Immediate operative treatment for massive hemoptysis.

abstract：STUDY OBJECTIVE:To determine the clinical and radiographic findings of nontuberculous mycobacteria (NTM) other than Mycobacterium avium complex (MAC) and Mycobacterium kansasii in AIDS compared with non-AIDS patients. DESIGN:A retrospective chart review of all patients in whom NTM other than MAC complex and M kansasii...

journal_title：Chest

authors： El-Solh AA,Nopper J,Abdul-Khoudoud MR,Sherif SM,Aquilina AT,Grant BJ

更新日期：1998-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Mitral, aortic, and coronary arterial disease have been described in the various mucopolysaccharidoses. We report the first successful combined aortic and mitral valve replacement in an adult female patient with severe aortic and mitral stenosis due to Scheie's syndrome, a mucopolysaccharide storage disease. Both annu...

journal_title：Chest

authors： Butman SM,Karl L,Copeland JG

更新日期：1989-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Angiogenesis is a prerequisite for airway remodeling in bronchial asthma. Several factors may play important roles in inflammation and angiogenesis through effects on inflammatory cell infiltration or neovascularization. OBJECTIVES:(1) To determine the levels of vascular endothelial growth factor (VEGF) and...

journal_title：Chest

authors： Abdel-Rahman AM,el-Sahrigy SA,Bakr SI

更新日期：2006-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Sleep bruxism (SB) is a stereotyped movement disorder that is characterized by rhythmic masticatory muscle activity (RMMA) and tooth grinding. Evidence has suggested that SB is associated with sleep arousals and that most RMMA episodes are preceded by physiologic changes occurring in sequence, namely, a rise...

journal_title：Chest

authors： Khoury S,Rouleau GA,Rompré PH,Mayer P,Montplaisir JY,Lavigne GJ

更新日期：2008-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We describe a case of unsuspected infrahepatic interruption of the inferior vena cava with hemiazygos continuation in a 67-year-old man presenting with chest pain and evidence of mitral regurgitation. He had no persistent superior vena cava, with the hemiazygos draining directly into the right superior vena cava. Poly...

journal_title：Chest

authors： Dellavalle A,Ribichini F,Steffenino G

更新日期：1994-11-01 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：:Bitolterol mesylate (WIN 37284) is alpha-[tert-butylaminomethyl]-3,4-dihydroxybenzyl alcohol 3,4-di(p-toluate) methanesulfonate, a diester sympathomimetic amine bronchodilator. Bitolterol mesylate represents a new concept in sympathomimetic amine therapy. It is "prodrug" which is inactive until altered in the body. Th...

journal_title：Chest

authors： Kass I,Mingo TS

更新日期：1980-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Peripherally inserted central venous catheters (PICCs) are now widely used for intermediate and long-term access in current-day health care, especially in the inpatient setting, where they are increasingly supplanting conventional central venous catheters (CVCs) placed percutaneously into the internal jugula...

journal_title：Chest

authors： Safdar N,Maki DG

更新日期：2005-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The acute and chronic effects of fire fighting on pulmonary function were studied in 54 fire fighters from Connecticut, 32 smokers and 22 nonsmokers. Baseline studies of maximum expiratory flow-volume curves while breathing air and a mixture of 80 percent helium and 20 percent oxygen revealed obstruction of the small ...

journal_title：Chest

authors： Loke J,Farmer W,Matthay RA,Putman CE,Smith GJ

更新日期：1980-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The Resource-Based Relative Value Scale (RBRVS) is fundamentally undermined by the following foundational errors: (1) The full range of office-based evaluation and management (E/M) activities are not captured by the Current Procedural Terminology (CPT) code choices, (2) it places relatively high values on procedural s...

journal_title：Chest

authors： Kumetz EA,Goodson JD

更新日期：2013-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：STUDY OBJECTIVES:Pulmonary fibrosis due to lipid peroxidation is a major symptom of paraquat intoxication. Ethane in the expired breath (exEth) reflects lipid peroxidation and may be a measure of the damage effected by oxygen radicals in acute lung injury. The purpose of this study was to evaluate the clinical efficacy...

