Radiographic resolution of community-acquired pneumonia.

abstract：:Genetic factors are likely to contribute to the variable presentation of community-acquired pneumonia (CAP). The purpose of this prospective cohort study was to determine whether the LTalpha+250 (TNFbeta+250) and TNFalpha-308 gene polymorphisms are associated with different presentations of CAP. Septic shock (SS) was ...

journal_title：American journal of respiratory and critical care medicine

authors： Waterer GW,Quasney MW,Cantor RM,Wunderink RG

更新日期：2001-06-01 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：:The hereditary thrombophilias are a group of inherited conditions that predispose to thrombosis. Heritable deficiencies of the endogenous anticoagulants protein C, protein S, and antithrombin have been recognized for some years, but their prevalence, even among patients with familial thrombosis, is low. The recent dis...

journal_title：American journal of respiratory and critical care medicine

authors： Murin S,Marelich GP,Arroliga AC,Matthay RA

更新日期：1998-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Reexpansion of collapsed lung creates intrapulmonary shear forces. In an earlier study we showed that application of a negative end-expiratory airway pressure (NEEP) to normal rabbit lungs in vivo produced tidal collapse and reexpansion with transient changes in compliance and gas exchange but no histologic damage. In...

journal_title：American journal of respiratory and critical care medicine

authors： Taskar V,John J,Evander E,Robertson B,Jonson B

更新日期：1997-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Large pleural effusions are typically associated with dyspnea and potential respiratory compromise. Experimental evidence suggests that with large effusions, increased intrapleural pressure may be transmitted to the pericardial space, resulting in impaired cardiac filling and reduced stroke volume. We report two cases...

journal_title：American journal of respiratory and critical care medicine

authors： Kaplan LM,Epstein SK,Schwartz SL,Cao QL,Pandian NG

更新日期：1995-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Stimulation of the airways of asthmatic individuals causes severe bronchoconstriction, which is in part neurally mediated via the vagus nerve. Local anesthetics are commonly administered to prevent this reflex-induced bronchoconstriction. Therefore, in a double-blind, placebo-controlled prospective study, we tested th...

journal_title：American journal of respiratory and critical care medicine

authors： Groeben H,Foster WM,Brown RH

更新日期：1996-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We assessed the influence of current indoor levels of fungi, house dust mite allergen (Der p 1), and cat allergen (Fel d 1) on sensitization and asthma in adults. A total of 485 adults answered a questionnaire and had skin prick tests and lung function tests. Dust and air samples were collected from their bedrooms. Th...

journal_title：American journal of respiratory and critical care medicine

authors： Dharmage S,Bailey M,Raven J,Mitakakis T,Cheng A,Guest D,Rolland J,Forbes A,Thien F,Abramson M,Walters EH

更新日期：2001-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The effect of long-term exposure to air pollutants was studied in a cross-sectional population-based sample of adults (aged 18 to 60 yr; n = 9,651) residing in eight different areas in Switzerland. Standardized medical examination included questionnaire data, lung function tests, skin-prick testing, and end-expiratory...

journal_title：American journal of respiratory and critical care medicine

authors： Ackermann-Liebrich U,Leuenberger P,Schwartz J,Schindler C,Monn C,Bolognini G,Bongard JP,Brändli O,Domenighetti G,Elsasser S,Grize L,Karrer W,Keller R,Keller-Wossidlo H,Künzli N,Martin BW,Medici TC,Perruchoud AP,Schöni

更新日期：1997-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The objective of this study was to determine quantitative and qualitative surfactant alterations, proteins, and platelet activating factor (PAF) in bronchoalveolar lavage (BAL) fluid from patients with pulmonary thromboembolism (PTE) with respect to ventilated patients without PTE. Patients with PTE underwent BAL at t...

journal_title：American journal of respiratory and critical care medicine

authors： Nakos G,Kitsiouli EI,Lekka ME

更新日期：1998-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:To examine the differential properties of mucous glycoproteins, we produced hypertrophic and metaplastic changes in goblet cells of rat nasal epithelium by intranasal instillation of ovalbumin (OVA) in OVA-sensitized rats, and by intranasal lipopolysaccharide (LPS) instillation. The epithelial mucosubstance was quanti...

journal_title：American journal of respiratory and critical care medicine

authors： Shimizu T,Hirano H,Shimizu S,Kishioka C,Sakakura Y,Majima Y

更新日期：2001-09-15 00:00:00

abstract：:Human T lymphotropic virus type I (HTLV-I) is the etiological agent of adult T cell leukemia, and reports suggest that several other clinical conditions are associated with HTLV-I infection, including myelopathy and inflammatory pulmonary diseases. However, the clinical entity of HTLV-I-associated lung disease remains...

