A randomized controlled trial of intravenous montelukast in acute asthma.

abstract：:To elucidate the apparent contradictions in vascular remodeling in the lungs of patients with idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis, we evaluated alveolar vascularity in relation to the various degrees of fibrosis in surgically biopsied lungs of usual interstitial pneumonia. Alveolar capillary endothelial cells were intensely...

journal_title：American journal of respiratory and critical care medicine

authors： Ebina M,Shimizukawa M,Shibata N,Kimura Y,Suzuki T,Endo M,Sasano H,Kondo T,Nukiwa T

更新日期：2004-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:E-selectin, an early mediator of leukocyte-endothelial adhesion, is expressed on activated endothelium. Soluble E-selectin is present in the supernatant of cytokine-activated endothelial cells and elevated serum levels are found in a variety of inflammatory conditions. We documented elevated E-selectin serum levels in...

journal_title：American journal of respiratory and critical care medicine

authors： Cummings CJ,Sessler CN,Beall LD,Fisher BJ,Best AM,Fowler AA 3rd

更新日期：1997-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：RATIONALE:The acute respiratory distress syndrome is a significant cause of morbidity and mortality in critically ill patients. Angiopoietin-1 (Ang-1), a ligand for the endothelial Tie2 receptor, is an endothelial survival and vascular stabilization factor that reduces endothelial permeability and inhibits leukocyte-en...

journal_title：American journal of respiratory and critical care medicine

authors： McCarter SD,Mei SH,Lai PF,Zhang QW,Parker CH,Suen RS,Hood RD,Zhao YD,Deng Y,Han RN,Dumont DJ,Stewart DJ

更新日期：2007-05-15 00:00:00

abstract：:To investigate interactions between the endothelium and leukocytes in patients with sepsis, we measured soluble adhesion molecules (sE-selectin and sICAM-1), von Willebrand factor antigen (vWf:Ag), myeloperoxidase (MPO), and lactoferrin (Lacto-f) as plasma markers of endothelial and neutrophil activation. We tested wh...

journal_title：American journal of respiratory and critical care medicine

authors： Kayal S,Jaïs JP,Aguini N,Chaudière J,Labrousse J

更新日期：1998-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Airway smooth muscle (ASM) accumulation and enrichment of the extracellular matrix (ECM) with type I collagen and fibronectin are major pathologic features of airway remodeling in asthma. These ECM components confer enhanced ASM proliferation in vitro, but a requirement for specific integrin ECM receptors has not been...

journal_title：American journal of respiratory and critical care medicine

authors： Nguyen TT,Ward JP,Hirst SJ

更新日期：2005-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Previous studies have shown an increased number of inflammatory cells and, in particular, CD8+ve cells in the airways of smokers with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD). In this study we investigated whether a similar inflammatory process is also present in the lungs, and particularly in lung parenchyma and ...

journal_title：American journal of respiratory and critical care medicine

authors： Saetta M,Baraldo S,Corbino L,Turato G,Braccioni F,Rea F,Cavallesco G,Tropeano G,Mapp CE,Maestrelli P,Ciaccia A,Fabbri LM

更新日期：1999-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：RATIONALE:Secondary bacterial infection following rhinovirus (RV) infection has been recognized in chronic obstructive pulmonary disease. OBJECTIVES:We sought to understand mechanisms by which RV infection facilitates secondary bacterial infection. METHODS:Primary human airway epithelial cells grown at air-liquid int...

journal_title：American journal of respiratory and critical care medicine

authors： Sajjan U,Wang Q,Zhao Y,Gruenert DC,Hershenson MB

更新日期：2008-12-15 00:00:00

abstract：RATIONALE:The impact of asthma on chronic lung function deficits is well known. However, there has been little study of ethnic differences in these asthma-associated deficits. OBJECTIVES:To examine whether there are ethnic differences in the effects of asthma on children's lung function. METHODS:We evaluated the impa...

journal_title：American journal of respiratory and critical care medicine

authors： Zhang Y,McConnell R,Gilliland F,Berhane K

更新日期：2011-03-01 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：: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: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:Mitochondria have important roles in intracellular energy generation, modulation of apoptosis, and redox-dependent intracellular signaling. Although reactive oxygen species (ROS) participate in the regulation of intracellular signaling pathways, including activation of nuclear factor (NF)-kappaB, there is onl...

