Spectrum of Aspergillus infection in lung transplant recipients: case series and review of the literature.

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：STUDY OBJECTIVE:To study mechanisms of gastroesophageal reflux-induced bronchoconstriction during intraesophageal infusions. DESIGN:Prospective study blinded to the subject. SETTING:Outpatient pulmonary function laboratory at a 908-bed university hospital. PARTICIPANTS:Forty-seven adult subjects divided into four gr...

journal_title：Chest

authors： Schan CA,Harding SM,Haile JM,Bradley LA,Richter JE

更新日期：1994-09-01 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：OBJECTIVES:Clinical practice guidelines have been devised to change practitioner performance and to improve the process and outcomes of care. The objective of this study was to determine whether adherence to a practice guideline on noninvasive positive-pressure ventilation (NPPV) for the treatment of patients with acut...

journal_title：Chest

authors： Sinuff T,Cook DJ,Randall J,Allen CJ

更新日期：2003-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：CASE PRESENTATION:A 62-year-old woman with a history of partially treated Graves disease and hypertension presented with approximately 3 weeks of worsening fatigue, lower extremity myalgias, and shortness of breath. Her medical history included a thyroid radiofrequency ablation several years earlier. Following the abla...

journal_title：Chest

authors： Park BD,Lyn-Kew K,Granchelli A,Mehta A

更新日期：2020-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Tobacco smoking during pregnancy is the most important modifiable risk factor for adverse pregnancy outcomes and long-term health complications for mother and baby. Tobacco use during pregnancy has decreased in high-income countries but not in Indigenous women in Australia, New Zealand, the United States, and Canada. ...

journal_title：Chest

authors： Gould GS,Lim LL,Mattes J

更新日期：2017-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Men who snore heavily have an increased incidence of hypertension, angina, stroke, and neuropsychologic dysfunction, which may be due to nocturnal oxygen desaturation. Nocturnal oxygen therapy might be beneficial to such individuals by improving oxygenation and relieving tissue hypoxia. Twenty-eight asymptomatic heavy...

journal_title：Chest

authors： Block AJ,Hellard DW,Cicale MJ

更新日期：1987-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：STUDY OBJECTIVES:Specialty societies have developed practice guidelines for the treatment of community-acquired pneumonia (CAP). To aid in adapting specialty recommendations for a pneumonia practice guideline at Intermountain Health Care, we investigated which physicians care for pneumonia patients in Utah. We wanted t...

journal_title：Chest

authors： Dean NC,Silver MP,Bateman KA

更新日期：2000-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:To evaluate the additional information provided by pulse transit time (PTT), a noninvasive tool, when using during polysomnography for the diagnosis of sleep breathing disorders in a pediatric population. MAIN FINDINGS:Respiratory and microarousals events were scored twice. The first scoring was performed u...

journal_title：Chest

authors： Pépin JL,Delavie N,Pin I,Deschaux C,Argod J,Bost M,Levy P

更新日期：2005-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We report the clinical history, laboratory findings, and imaging features of coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) in a neonate whose mother was also a patient. The newborn was the youngest patient with COVID-19 in the world at the time he was diagnosed. This case has brought more attention and understanding to the epid...

journal_title：Chest

authors： Xiong Y,Zhang Q,Zhao L,Shao J,Zhu W

更新日期：2020-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Intravenous dipyridamole thallium imaging is reported to be a safe test with minimal side effects. It has been proposed by some that the test simply dilates the coronary vessels without actually producing myocardial ischemia. In this report, we describe a patient who, following intravenous dipyridamole thallium imagin...

journal_title：Chest

authors： Lewen MK,Labovitz AJ,Kern MJ,Chaitman BR

更新日期：1987-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The endocrinometabolic effects of the aerosol administration of beclomethasone dipropionate (100 microng four times daily) were evaluated in 20 asthmatic patients (11 corticodependent and nine noncorticodependent) during one month. In the noncorticodependent group, aerosol administration of beclomethasone had no stati...

journal_title：Chest

authors： Yernault JC,Leclercq R,Schandevyl W,Virasoro E,De Coster A,Copinschi G

更新日期：1977-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：STUDY OBJECTIVES:To determine conformance with methodologic standards in the evaluation of diagnostic tests. DATA SOURCES:MEDLINE database search (1992 to 1997) of nine prominent general medicine and six subspecialty journals for articles that report discriminative properties of diagnostic tests in pulmonary medicine....

journal_title：Chest

authors： Heffner JE,Feinstein D,Barbieri C

更新日期：1998-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Intraoperative two-dimensional echocardiography allows visualization of cardiac anatomy and function not possible by other techniques. Although preoperative evaluation by noninvasive methods is usually adequate for diagnosis of cardiac tumors, two-dimensional echocardiography can be beneficial intraoperatively. Intrao...

journal_title：Chest

authors： Mora F,Mindich BP,Guarino T,Goldman ME

更新日期：1987-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In airway diseases such as asthma and COPD, specific structural changes may be observed, very likely secondary to an underlying inflammatory process. Although it is still controversial, airway remodeling may contribute to the development of these diseases and to their clinical expression and outcome. Airway remodeling...

