Abstract:
Background:Obstructive sleep apnea (OSA) is an independent risk factor for hypertension. OSA-related hypertension is common and treatment of OSA can reduce blood pressure (BP). However, few studies have been conducted on this type of hypertension in the Chinese occupational population. Methods:We conducted a field investigation of a team of police officers who underwent an annual health check-up in 2017 in the city of Guangzhou, in southern China. Participants were screened with the Berlin Questionnaire and those at high risk for OSA performed a home sleep apnea test (HSAT). BP over 140/90 mmHg or taking antihypertensive drugs is considered hypertension. Results:Of the 1,036 individuals (799 males and 237 females) included in our study, the mean age was 40.7±9.1 years (range, 22-63 years), 228 (22.0%) were at high risk for OSA, and 103 (9.9%) were diagnosed with OSA. Of the 103 diagnosed with OSA, none had ever been diagnosed with and treated for OSA, and 49 (47.6%) were also diagnosed with hypertension; of these 49, 15 (30.6%) had not been diagnosed with hypertension before, and 27 (55.1%) had never been treated for hypertension. Age [odds ratio (OR) =5.81, 95% confidence interval (CI): 1.78-18.98, P<0.01] and severity of OSA (OR =5.07, 95% CI: 1.72-14.89, P<0.01) were associated with increased risk of OSA-related hypertension. After mood (depression and anxiety) status adjustment, age (adjusted OR =5.81, 95% CI: 1.80-18.80, P<0.01) and severity of OSA (adjusted OR =4.56, 95% CI: 1.49-13.93, P<0.01) were still risk factors for OSA-related hypertension. Conclusions:Among the policemen of southern China, a higher prevalence was detected not only of OSA but also of OSA-related hypertension which was associated with higher OSA severity and age.
journal_name
J Thorac Disjournal_title
Journal of thoracic diseaseauthors
Pan M,Ou Q,Chen B,Hong Z,Liu Hdoi
10.21037/jtd.2019.09.83subject
Has Abstractpub_date
2019-10-01 00:00:00pages
4169-4178issue
10eissn
2072-1439issn
2077-6624pii
jtd-11-10-4169journal_volume
11pub_type
杂志文章abstract::Transcatheter aortic valve implantation (TAVI) has gained widespread acceptance as a treatment option for patients at high risk for conventional aortic valve replacement. The most commonly used access site for TAVI is the common femoral artery. Yet, in a significant number of patients the transfemoral access is not su...
journal_title:Journal of thoracic disease
pub_type: 杂志文章,评审
doi:10.3978/j.issn.2072-1439.2015.07.27
更新日期:2015-09-01 00:00:00
abstract:BACKGROUND:The aim of the present study was to determine the safety and feasibility of the use of laryngeal mask airway (LMA) for non-endotracheal intubated anesthesia for patients with pectus excavatum (PE) undergoing thoracoscopic Nuss procedure. METHODS:Between July 2015 and December 2015, 30 selected patients with...
journal_title:Journal of thoracic disease
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.21037/jtd.2016.07.52
更新日期:2016-08-01 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
pub_type: 杂志文章,评审
doi:10.21037/jtd.2017.06.36
更新日期:2017-08-01 00:00:00
abstract:Background:Postoperative air leaks are the most common complication after a pulmonary resection. There is no data in the literature comparing the traditional and digital chest drainage system after a robotic-assisted pulmonary lobectomy. Methods:This was a retrospective, correlational study. Medical records from 182 e...
journal_title:Journal of thoracic disease
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.21037/jtd.2019.11.69
更新日期:2019-12-01 00:00:00
abstract:Background:Post-tracheostomy tracheal stenosis (PTTS) can be divided into four types according to stenosis mechanism and site: subglottic, stoma, cuff, and tip granuloma. However, there is little information available regarding clinical differences among types of PTTS; therefore, we evaluated the clinical differences b...
journal_title:Journal of thoracic disease
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.21037/jtd.2017.10.99
更新日期:2017-11-01 00:00:00
abstract::Neonatal rupture of the chordae of tricuspid valve with severe regurgitation is rare and disastrous. We report on a full-term female neonate presented with cyanosis caused by severe tricuspid regurgitation (TR) due to anterior leaflet chordal rupture. After initial stabilization by prostaglandin E1 infusion, successfu...
journal_title:Journal of thoracic disease
pub_type:
doi:10.21037/jtd.2018.02.08
更新日期:2018-03-01 00:00:00
abstract::This report describes a rare case of benign superior vena cava syndrome (SVCS) accompanying recalcitrant pleural effusion developed secondary to extrinsic compression by anthracotic calcified mediastinal lymphadenopathy which was corrected by surgical bypass graft. An 81-year-old female presented with recalcitrant ple...
