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R Vidal

Publications and source records attributed to R Vidal.

At least 181 records · Page 10Linked to original sources

Amiodarone and pulmonary fibrosis.

Of 25 cases of idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis, confirmed by open chest lung biopsy between January 1979 and July 1981, 5 patients had been taking amiodarone in doses less than 600 mg daily for 1 to 6 years. No lung disease had been observed in any patient before the administration of amiodarone, and other drugs, factors and diseases thought to play a role in the causation of pulmonary fibrosis were ruled out. Two patients died of respiratory insufficiency, and only 1 does not now suffer from serious sequelae. Review of a further 5 cases reported in the literature and the present data suggest a causal link between administration of amiodarone and pulmonary fibrosis, and tend to indicate a hypersensitivity mechanism.

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[Intolerance causes of indentation material in retinal detachment surgery (author's transl)].

129 Lincoff sponge's rejection, representing 4,3% of our retinal detachment surgeries during 4 years have been studied. Men were twice more than women, the larger the amount of material was placed the more frequent rejections appeared. Most rejections (56,2%) occured during the first 4 months. Percentage of infection was roughly not influenced by the time after retinal detachment surgery.

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[Results of a double-blind study comparing the effects of timolol and pilocarpine in 110 patients with chronic open-angle glaucoma].

Following a seventeen weeks study including 110 patients with open-angle glaucoma, 81,8% of the patients treated by timolol, administered twice a day, had a satisfactory control of their intraocular pressure, against only 41,8% of those patients treated by pilocarpine, administered four times a day. The side effects liable to timolol are clinically reduced, in a osit with pilocarpine which is followed by a series of well-known subjective and objective signs often causing discomfort to the patients.

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