Pneumococcal meningitis in the intensive care unit: prognostic factors of clinical outcome in a series of 80 cases.

abstract：:Poor adherence to medication regimens may be contributing to the recent increase in asthma morbidity and mortality. We examined patient characteristics that may influence adherence to twice-daily inhaled steroid regimens. Fifty adults with moderate to severe asthma completed questionnaires examining sociodemographics,...

journal_title：American journal of respiratory and critical care medicine

authors： Apter AJ,Reisine ST,Affleck G,Barrows E,ZuWallack RL

更新日期：1998-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Allergen inhalation challenge is associated with increases in eosinophil number and activation, and provides a useful model for investigating airway inflammation in asthma. Limited information, however, is available on the effect of allergen challenge on cytokines regulating eosinophil function. We investigated allerg...

journal_title：American journal of respiratory and critical care medicine

authors： Woolley KL,Adelroth E,Woolley MJ,Ellis R,Jordana M,O'Byrne PM

更新日期：1995-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：RATIONALE:Plasma transfusions are frequently prescribed for critically ill children, although their indications lack a strong evidence base. Plasma transfusions are largely driven by physician conceptions of need, and these are poorly documented in pediatric intensive care patients. OBJECTIVES:To identify patient char...

journal_title：American journal of respiratory and critical care medicine

authors： Karam O,Demaret P,Shefler A,Leteurtre S,Spinella PC,Stanworth SJ,Tucci M,Canadian Critical Care Trials Group (CCCTG).,Pediatric Acute Lung Injury and Sepsis Investigators (PALISI).,BloodNet.,PlasmaTV Investigators.

更新日期：2015-06-15 00:00:00

abstract：:In unilateral lung injury, application of global positive end-expiratory pressure (PEEP) may cause overdistension of normal alveoli and redistribution of blood flow to diseased lung areas, thereby worsening oxygenation. We hypothesized that selective application of tracheal gas insufflation (TGI) will recruit the inju...

journal_title：American journal of respiratory and critical care medicine

authors： Blanch L,Van der Kloot TE,Youngblood AM,Murias G,Naveira A,Adams AB,Romero PV,Nahum A

更新日期：2001-08-15 00:00:00

abstract：RATIONALE:The immune response in sepsis is characterized by overt immune dysfunction. Studies indicate immunostimulation represents a viable therapy for patients. One study suggests a potentially protective role for interleukin 5 (IL-5) in sepsis; however, the loss of eosinophils in this disease presents a paradox. OB...

journal_title：American journal of respiratory and critical care medicine

authors： Linch SN,Danielson ET,Kelly AM,Tamakawa RA,Lee JJ,Gold JA

更新日期：2012-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：RATIONALE:Vitamin D has been shown to be involved in the host immune response toward Mycobacterium tuberculosis. OBJECTIVES:To test whether vitamin D supplementation of patients with tuberculosis (TB) improved clinical outcome and reduced mortality. METHODS:We conducted a randomized, double-blind, placebo-controlled ...

journal_title：American journal of respiratory and critical care medicine

authors： Wejse C,Gomes VF,Rabna P,Gustafson P,Aaby P,Lisse IM,Andersen PL,Glerup H,Sodemann M

更新日期：2009-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：RATIONALE:In the absence of a surgical lung biopsy, patients diagnosed with idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis (IPF) in clinical practice could participate in the INPULSIS trials of nintedanib if they had honeycombing and/or traction bronchiectasis plus reticulation, without atypical features of usual interstitial pneumonia...

journal_title：American journal of respiratory and critical care medicine

authors： Raghu G,Wells AU,Nicholson AG,Richeldi L,Flaherty KR,Le Maulf F,Stowasser S,Schlenker-Herceg R,Hansell DM

更新日期：2017-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：RATIONALE:The serial computed tomography findings and prognosis of the acute exacerbation of idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis (IPF) are not yet well defined in a larger number of cases. OBJECTIVES:To evaluate the parenchymal abnormalities and prognosis using high-resolution computed tomography (HRCT) in acute exacerbatio...

journal_title：American journal of respiratory and critical care medicine

authors： Akira M,Kozuka T,Yamamoto S,Sakatani M

更新日期：2008-08-15 00:00:00

abstract：:Diabetes mellitus has been inconsistently associated with a reduced level of pulmonary function. To elucidate this association further, we analyzed the relationship of diabetes and of fasting blood glucose to the level of pulmonary function assessed by spirometry in the 3,254 members of the Framingham Offspring Cohort...

journal_title：American journal of respiratory and critical care medicine

authors： Walter RE,Beiser A,Givelber RJ,O'Connor GT,Gottlieb DJ

更新日期：2003-03-15 00:00:00

abstract：:To gain insight into the source of exhaled nitric oxide (NO) in normal humans, we examined the effects of respiratory pattern on the concentration of NO in exhaled air while subjects were wearing a noseclip and then under endotracheal intubation, using a specially designed gas sampling system to separate exhaled air i...