journal_title：American journal of respiratory and critical care medicine

authors： Zmijewski JW,Lorne E,Zhao X,Tsuruta Y,Sha Y,Liu G,Siegal GP,Abraham E

更新日期：2008-07-15 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：:The purpose of the present study is twofold: to evaluate alterations in total phospholipid content and individual phospholipid classes of the surfactant, and to detect markers of inflammatory reaction in bronchoalveolar lavage (BAL) from patients with hydrostatic pulmonary edema (HPE). Mechanically ventilated patients...

journal_title：American journal of respiratory and critical care medicine

authors： Nakos G,Pneumatikos J,Tsangaris I,Tellis C,Lekka M

更新日期：1997-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Based on serial lung function measurements performed in 142 children (68 males; 74 females) with cystic fibrosis (CF), prospectively evaluated over an age range of 6 to 20 years, we attempted to determine whether the lung clearance index (LCI) as a measure of ventilation inhomogeneities could be a discriminating facto...

journal_title：American journal of respiratory and critical care medicine

authors： Kraemer R,Blum A,Schibler A,Ammann RA,Gallati S

更新日期：2005-02-15 00:00:00

abstract：RATIONALE:Increased thickness of the airway smooth muscle (ASM) layer in asthma may result from hyperplasia or hypertrophy of muscle cells or increased extracellular matrix (ECM). OBJECTIVES:To relate ASM hypertrophy, ASM hyperplasia, and deposition of ECM to the severity and duration of asthma. METHODS:Airways from ...

journal_title：American journal of respiratory and critical care medicine

authors： James AL,Elliot JG,Jones RL,Carroll ML,Mauad T,Bai TR,Abramson MJ,McKay KO,Green FH

更新日期：2012-05-15 00:00:00

abstract：:A continuously mixed series of microbial communities inhabits various points of the respiratory tract, with community composition determined by distance from colonization sources, colonization rates, and extinction rates. Ecology and evolution theory developed in the context of biogeography is relevant to clinical mic...

journal_title：American journal of respiratory and critical care medicine

authors： Whiteson KL,Bailey B,Bergkessel M,Conrad D,Delhaes L,Felts B,Harris JK,Hunter R,Lim YW,Maughan H,Quinn R,Salamon P,Sullivan J,Wagner BD,Rainey PB

更新日期：2014-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The role of nitric oxide (NO) in the host-defense against human tuberculosis (TB) is controversial. Although experimental evidence indicates that NO may play an important role in controlling TB, its expression in human tuberculous lungs has not been systematically characterized. We therefore investigated the expressio...

journal_title：American journal of respiratory and critical care medicine

authors： Choi HS,Rai PR,Chu HW,Cool C,Chan ED

更新日期：2002-07-15 00:00:00

abstract：:In addition to its central role in hemostasis, thrombin may play a role in inflammation and remodeling. To investigate the contribution of thrombin to allergic airway inflammation in asthma, we used an enzymatic assay to determine thrombin activity in bronchoalveolar lavage fluid obtained from 19 subjects with atopic ...

journal_title：American journal of respiratory and critical care medicine

authors： Terada M,Kelly EA,Jarjour NN

更新日期：2004-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:To investigate whether the magnitude of blood flow contributes to ventilator-induced lung injury, 14 sets of isolated rabbit lungs were randomized for perfusion at either 300 (Group A: n = 7) or 900 ml/ min (Group B: n = 7) while ventilated with 30 cm H2O peak static pressure. Control lungs (Group C: n = 7) were venti...

journal_title：American journal of respiratory and critical care medicine

authors： Broccard AF,Hotchkiss JR,Kuwayama N,Olson DA,Jamal S,Wangensteen DO,Marini JJ

更新日期：1998-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Survival is linked to the histopathologic distinction between usual interstitial pneumonia (UIP) and nonspecific interstitial pneumonia (NSIP), the most commonly encountered fibrotic idiopathic interstitial pneumonia. We retrospectively compared the prognostic significance of histopathologic diagnoses, baseline pulmon...

