Regimens for the treatment of childhood tuberculosis are the same as for adults. The dosage of drugs is shown in Table V. However, there are important differences between children and adults that may affect drug choice and dosage, which need to be borne in mind. Recommended dosage is based on research in adults and yet metabolism of drugs varies with age. The effectiveness of an ethambutol-isoniazid continuation phase has never been studied in children, whereas rifampicin-isoniazid has proved efficacy. In children with tuberculous meningitis streptomycin should be used instead of ethambutol because ethambutol does not cross the blood-brain barrier. Corticosteroids should also be used. Given the choice, ethambutol should be avoided in young children, as it will not be possible to monitor visual problems, if they arise. Child contacts of patients with infectious tuberculosis Children who are close household contacts of sputum smear-positive pulmonary TB patients should be screened for TB. Those with a diagnosis of TB should be treated. Those who are well and aged five years or less should receive isoniazid prophylaxis 5 mg kg daily ; for three months. A tuberculin test should be done then, if available. If the test is negative BCG vaccination should be given; if the tuberculin test is positive, isoniazid prophylaxis should be continued for three more.

Figure 18 compares sales growth in Canada to that in other major markets. In recent years pharmaceutical sales have grown at a faster rate in Canada than elsewhere. This pattern continued in 2007, with year-over-year sales growth in Canada 6% ; 39 ahead of growth in other major markets 3. Drug withdrawal, supportive therapy and activated charcoal for acute overdose [1]. Streptomycin-associated ototoxicity Ototoxicity is the most common adverse effect of streptomycin 111, 116, 119, ; . It is related to the dose and duration of therapy. Renal toxicity, though less common, also occurs. Other less common side effects include neuromuscular blockade and hypersensitivity reactions like fever, rash, urticaria, anaphylaxis and cytopenia. Quinolones, ciproflolaxin and ofloxacin are the mainly utilized anti-tuberculosis drugs. The commonly known adverse effects are gastrointestinal upset, dizziness, photosensitivity and skin rash. Monitoring for Adverse Reactions 1. Evaluate patients for adverse reactions at least monthly 2. Perform baseline tests of one or more of the following according to risk involved ; : Hepatic enzymes Bilirubin BUN and or creatinine CBC Platelet count qualitative or quantitative ; BUA if pyrazinamide is used ; Hearing function if ethambutol is used ; 3. Instruct patients taking INH, rifampicin or pyrazinamide to report immediately any symptoms any symptoms suggesting hepatitis such as: Loss of appetite Malaise Unexplained fever for 3 or more days Nausea Vomiting Abdominal tenderness Persistently dark urine Yellowish discoloration of the skin 116. Ethambutol EMB ; is a central component of drug regimens used worldwide for the treatment of tuberculosis. To gain insight into the molecular genetic basis of EMB resistance, approximately 2 Mb of five chromosomal regions with 12 genes in 75 epidemiologically unassociated EMB-resistant and 33 EMB-susceptible Mycobacterium tuberculosis strains isolated from human patients were sequenced. Seventy-six percent of EMBresistant organisms had an amino acid replacement or other molecular change not found in EMB-susceptible strains. Thirty-eight 51% ; EMB-resistant isolates had a resistance-associated mutation in only 1 of the 12 genes sequenced. Nineteen EMB-resistant isolates had resistance-associated nucleotide changes that conferred amino acid replacements or upstream potential regulatory region mutations in two or more genes. Most isolates 68% ; with resistance-associated mutations in a single gene had nucleotide changes in embB, a gene encoding an arabinosyltransferase involved in cell wall biosynthesis. The majority of these mutations resulted in amino acid replacements at position 306 or 406 of EmbB. Resistance-associated mutations were also identified in several genes recently shown to be upregulated in response to exposure of M. tuberculosis to EMB in vitro, including genes in the iniA operon. Approximately one-fourth of the organisms studied lacked mutations inferred to participate in EMB resistance, a result indicating that one or more genes that mediate resistance to this drug remain to be discovered. Taken together, the results indicate that there are multiple molecular pathways to the EMB resistance phenotype. Ethamvutol [EMB; S, S ; -2, 2 - ethylenediimino ; di-1-butanol] is used worldwide as one of the primary antituberculosis agents. The mechanism of action