journal_title：American journal of respiratory and critical care medicine

authors： Tsujino I,Miyamoto K,Nishimura M,Shinano H,Makita H,Saito S,Nakano T,Kawakami Y

更新日期：1996-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：RATIONALE:Th2 cytokines play an important role in allergic diseases. These cytokines activate signal transduction pathways, including Janus kinase/signal transducer and activator of transcription (STAT) signaling. Although the suppressor of cytokine signaling (SOCS) family protein, a negative regulator of the Janus kin...

journal_title：American journal of respiratory and critical care medicine

authors： Fukuyama S,Nakano T,Matsumoto T,Oliver BG,Burgess JK,Moriwaki A,Tanaka K,Kubo M,Hoshino T,Tanaka H,McKenzie AN,Matsumoto K,Aizawa H,Nakanishi Y,Yoshimura A,Black JL,Inoue H

更新日期：2009-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We used various ovalbumin sensitization and challenge protocols to determine the importance of the route of allergen administration and the genetic background in modulating the physiologic, inflammatory, and immunologic features characteristic of allergen-induced asthma. In BALB/c mice, induction of maximal airway hyp...

journal_title：American journal of respiratory and critical care medicine

authors： Zhang Y,Lamm WJ,Albert RK,Chi EY,Henderson WR Jr,Lewis DB

更新日期：1997-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The number and significance of airway eosinophils in stable COPD is controversial. Aims of this study were to evaluate airway inflammation in patients with stable COPD compared with other groups, and to examine the correlations between inflammatory markers and functional indices of airway obstruction. Cellular analysi...

journal_title：American journal of respiratory and critical care medicine

authors： Balzano G,Stefanelli F,Iorio C,De Felice A,Melillo EM,Martucci M,Melillo G

更新日期：1999-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：RATIONALE:Pure oxygen causes more oxidative stress than room air in resuscitation of asphyctic neonates, and consequently could be associated with increased tissue damage. OBJECTIVES:To compare damage caused to heart and kidneys on reoxygenation in severely asphyctic term neonates resuscitated with room air (RAR) or 1...

journal_title：American journal of respiratory and critical care medicine

authors： Vento M,Sastre J,Asensi MA,Viña J

更新日期：2005-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：RATIONALE:The effect of graft ischemic time on early graft function and long-term survival of patients who underwent lung transplantation remains controversial. Consequently, graft ischemic time has not been incorporated in the decision-making process at the time of graft acceptance. OBJECTIVES:To investigate the rela...

journal_title：American journal of respiratory and critical care medicine

authors： Thabut G,Mal H,Cerrina J,Dartevelle P,Dromer C,Velly JF,Stern M,Loirat P,Lesèche G,Bertocchi M,Mornex JF,Haloun A,Despins P,Pison C,Blin D,Reynaud-Gaubert M

更新日期：2005-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：RATIONALE:Sarcoidosis is a complex inflammatory disease with a heterogeneous clinical picture. Among others, an acute and chronic clinical course can be distinguished, for which specific genetic risk factors are known. OBJECTIVES:To identify additional risk loci for sarcoidosis and its acute and chronic subforms, we a...

journal_title：American journal of respiratory and critical care medicine

authors： Fischer A,Schmid B,Ellinghaus D,Nothnagel M,Gaede KI,Schürmann M,Lipinski S,Rosenstiel P,Zissel G,Höhne K,Petrek M,Kolek V,Pabst S,Grohé C,Grunewald J,Ronninger M,Eklund A,Padyukov L,Gieger C,Wichmann HE,Nebel A,

更新日期：2012-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The relationships between mite and cat allergen levels in the home, skin test reactivity, and severity of asthma were explored in 120 asthmatic subjects, 57 in Vancouver and 63 in Winnipeg. Patients in the two cities were similar in age, gender distribution, and severity of asthma. Skin tests were performed using 13 c...

journal_title：American journal of respiratory and critical care medicine

authors： Chan-Yeung M,Manfreda J,Dimich-Ward H,Lam J,Ferguson A,Warren P,Simons E,Broder I,Chapman M,Platts-Mills T

更新日期：1995-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Airway remodeling may lead to irreversible loss of lung function in asthma. The impact of childhood asthma, airway responsiveness, atopy, and smoking on airway remodeling was investigated in a birth cohort studied longitudinally to age 26. A low postbronchodilator ratio of forced exhaled volume in 1 second (FEV1) to v...

journal_title：American journal of respiratory and critical care medicine

authors： Rasmussen F,Taylor DR,Flannery EM,Cowan JO,Greene JM,Herbison GP,Sears MR

更新日期：2002-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：RATIONALE:Mast cells have important roles in innate immunity and tissue remodeling but have remained poorly studied in inflammatory airway diseases like chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD). OBJECTIVES:To perform a detailed histological characterization of human lung mast cell populations at different severiti...

journal_title：American journal of respiratory and critical care medicine

authors： Andersson CK,Mori M,Bjermer L,Löfdahl CG,Erjefält JS

更新日期：2010-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：RATIONALE:Although research supports a sleep-disordered breathing and atrial fibrillation association, prospective data examining sleep-disordered breathing predicting incident atrial fibrillation are lacking. OBJECTIVES:To investigate sleep-disordered breathing indices as predictors of incident atrial fibrillation. ...

journal_title：American journal of respiratory and critical care medicine

authors： May AM,Blackwell T,Stone PH,Stone KL,Cawthon PM,Sauer WH,Varosy PD,Redline S,Mehra R,MrOS Sleep (Outcomes of Sleep Disorders in Older Men) Study Group.

