Biomedical subjects
Publications and source records attributed to J Preisler.
D-Penicillamine is increasingly used for the treatment of lung fibrosis. The case-histories of 46 patients from 4 chest hospitals were analysed. All parameters being taken in consideration 13 patients showed an improvement, 17 patients no change and 16 patients a deterioration of their state of health. Side effects were observed in 22 patients.
Between sternum and spinal column, pathological changes of the mediastinum and of the adjacent areas are being not to be detected in the roentgenogram. Roentgenologically they are only to be detected in the event that there have been produced either protrusions or dilatations of the mediastinal shadow. The diagnosis of diseases of vessels, lymphnodes, tumors and inflammations, respectively, is very difficult to be obtained by roentgenogram of the chest in one or several planes. Beside endoscopic methods (bronchoscopy, thoracoscopy, mediastinoscopy), the angiography deserves to be emphasised among the various intrathoracal diagnoses. The angiography has found ever widening application with the reliable representation of processes of the heart and vessels in community with the defining of protruding processes. The angiography is to be used not only with suspicion of aneurysm and anomalies of the thoracal aorta, but with aneurysms of the heart wall, tumors of the heart, central arteriovenous fistulae of pulmonary vessels and with anomalies about the pulmonary artery, the pulmonary vein and the vena cava, respectively. Dependent upon the particular pathological changes stated, as methods of examination, the cavography and pulmonary angiography, respectively, are being applied. The statement has been supplemented by illustrating pictures.
It is referred to the importance of the nicotine abuse as the evoking factor for the origination of bronchial carcinoma and to the necessity of an activation of the combat against the addiction to cigarettes, when the numbers of diseases shall be decreased. The at present still only possibility of therapy with curative character is the surgical intervention. For this a well-timed ascertainment of the diagnosis is necessary. This is successful in the peripheral circular focus carcinoma by the mass X-ray examinations. However, the to-day's 2-year mode of performance shows a decrease of the resection rate in comparison with former years. Also the carcinoma which develops in the central bronchial parts is to be found in good time, when the necessary critical attention is paid to the first of all unspecific symptomatology induced by this. With the help of instances references are given to the practicing internist.
It is reported on the results of a comparative examination of 18 patients with two usual ergometric methods (team pathophysiology of respiration and research group diseases of heart and circulation of the GDR). Referred to the intake of oxygen as a measure for the stress of the cardiorespiratory system by means of the ergometric methods recommended by the research group diseases of heart and circulation significantly higher minute volumes of the heart rate were established. Principal differences in the evidence of the two methods did not appear.