and the molecular genetic basis of resistance to EMB are not fully understood. Only the dextro isomer of EMB is biologically active, an observation consistent with the idea that the drug binds to a specific cellular target 7, 37 ; . Several studies have implicated membrane-associated arabinosyltransferases as targets for EMB 1, 5, 20, ; . These enzymes are well conserved in mycobacteria and are involved in the biosynthesis of arabinan, a component of arabinogalactan present in cell walls 6, 8, 17, ; . Inhibition of arabinan synthesis leads to accumulation of mycolic acids and eventually to cell death. Three contiguous genes encoding arabinosyltransferases and designated embC, embA, and embB have been identified in Mycobacterium tuberculosis 35 ; . The proteins encoded by these genes are about 65% identical to each other. Previous studies based on limited sequencing of the 10-kb region containing the embCAB genes have identified mutations that result in replacement of amino acid residues and are found only in EMB-resistant organisms cultured from humans. The most. Multiple drug resistance. The principles of management in this setting are described below. Because HIV-infected patients seem to have a greater frequency of adverse reactions to antituberculosis drugs compared with patients not infected with HIV, patient monitoring must take this into account. Consideration should be given to treating all patients with directly observed therapy DOT ; , which can be given on an intermittent schedule. DCT means observation of the patient by a health care provider or other responsible person as the patient ingests antituberculosis medications. DOT can be achieved with daily, twice-weekly, or thrice-weekly administration of medication. It may be administered to patients in the office or clinical setting, but it is frequently given by a health department worker in the "field, " i.e., the patient's home, place of employment, school, or other mutually agreed-upon place. In some cases, staff of correctional facilities or drug treatment programs, home health-care workers, maternal and child health staff, or responsible community or family members may administer DOT Several options exist for administering directly observed therapy. Intermittent i.e., twice-weekly ; therapy may be given during the second phase after daily therapy during the initial phase. For those for whom prolonged supervision of daily therapy during the initial phase is impractical, a regimen of daily isoniazid, rifampin, pyrazinamide, and streptomycin or ethambutol for 2 wk, followed by twice-weekly administration of the same drugs for 6 wk and subsequently twice-weekly isoniazid and rifampin for 16 wk has been shown to be highly effective in adults 26 ; . Alternatively, threetimes-weekly administration of isoniazid, rifampin, pyrazinamide, and either streptomycin or ethambutol for 6 mo yields equivalent results in adults 29 ; . These specific intermittent regimens have not been studied in children, but extrapolation from other intermittent regimens suggests that they would be effective. Nine-month regimens using isoniazid and rifampin are also effective when organisms are fully drug-susceptible 30 ; . Ethamvutol or streptomycin or streptomycin in children too young to be monitored for visual acuity ; should be included in the initial regimen until the results of drug-susceptibility studies are available, unless there is little possibility of drug resistance i.e., there is less than 4% primary resistance to isoniazid in the community, and the patient has had no previous treatment with antituberculosis medications, is not from a country with a high prevalence of drug resistance, and has no known exposure to a drug-resistant case.

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Which is the gold standard for the diagnosis of tuberculous peritonitis, 23 or b ; histopathologic findings of caseous necrosis and Langerhans' type giant cells, caseating granuloma or presence of acid fast bacilli in the laparoscopic specimen. Both were seen in our patient. Treatment is similar to those tuberculosis patients who have pulmonary involvement - with INH, rifampicin, ethambutol and pyrazinamide during the intensive phase; INH and rifampicin during the maintenance phase. Duration of treatment may vary from 6 to 9 months. CONCLUSION In summary, ovarian carcinoma and tuberculous peritonitis can present in a similar fashion - the presence of prolonged fever, ascites and elevated CA 125. In addition to these, hypercalcemia may also be present in both, thus posing a diagnostic dilemma. Definitive diagnosis can only be made thru histopathologic examination and culture of the tissue and ascitic fluid. Acknowledgements and levofloxacin.
