Dieulafoy's disease of the bronchus in association with a paravertebral neurilemoma.

abstract：:Unilateral pulmonary edema is a distinctly unusual clinical entity, often misdiagnosed initially as one of the more common causes of focal lung disease. Predominantly lobar pulmonary edema is rarer still. We report a case of right upper lobe pulmonary edema caused by the acute onset of severe mitral regurgitation. In ...

journal_title：Chest

authors： Roach JM,Stajduhar KC,Torrington KG

更新日期：1993-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:To assess the responsiveness of the cerebral vessels to chronic hypercapnia, we measured middle cerebral artery flow velocity by transcranial Doppler ultrasound in 20 normal subjects and in 14 COLD patients before and after stimulation by progressive hypercapnia (rebreathing test) or by intravenous administration of a...

journal_title：Chest

authors： Clivati A,Ciofetti M,Cavestri R,Longhini E

更新日期：1992-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A young man presented to us with an asymptomatic ovoid mass which appeared to be in the right major fissure. The roentgenographic appearance of the lesion was that of a pseudotumor. The computerized tomography scan suggested tissue density leading to exploration. At surgery, we found the mass to be a portion of liver ...

journal_title：Chest

authors： Fanta CH,Kacoyanis GP,Koster JK Jr,McFadden ER Jr

更新日期：1980-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：STUDY OBJECTIVE:To demonstrate an association between saprophytic fungal infections occurring at the bronchial anastomosis (BA) and the development of additional complications arising at this site. DESIGN:Retrospective review. SETTING:University lung transplant center. MATERIALS AND METHODS:Review of all single-lung...

journal_title：Chest

authors： Nunley DR,Gal AA,Vega JD,Perlino C,Smith P,Lawrence EC

更新日期：2002-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：CASE PRESENTATION:A 37-year-old man with poorly controlled type 2 diabetes presented with severe right-sided pleuritic chest pain, respiratory splinting, and cough. Two weeks earlier, he had been evaluated at an urgent care for cough and was prescribed a 5-day course of azithromycin for bronchitis. He then presented to...

journal_title：Chest

authors： Galant-Swafford J,Light M,Onaitis MW,Rawlings SA,Fierer J,Landsberg JW

更新日期：2019-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The institution of inhaled corticosteroids is generally advocated for effective treatment of patients with asthma. It is yet unknown what is the best time to start inhaled corticosteroid therapy and especially whether delayed introduction is harmful. PHASE 1: In a previous study in patients with asthma and C...

journal_title：Chest

authors： Overbeek SE,Kerstjens HA,Bogaard JM,Mulder PG,Postma DS

更新日期：1996-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Although marital status has been shown to affect the outcomes of many conditions, there are limited data on the relationships between marital status and the presentation and outcomes of pneumonia. METHODS:We used Veterans Affairs administrative databases to identify a retrospective cohort of male veterans a...

journal_title：Chest

authors： Metersky ML,Fine MJ,Mortensen EM

更新日期：2012-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A 48-year-old man with unipolar depression and a psychosexual problem concerning his body image was injecting his scrotum repeatedly with olive oil to increase the size of his genitals. He developed respiratory failure following accidental intravenous injection of olive oil and was found to have lipogranulomatous lesi...

journal_title：Chest

authors： Bhagat R,Holmes IH,Kulaga A,Murphy F,Cockcroft DW

更新日期：1995-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Patient-focused or patient-centered care is not a new concept, but its value has been overlooked in preference to the technology-based, disease-centered model that has prevailed in medicine for the last 50 years. Patient-focused care includes four broad areas of intervention: communication with patients, partnerships,...

journal_title：Chest

authors： Irwin RS,Richardson ND

更新日期：2006-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A case of idiopathic pulmonary hypertension is associated with portal venous thrombosis. The patient's chest roentgenogram revealed numerous nodular densities which at necropsy were found to have been caused by an exuberant fibroblastic reaction around small pulmonary arterioles. This is an example of the unusual asso...

