Prevention of gram-negative translocation reduces the severity of hepatopulmonary syndrome.

abstract：RATIONALE:Inhaled corticosteroids are commonly prescribed to patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD). OBJECTIVES:To examine whether these medications might be associated with an excess risk of pneumonia. METHODS:We conducted a nested case-control study within a cohort of patients with COPD from Que...

journal_title：American journal of respiratory and critical care medicine

authors： Ernst P,Gonzalez AV,Brassard P,Suissa S

更新日期：2007-07-15 00:00:00

abstract：:Current evidence suggests that patients with obstructive sleep apnea (OSA) may have augmented pharyngeal dilator muscle activity during wakefulness, to compensate for deficient anatomy. However, the isolated effect of sleep on the activity of these muscles (comparing OSA patients with controls) has not been studied. W...

journal_title：American journal of respiratory and critical care medicine

authors： Mezzanotte WS,Tangel DJ,White DP

更新日期：1996-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：RATIONALE:Although commonly used as the primary outcome measure of clinical trials in pulmonary arterial hypertension (PAH), the minimal important difference (MID) of the 6-minute walk test (6MWT) has not been well defined for this population of patients. OBJECTIVES:To estimate the MID in the 6MWT in patients with PAH...

journal_title：American journal of respiratory and critical care medicine

authors： Mathai SC,Puhan MA,Lam D,Wise RA

更新日期：2012-09-01 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:Roflumilast is a therapeutic agent in the treatment of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD). It has antiinflammatory effects; however, it is not known whether it can affect a biologic pathway implicated in COPD pathogenesis and progression. The self-propagating acetyl-proline-glycine-proline (AcPGP) p...

journal_title：American journal of respiratory and critical care medicine

authors： Wells JM,Jackson PL,Viera L,Bhatt SP,Gautney J,Handley G,King RW,Xu X,Gaggar A,Bailey WC,Dransfield MT,Blalock JE

更新日期：2015-10-15 00:00:00

abstract：RATIONALE:To identify infected contacts of tuberculosis (TB) cases, the UK National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (NICE) recommended the addition of IFN-γ release assays (IGRA) to the tuberculin skin test (TST) in its 2006 TB guidelines. Treatment for TB infection was no longer recommended for children who s...

journal_title：American journal of respiratory and critical care medicine

authors： Kampmann B,Seddon JA,Paton J,Nademi Z,Keane D,Williams B,Williams A,Liebeschutz S,Riddell A,Bernatoniene J,Patel S,Martinez N,McMaster P,Basu-Roy R,Welch SB

更新日期：2018-04-15 00:00:00

abstract：:Segmental bronchoprovocation (SBP) with allergen was used in an attempt to study eosinophils recruited to the airway 24 h after challenge. Unexpectedly, in the first four patients, neutrophils (rather than eosinophils) were recruited in the bronchoalveolar lavage (BAL) fluids, and we hypothesized that the allergen ext...

journal_title：American journal of respiratory and critical care medicine

authors： Hunt LW,Gleich GJ,Ohnishi T,Weiler DA,Mansfield ES,Kita H,Sur S

更新日期：1994-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Although transbronchial lung biopsy (TBBx) is widely acknowledged as the "gold standard" for diagnosis of acute rejection, controversy exists regarding the need to perform follow-up procedures. Over a 5-yr period, we performed 1,142 TBBx of which 173 were follow-up TBBx in 99 patients with pulmonary allograft rejectio...

journal_title：American journal of respiratory and critical care medicine

authors： Aboyoun CL,Tamm M,Chhajed PN,Hopkins P,Malouf MA,Rainer S,Glanville AR

更新日期：2001-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Reduced diaphragm contractility has been described in normal subjects after whole body endurance exercise, and it indicates low frequency fatigue (LFF); it is unknown whether LFF is of clinical importance. We therefore studied the effect of treadmill exercise to exhaustion on diaphragm contractility in six patients wi...

journal_title：American journal of respiratory and critical care medicine

authors： Polkey MI,Kyroussis D,Keilty SE,Hamnegard CH,Mills GH,Green M,Moxham J

更新日期：1995-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In this study, 12 male baboons were delivered by hysterotomy at 75% of gestation. The development of a nonlethal baboon model permitted a study of lung growth and development in long-term survivors. Control animals were ventilated with clinically appropriate oxygen for the 21 d study period. BPD animals were ventilate...

journal_title：American journal of respiratory and critical care medicine

authors： Coalson JJ,Winter V,deLemos RA

更新日期：1995-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Sensitive measures of lung function applicable to young subjects are needed to detect early cystic fibrosis (CF) lung disease. Forty children with CF aged 2 to 5 years and 37 age-matched healthy control subjects performed multiple-breath inert gas washout, plethysmography, and spirometry. Thirty children in each group...

journal_title：American journal of respiratory and critical care medicine

authors： Aurora P,Bush A,Gustafsson P,Oliver C,Wallis C,Price J,Stroobant J,Carr S,Stocks J,London Cystic Fibrosis Collaboration.

