Percutaneous cavitary lavage in the diagnosis of pulmonary cavities.

abstract：BACKGROUND:Lung is a common organ of metastases in patients with primary breast cancer. Pulmonary metastasis of primary breast cancer is usually considered as a systemic disease, however, the systemic approaches have achieved little progress in terms of prolonging survival time. In contrast, some studies revealed a pro...

journal_title：Journal of thoracic disease

authors： Fan J,Chen D,Du H,Shen C,Che G

更新日期：2015-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Primitive neuro-ectodermal tumour of the lung is an extremely rare occurrence and we hereby report a case of a neuro-ectodermal tumour of the lung which was proved by immuno-histochemical examination of the resected specimen, and he had a very aggressive pattern of behavior. ...

journal_title：Journal of thoracic disease

authors： Gaude GS,Patil P,Malur P,Annurshetru S

更新日期：2015-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Although N-ERC/mesothelin (N-ERC) is an attractive diagnostic and treatment monitoring biomarker for malignant pleural mesothelioma (MPM), its clinical utility for predicting the prognosis has not yet been clarified. The aim of this study is to investigate whether the serum N-ERC level can accurately predict...

journal_title：Journal of thoracic disease

authors： Mori T,Tajima K,Hirama M,Sato T,Kido K,Iwakami S,Sasaki S,Iwase A,Shiomi K,Maeda M,Hino O,Takahashi K

更新日期：2013-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Accurate determination of the diagnosis and the stage of lung cancer play a critical role to ensure that patients are provided the optimal treatment. However, the process is usually beyond complex. Early studies have suggested lymph nodes (LNs) >1.0 cm in size on computed tomography (CT) are considered as metastatic n...

journal_title：Journal of thoracic disease

authors： Xia Y,Zhang B,Zhang H,Li W,Wang KP,Shen H

更新日期：2015-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Video-assisted thoracic surgery (VATS) lobectomy has been proved to have shorter hospital stay, less perioperative complications and less pain compared with lobectomy by thoracotomy, but severe intraoperative complications during VATS lobectomy is rare reported. We compared intraoperative safety between VATS...

journal_title：Journal of thoracic disease

authors： Liang C,Wen H,Guo Y,Shi B,Tian Y,Song Z,Liu D

更新日期：2013-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：Background:Approaches of thoracoscopic thymectomy for myasthenia gravis (MG) are debatable. The subxiphoid approach is widely utilized recent years for its better visualization of the anterior mediastinum. In the present study, we compared perioperative outcomes and mid-term effects of the extended thymectomy for MG be...

journal_title：Journal of thoracic disease

authors： Qiu Z,Chen L,Lin Q,Wu H,Sun H,Zhou X,Hu Y,Peng L,Liu Y,Xu Q

更新日期：2020-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Cyclooxygenase-2 (COX-2) has been implicated in tumorigenesis and metastasis, and it presumably mediates the proliferation of endothelial cells and promotes vascular permeability. However, the prognostic value of COX-2 overexpression in patients with non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC) remains controversial. ...

journal_title：Journal of thoracic disease

authors： Zhan P,Qian Q,Yu LK

更新日期：2013-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：Background:Endoscopic thoracic sympathectomy (ETS) has not been widely adopted for treating craniofacial hyperhidrosis (CFH) due to its known postoperative complication, compensatory hyperhidrosis (CH). In this study, we evaluated whether the autonomic nerve analysis data via pre-ETS heart rate variability (HRV) test c...

journal_title：Journal of thoracic disease

authors： Moon DH,Kang DY,Lee HS,Lee JW,Lee YJ,Lee S

更新日期：2020-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Diabetes mellitus (DM) and small vessel (SV) disease are two major predictors of adverse outcome in patients treated by percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI), even when last generation metallic drug-eluting stents (DES) are used. Bioresorbable scaffold (BRS) technology has been recently developed to overcome the di...

journal_title：Journal of thoracic disease

authors： Masiero G,Mojoli M,Ueshima D,Tarantini G

更新日期：2017-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：Background:Eosinophilic chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) patients have eosinophilic airway inflammation. No prospective study has reported blood eosinophil counts in an endemic area for parasitic infection. The primary objective was to compare exacerbation rates. The secondary objectives were patient-report...

