The prevalence of exercise-induced bronchospasm among US Army recruits and its effects on physical performance.

abstract：:Immunohistochemistry has come to occupy a key position among the armamentarium of tools pathologists apply to the evaluation of lung and pleural neoplasms. This technique uses antibodies that bind to specific antigens, usually proteins, enabling microscopic detection of the antigens. Over the last several decades, an ...

journal_title：Chest

authors： Mani H,Zander DS

更新日期：2012-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A mechanical model was employed to examine phase and amplitude relationships between simulated pleural and mouth pressures during panting at different frequencies with and without lower airway obstruction and with rigid or flaccid extrathoracic airways. Results confirm the hypothesis that, in the presence of lower air...

journal_title：Chest

authors： Knudson RJ,Knudson DE

更新日期：1984-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:The objective of this study was to compare the safety, use, and cost profiles of open thoracotomy vs video-assisted thoracoscopic surgery (VATS) for wedge resection in lung cancer performed by thoracic surgeons in the United States. METHODS:The Premier database, which contains complete patient billing, hospi...

journal_title：Chest

authors： Howington JA,Gunnarsson CL,Maddaus MA,McKenna RJ,Meyers BF,Miller D,Moore M,Rizzo JA,Swanson S

更新日期：2012-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A 55-year-old woman had bilateral hilar lymphadenopathy and retinouveitis. Microscopic examination of a biopsy specimen from a mediastinal lymph node revealed noncaseating epithelioid cell granulomas. Since granulomatous diseases of infectious origin and sarcoid reaction were reasonably excluded, she was diagnosed as ...

journal_title：Chest

authors： Yamaguchi E,Haneda H,Okazaki N,Abe S,Kawakami Y,Nojima T

更新日期：1989-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Solitary extramedullary plasmacytomas are uncommon neoplasms. They occur most frequently in the upper aerodigestive tract and account for 4% of the nonepithelial tumors in this site. The evolution of a plasmacytoma is unsteady and symptoms at presentation have included dystonia, dysphagia, oral pain, cough, and dyspne...

journal_title：Chest

authors： Byrd RP Jr,Roy TM,Bentz W,Mehta JB

更新日期：1996-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We report a case of pancreatitis, which occurred while the patient was on a propofol drip and then recurred after resolution following an inadvertent rechallenge with propofol. The initial episode was associated with hypertriglyceridemia, whereas the latter was not. The association between propofol and pancreatitis is...

journal_title：Chest

authors： Kumar AN,Schwartz DE,Lim KG

更新日期：1999-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Serum levels of a high molecular weight circulating antigen KL-6, detected by means of a sandwich assay using a monoclonal antibody KL-6 against a sialylated carbohydrate antigen, were evaluated for usefulness in monitoring the activity of interstitial pneumonitis. Abnormally high levels of KL-6 antigen were observed ...

journal_title：Chest

authors： Kohno N,Kyoizumi S,Awaya Y,Fukuhara H,Yamakido M,Akiyama M

更新日期：1989-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：STUDY OBJECTIVES:To determine the cause of pulmonary hypertension (PH) in systemic sclerosis (SSc) patients since PH can occur because of pulmonary arteriopathy, pulmonary parenchymal destruction, and left ventricular cardiac dysfunction. DESIGN AND SETTING:Consecutive case series in a university hospital. PATIENTS:N...

journal_title：Chest

authors： Strange C,Bolster M,Mazur J,Taylor M,Gossage JR,Silver R

更新日期：2000-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Tracheal bronchus is a common anomaly that occurs in approximately 2% of people. Two children with multiple medical problems which led to endotracheal intubation are described. The hospital course for each child was complicated by persistent right upper lobe atelectasis. The presence of a tracheal bronchus was not rec...

journal_title：Chest

authors： O'Sullivan BP,Frassica JJ,Rayder SM

更新日期：1998-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:To gain more knowledge of changes in main pulmonary artery flow and right ventricular mass and volumes in patients with pulmonary hypertension during epoprostenol therapy. METHODS:Eleven patients (9 women) were evaluated before the start of therapy and every 4 months thereafter. Right and left ventricular v...

journal_title：Chest

authors： Roeleveld RJ,Vonk-Noordegraaf A,Marcus JT,Bronzwaer JG,Marques KM,Postmus PE,Boonstra A