Total number of patients N 36 Minimum Age years 27 DH * months 6 Dialysis dose sessions 54 URR % 39 CRP mg l 3 Hgb g dl 5 HCT % 14 Ferritin ng dl 35 Iron micg dl 10 TIBC micg dl 200 Creat mg dl 3 Non-diabetics N 25 Minimum Age years 16 DH * months 2 Dialysis dose sessions 36 URR % 60 CRP mg l 2 Hgb g dl 5 HCT % 15 Ferritin ng dl 170 Iron micg dl 10 TIBC micg dl 200 Creat mg dl 4 Diabetics n 11 Minimum Age years 27 DH * months 6 Dialysis dose sessions 54 URR % 39 CRP mg l 4 Hgb g dl 0.50 HCT % 14 Ferritin ng dl 35 Iron micg dl 11 TIBC micg dl 570 Creat mg dl 3. In study III systolic time intervals were measured at -30 min, and at 1, 3 and 7 h, blood pressure and heart rate at 30 min, and at 1, 2, 3, and 6 h on first and the last day on each treatment period. In study IV haemodynamics was assessed at baseline and on the last day of both treatment periods at -20 min, and at 2, 4 and 8 h and azithromycin.
Toxicity in elephants: The toxicity in elephants is unknown. Similar adverse reactions to humans should be expected. Therefore it is recommended that in addition to liver tests, serum creatinine, electrolytes and CBC be monitored per the schedule listed for INH. Route of administration: Rifampin is administered to humans orally although intravenous administration is used in patients unable to tolerate oral dosing. In elephants rifampin appears to be absorbed well as an oral bolus although acceptance is low because of the drug's bitterness. Rifampin is not absorbed rectally; there is no known experience with parenteral administration in elephants or other animals. Urine and feces may become orange colored while on this drug. Pyrazinamide PZA ; Mechanism of action: Pyrazinamide is a synthetic antibiotic derived from nicotinic acid. Its mechanism of action is unknown, however the presence of an intact pyrazinamidase is required. Since Mycobacterium bovis lacks this enzyme, it is inherently resistant to PZA. Toxicity: Toxicities observed in humans include arthralgias and arthritis, hyperuricemia, hepatitis, gastrointestinal upset, and photosensitivity skin rashes ; . Toxicity in elephants: The toxicity for elephants is unknown, however hepatitis may have been observed. Similar adverse effects as documented for humans should be expected. Route of administration: In humans, pyrazinamide is administered orally. In elephants both oral and rectal dosing have yielded acceptable blood levels. Pyrazinamide has been successfully administered to bongo antelope via subcutaneous injection. Because PZA is structurally similar to INH, there are theoretical concerns that INH and PZA are not considered as optimal as a two-drug regimen C. Peloquin, personal communication ; , however, this has not been studied as part of a clinical trial. Ethambitol EMB ; Mechanism of action: Ethambuotl is a specific inhibitor of the arabinosyl transferase thereby inhibiting formation of arabinogalactose and lipoarabinomannan, which are the dominant lipids in the M. tuberculosis cell wall. Toxicity: The major toxicity of ethambutol is optic neuritis, which may result in decreased visual acuity, a central scotoma, and loss of red-green discrimination. Ethambutal may also cause peripheral neuropathy, headache, rashes, arthralgias, hyperuricemia, and rarely anaphylaxis. Toxicity in elephants: The toxicity for elephants is currently unknown. Route of administration: Ethambutl is administered orally to humans and elephants. Rectal administration is irritating and poorly tolerated resulting in expulsion of the drug. Subcutaneous administration has been given successfully to bongo antelope. Streptomycin Mechanism of action: Streptomycin is an aminoglycoside antibiotic derived from the fungus. Resistant TB was more common in foreign-born TB patients, than in Swedish-borne, ratio 2.5 11.7% vs. 4.7% ; during the period 19912000 and ratio 3.2 14.7 vs 4.6 ; in 2001. In 2001 resistance to isoniazid was reported in 2.8% of TB patients born in Sweden and in 9.6% of those born abroad. MDR TB was reported in on average 0.7% of the Swedish born patients and 1.3% of the foreign born patients during the period 19912000. Resistance to ethambutol remains rare, and is reported in only a few cases per year. Resistance to pyrazinamide increased from about 1% during the period 19911997 to about 3% of culture confirmed and ciprofloxacin.

