Room-air resuscitation causes less damage to heart and kidney than 100% oxygen.

abstract：RATIONALE:The degree to which chronic respiratory health effects caused by exposures to cotton dust and endotoxin is reversible after cessation of textile work is unknown. OBJECTIVES:To investigate changes in lung function and respiratory symptoms after cessation of textile work and to determine whether past exposure ...

journal_title：American journal of respiratory and critical care medicine

authors： Shi J,Hang JQ,Mehta AJ,Zhang HX,Dai HL,Su L,Eisen EA,Christiani DC

更新日期：2010-07-15 00:00:00

abstract：:Measurement of cardiac output using thermodilution technique in mechanically ventilated patients is associated with significant morbidity. The goal of the present study was to assess the validity of cardiac output measurement using transesophageal Doppler in critically ill patients. Forty-six patients from three diffe...

journal_title：American journal of respiratory and critical care medicine

authors： Valtier B,Cholley BP,Belot JP,de la Coussaye JE,Mateo J,Payen DM

更新日期：1998-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:POEMS (polyneuropathy, organomegaly, endocrinopathy, monoclonal gammopathy, and skin changes) syndrome is a rare variant of plasma cell dyscrasia with multiple systemic manifestations. We followed the progress of 20 patients with POEMS syndrome in our institution over a 10-yr period. Pulmonary hypertension (PH) was ob...

journal_title：American journal of respiratory and critical care medicine

authors： Lesprit P,Godeau B,Authier FJ,Soubrier M,Zuber M,Larroche C,Viard JP,Wechsler B,Gherardi R

更新日期：1998-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The aim of this prospective study was to determine factors influencing effects of inhaled nitric oxide (NO) on the pulmonary circulation and on gas exchange in critically ill patients with acute lung injury. Twenty-one hypoxemic patients with acute respiratory failure (PaO2 = 127 +/- 69 mm Hg during intermittent posit...

journal_title：American journal of respiratory and critical care medicine

authors： Puybasset L,Rouby JJ,Mourgeon E,Cluzel P,Souhil Z,Law-Koune JD,Stewart T,Devilliers C,Lu Q,Roche S

更新日期：1995-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：RATIONALE:Previous studies have demonstrated a high prevalence of sleep apnea (SA) in patients with chronic heart failure (HF), which is associated with higher rates of morbidity, mortality, and health care use. OBJECTIVES:To investigate the reported incidence, treatment, outcomes, and economic cost of SA in new-onset...

journal_title：American journal of respiratory and critical care medicine

authors： Javaheri S,Caref EB,Chen E,Tong KB,Abraham WT

更新日期：2011-02-15 00:00:00

abstract：RATIONALE:Pulmonary infection in cystic fibrosis (CF) is polymicrobial and it is possible that anaerobic bacteria, not detected by routine aerobic culture methods, reside within infected anaerobic airway mucus. OBJECTIVES:To determine whether anaerobic bacteria are present in the sputum of patients with CF. METHODS:S...

journal_title：American journal of respiratory and critical care medicine

authors： Tunney MM,Field TR,Moriarty TF,Patrick S,Doering G,Muhlebach MS,Wolfgang MC,Boucher R,Gilpin DF,McDowell A,Elborn JS

更新日期：2008-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The reaction of nitric oxide (NO) and superoxide anions (O(2)(-)) in the airway results in the formation of peroxynitrite, a highly reactive oxidant species. Peroxynitrite reacts with tyrosine residues in proteins to form the stable product nitrotyrosine. We investigated whether nitrotyrosine in exhaled breath condens...

journal_title：American journal of respiratory and critical care medicine

authors： Hanazawa T,Kharitonov SA,Barnes PJ

更新日期：2000-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Exposure to fine airborne particulate matter (PM(2.5)) is associated with cardiovascular events and mortality in older and cardiac patients. Potential physiologic effects of in-vehicle, roadside, and ambient PM(2.5) were investigated in young, healthy, nonsmoking, male North Carolina Highway Patrol troopers. Nine troo...

