Smooth reference equations for slow vital capacity and flow-volume curve indexes.

abstract：:The objective of this study was to evaluate the effectiveness of an asthma education program on morbidity, knowledge, and compliance with inhaled corticosteroid treatment using a prospective, randomized, controlled, one-year-before/one-year-after protocol. After rigorous optimization of asthma therapy under the care o...

journal_title：American journal of respiratory and critical care medicine

authors： Coté J,Cartier A,Robichaud P,Boutin H,Malo JL,Rouleau M,Fillion A,Lavallée M,Krusky M,Boulet LP

更新日期：1997-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Many time series studies have found that individuals with primary cardiac conditions were susceptible to the adverse effects associated with increased ambient particle levels. However, the mechanism(s) of these associations is not yet understood. In this study, we evaluate whether individuals with nonrespiratory prima...

journal_title：American journal of respiratory and critical care medicine

authors： De Leon SF,Thurston GD,Ito K

更新日期：2003-04-15 00:00:00

abstract：:Rationale: Growing evidence suggests that compromised lung health may be linked to dementia and worsening cognitive ability. Objectives: To test the hypothesis that impaired lung function or lung disease in midlife is associated with greater risk of incident dementia and mild cognitive impairment (MCI) later in life. ...

journal_title：American journal of respiratory and critical care medicine

authors： Lutsey PL,Chen N,Mirabelli MC,Lakshminarayan K,Knopman DS,Vossel KA,Gottesman RF,Mosley TH,Alonso A

更新日期：2019-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：RATIONALE:Patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) show a poor response to corticosteroids. This has been linked to a reduction of histone deacetylase-2 as a result of oxidative stress and is reversed by theophylline. OBJECTIVES:To determine the role of phosphoinositide-3-kinase-delta (PI3K-δ) on the...

journal_title：American journal of respiratory and critical care medicine

authors： To Y,Ito K,Kizawa Y,Failla M,Ito M,Kusama T,Elliott WM,Hogg JC,Adcock IM,Barnes PJ

更新日期：2010-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Haemophilus influenzae and Streptococcus pneumoniae are common causes of respiratory tract infections. H. influenzae attach to receptor epitopes in mucins and in epithelial cell membranes. Attachment is followed by an epithelial cell cytokine response. Secreted cytokines then initiate inflammation, upset the integrity...

journal_title：American journal of respiratory and critical care medicine

authors： Håkansson A,Carlstedt I,Davies J,Mossberg AK,Sabharwal H,Svanborg C

更新日期：1996-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Salbutamol inhibits neutropenia, increased airway resistance, and gas exchange abnormalities provoked by platelet-activating factor (PAF) challenge in normal persons. To further explore the intriguing dissociation between spirometric abnormalities and gas exchange defects shown in patients with asthma, we investigated...

journal_title：American journal of respiratory and critical care medicine

authors： Díaz O,Barberà JA,Marrades R,Chung KF,Roca J,Rodriguez-Roisin R

更新日期：1997-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：RATIONALE:The prevalence of vitamin D deficiency is increasing and has been linked to obstructive lung diseases including asthma and chronic obstructive pulmonary disease. Recent studies suggest that vitamin D deficiency is associated with reduced lung function. The relationship between vitamin D deficiency and lung fu...

journal_title：American journal of respiratory and critical care medicine

authors： Zosky GR,Berry LJ,Elliot JG,James AL,Gorman S,Hart PH

更新日期：2011-05-15 00:00:00

abstract：RATIONALE:Tissue injury and repair involve highly conserved processes governed by mechanisms that can be co-opted in tumors. We hypothesized that soluble factors released during the repair response to lung injury would promote orthotopic tumor growth. OBJECTIVES:To determine whether lung injury promoted growth of orth...

journal_title：American journal of respiratory and critical care medicine

authors： Arenberg D,Luckhardt TR,Carskadon S,Zhao L,Amin MA,Koch AE

更新日期：2010-10-15 00:00:00

abstract：:Several studies have found that sleep deprivation reduces the hypercapnic ventilatory response (HCVR). Such results may have been affected by uncontrolled activities or environmental influences during the sleep deprivation period. The current study determined the "pure" effect of sleep deprivation on respiratory contr...

journal_title：American journal of respiratory and critical care medicine

authors： Spengler CM,Shea SA

更新日期：2000-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：RATIONALE:Pulmonary complications (PCs) cause significant morbidity and mortality after allogeneic hematopoietic stem cell transplantation (HCT). Shifts in gut microbiota have been linked to HCT outcomes; however, their effect on PCs is unknown. OBJECTIVES:To investigate whether changes in gut microbiota are associate...

journal_title：American journal of respiratory and critical care medicine

authors： Harris B,Morjaria SM,Littmann ER,Geyer AI,Stover DE,Barker JN,Giralt SA,Taur Y,Pamer EG

