Antagonism of ICAM-1 attenuates airway and tissue responses to antigen in sensitized rats.

abstract：:Physiologic adaptations after an 8-wk endurance training program were examined in 13 patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) (age, 64 +/- 4 [SD] yr; FEV1, 43 +/- 9% pred; PaO2, 72 +/- 8 mm Hg; and PaCO2, 36 +/- 2 mm Hg) and in eight healthy sedentary control subjects (61 +/- 4 yr). Both pre- and pos...

journal_title：American journal of respiratory and critical care medicine

authors： Sala E,Roca J,Marrades RM,Alonso J,Gonzalez De Suso JM,Moreno A,Barberá JA,Nadal J,de Jover L,Rodriguez-Roisin R,Wagner PD

更新日期：1999-06-01 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：: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：:Dobutamine has been proposed as a means of disclosing a pathologic oxygen supply (DO2) dependency in critically ill patients. Like other catecholamines, however, dobutamine might increase cellular metabolism, so that oxygen consumption (VO2) would increase regardless of the presence or absence of a supply dependency. ...

journal_title：American journal of respiratory and critical care medicine

authors： De Backer D,Moraine JJ,Berre J,Kahn RJ,Vincent JL

更新日期：1994-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：RATIONALE:Density-based morphometric studies have demonstrated decreased capillary density in infants with bronchopulmonary dysplasia (BPD) and in BPD-like animal models, leading to the prevailing view that microvascular development is disrupted in BPD. OBJECTIVE:To perform a comprehensive analysis of the early and la...

journal_title：American journal of respiratory and critical care medicine

authors： De Paepe ME,Mao Q,Powell J,Rubin SE,DeKoninck P,Appel N,Dixon M,Gundogan F

更新日期：2006-01-15 00:00:00

abstract：:Around 50% of patients with the sleep apnea/hypopnea syndrome (SAHS) are not obese: body mass index (BMI) < 30 kg/m2. We hypothesized that local fat deposition around the upper airway may be different in nonobese patients with SAHS from that in normal subjects with the same body mass. We therefore examined the relatio...

journal_title：American journal of respiratory and critical care medicine

authors： Mortimore IL,Marshall I,Wraith PK,Sellar RJ,Douglas NJ

更新日期：1998-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Studies have shown evidence of significant parent-offspring and sibling correlation in FEV1, but familial aggregation of decline of FEV1 over time has not been reported. Our study population comprised 392 families enrolled in the Tucson Epidemiological Study of Airway Obstructive Diseases. Subjects were older than 18 ...

journal_title：American journal of respiratory and critical care medicine

authors： Kurzius-Spencer M,Sherrill DL,Holberg CJ,Martinez FD,Lebowitz MD

更新日期：2001-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The frequency and determinants of exogenous reinfection and of endogenous reactivation of tuberculosis in patients previously treated are poorly understood. In Gran Canaria Island, Spain, between 1991 and 1996, 962 tuberculosis cases were confirmed by culture. Drug susceptibility testing was performed on available bac...

journal_title：American journal of respiratory and critical care medicine

authors： Caminero JA,Pena MJ,Campos-Herrero MI,Rodríguez JC,Afonso O,Martin C,Pavón JM,Torres MJ,Burgos M,Cabrera P,Small PM,Enarson DA

更新日期：2001-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：RATIONALE:Neutrophils are key players in chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD), and increased numbers of neutrophils are present in sputum and lung tissue of patients with COPD. Interestingly, immunoglobulin free light chains (IgLC) are able to prolong the life of neutrophils; therefore, IgLC may contribute to t...

journal_title：American journal of respiratory and critical care medicine

authors： Braber S,Thio M,Blokhuis BR,Henricks PA,Koelink PJ,Groot Kormelink T,Bezemer GF,Kerstjens HA,Postma DS,Garssen J,Kraneveld AD,Redegeld FA,Folkerts G

更新日期：2012-04-15 00:00:00

abstract：RATIONALE:Spontaneous breathing during mechanical ventilation increases transpulmonary pressure and Vt, and worsens lung injury. Intuitively, controlling Vt and transpulmonary pressure might limit injury caused by added spontaneous effort. OBJECTIVES:To test the hypothesis that, during spontaneous effort in injured lu...

journal_title：American journal of respiratory and critical care medicine

authors： Yoshida T,Nakahashi S,Nakamura MAM,Koyama Y,Roldan R,Torsani V,De Santis RR,Gomes S,Uchiyama A,Amato MBP,Kavanagh BP,Fujino Y