更新日期：2005-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This study aimed to examine the performance characteristics of four high-frequency oscillatory-type ventilators, using an in vitro model of the intubated neonatal respiratory system. Each ventilator was examined across its operative range of settings and at varying model lung compliance (C) and resistance. The oscilla...

journal_title：American journal of respiratory and critical care medicine

authors： Pillow JJ,Wilkinson MH,Neil HL,Ramsden CA

更新日期：2001-09-15 00:00:00

abstract：:11beta-hydroxysteroid dehydrogenases (11beta-HSD) are responsible for the conversion of bioactive glucocorticoids to and from inactive metabolites. 11beta-HSD2 is generally considered a high-affinity inactivator of natural glucocorticoids, although its activity with synthetic compounds in vivo is unknown. Inhaled cort...

journal_title：American journal of respiratory and critical care medicine

authors： Orsida BE,Krozowski ZS,Walters EH

更新日期：2002-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：RATIONALE:Limited information exists on the prevalence of tuberculosis and adequacy of case finding in African populations with high rates of HIV. OBJECTIVES:To estimate the prevalence of bacteriologically confirmed pulmonary tuberculosis (PTB) and the fraction attributable to HIV, and to evaluate case detection. MET...

journal_title：American journal of respiratory and critical care medicine

authors： van't Hoog AH,Laserson KF,Githui WA,Meme HK,Agaya JA,Odeny LO,Muchiri BG,Marston BJ,DeCock KM,Borgdorff MW

更新日期：2011-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Exogenous surfactant therapy is not standard in the acute respiratory distress syndrome (ARDS) because of a lack of proven benefit. Nonuniform surfactant distribution after either bolus or aerosol administration may be an important factor limiting response. In a previous study of acute lung injury, we demonstrated tha...

journal_title：American journal of respiratory and critical care medicine

authors： Balaraman V,Meister J,Ku TL,Sood SL,Tam E,Killeen J,Uyehara CF,Egan E,Easa D

更新日期：1998-07-01 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：:Airway pathology has been extensively investigated in adulthood asthma, whereas only few studies examined bronchial biopsies in childhood asthma. To evaluate the airway pathology in children with asthma, we analyzed bronchial biopsies obtained from 23 children undergoing bronchoscopy for clinical indications other tha...

journal_title：American journal of respiratory and critical care medicine

authors： Barbato A,Turato G,Baraldo S,Bazzan E,Calabrese F,Tura M,Zuin R,Beghe B,Maestrelli P,Fabbri LM,Saetta M

更新日期：2003-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Granulocyte-macrophage colony-stimulating factor (GM-CSF) is used to ameliorate neutropenia in patients after antineoplastic treatment. It has also been suggested as an adjunct treatment in septic patients; however, the recruitment and priming of leukocytes by GM-CSF bears the hazard of a hyperinflammatory response. I...

journal_title：American journal of respiratory and critical care medicine

authors： Wollin L,Uhlig S,Nüsing R,Wendel A

更新日期：2001-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Rationale: Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) has been associated with numerous genetic variants, yet the extent to which its genetic risk is mediated by variation in lung structure remains unknown.Objectives: To characterize associations between a genetic risk score (GRS) associated with COPD susceptibility...

journal_title：American journal of respiratory and critical care medicine

authors： Oelsner EC,Ortega VE,Smith BM,Nguyen JN,Manichaikul AW,Hoffman EA,Guo X,Taylor KD,Woodruff PG,Couper DJ,Hansel NN,Martinez FJ,Paine R 3rd,Han MK,Cooper C,Dransfield MT,Criner G,Krishnan JA,Bowler R,Bleecker ER,Pet

更新日期：2019-09-15 00:00:00

abstract：:Alkaline phosphatase (ALP) in lung lavage fluids is a marker of tissue damage and type II cell proliferation. Type II pneumocytes are extensively involved in fibrosis. The aim of our study was to verify whether local ALP activity can be held as a marker of fibrosis in chronic interstitial lung disorders. ALP was deter...

journal_title：American journal of respiratory and critical care medicine

authors： Capelli A,Lusuardi M,Cerutti CG,Donner CF

更新日期：1997-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:To test whether the leukotriene antagonist ONO-1078 (pranlukast) prevents asthma exacerbations during reduction of high-dose inhaled corticosteroid, we conducted a randomized, double-blind, placebo-controlled study in 79 asthma patients requiring high doses (1,500 microg/d or more) of inhaled beclomethasone dipropiona...

journal_title：American journal of respiratory and critical care medicine

authors： Tamaoki J,Kondo M,Sakai N,Nakata J,Takemura H,Nagai A,Takizawa T,Konno K