journal_title：American journal of respiratory and critical care medicine

authors： Riediker M,Cascio WE,Griggs TR,Herbst MC,Bromberg PA,Neas L,Williams RW,Devlin RB

更新日期：2004-04-15 00:00:00

abstract：:The factors that lead to increased production of specific IgG subclasses are still largely unknown. Recent studies suggest that increased IgG4 responses may be related to prolonged antigen exposure. We present data showing that increased IgG4 responses are found under conditions of chronic exposure to Aspergillus fumi...

journal_title：American journal of respiratory and critical care medicine

authors： Tomee JF,Dubois AE,Koëter GH,Beaumont F,van der Werf TS,Kauffman HF

更新日期：1996-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We have previously shown (Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. 1995;152:1248-1255) that in patients needing mechanical ventilation, the load imposed on the inspiratory muscles is excessive relative to their neuromuscular capacity. We have therefore hypothesized that weaning failure may occur because at the time of the trial...

journal_title：American journal of respiratory and critical care medicine

authors： Vassilakopoulos T,Zakynthinos S,Roussos C

更新日期：1998-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：RATIONALE:FVC has emerged as a standard primary endpoint in clinical trials evaluating novel therapies for patients with idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis (IPF). However, it has recently been proposed that all-cause mortality or a composite comprised of all-cause mortality and all-cause nonelective hospitalization be adopt...

journal_title：American journal of respiratory and critical care medicine

authors： King TE Jr,Albera C,Bradford WZ,Costabel U,du Bois RM,Leff JA,Nathan SD,Sahn SA,Valeyre D,Noble PW

更新日期：2014-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：RATIONALE:Obstructive sleep apnea (OSA) is associated with impaired renal function, but uncertainty exists over whether OSA treatment can influence renal outcomes. OBJECTIVES:To determine the effects of continuous positive airway pressure (CPAP) on renal function in subjects with coexisting OSA and cardiovascular dise...

journal_title：American journal of respiratory and critical care medicine

authors： Loffler KA,Heeley E,Freed R,Anderson CS,Brockway B,Corbett A,Chang CL,Douglas JA,Ferrier K,Graham N,Hamilton GS,Hlavac M,McArdle N,McLachlan J,Mukherjee S,Naughton MT,Thien F,Young A,Grunstein RR,Palmer LJ,Woodman

更新日期：2017-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Chronic beryllium disease (CBD) provides a model system in which to evaluate the antigen-stimulated, cell-mediated, immune response that leads to granulomatous lung disease. We hypothesized that beryllium salts would stimulate bronchoalveolar lavage (BAL) cell release of tumor necrosis factor-alpha (TNF-alpha) and lnt...

journal_title：American journal of respiratory and critical care medicine

authors： Tinkle SS,Newman LS

更新日期：1997-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Epidemiological data indicate that living or working in a moldy building is associated with increased risk of respiratory symptoms and disease related to inflammatory reactions, but biochemical evidence linking cause and effect is still scarce. The staff working in a mold-contaminated school, and a reference group wit...

journal_title：American journal of respiratory and critical care medicine

authors： Hirvonen MR,Ruotsalainen M,Roponen M,Hyvärinen A,Husman T,Kosma VM,Komulainen H,Savolainen K,Nevalainen A

更新日期：1999-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：RATIONALE:Genetic alterations on 8p22 have been implicated in multiple cancers, including lung cancer. In this region, genetic variants of the class A scavenger receptor (SR-A) gene have been associated with prostate cancer risk and have been highlighted as a potential susceptibility gene of cancer. OBJECTIVES:To dete...

journal_title：American journal of respiratory and critical care medicine

authors： Ben J,Jin G,Zhang Y,Ma B,Bai H,Chen J,Zhang H,Gong Q,Zhou X,Zhang H,Qian L,Zhu X,Li X,Yang Q,Hu Z,Xu Y,Shen H,Chen Q