Benkert K et al. 1974 ; . Tagesprofile und Profilverlaufskontrollen von Ethambutol bei Kindern [Daily check and followup of use of ethambutol in children]. Medizinische Klinik, 69: 18081813. Table 9. Selected hemodynamic effects of various antihypertensive agents by class and olmesartan.

Ethambutol enantiomers This may seem like a simple decision to make and that all you have to do is have the posts the right distance apart. While that is true there are other consideration to ponder. It will affect the size of the sprayer boom you use, the length of the posts you need, the number of S-hooks you need, the amount of cable you use and probably other things as well. In gardens using 24 and 36 foot wide shade cloth: the posts have to go down centre of beds because if you don't the equipment will not be centred between the posts. the irrigation line have to lay on the bed or must be suspended. If it lays on the bed, the problem of pipe `snaking' in heat cold cycles due to expansion contraction of the plastic need to be addressed. spraying will be most efficient in the 36 foot garden as less passes will have to be made to spray the whole garden. See figure 23 following. The daily dose of ethambutol should be 15 mg kg, as noted later in this section 15.5.3 ; , unless there are good reasons for a higher or lower ; dose.30 31 The risk of optic neuritis is greater with higher doses. The maximum daily dose of ethambutol is 2.5g day.32 Higher doses are appropriate with intermittent therapy and amiloride. Sputum culture finding again became positive for MAC an average of 17 months after stopping treatment Fig 1 ; . In each case, the organism in the patients who relapsed was sensitive to macrolides, and retreatment with the same regimen again resulted in the sputum finding converting to negative. There was no apparent difference in the relapse rates between the clarithromycin and azithromycintreated patients. In those whose treatment was successful, the average duration of follow-up was 20 months after stopping treatment. A total of 22 of the 30 patients reported side effects that they attributed to the macrolide. Side effects were attributed to clarithromycin by 16 of patients and to azithromycin by 6 of patients, with a trend favoring azithromycin p 0.08 ; . The side effects from clarithromycin necessitated a change to azithromycin in four patients. One of these patients and another three of those starting with clarithromycin discontinued therapy prematurely and failed to convert to negative. The other three patients were successfully treated after changing to azithromycin. Only one patient failed to tolerate azithromycin and successfully changed to clarithromycin. There was a trend toward treatment completion 1 year ; for those who were receiving azithromycin at the end of their treatment period: 7 of 14 patients receiving azithromycin compared with 3 of 16 patients receiving clarithromycin p 0.07 ; . Three patients complained about the change in skin color associated with clofazimine. Two patients complained of visual disturbance, necessitating withdrawal of ethambutol in one patient.