更新日期：2016-08-15 00:00:00

abstract：:In asthma, the acute increment of airway responsiveness caused by exposure to allergen is associated with influx of eosinophils into the airways. The relationship between chronic airway hyperresponsiveness and airway inflammation is unclear, as they do not change consistently following long-term anti-inflammatory trea...

journal_title：American journal of respiratory and critical care medicine

authors： Crimi E,Spanevello A,Neri M,Ind PW,Rossi GA,Brusasco V

更新日期：1998-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Lipoteichoic acids (LTA) and peptidoglycans (PepG) are major components of the cell walls of gram-positive bacteria that trigger inflammatory responses in vitro. To study the in vivo effects of LTA and PepG from Staphylococcus aureus in lungs and to determine the role of interleukin (IL)-6 herein, these compounds were...

journal_title：American journal of respiratory and critical care medicine

authors： Leemans JC,Vervoordeldonk MJ,Florquin S,van Kessel KP,van der Poll T

更新日期：2002-05-15 00:00:00

abstract：RATIONALE:E-cigarettes vaporize propylene glycol/vegetable glycerin (PG/VG), nicotine, and flavorings. However, the long-term health effects of exposing lungs to vaped e-liquids are unknown. OBJECTIVES:To determine the effects of chronic vaping on pulmonary epithelia. METHODS:We performed research bronchoscopies on h...

journal_title：American journal of respiratory and critical care medicine

authors： Ghosh A,Coakley RC,Mascenik T,Rowell TR,Davis ES,Rogers K,Webster MJ,Dang H,Herring LE,Sassano MF,Livraghi-Butrico A,Van Buren SK,Graves LM,Herman MA,Randell SH,Alexis NE,Tarran R

更新日期：2018-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Diseases of the respiratory tract are among the leading causes of death in the world population. Increasing evidence points to a key role of the innate immune system with its pattern recognition receptors (PRRs) in both infectious and noninfectious lung diseases, which include pneumonia, chronic obstructive pulmonary ...

journal_title：American journal of respiratory and critical care medicine

authors： Opitz B,van Laak V,Eitel J,Suttorp N

更新日期：2010-06-15 00:00:00

abstract：:Decreases in gastric mucosal pH (pHi) are associated with splanchnic hypoxia in animals and with increased mortality in patients. In the present study we measured changes in gastric pHi with a tonometer in septic patients after a short-term infusion of dobutamine. These changes were compared with concurrent alteration...

journal_title：American journal of respiratory and critical care medicine

authors： Gutierrez G,Clark C,Brown SD,Price K,Ortiz L,Nelson C

更新日期：1994-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Rationale: Diagnosis and monitoring of patients with pulmonary artery hypertension (PAH) is currently difficult.Objectives: We aimed to develop a noninvasive imaging modality for PAH that tracks the infiltration of macrophages into the pulmonary vasculature, using a positron emission tomography (PET) agent, 68Ga-2-(p-...

journal_title：American journal of respiratory and critical care medicine

authors： Park JB,Suh M,Park JY,Park JK,Kim YI,Kim H,Cho YS,Kang H,Kim K,Choi JH,Nam JW,Kim HK,Lee YS,Jeong JM,Kim YJ,Paeng JC,Lee SP

更新日期：2020-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Damage to the airway epithelium is one prominent feature of chronic asthma. Corticosteroids induce apoptosis in inflammatory cells, which in part explains their ability to suppress airway inflammation. However, corticosteroid therapy does not necessarily reverse epithelial damage. We hypothesized that corticosteroids ...

journal_title：American journal of respiratory and critical care medicine

authors： Dorscheid DR,Wojcik KR,Sun S,Marroquin B,White SR

更新日期：2001-11-15 00:00:00

abstract：:Glucocorticoids (GC) are the most effective anti-inflammatory drugs used in asthma. By a process called trans-activation, they increase the transcription of genes involved in either beneficial processes or certain side effects. Through trans-repression, they inhibit the transcription factors nuclear factor kappa B (NF...

journal_title：American journal of respiratory and critical care medicine

authors： Jaffuel D,Demoly P,Gougat C,Balaguer P,Mautino G,Godard P,Bousquet J,Mathieu M

更新日期：2000-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：RATIONALE:Neutrophils are key players in chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD), and increased numbers of neutrophils are present in sputum and lung tissue of patients with COPD. Interestingly, immunoglobulin free light chains (IgLC) are able to prolong the life of neutrophils; therefore, IgLC may contribute to t...

journal_title：American journal of respiratory and critical care medicine

authors： Braber S,Thio M,Blokhuis BR,Henricks PA,Koelink PJ,Groot Kormelink T,Bezemer GF,Kerstjens HA,Postma DS,Garssen J,Kraneveld AD,Redegeld FA,Folkerts G

更新日期：2012-04-15 00:00:00

abstract：:Daily symptom, peak expiratory flow rate (PEFR), and medication diaries are often used in clinical trials of treatments for asthma on the assumption that they provide a better estimate of clinical status than does a questionnaire completed in the clinic. We conducted a study with the aim of comparing the measurement p...

