Frequency of subspecialty physician care for elderly patients with community-acquired pneumonia.

abstract：STUDY OBJECTIVE:To determine the usefulness of routinely inserting a hollow airway exchange catheter (jet stylet) prior to tracheal extubation of adult patients with risk factors for difficult tracheal intubation. DESIGN:Prospective, 1-year study of 40 consecutive patients undergoing mechanical ventilation who had one...

journal_title：Chest

authors： Loudermilk EP,Hartmannsgruber M,Stoltzfus DP,Langevin PB

更新日期：1997-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Endomyocardial fibrosis (EMF) is a fascinating disease entity of unknown etiology. It is prevalent in the tropical zone. Its essential features are the formation of fibrous tissue on the endocardium and to a lesser extent in the myocardium of the inflow tract and apex of one or both ventricles. It results in endocardi...

journal_title：Chest

authors： Hassan WM,Fawzy ME,Al Helaly S,Hegazy H,Malik S

更新日期：2005-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Twenty-one patients with malignant pleural effusion (MPE) were prospectively entered into a nonrandomized, single-armed study to evaluate the efficacy and safety of recombinant interferon (IFN) alpha-2b (INTRON A; Schering-Plough; Kenilworth, NJ) as an intrapleural palliative agent. From March 1989 through February 19...

journal_title：Chest

authors： Wilkins HE 3rd,Connolly MM,Grays P,Marquez G,Nelson D

更新日期：1997-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Lymphoid interstitial pneumonia (LIP) is regarded as both a disease and a nonneoplastic, inflammatory pulmonary reaction to various external stimuli or systemic diseases. It is an uncommon condition with incidence and prevalence rates that are largely unknown. Liebow and Carrington originally classified LIP as an idio...

journal_title：Chest

authors： Swigris JJ,Berry GJ,Raffin TA,Kuschner WG

更新日期：2002-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：STUDY OBJECTIVE:To analyze the cough response to three airway challenges in order to clarify whether the recording of the provoked coughs would be beneficial in the management of asthma. DESIGN:A prospective study. SETTING:University hospital. PARTICIPANTS:Fifteen healthy subjects, 16 steroid-naïve subjects with ast...

journal_title：Chest

authors： Koskela HO,Kontra KM,Purokivi MK,Randell JT

更新日期：2005-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Neurosarcoidosis occurs in approximately 5% of patients with systemic sarcoidosis. A review of medical literature shows that intracranial mass-like lesions secondary to sarcoidosis are quite rare. CT and MRI scanning would suggest that this manifestation of neurosarcoidosis may be more common than previously realized....

journal_title：Chest

authors： Veres L,Utz JP,Houser OW

更新日期：1997-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Symptoms consistent with hypersensitivity pneumonitis (HP) occurred in 26 of 50 employees working in a localized area of a large factory. This area was served by a single heating-cooling unit utilizing a water humidification system. The illness consisted of flu-like symptoms with fever, chills, headache, cough, dyspne...

journal_title：Chest

authors： Ganier M,Lieberman P,Fink J,Lockwood DG

更新日期：1980-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:It has been suggested that spirometry should be incorporated into the routine examination of every patient, analogous to obtaining vital signs. To determine the impact of spirometry on the management of outpatients with respiratory disease, spirometry was performed on 150 consecutive patients (123 men and 27 women, me...

journal_title：Chest

authors： Owens MW,Anderson WM,George RB

更新日期：1991-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Prosthetic valve endocarditis is a formidable complication following cardiac valve replacement. Surgical intervention has resulted in a significant reduction in mortality when certain complications prevail. We report two such cases of prosthetic valve endocarditis in which the use of transesophageal echocardiography p...

journal_title：Chest

authors： Bruss J,Jacobs LE,Kotler MN,Ioli AW

更新日期：1992-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：STUDY OBJECTIVES:Pocket hematoma is a common complication after pacemaker or implantable cardioverter defibrillator (ICD) implantation. Thus, we investigated the influence of patient comorbidity, implantation strategy, operator experience, antiplatelet therapy, and anticoagulation therapy on hematoma rate. DESIGN:Betw...

