Corticosteroids in respiratory diseases in children.

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：: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：:Short-term increases in particulate air pollution are associated with increased incidence of cardiovascular events. Previously, we showed that intratracheally instilled diesel exhaust particles (DEPs) are prothrombotic. Here, we investigated the time course and the mechanisms. At 1, 6, and 24 hours after instillation ...

journal_title：American journal of respiratory and critical care medicine

authors： Nemmar A,Nemery B,Hoet PH,Vermylen J,Hoylaerts MF

更新日期：2003-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We evaluated positron emission tomographic imaging of pulmonary transgene expression, using an enhanced mutant herpes simplex virus-1 thymidine kinase as the reporter gene, in the lungs of normal rats. Sixteen rats were studied 3 days after an intratracheal administration of 5 x 10(9) to 1 x 10(11) viral particles of ...

journal_title：American journal of respiratory and critical care medicine

authors： Richard JC,Zhou Z,Ponde DE,Dence CS,Factor P,Reynolds PN,Luker GD,Sharma V,Ferkol T,Piwnica-Worms D,Schuster DP

更新日期：2003-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Keratinocyte growth factor (KGF) induces transient proliferation of alveolar type II cells (AEII) associated with surfactant alterations. To test the hypothesis that homeostasis of intracellular phospholipid stores is maintained under KGF-induced hyperplasia, we (1) collected tissue from adult rat lungs, fixed for lig...

journal_title：American journal of respiratory and critical care medicine

authors： Fehrenbach A,Bube C,Hohlfeld JM,Stevens P,Tschernig T,Hoymann HG,Krug N,Fehrenbach H

更新日期：2003-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:During exercise, children with congenital central hypoventilation syndrome (CCHS) demonstrate coupling of VE to exercise load, despite the absence of a VE response to changes in FICO2. To assess the effect of movement on VE, we studied six CCHS patients and six matched controls during passive motion in a motor-driven ...

journal_title：American journal of respiratory and critical care medicine

authors： Gozal D,Marcus CL,Ward SL,Keens TG

更新日期：1996-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The mechanisms of exertional dyspnea relief in response to supplemental oxygen (O2) in chronic airflow limitation (CAL) are not precisely known and are likely multifactorial. To explore factors contributing to the relief of dyspnea after oxygen administration, 11 patients with severe CAL (FEV1.0 = 39 +/- 3% predicted,...

journal_title：American journal of respiratory and critical care medicine

authors： O'Donnell DE,Bain DJ,Webb KA

更新日期：1997-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A study was done to compare the efficacy and safety of the coprescription of salmeterol 50 microgram twice daily or 100 microgram twice daily with beclomethasone dipropionate (BDP) 500 micrograms twice daily (SALM 50 and SALM 100) with BDP 1,000 microgram twice daily (BDP 1,000) in patients with asthma not controlled ...

journal_title：American journal of respiratory and critical care medicine

authors： Woolcock A,Lundback B,Ringdal N,Jacques LA

更新日期：1996-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Within the last few years, increasing evidence of relative adrenal insufficiency in septic shock evoked a reassessment of hydrocortisone therapy. To evaluate the effects of hydrocortisone on the balance between proinflammatory and antiinflammation, 40 patients with septic shock were randomized in a double-blind crosso...

journal_title：American journal of respiratory and critical care medicine

authors： Keh D,Boehnke T,Weber-Cartens S,Schulz C,Ahlers O,Bercker S,Volk HD,Doecke WD,Falke KJ,Gerlach H

更新日期：2003-02-15 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：:Alveolar epithelial type II cells (AET2) respond with exocytosis of surfactant containing lamellar bodies to stimulation with mechanical stretch and secretagogues, a process that is fundamental for maintaining alveolar stability and lung gas exchange. In the present study in cultured rat AET2, we employed botulinum C2...

journal_title：American journal of respiratory and critical care medicine

authors： Rose F,Kürth-Landwehr C,Sibelius U,Reuner KH,Aktories K,Seeger W,Grimminger F

更新日期：1999-01-01 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：: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：:In 35 patients fulfilling the criteria of systemic inflammatory response syndrome (SIRS) of infectious origin, tumor necrosis factor-alpha (TNF-alpha), interleukin-6 (IL-6), tumor necrosis factor-soluble receptor (TNF-sR), and interleukin-12 (IL-12), C-reactive protein (CRP) levels and the Acute Physiology, and Chroni...

journal_title：American journal of respiratory and critical care medicine

authors： Presterl E,Staudinger T,Pettermann M,Lassnigg A,Burgmann H,Winkler S,Frass M,Graninger W

更新日期：1997-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Susceptibility to the development of asthma and other atopic diseases is known to be associated with genetic components, and several candidate genes have been reported to be linked to atopy in Caucasian populations. We conducted a study of linkage between asthma and markers on chromosomes 5q31-q33 and 11q13 in 68 Japa...

journal_title：American journal of respiratory and critical care medicine

authors： Noguchi E,Shibasaki M,Arinami T,Takeda K,Maki T,Miyamoto T,Kawashima T,Kobayashi K,Hamaguchi H

更新日期：1997-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We determined if pulmonary peptidoleukotrienes contribute to the pathogenesis of chronic lung disease of extreme prematurity (CLD) by measuring urinary leukotriene E4 (uLTE4). Study patients had a birth weight < 1000 g and were about 28 d old when they were classified as normal control subjects (n = 8) or as having CL...

journal_title：American journal of respiratory and critical care medicine

authors： Davidson D,Drafta D,Wilkens BA

更新日期：1995-03-01 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：:Rationale: Long noncoding RNAs (lncRNAs) are emerging as important regulators of diverse biological functions. Their role in pulmonary arterial hypertension (PAH) remains to be explored.Objectives: To elucidate the role of TYKRIL (tyrosine kinase receptor-inducing lncRNA) as a regulator of p53/ PDGFRβ (platelet-derive...

