Current status of the implantable cardioverter-defibrillator.

abstract：:We describe an elderly patient with an unusual presentation of hereditary hemorrhagic telangiectasia (Rendu-Osler-Weber disease) involving the lung. He had recurrent "pneumonia" caused by massive hemorrhage from endobronchial telangiectases. When stable, he was normoxic, had no evidence of right-to-left shunting, and ...

journal_title：Chest

authors： Lincoln MJ,Shigeoka JW

更新日期：1988-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:It has been suggested that fiberoptic bronchoscopy may induce life-threatening bronchospasm in persons with asthma. The safety of bronchoscopy and bronchoalveolar lavage (BAL) with bilateral installation of 300 ml of saline solution was assessed prospectively in ten adults with mild asthma as a part of a study of the ...

journal_title：Chest

authors： Rankin JA,Snyder PE,Schachter EN,Matthay RA

更新日期：1984-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：STUDY OBJECTIVE:To evaluate the role of quantitative cultures of BAL for diagnosing nosocomial pneumonia in mechanically ventilated patients. DESIGN:Cohort study. SETTING:Medical ICU, Hôpital Bichat, Paris, France, an academic tertiary care center. PATIENTS:A total of 141 episodes of suspected lung infection in 84 c...

journal_title：Chest

authors： Jourdain B,Joly-Guillou ML,Dombret MC,Calvat S,Trouillet JL,Gibert C,Chastre J

更新日期：1997-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The short-term effects of smoke inhalation have been little studied. This study evaluated whether firefighters experience a significant change in spirometric values following exposure to smoke from a fire. Sixty firefighters from the city of Pittsburgh completed a questionnaire (Medical Research Council) and underwent...

journal_title：Chest

authors： Large AA,Owens GR,Hoffman LA

更新日期：1990-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Long-term oxygen is the only therapy that has been shown to improve survival in patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease. The aim of this study was to assess the predictors of survival in such patients treated with long-term oxygen therapy. We studied 179 patients who were assessed for long-term oxygen ther...

journal_title：Chest

authors： Skwarski K,MacNee W,Wraith PK,Sliwinski P,Zielinski J

更新日期：1991-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Obstructive sleep apnea (OSA) is a highly prevalent disorder that has been associated with an increased risk for cardiovascular morbidity, even in children. However, not all children with OSA manifest alterations in endothelial postocclusive hyperemia, an endothelial nitric oxide synthase (eNOS)-dependent re...

journal_title：Chest

authors： Kheirandish-Gozal L,Khalyfa A,Gozal D,Bhattacharjee R,Wang Y

更新日期：2013-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The purpose of this study was to evaluate the usefulness of two-dimensional echocardiographic (2D echo) measurements in diagnosing right ventricular hypertrophy (RVH). These measurements of the right atrium and the ventricle were made in 15 patients with right ventricular hypertrophy and in 11 normal subjects and were...

journal_title：Chest

authors： Cacho A,Prakash R,Sarma R,Kaushik VS

更新日期：1983-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:A serum galactomannan (GM) assay has been approved for diagnosing invasive aspergillosis (IA). However, the role of the BAL-GM assay has not been well established. Therefore, we conducted a metaanalysis to determine the overall accuracy of BAL-GM in the diagnosis of IA. METHODS:After a systematic review of ...

journal_title：Chest

authors： Guo YL,Chen YQ,Wang K,Qin SM,Wu C,Kong JL

更新日期：2010-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The benefit of noninvasive pressure support ventilation (NIPSV) in avoiding the need for endotracheal intubation and reducing morbidity and mortality associated with endotracheal intubation was evaluated in 41 patients who presented with acute respiratory failure not related to chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (C...

journal_title：Chest

authors： Wysocki M,Tric L,Wolff MA,Millet H,Herman B

更新日期：1995-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Interest in airways inflammatory disease has increasingly focused on innate immunity. We investigated several components of innate immunity in induced sputum of patients with cystic fibrosis (CF), COPD, and asthma, and healthy control subjects. METHODS:Twenty eight patients with mild CF lung disease (age > ...

