Improved left ventricular relaxation during short-term right ventricular outflow tract compared to apical pacing.

abstract：BACKGROUND:International guidelines advocate a standard approach to asthma management for all, despite its heterogeneity. "Personalized" treatment of inflammatory asthma phenotypes confers superior benefits. We wished to evaluate dose response to inhaled corticosteroids (ICSs) in patients with asthma with an elevated f...

journal_title：Chest

authors： Anderson WJ,Short PM,Williamson PA,Lipworth BJ

更新日期：2012-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:To minimize work of breathing, airway pressure should not fluctuate during spontaneous breathing with continuous positive airway pressure (CPAP). However, flow resistance in the inspiratory limb of the breathing circuit and an inadequate continuous gas flow rate result in airway pressure fluctuation and increased work...

journal_title：Chest

authors： Banner MJ,Downs JB,Kirby RR,Smith RA,Boysen PG,Lampotang S

更新日期：1988-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Subjective assessment of the respiratory rate and the adequacy of tidal ventilation are the oldest and most widely practiced forms of respiratory monitoring in critically ill patients. Surprisingly, this method of assessment has itself never been evaluated in patients. The estimation of tidal volume in nine patients w...

journal_title：Chest

authors： Semmes BJ,Tobin MJ,Snyder JV,Grenvik A

更新日期：1985-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Bronchopulmonary C-fibers and a subset of mechanically sensitive, acid-sensitive myelinated sensory nerves play essential roles in regulating cough. These vagal sensory nerves terminate primarily in the larynx, trachea, carina, and large intrapulmonary bronchi. Other bronchopulmonary sensory nerves, sensory nerves inn...

journal_title：Chest

authors： Canning BJ,Chang AB,Bolser DC,Smith JA,Mazzone SB,McGarvey L,CHEST Expert Cough Panel.

更新日期：2014-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To study the effect of intravenous (i.v.) terbutaline on potassium (K) and magnesium (Mg) distribution, ECG changes, and prevalence of ventricular ectopic beats in healthy subjects. DESIGN:Randomized double-blind, placebo-controlled crossover. Subjects received either placebo or terbutaline (bolus, 0.25 mg; ...

journal_title：Chest

authors： Tveskov C,Djurhuus MS,Klitgaard NA,Egstrup K

更新日期：1994-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Chronic cough is a common symptom with significant morbidity. We report a case of a 51-year-old woman who presented with chronic cough. She recently had received a diagnosis of glaucoma and had started receiving therapy with topical latanoprost. The onset of cough coincided with the use of latanoprost. We performed a ...

journal_title：Chest

authors： Fahim A,Morice AH

更新日期：2009-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Sleep health is a multidimensional construct that includes adequate duration, quality, and appropriately timed sleep that may be influenced by environmental factors. In this review, we focus on how an individual's living and sleeping environment, both the surrounding neighborhood physical and social features and the a...

journal_title：Chest

authors： Billings ME,Hale L,Johnson DA

更新日期：2020-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：STUDY OBJECTIVE:s: Patients with rheumatoid arthritis (RA) have a high prevalence of pulmonary function test (PFT) abnormality, but the long-term significance of this is unknown. We performed a longitudinal study of pulmonary function in asymptomatic, nonsmoking patients with active RA requiring disease-modifying drugs...

journal_title：Chest

authors： Fuld JP,Johnson MK,Cotton MM,Carter R,Watkin SW,Capell HA,Stevenson RD

更新日期：2003-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The accuracy of combined clinical examination (CE) and chest radiography (CXR) (CE + CXR) vs thoracic ultrasonography in the acute assessment of pneumothorax, hemothorax, and lung contusion in chest trauma patients is unknown. METHODS:We conducted a prospective, observational cohort study involving 119 adul...

journal_title：Chest

authors： Hyacinthe AC,Broux C,Francony G,Genty C,Bouzat P,Jacquot C,Albaladejo P,Ferretti GR,Bosson JL,Payen JF