更新日期：2012-10-15 00:00:00

abstract：:In anaphylactic shock (AS), the relative effects of the autacoids including histamine, prostaglandins, and leukotrienes on causing cardiovascular collapse and the extent to which receptor blocking agents and pathway inhibitors may prevent this collapse are not clear. In a ragweed model of anaphylaxis, we examined whet...

journal_title：American journal of respiratory and critical care medicine

authors： Chrusch C,Sharma S,Unruh H,Bautista E,Duke K,Becker A,Kepron W,Mink SN

更新日期：1999-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Exaggerated airway narrowing in response to bronchoconstricting stimuli is a characteristic feature of asthmatic subjects. It is unknown whether the site of airway narrowing differs in asthmatic subjects from that observed in normal subjects. Increased airway wall thickness has been suggested as a contributing cause f...

journal_title：American journal of respiratory and critical care medicine

authors： Okazawa M,Müller N,McNamara AE,Child S,Verburgt L,Paré PD

更新日期：1996-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The failure of patients to adhere to physician-prescribed regimens, either pharmacologic or behavioral, has been well documented in medical literature. Poor adherence to asthma medication regimens has been repeatedly demonstrated in both children and adults, with rates of nonadherence commonly reported from 30 to 70%....

journal_title：American journal of respiratory and critical care medicine

authors： Rand CS,Wise RA

更新日期：1994-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：RATIONALE:Fluid accumulation in the legs and its overnight redistribution into the neck appears to play a causative role in obstructive sleep apnea (OSA) in sedentary men. Chronic venous insufficiency (CVI) promotes fluid accumulation in the legs that can be counteracted by compression stockings. OBJECTIVES:To test th...

journal_title：American journal of respiratory and critical care medicine

authors： Redolfi S,Arnulf I,Pottier M,Lajou J,Koskas I,Bradley TD,Similowski T

更新日期：2011-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：RATIONALE:Incident pulmonary arterial hypertension was underrepresented in most pulmonary hypertension registries and may have a different disease profile to prevalent disease. OBJECTIVES:To determine the characteristics and outcome of a purely incident, treatment-naive cohort of idiopathic, heritable, and anorexigen-...

journal_title：American journal of respiratory and critical care medicine

authors： Ling Y,Johnson MK,Kiely DG,Condliffe R,Elliot CA,Gibbs JS,Howard LS,Pepke-Zaba J,Sheares KK,Corris PA,Fisher AJ,Lordan JL,Gaine S,Coghlan JG,Wort SJ,Gatzoulis MA,Peacock AJ

更新日期：2012-10-15 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The clinical utility of bronchoalveolar lavage fluid (BAL) cell analysis for the diagnosis and management of patients with interstitial lung disease (ILD) has been a subject of debate and controversy. The American Thoracic Society (ATS) sponsored a committee of international experts to examine all relevant l...

journal_title：American journal of respiratory and critical care medicine

authors： Meyer KC,Raghu G,Baughman RP,Brown KK,Costabel U,du Bois RM,Drent M,Haslam PL,Kim DS,Nagai S,Rottoli P,Saltini C,Selman M,Strange C,Wood B,American Thoracic Society Committee on BAL in Interstitial Lung Disease.

更新日期：2012-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The cells and proteases that mediate cigarette smoke-induced emphysema are controversial, with evidence favoring either neutrophils and neutrophil-derived serine proteases or macrophages and macrophage-derived metalloproteases as the important effectors. We recently reported that both macrophage metalloelastase (MMP-1...

journal_title：American journal of respiratory and critical care medicine

authors： Churg A,Wang RD,Tai H,Wang X,Xie C,Dai J,Shapiro SD,Wright JL

更新日期：2003-04-15 00:00:00

abstract：:We used three-dimensional reconstructions obtained with spiral computed tomography to measure total diaphragm surface area (Adi), and the surface area of the dome (Ado) and of the zone of apposition (Aap) of the diaphragm in nine patients with single-lung transplantation (SLT) for emphysema and nine normal subjects ma...

