Determinants of susceptibility to cigarette smoke. Potential roles for neuroendocrine cells and neuropeptides in airway inflammation, airway wall remodeling, and chronic airflow obstruction.

abstract：:We hypothesized that variation in extubating brain injured patients would affect the incidence of nosocomial pneumonia, length of stay, and hospital charges. In a prospective cohort of consecutive, intubated brain-injured patients, we evaluated daily: intubation status, spontaneous ventilatory parameters, gas exchange...

journal_title：American journal of respiratory and critical care medicine

authors： Coplin WM,Pierson DJ,Cooley KD,Newell DW,Rubenfeld GD

更新日期：2000-05-01 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：:In a previous study of older pulp and paper workers in Berlin, New Hampshire, decrements in spirometry results associated with accidental exposures to high levels of irritant gases depended on cumulative levels of pulp mill exposure and cigarette smoking. Many of those subjects were older and retired. A new study was ...

journal_title：American journal of respiratory and critical care medicine

authors： Henneberger PK,Lax MB,Ferris BG Jr

更新日期：1996-01-01 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：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：RATIONALE:Systemic steroids are the standard treatment for bronchiolitis obliterans syndrome (BOS) after allogeneic hematopoietic stem cell transplantation (HSCT) despite their poor efficacy and disabling side effects. OBJECTIVES:To evaluate the effectiveness and tolerance of budesonide/formoterol as an alternative tr...

journal_title：American journal of respiratory and critical care medicine

authors： Bergeron A,Chevret S,Chagnon K,Godet C,Bergot E,Peffault de Latour R,Dominique S,de Revel T,Juvin K,Maillard N,Reman O,Contentin N,Robin M,Buzyn A,Socié G,Tazi A

更新日期：2015-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：RATIONALE:Controlled mechanical ventilation (CMV) results in atrophy of the human diaphragm. The autophagy-lysosome pathway (ALP) contributes to skeletal muscle proteolysis, but its contribution to diaphragmatic protein degradation in mechanically ventilated patients is unknown. OBJECTIVES:To evaluate the autophagy pa...

journal_title：American journal of respiratory and critical care medicine

authors： Hussain SN,Mofarrahi M,Sigala I,Kim HC,Vassilakopoulos T,Maltais F,Bellenis I,Chaturvedi R,Gottfried SB,Metrakos P,Danialou G,Matecki S,Jaber S,Petrof BJ,Goldberg P

更新日期：2010-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：RATIONALE:Because of high mortality, end-of-life care is an important component of intensive care. OBJECTIVES:We evaluated the effectiveness of a quality-improvement intervention to improve intensive care unit (ICU) end-of-life care. METHODS:We conducted a cluster-randomized trial randomizing 12 hospitals. The interv...

journal_title：American journal of respiratory and critical care medicine

authors： Curtis JR,Nielsen EL,Treece PD,Downey L,Dotolo D,Shannon SE,Back AL,Rubenfeld GD,Engelberg RA

更新日期：2011-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Patients in whom acid-fast bacilli smear-positive pulmonary tuberculosis was newly diagnosed were randomized to receive 400 mg moxifloxacin, 300 mg isonaizid, or 600 mg rifampin daily for 5 days. Sixteen-hour overnight sputa collections were made for the 2 days before and for 5 days of monotherapy. Bactericidal activi...

journal_title：American journal of respiratory and critical care medicine

authors： Gosling RD,Uiso LO,Sam NE,Bongard E,Kanduma EG,Nyindo M,Morris RW,Gillespie SH

更新日期：2003-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：RATIONALE:Poor adherence is common in difficult-to-control asthma. Distinguishing patients with difficult-to-control asthma who respond to inhaled corticosteroids (ICS) from refractory asthma is an important clinical challenge. OBJECTIVES:Suppression of fractional exhaled nitric oxide (FeNO) with directly observed ICS...

journal_title：American journal of respiratory and critical care medicine

authors： Heaney LG,Busby J,Bradding P,Chaudhuri R,Mansur AH,Niven R,Pavord ID,Lindsay JT,Costello RW,Medical Research Council UK Refractory Asthma Stratification Programme (RASP-UK).