更新日期：1997-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The human pleural space is lined by a single layer of mesothelial cells, the intracellular pH (pH(i)) of which has never been investigated. In the present study, the intrinsic buffering power of H+ ions (beta(i)) and the pH(i) regulatory systems were investigated in primary cultures of human pleural mesothelial cells ...

journal_title：American journal of respiratory and critical care medicine

authors： Liaw YS,Yang PC,Yu CJ,Kuo SH,Luh KT,Lin YJ,Wu ML

更新日期：1997-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The relative roles of mucus plugs and emphysema in mechanisms of airflow limitation and hypoxemia in smokers with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) are uncertain. METHODS:We analyzed computed tomography (CT) lung images and lung function in participants in the Subpopulations and Intermediate Outc...

journal_title：American journal of respiratory and critical care medicine

authors： Dunican EM,Elicker BM,Henry T,Gierada DS,Schiebler ML,Anderson W,Barjaktarevic I,Barr RG,Bleecker ER,Boucher RC,Bowler RP,Christenson SA,Comellas A,Cooper CB,Couper D,Criner GJ,Dransfield M,Doerschuk CM,Drummond MB,

更新日期：2020-11-12 00:00:00

abstract：:Quality of life has been found to be impaired both in patients with asthma and in patients with allergic rhinitis, but the relative burden of these diseases has not been investigated. We analyzed answers to the SF-36 questionnaire from 850 subjects recruited in two French centers participating in the European Communit...

journal_title：American journal of respiratory and critical care medicine

authors： Leynaert B,Neukirch C,Liard R,Bousquet J,Neukirch F

更新日期：2000-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：RATIONALE:Idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis (IPF) is a progressive, fatal interstitial lung disease (ILD) characterized by abnormal extracellular matrix (ECM) remodeling. We hypothesized that ECM remodeling might result in a plasma profile of proteins specific for IPF that could distinguish patients with IPF from other idi...

journal_title：American journal of respiratory and critical care medicine

authors： White ES,Xia M,Murray S,Dyal R,Flaherty CM,Flaherty KR,Moore BB,Cheng L,Doyle TJ,Villalba J,Dellaripa PF,Rosas IO,Kurtis JD,Martinez FJ

更新日期：2016-11-15 00:00:00

abstract：RATIONALE:Density-based morphometric studies have demonstrated decreased capillary density in infants with bronchopulmonary dysplasia (BPD) and in BPD-like animal models, leading to the prevailing view that microvascular development is disrupted in BPD. OBJECTIVE:To perform a comprehensive analysis of the early and la...

journal_title：American journal of respiratory and critical care medicine

authors： De Paepe ME,Mao Q,Powell J,Rubin SE,DeKoninck P,Appel N,Dixon M,Gundogan F

更新日期：2006-01-15 00:00:00

abstract：:In humans, respiratory viral infections lead to increased airway responsiveness and exacerbations of asthma. In the present study, the role of interleukin-5 (IL-5) in virus-induced airway hyperresponsiveness and inflammation was examined in guinea pigs. In animals treated with control antibody, parainfluenza-3 virus s...

journal_title：American journal of respiratory and critical care medicine

authors： van Oosterhout AJ,van Ark I,Folkerts G,van der Linde HJ,Savelkoul HF,Verheyen AK,Nijkamp FP

更新日期：1995-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The epithelium of the paranasal sinuses produces nitric oxide (NO), which probably plays a major role in the nonspecific defense of these cavities through its bacteriostatic and cilia motility stimulation properties. Abundant eosinophils of nasal polyps potentially generate superoxide anion (O2-*), but NO and O2-* ina...

journal_title：American journal of respiratory and critical care medicine

authors： Pasto M,Serrano E,Urocoste E,Barbacanne MA,Guissani A,Didier A,Delisle MB,Rami J,Arnal JF

更新日期：2001-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Historically, infections caused by Mycobacterium tuberculosis have been treated simultaneously with isoniazid and rifampin. As a consequence of this combined therapy, strains resistant only to rifampin were rarely recovered. However, recently there has been an increasing number of reports describing HIV-positive patie...

journal_title：American journal of respiratory and critical care medicine

authors： Lutfey M,Della-Latta P,Kapur V,Palumbo LA,Gurner D,Stotzky G,Brudney K,Dobkin J,Moss A,Musser JM,Kreiswirth BN

更新日期：1996-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：RATIONALE:Brief recurrent apneas in preterm infants and adults can precipitate rapid and severe arterial O(2) desaturation for reasons that remain unclear. OBJECTIVES:We tested a mathematically derived hypothesis that when breathing terminates apnea, mixed-venous hypoxemia continues into the subsequent apnea; as a res...

journal_title：American journal of respiratory and critical care medicine

authors： Sands SA,Edwards BA,Kelly VJ,Skuza EM,Davidson MR,Wilkinson MH,Berger PJ

更新日期：2010-10-01 00:00:00