Incidence and mortality after acute respiratory failure and acute respiratory distress syndrome in Sweden, Denmark, and Iceland. The ARF Study Group.

abstract：:Rationale: Recent studies have demonstrated that extracellular vesicles (EVs) released during acute lung injury (ALI) were inflammatory.Objectives: The current study was undertaken to test the role of EVs induced and released from severe Escherichia coli pneumonia (E. coli EVs) in the pathogenesis of ALI and to determ...

journal_title：American journal of respiratory and critical care medicine

authors： Liu A,Park JH,Zhang X,Sugita S,Naito Y,Lee JH,Kato H,Hao Q,Matthay MA,Lee JW

更新日期：2019-11-15 00:00:00

abstract：RATIONALE:Obstructive sleep apnea (OSA) is common in people with hypertension, particularly resistant hypertension. Treatment with an antihypertensive agent alone is often insufficient to control hypertension in patients with OSA. OBJECTIVES:To determine whether continuous positive airway pressure (CPAP) added to trea...

journal_title：American journal of respiratory and critical care medicine

authors： Thunström E,Manhem K,Rosengren A,Peker Y

更新日期：2016-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：RATIONALE:Airway mucous cell metaplasia and chronic inflammation are pathophysiological features that influence morbidity and mortality associated with asthma and other chronic pulmonary disorders. Elucidation of the molecular mechanisms regulating mucous metaplasia and hypersecretion provides the scientific basis for ...

journal_title：American journal of respiratory and critical care medicine

authors： Maeda Y,Chen G,Xu Y,Haitchi HM,Du L,Keiser AR,Howarth PH,Davies DE,Holgate ST,Whitsett JA

更新日期：2011-08-15 00:00:00

abstract：:Bronchial dehiscence after lung transplantation is difficult to treat and associated with high mortality. We describe our experience using self-expanding metallic stents to treat post-lung transplant bronchial dehiscence. From January 1995 to June 2004, 189 single and 118 double lung transplants were performed in our ...

journal_title：American journal of respiratory and critical care medicine

authors： Mughal MM,Gildea TR,Murthy S,Pettersson G,DeCamp M,Mehta AC

更新日期：2005-09-15 00:00:00

abstract：:We used three-dimensional reconstructions obtained with spiral computed tomography to measure total diaphragm surface area (Adi), and the surface area of the dome (Ado) and of the zone of apposition (Aap) of the diaphragm in nine patients with single-lung transplantation (SLT) for emphysema and nine normal subjects ma...

journal_title：American journal of respiratory and critical care medicine

authors： Cassart M,Verbandt Y,de Francquen P,Gevenois PA,Estenne M

更新日期：1999-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：RATIONALE:Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) is characterized by chronic airflow limitation caused by a combination of airways disease (bronchiolitis) and parenchymal destruction (emphysema), whose relative proportion varies from patient to patient. OBJECTIVES:To explore and contrast the molecular pathogenes...

journal_title：American journal of respiratory and critical care medicine

authors： Faner R,Cruz T,Casserras T,López-Giraldo A,Noell G,Coca I,Tal-Singer R,Miller B,Rodriguez-Roisin R,Spira A,Kalko SG,Agustí A

更新日期：2016-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：RATIONALE:Tidal volume and plateau pressure limitation decreases mortality in acute respiratory distress syndrome. Computed tomography demonstrated a small, normally aerated compartment on the top of poorly aerated and nonaerated compartments that may be hyperinflated by tidal inflation. OBJECTIVES:We hypothesized tha...

journal_title：American journal of respiratory and critical care medicine

authors： Terragni PP,Rosboch G,Tealdi A,Corno E,Menaldo E,Davini O,Gandini G,Herrmann P,Mascia L,Quintel M,Slutsky AS,Gattinoni L,Ranieri VM

更新日期：2007-01-15 00:00:00

abstract：RATIONALE:Patients with severe asthma (SA) are less responsive to the beneficial effects of corticosteroid (CS) therapy, and relative CS insensitivity has been shown in airway smooth muscle cells (ASMC) from patients with SA. OBJECTIVES:We investigated whether there was a defect in the actions of the glucocorticoid re...

journal_title：American journal of respiratory and critical care medicine

authors： Chang PJ,Michaeloudes C,Zhu J,Shaikh N,Baker J,Chung KF,Bhavsar PK

更新日期：2015-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Nanoparticle-based drug delivery systems have considerable potential for treatment of tuberculosis (TB). The important technological advantages of nanoparticles used as drug carriers are high stability, high carrier capacity, feasibility of incorporation of both hydrophilic and hydrophobic substances, and feasibility ...

journal_title：American journal of respiratory and critical care medicine

authors： Gelperina S,Kisich K,Iseman MD,Heifets L

更新日期：2005-12-15 00:00:00

abstract：:The present study was designed to examine whether clenbuterol (CLEN) could reduce dexamethasone (DEX)-induced diaphragm dysfunction. We studied four groups of New Zealand white (NZW) rabbits, each receiving one of the following daily injections subcutaneously for 2 wk: saline (control), DEX 3 mg/kg, DEX 3 mg/kg + CLEN...

