Cystic fibrosis in adolescents and adults

P Mitchell-Heggs, M Mearns… - QJM: An International …, 1976 - academic.oup.com
Forty-five patients (25 male and 20 female) over 12 years of age with cystic fibrosis have
been studied clinically, radiologically and physiologically. Their mean age at the first visit was …

The radiographic detection of acute pulmonary oedema. A comparison of radiographic appearances, densitometry and lung water in dogs

…, RJ McAnulty, PF Mitchell-Heggs… - The British journal of …, 1981 - birpublications.org
We have induced acute pulmonary oedema in upright anaesthetized dogs by increasing
pulmonary microvascular permeability or by extacellular fluid volume overload in order to …

Diazepam in the treatment of dyspnoea in the 'Pink Puffer'syndrome

P MITCHELL-HEGGS, K MURPHY… - … Journal of Medicine, 1980 - academic.oup.com
P. Mitchell-Heggs and others … A similar observation has been made in three normal subjects
studied in a similar manner with diazepam (Mitchell-Heggs, Murphy, Paterson, Tasker, Peat, …

The clinical value of digoxin in patients with heart failure and sinus rhythm

…, H Purcell, P Mitchell-Heggs… - QJM: An International …, 1978 - academic.oup.com
Six patients in sinus rhythm with congestive heart failure due to either myocardial infarction
or cardiomyopathy, were given oral frusemide to eliminate oedema. Symptomatic relief …

Radiological features of Fournier gangrene.

RW Grant, P Mitchell-Heggs - Radiology, 1981 - pubs.rsna.org
The abdominal radiographs of a forty-year-old patient with Fournier gangrene suggest that
gas can spread from the scrotum along expected defined anatomical planes. Comparison is …

Non-ketotic diabetic precoma associated with high-dose frusemide therapy.

PR Tasker, PF Mitchell-Heggs - British Medical Journal, 1976 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
Discussion The use of the foreign objects for anal stimulation is not new'nor is their removal
by surgical means.'They have been mostly ordinary household utensils, bottles, sticks, or the …

Pleurectomy for spontaneous pneumothorax in cystic fibrosis

PF Mitchell-Heggs, JC Batten - Thorax, 1970 - thorax.bmj.com
Five cases of cystic fibrosis complicated by eight pneumothoraces are described. These
cases come from a group of 49 patients who have attended the Brompton Hospital between …

The elasticity of sputum at low shear rates

P Mitchell-Heggs, AJ Palfrey, L Reid - Biorheology, 1974 - content.iospress.com
… The difference between bronchitic and either bronchiectatic or cystic fibrosis sputum is significant
(P < 0'05, > 0'02; P < 0'02, > 0,01 respectively): the differences from asthma are not. There was …

Controlled-release theophylline in the treatment of nocturnal asthma

…, WT McNicholas, PF Mitchell-Heggs… - Journal of …, 1990 - journals.sagepub.com
P < 0.01 in favour of theophylline treatment for all patients. (P < 0.05 in favour of theophylline
treatment for subgroup receiving … P < 0.001 in favour of active treatment for all patients. (…

Physical properties of bronchial secretion

P Mitchell-Heggs - Mucus in Health and Disease, 1977 - Springer
… and cystic fibrosis (Mitchell-Heggs, 1973; Mitchell-Heggs,1974; Mitchell-Heggs, et al., 1974).
… ; when present it is similar in site and form to that found in sputum (Mitchell-Heggs, 1974). …