[The feed value in growing pigs of a new cultivar of field beans (Vicia faba L.) supplemented with DL-methionine or DL-methionine-hydroxyanalog].

A basal control mixture of barley, soy bean meal and soy bean oil was replaced by 25% of the new field bean-cultivar 'Divine' and the resulting two mixtures were supplemented with minerals, trace elements, vitamins and amino acids according to the ideal protein concept. The control diet was adjusted with DL-methionine (DL-Met), the field bean mixture either with DL-Met or DL-methionine-hydroxyanalogue (DL-MHA) assuming biological equivalence on a molar basis for both supplements. The three experimental diets were fed to growing pigs (35-40 kg bwt.

[Gastroesophageal reflux in asthmatic and chronic bronchitis patients].

To determine the relationship between gastroesophageal (GE) reflux and pulmonary disease, we studied 21 asthmatics, 30 chronic bronchitics, 6 patients with GE reflux and no pulmonary symptoms, and 10 control subjects; GE reflux was diagnosed by pH monitoring and GE scintiscanning. Frequency of GE reflux in the asthmatics was 57%; in chronic bronchitis it was 56%. Pulmonary function tests did not show any differences between patients with or without reflux.

Gastroesophageal reflux in patients with asthma and chronic bronchitis.

To determine the relationship between gastroesophageal (GE) reflux and pulmonary disease, we studied 21 asthmatics, 30 chronic bronchitics, 6 patients with GE reflux and no pulmonary symptoms, and 10 control subjects; GE reflux was diagnosed by pH monitoring and GE scintiscanning. Frequency of GE reflux in the asthmatics was 57%; in the chronic bronchitics it was 56%. Pulmonary function tests did not show any differences between patients with or without reflux.

[Characteristics and evolutive data of chronic respiratory diseases after respiratory intensive care. Evaluation of the Pneumology Department of the Pavillon Saint-François in Strasbourg between 1980 and 1985].

Between 1980 and 1985, 66 patients with chronic obstructive lung disease (respiratory deficit of the restrictive type) were admitted to our department after an episode of acute respiratory failure treated with assisted ventilation in an intensive care unit. These patients were in a particularly poor clinical condition, due to their previous long stay in the intensive care unit (mean 43 days), the high percentage of tracheotomies (mean 44%), the loss of autonomy of movement in 30% of the cases and the presence of an associated pathology in 45% of the patients. These data explain the high mortality observed in this group: 40% of the patients died within one year of the acute respiratory failure episode.

[Hypoxia in cirrhotic patients. Apropos of a case].

The authors report a case of hypoxia in a non-smoking cirrhotic patient. The pathophysiological hypotheses proposed to date to explain this hypoxia without pulmonary artery hypertension, but accompanied by disturbances of carbon monoxide transport, reveal a common element which is difficult to diagnose and quantify: intra-pulmonary shunts. The authors consider gamma-angiocardiography to be a simple diagnostic procedure.

[Antitubercular therapeutic regimens routinely prescribed in Bas-Rhin and results of treatment].

The overall plans and therapeutic regimens prescribed for new cases of pulmonary tuberculosis notified in the Bas-Rhin in 1979 to 1980 (372 Subjects) were studied, as were relapses occurring over a three year period from the date of notification. As in the preceding analysis of cases between 1970/78, the proportion of patients treated exclusively at home was low (22.8%) and the duration of stay in a Sanatorium was lengthy (mean 86.

[Pulmonary fibrosis and ankylosing spondylitis].

The authors report two new cases of pulmonary fibrosis associated with ankylosing spondylitis. The clinical, radiological and histological characteristics of this fibrosis are described. Various pathogenic hypotheses which could explain the onset of this fibrosis are envisaged.

[Idiopathic progressive pleuropulmonary fibrosis. Apropos of 2 cases].

The authors report two cases of retractile pleuroparenchymatous disease of the upper lobes of non known aetiology. They compare their results with those reported earlier by Stradling (20), Scadding (18), Davies (10) and attempt to identify the specific characteristics of the disease: progressive weight, loss frequent haemoptysis, apical onset, most often unilateral, with pleural involvement and progressive spread of the lesions which nevertheless remain predominantly in the upper lobes and are asymmetrical. The similarity with pulmonary fibrosis which occurs in ankylosing spondylitis is remarkable.

[Current review apropos of a case of unilateral agenesis of the pulmonary artery].

The authors review this rare malformation - unilateral agenesis of the pulmonary artery - on the basis of a recent case seen in the department. They point out the absence of any effect upon bronchial development of such an abnormality which may be explained by embryology and Reid's laws.

[Epidemiologic study of the risk of tuberculosis recurrence in the Bas-Rhin, 1967-77].