更新日期：2019-02-15 00:00:00

abstract：:Preeclampsia is the predominant cause of admissions to neonatal intensive care. The diurnal blood pressure pattern is flattened or reversed in preeclampsia. We hypothesized that snoring and partial upper airway obstruction contribute to nocturnal rises in blood pressure. We tested this hypothesis by controlling sleep-...

journal_title：American journal of respiratory and critical care medicine

authors： Edwards N,Blyton DM,Kirjavainen T,Kesby GJ,Sullivan CE

更新日期：2000-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The safety of sputum induction and the reproducibility of measurements in induced sputum in multicenter studies is unknown. We examined the safety of sputum induction in a two-visit, six-center study in 79 subjects with moderate to severe asthma (mean +/- SD FEV(1) 71 +/- 12% predicted, 67% taking inhaled corticostero...

journal_title：American journal of respiratory and critical care medicine

authors： Fahy JV,Boushey HA,Lazarus SC,Mauger EA,Cherniack RM,Chinchilli VM,Craig TJ,Drazen JM,Ford JG,Fish JE,Israel E,Kraft M,Lemanske RF,Martin RJ,McLean D,Peters SP,Sorkness C,Szefler SJ,NHLBI Asthma Clinical Research Netw

更新日期：2001-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：RATIONALE:Studies in patients and experimental animals provide compelling evidence of the involvement of the major thrombin receptor, proteinase-activated receptor-1 (PAR(1)), and the potent chemokine, chemokine (CC motif) ligand-2 (CCL2)/monocyte chemotactic protein-1, in the pathogenesis of idiopathic pulmonary fibro...

journal_title：American journal of respiratory and critical care medicine

authors： Mercer PF,Johns RH,Scotton CJ,Krupiczojc MA,Königshoff M,Howell DC,McAnulty RJ,Das A,Thorley AJ,Tetley TD,Eickelberg O,Chambers RC

更新日期：2009-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：RATIONALE:Smoking is a primary risk factor for chronic bronchitis, emphysema, and chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, but since not all smokers develop disease, it has been suggested that some individuals may be more susceptible to exogenous factors, such as smoking, and that this susceptibility could be genetically...

journal_title：American journal of respiratory and critical care medicine

authors： Hallberg J,Dominicus A,Eriksson UK,Gerhardsson de Verdier M,Pedersen NL,Dahlbäck M,Nihlén U,Higenbottam T,Svartengren M

更新日期：2008-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A higher exposure to endotoxin was hypothesized to contribute to lower prevalence of allergic sensitization and hay fever in children growing up on a farm. We studied the association between house dust endotoxin and allergic sensitization. We randomly selected 740 children, aged between 5 and 10 years, from a group of...

journal_title：American journal of respiratory and critical care medicine

authors： Gehring U,Bischof W,Fahlbusch B,Wichmann HE,Heinrich J

更新日期：2002-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：RATIONALE:Although current resuscitation guidelines are rescuer focused, the opportunity exists to develop patient-centered resuscitation strategies that optimize the hemodynamic response of the individual in the hopes to improve survival. OBJECTIVES:To determine if titrating cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR) to blo...

journal_title：American journal of respiratory and critical care medicine

authors： Sutton RM,Friess SH,Naim MY,Lampe JW,Bratinov G,Weiland TR 3rd,Garuccio M,Nadkarni VM,Becker LB,Berg RA

更新日期：2014-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The relationships between mite and cat allergen levels in the home, skin test reactivity, and severity of asthma were explored in 120 asthmatic subjects, 57 in Vancouver and 63 in Winnipeg. Patients in the two cities were similar in age, gender distribution, and severity of asthma. Skin tests were performed using 13 c...

journal_title：American journal of respiratory and critical care medicine

authors： Chan-Yeung M,Manfreda J,Dimich-Ward H,Lam J,Ferguson A,Warren P,Simons E,Broder I,Chapman M,Platts-Mills T

更新日期：1995-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：RATIONALE:Chronic bronchitis (CB) is characterized by persistent cough and sputum production. Studies were performed to test whether mucus hyperconcentration and increased partial osmotic pressure, in part caused by abnormal purine nucleotide regulation of ion transport, contribute to the pathogenesis of CB. OBJECTIVE...

journal_title：American journal of respiratory and critical care medicine

authors： Anderson WH,Coakley RD,Button B,Henderson AG,Zeman KL,Alexis NE,Peden DB,Lazarowski ER,Davis CW,Bailey S,Fuller F,Almond M,Qaqish B,Bordonali E,Rubinstein M,Bennett WD,Kesimer M,Boucher RC

更新日期：2015-07-15 00:00:00

abstract：:Alveolar macrophages (AMs) are considered major effector cells in host defense against respiratory tract infections by virtue of their potent phagocytic properties. In addition, AMs may regulate the host inflammatory response to infection by production of cytokines and by their capacity to phagocytose apoptotic polymo...

journal_title：American journal of respiratory and critical care medicine

authors： Knapp S,Leemans JC,Florquin S,Branger J,Maris NA,Pater J,van Rooijen N,van der Poll T

