Seminars in respiratory infections
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A wide variety of noncytotoxic drugs, including antibiotics, analgesics, narcotics, and psychotrophic and cardiovascular agents, may cause lung injury accompanied by roentgenographic infiltrates. The clinical manifestations of drug-induced lung disease are protean. ⋯ Finally, some drugs may cause insidiously progressive pulmonary infiltrates that share features with granulomatous infections. The more common drug reactions are discussed in this review, and, although the features of drug-induced lung disease are often relatively nonspecific, those features that either mimic infectious causes or may be helpful in differentiating these processes from infections are given particular emphasis.
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Semin Respir Infect · Mar 1988
ReviewRespiratory physical therapy in the treatment of chronic bronchitis.
Currently recommended respiratory physical therapy procedures include measures designed to improve the clearance of secretions from the lungs, improve distribution of inspired air, and improve the general physical condition. In patients with chronic bronchitis there is frequently an abundance of thick, tenacious bronchial secretions associated with defective mucociliary function due to diffuse disease of the airways. Those who are unable to clear their secretions adequately are candidates for one or more of the techniques discussed here. In designing a treatment plan for the chronic bronchitic, it is important to use only those techniques with demonstrated benefit and minimal hazard in that particular patient.