journal_title：Journal of thoracic disease

authors： Juthong S,Kaenmuang P

更新日期：2020-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:To investigate the effect of percutaneous electrical stimulation on chemotherapy-induced bone marrow suppression in patients with lung cancer. METHODS:From December 2014 to August 2015, one hundred ninety-one non-small cell lung cancer patients with chemotherapy naive were randomly divided into control grou...

journal_title：Journal of thoracic disease

authors： Hou L,Gu F,Gao G,Zhou C

更新日期：2017-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Flexion and compression forces to the trunk can cause severe instability of the vertebral column and the anterior chest wall, mostly associated with an unstable fracture of the sternum. In combination, the worst case would be a complete disruption of the trunk. Some authors consider the sternum-rib-complex t...

journal_title：Journal of thoracic disease

authors： Krinner S,Grupp S,Oppel P,Langenbach A,Hennig FF,Schulz-Drost S

更新日期：2017-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：Background:Previous retrospective study suggested that acute lung injury (ALI) is frequent (78.49%) in patients undergoing aortic dissection surgery, and accompanied by a number of untoward consequences, and even induces death. Methods:This prospective single-center cross-sectional study, registered in the ClinicalTri...

journal_title：Journal of thoracic disease

authors： Pan X,Lu J,Cheng W,Yang Y,Zhu J,Jin M

更新日期：2018-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The criteria that define acceptable physiologic and social parameters for lung donation have remained constant since their empiric determination in the 1980s. These criteria include a donor age between 25-40, a arterial partial pressure of oxygen (PaO2)/FiO2 ratio greater than 350, no smoking history, a clear chest X-...

journal_title：Journal of thoracic disease

authors： Chaney J,Suzuki Y,Cantu E 3rd,van Berkel V

更新日期：2014-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Peripheral lung nodule evaluation represents a clinical challenge. Given that many nodules will be incidentally found with lung cancer screening following the publication of the National Lung Screening Trial (NLST), the goal is to find an accurate, safe and minimally-invasive diagnostic modality to biopsy the concerni...

journal_title：Journal of thoracic disease

authors： Arias S,Yarmus L,Argento AC

更新日期：2015-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Fatal hemoptysis is a serious complication of pulmonary tuberculosis, which can rarely be due to a bronchial aneurysm. Here, we present a case of fatal hemoptysis due to bronchial aneurysm occurred in a 59-year-old patient of Han ethnicity suffering from active pulmonary tuberculosis. Meanwhile, we perform a literatur...

journal_title：Journal of thoracic disease

authors： Cheng YS,Lu ZW

更新日期：2014-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Studies on diagnostic tests for exercise-induced bronchoconstriction (EIB) have centered around the asthmatic and elite athletic population. Traditionally, the exercise challenge test (ET) was recommended to assess EIB. We aimed to compare the performance of surrogate testing, mainly the hypertonic saline (H...

journal_title：Journal of thoracic disease

authors： Tan JHY,Chew WM,Lapperre TS,Tan GL,Loo CM,Koh MS

更新日期：2017-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Glomus tumors (GTs) of the trachea are very rare neoplasms that usually arise from the distal portion of the respiratory tree. The origin of these tumors is modified smooth muscle cells of glomus bodies. In this study, we describe two cases of GT of the trachea, as well as the histologic features of these tumors and t...

journal_title：Journal of thoracic disease

authors： Wang C,Ma Y,Zhao X,Sun PL,Zhang YM,Huang M,Zhu Y,Jin SX

更新日期：2017-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The different levels of health information technology (IT) adoption and its integration into hospital workflow can affect the maximization of the benefits of using of health IT. We aimed at sharing our experiences and the journey to the successful adoption of health IT over 13 years at a tertiary university hospital i...

journal_title：Journal of thoracic disease

authors： Yoo S,Hwang H,Jheon S

更新日期：2016-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Tracheostomy is a common procedure. It can be done surgically or percutaneously by dilating the stoma using Seldinger technique. Percutaneous tracheostomy (PT) is now routinely performed by surgeons and non-surgeons such as intensivists and anesthesiologists in the intensive care units (ICU) all over the world. Althou...