Ethambutol 1600 Special Considerations Drug Interactions 9. Rifabutin should not be administered to patients receiving certain protease inhibitors and nonnucleoside reverse transcriptase inhibitors because the complex interactions have been incompletely studied, and the clinical implications of those interactions are unclear 16, 54 ; see Special Considerations: Drug interactions in the Tuberculosis section, above ; . Protease inhibitors may increase clarithromycin levels, but no recommendation to adjust the dose of either clarithromycin or protease inhibitors can be made on the basis of existing data. Efavirenz can induce metabolism of clarithromycin. This may result in reduced serum concentration of clarithromycin but increased concentration of 14-OH clarithromycin, an active metabolite of clarithromycin. Although the clinical significance of this interaction is not known, the efficacy of clarithromycin in MAC prophylaxis could be reduced because of this interaction. Azithromycin pharmacokinetics are not affected by the cytochrome P450 system; azithromycin can be used safely in the presence of protease inhibitors and or nonnucleoside reverse transcriptase inhibitors without concerns of drug interactions. Children 10. HIV-infected children aged less than 13 years who have advanced immunosuppression also can develop disseminated MAC infections, and prophylaxis should be offered to high-risk children according to the following CD4 + T-lymphocyte thresholds: children aged greater than or equal to 6 years, less than 50 cells L; children aged 2-6 years, less than 75 cells L; children aged 1-2 years, less than 500 cells L; and children aged less than 12 months, less than 750 cells L AII ; . For the same reasons that clarithromycin and azithromycin are the preferred prophylactic agents for adults, they should also be considered for children AII oral suspensions of both agents are commercially available in the United States. No liquid formulation of rifabutin suitable for pediatric use is commercially available in the United States. Children with a history of disseminated MAC should be administered lifelong prophylaxis to prevent recurrence AII ; . The safety of discontinuing MAC prophylaxis in children whose CD4 + T-lymphocyte counts have increased in response to HAART has not been studied. Pregnant Women 11. Chemoprophylaxis for MAC disease should be administered to pregnant women as is done for other adults and adolescents AIII ; . However, because of general concerns about administering drugs during the first trimester of pregnancy, some providers may choose to withhold prophylaxis during the first trimester. Animal studies and anecdotal evidence of safety in humans suggest that of the available agents, azithromycin is the drug of choice BIII ; 70 ; . Experience with rifabutin is limited. Clarithromycin has been demonstrated to be a teratogen in animals and should be used with caution during pregnancy 71 ; . For secondary prophylaxis chronic maintenance therapy ; , azithromycin plus ethambutol are the preferred drugs BIII ; 70 ; . Bacterial Respiratory Infections Prevention of Exposure 1. Because Streptococcus pneumoniae and Haemophilus influenzae are common in the community, no effective way exists to reduce exposure to these bacteria. Prevention of Disease 2. Adults and adolescents who have a CD4 + T-lymphocyte count of greater than or equal to 200 cells L should be administered a single dose of 23-valent polysaccharide pneumococcal vaccine if they have not received this vaccine during the previous five years BII ; 72-76 ; . One randomized placebo-controlled trial of pneumococcal vaccine in Africa paradoxically found an increase in pneumonia among vaccinated subjects 77 ; . However, several observational studies in the United States have not identified increased risk associated with vaccination and have identified benefit in this group 72-76 ; . Most experts believe that the potential benefit of pneumococcal vaccination in the United States outweighs the risk. Immunization should also be considered for patients with CD4 + T lymphocyte counts 200 cells L, although there is no clinical evidence for efficacy CIII ; . Revaccination may be considered for patients who were initially immunized when their CD4 + T lymphocyte 17 and ezetimibe and Order ethambutol. The resulting contribution of health economics therefore includes five principle areas: effective r&d portfolio management; price range definition and price justifification; highlighting opportunities associated with "disease management" concepts; strategic and tactical marketing support; helping management to influence "enact" ; its operating environment. Vohra et al. 