Acute respiratory failure in emphysema.

Case histories of patients at Chase Farm Hospital Emphysema Clinic; offers guidance in prescribing antibiotics for chest infections. Actuality of patients smoking and coughing; patient with chronic bronchitis being given oxygen; patients using respirator; patient who has had tracheostomy; patient wearing Tudor Edward spectacles to aid oxygen intake; patient after treatment who has fully recovered; exterior Chase Farm Hospital with ambulances parked outside.