Impact of a hospital-based home-care program on the management of COPD patients receiving long-term oxygen therapy.

abstract：:Human lung mast cells have been reported recently to contain small amounts of the elastolytic protease present in the neutrophil and implicated in the pathogenesis of alveolar wall destruction in emphysema. Since mast cells are numerous within alveolar walls, release of inflammatory mediators (and possibly elastase) b...

journal_title：Chest

authors： Kalenderian R,Raju L,Roth W,Schwartz LB,Gruber B,Janoff A

更新日期：1988-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：STUDY OBJECTIVES:To determine the impact on survival and clinical correlates of pulmonary hypertension (PH) occurring in patients with idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis (IPF). DESIGN:Retrospective study. SETTING:Tertiary care, referral medical center. PATIENTS:Among 487 consecutive patients with IPF, we identified 136 p...

journal_title：Chest

authors： Nadrous HF,Pellikka PA,Krowka MJ,Swanson KL,Chaowalit N,Decker PA,Ryu JH

更新日期：2005-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:Symptomatic malignant pleural effusions are common sequelae in patients with certain malignancies. Pleurodesis via bedside thoracostomy is the current treatment option most commonly used. To our knowledge, this is the first prospective randomized trial to examine which agent, bleomycin or talc slurry, is supe...

journal_title：Chest

authors： Zimmer PW,Hill M,Casey K,Harvey E,Low DE

更新日期：1997-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The benefits of inhaled corticosteroids in the management of COPD are less apparent than they are in asthma therapy, and the potential for adverse systemic effects of high-dose inhaled corticosteroids has been recognized recently. It is therefore essential to know the maximal obtainable benefits in order to ...

journal_title：Chest

authors： Nishimura K,Koyama H,Ikeda A,Tsukino M,Hajiro T,Mishima M,Izumi T

更新日期：1999-01-01 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：:The long-term pulmonary consequences of right middle lobe syndrome (RMLS) in childhood are not known. Therefore, outcome was evaluated in 17 children with RMLS diagnosed in early childhood (mean age, 3.3 years; SD, 1.1 year). Mean age at follow-up was 10.1 years (SD, 2.6 years). RMLS was defined as atelectasis of the ...

journal_title：Chest

authors： De Boeck K,Willems T,Van Gysel D,Corbeel L,Eeckels R

更新日期：1995-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:COPD is a heterogeneous disease characterized by airflow obstruction and diagnosed by lung function. CT imaging is emerging as an important, noninvasive tool in phenotyping COPD. However, the use of CT imaging in defining the disease heterogeneity above lung function is not fully known. METHODS:Seventy-five...

journal_title：Chest

authors： Bafadhel M,Umar I,Gupta S,Raj JV,Vara DD,Entwisle JJ,Pavord ID,Brightling CE,Siddiqui S

更新日期：2011-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Our understanding of asthma epidemiology is growing increasingly complex. Asthma outcomes are clearly socially patterned, with asthma ranking as a leading cause of health disparities among minority and low socioeconomic groups. Yet, the increasing prevalence and marked disparities in asthma remain largely unexplained ...

journal_title：Chest

authors： Wright RJ,Subramanian SV

更新日期：2007-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A patient with ulcerative colitis had extensive upper zone pulmonary disease while taking sulfasalazine. Pulmonary function tests showed progressive restrictive and obstructive disease. Lung biopsy showed bronchiolitis obliterans and chronic interstitial pneumonia or fibrosing alveolitis with a mild eosinophilic infil...

journal_title：Chest

authors： Williams T,Eidus L,Thomas P

更新日期：1982-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We retrospectively studied the acute toxicity of corticosteroid therapy in 23 episodes of PCP occurring in the setting of AIDS and determined the incidence of HIV-related complications following these and 16 other contemporaneous episodes of AIDS-related PCP treated with antimicrobials alone. The mean duration of cort...

journal_title：Chest

authors： Lambertus MW,Goetz MB,Murthy AR,Mathisen GE

更新日期：1990-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：CASE PRESENTATION:A previously healthy 62-year-old woman was transferred to the ICU from the medical ward with acute bronchospastic respiratory failure requiring intubation and mechanical ventilation. Four weeks before, the patient was vacationing in Arizona and acquired a mildly productive cough as well as mild dyspne...