journal_title：Chest

authors： Hong SY,Gil HW,Yang JO,Lee EY,Na JO,Seo KH,Kim YH

更新日期：2005-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The purpose of this study was to determine the number of procedures necessary to become proficient in flexible fiberoptic bronchoscopic examination. I performed 99 bronchoscopic procedures during a formal training program under the direct supervision of instructors with varying experience. There were no statistical di...

journal_title：Chest

authors： Dull WL

更新日期：1980-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The effect of broxaterol, a new beta 2-agonist, on respiratory muscle endurance and strength was studied in a double-blind, placebo-controlled, randomized crossover clinical trial in 16 patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) with irreversible airway obstruction (FEV1 = 57.1 percent of predicted). O...

journal_title：Chest

authors： Nava S,Crotti P,Gurrieri G,Fracchia C,Rampulla C

更新日期：1992-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The impact of new-onset postoperative atrial fibrillation (NAF) on in-hospital mortality (IHM) following cardiac surgery is unknown. METHODS:All patients without preoperative atrial fibrillation undergoing isolated coronary artery bypass graft surgery (CABG) and concomitant CABG and valve surgery were ident...

journal_title：Chest

authors： Kalavrouziotis D,Buth KJ,Ali IS

更新日期：2007-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：STUDY OBJECTIVES:We set out to determine whether there is a difference in postoperative pain and recovery after the patient undergoes the axillary muscle-sparing incision (ie, muscle-sparing thoracotomy [MT]) vs the modified posterolateral incision (ie, posterolateral thoracotomy [PT]). DESIGN:Analysis of a database o...

journal_title：Chest

authors： Ochroch EA,Gottschalk A,Augoustides JG,Aukburg SJ,Kaiser LR,Shrager JB

更新日期：2005-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In rabbits, an experimental model of fat embolism was produced that simulates the course of events in the clinical situation. Small doses of fat-cell suspension (0.075 ml/kg of body weight), prepared by collagenase treatment of homologous adipose tissue, were injected intravenously. Concomitantly, hypovolemia was prod...

journal_title：Chest

authors： Cotev S,Rosenmann E,Eyal Z,Weinberg H,Shafrir E,Davidson JT

更新日期：1976-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：STUDY OBJECTIVE:To measure the ability of a set of clinical parameters, the Winthrop-University Hospital (WUH) criteria, to identify Legionella pneumonia while discriminating against bacteremic pneumococcal pneumonia at the time of hospitalization for community-acquired pneumonia (CAP). DESIGN:Retrospective case-contr...

journal_title：Chest

authors： Gupta SK,Imperiale TF,Sarosi GA

更新日期：2001-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Clinicians lack a validated tool for risk stratification in acute exacerbations of COPD (AECOPD). We sought to validate the BAP-65 (elevated BUN, altered mental status, pulse > 109 beats/min, age > 65 years) score for this purpose. METHODS:We analyzed 34,699 admissions to 177 US hospitals (2007) with either...

journal_title：Chest

authors： Shorr AF,Sun X,Johannes RS,Yaitanes A,Tabak YP

更新日期：2011-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:It would be valuable to have a noninvasive method of measuring impaired pulmonary gas exchange in patients with lung disease and thus reduce the need for repeated arterial punctures. This study reports the results of using a new test in a group of outpatients attending a pulmonary clinic. METHODS:Inspired a...

journal_title：Chest

authors： West JB,Crouch DR,Fine JM,Makadia D,Wang DL,Prisk GK

更新日期：2018-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A 36-year-old man with a history of hypertrophic obstructive cardiomyopathy presented to the emergency room with "stabbing" chest pain. He had undergone dual-chamber pacemaker implantation in 1993 using an atrial lead (Accufix; Telectronics; Englewood, Colo) and a myomectomy in 1996 during which the distal portion of ...

journal_title：Chest

authors： Gerstenfeld EP,Balarajan Y,Cooke R,Mittleman RS

更新日期：1998-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We report a case of Pasteurella multocida pneumonia and its unusual clinical presentation. We also discuss the rarity of its diagnosis by TPC specimens and the delay in both an adequate diagnosis and treatment. ...