更新日期：2004-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The hypothetic benefit of CPAP on cardiac performance and on a reduction in VO2 was tested in a patient before heart transplantation after acute myocardial infarction using continuous SvO2 monitoring. The CPAP added to inotropic support (enoximone plus dobutamine) and intraaortic balloon pumping dramatically increased...

journal_title：Chest

authors： Pery N,Payen D,Pinsky MR

更新日期：1991-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:As of December 1975, there had been 5 to 8 1/2 years of observation on 263 patients with bacteriologically proven tuberculosis who were initially admitted to a general hospital and were treated largely as outpatients by community physicians from July 1967 through December 1970. Ten patients died during hospitalization...

journal_title：Chest

authors： Dutt AK,Miller DL,Reagan WP,Swindoll HS,Jones LS,Stead WW

更新日期：1978-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Lung volume reduction surgery (LVRS) is being evaluated in the treatment of emphysema. The proposed mechanisms of improvement are increased elastic recoil of the lung and improved mechanical efficiency of the muscles of respiration. We report a unique patient with emphysema who developed a giant bulla 3 years subseque...

journal_title：Chest

authors： Iqbal M,Rossoff L,McKeon K,Graver M,Scharf SM

更新日期：1999-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：STUDY OBJECTIVE:To examine the relation between left atrial (LA) function and exercise performance. DESIGN AND SETTING:Retrospective study at a referral cardiopulmonary exercise laboratory in a university hospital. PATIENTS:Forty-one patients with recent myocardial infarction. INTERVENTIONS:M-mode echocardiography a...

journal_title：Chest

authors： Jikuhara T,Sumimoto T,Tarumi N,Yuasa F,Hattori T,Sugiura T,Iwasaka T

更新日期：1997-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:The objective of the present study was to compare antibiotic prescribing practices and survival in the ICU for patients with pneumococcal severe community-acquired pneumonia (SCAP) between 2000 and 2013. METHODS:This was a matched case-control study of two prospectively recorded cohorts in Europe. Eighty pat...

journal_title：Chest

authors： Gattarello S,Borgatta B,Solé-Violán J,Vallés J,Vidaur L,Zaragoza R,Torres A,Rello J,Community-Acquired Pneumonia en la Unidad de Cuidados Intensivos II Study Investigators*.

更新日期：2014-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Induced sputum cytology and protein biomarkers can be used to assess airways inflammation. Increases in sputum iron have been described in inflammatory lung disease. We hypothesized that other sputum metals may be affected by airways inflammation and investigated their potential value as biomarkers. METHODS...

journal_title：Chest

authors： Gray RD,Duncan A,Noble D,Imrie M,O'Reilly DS,Innes JA,Porteous DJ,Greening AP,Boyd AC

更新日期：2010-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:There is a need for a more complete classification system of lung cancer. To address this issue, we assessed whether the new staging could differentiate patients with early-stage cancers who have poorer prognosis and improve the unbalanced patient numbers with overlapping prognoses arising from the current T...

journal_title：Chest

authors： Tsuchiya T,Hashizume S,Akamine S,Muraoka M,Honda S,Tsuji K,Urabe S,Hayashi T,Yamasaki N,Nagayasu T

更新日期：2007-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：STUDY OBJECTIVE:To validate a noninvasive first-pass radionuclide ventriculographic (FPRV) measurement of maximum cardiac output (Qv) during exercise. DESIGN:Comparison of Qv to that measured by the Fick principle (Qf) at peak exercise. SETTING:Academic cardiopulmonary exercise laboratory. PATIENTS:Seventy-eight con...

journal_title：Chest

authors： Maroni JM,Oelberg DA,Pappagianopoulos P,Boucher CA,Systrom DM

更新日期：1998-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Pulmonary disease due to talc, a group of hydrous magnesium silicates, is almost exclusively encountered after occupational exposure. One form of this rare disorder is talc granulomatosis. In varying degrees, hypercalcemia is typical of granulomatous disease but has not yet been reported in talcosis. We report the cas...

journal_title：Chest

authors： Woywodt A,Schneider W,Goebel U,Luft FC

更新日期：2000-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：STUDY OBJECTIVES:Although percutaneous transluminal coronary angioplasty (PTCA) is known to have beneficial effects on exercise capacity, its effects on the cardiovascular response during the onset of exercise have not been clarified. The present study was undertaken to determine the effects of PTCA on the kinetics of ...

