Elevated concentrations of exhaled hydrogen peroxide in asthmatic patients.

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

abstract：:As the actual mortality and morbidity of obstructive sleep apnea syndrome (OSAS) have been unknown heretofore, we undertook a follow-up study of 198 OSAS patients seen at the Stanford Sleep Disorders Clinic between 1972 and 1980, for whom either tracheostomy (71 patients) or weight loss (127 patients) had been recomme...

journal_title：Chest

authors： Partinen M,Jamieson A,Guilleminault C

更新日期：1988-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In 14 consecutive patients with varying myocardial function, evaluation of the Valsalva maneuver was performed using aortic pulse pressure decay to investigate a possible quantitative relationship between the pattern of response and the degree of myocardial dysfunction. The aortic pulse pressure response during strain...

journal_title：Chest

authors： Bernardi L,Saviolo R,Spodick DH

更新日期：1989-05-01 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：BACKGROUND:Failure to reliably diagnose ARDS may be a major driver of negative clinical trials and underrecognition and treatment in clinical practice. We sought to examine the interobserver reliability of the Berlin ARDS definition and examine strategies for improving the reliability of ARDS diagnosis. METHODS:Two hu...

journal_title：Chest

authors： Sjoding MW,Hofer TP,Co I,Courey A,Cooke CR,Iwashyna TJ

更新日期：2018-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The objective of this study was to systematically review and quantitatively synthesize all randomized controlled trials (RCTs), comparing important outcomes in ventilated critically ill patients who received an early or late tracheotomy. METHODS:A systematic literature search of PubMed, Cumulative Index to ...

journal_title：Chest

authors： Wang F,Wu Y,Bo L,Lou J,Zhu J,Chen F,Li J,Deng X

更新日期：2011-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：STUDY OBJECTIVE:To evaluate the incidence and clinical factors related to the persistence of infarct-associated pericardial effusion (PE) after primary angioplasty. DESIGN:Consecutive case-series analysis. SETTING:Coronary care unit in a university hospital. PATIENTS:Three hundred ninety-one consecutive patients wit...

journal_title：Chest

authors： Sugiura T,Nakamura S,Kudo Y,Okumiya T,Yamasaki F,Iwasaka T

更新日期：2005-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：STUDY OBJECTIVES:The aim of this study was to explore the relationship between quality of life and measures of asthma, such as lung function, reversibility to bronchodilation, exhaled nitric oxide (NO), and bronchial responsiveness to direct and indirect stimulus in patients with mild asthma in a primary care setting. ...

journal_title：Chest

authors： Ehrs PO,Sundblad BM,Larsson K

更新日期：2006-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Chemical sclerosis of the pleural space is used to prevent recurrence of spontaneous pneumothorax. To test whether sclerosis restricts diaphragmatic excursion, we measured diaphragmatic excursion by ultrasonography in subjects with unilateral pleural sclerosis and compared it with diaphragmatic excursions in normal su...

journal_title：Chest

authors： Loring SH,Kurachek SC,Wohl ME

更新日期：1989-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A 51-year-old man developed fever, cough, and dyspnea 5 days after completing murine monoclonal anti-CD3 antibody (OKT3) treatment for acute cardiac allograft rejection. Samples of BAL fluid grew influenza A virus. Progressive pulmonary infiltrates, respiratory compromise, and hypoxia developed, and the patient ultima...

journal_title：Chest

authors： Embrey RP,Geist LJ

更新日期：1995-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Oxygen uptake (VO2) reflects the rate of aerobic regeneration of high-energy phosphate compounds (primarily adenosine triphosphate [ATP]). Since lactate increase is thought to result from an inadequate rate of aerobic ATP regeneration, it might be expected that lactate increase would be associated with a delayed attai...

journal_title：Chest

authors： Zhang YY,Wasserman K,Sietsema KE,Ben-Dov I,Barstow TJ,Mizumoto G,Sullivan CS

更新日期：1993-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:To determine work-of breathing with continuous positive airway pressure (CPAP) delivery systems, we used a lung model to simulate spontaneous breathing. "Additional work" during tidal breathing was derived by comparing change in airway pressure with change in tidal volume. Seven demand-flow CPAP delivery systems were ...

journal_title：Chest

authors： Katz JA,Kraemer RW,Gjerde GE

更新日期：1985-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:To prospectively study all patients with COPD and spontaneous pneumothorax (SP) who underwent thoracoscopic talc poudrage (TP) under local anesthesia to determine its efficacy and safety in recurrence prevention. METHODS:Data on clinical measurements, complications, duration of chest tube drainage, length o...

journal_title：Chest

authors： Lee P,Yap WS,Pek WY,Ng AW

更新日期：2004-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The effect of combined administration of different dose ratios of dobutamine (DB) and dopamine (DA) (DB/DA ratio of 1:1; 1.5:0.5; 2:0; 0.5:1.5; and 0:2), with the added dose kept constant (10 micrograms/kg/min-20 micrograms/kg/min), on right ventricular function (measured by the thermal washout method with the aid of ...

journal_title：Chest

authors： Imai T,Saitoh K,Kani H,Fujita T,Murata K

更新日期：1992-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND AND STUDY OBJECTIVES:Noninvasive positive airway pressure may play a significant role in treating patients with congestive heart failure (CHF). We tested our hypothesis that noninvasive bilevel positive airway pressure improves left ventricular performance in patients with chronic CHF secondary to severe sys...

