Diagnosis of lung cancer: pathology of invasive and preinvasive neoplasia.

abstract：BACKGROUND:Our study assessed the short-term effect of electrical muscle stimulation (EMS) of the lower extremities on the thenar muscle microcirculation of patients who are critically ill. METHODS:Twenty-nine hospital ICU patients (19 men; mean [+/- SD] age, 58 +/- 19 years; mean acute physiology and chronic health e...

journal_title：Chest

authors： Gerovasili V,Tripodaki E,Karatzanos E,Pitsolis T,Markaki V,Zervakis D,Routsi C,Roussos C,Nanas S

更新日期：2009-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:COPD is characterized by chronic airflow limitation and inflammation of the respiratory tract. Several inflammatory biomarkers have been evaluated in COPD but are poorly related to disease severity and progression. Osteoprotegerin (OPG) is a glycoprotein mediator that is expressed in the lung and macrophages...

journal_title：Chest

authors： To M,Ito K,Ausin PM,Kharitonov SA,Barnes PJ

更新日期：2011-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The effects of regular inhaled beta-agonist treatment on lung function remain a controversial issue. In an earlier study, the administration of regular inhaled salbutamol resulted in negative changes in FEV1 not only in asthmatics, but also in nonasthmatic atopic subjects. OBJECTIVE:The aim of this study wa...

journal_title：Chest

authors： Boothman-Burrell D,Jones D,Herbison GP,Taylor DR

更新日期：1997-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Cardiac imaging with dipyridamole infusion has been proposed as an exercise-independent tool for the diagnosis of coronary artery disease. Dipyridamole acts through the accumulation of adenosine, which reduces sympathetic tone in vasomotor nuclei of the brainstem and inhibits norepinephrine release in noradrenergic ne...

journal_title：Chest

authors： Lucarini AR,Picano E,Marini C,Favilla S,Salvetti A,Distante A

更新日期：1992-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Because of its greater ease and rapidity of insertion, the percutaneous intraaortic balloon in many institutions has become the primary method for implementing counterpulsation. We report the results and complications of 113 attempted procedures in a variety of clinical settings. We had a high (93.8 percent) insertion...

journal_title：Chest

authors： Hauser AM,Gordon S,Gangadharan V,Ramos RG,Westveer DC,Garg AK,Timmis GC

更新日期：1982-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC) staging is currently being revised by the International Association for the Study of Lung Cancer (IASLC). Among other changes, the revised staging system proposes the subdivision of the T1 tumor (

journal_title：Chest

authors： Ye C,Masterman JR,Huberman MS,Gangadharan SP,McDonald DC,Kent MS,DeCamp MM

更新日期：2009-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：STUDY OBJECTIVE:Depressive symptoms and reduced health-related quality of life are common in patients with severe COPD. Therefore, understanding the association between preferences for life-sustaining treatment and depression or quality of life is important in providing care. No prior studies have examined the effects ...

journal_title：Chest

authors： Stapleton RD,Nielsen EL,Engelberg RA,Patrick DL,Curtis JR

更新日期：2005-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Photodynamic therapy (PDT) is considered a useful and minimally invasive modality for treating centrally located early lung cancer. To date, there has been limited information on the long-term outcome of patients treated with PDT, especially those who are medically operable. METHODS:Beginning in 1994, patie...

journal_title：Chest

authors： Endo C,Miyamoto A,Sakurada A,Aikawa H,Sagawa M,Sato M,Saito Y,Kondo T

更新日期：2009-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:During noninvasive ventilation, nonintentional leaks have a detrimental effect on the efficacy of ventilation. A wide range of industrial masks are available, with intentional leaks of different importance. The potential impact of this variability in intentional leaks on performances of bilevel ventilators h...

journal_title：Chest

authors： Borel JC,Sabil A,Janssens JP,Couteau M,Boulon L,Lévy P,Pépin JL

更新日期：2009-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：AIMS:We assessed early and long-term pulmonary function changes after percutaneous balloon mitral valvotomy (PBMV). METHODS AND RESULTS:Mitral area, lung function, and exercise capacity were evaluated before, immediately after, and 3 months, 6 months, and 12 months after successful PBMV in 24 patients. PBMV resulted i...