journal_title：American journal of respiratory and critical care medicine

authors： Latsi PI,du Bois RM,Nicholson AG,Colby TV,Bisirtzoglou D,Nikolakopoulou A,Veeraraghavan S,Hansell DM,Wells AU

更新日期：2003-09-01 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：:Human T lymphotropic virus type I (HTLV-I) is the etiological agent of adult T cell leukemia, and reports suggest that several other clinical conditions are associated with HTLV-I infection, including myelopathy and inflammatory pulmonary diseases. However, the clinical entity of HTLV-I-associated lung disease remains...

journal_title：American journal of respiratory and critical care medicine

authors： Kawakami K,Miyazato A,Iwakura Y,Saito A

更新日期：1999-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:To investigate patterns of testing for human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) infection in tuberculosis patients, we obtained data from the tuberculosis registry and from medical records of 500 tuberculosis patients in Los Angeles County. Sixty-three percent of tuberculosis patients were tested for HIV infection, and mult...

journal_title：American journal of respiratory and critical care medicine

authors： Asch SM,London AS,Barnes PF,Gelberg L

更新日期：1997-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The upper airway undergoes progressive changes during childhood. Using magnetic resonance imaging (MRI), we studied the growth relationships of the tissues surrounding the upper airway (bone and soft tissues) in 92 normal children (47% males; range, 1 to 11 yr) who underwent brain MRI. None had symptoms of sleep-disor...

journal_title：American journal of respiratory and critical care medicine

authors： Arens R,McDonough JM,Corbin AM,Hernandez ME,Maislin G,Schwab RJ,Pack AI

更新日期：2002-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The plasma level of fibrinogen is felt to be an independent risk factor for vascular events. Obstructive sleep apnea (OSA) has a high prevalence in patients with stroke and may also be an independent risk factor. The aim of our study was to determine the association between OSA and plasma levels of fibrinogen in patie...

journal_title：American journal of respiratory and critical care medicine

authors： Wessendorf TE,Thilmann AF,Wang YM,Schreiber A,Konietzko N,Teschler H

更新日期：2000-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The role of lipoxygenase metabolites in the pathogenesis of endotoxin (LPS)-induced lung injury remains to be clarified. We investigated the contribution of peptide leukotrienes to LPS-induced acute lung injury using a potent antagonist, ONO-1078 (ONO). Experimental groups consisted of a saline group (n = 10), an LPS ...

journal_title：American journal of respiratory and critical care medicine

authors： Ishizaka A,Hasegawa N,Sakamaki F,Tasaka S,Nakamura H,Kishikawa K,Yamada A,Obata T,Sayama K,Urano T

更新日期：1994-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：RATIONALE:Acute lung injury is a common complication after severe trauma, which predisposes patients to multiple organ failure. This syndrome largely accounts for the late mortality that arises and despite many theories, the pathological mechanism is not fully understood. Discovery of histone-induced toxicity in mice p...

journal_title：American journal of respiratory and critical care medicine

authors： Abrams ST,Zhang N,Manson J,Liu T,Dart C,Baluwa F,Wang SS,Brohi K,Kipar A,Yu W,Wang G,Toh CH

更新日期：2013-01-15 00:00:00

abstract：:Rationale: Recent retrospective evidence suggests the efficacy of early norepinephrine administration during resuscitation; however, prospective data to support this assertion are scarce. Objectives: To conduct a phase II trial evaluating the hypothesis that early low-dose norepinephrine in adults with sepsis with hyp...

journal_title：American journal of respiratory and critical care medicine

authors： Permpikul C,Tongyoo S,Viarasilpa T,Trainarongsakul T,Chakorn T,Udompanturak S

更新日期：2019-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：RATIONALE:Exacerbation of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease commonly causes hospitalization. The change in lung mechanics during exacerbation and its relationship to symptoms in spontaneously breathing individuals has not been described. OBJECTIVE:We hypothesized that changes in both airflow and lung volumes would...

journal_title：American journal of respiratory and critical care medicine

authors： Stevenson NJ,Walker PP,Costello RW,Calverley PM

更新日期：2005-12-15 00:00:00