journal_title：Chest

authors： Acosta B,DiBenedetto R,Rahimi A,Acosta MF,Cuadra O,Van Nguyen A,Morrow L

更新日期：2000-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：STUDY OBJECTIVE:To determine the prevalence of left ventricular diastolic dysfunction in patients with biopsy specimen-proved pulmonary sarcoidosis without clinical evidence of cardiac disease. DESIGN:A cross-sectional study. SETTING:A large tertiary care university teaching hospital. PATIENTS AND CONTROL SUBJECTS:F...

journal_title：Chest

authors： Fahy GJ,Marwick T,McCreery CJ,Quigley PJ,Maurer BJ

更新日期：1996-01-01 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：STUDY OBJECTIVES:To determine the effect of tumor diameter on the long-term survival of patients with stage I non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC) within a large multi-institutional database, and to assess the accuracy of the T-descriptor threshold of 3 cm. DESIGN AND PATIENTS:A total of 9,191 patients > or = 20 years o...

journal_title：Chest

authors： Mery CM,Pappas AN,Burt BM,Bueno R,Linden PA,Sugarbaker DJ,Jaklitsch MT

更新日期：2005-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The effect of smoking three cigarettes in rapid succession on maximal and partial expiratory flow rates was studied in ten healthy smokers. The mean decrease in maximal midexpiratory flow and partial midexpiratory and end-expiratory flow was statistically significant. The response was maximal after the first cigarette...

journal_title：Chest

authors： Hamosh P,Taveira Da Silva AM

更新日期：1977-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Clinical staging of non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC) helps determine the prognosis and treatment of patients; few data exist on the accuracy of clinical staging and the impact on treatment and survival of patients. We assessed whether participant or trial characteristics were associated with clinical stagi...

journal_title：Chest

authors： Navani N,Fisher DJ,Tierney JF,Stephens RJ,Burdett S,NSCLC Meta-analysis Collaborative Group.

更新日期：2019-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:The objective of this study was to examine the relationship between respiratory symptom intensity and quality and dynamic lung hyperinflation (DH) during induced bronchoconstriction in asthma. PATIENTS AND METHODS:Subjects with asthma (n = 116) underwent baseline spirometry and lung volume measurement follow...

journal_title：Chest

authors： Lougheed MD,Fisher T,O'Donnell DE

更新日期：2006-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Lung cancer, the most prevalent cancer in the western world, is predominantly caused by smoking and thus perceived as a "self-inflicted" disease. Nevertheless, only 20% of smokers develop lung cancer. This review examines the concept of high-risk populations and screening. It looks at developments in the molecular epi...

journal_title：Chest

authors： Smyth JF

更新日期：1996-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In this prospective study of 70 patients with pleural effusion, the underlying disease could be identified in 62 cases. By predefined criteria, 31 of these effusions were classified as transudates and 31 as exudates. Pleural fluid protein content, LDH activity and cholesterol level were measured to investigate their u...

journal_title：Chest

authors： Hamm H,Brohan U,Bohmer R,Missmahl HP

更新日期：1987-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The ipsilateral recurrence rate after the first spontaneous pneumothorax treated with tube thoracostomy is reported to be between 23 percent and 52 percent. The incidence of recurrence after the first recurrence is substantially higher. Chemical pleurodesis has been attempted to decrease the recurrence rate. Tetracycl...

journal_title：Chest

authors： Milanez JR,Vargas FS,Filomeno LT,Fernandez A,Jatene A,Light RW

更新日期：1994-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Normal subjects were exposed to an aerosol of Escherichia coli endotoxin. Carbon monoxide diffusion (Dco), spirometry, blood neutrophils, white blood cells, and platelets were determined at various times thereafter. A significant decrease in Dco and an increase in blood neutrophils was found, with a maximum effect 4 t...

journal_title：Chest

authors： Herbert A,Carvalheiro M,Rubenowitz E,Bake B,Rylander R

更新日期：1992-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Dyspnea after polio can occur for a variety of reasons, including neuromuscular disease and upper airway abnormalities resulting from prolonged intubation, including tracheal stenosis, tracheomalacia, and vocal cord paralysis. Routine studies such as spirometry and maximum voluntary ventilation (MVV) measurements can ...

journal_title：Chest

authors： Knobil K,Becker FS,Harper P,Graf LB,Wolf GT,Martinez FJ

更新日期：1994-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A patient had left ventricular pseudoaneurysm after mitral valve replacement surgery. The diagnosis was made by color flow Doppler demonstration of systolic flow between the left ventricular chamber and an echo-free space posterior to the heart which was initially interpreted as localized pleural effusion. Color Doppl...

journal_title：Chest

authors： Alam M,Rosman HS,Lewis JW,Brymer JF

更新日期：1989-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Malignant mesothelioma is an uncommon and usually fatal cancer, for which there is no standard treatment. However, surgical resection remains the mainstay of treatment because of the inability to treat the entire hemithorax effectively with radiation and the lack of effective chemotherapy drugs. Extrapleural pneumonec...

journal_title：Chest

authors： Rusch VW

更新日期：1993-04-01 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：:The variation in respiratory water loss (RWL) over time, expressed as the mass of water vapor lost per liter (body temperature and pressure, saturated) of ventilation (MH2O), was investigated in two groups: (1) children with exercise-induced asthma; and (2) healthy children. Children were matched for age and sex and w...

journal_title：Chest

authors： Tabka Z,Ben Jebria A,Vergeret J,Guenard H

更新日期：1988-07-01 00:00:00