journal_title：Chest

authors： Bower JS,Dantzker DR,Naylor B

更新日期：1980-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:To review statistics on smoking prevalence and to analyze whether the implementation of national tobacco control legislation had an association with the prevalence of smoking, and thereby, with the occurrence of smoking-related lung diseases. DESIGN:Smoking prevalence rates (from 1960 to 2000), lung cancer ...

journal_title：Chest

authors： Heloma A,Nurminen M,Reijula K,Rantanen J

更新日期：2004-12-01 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：STUDY OBJECTIVES:To clarify the pathophysiologic features of the relation between asthma and obesity, we measured the effects of weight reduction on peak expiratory flow (PEF) variability and airways obstruction, compared to simultaneous changes in lung volumes and ventilatory mechanics in obese patients with stable as...

journal_title：Chest

authors： Hakala K,Stenius-Aarniala B,Sovijärvi A

更新日期：2000-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:To investigate the prevalence of physician-diagnosed COPD and to explore the relationship between the total amount of cigarettes smoked (TACS) and COPD among urban and rural adults in Nanjing, China. DESIGN:Population-based, cross-sectional study conducted between October 2000 and March 2001. SETTING:Admin...

journal_title：Chest

authors： Xu F,Yin X,Zhang M,Shen H,Lu L,Xu Y

更新日期：2005-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Pulmonary arterial hypertension (PAH) is a frequent cause of morbidity and mortality in patients with systemic sclerosis (SSc). PAH is generally considered to be a late complication of limited cutaneous SSc. This study identified and investigated a subset of SSc patients with early-onset PAH. METHODS:Clinic...

journal_title：Chest

authors： Hachulla E,Launay D,Mouthon L,Sitbon O,Berezne A,Guillevin L,Hatron PY,Simonneau G,Clerson P,Humbert M,French PAH-SSc Network.

更新日期：2009-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:Stenosis and occlusion rates of internal mammary artery (IMA) and saphenous vein (SV) coronary artery bypass grafts (CABGs) are markedly different, which result from respective disparities in vascular remodeling. Matrix metalloproteinases (MMPs) and tissue inhibitors of metalloproteinases (TIMPs) regulate vascu...

journal_title：Chest

authors： Anstadt MP,Franga DL,Portik-Dobos V,Pennathur A,Bannan M,Mawulawde K,Ergul A

更新日期：2004-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The results of previously published studies indicate that calcium channel blockers are capable of competitively inhibiting cytochrome P-450 activity in hepatic microsomes, the pathway of theophylline metabolism. In addition, case reports have suggested that theophylline serum concentrations change when a calcium chann...

journal_title：Chest

authors： Christopher MA,Harman E,Hendeles L

更新日期：1989-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Open-chest direct cardiac compression represents a more potent but highly invasive option for cardiac resuscitation when conventional techniques of closed-chest cardiac resuscitation fail after prolonged cardiac arrest. We postulated that venoarterial extracorporeal circulation might be a more effective intervention w...

journal_title：Chest

authors： Gazmuri RJ,Weil MH,Terwilliger K,Shah DM,Duggal C,Tang W

更新日期：1992-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：STUDY OBJECTIVES:To examine the utilization of chemoprophylaxis for tuberculosis in certain high-risk groups, ie, infected contacts 50 years and older, and to study the safety of isoniazid (INH) preventive therapy in such persons. DESIGN:From 1987 to 1992, two-part questionnaires were sent to each of the regional heal...

journal_title：Chest

authors： Sorresso DJ,Mehta JB,Harvill LM,Bentley S

更新日期：1995-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：STUDY OBJECTIVE:To determine the prevalence of thrombocytopenia in an ICU and assess which factors were associated with thrombocytopenia. DESIGN:A review of the medical records of patients admitted during 3 separate months during 1 academic year. Patients must have survived at least 12 h in the ICU. SETTING:A medical...

journal_title：Chest

authors： Baughman RP,Lower EE,Flessa HC,Tollerud DJ

更新日期：1993-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A unique association of giant lymph node hyperplasia (Castleman's disease) and cardiac tamponade is presented. Although pleural effusions have been previously described with Castleman's disease, the authors believe this to be the first report of pericardial effusion and tamponade with this entity. The development of e...