journal_title：Chest

authors： Xiao W,Hsu YP,Ishizaka A,Kirikae T,Moss RB

更新日期：2005-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The therapeutic effects of cuirass ventilation were studied in two patients with bilateral diaphragm paralysis. Negative inspiratory and positive expiratory pressure applied to the cuirass shell was transmitted to the abdominal and thoracic cavities. Diaphragm excursion was enhanced. Nocturnal cuirass ventilation appe...

journal_title：Chest

authors： Driver AG,Blackburn BB,Marcuard SP,Austin EH Jr

更新日期：1987-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Administration of tubocurarine, pancuronium, gallamine, or decamethonium into the cisterna magna of chloralosed dogs induced a rise in blood pressure. Clonidine (3 micrograms/kg) administered into the cisterna magna after tubocurarine, pancuronium, or gallamine significantly increased blood pressure; no significant ch...

journal_title：Chest

authors： Tsoucaris-Kupfer D,Schmitt H

更新日期：1983-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：STUDY OBJECTIVES:To analyze the physiologic effects and tolerance of mechanical insufflation-exsufflation (MI-E) by means of mechanical cough assistance (Cough Assist; JH Emerson Company; Cambridge, MA) for children with neuromuscular disease. DESIGN:Prospective clinical trial. SETTING:Physiology laboratory of a pedi...

journal_title：Chest

authors： Fauroux B,Guillemot N,Aubertin G,Nathan N,Labit A,Clément A,Lofaso F

更新日期：2008-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:If we hope to repair damaged lung tissue associated with a variety of acquired and developmental diseases, we must first gain a full appreciation of normal lung development. As an approach, we have utilized Affymetrix (Santa Clara, CA) high-density, oligonucleotide-based microarrays to generate an expression profile o...

journal_title：Chest

authors： Mariani TJ,Shapiro SD

更新日期：2002-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Linear endobronchial ultrasound (EBUS) allows real-time guidance of transbronchial needle aspiration of thoracic structures and has become an increasingly important diagnostic tool for chest physicians. Little has been published about the learning experience of operators with this technology. The purpose of ...

journal_title：Chest

authors： Wahidi MM,Hulett C,Pastis N,Shepherd RW,Shofer SL,Mahmood K,Lee H,Malhotra R,Moser B,Silvestri GA

更新日期：2014-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Aortic valve atresia is usually associated with hypoplasia of the left ventricle and mitral valve. We report a patient presenting aortic atresia with ventricular septal defect and a normally sized left ventricle. The electrocardiogram showed left axis deviation and left ventricular hypertrophy. The ventricular septal ...

journal_title：Chest

authors： Pellegrino PA,Thiene G

更新日期：1976-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Diabetes mellitus is recognized as a stroke risk factor in atrial fibrillation (AF). Patients with diabetes with retinopathy have an increased risk for systemic cardiovascular complications, and severe diabetic retinopathy predisposes to ocular bleeding. We hypothesized that patients with diabetes, retinopat...

journal_title：Chest

authors： Lip GYH,Clementy N,Pierre B,Boyer M,Fauchier L

更新日期：2015-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Asthma and rhinosinusitis are common medical conditions among adults. Alternative treatments could have important impacts on health status among those individuals with these conditions, but specific prevalence data for these treatments are limited. OBJECTIVE:To estimate the prevalence of specific alternativ...

journal_title：Chest

authors： Blanc PD,Trupin L,Earnest G,Katz PP,Yelin EH,Eisner MD

更新日期：2001-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Coronary bypass patients less than 40 years of age were identified and compared with a control group previously studied at our hospital. In patients less than 40 years, the average age was 35 years. Men comprised 90.1 percent of group 1, and 83.4 percent of group 2. Operative mortality was 2.89 percent for group 1 and...