更新日期：2012-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:To study the effects of upper mantle radiation therapy on pulmonary function, forced expiratory volume in one second (FEV1), vital capacity (VC), inspiratory capacity (IC), diffusing capacity for CO (DLCO) and diffusion per unit of alveolar volume (DL/VA were determined in 28 patients with Hodgkin's disease, stages 1-...

journal_title：Chest

authors： do Pico GA,Wiley AL Jr,Rao P,Dickie HA

更新日期：1979-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A patient with ulcerative colitis had extensive upper zone pulmonary disease while taking sulfasalazine. Pulmonary function tests showed progressive restrictive and obstructive disease. Lung biopsy showed bronchiolitis obliterans and chronic interstitial pneumonia or fibrosing alveolitis with a mild eosinophilic infil...

journal_title：Chest

authors： Williams T,Eidus L,Thomas P

更新日期：1982-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We report a patient in whom cardiac magnetic resonance imaging detected a clinically unsuspected pulmonary artery thromboembolus. Follow-up MRI after surgical removal of the thromboembolus showed normal pulmonary arteries. This case illustrates the potential utility of MRI in the detection and follow-up of central pul...

journal_title：Chest

authors： Szucs RA,Rehr RB,Tatum JL

更新日期：1989-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Pneumocystis carinii pneumonia was suggested by a diffuse, bilateral pulmonary uptake of gallium-67 in an asymptomatic, homosexual male with the antibody to the immunodeficiency virus (HIV) who was undergoing staging evaluation for lymphoma clinically localized to a left inguinal lymph node. Chest radiograph and pulmo...

journal_title：Chest

authors： Reiss TF,Golden J

更新日期：1990-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This review examines psychosocial issues among lung transplant patients from the time of assessment through the posttransplant period. Although psychological factors are recognized as being important in the transplant evaluation, no standard approach to psychological assessment currently exists. Lung transplant candid...

journal_title：Chest

authors： Barbour KA,Blumenthal JA,Palmer SM

更新日期：2006-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:To prospectively study all patients with COPD and spontaneous pneumothorax (SP) who underwent thoracoscopic talc poudrage (TP) under local anesthesia to determine its efficacy and safety in recurrence prevention. METHODS:Data on clinical measurements, complications, duration of chest tube drainage, length o...

journal_title：Chest

authors： Lee P,Yap WS,Pek WY,Ng AW

更新日期：2004-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A 51-year-old man developed fever, cough, and dyspnea 5 days after completing murine monoclonal anti-CD3 antibody (OKT3) treatment for acute cardiac allograft rejection. Samples of BAL fluid grew influenza A virus. Progressive pulmonary infiltrates, respiratory compromise, and hypoxia developed, and the patient ultima...

journal_title：Chest

authors： Embrey RP,Geist LJ

更新日期：1995-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Relationships were investigated between chronic bronchitis and plant dust exposure assessed by quantification of barn threshing and cattle foddering and chronic bronchitis and acute respiratory syndromes after plant mold dust exposure. Two groups of male dairy farmers were studied in the Doubs region, France: 197 with...

journal_title：Chest

authors： Dalphin JC,Pernet D,Dubiez A,Debieuvre D,Allemand H,Depierre A

更新日期：1993-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We have assessed right and left ventricular function by multigated radionuclide ventriculography in 12 consecutive patients with acquired immunodeficiency syndrome (AIDS) grouped according to the CDC classification system for HIV infection. Results were correlated with clinical, electrocardiographic and echocardiograp...

journal_title：Chest

authors： Raffanti SP,Chiaramida AJ,Sen P,Wright P,Middleton JR,Chiaramida S

更新日期：1988-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：STUDY OBJECTIVE:With the development of percutaneous inferior vena cava (IVC) filters, IVC interruption has become a widely used procedure in patients with or at risk for venous thromboembolism. In an attempt at clarifying the indications for filter placement, a systematic literature review was undertaken. DESIGN:Bibl...

journal_title：Chest

authors： Girard P,Stern JB,Parent F

更新日期：2002-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Although NCPAP is the most efficient nonsurgical treatment for patients with OSA, many patients do not accept sleeping with a nose mask. To determine the factors influencing acceptance, treatment with NCPAP was offered to 95 patients with an AHI greater than 15. After the first night on NCPAP, 47 of 65 patients decide...