journal_title：Chest

authors： Wiegand UK,LeJeune D,Boguschewski F,Bonnemeier H,Eberhardt F,Schunkert H,Bode F

更新日期：2004-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Platypnea-orthodeoxia is an uncommon syndrome that may occur due to the postpneumonectomy state, cirrhosis of the liver, recurrent pulmonary embolism, and intracardiac shunting. We describe a patient who was found to have a positional change in desaturation after being admitted for dehydration. Workup revealed an atri...

journal_title：Chest

authors： Acharya SS,Kartan R

更新日期：2000-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:There are many complementary techniques for mediastinal staging of lung cancer. It is increasingly apparent that the accuracy of mediastinal staging depends not only on which test is used but also on technical factors of how the procedure is performed. This article reviews data regarding such technical factors and pro...

journal_title：Chest

authors： Detterbeck F,Puchalski J,Rubinowitz A,Cheng D

更新日期：2010-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Nd-YAG laser resection of a completely obstructing right mainstem tumor in a 36-year-old man was complicated by right lung hyperinflation and left lung collapse and accompanying ventilatory failure. This was attributed to obstruction of the right mainstem bronchus during exhalation, but not inhalation, in a patent but...

journal_title：Chest

authors： Fairfax WR,Rollins RJ

更新日期：1988-06-01 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：:The objective of the present study was to investigate nasal function by active anterior rhinomanometry with respect to spirometric data and bronchial hyperresponsiveness to methacholine in 9-year-old children. The study population consisted of 300 children (ages 8 to 11 years; mean, 9.3 years; 161 male, 139 female), w...

journal_title：Chest

authors： Kiss D,Popp W,Horak F,Wagner C,Zwick H

更新日期：1995-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：STUDY OBJECTIVES:To analyze the outcome of acute respiratory failure (ARF) in patients with idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis (IPF), and to evaluate the benefits of invasive and noninvasive mechanical ventilation (MV). DESIGN:Retrospective study. SETTING:University hospital. PATIENTS:Fifteen consecutive patients with IP...

journal_title：Chest

authors： Blivet S,Philit F,Sab JM,Langevin B,Paret M,Guérin C,Robert D

更新日期：2001-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Planning for mass critical care in resource-poor and constrained settings has been largely ignored, despite large, densely crowded populations who are prone to suffer disproportionately from natural disasters. As a result, disaster response has been suboptimal and in many instances hampered by lack of planni...

journal_title：Chest

authors： Geiling J,Burkle FM Jr,West TE,Uyeki TM,Amundson D,Dominguez-Cherit G,Gomersall CD,Lim ML,Luyckx V,Sarani B,Christian MD,Devereaux AV,Dichter JR,Kissoon N,Task Force for Mass Critical Care.,Task Force for Mass Critical Care

更新日期：2014-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A study to assess the effect of the long-term use of triamcinolone acetonide (TA) on adrenal function was conducted with 143 male and female patients with asthma who were randomly assigned to receive 800, 1200, or 1,600 micrograms of TA daily for six months. Adrenal function was assessed prior to treatment and after t...

journal_title：Chest

authors： Altman LC,Findlay SR,Lopez M,Lukacsko P,Morris RJ,Pinnas JL,Ratner PH,Szefler SJ,Welch MJ

更新日期：1992-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Microbubble formation has been accepted as the mechanism producing contrast echoes. Comparisons of the contrast effects of various agents have been studied extensively, but the importance of gas-mixing has been less appreciated. To test the hypothesis that good gas-mixing, by facilitating microbubble formation, would ...

journal_title：Chest

authors： Chiang CW,Lin FC,Fu M,Fang BR,Hsu TS,Lee YS

更新日期：1986-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The inhibitory effect of lidocaine and lidocaine plus methylparaben as a preservative was studied with 25 strains of bacteria. The tested strains were mixed with each topical anesthetic preparation, and quantitative cultures were performed on aspirates at 0, 30, 60, and 120 minutes. Results were compared to counts obt...

