Femoral venoarterial extracorporeal membrane oxygenation for severe reimplantation response after lung transplantation.

abstract：:Twenty-two consecutive patients underwent esophageal stimulation and recording for the diagnosis and management of supraventricular tachycardia. In 13 of these patients, the resting electrocardiogram was normal and in nine it showed pre-excitation. Of the 13 patients with a normal resting electrocardiogram, supraventr...

journal_title：Chest

authors： Harte MT,Teo KK,Horgan JH

更新日期：1988-02-01 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：:Radiation therapy has been the usual initial treatment for mediastinal seminoma in the past. However, 25 to 40 percent of patients are not cured by this therapy, and other therapy is needed. Review of case reports show that vinblastine, bleomycin, and cis-platinum are effective therapy for metastatic disease, advanced...

journal_title：Chest

authors： Clamon GH

更新日期：1983-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Glutathione S-transferase (GST) genes are involved in the management of oxidative stress in the lungs. We aimed to determine whether they modify the associations between early life smoke exposure and adverse lung health outcomes. METHODS:The Melbourne Atopy Cohort study (a high-risk birth cohort) enrolled 6...

journal_title：Chest

authors： Dai X,Dharmage SC,Bowatte G,Waidyatillake NT,Perret JL,Hui J,Erbas B,Abramson MJ,Lowe AJ,Burgess JA,Svanes C,Lodge CJ

更新日期：2019-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:When the etiology of a patient's chronic cough is established, specific antitussive therapy that is aimed at a particular cause of cough is highly effective. Nevertheless, in certain situations, therapy with cough suppressants, which previously were classified as nonspecific antitussive therapy, and which ai...

journal_title：Chest

authors： Dicpinigaitis PV

更新日期：2006-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The aim of the study was to compare (1) the intensity of leg effort and dyspnea during exercise and (2) subjective limitations to performance in normal subjects, patients receiving medication for cardiac disorders, patients with pulmonary impairment, patients with pulmonary impairment who were also receiving cardiac m...

journal_title：Chest

authors： Hamilton AL,Killian KJ,Summers E,Jones NL

更新日期：1996-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Twenty-one patients presenting with extrapulmonary sarcoidosis, 20 patients with pulmonary sarcoidosis, and 12 healthy volunteers were investigated. They were evaluated for roentgenographic findings, as well as for immunologic marker expression of cells in bronchoalveolar lavage (BAL) fluid. The patients presenting wi...

journal_title：Chest

authors： Hoogsteden HC,van Dongen JJ,Adriaansen HJ,Hooijkaas H,Delahaye M,Hop W,Hilvering C

更新日期：1988-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A noninvasive radionuclide study of the paradoxical pulse in pericardial effusion is described. The study shows complementary changes of the right and left ventricular ejection fractions in a patient with paradoxical pulse, supporting the theory that the inspiratory reduction of the left ventricular stroke volume is a...

journal_title：Chest

authors： Yeh EL

更新日期：1978-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：STUDY OBJECTIVE:To evaluate the relationship between obstructive sleep apnea (OSA) and ventilatory responsiveness to carbon dioxide in both men and women. DESIGN:An analysis of 219 patients referred to an university-based sleep center between 1989 to 1994 was conducted (104 with OSA and 115 without OSA; 43 women and 1...

journal_title：Chest

authors： Sin DD,Jones RL,Man GC

更新日期：2000-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：STUDY OBJECTIVE:In these days, it was reported that bone marrow (BM) cells might take part in the remodeling of some systemic vascular diseases; however, it remains unknown whether the BM cells were involved in the vascular remodeling of pulmonary arteries and the progression of pulmonary hypertension (PH). The purpose...

journal_title：Chest

authors： Hayashida K,Fujita J,Miyake Y,Kawada H,Ando K,Ogawa S,Fukuda K

更新日期：2005-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In this study, pleural calcifications prevailing in the inhabitants of some villages and towns around Diyarbakir, a city in southeast Turkey, have been found to be caused by the inhalation of chrysotile asbestos, the mineral commonly used indiscriminately to paint the walls and floors of houses. There were no industri...

journal_title：Chest

authors： Yazicioglu S

更新日期：1976-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:There is no consensus at the present time about the effect of welding on lung function decline. This study compared lung function decline between blue-collar workers exposed and not exposed to welding fumes in a French longitudinal cohort of 21,238 subjects aged 37 to 52 years at inclusion. METHODS:Medical ...

journal_title：Chest

authors： Thaon I,Demange V,Herin F,Touranchet A,Paris C

更新日期：2012-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:To evaluate the role of inhaled ipratropium bromide alone vs oral theophylline plus inhaled beta-agonist or the combination of all three in patients with stable COPD, the following double-blind, placebo-controlled study was conducted. Forty-eight patients with stable COPD (mean age, 61.8 years, with mean baseline FEV1...

journal_title：Chest

authors： Karpel JP,Kotch A,Zinny M,Pesin J,Alleyne W

更新日期：1994-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Two patients are described who had congestive heart failure with loculated interlobar air-fluid collections. Although pseudotumor (interlobar effusion) is a well-known finding in congestive heart failure, the additional presence of air is unique. Both are somewhat related to the underlying failure. ...

journal_title：Chest

authors： Rabinowitz JG,Kongtawng T

更新日期：1978-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Chronic heart failure (CHF) is a complex syndrome affecting many body systems. Body wasting (ie, cardiac cachexia) is a serious complication of CHF long known but little investigated. Although no specific diagnostic criteria have been established, we have suggested that cardiac cachexia be defined on the basis of the ...

