Patients with active tuberculosis often have different strains in the same sputum specimen.

abstract：:Human neutrophil elastase (HNE), an enzyme secreted by activated neutrophils, can bind to and degrade extracellular matrix including human lung elastin. This protease is believed to play an important role in several destructive processes including pulmonary emphysema. In this study, we hypothesized that an alveolar ma...

journal_title：American journal of respiratory and critical care medicine

authors： Fujita J,Sköld CM,Daughton DM,Ertl RF,Takahara J,Rennard SI

更新日期：1999-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The aim of this prospective study was to detect subjects in the general population with objective signs of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) or asthma at an early stage. This was done by means of a two-stage protocol involving screening and a subsequent 2-yr monitoring of all subjects with positive results ...

journal_title：American journal of respiratory and critical care medicine

authors： van den Boom G,van Schayck CP,van Möllen MP,Tirimanna PR,den Otter JJ,van Grunsven PM,Buitendijk MJ,van Herwaarden CL,van Weel C

更新日期：1998-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Hypersensitivity pneumonitis (HP) develops after inhalation of many different environmental antigens, causing variable clinical symptoms that often make diagnosis uncertain. The prevalence of HP is higher than recognized, especially its chronic form. Mechanisms of disease are still incompletely known. Strategies to im...

journal_title：American journal of respiratory and critical care medicine

authors： Fink JN,Ortega HG,Reynolds HY,Cormier YF,Fan LL,Franks TJ,Kreiss K,Kunkel S,Lynch D,Quirce S,Rose C,Schleimer RP,Schuyler MR,Selman M,Trout D,Yoshizawa Y

更新日期：2005-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:To investigate repair mechanisms in bleomycin-induced pulmonary fibrosis, we used mice deficient in gamma-glutamyl transpeptidase (GGT-/-), a key enzyme in glutathione (GSH) and cysteine metabolism. Seventy-two hours after bleomycin (0.03 U/g), GGT-/- mice displayed a different inflammatory response to wild-type mice ...

journal_title：American journal of respiratory and critical care medicine

authors： Pardo A,Ruiz V,Arreola JL,Ramírez R,Cisneros-Lira J,Gaxiola M,Barrios R,Kala SV,Lieberman MW,Selman M

更新日期：2003-03-15 00:00:00

abstract：:Most patients with cystic fibrosis (CF) are infected by Pseudomonas aeruginosa. Dextran exhibits anti-adhesive effects in preventing attachment of P. aeruginosa to epithelial cells (1). The initial purpose of this study was to evaluate the potential of dextran to alter the rheology and ciliary transportability of CF s...

journal_title：American journal of respiratory and critical care medicine

authors： Feng W,Garrett H,Speert DP,King M

更新日期：1998-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We present a case of a pulmonary nodular lesion in an immunocompetent patient documented at open lung biopsy to be due to Mycobacterium haemophilum. This organism has recently been recognized as a cause of disease in immunocompromised patients, presenting predominantly as skin lesions, arthritis, and rarely pneumonia....

journal_title：American journal of respiratory and critical care medicine

authors： White DA,Kiehn TE,Bondoc AY,Massarella SA

更新日期：1999-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：RATIONALE:Air pollution is a known asthma trigger and has been associated with short-term asthma symptoms, airway inflammation, decreased lung function, and reduced response to asthma rescue medications. OBJECTIVES:To assess a causal relationship between air pollution and childhood asthma using data that address tempo...

journal_title：American journal of respiratory and critical care medicine

authors： Nishimura KK,Galanter JM,Roth LA,Oh SS,Thakur N,Nguyen EA,Thyne S,Farber HJ,Serebrisky D,Kumar R,Brigino-Buenaventura E,Davis A,LeNoir MA,Meade K,Rodriguez-Cintron W,Avila PC,Borrell LN,Bibbins-Domingo K,Rodriguez-San

更新日期：2013-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:To investigate whether the language of dyspnea provides relevant clinical information in addition to that provided by ratings of overall dyspnea intensity when assessing subjective response to therapy, we conducted a prospective study in a cohort of 25 patients with acute asthma presenting to the emergency department ...

journal_title：American journal of respiratory and critical care medicine

authors： Moy ML,Lantin ML,Harver A,Schwartzstein RM

更新日期：1998-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) is a syndrome of chronic wasting, in part associated with a chronic inflammatory response. The aim of this study was to investigate cross-sectionally and prospectively the potential role of leptin in relation to systemic inflammation in the regulation of the energy balance ...

journal_title：American journal of respiratory and critical care medicine

authors： Schols AM,Creutzberg EC,Buurman WA,Campfield LA,Saris WH,Wouters EF

更新日期：1999-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：RATIONALE:Ipsilateral recurrence rates of spontaneous pneumothorax after video-assisted thoracoscopic surgery are higher than rates after open thoracotomy. OBJECTIVES:This study was conducted to determine whether additional minocycline pleurodesis would be effective in diminishing recurrence after video-assisted thora...

