...J. H. Green; M. F. Muers 1. Some patients with the emphysematous type of tobacco-related chronic obstructive pulmonary disease are hypermetabolic. Since the likely mechanism is the increased work of breathing, other groups of patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease should be similar. We...

...M. J. Dulfano; C. K. Luk; M. Beckage; O. Wooten 1. Sputum sols, obtained from patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary diseases, were applied to frogs' isolated palates and the effect on ciliary beat frequency was examined. 2. During clinical exacerbations, a significant number of asthmatic...

... with sarcoidosis, twelve patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease and three patients with shock lung was assayed by this technique. 3. Patients with sarcoidosis had increased plasma converting enzyme activity whether or not they were receiving steroid therapy. 4. Patients with chronic obstructive...