journal_title：Chest

authors： Nicolosi AC,Almassi GH,Komorowski R

更新日期：1994-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This chapter about the recognition, treatment, and prevention of heparin-induced thrombocytopenia (HIT) is part of the Antithrombotic and Thrombolytic Therapy: American College of Chest Physicians Evidence-Based Clinical Practice Guidelines (8th Edition). Grade 1 recommendations are strong and indicate that the benefi...

journal_title：Chest

authors： Warkentin TE,Greinacher A,Koster A,Lincoff AM

更新日期：2008-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:The functional consequences of pulmonary emphysema have been estimated from autopsy studies. This antemortem study correlates structure as assessed by criteria applied to chest radiographs and function in earlier disease. SUBJECTS AND METHODS:Four thousand one hundred seven male shipyard and construction wor...

journal_title：Chest

authors： Kilburn KH,Warshaw RH,Thornton JC

更新日期：1995-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:An evidence-based approach is necessary for the localization and management of intraepithelial and microinvasive non-small cell lung cancer in the central airways. METHODS:Material appropriate to this topic was obtained by literature search of a computerized database. Recommendations were developed by the w...

journal_title：Chest

authors： Kennedy TC,McWilliams A,Edell E,Sutedja T,Downie G,Yung R,Gazdar A,Mathur PN,American College of Chest Physicians.

更新日期：2007-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Long-term outcomes after stepping down asthma medications are not well described. METHODS:This study was a retrospective time-to-event analysis of individuals diagnosed with asthma who stepped down their asthma controller medications using a US claims database spanning 2000 to 2012. Four-month intervals wer...

journal_title：Chest

authors： Rank MA,Johnson R,Branda M,Herrin J,van Houten H,Gionfriddo MR,Shah ND

更新日期：2015-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A 32-year-old man was admitted to the emergency department of our hospital after experiencing a peripheral arterial embolism. Investigation of the possible embolic sources in an otherwise asymptomatic patient revealed the existence of a left ventricular diverticulum. The left ventricular diverticulum is a rare congeni...

journal_title：Chest

authors： Parthenakis FI,Kochiadakis GE,Patrianakos AP,Hamilos MI,Mitrouska I,Katsamouris AN,Vardas PE

更新日期：2005-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:During a six-year experience involving 3,089 selective coronary arteriograms (99 percent by the percutaneous transfemoral method), modifications of technique have reduced the incidence of morbid complications. Modifications have involved guidewire technique, systemic heparinization, attention to spontaneous catheter b...

journal_title：Chest

authors： Page HL Jr,campbell WB

更新日期：1975-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:To evaluate bronchoalveolar lavage (BAL) findings in patients infected with human immunodeficiency virus (HIV), 39 patients seropositive for the virus but with no history of opportunistic infection were studied. Opportunistic organisms such as Pneumocystis carinii were not found in any of the 35 BAL fluids sent for sp...

journal_title：Chest

authors： Johnson JE,Anders GT,Hawkes CE,LaHatte LJ,Blanton HM

更新日期：1990-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The effects of the administration of ouabain on the peak negative left ventriculat (LV) dP/dt were studied in 14 patients with acute myocardial infarction. Prior to administration of ouabain, negative LV dP/at was lower than previously reported for patients without coronary arterial disease. One hour after administrat...

journal_title：Chest

authors： Loeb HS,Sinno MZ,Rahimtoola SH,Gunnar RM,Blount SG Jr

更新日期：1976-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The Bayesian analysis was used in this study to investigate the diagnostic value of the bronchial provocation test with methacholine in patients with asthma. The best cutoff value of accumulated concentration of methacholine administered that caused a 20 percent fall in FEV1 post-saline (PC20) in our sample, determine...

journal_title：Chest

authors： Perpiñá M,Pellicer C,de Diego A,Compte L,Macián V

更新日期：1993-07-01 00:00:00