journal_title：American journal of respiratory and critical care medicine

authors： Zehendner CM,Valasarajan C,Werner A,Boeckel JN,Bischoff FC,John D,Weirick T,Glaser SF,Rossbach O,Jaé N,Demolli S,Khassafi F,Yuan K,de Jesus Perez VA,Michalik KM,Chen W,Seeger W,Guenther A,Wasnick RM,Uchida S,Zeihe

更新日期：2020-11-15 00:00:00

abstract：RATIONALE:HIV-tuberculosis-associated immune reconstitution inflammatory syndrome (TB-IRIS) is an immunopathological reaction to mycobacterial antigens induced by antiretroviral therapy. Prednisone reduces morbidity in TB-IRIS, but the mechanisms are unclear. OBJECTIVES:To determine the effect of prednisone on the inf...

journal_title：American journal of respiratory and critical care medicine

authors： Meintjes G,Skolimowska KH,Wilkinson KA,Matthews K,Tadokera R,Conesa-Botella A,Seldon R,Rangaka MX,Rebe K,Pepper DJ,Morroni C,Colebunders R,Maartens G,Wilkinson RJ

更新日期：2012-08-15 00:00:00

abstract：:Asthma in adults may be associated with chronic airflow obstruction, possibly resulting from airway disease in early life and/or a greater rate of decline in lung function in adult life compared with those with asthma. Treatment and cigarette smoking may also influence the rate of decline of lung function. The aim of ...

journal_title：American journal of respiratory and critical care medicine

authors： James AL,Palmer LJ,Kicic E,Maxwell PS,Lagan SE,Ryan GF,Musk AW

更新日期：2005-01-15 00:00:00

abstract：:Numerous in vitro and in vivo studies in both animals and patients with asthma have shown that interleukin (IL)-9 is an important inflammatory mediator in asthma. To examine the effects of IL-9 antagonism on airway inflammation, ovalbumin-sensitized BALB/c mice were intravenously given anti-IL-9 antibody or an isotype...

journal_title：American journal of respiratory and critical care medicine

authors： Cheng G,Arima M,Honda K,Hirata H,Eda F,Yoshida N,Fukushima F,Ishii Y,Fukuda T

更新日期：2002-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：RATIONALE:The effects of prenatal cigarette smoke (CS) exposure and hypoxemia on cardiorespiratory control have been investigated in full-term infants. However, few data are available in preterm infants, who form a particularly vulnerable population, with developmentally immature cardiorespiratory control. OBJECTIVES:...

journal_title：American journal of respiratory and critical care medicine

authors： Schneider J,Mitchell I,Singhal N,Kirk V,Hasan SU

更新日期：2008-09-01 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：RATIONALE:Severe sepsis and septic shock are leading causes of intensive care unit (ICU) admission, morbidity, and mortality. The effect of compliance with sepsis management guidelines on outcomes is unclear. OBJECTIVES:To assess the effect on mortality of compliance with a severe sepsis and septic shock management bu...

journal_title：American journal of respiratory and critical care medicine

authors： Miller RR 3rd,Dong L,Nelson NC,Brown SM,Kuttler KG,Probst DR,Allen TL,Clemmer TP,Intermountain Healthcare Intensive Medicine Clinical Program.

更新日期：2013-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Selected events in rhinovirus infection of the normal human airway can be regarded as occurring sequentially. Initial steps in rhinovirus pathogenesis are believed to include viral entry into the nose, mucociliary transport of virus to the posterior pharynx, and initiation of infection in ciliated and non-ciliated epi...

journal_title：American journal of respiratory and critical care medicine

authors： Gwaltney JM Jr

更新日期：1995-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：RATIONALE:Pure oxygen causes more oxidative stress than room air in resuscitation of asphyctic neonates, and consequently could be associated with increased tissue damage. OBJECTIVES:To compare damage caused to heart and kidneys on reoxygenation in severely asphyctic term neonates resuscitated with room air (RAR) or 1...

journal_title：American journal of respiratory and critical care medicine

authors： Vento M,Sastre J,Asensi MA,Viña J

更新日期：2005-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Haemophilus influenzae and Streptococcus pneumoniae are common causes of respiratory tract infections. H. influenzae attach to receptor epitopes in mucins and in epithelial cell membranes. Attachment is followed by an epithelial cell cytokine response. Secreted cytokines then initiate inflammation, upset the integrity...

journal_title：American journal of respiratory and critical care medicine

authors： Håkansson A,Carlstedt I,Davies J,Mossberg AK,Sabharwal H,Svanborg C

更新日期：1996-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Luteolin is a flavonoid that has been shown to reduce proinflammatory molecule expression in vitro. In the present study, we have tested the ability of luteolin to inhibit lipopolysaccharide (LPS)- induced lethal toxicity and proinflammatory molecule expression in vivo. Mice receiving LPS (Salmonella enteriditis LPS, ...

journal_title：American journal of respiratory and critical care medicine

authors： Kotanidou A,Xagorari A,Bagli E,Kitsanta P,Fotsis T,Papapetropoulos A,Roussos C

更新日期：2002-03-15 00:00:00

abstract：:In a prospective study, we screened specimens from 190 mechanically ventilated patients hospitalized in a surgical intensive care unit, and from the environment to assess risks and routes of colonization/infection. Specimens from various sites were collected on admission and once a week throughout each patient's stay....

journal_title：American journal of respiratory and critical care medicine

authors： Talon D,Mulin B,Rouget C,Bailly P,Thouverez M,Viel JF

更新日期：1998-03-01 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