journal_title：Chest

authors： Ruiz-Santana S,Antunez IA,Armas M,Rodriguez de Castro F,Manzano JL

更新日期：1991-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:About one-third of the world population has latent TB infection (LTBI), the majority of which is distributed in 22 high-burden countries. Early diagnosis and treatment of active TB remains the top priority in resource-poor countries with high TB prevalence. Notwithstanding, because LTBI contributes significantly to th...

journal_title：Chest

authors： Sharma SK,Mohanan S,Sharma A

更新日期：2012-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:The improved lung deposition of hydrofluoroalkane-134a beclomethasone dipropionate (HFA-BDP) extrafine aerosol compared with chlorofluorocarbon beclomethasone dipropionate (CFC-BDP) suggests that lower doses of HFA-BDP may be required to provide equivalent asthma control. The present study was undertaken to t...

journal_title：Chest

authors： Gross G,Thompson PJ,Chervinsky P,Vanden Burgt J

更新日期：1999-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：STUDY OBJECTIVES:Although inhaled beta2-agonists are in widespread use, several reports question their potential arrhythmogenic effects. The purpose of this study was to evaluate the cardiac electrophysiologic effects of a single, regular dose of an inhaled beta2-agonist in humans. DESIGN:Prospective study. SETTING:T...

journal_title：Chest

authors： Kallergis EM,Manios EG,Kanoupakis EM,Schiza SE,Mavrakis HE,Klapsinos NK,Vardas PE

更新日期：2005-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We retrospectively evaluated the clinical effectiveness of a treatment schedule with intermittent positive pressure ventilation via nasal mask in 49 patients with acute exacerbations of COLD. According to the ability to successfully tolerate a preliminary trial with NIPPV, patients were submitted either to standard tr...

journal_title：Chest

authors： Foglio C,Vitacca M,Quadri A,Scalvini S,Marangoni S,Ambrosino N

更新日期：1992-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The determination of effective dynamic and static relationships between pressure and volume aided in the diagnosis of pulmonary disease, its course, and the effects of therapy in 22 patients receiving continuous mechanical ventilation. These measurements were made on multiple occasions early in the course of mechanica...

journal_title：Chest

authors： Bone RC

更新日期：1976-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In this investigation, we examined changes in exfoliated tracheobronchial cells in sputum in 46 individuals (mean age = 49.2 years; mean packyears = 48.7) who discontinued smoking and 37 individuals (mean age = 54.9 years; mean packyears = 65.2) who continued to smoke over a 12-month period after participation in the ...

journal_title：Chest

authors： Swan GE,Hodgkin JE,Roby T,Mittman C,Jacobo N,Peters J

更新日期：1992-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：STUDY OBJECTIVES:Surgical resection remains the treatment of choice for anatomically resectable non-small cell lung cancer. However, the presence of associated comorbid conditions increases the risk of death and surgical complications. Several studies have evaluated the usefulness of preoperative exercise testing for p...

journal_title：Chest

authors： Win T,Jackson A,Sharples L,Groves AM,Wells FC,Ritchie AJ,Laroche CM

更新日期：2005-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Nineteen consecutive patients with clinically suspected sarcoidosis underwent 67Ga-scintigraphy prior to transbronchial lung biopsy (TBLB) to determine if 67Ga uptake in lung parenchyma would increase the diagnostic yield of the biopsy procedure. Biopsies were obtained from the areas showing parenchymal uptake on the ...

journal_title：Chest

authors： Ackart RS,Munzel TL,Rodriguez JJ,Donlan CJ,Klayton RJ,Foreman DR

更新日期：1982-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Part 2 of this review of ICU scoring systems examines how scoring system data should be used to assess ICU performance. There often are two different consumers of these data: lCU clinicians and quality leaders who seek to identify opportunities to improve quality of care and operational efficiency, and regulators, pay...

journal_title：Chest

authors： Breslow MJ,Badawi O

更新日期：2012-02-01 00:00:00