The authors report an "analytic epidemiological" study, showing the risk of relapse in tuberculous patients in the Bas-Rhin in 1967 to 1977. This was possible thanks to statutory notification of tuberculous cases, with an index updated by annual returns. The study relates to French subjects notified as new cases of all forms of active tuberculosis between 1967 to 1975, going out the active file on or before 31.

[Therapy modalities used in tuberculosis in a French Department. The Bas-Rhin, 1965-77].

An analysis of treatment methods was carried out on 8,116 subjects suffering from all forms of tuberculosis, notified from 1965 to 1976 to the Bas-Rhin Tuberculosis Register and not kept in the active card index longer than the 31 dec. 1977 (because they were cured, dead or lost from sight). Only the cases of respiratory tuberculosis not bacteriologically proven notified during the first period (1965 to 1969) were not included in the study.

[Evolution of knowledge on the treatment of tuberculosis and therapy prescribed in all new cases of pulmonary tuberculosis in a French community since 1970].

The many papers about the treatment of tuberculosis published during the last fifteen years show the different stages of the evolution of knowledge in this field. The Register of tubercular patients, steadily brought up to date in the French "département" Bas-Rhin, gives interesting information concerning the evolution of treatment in routine. The nature of chemotherapy shows that the newly acquired knowledge is rapidly applied, whereas the average duration of treatment is regularly shortened but is still longer than the duration recommended by researchers.

[Cockett's syndrome. Clinical and radiologic aspects].

Cockett's syndrome is due to compression of the left common iliac vein by the left iliac artery. Anatomical factors and venous anomalies contribute to the venous obstruction. Clinical symptoms only develop in cases with marked compression; they consist of functional disorders predominant in the left lower limb and, frequently, recurrent oedema.

[Tuberculin screening and BCG vaccination in primary school children in the Bas-Rhin in 1976/1977].

A campaign of tuberculin testing in standard fashion, followed by BCG vaccination in those giving an inadequate reaction, was carried out on all children in the Bas-Rhin department in France in their first primary school year for the year 1976-1977. Of 15,560 pupils enrolled 64.5 percent had already had at least one BCG vaccination.

[Resistance of the Koch bacillus to antibacillary agents in the Department of the Lower Rhine].

The aim of this work was to study drug resistance of M. tuberculosis to Streptomycin (SM), Isoniazid (INH), Ethambutol (EMB) and Rifampicin (RMP) in the department of the Bas-Rhin from 1971 to 1978. On 2,995 original culture plates which were positive, 1,561 antibiograms were performed at the C.

[Mac Leod syndrome].

The Mac Leod syndrome is a unilateral pulmonary hypoplasia with emphysema. Onset usually occurs in childhood. The authors delineate this well-defined nosologic entity which is one of the many etiologies of the unilateral hyperlucent lung.

[The results of educational anti-smoking measures at the primary school level (author's transl)].

A retrospective study was made from a self-administered questionnaire distributed to 4,166 pupils aged 15 to 18, attending "Bas-Rhin" high schools, in Spring, 1979. The results demonstrate the relative effectiveness of educational anti-smoking measures when information is given to specific age groups. Information given at the primary school level results in a proportionately and significantly lower number of smokers; there was also a tendency both to smoke fewer cigarettes per day, and to choose brands having lower tar and nicotine levels.

[Current deaths due to tuberculosis in France. Analysis of 126 deaths recorded in tuberculosis sufferers in 1975 and 1976 in the Bas-Rhin region (author's transl)].

The authors present a study involving 103 cases of death during active tuberculosis and 23 cases of death as a result of complications related to sequelae of tuberculosis recorded in the Bas-Rhin region in 1975 and 1976. Whilst amongst these 103 deaths, the majority concerned elderly individuals, there were nevertheless 20% of deaths due to tuberculosis below the age of 55. The majority of these tuberculosis sufferers had advanced pulmonary lesions where specific therapy had not had time to act.

[Evaluation of the frequency of asthma among the adolescents attending school in the Bas-Rhin (author's transl)].

The frequency of asthma in a population including all the adolescents attending school in the department of Bas-Rhin (29 138) in May and June 1976, is 4,1%. This rate is 4,9% in boys and 3,4% in girls. The frequency of asthma is higher in urban areas (5,0%) than in rural areas (3,8%).

[A self-administered questionnaire applied to 30,000 teen-agers. Assessment of this method of data collection (author's transl)].

In the French "département" of "Bas-Rhin", about 30,000 teen-agers filled in a self-administered questionnaire about respiratory symptoms, in spring 1976. The assessment of this method of data collection shows a very high response rate (99,7 p. cent).

[Hereditary antithrombin III deficiency causing recurrent thrombo-embolic problems (author's transl)].

A marked deficiency in antithrombin III (AT III) was demonstrated in a 39-year-old man suffering from recurrent thrombo-embolic problems. The patient's father had died following a thrombo-embolic disorder. A certain number of members of the family also showed evidence of a marked decrease in AT III levels.