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A. ARTICLES IN PEER-REVIEWED JOURNALS 1. Terminella, L., Sharma, G.: Diagnostic studies in patients with acute respiratory distress syndrome ARDS ; . Semin Thorac Cardoivasc Surg. 2006; 18: 2-7. Sharma, G., Goodwin, J.: Effect of "normal" ageing on respiratory system. Clinical Intervention in Ageing 2006; 3 1 ; : 255-260. 3. Sharma, G., Han, L., Quagliarello, V.: Functional outcome of hospitalized elderly patients with community acquired pneumonia. Infect Dis Clin Pract.2006; 14: 365-368. 4. Imad, M., Schnedig, V., Sharma, G.: A case in point: What caused this patient's cough and hemoptysis? J Respir Dis. 2007; 28 3 ; : 109-112 5. Bhutani MS, Chaya C, Gupta P, Markowitz AB, Wills M, Kessel I, Sharma G, Joseph B. Zwischenberger, JB. Irregular echogenic foci representing coagulation necrosis: A useful but perhaps under-recognized EUS feature of malignant lymph node invasion. In press. 6. Babu R, Sharma G A 57-Year-Old Man with Abdominal Pain, Jaundice, and History of a Blood Transfusion." In Press, Chest. 7. Sharma, G., Freeman, J., Zhang, D., Goodwin, J. Trends in end of life care among patients with advanced lung cancer. Submitted for publication. 8. Babu R, Cardenas Jr. V, Sharma G Acute Respiratory Distress Syndrome from Chlorine Inhalation during a Swimming Pool Accident: A Case Report and Review of the Literature. In press, Journal of Intensive Care Medicine 9. Babu R, Sharma G. A 39-Year-Old Man with Epigastric Pain, Intermittent Chest Pain, and Progressive Dyspnea. In Press, Chest.

It has recently been proposed that the disjunction between experience and expression of affect that characterizes blunted affect may be attributable to emotion dysregulation. In a prominent theoretical account of emotion regulation Gross 2001, 2007 ; argues that response-focused emotion regulatory strategies occur after the emotion response has been triggered, and require management of the ongoing emotional experience, expression and physiological responses. Typical examples include suppression the conscious inhibition of ongoing emotion-expressive behavior ; and amplification, the behavioral augmentation of an already initiated emotion; see Denmaree et al., 2004; Gross, 2001 ; . One hypothesis is that blunted affect may reflect abnormal suppression of emotional responses that otherwise cause excessive load upon an overly sensitive physiological system Ellgring and Smith, 1998 ; . However, Kring and Werner 2004 ; argue that suppression of expressive behavior is usually associated with increased autonomic nervous system activity. Although patients with schizophrenia have demonstrated greater skin conductance reactivity to emotional films, despite being less facially expressive and experiencing comparable levels of emotion relative to healthy controls, increased physiological activity is also observed in response to neutral films Kring and Neale, 1996 ; . This pattern of findings is therefore inconsistent with the argument that over-use of suppression may be responsible for the disjunction between affective experience and behavior. Kring and Werner 2004 ; have suggested instead that the discrepancy may be attributable to impaired up-regulation of emotional expression. The present study will be the first to directly investigate whether individuals with schizophrenia are impaired in their capacity to suppress down-regulate ; or amplify up-regulate ; expressive emotional behavior. Whilst the modulation of both positive and negative emotion expression behavior is clearly of enormous adaptive significance Gross and Levenson, 1997 ; , given that anhedonia the decreased capacity to experience pleasure, in both physical and social interpersonal domains ; is regarded as a core feature of schizophrenia, the present study focused on capacity to up- and down-regulate positive emotion expressive behavior, and specifically, amusement. It is predicted that whilst the ability to down-regulate suppress ; emotional reactions to positive emotional events will be spared in schizophrenia, the ability to up-regulate amplify ; emotional experience will be disrupted. It is further predicted that difficulties with amplification will be related to emotional blunting.