journal_title：Chest

authors： Hountras P,Cajigas H

更新日期：2017-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To determine the success rate and correlates of ambulatory peak expiratory flow (PEF) monitoring in an epidemiologic study. DESIGN:An observational survey. SETTING:Several communities in California. PARTICIPANTS:We studied 1,223 nonsmoking men and women (mean age, 66 years) from an established cohort. OUT...

journal_title：Chest

authors： Enright PL,Burchette RJ,Peters JA,Lebowitz MD,McDonnell WF,Abbey DE

更新日期：1997-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:D-dimer, a degradation product of fibrin, has been increasingly used as a marker or prognostic factor in various thrombotic diseases. OBJECTIVE:To assess the significance of a d-dimer test in patients with primary pulmonary hypertension (PPH). PATIENTS AND METHODS:Fourteen patients with PPH (12 women and 2...

journal_title：Chest

authors： Shitrit D,Bendayan D,Bar-Gil-Shitrit A,Huerta M,Rudensky B,Fink G,Kramer MR

更新日期：2002-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To evaluate the acute effects of noninvasive positive pressure ventilation (NPPV) in patients with stable chronic respiratory failure secondary to cystic fibrosis. PATIENTS:Eight patients (29+/-5 years of age) with severe airflow limitation (mean FEV1, 24+/-3% predicted) and chronic respiratory failure (PaO2...

journal_title：Chest

authors： Granton JT,Kesten S

更新日期：1998-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A patient presented with multisystem disease due to a very aggressive malignant thymoma. The case was complicated by the triad of cardiac tamponade, superior vena cava (SVC) syndrome, and disseminated intravascular coagulation (DIC). A review of the English literature reveals this to be a unique constellation of clini...

journal_title：Chest

authors： Dib HR,Friedman B,Khouli HI,Gerber DR,Weiss RL

更新日期：1994-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：STUDY OBJECTIVES:Salmeterol (S) and montelukast (M) individually inhibit the obstructive consequences of thermal stimuli such as exercise and hyperventilation (HV), but there is no information on whether these drugs can interact positively. DESIGN:Randomized trial. SETTING:University teaching hospital. PARTICIPANTS:...

journal_title：Chest

authors： Coreno A,Skowronski M,West E,El-Ekiaby A,McFadden ER Jr

更新日期：2005-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：STUDY OBJECTIVES:Solitary fibrous tumors of the pleura (SFTPs) are slow-growing neoplasms. Approximately 800 cases have been reported in the literature to date. The aim of this study was to address our experience with the management of SFTPs and to evaluate the advantage of video-assisted thoracoscopic surgery (VATS) i...

journal_title：Chest

authors： Takahama M,Kushibe K,Kawaguchi T,Kimura M,Taniguchi S

更新日期：2004-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Cytomegaloviral infection presenting in an immunologically compromised host as a solitary pulmonary nodule has not previously been reported. A patient with a renal transplant and with no pulmonary symptoms was noted to have a single nodule on a chest roentgenogram. At autopsy, this proved to be secondary to cytomegalo...

journal_title：Chest

authors： Ravin CE,Smith GW,Ahern MJ,McLoud T,Putman C,Milchgrub S

更新日期：1977-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We reviewed the inpatient records of 139 adult patients with leukemia to determine the incidence of opportunistic infections in immunocompromised patients and the pattern of roentgenographic involvement of such infections. There were 98 parenchymal infiltrates identified, including 43 episodes of local disease and 55 ...

journal_title：Chest

authors： Tenholder MF,Hooper RG

更新日期：1980-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Klippel-Trenaunay syndrome (KTS) is a congenital disorder characterized by a triad of cutaneous vascular nevi, soft tissue or bony hypertrophy, and varicose veins or venous malformations involving one or more extremities. An incidence of venous thromboembolism of up to 22% has been reported in this disorder. Also repo...

journal_title：Chest

authors： Walder B,Kapelanski DP,Auger WR,Fedullo PF

更新日期：2000-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Some patients with autoimmune characteristics and idiopathic interstitial pneumonia, particularly usual interstitial pneumonia (UIP), do not fit neatly into the category of connective tissue disease-associated interstitial lung disease (CTD-ILD), idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis (IPF), or recently proposed yet ...