journal_title：American journal of respiratory and critical care medicine

authors： Juniper EF,O'Byrne PM,Ferrie PJ,King DR,Roberts JN

更新日期：2000-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This is a study of the reliability of peak expiratory flow (PEF) monitoring using a portable computerized peak flow meter, the VMX Mini-log, in 17 subjects referred for suspected occupational asthma. Subjects were requested to monitor their PEF six times daily using the VMX Mini-Log for 2 wk at work and at least 10 d ...

journal_title：American journal of respiratory and critical care medicine

authors： Quirce S,Contreras G,Dybuncio A,Chan-Yeung M

更新日期：1995-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Alveolar macrophages (AMs) are considered major effector cells in host defense against respiratory tract infections by virtue of their potent phagocytic properties. In addition, AMs may regulate the host inflammatory response to infection by production of cytokines and by their capacity to phagocytose apoptotic polymo...

journal_title：American journal of respiratory and critical care medicine

authors： Knapp S,Leemans JC,Florquin S,Branger J,Maris NA,Pater J,van Rooijen N,van der Poll T

更新日期：2003-01-15 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：:The aim of this study was to assess positive end-expiratory pressure (PEEP)-induced lung overdistension and alveolar recruitment in six patients with acute lung injury (ALI) using a computed tomographic (CT) scan method. Lung overdistension was first determined in six healthy volunteers in whom CT sections were obtain...

journal_title：American journal of respiratory and critical care medicine

authors： Vieira SR,Puybasset L,Richecoeur J,Lu Q,Cluzel P,Gusman PB,Coriat P,Rouby JJ

更新日期：1998-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In this case-control family study of sleep-disordered breathing (SDB), we describe the distributions of SDB and SDB risk factors in African-Americans and Caucasians. A total of 225 African-Americans and 622 Caucasians, ages 2 to 86 yr, recruited as members of families with an individual with known sleep apnea (85 inde...

journal_title：American journal of respiratory and critical care medicine

authors： Redline S,Tishler PV,Hans MG,Tosteson TD,Strohl KP,Spry K

更新日期：1997-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：RATIONALE:An increasing number of persons, exposed to high altitude for leisure, sport, or work, may suffer from severe high-altitude illness. OBJECTIVES:To assess, in a large cohort of subjects, the association between physiological parameters and the risk of altitude illness and their discrimination ability in a ris...

journal_title：American journal of respiratory and critical care medicine

authors： Richalet JP,Larmignat P,Poitrine E,Letournel M,Canouï-Poitrine F

更新日期：2012-01-15 00:00:00

abstract：RATIONALE:The airway surface liquid, the thin layer of liquid covering the airways, is essential for mucociliary clearance and as a barrier against microbial and other noxious agents. Proteins secreted into the airway surface liquid by epithelial and nonepithelial cells may be important in innate immunity and to improv...

journal_title：American journal of respiratory and critical care medicine

authors： Candiano G,Bruschi M,Pedemonte N,Caci E,Liberatori S,Bini L,Pellegrini C,Viganò M,O'Connor BJ,Lee TH,Galietta LJ,Zegarra-Moran O

更新日期：2005-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Rationale: Pulmonary arterial hypertension (PAH) is a life-shortening condition. The European Society of Cardiology and European Respiratory Society and the REVEAL (North American Registry to Evaluate Early and Long-Term PAH Disease Management) risk score calculator (REVEAL 2.0) identify thresholds to predict 1-year m...

journal_title：American journal of respiratory and critical care medicine

authors： Lewis RA,Johns CS,Cogliano M,Capener D,Tubman E,Elliot CA,Charalampopoulos A,Sabroe I,Thompson AAR,Billings CG,Hamilton N,Baster K,Laud PJ,Hickey PM,Middleton J,Armstrong IJ,Hurdman JA,Lawrie A,Rothman AMK,Wild JM,

更新日期：2020-02-15 00:00:00

abstract：:Four hundred forty-one subjects 34 to 69 yr of age were recruited from a random sample of the community. The sample was biased in favor of men, snorers, and subjects with subjective sleep complaints. They answered a questionnaire and were monitored in their homes for sleep-disordered breathing (SDB). This report conce...

journal_title：American journal of respiratory and critical care medicine

authors： Olson LG,King MT,Hensley MJ,Saunders NA

更新日期：1995-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：RATIONALE:Exhaled nitric oxide (NO) is a well-known marker of established airway inflammation in asthma. Its role in the disease process before the onset of respiratory symptoms remains unclear. OBJECTIVES:To examine whether elevated NO in newborns with clinically naive airways is associated with subsequent respirator...

journal_title：American journal of respiratory and critical care medicine

authors： Latzin P,Kuehni CE,Baldwin DN,Roiha HL,Casaulta C,Frey U

更新日期：2006-12-15 00:00:00