journal_title：Chest

authors： Adachi H,Koike A,Niwa A,Sato A,Takamoto T,Marumo F,Hiroe M

更新日期：2000-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Cardiorespiratory values were measured in ten patients with severe respiratory failure on volume controlled and pressure controlled ventilation. Tidal volume, respirator rate, PEEP, auto-PEEP, inspiratory:expiratory ratio (1:2) and FIo2 were maintained at the same value for both ventilatory modalities. Changing from V...

journal_title：Chest

authors： Abraham E,Yoshihara G

更新日期：1990-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The clinical course of idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis (IPF) is characterized by progressive decline in lung function and eventual mortality. We sought to determine if future declines in pulmonary function, mortality, or both can be predicted from prior trends in pulmonary function tests (PFTs). METHODS:Data ...

journal_title：Chest

authors： Schmidt SL,Tayob N,Han MK,Zappala C,Kervitsky D,Murray S,Wells AU,Brown KK,Martinez FJ,Flaherty KR

更新日期：2014-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Asthma morbidity and mortality are higher in the United States for African-American (AA) children when compared to European-American (EA) children. STUDY OBJECTIVES:To explore racial differences in physiologic factors associated with pediatric asthma severity. DESIGN:Cross-sectional. METHODS:We analyzed d...

journal_title：Chest

authors： Joseph CL,Ownby DR,Peterson EL,Johnson CC

更新日期：2000-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Previous studies have described oxygen delivery (DO2) and oxygen consumption (VO2) relationships in patients with ARDS and other acute diseases that suggest occasions when VO2 may be dependent on the supply of oxygen, ie, DO2. We studied 127 postoperative patients who developed ARDS to evaluate the relationship of DO2...

journal_title：Chest

authors： Appel PL,Shoemaker WC

更新日期：1992-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We encountered a clinical problem in a young man who presented with a left upper lobe mass and a diffuse reticular-nodular infiltrate. We thought we had appropriately applied Murphy's Law (the famed bank robber who "went where the money is"), and Ockham's Razor (the philosopher William of Ockham [1285 to 1349]-"Entiti...

journal_title：Chest

authors： Jackson HD,Carney KJ,Knautz MA,Tenholder MF

更新日期：1994-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Critically ill patients who develop ARDS have substantial associated morbidity and mortality. Circulating mitochondrial DNA (mtDNA) released during critical illness causes endothelial dysfunction and lung injury in experimental models. This study hypothesized that elevated plasma mtDNA is associated with ARD...

journal_title：Chest

authors： Faust HE,Reilly JP,Anderson BJ,Ittner CAG,Forker CM,Zhang P,Weaver BA,Holena DN,Lanken PN,Christie JD,Meyer NJ,Mangalmurti NS,Shashaty MGS

更新日期：2020-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The toxic-oil syndrome (TOS) is a multisystem disorder whose etiology and pathogenesis are as yet unknown. Lung alterations persist in a significant number of TOS patients due to the underlying vascular lesion. Computer-assisted 67Ga scanning and bronchoalveolar lavage (BAL) studies were performed in 14 TOS patients w...

journal_title：Chest

authors： De la Cruz JL,Oteo LA,López C,Curto LM,Burgaleta C,Campos A,Sueiro A

更新日期：1985-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Ventilation and gas exchange were studied during sleep and incremental treadmill exercise in 19 patients with severe stable COPD with the primary aim of comparing the pathophysiology of oxygen desaturation in the two conditions. A secondary aim was to determine whether exercise studies could aid in the prediction of s...

journal_title：Chest

authors： Mulloy E,McNicholas WT

更新日期：1996-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：STUDY OBJECTIVES:The physicians who initially evaluate patients with non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC) strongly impact the course of therapy. Their beliefs in treatment and prognosis may contribute to practices of variable quality and appropriateness. We sought to better describe beliefs among pulmonologists and thora...

journal_title：Chest

authors： Schroen AT,Detterbeck FC,Crawford R,Rivera MP,Socinski MA

更新日期：2000-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:Physician productivity, practice expense, resource allocation, facilities, staff, and malpractice are variables in medical practice profitability. The ongoing challenge of collecting reliable and consistent data created an opportunity in 2001 for the American College of Chest Physicians (ACCP) Practice Admin...

journal_title：Chest

authors： Bauer JS,French KD

更新日期：2006-09-01 00:00:00