journal_title：American journal of respiratory and critical care medicine

authors： Jiang TX,Cairns A,Road JD,Wilcox PG

更新日期：1996-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Morphologic changes in pulmonary muscular arteries may modify the mechanisms that regulate the pulmonary vascular tone and contribute to maintaining an adequate ventilation-perfusion (VA/Q) matching in patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD). To analyze the relationships between the abnormalities of...

journal_title：American journal of respiratory and critical care medicine

authors： Barberà JA,Riverola A,Roca J,Ramirez J,Wagner PD,Ros D,Wiggs BR,Rodriguez-Roisin R

更新日期：1994-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We developed a bronchial provocation test (BPT) with a dry powder preparation of mannitol. The mannitol was inhaled from gelatin capsules containing 5, 10, 20, or 40 mg to a cumulative dose of 635 mg, and was delivered via an inhalator, Halermatic, or Dinkihaler device. We studied the airway sensitivity to inhaled man...

journal_title：American journal of respiratory and critical care medicine

authors： Anderson SD,Brannan J,Spring J,Spalding N,Rodwell LT,Chan K,Gonda I,Walsh A,Clark AR

更新日期：1997-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:There is a subgroup of cigarette smokers who are more susceptible than others to the deleterious effects of cigarette smoke and to chronic airflow obstruction. The study of histopathologic and physiologic differences between these "susceptible" smokers and "resistant" smokers, who do not develop clinically significant...

journal_title：American journal of respiratory and critical care medicine

authors： Aguayo SM

更新日期：1994-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The role of ventilatory-control abnormalities in predisposing to familial sleep-disordered breathing (SDB) was assessed in 31 subjects 28 +/- 10 yr of age (mean +/- SD). Subjects with (n = 10) and without SDB (n = 12) were recruited from 13 families having two or more members with SDB. Nine age- and gender-matched con...

journal_title：American journal of respiratory and critical care medicine

authors： Redline S,Leitner J,Arnold J,Tishler PV,Altose MD

更新日期：1997-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：RATIONALE:Because of high mortality, end-of-life care is an important component of intensive care. OBJECTIVES:We evaluated the effectiveness of a quality-improvement intervention to improve intensive care unit (ICU) end-of-life care. METHODS:We conducted a cluster-randomized trial randomizing 12 hospitals. The interv...

journal_title：American journal of respiratory and critical care medicine

authors： Curtis JR,Nielsen EL,Treece PD,Downey L,Dotolo D,Shannon SE,Back AL,Rubenfeld GD,Engelberg RA

更新日期：2011-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：RATIONALE:Very little is known about airways that are too small to be visible on thoracic multidetector computed tomography but larger than the terminal bronchioles. OBJECTIVES:To examine the structure of preterminal bronchioles located one generation proximal to terminal bronchioles in centrilobular and panlobular em...

journal_title：American journal of respiratory and critical care medicine

authors： Tanabe N,Vasilescu DM,McDonough JE,Kinose D,Suzuki M,Cooper JD,Paré PD,Hogg JC

更新日期：2017-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:At the time of diagnosis, many sarcoidosis patients have no clinical indication for corticosteroid therapy, and prognostic parameters predicting deterioration are missing. In the present study, we investigated parameters derived from bronchoalveolar lavage (BAL) and serum in 77 patients with recently diagnosed sarcoid...

journal_title：American journal of respiratory and critical care medicine

authors： Ziegenhagen MW,Benner UK,Zissel G,Zabel P,Schlaak M,Müller-Quernheim J

更新日期：1997-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Despite several codes of research ethics, the issuance of comprehensive rules regarding informed consent by governmental agencies, and numerous writings on the subject of informed consent, many commentators still question the quality of the informed consent process in clinical research. A major concern is that investi...

journal_title：American journal of respiratory and critical care medicine

authors： Silverman HJ

更新日期：1996-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：RATIONALE:Pulmonary infection in cystic fibrosis (CF) is polymicrobial and it is possible that anaerobic bacteria, not detected by routine aerobic culture methods, reside within infected anaerobic airway mucus. OBJECTIVES:To determine whether anaerobic bacteria are present in the sputum of patients with CF. METHODS:S...

journal_title：American journal of respiratory and critical care medicine

authors： Tunney MM,Field TR,Moriarty TF,Patrick S,Doering G,Muhlebach MS,Wolfgang MC,Boucher R,Gilpin DF,McDowell A,Elborn JS

更新日期：2008-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Ahead of Print article withdrawn by publisher. ...