journal_title:Journal of thoracic disease
pub_type:
doi:10.21037/jtd.2017.06.51
更新日期:2017-08-01 00:00:00
abstract:BACKGROUND:Transbronchial biopsy (TBB) using radial endobronchial ultrasound with a guide sheath (REBUS-GS) has improved the diagnosis of peripheral pulmonary lesions (PPLs). Because of the high cost of the GS, REBUS with distance (REBUS-D) has certain advantages. The aim of this study was to compare the diagnostic yie...
journal_title:Journal of thoracic disease
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.21037/jtd.2016.11.77
更新日期:2016-11-01 00:00:00
abstract::Cases of tracheobronchial foreign body aspiration are frequently encountered emergency cases of childhood; and, delays in its recognition and treatment do result in serious morbidity and mortality. Diagnosis mainly relies on taking history which should indicate what the foreign body is, when it has been aspirated and ...
journal_title:Journal of thoracic disease
pub_type: 杂志文章,评审
doi:10.21037/jtd.2016.12.69
更新日期:2016-12-01 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
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.21037/jtd.2016.07.07
更新日期:2016-08-01 00:00:00
abstract:BACKGROUND:The purpose of this study was to assess the efficacy of open lung biopsy (OLB) in determining the specific diagnosis and the related complications in patients with undiagnosed diffuse pulmonary infiltrates. METHODS:This single center, retrospective study included adult kidney transplant patients who underwe...
journal_title:Journal of thoracic disease
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.21037/jtd.2017.01.09
更新日期:2017-01-01 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
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.21037/jtd-19-4101
更新日期:2020-09-01 00:00:00
abstract::With accumulation of experiences in video-assisted thoracic surgery (VATS) lobectomy, complete VATS sleeve lobectomy (SL) has been carried out in more and more medical centers. We here presented a procedure of sleeve right upper lobectomy by complete VATS for a 62-year-old male patient with central squamous cell carci...
journal_title:Journal of thoracic disease
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.21037/jtd.2018.03.112
更新日期:2018-07-01 00:00:00
abstract:BACKGROUND:Ground glass opacity (GGO) generally associated with the lepidic component of lung adenocarcinoma. However, in some cases, GGO nodules have been associated with invasive adenocarcinomas, where a lepidic component is minimal or absent. The purpose of this study is to evaluate the clinicopathological character...
journal_title:Journal of thoracic disease
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.21037/jtd.2016.08.46
更新日期:2016-09-01 00:00:00
abstract:BACKGROUND:Recent evidence suggests that a histone deacetylase inhibitor, suberoylanilide hydroxamic acid (SAHA), has anti-fibrotic effect. However, the exact mechanism of its anti-fibrotic potential remains is unclear. In this study, we investigated the molecular mechanism of SAHA in attenuating pulmonary fibrosis by ...
journal_title:Journal of thoracic disease
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.21037/jtd.2016.08.08
更新日期:2016-09-01 00:00:00
abstract::Sepsis is a medical emergency and life-threatening condition due to a dysregulated host response to infection, which is time-dependent and associated with unacceptably high mortality. Thus, when treating suspicious or confirmed cases of sepsis, clinicians must initiate broad-spectrum antimicrobials within the first ho...
journal_title:Journal of thoracic disease
pub_type: 杂志文章,评审
doi:10.21037/jtd.2020.01.47
更新日期:2020-03-01 00:00:00
abstract:Background:Clinical practice guidelines (CPGs) provide many recommendations for hyperlipidemia management, but some of them are still debatable. Methods:We applied the six-domain Appraisal of Guidelines for Research and Evaluation II (AGREE II) instrument to evaluate the quality of guidelines with lipid management rec...
journal_title:Journal of thoracic disease
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.21037/jtd.2019.07.71
更新日期:2019-08-01 00:00:00
abstract:Background:This study analyzes the outcomes of a one-stage hybrid procedure combining thoracic endovascular aortic repair (TEVAR) with extra-anatomic bypass in patients with distal aortic arch disease. Methods:This retrospective study collected 103 hybrid procedures combining TEVAR with extra-anatomic bypass (mean age...
journal_title:Journal of thoracic disease
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.21037/jtd-20-2338
更新日期:2020-12-01 00:00:00
abstract:BACKGROUND:Esophagectomy is accompanied by a high postoperative complication rate. Minimally invasive esophageal surgery appears to be a promising technique that might be associated with a lower pulmonary morbidity rate. The objective of this study was to describe the implementation of minimally invasive esophageal sur...