journal_title：Chest

authors： Wimberley N,Willey S,Sullivan N,Bartlett JG

更新日期：1979-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Before and after percutaneous transvenous mitral commissurotomy (PTMC), pulmonary function studies were performed in 25 patients with mitral stenosis, in order to determine the effects of pulmonary hemodynamics on pulmonary function in patients with mitral stenosis. After PTMC, dramatic improvements in pulmonary hemod...

journal_title：Chest

authors： Yoshioka T,Nakanishi N,Okubo S,Kunieda T,Ishikura F,Nagata S

更新日期：1990-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：STUDY OBJECTIVES:Although videothoracoscopic (VTS) resection of Masaoka stage I thymoma has been reported to be a less invasive method than open thoracotomy and to achieve a comparable surgical outcome, the usefulness of this method in the treatment of stage II thymoma has not yet been prospectively evaluated. We there...

journal_title：Chest

authors： Cheng YJ,Kao EL,Chou SH

更新日期：2005-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Lung cancer rates and mortality have risen in epidemic proportions in the United States and other industrialized nations during the 20th century. Case-control and cohort studies performed in the 1950s and 1960s firmly established cigarette smoking as the single greatest risk factor for lung cancer. In the United State...

journal_title：Chest

authors： Samet JM

更新日期：1993-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:With aging, the heart, kidneys, liver, lungs, and brain lose mass. While not inherently impaired, the reserve capacity of the older individual to compensate for stress, metabolic derangement, and drug metabolism is increasingly limited. Functional disability occurs faster and takes longer to remediate, necessitating e...

journal_title：Chest

authors： Oskvig RM

更新日期：1999-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A postmenopausal woman with severe obstructive airways disease and bronchospasm developed increased airflow limitation with the reintroduction of estrogen therapy for osteoporosis. Discontinuation of the estrogen caused symptomatic improvement and decreased her corticosteroid requirement. Readministration of estrogen ...

journal_title：Chest

authors： Collins LC,Peiris A

更新日期：1993-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Little information exists about the expected time to death after terminal withdrawal of mechanical ventilation. We sought to determine the independent predictors of time to death after withdrawal of mechanical ventilation. METHODS:We conducted a secondary analysis from a cluster randomized trial of an end-o...

journal_title：Chest

authors： Cooke CR,Hotchkin DL,Engelberg RA,Rubinson L,Curtis JR

更新日期：2010-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Myocardial ischemia results in altered left ventricular (LV) diastolic compliance, reflected by an abnormal mitral inflow pattern on Doppler echocardiography. To investigate the relationship of Doppler echocardiography and regional myocardial systolic function during dipyridamole infusion, we evaluated transmitral flo...

journal_title：Chest

authors： Lattanzi F,Picano E,Masini M,De Prisco F,Distante A,L'Abbate A

更新日期：1989-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Despite increasing knowledge about partial liquid ventilation (PLV), the optimal dose of perfluorocarbon (PFC) is not yet established. Because there exist normal regions in the lung with ARDS and because PLV in the normal lung results in worsened gas exchange, we postulated that the optimal dose of PFC for P...

journal_title：Chest

authors： Lim CM,Koh Y,Jung BO,Lee SD,Kim WS,Kim DS,Kim WD

更新日期：2000-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Cardiovascular comorbidities have a negative impact on the health status and prognosis of patients with COPD. We determined whether nocturnal noninvasive (positive) mechanical ventilation (NIMV) can improve heart rate variability (HRV), decrease circulating natriuretic peptide levels, and improve functional ...

journal_title：Chest

authors： Sin DD,Wong E,Mayers I,Lien DC,Feeny D,Cheung H,Gan WQ,Man SF

更新日期：2007-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Forty-three consecutive patients requiring endotracheal intubation in an emergency room were studied prospectively to define the complications associated with intubation and the survival of these patients, and to evaluate emergency room policies. The indications for intubation were acute respiratory failure (ARF) in 2...

journal_title：Chest

authors： Taryle DA,Chandler JE,Good JT Jr,Potts DE,Sahn SA

更新日期：1979-05-01 00:00:00