journal_title：Chest

authors： Bergeron C,Boulet LP

更新日期：2006-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Some of the challenges in the delivery of high-quality end-of-life care in the ICU include the variability in the characteristics of patients with certain illnesses and the practice of critical care by different specialties. METHODS:We examined whether ICU attending specialty was associated with quality of ...

journal_title：Chest

authors： Kross EK,Engelberg RA,Downey L,Cuschieri J,Hallman MR,Longstreth WT Jr,Tirschwell DL,Curtis JR

更新日期：2014-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:To assess the prognostic significance of myocardial contractile reserve in patients with idiopathic dilated cardiomyopathy (DCM) without overt heart failure (New York Heart Association functional class I or II), seventy-one patients underwent exercise radionuclide angiography in addition to clinical, radiographic, hem...

journal_title：Chest

authors： Nagaoka H,Isobe N,Kubota S,Iizuka T,Imai S,Suzuki T,Nagai R

更新日期：1997-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The ventilatory effects of a bolus intravenous dose of doxapram (0.37 to 0.47 mg/kg) were studied in ten healthy normal subjects. An immediate significant (p less than 0.001) increase in minute ventilation (VE) was due, in equal part, to significant increases in tidal volume (VT) and frequency (f). The inspiratory (TI...

journal_title：Chest

authors： Burki NK

更新日期：1984-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：STUDY OBJECTIVE:Cardiopulmonary bypass (CPB) induces a generalized inflammatory response, including activation of leukocytes, contributing to postoperative morbidity. The inflammatory pathways leading to this systemic inflammatory response syndrome are considered identical to those involved in septic shock. Therefore, ...

journal_title：Chest

authors： Bouma M,Maessen J,Weerwind P,Dentener M,Fransen E,de Jong D,Buurman W

更新日期：1997-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Walking is a familiar daily activity that is generally limited by breathlessness, whereas cycling is an uncommon physical effort typically limited by leg discomfort. The hypothesis was that patients with COPD would exhibit greater improvements in exercise endurance and relief of breathlessness with bronchodi...

journal_title：Chest

authors： Zhang X,Waterman LA,Ward J,Baird JC,Mahler DA

更新日期：2010-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：STUDY OBJECTIVES:To study the location, distribution, and intensity of pain in a sample of adult cardiac surgery patients during their postoperative hospital stay. DESIGN:In a prospective study, pain location, distribution (number of pain areas per patient), and intensity (0 to 10 numerical rating scale) were document...

journal_title：Chest

authors： Mueller XM,Tinguely F,Tevaearai HT,Revelly JP,Chioléro R,von Segesser LK

更新日期：2000-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Current management guidelines for pulmonary arterial hypertension (PAH) recommend a treatment choice based primarily on World Health Organization (WHO) functional class. This study was designed to assess how the incorporation of readily obtained clinical and test-based information may significantly improve t...

journal_title：Chest

authors： Kane GC,Maradit-Kremers H,Slusser JP,Scott CG,Frantz RP,McGoon MD

更新日期：2011-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Communication between families and providers in the ICU affects patient and family outcomes and use of health-care resources. Recent research studies have tested interventions designed to improve communication quality and outcomes between providers and families of patients in the ICU. We conducted a systemat...

journal_title：Chest

authors： Scheunemann LP,McDevitt M,Carson SS,Hanson LC

更新日期：2011-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Passive smoking has been shown to adversely affect the health of infants and children. Black children and adults appear to be more susceptible to a variety of tobacco smoke health hazards for unknown reason. The objectives of this study were as follows: (1) to correlate the number of cigarettes reported to have been s...

journal_title：Chest

authors： Knight JM,Eliopoulos C,Klein J,Greenwald M,Koren G

更新日期：1996-02-01 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：: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：:A postmyocardial infarction left ventricular pseudoaneurysm occurs when a rupture of the ventricular free wall is contained by overlying, adherent pericardium. A postinfarction aneurysm, in contrast, is caused by scar formation resulting in thinning of the myocardium. Although the usual treatment for patients with pse...

journal_title：Chest

authors： Brown SL,Gropler RJ,Harris KM

更新日期：1997-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：STUDY OBJECTIVES:To evaluate the cost-effectiveness of inhaled fluticasone propionate (FP) in children aged 12 to 47 months with asthma symptoms. DESIGN:A retrospective economic analysis conducted from the perspective of the Danish health-care system, based on clinical data from a 12-week study. SETTING:Thirty-three ...

journal_title：Chest

authors： Bisgaard H,Price MJ,Maden C,Olsen NA

更新日期：2001-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Complications following open chest massage in patients with porcine xenografts in the mitral location have not been previously described. The authors report a case of cardiac resuscitation following mitral valve replacement with a stented porcine valve. The patient died following brief closed chest, and then, prolonge...

journal_title：Chest

authors： Wild LM,Lajos TZ,Lee AB Jr,Wright J

更新日期：1980-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Physicians are often asked about complementary therapies by patients with cancer, and data show that the interest in and use of these therapies among patients with cancer is common. Therefore, it is important to assess the current evidence base on the benefits and risks of complementary therapies (modalities...

journal_title：Chest

authors： Deng GE,Rausch SM,Jones LW,Gulati A,Kumar NB,Greenlee H,Pietanza MC,Cassileth BR

更新日期：2013-05-01 00:00:00