1 MEDICAL DEVICES, NATIONAL STANDARDS AND THE PHYSICIAN Jerome T. Grismer, Minneapolis 2 A CRITICAL LOOK AT IPPB Thomas L. Petty, Denver 4 PROTECTION OF THE PULMONARY MICROVASCULATURE BY FINE SCREEN BLOOD FILTRATION George J. Reul, Jr., Arthur C. Beall, Jr., S. Donald Greenberg, Houston 10 BRONCHOGENIC CARCINOMA IN THE PRESENCE OF HEART DISEASE: A DIAGNOSTIC DILEMMA Jeoffrey Stross, Marvin M. Kirsh, Richard Prager, Ann Arbor 13 PREDICTION OF POSTPNEUMONECTOMY PULMONARY FUNCTION USING QUANTITATIVE MACROAGGREGATE LUNG SCANNING Gerald N. Olsen, A. Jay Block, Joel A Tobias, Gainesville, Florida 17 A TEN-YEAR CLINICAL EXPERIENCE WlTH MYCOBACTERIUM KANSAS11 Clifford R. Rauscher, Gerald Kerby, William E. Ruth, Kansas City, Kansas 20 ETHAMBUTOL IN PREGNANCY I. D. Bobrowitz, Bronx, New York 25 ETHAMBUTOL IN PREGNANCY: OBSERVATIONS ON EMBRYOGENESIS T. Lewit; L. Nebel; S. Terracina; S. Karman, Tel-Aviv, Israel 27 CORONARY COLLATERAL CIRCULATION Richard S. Cosby, John A Giddings, Jackie R. See, . Pasadena 32 ANGIOGRAPHIC DETERMINATION OF THE LEFT VENTRICULAR EJECTION RATE IN MAN WlTH HEART DISEASE Milton Frank, Ill; William A. Baxley; Harold T. Dodge; Morris Frimer, Birmingham, Alabama 39 PERSISTENT OSTIUM PRIMUM COEXISTING WITH MITRAL OR TRlCUSPlD ATRESIA Hugh J. Williams, Jr., Rajendra Tandon, Jesse E. Edwards, St. Paul 44 SPECTROANALYTIC EVALUATION OF AORTIC PROSTHETIC VALVES Richard F. Gordon; Moosa Najmi; Benedict Kingsley; Bernard L. Segal; Joseph W. Linhart, Philadelphia 50 EVALUATION OF THE IMMEDIATE EFFECT OF AORTOCORONARY SAPHENOUS VEIN BYPASS SURGERY ON MYOCARDIAL CONTRACTILITY Paul E. Johnson, Jr.; Hilton Buggs; Kinji Ishikawa; Carter A. Printup, Jr., John R. F. Penido; Bert H. Cotton; L. Stephen Gordon, Pasadena 57 SECOND DEGREE BLOCK WITHIN THE BUNDLE BRANCHES N. Cristal, W. Ho, Beer Sheva, Israel 61 QUALITY CONTROL OF INHALATION THERAPY Roman L. Yanda, Los Angeles 67 ATRIAL CONTRIBUTION TO CAROTID ARTERIAL FLOW VELOCITY Alberto Benchimol, Jaco Fishenfeld, Kenneth B. Desser, Phoenix 69 PATENT DUCTUS IN AN ELDERLY MAN Aldo A. Luisada, Pachalla Bhat, Oak Forest, Illinois 71 THE LAZY RESPIRATORY CENTER -OR HOW TO RECOGNIZE A TIRED HORSE Norman H. Solliday; Arcot J. Chandrasekhar; Key I. Nam; David W. Cugell, Chicago 77 MIGRATING LUNG TUMOR Ronald H. Hayward, Temple, Texas 79 CYSTIC MEDIAL NECROSIS WlTH SEVERE AORTIC ROOT DILATATION ltzhak Kronzon, Barbara Weisinger, Ephraim Glassman, New York City 81 SPONTANEOUS HEMOTHORAX IN AN OTHERWISE HEALTHY YOUNG MAN Robert 0. Slind, Joseph R. Rodarte, Rochester, Minnesota.

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