journal_title：Chest

authors： Rauscher H,Popp W,Wanke T,Zwick H

更新日期：1991-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Human leukocyte antigen (HLA) tissue-typing studies on patients with genetically transmitted hypertrophic cardiomyopathy have demonstrated an HLA linkage in a Caucasian and black patient group and an HLA-DR locus association in a Japanese population sample. To confirm whether a specific HLA antigen(s) might serve as a...

journal_title：Chest

authors： Gardin JM,Gottdiener JS,Radvany R,Maron BJ,Lesch M

更新日期：1982-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Continuous measurement of mixed venous oxygen saturation (SvO2) has been suggested as an adjunct in monitoring critically ill patients. We evaluated SvO2 monitoring in 24 patients suffering from complicated myocardial infarctions. Cardiac output and arterial lactate levels were measured when there were persistent 5 pe...

journal_title：Chest

authors： Kyff JV,Vaughn S,Yang SC,Raheja R,Puri VK

更新日期：1989-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Advances in critical care practice have led to a substantial decline in the incidence of ARDS over the past several years. Low tidal volume ventilation, timely resuscitation and antimicrobial administration, restrictive transfusion practices, and primary prevention of aspiration and nosocomial pneumonia have likely co...

journal_title：Chest

authors： Beitler JR,Schoenfeld DA,Thompson BT

更新日期：2014-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To evaluate the acute effects of noninvasive positive pressure ventilation (NPPV) in patients with stable chronic respiratory failure secondary to cystic fibrosis. PATIENTS:Eight patients (29+/-5 years of age) with severe airflow limitation (mean FEV1, 24+/-3% predicted) and chronic respiratory failure (PaO2...

journal_title：Chest

authors： Granton JT,Kesten S

更新日期：1998-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:From March 1, 1979 thru September 30, 1984 we performed 56 cardiac transplants (Tx). The first 32 patients received conventional immunosuppression therapy consisting of azathioprine/prednisone (I/P), while the subsequent 24 patients received cyclosporine/prednisone (C/P). Twenty-one of 32 I/P patients ages 39 +/- 3 ye...

journal_title：Chest

authors： Emery RW,Cork R,Christensen R,Levinson MM,Icenogle TB,Riley J,Ott RA,Copeland JG

更新日期：1986-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：STUDY OBJECTIVE:The chronically critically ill (CCI) are a subgroup of critically ill patients who have survived an acute critical illness but remain profoundly debilitated and ventilator dependent. We have previously shown that CCI patients have a very high prevalence of bone hyperresorption. The objective of this pre...

journal_title：Chest

authors： Nierman DM,Mechanick JI

更新日期：2000-09-01 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:Poor dental hygiene has been linked to respiratory pathogen colonization in residents of long-term care facilities. We sought to investigate the association between dental plaque (DP) colonization and lower respiratory tract infection in hospitalized institutionalized elders using molecular genotyping....

journal_title：Chest

authors： El-Solh AA,Pietrantoni C,Bhat A,Okada M,Zambon J,Aquilina A,Berbary E

更新日期：2004-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A 3-month-old infant was brought to clinic for evaluation of recurrent apparent life-threatening events (ALTEs). Two ALTE episodes occurred while the infant was sleeping in a safety car seat. The first one occurred when he was 4 weeks old. His mother noticed that he was not breathing; he appeared limp with full body c...

journal_title：Chest

authors： DelRosso LM

更新日期：2015-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Cigarette smoking is associated with worse symptoms in asthma and abnormal segmental airways in healthy subjects. We tested the hypothesis that current symptom control in smokers with asthma is associated with altered segmental airway dimensions measured by CT scan. METHODS:In 93 subjects with mild, moderat...

journal_title：Chest

authors： Thomson NC,Chaudhuri R,Spears M,Messow CM,MacNee W,Connell M,Murchison JT,Sproule M,McSharry C

更新日期：2015-03-01 00:00:00