journal_title:Journal of thoracic disease
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.3978/j.issn.2072-1439.2012.09.05
更新日期:2012-10-01 00:00:00
abstract::Quality-focused, cost-effective, patient-centered care is at the forefront of current healthcare reform. Recent data show that enhanced recovery after surgery (ERAS) results in improved surgical outcomes and decreased hospital costs. As a result, ERAS has been widely accepted among multiple surgical subspecialties as ...
journal_title:Journal of thoracic disease
pub_type: 杂志文章,评审
doi:10.21037/jtd.2019.04.08
更新日期:2019-04-01 00:00:00
abstract::The vascular structure related compression of esophagus is rather rare. Aberrant right subclavicular artery accounts for the majority of the rare entity, while the thoracic aorta aneurysm is a more dangerous type, called as dysphagia aortica. Delay in diagnosis and treatment of the dysphagia aortica predisposes to rup...
journal_title:Journal of thoracic disease
pub_type:
doi:10.3978/j.issn.2072-1439.2013.11.15
更新日期:2013-12-01 00:00:00
abstract::Obstructive sleep apnea (OSA) is a disorder which afflicts a large number of individuals around the world. OSA causes sleepiness and is a major cardiovascular risk factor. Since its inception in the early 1980's, continuous positive airway pressure (CPAP) has emerged as the major treatment of OSA, and it has been show...
journal_title:Journal of thoracic disease
pub_type: 杂志文章,评审
doi:10.3978/j.issn.2072-1439.2015.07.30
更新日期:2015-08-01 00:00:00
abstract::Tuberculosis (TB) is still a major public health concern, mostly affecting resource-constrained settings and marginalized populations. The fight against the disease is hindered by the growing emergence of drug-resistant forms whose management can be rather challenging. Surgery may play an important role to support dia...
journal_title:Journal of thoracic disease
pub_type: 杂志文章,评审
doi:10.21037/jtd.2016.05.59
更新日期:2016-07-01 00:00:00
abstract::The exact prevalence of pulmonary hypertension (PH) and cor pulmonale (CP) in chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) is unknown, and varies considerably from 20-91%. Usually, mean pulmonary artery pressure (mPAP) does not exceed 30 mmHg, and PH is not severe. However, PH and CP are important predictors of mortal...
journal_title:Journal of thoracic disease
pub_type: 杂志文章,评审
doi:10.21037/jtd.2018.07.63
更新日期:2018-08-01 00:00:00
abstract::[This corrects the article DOI: 10.21037/jtd.2018.07.10.]. ...
journal_title:Journal of thoracic disease
pub_type: 杂志文章,已发布勘误
doi:10.21037/jtd.2018.12.125
更新日期:2019-01-01 00:00:00
abstract::Germ cell tumors, like teratoma, typically occur in young adults in their second to fourth decade with equal sex distribution. We firstly report a very rare case of a huge tumor compressed the vital structures of the mediastinum that was diagnosed in a 21-year-old woman at 39 weeks of gestation during a routine prenat...
journal_title:Journal of thoracic disease
pub_type:
doi:10.3978/j.issn.2072-1439.2014.08.46
更新日期:2014-10-01 00:00:00
abstract:BACKGROUND:The feasibility and practicality of preoperative rehabilitation (PR) programs remains quite controversial in the treatment of lung cancer (LC). This study explored whether a short-term high-intensity rehabilitation program could improve postoperative outcomes compared to those achieved with conventional insp...
journal_title:Journal of thoracic disease
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.21037/jtd.2017.06.15
更新日期:2017-07-01 00:00:00
abstract::We report a case involving a female patient with primary hyperparathyroidism arising from a middle mediastinal parathyroid adenoma. Initial diagnosis was made based on a history of polyuria and recurrent renal colic. At the age of 77 she underwent videoscopic assisted mediastinoscopy (VAM) for resection of the adenoma...
journal_title:Journal of thoracic disease
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.21037/jtd.2016.08.87
更新日期:2016-09-01 00:00:00
abstract:BACKGROUND:Data on advantages of video-assisted thoracoscopic surgery (VATS) lobectomies has been accumulated during the last 10 years then number of thoracoscopic anatomic pulmonary resections rapidly increased. But still there is no agreement about limitations of the method. The most popular "technical contraindicati...
journal_title:Journal of thoracic disease
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.3978/j.issn.2072-1439.2014.10.11
更新日期:2014-10-01 00:00:00
abstract:BACKGROUND:To assess the feasibility and safety of tubeless video-assisted thoracoscopic surgery (VATS) under non-intubated, intravenous anesthesia with spontaneous ventilation and no placement of a chest tube postoperatively compared with VATS under intubated anesthesia with single-lung mechanical ventilation. METHOD...
journal_title:Journal of thoracic disease
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.21037/jtd.2016.08.02
更新日期:2016-08-01 00:00:00