Short-term deployment of self-expanding metallic stents facilitates healing of bronchial dehiscence.

abstract：:The period covered by this update can be considered as the most exciting period in idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis (IPF) research. It started with the identification of genetic variants that are associated with IPF in the majority of patients and continued with discovery of molecular and genetic biomarkers that predict ...

journal_title：American journal of respiratory and critical care medicine

authors： Rosas IO,Kaminski N

更新日期：2015-02-01 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：:Inhaled nitric oxide (NO) improves systemic oxygenation (PaO2/FIO2) in adult patients with acute respiratory distress syndrome (ARDS). However, individual response varies, and previous trials demonstrated no outcome benefit. This prospective, randomized study in 40 ARDS patients analyzed dose-response (DR) characteris...

journal_title：American journal of respiratory and critical care medicine

authors： Gerlach H,Keh D,Semmerow A,Busch T,Lewandowski K,Pappert DM,Rossaint R,Falke KJ

更新日期：2003-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Rationale: Lumacaftor-ivacaftor is a CFTR (cystic fibrosis transmembrane conductance regulator) modulator combination recently approved for patients with cystic fibrosis (CF) homozygous for the Phe508del mutation.Objectives: To evaluate the safety and effectiveness of lumacaftor-ivacaftor in adolescents (≥12 yr) and a...

journal_title：American journal of respiratory and critical care medicine

authors： Burgel PR,Munck A,Durieu I,Chiron R,Mely L,Prevotat A,Murris-Espin M,Porzio M,Abely M,Reix P,Marguet C,Macey J,Sermet-Gaudelus I,Corvol H,Bui S,Lemonnier L,Dehillotte C,Da Silva J,Paillasseur JL,Hubert D,French Cy

更新日期：2020-01-15 00:00:00

abstract：:Although there is abundant clinical evidence of asthmatic responses to indoor aeroallergens, the symptomatic impacts of other common indoor air pollutants from gas stoves, fireplaces, and environmental tobacco smoke have been less well characterized. These combustion sources produce a complex mixture of pollutants, ma...

journal_title：American journal of respiratory and critical care medicine

authors： Ostro BD,Lipsett MJ,Mann JK,Wiener MB,Selner J

更新日期：1994-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Little is known about the anti-asthmatic effects of powerful anti-inflammatory agents such as aspirin-like drugs. We compared the effects of two aspirin-like drugs with different pharmacologic activities, sodium salicylate (SSA) and indomethacin, with the effect of lysine acetylsalicylate (LASA), inhaled 30 min before...

journal_title：American journal of respiratory and critical care medicine

authors： Sestini P,Refini RM,Pieroni MG,Vaghi A,Robuschi M,Bianco S

更新日期：1999-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：RATIONALE:Tissue resident memory T cells play a critical role in the defense against inhaled pathogens. The isolation and study of human lung tissue resident memory T cells and lung resident macrophages is limited by experimental constraints. OBJECTIVES:To characterize the spatial and functional relationship between l...

journal_title：American journal of respiratory and critical care medicine

authors： Snyder ME,Sembrat J,Noda K,Myerburg MM,Craig A,Mitash N,Harano T,Furukawa M,Pilewski J,McDyer J,Rojas M,Sanchez P

更新日期：2020-12-11 00:00:00

abstract：RATIONALE:Obstructive sleep apnea (OSA) has been associated with kidney function loss, which may be related to changes in the renin-angiotensin system (RAS). OBJECTIVES:We sought to determine the effect of continuous positive airway pressure (CPAP) of patients with OSA on renal hemodynamics at baseline and in response...

journal_title：American journal of respiratory and critical care medicine

authors： Nicholl DD,Hanly PJ,Poulin MJ,Handley GB,Hemmelgarn BR,Sola DY,Ahmed SB

更新日期：2014-09-01 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：BACKGROUND:Mild obstructive sleep apnea (OSA) is a highly prevalent disorder in adults; however, whether mild OSA has significant neurocognitive and cardiovascular complications is uncertain. OBJECTIVES:The specific goals of this Research Statement are to appraise the evidence regarding whether long-term adverse neuro...

journal_title：American journal of respiratory and critical care medicine

authors： Chowdhuri S,Quan SF,Almeida F,Ayappa I,Batool-Anwar S,Budhiraja R,Cruse PE,Drager LF,Griss B,Marshall N,Patel SR,Patil S,Knight SL,Rowley JA,Slyman A,ATS Ad Hoc Committee on Mild Obstructive Sleep Apnea.