journal_title：American journal of respiratory and critical care medicine

authors： Cassart M,Verbandt Y,de Francquen P,Gevenois PA,Estenne M

更新日期：1999-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Rationale: Limited information is available on racial/ethnic differences in pulmonary arterial hypertension (PAH).Objectives: Determine effects of race/ethnicity and ancestry on mortality and disease outcomes in diverse patients with PAH.Methods: Patients with Group 1 PAH were included from two national registries wit...

journal_title：American journal of respiratory and critical care medicine

authors： Karnes JH,Wiener HW,Schwantes-An TH,Natarajan B,Sweatt AJ,Chaturvedi A,Arora A,Batai K,Nair V,Steiner HE,Giles JB,Yu J,Hosseini M,Pauciulo MW,Lutz KA,Coleman AW,Feldman J,Vanderpool R,Tang H,Garcia JGN,Yuan JX,K

更新日期：2020-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Bacterial lipopolysaccharide (LPS) is known to induce the expression of inducible nitric oxide synthase (iNOS) in the lung and to lead to increased pulmonary nitric oxide (NO) production. The contribution of various pulmonary cells to this phenomenon remains unclear. In this study, we used gadolinium chloride, a block...

journal_title：American journal of respiratory and critical care medicine

authors： Fujii Y,Goldberg P,Hussain SN

更新日期：1998-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Experimental and epidemiological evidence supports the hypothesis that exposure to mycobacteria has the potential to suppress the development of asthma and/or atopy and there are reports in the Chinese medical literature of repeated vaccination with inactivated BCG being effective in the management of asthma. Forty-th...

journal_title：American journal of respiratory and critical care medicine

authors： Shirtcliffe PM,Easthope SE,Cheng S,Weatherall M,Tan PL,Le Gros G,Beasley R

更新日期：2001-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：RATIONALE:Despite increasing evidence about the role of donor-specific human leukocyte antigen (HLA) antibodies in transplant outcomes, the incidence and impact of de novo donor-specific antibodies (dnDSA) after lung transplantation remains unclear. OBJECTIVES:To describe the incidence, characteristics, and impact of ...

journal_title：American journal of respiratory and critical care medicine

authors： Tikkanen JM,Singer LG,Kim SJ,Li Y,Binnie M,Chaparro C,Chow CW,Martinu T,Azad S,Keshavjee S,Tinckam K

更新日期：2016-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A histologic feature of usual interstitial pneumonia is the presence of fibroblastic foci. As some patients with usual interstitial pneumonia and an underlying collagen vascular disease have a better prognosis, we hypothesized that they would have fewer fibroblastic foci. Pathologists reviewed surgical lung biopsies f...

journal_title：American journal of respiratory and critical care medicine

authors： Flaherty KR,Colby TV,Travis WD,Toews GB,Mumford J,Murray S,Thannickal VJ,Kazerooni EA,Gross BH,Lynch JP 3rd,Martinez FJ

更新日期：2003-05-15 00:00:00

abstract：:This Executive Summary of the Global Strategy for the Diagnosis, Management, and Prevention of COPD, Global Initiative for Chronic Obstructive Lung Disease (GOLD) 2017 report focuses primarily on the revised and novel parts of the document. The most significant changes include: (1) the assessment of chronic obstructiv...

journal_title：American journal of respiratory and critical care medicine

authors： Vogelmeier CF,Criner GJ,Martinez FJ,Anzueto A,Barnes PJ,Bourbeau J,Celli BR,Chen R,Decramer M,Fabbri LM,Frith P,Halpin DM,López Varela MV,Nishimura M,Roche N,Rodriguez-Roisin R,Sin DD,Singh D,Stockley R,Vestbo J,W

更新日期：2017-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：RATIONALE:Obstructive sleep apnea (OSA), a treatable sleep disorder that is associated with alterations in glucose metabolism in individuals without diabetes, is a highly prevalent comorbidity of type 2 diabetes. However, it is not known whether the severity of OSA is a predictor of glycemic control in patients with di...

journal_title：American journal of respiratory and critical care medicine

authors： Aronsohn RS,Whitmore H,Van Cauter E,Tasali E

更新日期：2010-03-01 00:00:00