journal_title：Chest

authors： Gómez-Hospital JA,Cequier A,Romero PV,Cañete C,Ugartemendia C,Iràculis E,Esplugas E

更新日期：2005-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Infection with the severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 causes severe acute lung injury in approximately 5% of infected adults, but few reports have been made of severe pediatric disease. We present an adolescent patient who contracted severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 one week after a paterna...

journal_title：Chest

authors： Fisler G,Haimed A,Levy CF,Stiles J,Capone CA,Fish JD,Brochstein JA,Taylor MD

更新日期：2020-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND AND AIM:ARDS can occur from the following two pathogenetic pathways: a direct pulmonary injury (ARDSp); and an indirect injury (ARDSexp). The predisposing clinical factor can influence the pathogenesis and clinical outcome of ARDS. This metaanalysis was aimed at evaluating whether there is any difference in ...

journal_title：Chest

authors： Agarwal R,Srinivas R,Nath A,Jindal SK

更新日期：2008-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This is the report of a 38-year-old man with unilateral dermatomal hyperhidrosis documented by a starch-iodine technique; a subsequent diagnosis was made of a generalized pulmonary adenocarcinoma. The association of unilateral hyperhidrosis and a malignant tumor is reviewed. ...

journal_title：Chest

authors： Slabbynck H,Bedert L,De Deyn PP,Galdermans D,Coolen D

更新日期：1998-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Nocturnal noninvasive ventilation (NNV), the provision of ventilatory assistance via a noninvasive interface mainly during sleep, has assumed an important role in the management of chronic hypoventilatory syndromes. This review focuses on recent developments related to the use of NNV to treat various forms of chronic ...

journal_title：Chest

authors： Ozsancak A,D'Ambrosio C,Hill NS

更新日期：2008-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：STUDY OBJECTIVES:To investigate intracranial pressure (ICP) changes and their mechanisms in chronic hypercapnia. DESIGN:After 12 male Wistar rats were maintained in CO2-mixed air (mean PaCO2, 71.0 mm Hg) for 21 weeks, their ICP levels were measured during the breathing of 0, 5, 10, 12, and 14% CO2-mixed air before and...

journal_title：Chest

authors： Kondo T,Kumagai M,Takei F,Ohta Y

更新日期：1999-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Habitual smoking of alkaloidal cocaine (crack) has been reported to be associated with a number of cardiopulmonary complications that may not be clinically obvious but could potentially interfere with normal physiologic responses to exercise and thus impair maximum exercise performance. STUDY OBJECTIVE:To e...

journal_title：Chest

authors： Marques-Magallanes JA,Koyal SN,Cooper CB,Kleerup EC,Tashkin DP

更新日期：1997-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：STUDY OBJECTIVE:To evaluate an equation that estimates resting energy expenditure from two easily obtained measurements--expired carbon dioxide and minute ventilation, and compare the results of this equation with standard methods of estimating and measuring caloric expenditure in mechanically ventilated patients. DES...

journal_title：Chest

authors： Sherman MS

更新日期：1994-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:Lung expansion techniques (LETs) are widely used to prevent postoperative pulmonary complications (PPCs). However, the effects of each of these techniques on thoracoabdominal mechanics and PPC incidence after abdominal surgery remain unclear. The objective of this study was to compare the effects of LET on pu...

journal_title：Chest

authors： Lunardi AC,Paisani DM,Silva CCBMD,Cano DP,Tanaka C,Carvalho CRF

更新日期：2015-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：STUDY OBJECTIVE:Childhood exposure to environmental tobacco smoke (ETS) adversely affects dynamic spirometric indexes as a result of combined early life (including in utero) and current exposure to parental smoking. The aim of our study was to investigate the effect of ETS on lung function and to identify the most sens...

journal_title：Chest

authors： Rizzi M,Sergi M,Andreoli A,Pecis M,Bruschi C,Fanfulla F

更新日期：2004-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Myiasis refers to a parasitic infestation of vertebrate mammals by dipterous larvae (maggots) of higher flies. Infections in humans typically occur in tropical and subtropical regions, regions with limited medical access, and areas with poor hygiene and living conditions. Infestations in humans have been described in ...