更新日期：2016-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Genetic factors may contribute to the variability of exhaled nitric oxide in healthy individuals. We studied exhaled nitric oxide and genetic variants in both neuronal and endothelial nitric oxide synthases in 105 healthy nonsmoking and smoking subjects. Genomic DNA was screened for a repeat polymorphism in intron 20 ...

journal_title：American journal of respiratory and critical care medicine

authors： Grasemann H,Storm van's Gravesande K,Buscher R,Drazen JM,Ratjen F

更新日期：2003-04-15 00:00:00

abstract：:Thyroid transcription factor-1 (TTF-1) deficiency syndrome is characterized by neurologic, thyroidal, and pulmonary dysfunction. Children usually have mild-to-severe respiratory symptoms and occasionally die of respiratory failure. Herein, we describe an infant with a constitutional 14q12-21.3 haploid deletion encompa...

journal_title：American journal of respiratory and critical care medicine

authors： Galambos C,Levy H,Cannon CL,Vargas SO,Reid LM,Cleveland R,Lindeman R,deMello DE,Wert SE,Whitsett JA,Perez-Atayde AR,Kozakewich H

更新日期：2010-08-15 00:00:00

abstract：RATIONALE:Innate immune responses marked by increases in tumor necrosis factor (TNF)-α have been associated with asthma but whether such alterations are evident before symptoms is not yet clear. OBJECTIVES:To determine if prevalence of childhood asthma or asthma-related traits is predicted by perinatal innate immune s...

journal_title：American journal of respiratory and critical care medicine

authors： Halonen M,Lohman IC,Stern DA,Ellis WL,Rothers J,Wright AL

更新日期：2013-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:If lipid peroxidation (LP) contributes to organ dysfunction in sepsis rather than simply reflecting established injury, it should occur soon after the onset of the septic insult, and it may not progress uniformly in all organs. We assessed whether LP occurs within 90 min after onset of continuous intravenous endotoxin...

journal_title：American journal of respiratory and critical care medicine

authors： Clements NC Jr,Habib MP

更新日期：1995-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：RATIONALE:The association between aging and idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis is established. The associations between aging-related biomarkers and interstitial lung abnormalities (ILA) have not been comprehensively evaluated. OBJECTIVE:Evaluate associations between aging biomarkers, ILA, and all-cause mortality. METHODS...

journal_title：American journal of respiratory and critical care medicine

authors： Sanders JL,Putman RK,Dupuis J,Xu H,Murabito JM,Araki T,Nishino M,Benjamin EJ,Levy DL,Vasan RS,Washko GR,Curtis JL,Freeman CM,Bowler R,Hatabu H,O'Connor GT,Hunninghake GM

更新日期：2020-10-20 00:00:00

abstract：:Preventing, treating, and promoting recovery from critical illness due to pulmonary disease are foundational goals of the critical care community and the National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute. Decades of clinical research in acute respiratory distress syndrome, acute respiratory failure, pneumonia, and sepsis have...

journal_title：American journal of respiratory and critical care medicine

authors： Semler MW,Bernard GR,Aaron SD,Angus DC,Biros MH,Brower RG,Calfee CS,Colantuoni EA,Ferguson ND,Gong MN,Hopkins RO,Hough CL,Iwashyna TJ,Levy BD,Martin TR,Matthay MA,Mizgerd JP,Moss M,Needham DM,Self WH,Seymour CW,

更新日期：2020-03-09 00:00:00

abstract：RATIONALE:The development of host-targeted, prophylactic, and therapeutic interventions against tuberculosis requires a better understanding of the immune mechanisms that determine the outcome of infection with Mycobacterium tuberculosis. OBJECTIVES:To identify T-cell-dependent mechanisms that are protective in tuberc...

journal_title：American journal of respiratory and critical care medicine

authors： Busch M,Herzmann C,Kallert S,Zimmermann A,Höfer C,Mayer D,Zenk SF,Muche R,Lange C,Bloom BR,Modlin RL,Stenger S,TBornotTB Network.

更新日期：2016-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Products of the prostaglandin H synthase (PGHS) metabolic pathway are thought to play a role in the pathogenesis of asthma. We determined the level of expression of the constitutive (PGHS-1) and inducible (PGHS-2) isoforms of the enzyme in induced sputum and bronchial biopsies of patients with asthma, patients with ch...

journal_title：American journal of respiratory and critical care medicine

authors： Taha R,Olivenstein R,Utsumi T,Ernst P,Barnes PJ,Rodger IW,Giaid A

更新日期：2000-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The inheritance of asthma, evident from its high family concordance, is not well understood. To investigate whether asthma may be inherited through a major gene with two alleles, segregation analyses were conducted in 3,369 individuals from 906 nuclear families enrolled, without selection, in a longitudinal study of r...

journal_title：American journal of respiratory and critical care medicine

authors： Holberg CJ,Elston RC,Halonen M,Wright AL,Taussig LM,Morgan WJ,Martinez FD

更新日期：1996-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Surfactant protein B (SP-B) is one of the essential constituents of the alveolar surfactant system, presenting mainly in the form of SP-B dimer. The measurement of this molecule in biologic samples has been hampered by its extreme hydrophobicity and intimate association with surfactant lipids. We developed a solid-pha...

