[A profile of the smoker with pulmonary tuberculosis]. / Profilul fumatorului bolnav de tuberculoza pulmonara.

A group of 485 subjects suffering from lung tb admitted in the Institute of Pneumophthisiology "M. Nasta" has been studied as for the relationships between found the lung disease and smoking. High frequency of smoking has been among these patients: 87.7% in males and 68.2% in females. These figures marquedly exceed the frequency of smoking in the whole population. The increase of frequency among females is more evident. No difference has been found as for the type of lesions between smokers and non-smokers. Smoking increases the gravity of associated diseases (e.g. chronic ethylism) evidencing the lack of health education of people in preventing this condition as well as the difficulties met by physicians in the implementation of smoking abandonment programs.

[The etiological profile of the pulmonary manifestations in AIDS patients (studies of 65 cases recorded in Romania up to 1 March 1993)]. / Profilul etiologic al manifestarilor pulmonare la bolnavii de SIDA (studii pe 65 cazuri înregistrate în România pâna la 1 III 1993).

HIV infection and its final form as AIDS were ignored by the public opinion in Romania till 1990. Nowadays it is real fact in our country. Out of total number of 2235 AIDS cases declared till March 1st 1993 by the Ministry of Health only 134 were adult persons. The study concerns 65 cases of AIDS in adults in order to find out the lung symptoms proportion as etiologic features, to settle the ways of transmission of HIV infection and to warn the romanian pneumologists on this problem. The study shows that in 56.9% of total cases, lung symptoms were noted and in 49.2% the lung disease revealed the AIDS. Out of the total number of 65 cases, 24.6% showed tuberculosis as a first disease, 12.4% lung pneumocystosis, 7.76 Kaposi syndrome with lung expression and 4.5% other pneumopathies.

[The therapeutic prospects of patients with bronchopulmonary cancer]. / Perspective terapeutice ale bolnavilor depistati cu cancer bronhopulmonar.

By means of a retrospective analysis on 405 cases found out as having bronchopulmonary cancer, the therapeutical possibilities on fixing the diagnosis were evaluated. The therapeutical attitude indicated by pre-established criteria and the therapeutical line adopted were also analysed. The low percentage (25%) of cases with favourable therapeutical perspectives at case finding, as well as the high percentage (75%) of cases found out in stages therapeutically beyond treatment are pointed out. Several non-concordances between recommended and applied therapies are discussed.