journal_title：Journal of thoracic disease

authors： Rashid AO,Islam S

更新日期：2017-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:We hypothesized that pretreatment with sivelestat therapy could attenuate ventilator-induced lung injury (VILI) and lung inflammation in a rat model. METHODS:The neutrophil elastase inhibitor was administered intraperitoneally 30 min before and at the initiation of ventilation. The rats were categorized as (...

journal_title：Journal of thoracic disease

authors： Kim DH,Chung JH,Son BS,Kim YJ,Lee SG

更新日期：2014-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Pathologic diagnosis of thymic tumors (TTs) can be made by surgical or nonsurgical procedures. About 20% of TTs had been diagnosed by pretreatment biopsy methods while the rest had gone to surgery for diagnosis and treatment. However, in the last two decades there was an increase in pretreatment procedures for optimal...

journal_title：Journal of thoracic disease

authors： Bilaçeroğlu S

更新日期：2020-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In the last few years, the treatment of patients with non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC) has impressively benefitted from immunotherapy, in particular from the inhibition of immune checkpoints such as programmed cell death-1 (PD-1) and programmed cell death ligand-1 (PD-L1). However, despite the significant survival b...

journal_title：Journal of thoracic disease

authors： Berland L,Heeke S,Humbert O,Macocco A,Long-Mira E,Lassalle S,Lespinet-Fabre V,Lalvée S,Bordone O,Cohen C,Leroy S,Hofman V,Hofman P,Ilié M

更新日期：2019-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The precise head to head relationships between Cardio-pulmonary exercise testing (CPET) parameters and patients' daily symptoms/activities and the disease social/emotional impact are less well defined. In this study, the correlation of COPD daily symptoms and quality of life [assessed by St. George's Respira...

journal_title：Journal of thoracic disease

authors： Mirdamadi M,Rahimi B,Safavi E,Abtahi H,Peiman S

更新日期：2016-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Performing dual point 18F-FDG PET scans of solitary pulmonary nodules at an initial SUV (max) <2.5 is a useful technique. However, prolonging second image acquisition from 120 to 180 min does not appear to improve accuracy. Dual time 18F-FDG PET is not useful in differentiating benign and malignant pulmonary nodules w...

journal_title：Journal of thoracic disease

authors： Khan AN,Al-Jahdali H

更新日期：2013-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The failure of mitral valve repair procedures revealed in the outcomes of the recent randomized studies is suggesting the necessity for a better understanding of the biomechanical mechanisms underlying the failure of the surgical approaches. Use of biomechanical modelling and finite element analysis (FEA) in cardiovas...

journal_title：Journal of thoracic disease

authors： Fraldi M,Spadaccio C,Mihos CG,Nappi F

更新日期：2017-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：Background:Trans-bronchoscope treatment for early stage small peripheral lung cancer, such as photodynamic therapy (PDT), has been investigated. However, despite the efficacy of PDT, light delivery issues limit its application. A method of administering mineral oil with a high refractive index (RI) was previously propo...

journal_title：Journal of thoracic disease

authors： Chang H,Liao KS,Hsieh YS

更新日期：2020-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:The Thoracic Morbidity and Mortality (TM&M) classification system is a method for univocally coding the postoperative adverse events by their complexity of management. The aim of the present study was to compare the distribution of the severity of complications according to the TM&M system versus the distribu...

journal_title：Journal of thoracic disease

authors： Salati M,Refai M,Pompili C,Xiumè F,Sabbatini A,Brunelli A

更新日期：2013-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Even though benign tracheobronchial tumors are quite rare, they still can induce airway obstruction, result in suffocation, and need emergent management to remove the obstructing lesions and make the respiratory tracts unobstructed. Although the preferred therapy is surgery, it is still difficult to deal with the tumo...

journal_title：Journal of thoracic disease

authors： Gao H,Ding X,Wei D,Cheng P,Su X,Liu H,Zhang T

更新日期：2011-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Lung cancer is a leading cause of death worldwide. Considerable studies have reported that NADPH oxidase (NOX) expression or activity may play an important role in the tumorigenesis of lung cancer. However, the results are inconsistent. Thus, a systematic review and meta-analysis were conducted in this study...

journal_title：Journal of thoracic disease

authors： Han M,Zhang T,Yang L,Wang Z,Ruan J,Chang X

更新日期：2016-07-01 00:00:00