journal_title：American journal of respiratory and critical care medicine

authors： Chen JS,Hsu HH,Chen RJ,Kuo SW,Huang PM,Tsai PR,Lee JM,Lee YC

更新日期：2006-03-01 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：:To attain a better understanding of antibiotic cycling and its effects on the epidemiology of antibiotic resistance in gram-negative microorganisms, two different antibiotic classes (quinolone and beta-lactam) were cycled during four 4-month periods in a surgical intensive care unit. Respiratory aspirates and rectal s...

journal_title：American journal of respiratory and critical care medicine

authors： van Loon HJ,Vriens MR,Fluit AC,Troelstra A,van der Werken C,Verhoef J,Bonten MJ

更新日期：2005-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：RATIONALE:In a high-tuberculosis (TB) incidence area of Cape Town, South Africa, there is a very high rate of unexplained recurrent TB. The incidence of new bacteriologically confirmed disease in the area is 313 per 100,000 individuals. OBJECTIVE:To estimate the rate of recurrent TB attributable to reinfection after s...

journal_title：American journal of respiratory and critical care medicine

authors： Verver S,Warren RM,Beyers N,Richardson M,van der Spuy GD,Borgdorff MW,Enarson DA,Behr MA,van Helden PD

更新日期：2005-06-15 00:00:00

abstract：:Kaposi's sarcoma (KS) is the most common neoplasm in persons infected with the human immunodeficiency virus (HIV). However, information about the presenting features of pulmonary KS is limited. To describe the clinical, laboratory, and radiographic features of pulmonary KS, medical records and chest radiographs of 168...

journal_title：American journal of respiratory and critical care medicine

authors： Huang L,Schnapp LM,Gruden JF,Hopewell PC,Stansell JD

更新日期：1996-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis (IPF) is a generally fatal disorder with a reported median survival of 3 to 6 yr. This has been based on relatively few studies with diagnoses inconsistently confirmed by adequate lung biopsy. Retrospective analysis of 104 patients with IPF who had open lung biopsy (OLB) at Mayo Medical C...

journal_title：American journal of respiratory and critical care medicine

authors： Bjoraker JA,Ryu JH,Edwin MK,Myers JL,Tazelaar HD,Schroeder DR,Offord KP

更新日期：1998-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：RATIONALE:The vast majority of children around the world undergoing adenotonsillectomy for obstructive sleep apnea-hypopnea syndrome (OSA) are not objectively diagnosed by nocturnal polysomnography because of access availability and cost issues. Automated analysis of nocturnal oximetry (nSpO2), which is readily and glo...

journal_title：American journal of respiratory and critical care medicine

authors： Hornero R,Kheirandish-Gozal L,Gutiérrez-Tobal GC,Philby MF,Alonso-Álvarez ML,Álvarez D,Dayyat EA,Xu Z,Huang YS,Tamae Kakazu M,Li AM,Van Eyck A,Brockmann PE,Ehsan Z,Simakajornboon N,Kaditis AG,Vaquerizo-Villar F,Crespo S

更新日期：2017-12-15 00:00:00

abstract：RATIONALE:Smoking is the largest contributor to lung cancer risk, and those who continue to smoke after diagnosis have a worse survival. Screening for lung cancer with low-dose computed tomography (LDCT) reduces mortality in high-risk individuals. Smoking cessation is an essential component of a high-quality screening ...

journal_title：American journal of respiratory and critical care medicine

authors： Tanner NT,Kanodra NM,Gebregziabher M,Payne E,Halbert CH,Warren GW,Egede LE,Silvestri GA

更新日期：2016-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:To assess whether there is increased risk of tuberculous infection in children who traveled to or had a household visitor from a country having a high prevalence of tuberculosis, we conducted a case-control study. Children younger than 6 yr of age who had a tuberculin skin test read at public health clinics in areas o...

journal_title：American journal of respiratory and critical care medicine

authors： Lobato MN,Hopewell PC

更新日期：1998-12-01 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：:Small airway disease is thought to contribute significantly to functional impairment caused by asthma. Functional evidence of airway-parenchyma uncoupling in asthma, such as loss of deep breath bronchodilator effect in bronchoconstrictive episodes and enhanced airway closure, has been previously demonstrated. Elastic ...

journal_title：American journal of respiratory and critical care medicine

authors： Mauad T,Silva LF,Santos MA,Grinberg L,Bernardi FD,Martins MA,Saldiva PH,Dolhnikoff M

