion in the asthmatic subjects. During submaximal progressive exercise the perceived rate of exertion was reduced in the asthmatic patients and oxygen pulse was reduced in both groups owing to a small and non-significant increase in heart rate. The FEV1 and cardiorespiratory response to the progressive maximal exercise test in the non-asthmatic subjects were otherwise unchanged after salbutamol. The results suggest that 5 mg nebulised salbutamol has little effect on the cardiorespiratory responses to progressive maximal exercise in patients with mild asthma and in non-asthmatic subjects. Salbutamol in this dose may reduce the severity of exercise induced asthma, but no ergogenic effect on maximal exercise performance was shown.
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- 1989
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35. Duration of protection against tuberculosis conferred by BCG vaccination in infancy.
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Packe GE and Innes JA
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- Child, Child, Preschool, Female, Humans, Infant, Male, Time Factors, BCG Vaccine, Tuberculosis, Pulmonary prevention & control
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- 1989
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36. Is porphyria cutanea tarda a risk factor in the development of hepatocellular carcinoma? A case report and review of the literature.
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Packe GE and Clarke CW
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- Carcinoma, Hepatocellular pathology, Humans, Liver Neoplasms pathology, Male, Middle Aged, Risk, Carcinoma, Hepatocellular etiology, Liver Neoplasms etiology, Porphyrias complications, Skin Diseases complications
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A patient with alcoholic liver cirrhosis, diabetes mellitus and porphyria cutanea tarda (PCT) is described, who subsequently died of hepatocellular carcinoma. The literature relating PCT to the incidence of primary hepatoma is reviewed, and the mechanisms underlying this possible association are discussed.
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- 1985
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37. Asthma and the weather.
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Packe GE, Archer PS, and Ayres JG
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- Acute Disease, England, Humans, Asthma epidemiology, Weather
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- 1983
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38. Malabsorption and polymyositis in a case of congenital methaemoglobinaemia.
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Packe GE and Kubik MM
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- Female, Humans, Methemoglobinemia complications, Middle Aged, Malabsorption Syndromes complications, Methemoglobinemia congenital, Myositis complications
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- 1985
39. Aeroallergens in an asthma outbreak.
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Packe GE and Ayres JG
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- Asthma immunology, England, Humans, Rain, Air Microbiology, Allergens analysis, Asthma epidemiology, Disease Outbreaks epidemiology
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- 1986
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40. Asthma outbreak during a thunderstorm.
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Packe GE and Ayres JG
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- Air Microbiology, Air Pollution, Fungi, Humans, Pollen, Asthma epidemiology, Disease Outbreaks epidemiology, Rain, Weather
- Abstract
An outbreak of acute asthma occurred in Birmingham and the surrounding area on July 6 and 7, 1983. In most patients symptoms began at the time of sudden climatic changes associated with a thunderstorm. Air pollution was not a factor. The large and sudden increase in numbers of airborne fungal spores, especially Didymella exitialis and Sporobolomyces, around the time of the outbreak suggests that they may have been partly contributory, although a direct causal effect has not yet been established.
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- 1985
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41. Blood fuel metabolites in asthma during and after progressive submaximal exercise.
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Packe GE, Wiggins J, Singh BM, Nattrass M, Wright AD, and Cayton RM
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- Adult, Alanine blood, Blood Glucose analysis, Carbon Dioxide physiology, Glycerol blood, Humans, Hydrogen-Ion Concentration, Ketone Bodies blood, Lactates blood, Male, Oxygen physiology, Pyruvates blood, Asthma blood, Physical Exertion
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Ten male stable asthmatic subjects and 10 matched control subjects performed a progressive exercise test on a treadmill to 85% of their predicted maximum heart rate. Blood lactate, pyruvate, hydrogen ion, glucose, alanine, glycerol and total ketone body concentrations were measured at frequent intervals during and up to 60 min after exercise. Carbon dioxide production, oxygen consumption, ventilation, respiratory exchange ratio and oxygen saturation were also measured during and up to 10 min after exercise. There were no significant differences between the asthmatic and control subjects in levels of carbon dioxide production, oxygen consumption and ventilation. The respiratory exchange ratio was greater in the asthmatic subjects during recovery from exercise (P less than 0.05). No changes in oxygen saturation were observed during exercise in either group. In both asthmatic and control subjects, lactate, pyruvate, hydrogen ion, alanine and glycerol concentrations showed an increase from baseline levels, reaching maximum levels up to 10 min after exercise and returning to baseline within 1 h after exercise. Total ketone body concentrations decreased during exercise. There were no significant differences between the asthmatic and control subjects in the concentration of any metabolite over the study period. These data indicate that fuel metabolism during and after short-term progressive exercise is similar in stable asthmatic and normal subjects.
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- 1987
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42. Tuberculosis outbreak among Rastafarians in Birmingham.
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Packe GE, Patchett PA, and Innes JA
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- Adolescent, Adult, Child, Child, Preschool, Emigration and Immigration, England, Female, Humans, Infant, Male, Religion and Medicine, Tuberculosis, Pulmonary epidemiology, West Indies ethnology, Disease Outbreaks, Tuberculosis epidemiology
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- 1985
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43. Subphrenic abscess: a complication of lobar pneumonia.
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Packe GE, Kubik MM, and Williams JT
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- Blood Transfusion, Gentamicins therapeutic use, Humans, Laparotomy, Male, Middle Aged, Radiography, Thoracic, Subphrenic Abscess diagnostic imaging, Subphrenic Abscess drug therapy, Subphrenic Abscess surgery, Ticarcillin therapeutic use, Pneumonia, Pneumococcal complications, Subphrenic Abscess etiology
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A patient presented with a pneumococcal lobar pneumonia and later developed a subphrenic abscess. Peritonitis and intra-abdominal abscess formation should be remembered as a rare cause of delayed recovery from lobar pneumonia.
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- 1985
44. Large lung bullae in sarcoidosis.
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Packe GE, Ayres JG, Citron KM, and Stableforth DE
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- Adult, Calcium blood, Female, Humans, Lung Diseases blood, Male, Radiography, Sarcoidosis blood, Lung diagnostic imaging, Lung Diseases diagnostic imaging, Sarcoidosis diagnostic imaging
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Large lung bullae are a rare manifestation of pulmonary sarcoidosis. Of three patients with this complication, all had pulmonary infiltrates at presentation and two had bilateral hilar adenopathy. Hypercalcaemia developed during the course of the illness in all three patients. In each case the bullae had developed within four years of the diagnosis of sarcoidosis. In one woman a bulla resolved almost completely after it had become infected.
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- 1986
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45. Nebulised ipratropium bromide and salbutamol causing closed-angle glaucoma.
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Packe GE, Cayton RM, and Mashhoudi N
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- Acute Disease, Aerosols, Aged, Airway Obstruction drug therapy, Albuterol adverse effects, Drug Therapy, Combination, Female, Humans, Ipratropium adverse effects, Albuterol administration & dosage, Atropine Derivatives administration & dosage, Glaucoma chemically induced, Ipratropium administration & dosage
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- 1984
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46. Asthma and climatic conditions: experience from Bermuda.
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Ayres JG and Packe GE
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- Bermuda, Humans, Asthma etiology, Climate
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- 1986
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