更新日期：2017-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Rationale: Noninvasive ventilation decreases the need for invasive mechanical ventilation and mortality among patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease but has not been well studied in asthma.Objectives: To assess the association between noninvasive ventilation and subsequent need for invasive mechanical ven...

journal_title：American journal of respiratory and critical care medicine

authors： Althoff MD,Holguin F,Yang F,Grunwald GK,Moss M,Vandivier RW,Ho PM,Kiser TH,Burnham EL

更新日期：2020-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:It is known that the ventilatory response to carbon dioxide (CO2) is increased in asthmatics with airway obstruction. Increased vagal afferent activity as well as increased airway resistance have been postulated as the causative mechanisms. However, whether increased vagal afferent activity without bronchoconstriction...

journal_title：American journal of respiratory and critical care medicine

authors： Midorikawa J,Kikuchi Y,Taguchi O,Hida W,Okabe S,Takishima T,Shirato K

更新日期：1994-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We have investigated the influence of the cytokine tumor necrosis factor alpha (TNF alpha), an important mediator of sepsis, on in vitro hamster diaphragm contractility. Costal diaphragm strips were excised and mounted on an experimental apparatus consisting of a force transducer and servomotor. Preparations were rand...

journal_title：American journal of respiratory and critical care medicine

authors： Wilcox P,Milliken C,Bressler B

更新日期：1996-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The aim of the study was to determine risk factors for severe community-acquired pneumonia (CAP) as well as to compare microbial patterns of severe CAP to a previous study from our respiratory intensive care unit (ICU) originating from 1984 to 1987. Patients admitted to the ICU according to clinical judgment were defi...

journal_title：American journal of respiratory and critical care medicine

authors： Ruiz M,Ewig S,Torres A,Arancibia F,Marco F,Mensa J,Sanchez M,Martinez JA

更新日期：1999-09-01 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:Hyponatremia is associated with decompensated heart failure and poor prognosis in patients with left ventricular systolic dysfunction. OBJECTIVES:We sought to determine if hyponatremia is associated with right heart failure and worse prognosis in patients with pulmonary arterial hypertension (PAH). METHODS:...

journal_title：American journal of respiratory and critical care medicine

authors： Forfia PR,Mathai SC,Fisher MR,Housten-Harris T,Hemnes AR,Champion HC,Girgis RE,Hassoun PM

更新日期：2008-06-15 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：:Several epidemiologic studies have demonstrated a consistent association between levels of particulate matter (PM) in the ambient air with increases in cardiovascular and respiratory mortality and morbidity. Diesel exhaust (DE), in addition to generating other pollutants, is a major contributor to PM pollution in most...

journal_title：American journal of respiratory and critical care medicine

authors： Salvi S,Blomberg A,Rudell B,Kelly F,Sandström T,Holgate ST,Frew A

更新日期：1999-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Obstructive apneas and hypopneas during sleep are a well recognized cause of excessive daytime sleepiness. Snoring is also associated with excess sleepiness, although it is not known whether this reflects an independent effect of snoring or whether snoring is simply a marker for obstructive sleep apnea. To further exp...

journal_title：American journal of respiratory and critical care medicine

authors： Gottlieb DJ,Yao Q,Redline S,Ali T,Mahowald MW

更新日期：2000-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Sepsis and cancer share a number of pathophysiological features, and both result from the inability of the host's immune system to cope with the initial insult (tissue invasion by pathogens and malignant cell transformation, respectively). The common coexistence of both disorders and the profound related alterations i...

journal_title：American journal of respiratory and critical care medicine

authors： Mirouse A,Vigneron C,Llitjos JF,Chiche JD,Mira JP,Mokart D,Azoulay E,Pène F

更新日期：2020-12-15 00:00:00

abstract：:Lone cryptogenic fibrosing alveolitis (CFA) is a progressive interstitial lung disease, with a median survival of 3 to 6 yr from the onset of dyspnea. CFA can be subdivided into prognostically significant histopathologic patterns, including nonspecific interstitial pneumonia (NSIP). We reviewed 78 patients with a clin...

journal_title：American journal of respiratory and critical care medicine

authors： Nicholson AG,Colby TV,du Bois RM,Hansell DM,Wells AU

更新日期：2000-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Current classification of pulmonary hypertension (PH) is based on a relatively simple combination of patient characteristics and hemodynamics. This limits customization of treatment, and lacks the clarity of a more granular identification based on individual patient phenotypes. Rapid advances in mechanistic ...

journal_title：American journal of respiratory and critical care medicine

authors： Dweik RA,Rounds S,Erzurum SC,Archer S,Fagan K,Hassoun PM,Hill NS,Humbert M,Kawut SM,Krowka M,Michelakis E,Morrell NW,Stenmark K,Tuder RM,Newman J,ATS Committee on Pulmonary Hypertension Phenotypes.

