Profound transient nocturnal hypoxemia is common during REM sleep in “blue bloaters”
with chronic obstructive lung disease, these patients having hypoxemia and CO 2 retention …

We used a computerized microscopic image analysis system to directly measure the surface
area of distal air spaces in methacrylate-embedded blocks randomly selected from inflation-…

Eleven patients with peripheral bronchial carcinoma had computerised tomographic (CT)
scans before operation. The resected specimens from six of these patients showed mild centri-…

We recorded the electroencephalogram, electrooculogram, electromyogram, and ear oxygen
saturation (Sa O 2 ) during sleep in 20 patients with chronic bronchitis and emphysema, 13 …

We studied 80 subjects (63 M, 17 F; 23-82 yrs) and related lung computerized tomography (CT)
density with age, height, spirometry, lung volumes, diffusing capacity and arterial blood …

… , Edinburgh EH10 5SB AA Jeffrey PM Warren DC Flenley Reprint requests to: Dr Warren
Accepted 10 September 1991 *Professor Flenley died shortly after completion of the study …

N-acetylcysteine (600 mg/day) was given to patients by mouth for five days before bronchoscopy
and bronchoalveolar lavage to determine whether N-acetylcysteine could increase the …

Arterial oxygenation, breathing pattern, and electroencephalogram were studied during sleep
in patients with chronic bronchitis and emphysema and in healthy subjects. All of the 10 "…

We measured ear oxygen saturation (Sa O 2 ), chest wall movement, and oronasal air flow,
and took electroencephalographic tracings during nocturnal sleep in 20 healthy subjects and …

Factors determining survival have been analysed retrospectively in 157 admissions of 135
patients with an acute exacerbation of chronic bronchitis and emphysema causing …