The sputum samples from the 121 patients entered into the study were graded as mucoid (grade 1 or 2) for 34 patients, grade 3 for 12 patients, grade 4 for 42 patients, grade 5 for 29 patients, and ...

Exacerbations also occurred more frequently among patients with more purulent sputum vs. mucoid sputum over 5 years, as demonstrated by incidence rate ratios (IRRs) of 1.26 (95% CI, 1.19-1.33 ...

Forty percent of the sputum-producing patients (5541) had mucoid sputum, 40% (5380) had mucopurulent, 18% (2486) had purulent, and 1% (177) had severe purulent sputum.

Presentation of Case A sixty-six-year-old man entered the hospital because of hemoptysis. Nine hours previously he coughed up blood-streaked sputum. Subsequently, there were several episodes of cou ...

After classification of the nature of the sputum, those patients with macroscopically mucoid samples did not receive antibiotic therapy. However, for the purpose of the current study, the ethics ...

X-ray films during the illness showed "scars." The sputum was negative for tuberculosis. Two years before admission he developed a morning cough, productive of a cupful of mucoid sputum, . . .