Results of Surgical Treatment of Carcinoma of the Lung

Abstract

ISONIAZIDI was transferred to a mental hospital with a psychosis, in the second month (10 PH); 6 had severe toxic reactions attributed to P.A.S. (4 20 PH, 2 10 PH); 1 had a severe toxic reaction attributed to streptomycin (SH); 2 stopped treatment in the second month-one because of acute nephritis, the other because of persistent haemoptysis believed to be related to treatment (2 SH); 2 had a change of treatment in the first month: for one 10 PH patient streptomycin was added after eight days, and the dosage of P.A.S. was doubled, because of the serious clinical condition: for one 20 PH patient streptomycin was added after 18 days because of radiographic deterioration; this patient had 1-minus deterioration at one month, and the deterioration at three months' was still classed as 1-minus;2 bhd a change of treatment in the second month (2 20 PH):one patient had deteriorated both clinically and radiographi- cally and the treatment was changed to SH at six weeks; at ten weeks a radiograph showed 1-plus improvement com- pared with the condition on admission: the other patient deteriorated radiographically and streptomycin was added at six weeks, but there was 2-minus deterioration at three months.