journal_title：American journal of respiratory and critical care medicine

authors： Kanwar BA

更新日期：2020-10-07 00:00:00

abstract：:Patients in whom acid-fast bacilli smear-positive pulmonary tuberculosis was newly diagnosed were randomized to receive 400 mg moxifloxacin, 300 mg isonaizid, or 600 mg rifampin daily for 5 days. Sixteen-hour overnight sputa collections were made for the 2 days before and for 5 days of monotherapy. Bactericidal activi...

journal_title：American journal of respiratory and critical care medicine

authors： Gosling RD,Uiso LO,Sam NE,Bongard E,Kanduma EG,Nyindo M,Morris RW,Gillespie SH

更新日期：2003-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：RATIONALE:Interferon-gamma (IFN-gamma) is of central interest in the study of tuberculosis. A number of single-gene mutations have been identified in the IFN-gamma signaling pathway that predispose to severe mycobacterial disease, but the relevance of polymorphism within these genes to the common phenotype of tuberculo...

journal_title：American journal of respiratory and critical care medicine

authors： Cooke GS,Campbell SJ,Sillah J,Gustafson P,Bah B,Sirugo G,Bennett S,McAdam KP,Sow O,Lienhardt C,Hill AV

更新日期：2006-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Several modalities of ventilatory support have been proposed to gradually withdraw patients from mechanical ventilation, but their respective effects on the outcome of weaning from mechanical ventilation are not known. We conducted a randomized trial in three intensive care units in mechanically ventilated patients wh...

journal_title：American journal of respiratory and critical care medicine

authors： Brochard L,Rauss A,Benito S,Conti G,Mancebo J,Rekik N,Gasparetto A,Lemaire F

更新日期：1994-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The stimuli controlling pharyngeal dilator muscles are poorly defined. Local mechanoreceptors are a leading possibility. To address this, we assessed the relationship between two dilator muscle electromyograms (EMGs, i.e., genioglossus [GG-an inspiratory phasic muscle], tensor palatini [TP-a tonically active muscle]) ...

journal_title：American journal of respiratory and critical care medicine

authors： Malhotra A,Pillar G,Fogel RB,Beauregard J,Edwards JK,Slamowitz DI,Shea SA,White DP

更新日期：2000-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：RATIONALE:Previous studies have demonstrated a high prevalence of sleep apnea (SA) in patients with chronic heart failure (HF), which is associated with higher rates of morbidity, mortality, and health care use. OBJECTIVES:To investigate the reported incidence, treatment, outcomes, and economic cost of SA in new-onset...

journal_title：American journal of respiratory and critical care medicine

authors： Javaheri S,Caref EB,Chen E,Tong KB,Abraham WT

更新日期：2011-02-15 00:00:00

abstract：RATIONALE:The molecular mechanisms underlying acute exacerbations of idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis (IPF) are poorly understood. We studied the global gene expression signature of acute exacerbations of IPF. OBJECTIVES:To understand the gene expression patterns of acute exacerbations of IPF. METHODS:RNA was extracted ...

journal_title：American journal of respiratory and critical care medicine

authors： Konishi K,Gibson KF,Lindell KO,Richards TJ,Zhang Y,Dhir R,Bisceglia M,Gilbert S,Yousem SA,Song JW,Kim DS,Kaminski N

更新日期：2009-07-15 00:00:00

abstract：:Although impairment of gas exchange caused by ventilation-perfusion (VA/Q) mismatch has been extensively analyzed, there have been no systematic studies focused on determining the distributions of diffusion properties in dose connection with those of VA/Q. We attempted to clarify the simultaneous distributions of VA/Q...

journal_title：American journal of respiratory and critical care medicine

authors： Yamaguchi K,Mori M,Kawai A,Takasugi T,Oyamada Y,Koda E

更新日期：1997-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A growing body of evidence suggests that neutrophil-derived proteinases play a major role in lung tissue damage in cystic fibrosis (CF). Most previous studies have focused on serine proteinases such as neutrophil elastase, providing no information on the extent to which metalloproteinases participate in proteolytic pr...

journal_title：American journal of respiratory and critical care medicine

authors： Delacourt C,Le Bourgeois M,D'Ortho MP,Doit C,Scheinmann P,Navarro J,Harf A,Hartmann DJ,Lafuma C

更新日期：1995-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Typical for critical illnesses are substantial alterations within the hypothalamic-anterior pituitary-peripheral hormonal axes that are proportionate to the risk of poor outcome. These neuroendocrine responses to critical illness follow a biphasic pattern. The acute phase (first hours to days) is characterized by an i...

journal_title：American journal of respiratory and critical care medicine

authors： Van den Berghe G

更新日期：2016-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Many persons say that they "don't know" whether they snore. The purpose of this study was to investigate the prevalence and correlates of such responses in an elderly population. Subjects were 1715 members (1,155 men, 560 women) of a previously defined cohort (Western Group Collaborative Study) followed prospectively ...

journal_title：American journal of respiratory and critical care medicine

authors： Bliwise DL,Swan GE,Carmelli D,La Rue A

更新日期：1999-12-01 00:00:00