journal_title：American journal of respiratory and critical care medicine

authors： Krämer HJ,Schmidt R,Günther A,Becker G,Suzuki Y,Seeger W

更新日期：1995-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:From an Aspergillus fumigatus complementary deoxyribonucleic acid (cDNA) library displayed on phage surface, an allergen formally termed rAsp f 3 was cloned. The open-reading frame of the cloned gene for the allergen encodes a protein of 168 amino acids with a predicted molecular mass of 18.5 kD, showing 36% identity ...

journal_title：American journal of respiratory and critical care medicine

authors： Hemmann S,Blaser K,Crameri R

更新日期：1997-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：RATIONALE:Patients of Hispanic origin with cystic fibrosis (CF) are the largest growing minority, representing 8.5% of patients with CF in the United States. No national survival analysis of this group has ever been undertaken. OBJECTIVES:We aimed to determine whether Hispanic ethnicity within the CF population is ass...

journal_title：American journal of respiratory and critical care medicine

authors： Rho J,Ahn C,Gao A,Sawicki GS,Keller A,Jain R

更新日期：2018-10-15 00:00:00

abstract：:The appearance of portable chest radiographs (CXRs) may be affected by changes in ventilation, particularly when patients are mechanically ventilated. Synchronization of the CXR with the ventilatory cycle should limit the influence of respiratory variation on the appearance of the CXR. This study evaluates the effect ...

journal_title：American journal of respiratory and critical care medicine

authors： Langevin PB,Hellein V,Harms SM,Tharp WK,Cheung-Seekit C,Lampotang S

更新日期：1999-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：RATIONALE:Lung cancer screening using computed tomography (CT) is effective in detecting lung cancer in early stages. Concerns regarding false-positive rates and unnecessary invasive procedures have been raised. OBJECTIVE:To study the efficiency of a lung cancer protocol using spiral CT and F-18-fluorodeoxyglucose pos...

journal_title：American journal of respiratory and critical care medicine

authors： Bastarrika G,García-Velloso MJ,Lozano MD,Montes U,Torre W,Spiteri N,Campo A,Seijo L,Alcaide AB,Pueyo J,Cano D,Vivas I,Cosín O,Domínguez P,Serra P,Richter JA,Montuenga L,Zulueta JJ

更新日期：2005-06-15 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：:It is controversial whether obstructive sleep apnea (OSA) causes pulmonary hypertension (PH) in the absence of hypoxemic lung disease. To investigate this further we measured awake pulmonary hemodynamics, pulmonary gas exchange, and small airways function in 32 patients with OSA (apnea- hypopnea index, mean +/- SE, 46...

journal_title：American journal of respiratory and critical care medicine

authors： Sajkov D,Wang T,Saunders NA,Bune AJ,Neill AM,Douglas Mcevoy R

更新日期：1999-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Aeroallergens such as Amb a I from short ragweed are important in the development of allergic airway disease. We tested the ability of a human monoclonal immunoglobulin-A (IgA) antibody specific for Amb a I (A-IgA) to modulate airway responsiveness and lung eosinophilia after airway challenge with nebulized Amb a I or...

journal_title：American journal of respiratory and critical care medicine

authors： Schwarze J,Cieslewicz G,Joetham A,Sun LK,Sun WN,Chang TW,Hamelmann E,Gelfand EW

更新日期：1998-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：RATIONALE:Amplification of distal 3q is the most common genomic aberration in squamous lung cancer (SQC). SQC develops in a multistage progression from normal bronchial epithelium through dysplasia to invasive disease. Identifying the key driver events in the early pathogenesis of SQC will facilitate the search for pre...

journal_title：American journal of respiratory and critical care medicine

authors： McCaughan F,Pole JC,Bankier AT,Konfortov BA,Carroll B,Falzon M,Rabbitts TH,George PJ,Dear PH,Rabbitts PH

更新日期：2010-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:There is a need for quick, reliable, and noninvasive lung function tests to assess airway obstruction in preschool children both for pediatric pulmonary care as well as for research purposes. We studied feasibility, reproducibility, and validity of measurements of the respiratory system using the interrupter technique...

journal_title：American journal of respiratory and critical care medicine

authors： Merkus PJ,Mijnsbergen JY,Hop WC,de Jongste JC

更新日期：2001-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：RATIONALE:Chronic infection with Burkholderia cepacia complex bacteria in cystic fibrosis is associated with accelerated decline in pulmonary function and increased mortality. Clinical implications of the recently characterized genomovar VI, B. dolosa, are unknown. OBJECTIVES:Characterization of impact of B. dolosa on...

journal_title：American journal of respiratory and critical care medicine

authors： Kalish LA,Waltz DA,Dovey M,Potter-Bynoe G,McAdam AJ,Lipuma JJ,Gerard C,Goldmann D

更新日期：2006-02-15 00:00:00