Surgical face masks worn by patients with multidrug-resistant tuberculosis: impact on infectivity of air on a hospital ward.

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：RATIONALE:Asthma is a chronic inflammatory airway disease that affects more than 300 million individuals worldwide. Asthma is caused by interaction of genetic and environmental factors. Bronchial hyperresponsiveness (BHR) is a hallmark of asthma and results from increased sensitivity of the airways to physical or chemi...

journal_title：American journal of respiratory and critical care medicine

authors： Koppelman GH,Meyers DA,Howard TD,Zheng SL,Hawkins GA,Ampleford EJ,Xu J,Koning H,Bruinenberg M,Nolte IM,van Diemen CC,Boezen HM,Timens W,Whittaker PA,Stine OC,Barton SJ,Holloway JW,Holgate ST,Graves PE,Martinez FD,

更新日期：2009-11-15 00:00:00

abstract：:The purpose of this study was to describe the nature of diaphragm injury, to quantify the injury and number of macrophages at the light microscopic level, and to determine their association with airflow obstruction in humans. Partial-thickness diaphragm biopsies were obtained from 21 subjects going for thoracotomy sur...

journal_title：American journal of respiratory and critical care medicine

authors： Macgowan NA,Evans KG,Road JD,Reid WD

更新日期：2001-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：RATIONALE:The effect of indoor air pollutants on respiratory morbidity among patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) in developed countries is uncertain. OBJECTIVES:The first longitudinal study to investigate the independent effects of indoor particulate matter (PM) and nitrogen dioxide (NO(2)) conc...

journal_title：American journal of respiratory and critical care medicine

authors： Hansel NN,McCormack MC,Belli AJ,Matsui EC,Peng RD,Aloe C,Paulin L,Williams DL,Diette GB,Breysse PN

更新日期：2013-05-15 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：:When dyspnea must be assessed clinically, there are three methods of assessment: the measurement of dyspnea with activities of daily living using clinical dyspnea ratings such as the modified Medical Research Council (MRC), the Baseline Dyspnea Index (BDI), and the Oxygen Cost Diagram (OCD); the measurement of dyspnea...

journal_title：American journal of respiratory and critical care medicine

authors： Hajiro T,Nishimura K,Tsukino M,Ikeda A,Koyama H,Izumi T

更新日期：1998-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：RATIONALE:Low blood levels of 25-hydroxyvitamin D (25[OH]D) have been associated with a higher risk of respiratory infections in general populations and higher risk of exacerbations of lung disease in people with asthma. We hypothesized that low blood levels of 25(OH)D in patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary dis...

journal_title：American journal of respiratory and critical care medicine

authors： Kunisaki KM,Niewoehner DE,Connett JE,COPD Clinical Research Network.

更新日期：2012-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The relationship between the severity of obstructive sleep apnea (OSA) (measured by sleep study) and daytime sleepiness is poor. Variation in the degree of arousal accompanying obstructive respiratory events might help explain this poor correlation. Polysomnographic records from patients with OSA were reviewed in orde...

journal_title：American journal of respiratory and critical care medicine

authors： Stradling JR,Pitson DJ,Bennett L,Barbour C,Davies RJ

更新日期：1999-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：RATIONALE:Superoxide dismutase (SOD) 3 inhibits oxidative fragmentation of lung matrix components collagen I, hyaluronan, and heparan sulfate. Inherited change in SOD3 expression or function could affect lung matrix homeostasis and influence pulmonary function. OBJECTIVES:To identify novel SOD3 polymorphisms that are ...

journal_title：American journal of respiratory and critical care medicine

authors： Dahl M,Bowler RP,Juul K,Crapo JD,Levy S,Nordestgaard BG

更新日期：2008-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Measurement of respiratory compliance is advocated for assessing the severity of acute respiratory failure (ARF). Recently, the administration of an automated constant flow of 15 L/min was proposed as a method easier to implement at the bedside than supersyringe or inspiratory occlusions methods. However, pressure-vol...

journal_title：American journal of respiratory and critical care medicine

authors： Lu Q,Vieira SR,Richecoeur J,Puybasset L,Kalfon P,Coriat P,Rouby JJ

更新日期：1999-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Rationale: Recent studies have demonstrated that extracellular vesicles (EVs) released during acute lung injury (ALI) were inflammatory.Objectives: The current study was undertaken to test the role of EVs induced and released from severe Escherichia coli pneumonia (E. coli EVs) in the pathogenesis of ALI and to determ...

