Late outcome from percutaneous tracheostomy using the Portex kit.

abstract：STUDY OBJECTIVES:To clarify the pathophysiologic features of the relation between asthma and obesity, we measured the effects of weight reduction on peak expiratory flow (PEF) variability and airways obstruction, compared to simultaneous changes in lung volumes and ventilatory mechanics in obese patients with stable as...

journal_title：Chest

authors： Hakala K,Stenius-Aarniala B,Sovijärvi A

更新日期：2000-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:Though numerous studies have demonstrated the short-term efficacy of lung volume reduction surgery (LVRS) in select patients with emphysema, the longer-term follow-up studies are just being reported. The primary objectives of this study were to assess long-term health-related quality of life, satisfaction, p...

journal_title：Chest

authors： Yusen RD,Lefrak SS,Gierada DS,Davis GE,Meyers BF,Patterson GA,Cooper JD

更新日期：2003-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Heterozygous familial type II hyperlipoproteinemia (F type II) is primarily manifested in hypercholesterolemia (due to low density lipoprotein-cholesterol [LDL-C] elevation) and premature coronary heart disease (CHD). We studied sequentially the effects of low cholesterol-low saturated fat-low simple carbohydrate diet...

journal_title：Chest

authors： Kuo PT,Kostis JB,Moreyra AE,Hayes JA

更新日期：1981-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Lymph node status is a major determinant of stage and survival in patients with lung cancer; however, little information is available about the expected yield of a mediastinal lymphadenectomy. METHODS:The American College of Surgeons Oncology Group Z0030 prospective, randomized trial of mediastinal lymph no...

journal_title：Chest

authors： Darling GE,Allen MS,Decker PA,Ballman K,Malthaner RA,Inculet RI,Jones DR,McKenna RJ,Landreneau RJ,Putnam JB Jr

更新日期：2011-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：STUDY OBJECTIVES:Vascular endothelial growth factor (VEGF) signaling may be required for maintenance of the alveolar structures, and alveolar septal cell apoptosis could contribute to the pathogenesis of COPD presenting emphysematous changes; however, the common mutation at position 936 in the 3' untranslated region of...

journal_title：Chest

authors： Sakao S,Tatsumi K,Hashimoto T,Igari H,Shino Y,Shirasawa H,Kuriyama T

更新日期：2003-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Exercise-associated cardiac asystole (EACA) in patients without structural heart disease is uncommonly encountered. Two patients who developed prolonged asystolic arrest associated with exercise are described; both demonstrated a positive head-up tilt table response, absence of underlying heart disease, and a history ...

journal_title：Chest

authors： Tse HF,Lau CP

更新日期：1995-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A 51-year-old man suffered third-degree caustic burns of the esophagus and proximal two-thirds of the stomach. A tracheoesophageal fistula developed, and surgery was performed to exclude the esophagus from gastrointestinal reflux and to divert the oral secretions. An uneventful postoperative course was interrupted on ...

journal_title：Chest

authors： Singh AK,Kothawla LK,Karlson KE

更新日期：1976-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：STUDY OBJECTIVE:To compare the acute bronchodilatory effect of the long-acting beta2-agonist formoterol against the short-acting beta2-agonist (SABA) terbutaline during exercise-induced bronchoconstriction (EIB) in children with asthma. DESIGN:A randomized, double-blind, placebo-controlled, crossover study of the imme...

journal_title：Chest

authors： Hermansen MN,Nielsen KG,Buchvald F,Jespersen JJ,Bengtsson T,Bisgaard H

更新日期：2006-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Eighty-two patients with mitral stenosis underwent cardiac catheterization with coronary angiography. Twenty-one patients (26 percent) had coronary artery disease. Characteristics of the mitral valve area, cardiac output, pulmonary artery pressure, pulmonary vascular resistance, left ventricular end-diastolic pressure...

journal_title：Chest

authors： Chun PK,Gertz E,Davia JE,Cheitlin MD

更新日期：1982-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Unilateral pulmonary edema is a distinctly unusual clinical entity, often misdiagnosed initially as one of the more common causes of focal lung disease. Predominantly lobar pulmonary edema is rarer still. We report a case of right upper lobe pulmonary edema caused by the acute onset of severe mitral regurgitation. In ...