journal_title：Chest

authors： Anker SD,Coats AJ

更新日期：1999-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Bronchodilator responses to both nebulized albuterol (salbutamol) and ipratropium bromide and aerosol delivery to the tracheobronchial tree have been assessed in eight patients with chronic stable asthma (mean baseline FEV1, 50 percent; reversibility greater than 20 percent). Two commercially available nebulizer syste...

journal_title：Chest

authors： Johnson MA,Newman SP,Bloom R,Talaee N,Clarke SW

更新日期：1989-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In most studies, many statistical tests are performed. They can be run to compare the groups at baseline, look at relationships among the various measures, and, for intervention trials, examine more than one end point. As the number of tests increases, so does the probability of finding at least one of them to be stat...

journal_title：Chest

authors： Streiner DL,Norman GR

更新日期：2011-07-01 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：:We describe the first case, to our knowledge, of usual interstitial pneumonia (UIP) as the pulmonary manifestation in primary Sjögren's syndrome (SjS). A 45-year-old woman was admitted to our hospital because of a dry cough and an interstitial shadow on a chest roentgenogram. Labial biopsy and sialogram confirmed a di...

journal_title：Chest

authors： Kadota J,Kusano S,Kawakami K,Morikawa T,Kohno S

更新日期：1995-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A six-month-old girl with an aberrant systemic arterial supply from the descending thoracic aorta to the left lower lobe had congestive heart failure. Although the pulmonary parenchyma was normal, there was an absence of normal pulmonary arterial supply to the left lower lobe. Main pulmonary arterial and aortic cinean...

journal_title：Chest

authors： Yabek SM,Burstein J,Berman W Jr,Dillon T

更新日期：1981-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The preoperative physiologic assessment of a patient being considered for surgical resection of lung cancer must consider the immediate perioperative risks from comorbid cardiopulmonary disease, the long-term risks of pulmonary disability, and the threat to survival due to inadequately treated lung cancer. As with any...

journal_title：Chest

authors： Beckles MA,Spiro SG,Colice GL,Rudd RM,American College of Chest Physicians.

更新日期：2003-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Acute myopathy following mechanical ventilation for near-fatal asthma (NFA) has been described recently, and some researchers have suggested that this complication is related to the use of neuromuscular blocking agents (NMBAs) and corticosteroids (CSs). OBJECTIVES:To determine the incidence of acute myopath...

journal_title：Chest

authors： Behbehani NA,Al-Mane F,D'yachkova Y,Paré P,FitzGerald JM

更新日期：1999-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This study compared the bronchodilator effect in experimental canine asthma of dyphylline administered by aerosol and intravenous routes in doses producing equivalent concentrations of the drug in the plasma. Pulmonary resistance (RL) was calculated from simultaneous measurements of pressure and flow during fixed-volu...

journal_title：Chest

authors： Hirshman CA,Lawyer C,Downes H,Farbood A,Rodgers R,Gerber N

更新日期：1981-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Morbid obesity is often associated with severe respiratory insufficiency, commonly known as the pickwickian syndrome. This can be divided into the following two primary breathing disorders which can affect patients alone or in combination: the obstructive sleep apnea syndrome (SAS); and the obesity-hypoventilation syn...

journal_title：Chest

authors： Sugerman HJ,Fairman RP,Baron PL,Kwentus JA

更新日期：1986-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：STUDY OBJECTIVES:The effect of therapy using a cervicomandibular support collar (CMSC) to manage obstructive sleep apnea (OSA) was compared with standard therapy, nasal continuous positive airway pressure (nCPAP). DESIGN:Subjects received treatment with CMSC or nCPAP each for 1 month in random order. The study was ana...

journal_title：Chest

authors： Skinner MA,Kingshott RN,Jones DR,Taylor DR

更新日期：2004-01-01 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：OBJECTIVE:To describe trends of reported alpha 1-antitrypsin deficiency mortality in the United States from 1979-1991. METHODS:We analyzed death certificate reports in the multiple-cause mortality files compiled by the National Center for Health Statistics. RESULTS:Of the 26,866,600 deaths that occurred during the 13...

journal_title：Chest

authors： Browne RJ,Mannino DM,Khoury MJ

更新日期：1996-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Our current understanding of the pathogenesis of sepsis suggests that bacteria as well as bacterial-derived products activate an uncontrolled network of host-derived mediators such as proinflammatory cytokines (ie, tumor necrosis factor [TNF] and interleukin [IL]-1beta), which can ultimately lead to cardiovascular col...

journal_title：Chest

authors： Knuefermann P,Nemoto S,Baumgarten G,Misra A,Sivasubramanian N,Carabello BA,Vallejo JG

更新日期：2002-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The effect on pulmonary fluid balance of adrenergic receptor agonist agents commonly employed in clinical sepsis has not been well characterized. Therefore, we tested the hypothesis that dobutamine would increase pulmonary microvasular fluid flux in experimental sepsis-induced lung injury. To define the effects of thi...

journal_title：Chest

authors： Gnidec AG,Finley RR,Sibbald WJ

更新日期：1988-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：STUDY OBJECTIVES:To identify which tests would be useful in selecting patients for a specific inhalation challenge with bovine dander allergens (bSIC). DESIGN:A prospective study. SETTING:A university hospital. PATIENTS:Thirty-seven dairy farmers with a clinical suspicion of occupational asthma due to bovine allerge...

journal_title：Chest

authors： Koskela H,Taivainen A,Tukiainen H,Chan HK

更新日期：2003-07-01 00:00:00