更新日期：2003-01-15 00:00:00

abstract：:Controversy exists regarding the clinical utility of pleural fluid pH, lactate dehydrogenase (LDH), and glucose for identifying complicated parapneumonic effusions that require drainage. In this report, we performed a meta-analysis of pertinent studies, using receiver operating characteristic (ROC) techniques, to asse...

journal_title：American journal of respiratory and critical care medicine

authors： Heffner JE,Brown LK,Barbieri C,DeLeo JM

更新日期：1995-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Acute exacerbation of idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis has been defined as an acute, clinically significant, respiratory deterioration of unidentifiable cause. The objective of this international working group report on acute exacerbation of idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis was to provide a comprehensive update on the topic...

journal_title：American journal of respiratory and critical care medicine

authors： Collard HR,Ryerson CJ,Corte TJ,Jenkins G,Kondoh Y,Lederer DJ,Lee JS,Maher TM,Wells AU,Antoniou KM,Behr J,Brown KK,Cottin V,Flaherty KR,Fukuoka J,Hansell DM,Johkoh T,Kaminski N,Kim DS,Kolb M,Lynch DA,Myers JL,R

更新日期：2016-08-01 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：:Hypersensitivity pneumonitis (HP) develops after inhalation of many different environmental antigens, causing variable clinical symptoms that often make diagnosis uncertain. The prevalence of HP is higher than recognized, especially its chronic form. Mechanisms of disease are still incompletely known. Strategies to im...

journal_title：American journal of respiratory and critical care medicine

authors： Fink JN,Ortega HG,Reynolds HY,Cormier YF,Fan LL,Franks TJ,Kreiss K,Kunkel S,Lynch D,Quirce S,Rose C,Schleimer RP,Schuyler MR,Selman M,Trout D,Yoshizawa Y

更新日期：2005-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：RATIONALE:There is growing evidence that resident cells, such as fibroblasts and epithelial cells, can drive the persistent accumulation of dendritic cells (DCs) in chronically inflamed tissue, leading to the organization and the maintenance of ectopic lymphoid aggregates. This phenomenon, occurring through a chemokine...

journal_title：American journal of respiratory and critical care medicine

authors： Marchal-Sommé J,Uzunhan Y,Marchand-Adam S,Kambouchner M,Valeyre D,Crestani B,Soler P

更新日期：2007-11-15 00:00:00

abstract：:Surfactant protein B (SP-B) is one of the essential constituents of the alveolar surfactant system, presenting mainly in the form of SP-B dimer. The measurement of this molecule in biologic samples has been hampered by its extreme hydrophobicity and intimate association with surfactant lipids. We developed a solid-pha...

journal_title：American journal of respiratory and critical care medicine

authors： Krämer HJ,Schmidt R,Günther A,Becker G,Suzuki Y,Seeger W

更新日期：1995-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：RATIONALE:The American Thoracic Society/European Respiratory Society International Consensus Classification panel identified the clinical entity idiopathic nonspecific interstitial pneumonia (NSIP) as a provisional diagnosis and recommended further study. OBJECTIVES:We hypothesized that idiopathic NSIP is an autoimmun...

journal_title：American journal of respiratory and critical care medicine

authors： Kinder BW,Collard HR,Koth L,Daikh DI,Wolters PJ,Elicker B,Jones KD,King TE Jr

更新日期：2007-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Lung cancer screening (LCS) has the potential to reduce the risk of lung cancer death in healthy individuals, but the impact of coexisting chronic illnesses on LCS outcomes has not been well defined. Consideration of the complex relationship between baseline risk of lung cancer, treatment-related harms, and ...

journal_title：American journal of respiratory and critical care medicine

authors： Rivera MP,Tanner NT,Silvestri GA,Detterbeck FC,Tammemägi MC,Young RP,Slatore CG,Caverly TJ,Boyd CM,Braithwaite D,Fathi JT,Gould MK,Iaccarino JM,Malkoski SP,Mazzone PJ,Tanoue LT,Schoenborn NL,Zulueta JJ,Wiener RS,Ame

更新日期：2018-07-15 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：: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：RATIONALE:The promise of newborn screening (NBS) for cystic fibrosis (CF) has not been fully realized, and the extent of improvement in respiratory outcomes is unclear. We hypothesized that significant lung disease was present at diagnosis. OBJECTIVES:To determine the extent of lung disease in a geographically defined...

journal_title：American journal of respiratory and critical care medicine

authors： Sly PD,Brennan S,Gangell C,de Klerk N,Murray C,Mott L,Stick SM,Robinson PJ,Robertson CF,Ranganathan SC,Australian Respiratory Early Surveillance Team for Cystic Fibrosis (AREST-CF).

更新日期：2009-07-15 00:00:00