journal_title：American journal of respiratory and critical care medicine

authors： Kawakami K,Miyazato A,Iwakura Y,Saito A

更新日期：1999-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：RATIONALE:Air pollution is a known asthma trigger and has been associated with short-term asthma symptoms, airway inflammation, decreased lung function, and reduced response to asthma rescue medications. OBJECTIVES:To assess a causal relationship between air pollution and childhood asthma using data that address tempo...

journal_title：American journal of respiratory and critical care medicine

authors： Nishimura KK,Galanter JM,Roth LA,Oh SS,Thakur N,Nguyen EA,Thyne S,Farber HJ,Serebrisky D,Kumar R,Brigino-Buenaventura E,Davis A,LeNoir MA,Meade K,Rodriguez-Cintron W,Avila PC,Borrell LN,Bibbins-Domingo K,Rodriguez-San

更新日期：2013-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：RATIONALE:Previous investigations have identified several potential predictors of outcomes from lung volume reduction surgery (LVRS). A concern regarding these studies has been their small sample size, which may limit generalizability. We therefore sought to examine radiographic and physiologic predictors of surgical o...

journal_title：American journal of respiratory and critical care medicine

authors： Washko GR,Martinez FJ,Hoffman EA,Loring SH,Estépar RS,Diaz AA,Sciurba FC,Silverman EK,Han MK,Decamp M,Reilly JJ,National Emphysema Treatment Trial Research Group.

更新日期：2010-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Rationale: Tidal expiratory flow limitation (tidal-EFL) is not completely avoidable by applying positive end-expiratory pressure and may cause respiratory and hemodynamic complications in ventilated patients with lungs prone to collapse. During spontaneous breathing, expiratory diaphragmatic contraction counteracts ti...

journal_title：American journal of respiratory and critical care medicine

authors： Pellegrini M,Gudmundsson M,Bencze R,Segelsjö M,Freden F,Rylander C,Hedenstierna G,Larsson AS,Perchiazzi G

更新日期：2020-05-15 00:00:00

abstract：:Chronic beryllium disease (CBD) provides a model system in which to evaluate the antigen-stimulated, cell-mediated, immune response that leads to granulomatous lung disease. We hypothesized that beryllium salts would stimulate bronchoalveolar lavage (BAL) cell release of tumor necrosis factor-alpha (TNF-alpha) and lnt...

journal_title：American journal of respiratory and critical care medicine

authors： Tinkle SS,Newman LS

更新日期：1997-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We derived reference values for slow vital capacity (VC) and flow-volume curve indexes (FVC, FEV(1), and flows) from the 1,185 tracings provided by 1,039 "normal" subjects who participated in one or both cross-sectional surveys of the Po River Delta study in 1980-1982 and in 1988-1991. Definition of "normal" was based...

journal_title：American journal of respiratory and critical care medicine

authors： Pistelli F,Bottai M,Viegi G,Di Pede F,Carrozzi L,Baldacci S,Pedreschi M,Giuntini C

更新日期：2000-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：RATIONALE:Invasive fungal disease (IFD) is a significant cause of morbidity and mortality in immunocompromised patients. OBJECTIVES:We hypothesize that galactomannan (GM), a component of fungal cell wall, as measured in bronchoalveolar lavage (BAL) might be a diagnostic adjunct in hematologic malignancies. METHODS:A ...

journal_title：American journal of respiratory and critical care medicine

authors： Affolter K,Tamm M,Jahn K,Halter J,Passweg J,Hirsch HH,Stolz D

更新日期：2014-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：RATIONALE:A loss of function mutation in the cystic fibrosis transmembrane conductance regulator gene is believed to be an independent risk factor for bone disease in patients with cystic fibrosis. OBJECTIVES:The objective of this work was to use congenic mice as a preclinical model to examine the bone phenotype of Cf...

journal_title：American journal of respiratory and critical care medicine

authors： Haston CK,Li W,Li A,Lafleur M,Henderson JE

更新日期：2008-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Decreases in gastric mucosal pH (pHi) are associated with splanchnic hypoxia in animals and with increased mortality in patients. In the present study we measured changes in gastric pHi with a tonometer in septic patients after a short-term infusion of dobutamine. These changes were compared with concurrent alteration...

journal_title：American journal of respiratory and critical care medicine

authors： Gutierrez G,Clark C,Brown SD,Price K,Ortiz L,Nelson C

更新日期：1994-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：RATIONALE:T-bet (TBX21 or T-box 21) is a critical regulator of T-helper 1 lineage commitment and IFN-gamma production. Knockout mice lacking T-bet develop airway hyperresponsiveness (AHR) to methacholine, peribronchial eosinophilic and lymphocytic inflammation, and increased type III collagen deposition below the bronc...

journal_title：American journal of respiratory and critical care medicine

authors： Raby BA,Hwang ES,Van Steen K,Tantisira K,Peng S,Litonjua A,Lazarus R,Giallourakis C,Rioux JD,Sparrow D,Silverman EK,Glimcher LH,Weiss ST