journal_title：Chest

authors： Kelly ME,DeLaria GA,Najafi H

更新日期：1988-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Until recently, a definitive diagnosis of lipoma in the thorax could only be established by thoracotomy. We undertook this study to determine if chest CT could provide such an answer. Among 4,000 chest CT scans, six patients were found to have lipoma according to the following selected criteria: CT features of a pleur...

journal_title：Chest

authors： Epler GR,McLoud TC,Munn CS,Colby TV

更新日期：1986-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Some macrolides have been found to exert anti-inflammatory effects. Lung diseases such as asthma, panbronchiolitis, cystic fibrosis, and bronchiectasis are thought to respond to the immunomodulatory properties of macrolides. We report three cases of idiopathic bronchiolitis obliterans organizing pneumonia, now called ...

journal_title：Chest

authors： Stover DE,Mangino D

更新日期：2005-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We prospectively looked at the prognostic value of bronchoalveolar lavage (BAL) lymphocyte count in 98 patients with recently diagnosed (less than 4 months) untreated sarcoidosis. These 50 men and 48 women (mean age, 37.4) were followed up for a period of 6 to 60 months (mean, 25.6), and were clinically evaluated ever...

journal_title：Chest

authors： Laviolette M,La Forge J,Tennina S,Boulet LP

更新日期：1991-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Parasitoses are infectious diseases of global distribution, with predominance in areas of poor sanitation. Parasites cause damage through direct tissue injury and the inflammatory response generated by their migration and establishment in various organs. Thoracic involvement by parasitic disease can generate both spec...

journal_title：Chest

authors： Fiorentini LF,Bergo P,Meirelles GSP,Capobianco J,Mohammed TL,Verma N,Marchiori E,Irion KL,Hochhegger B

更新日期：2020-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Over a 20-year period, 83 patients underwent operative pleurodesis with resection of pulmonary blebs for spontaneous pneumothorax. Follow-up for all patients was between 5 and 25 years, with a mean of 9.1 years. There were five early (5.6 percent) and three late recurrences (3.6 percent). There were no deaths or need ...

journal_title：Chest

authors： Donahue DM,Wright CD,Viale G,Mathisen DJ

更新日期：1993-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Although the cycle ergometer is the traditional mode for exercise testing in patients with respiratory disease, this preference over the treadmill does not consider perceptual responses. Our hypotheses were as follows: (1) the regression slope between breathlessness and oxygen consumption (Vo(2)) is greater ...

journal_title：Chest

authors： Murray JA,Waterman LA,Ward J,Baird JC,Mahler DA

更新日期：2009-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The coronary arteriogram of a 52-year-old man with Basedow's disease and who was suffering from myocardial infarction following rapid atrial fibrillation, showed severe myocardial squeezing without organic stenosis. Angiographically, the functional obstructive lesion was always observed both at systole and diastole du...

journal_title：Chest

authors： Endo M,Lee YW,Hayashi H,Wada J

更新日期：1978-03-01 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：:The prevalence of periodic limb movements (PLM) during sleep and their effect on sleep and daytime alertness were determined in 23 men with severe, stable congestive heart failure (CHF) and 9 healthy control subjects. Each subject had overnight polysomnography and the following day completed a subjective assessment of...

journal_title：Chest

authors： Hanly PJ,Zuberi-Khokhar N

更新日期：1996-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The objective was to determine if garnetting and raw cotton dusts differed in botanical composition. Estimates of dust composition were based on the contents of gross trash in cotton raw materials and the potential of each gross trash component to be converted into less than 10 mum particulate by a laboratory abrasion...

journal_title：Chest

authors： Morey PR

更新日期：1981-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Two cases are presented in which a Dormia ureteral stone dislodger with straight filiform tip was used to retrieve broken central venous pressure catheters from the right side of the heart and vena cavae. It should be emphasized that this particular model is more easily passed into the vascular system and more easily ...

journal_title：Chest

authors： Drabinsky M

更新日期：1976-03-01 00:00:00