journal_title：American journal of respiratory and critical care medicine

authors： Liu A,Park JH,Zhang X,Sugita S,Naito Y,Lee JH,Kato H,Hao Q,Matthay MA,Lee JW

更新日期：2019-11-15 00:00:00

abstract：RATIONALE:In the absence of active tuberculosis, a positive tuberculin skin test (TST) or interferon-γ release assay (IGRA) result defines latent infection with Mycobacterium tuberculosis, although test results may vary depending on immunodeficiency. OBJECTIVES:This study compared the performance of TST and IGRAs in f...

journal_title：American journal of respiratory and critical care medicine

authors： Sester M,van Leth F,Bruchfeld J,Bumbacea D,Cirillo DM,Dilektasli AG,Domínguez J,Duarte R,Ernst M,Eyuboglu FO,Gerogianni I,Girardi E,Goletti D,Janssens JP,Julander I,Lange B,Latorre I,Losi M,Markova R,Matteelli A,M

更新日期：2014-11-15 00:00:00

abstract：:Ventilation was measured in 31 difficult-to-wean patients while pressure support (PS) was reduced by 5 cm H2O every 20 min. Weaning had to be aborted in 14 of 31 patients (Group F) because they met predefined distress criteria. The remaining 17 patients who were able to complete the "weaning test" (Group S) had larger...

journal_title：American journal of respiratory and critical care medicine

authors： Stroetz RW,Hubmayr RD

更新日期：1995-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：RATIONALE:Secondhand tobacco smoke (SHS) and traffic-related air pollutants are associated with asthma and allergy. Diesel exhaust particles (DEPs) and SHS can interact with allergens in exacerbating allergic airway diseases through generation of reactive oxygen species. Glutathione S-transferases (GSTs) metabolize rea...

journal_title：American journal of respiratory and critical care medicine

authors： Gilliland FD,Li YF,Gong H Jr,Diaz-Sanchez D

更新日期：2006-12-15 00:00:00

abstract：:Asthma and chronic bronchitis are inflammatory diseases with extracellular matrix (ECM) remodeling and collagen deposition. Collagen homeostasis is controlled by metalloproteinases (MMPs) and tissue inhibitors of metalloproteinases (TIMPs). We evaluated MMP and TIMP balance in induced sputum of 10 control, 31 untreate...

journal_title：American journal of respiratory and critical care medicine

authors： Vignola AM,Riccobono L,Mirabella A,Profita M,Chanez P,Bellia V,Mautino G,D'accardi P,Bousquet J,Bonsignore G

更新日期：1998-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The aim of this study was to assess positive end-expiratory pressure (PEEP)-induced lung overdistension and alveolar recruitment in six patients with acute lung injury (ALI) using a computed tomographic (CT) scan method. Lung overdistension was first determined in six healthy volunteers in whom CT sections were obtain...

journal_title：American journal of respiratory and critical care medicine

authors： Vieira SR,Puybasset L,Richecoeur J,Lu Q,Cluzel P,Gusman PB,Coriat P,Rouby JJ

更新日期：1998-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Observation of bronchus-associated lymphoid tissue (BALT) in whole lung specimens from healthy nonsmoking adults has questioned the hypothesis that BALT is not constitutively present in healthy adult human lungs. In our study, we investigated endobronchial biopsies of the second- and third-generation carinae from 44 c...

journal_title：American journal of respiratory and critical care medicine

authors： Sue-Chu M,Karjalainen EM,Altraja A,Laitinen A,Laitinen LA,Naess AB,Larsson L,Bjermer L

更新日期：1998-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Despite several codes of research ethics, the issuance of comprehensive rules regarding informed consent by governmental agencies, and numerous writings on the subject of informed consent, many commentators still question the quality of the informed consent process in clinical research. A major concern is that investi...

journal_title：American journal of respiratory and critical care medicine

authors： Silverman HJ

更新日期：1996-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:At the time of diagnosis, many sarcoidosis patients have no clinical indication for corticosteroid therapy, and prognostic parameters predicting deterioration are missing. In the present study, we investigated parameters derived from bronchoalveolar lavage (BAL) and serum in 77 patients with recently diagnosed sarcoid...