更新日期：2006-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：RATIONALE:In clinical trials, patients with cystic fibrosis and a G551D mutation who received ivacaftor experienced improvements in pulmonary and nutritional outcomes. However, whether these improvements reflect a change in disease trajectory cannot be determined without longer-term analyses with an appropriate compara...

journal_title：American journal of respiratory and critical care medicine

authors： Sawicki GS,McKone EF,Pasta DJ,Millar SJ,Wagener JS,Johnson CA,Konstan MW

更新日期：2015-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Many persons say that they "don't know" whether they snore. The purpose of this study was to investigate the prevalence and correlates of such responses in an elderly population. Subjects were 1715 members (1,155 men, 560 women) of a previously defined cohort (Western Group Collaborative Study) followed prospectively ...

journal_title：American journal of respiratory and critical care medicine

authors： Bliwise DL,Swan GE,Carmelli D,La Rue A

更新日期：1999-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：RATIONALE:An asthma predisposition locus on chromosome 17q12-q21 has recently been replicated in different ethnic groups. OBJECTIVES:To characterize the asthma and atopy phenotypes in early childhood that associate with the 17q12-21 locus. METHODS:The single nucleotide polymorphism (SNP), rs7216389, was genotyped in ...

journal_title：American journal of respiratory and critical care medicine

authors： Bisgaard H,Bønnelykke K,Sleiman PM,Brasholt M,Chawes B,Kreiner-Møller E,Stage M,Kim C,Tavendale R,Baty F,Pipper CB,Palmer CN,Hakonarsson H

更新日期：2009-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A group of male amateur cyclists was studied in the summer of 1991 in the east of the Netherlands. Lung function was measured before and after training sessions or competitive races on a number of occasions. Continuous heart rate monitors were employed to document exercise levels. Heart rate averaged 161 beats/min dur...

journal_title：American journal of respiratory and critical care medicine

authors： Brunekreef B,Hoek G,Breugelmans O,Leentvaar M

更新日期：1994-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：RATIONALE:Exhaled nitric oxide (Fe(NO)) is a biomarker of airway inflammation in mild to moderate asthma. However, whether Fe(NO) levels are informative regarding airway inflammation in patients with severe asthma, who are refractory to conventional treatment, is unknown. Here, we hypothesized that classification of se...

journal_title：American journal of respiratory and critical care medicine

authors： Dweik RA,Sorkness RL,Wenzel S,Hammel J,Curran-Everett D,Comhair SA,Bleecker E,Busse W,Calhoun WJ,Castro M,Chung KF,Israel E,Jarjour N,Moore W,Peters S,Teague G,Gaston B,Erzurum SC,National Heart, Lung, and Blood Insti

更新日期：2010-05-15 00:00:00

abstract：RATIONALE:North American occupational health programs that switched from the tuberculin skin test (TST) to IFN-γ release assays for latent tuberculosis screening are reporting challenges with interpretation of serial testing results in healthcare workers (HCWs). However, limited data exist on the reproducibility of ser...

journal_title：American journal of respiratory and critical care medicine

authors： Slater ML,Welland G,Pai M,Parsonnet J,Banaei N

更新日期：2013-10-15 00:00:00

abstract：:The present study was designed to examine whether clenbuterol (CLEN) could reduce dexamethasone (DEX)-induced diaphragm dysfunction. We studied four groups of New Zealand white (NZW) rabbits, each receiving one of the following daily injections subcutaneously for 2 wk: saline (control), DEX 3 mg/kg, DEX 3 mg/kg + CLEN...

journal_title：American journal of respiratory and critical care medicine

authors： Jiang TX,Cairns A,Road JD,Wilcox PG

更新日期：1996-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The physiopathology of chronic cough remains obscure. We evaluated the possibility that chronic cough in nonasthmatic subjects is associated with airway inflammation, and if this is so, what the relationship between this inflammation and the possible etiology of cough might be, as well as its response to inhaled stero...

journal_title：American journal of respiratory and critical care medicine

authors： Boulet LP,Milot J,Boutet M,St Georges F,Laviolette M

更新日期：1994-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：RATIONALE:Innate immune responses marked by increases in tumor necrosis factor (TNF)-α have been associated with asthma but whether such alterations are evident before symptoms is not yet clear. OBJECTIVES:To determine if prevalence of childhood asthma or asthma-related traits is predicted by perinatal innate immune s...

journal_title：American journal of respiratory and critical care medicine

authors： Halonen M,Lohman IC,Stern DA,Ellis WL,Rothers J,Wright AL

更新日期：2013-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:To better understand strategies for recruiting and maintaining lung volume in acute lung injury, we examined relationships between steady-state lung volume and cumulative cyclic recruitment/derecruitment volume history and the quasi-static pressure-volume curve, in an animal saline lavage lung injury model. Small-volu...

journal_title：American journal of respiratory and critical care medicine

authors： Downie JM,Nam AJ,Simon BA

更新日期：2004-04-15 00:00:00