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G Rio

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PubMed1998

Knowledge, self-management, compliance and quality of life in asthma: a cross-sectional study of the French version of the Asthma Quality of Life Questionnaire.

The Asthma Quality of Life Questionnaire (AQLQ) is a well-validated instrument. Our objectives were to explore the cross-sectional validity of the French version, using usual outcomes of asthma, as well as assessment of knowledge of asthma, self-management and compliance. A self-administered version of the AQLQ was given to 124 consecutive patients recruited from two out-patient clinics and an emergency room in order to reflect a wide range of asthma severity. The other outcomes of asthma measured were the FEV1, patient-perceived asthma severity using a visual analogue scale, compliance, knowledge of asthma condition and self-management autonomy. Correlations were predicted before analysis ( r > 0.5, strong correlation, ++ r = 0.35-0.5, moderate correlation and + r = 0.20-0.35, fair correlation). The AQLQ scores correlated moderately to strongly with asthma severity and fairly with the pulmonary function results. Of the behavioural outcomes assessed, only knowledge of asthma correlated fairly with the AQLQ scores, as expected. This study of the French version of the AQLQ, while showing similar cross-sectional correlations with functional assessment and asthma severity to those observed with the original English version, suggested in addition a positive association between quality of life and knowledge of asthma.

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PubMed1983

[Reexpansion unilateral pulmonary edema].

One case of unilateral pulmonary oedema a vacuo is reported and the 38 cases published in the literature are reviewed. Contributing factors are essential, the main ones being the duration and severity of lung collapse and the rate of reexpansion. The clinical signs and symptoms are described, together with the various possible courses of the disease, and the severity factors are deduced from 8 lethal cases. A therapeutic approach is proposed but not formalised, since pathophysiological data are still scarce.

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PubMed1983

[Round atelectasis].

The authors report 4 cases of round atelectasis seen over a period of 3 years. They review the very limited literature on this subject. In the light of their experience and according to the work of Hanke, they believe this to be a fairly common disease. This condition was first described during collapsotherapy, but now, it is essentially seen following pleurisy. For Hanke, round atelectasis may occur in almost one quarter of cases of pleural effusion. The authors also believe that this condition is common and that it is usually confused with or grouped together with "pleural sequelae". However, their original mechanism of formation, the reversible parenchymal involvement, and not pleural, and their radiological appearance clearly distinguish them. Round atelectasis is an interesting topic of discussion in terms of diagnosis, in the broad framework of round intrathoracic opacities (especially when the initial pleural episode has not been recognized) and also in terms of treatment, which consists of decortication when they are large.

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