journal_title：Chest

authors： Patel MB,Munzer K,Dougherty M,Williams P,Loiselle A

更新日期：2016-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVES:Many clinicians believe that low-dose dopamine (LDD) [2 micro g/kg/min] increases renal blood flow (RBF) and medium-dose norepinephrine (MD-NE) [0.4 micro g/kg/min] decreases RBF. They also believe that MD-NE might induce mesenteric and/or coronary ischemia. In fact, the effects of these drugs...

journal_title：Chest

authors： Di Giantomasso D,Morimatsu H,May CN,Bellomo R

更新日期：2004-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Aortic valve atresia is usually associated with hypoplasia of the left ventricle and mitral valve. We report a patient presenting aortic atresia with ventricular septal defect and a normally sized left ventricle. The electrocardiogram showed left axis deviation and left ventricular hypertrophy. The ventricular septal ...

journal_title：Chest

authors： Pellegrino PA,Thiene G

更新日期：1976-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We describe three cases of acute uncomplicated bacterial pneumonia due to viridans streptococci in previously healthy adults, which were indistinguishable from those caused by other well-known respiratory pathogens. On arrival, all of these patients were treated with IV aqueous penicillin based on Gram stain of sputum...

journal_title：Chest

authors： Sarkar TK,Murarka RS,Gilardi GL

更新日期：1989-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Benign thymic hyperplasia (BTH) is a known feature of hyperthyroidism, but is infrequently appreciated by clinicians. In most cases thymic enlargement is minimal; however, it may occasionally present as an appreciable anterior mediastinal mass. While surgical resection is a common approach to such a mass, recognition ...

journal_title：Chest

authors： White SR,Hall JB,Little A

更新日期：1986-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:IV hydration before and after cardiac catheterization is effective in preventing contrast-associated renal dysfunction for patients with mild-to-moderate renal insufficiency, but necessitates overnight hospital admission. We tested an outpatient oral precatheterization hydration strategy in comparison with o...

journal_title：Chest

authors： Taylor AJ,Hotchkiss D,Morse RW,McCabe J

更新日期：1998-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Cystic fibrosis is the most common fatal inherited disease of Caucasians. At present, cystic fibrosis accounts for most cases of chronic progressive pulmonary disease and for many other clinical features in the first three decades of life. Thus, it is a challenge to both pediatricians and internists, particularly ches...

journal_title：Chest

authors： Davis PB,di Sant'Agnese PA

更新日期：1984-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This chapter about implementation strategies for practice guidelines is part of the 7th ACCP Conference on Antithrombotic and Thrombolytic Therapy: Evidence Based Guidelines. Grade 1 recommendations are strong and indicate that the benefits do, or do not, outweigh risks, burden, and costs. Grade 2 suggests that feasib...

journal_title：Chest

authors： Schünemann HJ,Cook D,Grimshaw J,Liberati A,Heffner J,Tapson V,Guyatt G

更新日期：2004-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We studied the correspondence between fluctuations of esophageal pressure measured before and after placement of a nasogastric (NG) tube in six normal volunteers. Flow, airway pressure, and esophageal pressure data from at least 20 breaths were recorded in seven ventilatory conditions in two body postures: 0 degree (s...

journal_title：Chest

authors： Niknam J,Chandra A,Adams AB,Nahum A,Ravenscraft SA,Marini JJ

更新日期：1994-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSES:To determine the diagnostic capabilities of dynamic high-resolution electron-beam (HREB) CT scanning for diagnosing bronchiolitis obliterans syndrome (BOS) in lung transplant recipients. MATERIALS AND METHODS:At the time of follow-up examinations after lung transplantation, 52 patients were examined by dynami...

journal_title：Chest

authors： Knollmann FD,Kapell S,Lehmkuhl H,Schulz B,Böttcher H,Hetzer R,Felix R

更新日期：2004-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Electrocardiogram changes and pharmacologic responses were studied in 28 cases of brain death. Cardiac activity in this condition is possibly determined by the dynamic balance between the depressant action of hypothermia and the stimulating action of the sympathetic nervous system (without any vagal or central influen...

journal_title：Chest

authors： Drory Y,Ouaknine G,Kosary IZ,Kellermann JJ

更新日期：1975-04-01 00:00:00