journal_title：Chest

authors： Roach JM,Stajduhar KC,Torrington KG

更新日期：1993-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Pulmonary rejection and infection are the most important complications after lung transplantation. To evaluate the diagnostic value of pulmonary function testing for early detection and discrimination of these complications, seven heart-lung recipients were examined. The diagnosis of each complication was confirmed by...

journal_title：Chest

authors： Hoeper MM,Hamm M,Schäfers HJ,Haverich A,Wagner TO

更新日期：1992-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The clinical course of idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis (IPF) is characterized by progressive decline in lung function and eventual mortality. We sought to determine if future declines in pulmonary function, mortality, or both can be predicted from prior trends in pulmonary function tests (PFTs). METHODS:Data ...

journal_title：Chest

authors： Schmidt SL,Tayob N,Han MK,Zappala C,Kervitsky D,Murray S,Wells AU,Brown KK,Martinez FJ,Flaherty KR

更新日期：2014-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:POC testing provides an opportunity for clinicians and laboratorians to work together to consider how best to serve the patients within an individual institution. Each health system has unique characteristics relative to patient population, as well as a unique laboratory structure. If physicians, nurses, laboratorians...

journal_title：Chest

authors： Kost GJ,Ehrmeyer SS,Chernow B,Winkelman JW,Zaloga GP,Dellinger RP,Shirey T

更新日期：1999-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:To report observations on preserved regular atrial electrical and mechanical systole during ventricular fibrillation (VF) and to quantitate blood flow generated by atrial contractions in this setting. METHODS:In 10 rats, right atrial pressure pulses were continuously recorded before and for an interval of 8...

journal_title：Chest

authors： Pernat A,Weil MH,Sun S,Tang W,Yamaguchi H,Bisera J

更新日期：2000-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Spontaneous echo contrast is uncommon in pericardial effusion. We report the case of a patient with massive malignant pericardial effusion causing cardiac tamponade in which the intense spontaneous echo contrast was found in the effusion by echocardiography. It was suggested that both the heavy blood content and a lar...

journal_title：Chest

authors： Shyu KG,Cheng JJ,Kuan P,Lien WP

更新日期：1993-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Up-to-date estimates of burden of diseases are required for evidence-based decision-making. The objectives of this study were to determine the excess costs of COPD and its trend from 2001 to 2010 in British Columbia, Canada. METHODS:We used British Columbia's administrative health data to construct a cohort...

journal_title：Chest

authors： Khakban A,Sin DD,FitzGerald JM,Ng R,Zafarí Z,McManus B,Hollander Z,Marra CA,Sadatsafavi M

更新日期：2015-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Random assessments of SaO2 were performed via pulse oximetry in 274 hospitalized non-ICU patients prescribed supplemental O2 in a large tertiary care university hospital. In 507 assessments performed in patients inspiring the prescribed O2, 426 were receiving excessive amounts of O2 to maintain a SaO2 > or = 92 percen...

journal_title：Chest

authors： Albin RJ,Criner GJ,Thomas S,Abou-Jaoude S

更新日期：1992-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Malignant pleural effusion (MPE) is common. Existing literature on pleural fluid compositions is restricted to cross-sectional sampling with little information on longitudinal changes of fluid biochemistry and cytokines with disease progression. Indwelling pleural catheters provide the unique opportunity for...

journal_title：Chest

authors： Thomas R,Cheah HM,Creaney J,Turlach BA,Lee YC

更新日期：2016-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In a 75-year-old patient presenting with a solitary pulmonary mass, a localized form of Wegener's granulomatosis was diagnosed after lobectomy. In the absence of extrapulmonary manifestations and after a benign postoperative course, the patients was discharged without medical treatment. Three months later, diffuse alv...

journal_title：Chest

authors： Odeh M,Best LA,Kerner H,Bassan H,Oliven A

更新日期：1993-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Recent study of the inflammatory reactions occurring during and after cardiopulmonary bypass (CPB) has improved our understanding of the involvement of the inflammatory cascade in perioperative injury. However, the exact mechanisms of this complex response remain to be fully determined. METHODS:Literature o...