更新日期：2004-10-15 00:00:00

abstract：:Platelets are an important, albeit generally underappreciated, component of the inflammatory cascade. Platelets are known to contribute to inflammation in atherosclerosis, stroke, and asthma. They produce a large number of proinflammatory lipid mediators and cytokines, and play a vital role in recruitment of leukocyte...

journal_title：American journal of respiratory and critical care medicine

authors： O'Sullivan BP,Michelson AD

更新日期：2006-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：RATIONALE:There are no accepted blood-based biomarkers in chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD). Pulmonary and activation-regulated chemokine (PARC/CCL-18) is a lung-predominant inflammatory protein that is found in serum. OBJECTIVES:To determine whether PARC/CCL-18 levels are elevated and modifiable in COPD an...

journal_title：American journal of respiratory and critical care medicine

authors： Sin DD,Miller BE,Duvoix A,Man SF,Zhang X,Silverman EK,Connett JE,Anthonisen NA,Wise RA,Tashkin D,Celli BR,Edwards LD,Locantore N,Macnee W,Tal-Singer R,Lomas DA,ECLIPSE Investigators.

更新日期：2011-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) is a common and progressive disease that is influenced by both genetic and environmental factors. For many years, knowledge of the genetic basis of COPD was limited to Mendelian syndromes, such as alpha-1 antitrypsin deficiency and cutis laxa, caused by rare genetic variant...

journal_title：American journal of respiratory and critical care medicine

authors： Ragland MF,Benway CJ,Lutz SM,Bowler RP,Hecker J,Hokanson JE,Crapo JD,Castaldi PJ,DeMeo DL,Hersh CP,Hobbs BD,Lange C,Beaty TH,Cho MH,Silverman EK

更新日期：2019-09-15 00:00:00

abstract：RATIONALE:Spirometric detection of airway obstruction in adults requires separate predictive formulae for each ethnicity and sex for percentage of FEV(1)/FVC (%FEV(1)/FVC) and percentage of FEV(3)/FVC (%FEV(3)/FVC), the major measurements for defining airway obstruction. OBJECTIVES:To eliminate the need for multiple f...

journal_title：American journal of respiratory and critical care medicine

authors： Hansen JE,Sun XG,Wasserman K

更新日期：2006-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：RATIONALE:Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) is increasingly recognized as a multicomponent disease with systemic consequences and effects on quality of life. Single measures such as lung function provide a limited reflection of how the disease affects patients. Composite measures have the potential to accoun...

journal_title：American journal of respiratory and critical care medicine

authors： Jones RC,Donaldson GC,Chavannes NH,Kida K,Dickson-Spillmann M,Harding S,Wedzicha JA,Price D,Hyland ME

更新日期：2009-12-15 00:00:00

abstract：RATIONALE:Primary graft dysfunction (PGD) is the main cause of early morbidity and mortality after lung transplantation. Previous studies have yielded conflicting results for PGD risk factors. OBJECTIVES:We sought to identify donor, recipient, and perioperative risk factors for PGD. METHODS:We performed a 10-center p...

journal_title：American journal of respiratory and critical care medicine

authors： Diamond JM,Lee JC,Kawut SM,Shah RJ,Localio AR,Bellamy SL,Lederer DJ,Cantu E,Kohl BA,Lama VN,Bhorade SM,Crespo M,Demissie E,Sonett J,Wille K,Orens J,Shah AS,Weinacker A,Arcasoy S,Shah PD,Wilkes DS,Ware LB,Palme

更新日期：2013-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:To determine if gastric intramucosal pH changes during weaning from mechanical ventilation are related to gastric mucosal blood flow modifications, we studied 16 ventilator-supported patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) who tolerated a 2-h trial of spontaneous breathing with pressure support vent...

journal_title：American journal of respiratory and critical care medicine

authors： Bocquillon N,Mathieu D,Neviere R,Lefebvre N,Marechal X,Wattel F

更新日期：1999-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The German reunification offers a unique opportunity to study the impact of environmental factors on the development of childhood respiratory and allergic disorders in ethnically similar populations. We investigated the prevalence of asthma, hay fever, atopy, and bronchial hyperresponsiveness (BHR) in 9- to 11-year ol...

journal_title：American journal of respiratory and critical care medicine

authors： von Mutius E,Martinez FD,Fritzsch C,Nicolai T,Roell G,Thiemann HH

更新日期：1994-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Positive pressure ventilation with large VTs has been shown to cause release of cytokines, including macrophage inflammatory protein-2 (MIP-2), a functional equivalent of human interleukin-8. The mechanisms regulating ventilation-induced cytokine production are unclear. Based on our previous in vitro model of lung cel...

journal_title：American journal of respiratory and critical care medicine

authors： Li LF,Yu L,Quinn DA

更新日期：2004-02-15 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