journal_title：Chest

authors： Collins BF,Spiekerman CF,Shaw MA,Ho LA,Hayes J,Spada CA,Stamato CM,Raghu G

更新日期：2017-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We conducted a study of ultrasound (US)-guided pleural biopsy with a Tru-Cut needle and made a comparison with the results of a traditional pleural biopsy with an Abrams needle. A total of 49 patients with unilateral pleural effusion were included in this study. Twenty-four patients underwent a traditional pleural bio...

journal_title：Chest

authors： Chang DB,Yang PC,Luh KT,Kuo SH,Yu CJ

更新日期：1991-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Twelve adult patients with ostium primum atrial septal defects (incomplete endocardial cushion defect) who underwent surgical repair of their lesions were evaluated in the late postoperative period. All had closure of the low-lying atrial septal defect, with suturing of the mitral valve cleft in 11 patients. Although ...

journal_title：Chest

authors： Goodman DJ,Harrison DC,Schroeder JS

更新日期：1975-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：STUDY OBJECTIVES:To determine the incidence and mortality as well as to analyze the clinical and pathologic changes of aortic dissection. DESIGN AND SETTING:A population-based longitudinal study over 27 years on a study population of 106,500, including 66 hospitalized and 18 nonhospitalized consecutively observed pati...

journal_title：Chest

authors： Mészáros I,Mórocz J,Szlávi J,Schmidt J,Tornóci L,Nagy L,Szép L

更新日期：2000-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：STUDY OBJECTIVES:Significant morbidity and mortality offset the benefits of lung volume reduction surgery (LVRS) for emphysema. By contributing to distal lung collapse, bronchoscopic placement of valved prostheses has the potential to noninvasively replicate the beneficial effects of LVRS. The purpose of this study was...

journal_title：Chest

authors： Snell GI,Holsworth L,Borrill ZL,Thomson KR,Kalff V,Smith JA,Williams TJ

更新日期：2003-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The utility of the apnea index (number of apneic events per hour of sleep) in diagnosing sleep apnea syndrome is reviewed. Data from currently extant reports indicate that many otherwise normal, aging subjects may be classified as having sleep apnea syndrome based on the current diagnostic threshold of five apneic epi...

journal_title：Chest

authors： Berry DT,Webb WB,Block AJ

更新日期：1984-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Four patients underwent exercise testing because of a history of pain in the chest; all four developed marked elevation of the S-T segment only during recovery after exercise. Three of the four patients showed ST-segment depression during exercise, but ST-segment elevation was absent until two or more minutes after ce...

journal_title：Chest

authors： Weiner DA,Schick EC Jr,Hood WB Jr,Ryan TJ

更新日期：1978-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Extrapulmonary tuberculosis refers to Mycobacterium tuberculosis involving organs other than the lungs (eg, pleura, lymph nodes, genitourinary tract, abdomen, skin, joints and bones, or meninges). In non-HIV-endemic areas, where reactivation is the predominant mechanism of tuberculosis, pleural involvement occurs in 4...

journal_title：Chest

authors： Gleason JB,Tashtoush B,Mehta J,Savage E,Martinez F,Mehta AC

更新日期：2016-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Pulmonary impairment subsequent to a cure of pulmonary tuberculosis has been described only in selected populations. METHODS:We compared pulmonary function in a case-control study of 107 prospectively identified patients with pulmonary tuberculosis who had completed at least 20 weeks of therapy and 210 pati...

journal_title：Chest

authors： Pasipanodya JG,Miller TL,Vecino M,Munguia G,Garmon R,Bae S,Drewyer G,Weis SE

更新日期：2007-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Persistent minor hemoptysis resulted from extensive granulation tissue on the main carina and adjacent bronchi due to frequent spraying of metered-dose inhaler (MDI)-generated aerosol medications directly into a permanent tracheostomy. Salbutamol, containing oleic acid, was considered the most likely cause. After an A...

journal_title：Chest

authors： Newhouse MT

更新日期：1999-01-01 00:00:00