BACKGROUND Idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis (IPF) is characterised by subpleural fibrosis
that progresses to involve all areas of the lung. The expression of transforming growth factor-…

Background: Epinephrine (Epi) is the treatment of choice for reversing cardiovascular
collapse in anaphylactic shock (AS). However, there are few data supporting its use in this …

METHODS IgE antibody production was induced by immunizing newborn mongrel dogs
with 10 pg of a conjugate of dinitrophenol and ovalbumin (DNPZ-OA) mixed in 30 mg of …

BACKGROUND: Asthma mortality rates have increased in Canada and worldwide. Within
Canada, the highest rates were seen in the prairie provinces. OBJECTIVE: The objective was …

Although we have reported that tracheal smooth muscle from sensitized dogs shows altered
mechanical properties, we did not know, because of technical difficulties with the preparation…

In anaphylactic shock (AS), the relative effects of the autacoids including histamine,
prostaglandins, and leukotrienes on causing cardiovascular collapse and the extent to which …

BACKGROUND: Bronchiolitis obliterans syndrome (BOS), the main cause of late mortality
following lung transplantation, is defined as an irreversible decline in forced expiratory volume …

… W.: Respiratory sensitivity to acute hypoxia in man born at sea level living at high altitude, J.
… W.: Irreversible respiratory insensitivity to acute hypoxia in man born at high altitude, J. Appl. …

Objective: Epinephrine (Epi) is considered to be the drug of choice for anaphylactic shock (AS).
However, the benefit of this drug on improving systemic hemodynamics in AS has never …

Experience with 36 cases of North American blastomycosis in Central Canada is reported.
Symptoms referable to the respiratory tract predominated, but no uniform clinical pattern for …