journal_title：American journal of respiratory and critical care medicine

authors： Ziegenhagen MW,Benner UK,Zissel G,Zabel P,Schlaak M,Müller-Quernheim J

更新日期：1997-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The epidemiologic characteristics of lung cancer in Taiwan differ from those in other parts of the world in low male-to-female ratio, the high percentage of adenocarcinoma, and the relatively high percentage of nonsmokers who are victims. To investigate possible correlation between p53 gene alteration and the unique c...

journal_title：American journal of respiratory and critical care medicine

authors： Lee LN,Shew JY,Sheu JC,Lee YC,Lee WC,Fang MT,Chang HF,Yu CJ,Yang PC,Luh KT

更新日期：1994-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We developed clonal cell lines of human bronchial smooth muscle origin by retroviral transduction of temperature-sensitive simian virus 40 large tumor (T) antigen. These cells show increased growth potential at 33 degrees C, but on shift to the nonpermissive temperature (39 degrees C), they show diminished or arrested...

journal_title：American journal of respiratory and critical care medicine

authors： Zhou L,Li J,Goldsmith AM,Newcomb DC,Giannola DM,Vosk RG,Eves EM,Rosner MR,Solway J,Hershenson MB

更新日期：2004-03-15 00:00:00

abstract：:We investigated the influence of pulmonary bacteriology and histology on the yield of diagnostic procedures in a clinically relevant model of ventilator-acquired pneumonia (VAP). Twenty-seven piglets entered a 4-d protocol of ventilatory support under general anesthesia. Endotracheal aspirates (EA), protected specimen...

journal_title：American journal of respiratory and critical care medicine

authors： Wermert D,Marquette CH,Copin MC,Wallet F,Fraticelli A,Ramon P,Tonnel AB

更新日期：1998-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We measured in rats the effects of 48 h of mechanical ventilation on the weight, contractile properties, and enzymatic profile of the diaphragm, the soleus and the extensor digitorium longus (EDL) muscles. Eighteen animals were randomly divided into a mechanically ventilated (MV, n = 9) group or a control (C, n = 9) g...

journal_title：American journal of respiratory and critical care medicine

authors： Le Bourdelles G,Viires N,Boczkowski J,Seta N,Pavlovic D,Aubier M

更新日期：1994-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Obstructive sleep apnea causes cardiovascular morbidity and premature death. Potential links between sleep apnea and cardiovascular complications are chronically elevated activity of the sympathetic nervous system and abnormal vascular function. To explore vascular function, we determined the reactive hyperemic blood ...

journal_title：American journal of respiratory and critical care medicine

authors： Imadojemu VA,Gleeson K,Quraishi SA,Kunselman AR,Sinoway LI,Leuenberger UA

更新日期：2002-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：RATIONALE:In the absence of a surgical lung biopsy, patients diagnosed with idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis (IPF) in clinical practice could participate in the INPULSIS trials of nintedanib if they had honeycombing and/or traction bronchiectasis plus reticulation, without atypical features of usual interstitial pneumonia...

journal_title：American journal of respiratory and critical care medicine

authors： Raghu G,Wells AU,Nicholson AG,Richeldi L,Flaherty KR,Le Maulf F,Stowasser S,Schlenker-Herceg R,Hansell DM

更新日期：2017-01-01 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：:Superoxide dismutase (SOD) is a ubiquitous metalloenzyme in aerobic organisms that catalyzes the conversion of superoxide anion to hydrogen peroxide. Mycobacterium tuberculosis is unusual in that it secretes large quantities of iron-cofactored SOD. To determine the role of SOD in pathogenesis, we constructed mutants o...

journal_title：American journal of respiratory and critical care medicine

authors： Edwards KM,Cynamon MH,Voladri RK,Hager CC,DeStefano MS,Tham KT,Lakey DL,Bochan MR,Kernodle DS

更新日期：2001-12-15 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：RATIONALE:IL-4 and IL-13 share many biological functions important in the development of allergic airway inflammation and are implicated in the pathogenesis of asthma. AMG 317 is a fully human monoclonal antibody to IL-4Ralpha that blocks both IL-4 and IL-13 pathways. OBJECTIVES:To evaluate efficacy and safety of AMG ...

journal_title：American journal of respiratory and critical care medicine

authors： Corren J,Busse W,Meltzer EO,Mansfield L,Bensch G,Fahrenholz J,Wenzel SE,Chon Y,Dunn M,Weng HH,Lin SL

更新日期：2010-04-15 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