更新日期：2016-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Induced sputum using hypertonic saline (HS) is a useful research tool to study airway inflammation (AI). HS provocation testing can also be used to measure airway hyperresponsiveness (AHR). A combined HS challenge and sputum induction procedure has been developed to permit assessment of AI and AHR in a single test. Th...

journal_title：American journal of respiratory and critical care medicine

authors： Jones PD,Hankin R,Simpson J,Gibson PG,Henry RL

更新日期：2001-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：RATIONALE:A loss of function mutation in the cystic fibrosis transmembrane conductance regulator gene is believed to be an independent risk factor for bone disease in patients with cystic fibrosis. OBJECTIVES:The objective of this work was to use congenic mice as a preclinical model to examine the bone phenotype of Cf...

journal_title：American journal of respiratory and critical care medicine

authors： Haston CK,Li W,Li A,Lafleur M,Henderson JE

更新日期：2008-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The role of immunoglobulin E (IgE) in the development and course of impaired ventilatory function and chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) required further study. This role has been examined in the longitudinal Tucson Epidemiological Study of Airways Obstructive Disease, which started in 1972. The association ...

journal_title：American journal of respiratory and critical care medicine

authors： Sherrill DL,Lebowitz MD,Halonen M,Barbee RA,Burrows B

更新日期：1995-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：RATIONALE:Chronic infection with Pseudomonas aeruginosa is associated with an increased exacerbation frequency, a more rapid decline in lung function, and increased mortality in patients with bronchiectasis. OBJECTIVES:To perform a randomized placebo-controlled study assessing the efficacy and safety of inhaled colist...

journal_title：American journal of respiratory and critical care medicine

authors： Haworth CS,Foweraker JE,Wilkinson P,Kenyon RF,Bilton D

更新日期：2014-04-15 00:00:00

abstract：RATIONALE:Exhaled carbon monoxide (CO) and arterial blood carboxyhemoglobin concentrations (Hb-CO) increase in inflammatory pulmonary diseases. OBJECTIVES:To study whether arterial Hb-CO is useful to monitor disease activity in patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) who had stopped smoking. METHOD...

journal_title：American journal of respiratory and critical care medicine

authors： Yasuda H,Yamaya M,Nakayama K,Ebihara S,Sasaki T,Okinaga S,Inoue D,Asada M,Nemoto M,Sasaki H

更新日期：2005-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Rationale: Hyperlactatemia in sepsis may derive from a prevalent impairment of oxygen supply/demand and/or oxygen use. Discriminating between these two mechanisms may be relevant for the early fluid resuscitation strategy.Objectives: To understand the relationship among central venous oxygen saturation (ScvO2), lactat...

journal_title：American journal of respiratory and critical care medicine

authors： Gattinoni L,Vasques F,Camporota L,Meessen J,Romitti F,Pasticci I,Duscio E,Vassalli F,Forni LG,Payen D,Cressoni M,Zanella A,Latini R,Quintel M,Marini JJ

更新日期：2019-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The low-affinity IgG Fc receptor, FcgammaRIIB, displays inhibitory potential in experimental models such as autoimmune diseases. However, whether this receptor is involved in the onset of allergic diseases remains unknown. This study examines the role of FcgammaRIIB in the initiation of allergic rhinitis in mice. Repe...

journal_title：American journal of respiratory and critical care medicine

authors： Watanabe T,Okano M,Hattori H,Yoshino T,Ohno N,Ohta N,Sugata Y,Orita Y,Takai T,Nishizaki K

更新日期：2004-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Dobutamine has been proposed as a means of disclosing a pathologic oxygen supply (DO2) dependency in critically ill patients. Like other catecholamines, however, dobutamine might increase cellular metabolism, so that oxygen consumption (VO2) would increase regardless of the presence or absence of a supply dependency. ...

journal_title：American journal of respiratory and critical care medicine

authors： De Backer D,Moraine JJ,Berre J,Kahn RJ,Vincent JL

更新日期：1994-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Most randomized trials in critical care report no mortality benefit; this may reflect competing pathogenic mechanisms, patient heterogeneity, or true ineffectiveness of interventions. We hypothesize that in acute respiratory distress syndrome (ARDS), randomizing only those patients who show a favorable physiological r...

journal_title：American journal of respiratory and critical care medicine

authors： Goligher EC,Kavanagh BP,Rubenfeld GD,Ferguson ND

更新日期：2015-12-15 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