Background Optimal pain treatment with minimal side-effects is essential for early mobility
and recovery in patients undergoing total hip arthroplasty. We investigated the analgesic …

The role of viral respiratory tract infections in acute exacerbations of asthma was studied
prospectively in 31 patients with atopic asthma aged 15-56 years. Patients recorded …

In a two-year study of asthma mortality in New Zealand conducted between August 1981
and July 1983, the certified cause of death and its subsequent statistical coding was …

The epidemic of deaths from bronchial asthma in New Zealand was investigated by a two-
year national review of all deaths of persons under 70 years where" asthma" appeared in …

We report the first complete population based study of childhood deaths due to asthma. All
deaths ascribed to asthma in New Zealand children aged 0-14 were investigated as part of a …

Causes for the high mortality from asthma in New Zealand were investigated by comparing
deaths from asthma in caucasian subjects aged 15-64 in New Zealand with those from …

The circumstances surrounding all deaths from asthma in New Zealanders under 70 years
of age between August 1981 and July 1983 have been analysed from information recorded …

The circumstances surrounding the deaths of 75 asthmatic patients who had been
prescribed a domiciliary nebuliser driven by an air compressor pump for administration of …

METHODS Anesthetized dogs. Sixteen dogs (9-20 kg) were anesthetized with chloralose(50
mg/kg, iv) and urethan (500 mg/kg, iv), paralyzed with succinylcholine administered …

Symptoms of tracheal-esophageal compression are often related to a large nontoxic goiter.
The aim of the present study was to evaluate to what degree upper airway obstruction, as …