更新日期：2014-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:To gain insight into the source of exhaled nitric oxide (NO) in normal humans, we examined the effects of respiratory pattern on the concentration of NO in exhaled air while subjects were wearing a noseclip and then under endotracheal intubation, using a specially designed gas sampling system to separate exhaled air i...

journal_title：American journal of respiratory and critical care medicine

authors： Tsujino I,Miyamoto K,Nishimura M,Shinano H,Makita H,Saito S,Nakano T,Kawakami Y

更新日期：1996-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Clinically, the spread of infectious agents between subjects undergoing spirometry is quite uncommon. There is almost no documentation in the medical literature on this subject. We studied the retrieval of nonpathogenic Escherichia coli after aerosolizing organisms into standard pulmonary function tubing of a type tha...

journal_title：American journal of respiratory and critical care medicine

authors： Hiebert T,Miles J,Okeson GC

更新日期：1999-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We investigated the source of intravascular fat in systemic organs (brain, heart, and kidney) after massive pulmonary fat embolism during cemented arthroplasty. We used a bilateral cemented arthroplasty (BCA) in anesthetized mongrel dogs that simulates a cemented total-hip replacement procedure. We hypothesized that d...

journal_title：American journal of respiratory and critical care medicine

authors： Byrick RJ,Mullen JB,Mazer CD,Guest CB

更新日期：1994-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Pneumonectomized rats develop pulmonary hypertension (PH) and pulmonary vascular neointimal formation 4 wk after monocrotaline (MCT) administration. Male Sprague-Dawley rats were injected with MCT (60 mg/kg) on Day 7 after left pneumonectomy. Three groups (n = 5) received 40-O-(2-hydroxyethyl)-rapamycin (RAD, 2.5 mg/k...

journal_title：American journal of respiratory and critical care medicine

authors： Nishimura T,Faul JL,Berry GJ,Veve I,Pearl RG,Kao PN

更新日期：2001-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The inflammatory events in the airways at the time of acute respiratory failure from acute severe asthma are poorly understood. To determine the patterns of cellular inflammation in the airways in acute severe asthma, we analyzed tracheal aspirates collected within 12 h of intubation from patients intubated emergently...

journal_title：American journal of respiratory and critical care medicine

authors： Ordoñez CL,Shaughnessy TE,Matthay MA,Fahy JV

更新日期：2000-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Fibrosing alveolitis may occur alone (CFA) or in association with systemic sclerosis (FASSc). FASSc was recently shown to have a prognostic advantage over CFA. Because interleukin-8 (IL-8) is likely to be a major determinant of neutrophil alveolitis, we evaluated IL-8 expression in patients with CFA and FASSc and comp...

journal_title：American journal of respiratory and critical care medicine

authors： Southcott AM,Jones KP,Li D,Majumdar S,Cambrey AD,Pantelidis P,Black CM,Laurent GJ,Davies BH,Jeffery PK

更新日期：1995-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：RATIONALE:The determinants of immunoglobulin G (IgG) level and the risk of hypogammaglobulinemia (HGG) in patients with severe lung disease before and after lung transplantation are unknown. OBJECTIVES:We aimed to identify predictors of low IgG levels before and after lung transplantation. METHODS:We performed a retr...

journal_title：American journal of respiratory and critical care medicine

authors： Yip NH,Lederer DJ,Kawut SM,Wilt JS,D'Ovidio F,Wang Y,Dwyer E,Sonett JR,Arcasoy SM

更新日期：2006-04-15 00:00:00

abstract：RATIONALE:Improved understanding of the lung microbiome in HIV-infected individuals could lead to better strategies for diagnosis, therapy, and prophylaxis of HIV-associated pneumonias. Differences in the oral and lung microbiomes in HIV-infected and HIV-uninfected individuals are not well defined. Whether highly activ...

journal_title：American journal of respiratory and critical care medicine

authors： Beck JM,Schloss PD,Venkataraman A,Twigg H 3rd,Jablonski KA,Bushman FD,Campbell TB,Charlson ES,Collman RG,Crothers K,Curtis JL,Drews KL,Flores SC,Fontenot AP,Foulkes MA,Frank I,Ghedin E,Huang L,Lynch SV,Morris A,Pa

更新日期：2015-12-01 00:00:00