journal_title：Chest

authors： Wan S,LeClerc JL,Vincent JL

更新日期：1997-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Increased expression of the human epididymis protein 4 (HE4) was previously described in lung biopsy samples from patients with cystic fibrosis (CF). It remains unknown, however, whether serum HE4 concentrations are elevated in CF. METHODS:Seventy-seven children with CF from six Hungarian CF centers and 57 ...

journal_title：Chest

authors： Nagy B Jr,Nagy B,Fila L,Clarke LA,Gönczy F,Bede O,Nagy D,Újhelyi R,Szabó Á,Anghelyi A,Major M,Bene Z,Fejes Z,Antal-Szalmás P,Bhattoa HP,Balla G,Kappelmayer J,Amaral MD,Macek M Jr,Balogh I

更新日期：2016-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：INTRODUCTION:Most experimental studies of orthotopic heart and lung graft failure are complicated by an inability to eliminate the rejection-specific inflammatory mediator from the cardiopulmonary bypass. METHODS:The following model was developed in our laboratory to investigate the feasibility of performing an orthot...

journal_title：Chest

authors： Otaki M,Inoue T,Matsumoto T,Kitayama H,Oku H

更新日期：1999-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Atrial fibrillation remains a common and challenging problem following cardiac surgery. The American College of Chest Physicians, through the Health and Science Policy Committee, established a panel to develop a set of clinical practice guidelines for the management or prophylaxis of atrial fibrillation or flutter in ...

journal_title：Chest

authors： Fleisher LA,Bass EB,McKeown P,American College of Chest Physicians.

更新日期：2005-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This prospective study compared two weaning modalities in COPD patients requiring mechanical ventilation (MV) for acute respiratory failure. Nineteen patients with COPD were studied when their precipitating illness was controlled. Although they satisfied the conventional bedside weaning criteria, they could not tolera...

journal_title：Chest

authors： Jounieaux V,Duran A,Levi-Valensi P

更新日期：1994-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We describe a patient who suffered from a bacterial pneumonia and had a left-sided infiltrate on his chest radiograph. He was found to be cytopenic and acute myeloid leukemia was diagnosed. A complete remission was achieved after chemotherapy, and the patient was scheduled to have autologous bone marrow transplantatio...

journal_title：Chest

authors： Sutedja T,Kwa B,van Kamp H,van Zandwijk N

更新日期：1993-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Human genetic variation has enormous implications for individual susceptibility to lung disease, as well as for differences in prognosis and response to therapeutic interventions. Single-nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs) are the most common type of DNA sequence variation. An SNP is the substitution of a single base in t...

journal_title：Chest

authors： Tebbutt SJ,James A,Paré PD

更新日期：2007-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：STUDY OBJECTIVE:To examine the hemodynamic and metabolic short-term effects of hypophosphatemia correction in patients with septic shock receiving catecholamine therapy. DESIGN:Prospective, single cohort study. SETTING:ICU, university hospital. PATIENTS:Ten patients with septic shock and hypophosphatemia below 2 mg/...

journal_title：Chest

authors： Bollaert PE,Levy B,Nace L,Laterre PF,Larcan A

更新日期：1995-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：STUDY OBJECTIVES:To assess the incidence of tuberculosis in the native and immigrant populations of southern Israel in the period between 1992 and 1997, and to study the prevalence of drug resistance overall and among these subpopulations in the region in order to create guidelines for empirical antituberculous treatme...

journal_title：Chest

authors： Gilad J,Borer A,Riesenberg K,Peled N,Schlaeffer F

更新日期：2000-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Some patients with autoimmune characteristics and idiopathic interstitial pneumonia, particularly usual interstitial pneumonia (UIP), do not fit neatly into the category of connective tissue disease-associated interstitial lung disease (CTD-ILD), idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis (IPF), or recently proposed yet ...

journal_title：Chest

authors： Collins BF,Spiekerman CF,Shaw MA,Ho LA,Hayes J,Spada CA,Stamato CM,Raghu G

更新日期：2017-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Although patients with heart disease have successfully completed marathon runs, the immediate cardiac effects of similar and greater distance endurance exercise competition are unknown. Two such cases are presented, demonstrating that vigorous exercise and extreme levels of fitness are not precluded in the cardiac pat...

journal_title：Chest

authors： Douglas PS,Sigler A,O'Toole ML,Hiller WD

更新日期：1989-03-01 00:00:00