Alternative therapies among adults with a reported diagnosis of asthma or rhinosinusitis : data from a population-based survey.

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To evaluate an adjustable mandibular positioning appliance for treatment of snoring and sleep apnea. METHODS:One hundred thirty-four patients with baseline apnea/hypopnea index (AHI) of 37 +/- 28 events/h (mean +/- SD) received the appliance. The efficacy of the appliance was assessed by the following invest...

journal_title：Chest

authors： Pancer J,Al-Faifi S,Al-Faifi M,Hoffstein V

更新日期：1999-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The history holds the central role in distinguishing among asthma, chronic bronchitis, and emphysema. A personal or family history of atopy, a history of seasonal worsening of disease in response to a known environmental agent, perhaps seasonal, and marked variability in the severity of airflow obstruction, often with...

journal_title：Chest

authors： Snider GL

更新日期：1985-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Pulmonary aspiration is an important recognized cause of ARDS. Better characterization of patients who aspirate may allow identification of potential risks for aspiration that could be used in future studies to mitigate the occurrence of aspiration and its devastating complications. METHODS:We conducted a s...

journal_title：Chest

authors： Lee A,Festic E,Park PK,Raghavendran K,Dabbagh O,Adesanya A,Gajic O,Bartz RR,United States Critical Illness and Injury Trials Group.

更新日期：2014-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We investigated 654 subjects of a small Lombardy (Italy) town between 15 and 64 years of age who were representative of the general population. By clinical examination, the sample included 535 normal subjects (164 normal smokers, 341 normal nonsmokers, 30 normal subjects with acute upper respiratory illness within 30 ...

journal_title：Chest

authors： Cerveri I,Bruschi C,Zoia MC,Zanon P,Maccarini L,Grassi M,Rampulla C

更新日期：1988-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Vasospasm of RP is thought to occur in the lungs. To assess pulmonary vasospasm, we analyzed the early and late Dsb variations after a digital CPT. Sixteen normal volunteers and 20 patients (7 with primary, 13 with secondary RP) were included. A clinical RP was conducted on ten patients, nine with secondary and one wi...

journal_title：Chest

authors： Vergnon JM,Barthélémy JC,Riffat J,Boissier C,Claudy A,Emonot A

更新日期：1992-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Severe pneumonia requiring ICU admission has not been well characterized with respect to long-term outcomes or predictors thereof. We examined the association between premorbid functional status and mortality in patients with severe pneumonia. METHODS:From 2000 to 2002, a population-based cohort of adults w...

journal_title：Chest

authors： Sligl WI,Eurich DT,Marrie TJ,Majumdar SR

更新日期：2011-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Signs of both motor and sensory nervous lesions have previously been shown in the upper airway of patients with OSA and habitual snorers. Snoring per se may damage all upper airway neurons over time, thereby causing progression to manifest sleep apnea. To test this hypothesis, nonsnoring subjects, untreated ...

journal_title：Chest

authors： Svanborg E,Ulander M,Broström A,Sunnergren O

更新日期：2020-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Between January 1990 and August 1991, there were 37 patients admitted to our Department of Internal Medicine with hematologic malignancies or solid tumors who showed colonization of the respiratory tract with Pseudomonas cepacia. Extensive surveillance cultures of the environmental surfaces and respiratory equipment o...

journal_title：Chest

authors： Yamagishi Y,Fujita J,Takigawa K,Negayama K,Nakazawa T,Takahara J

更新日期：1993-06-01 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：:Continuous irrigation-suction catheter (Irri-cath) is a double-lumen device that allows for simultaneous saline solution infusion and aspiration. This system may theoretically be more effective than conventional dry intermittent suction due to its vortex principle. To test this hypothesis, we performed 200 suction man...

journal_title：Chest

authors： Isea JO,Poyant D,O'Donnell C,Faling LJ,Karlinsky J,Celli BR

更新日期：1993-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Renin-angiotensin system activation is suspected of being involved in postcoronary surgery hypertension, but appears to be useful in maintaining blood pressure during anesthesia and cardiopulmonary bypass. To clarify these points, 19 patients were compared: ten as a control group and nine who received captopril during...

journal_title：Chest

authors： Colson P,Grolleau D,Chaptal PA,Ribstein J,Mimran A,Roquefeuil B

更新日期：1988-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：STUDY OBJECTIVE:To evaluate the cost effectiveness of the Nd-YAG laser and bronchoscopic electrocautery for palliation in patients with symptomatic tumor obstruction. DESIGN:A retrospective study. SETTING:Bronchoscopy unit of a university hospital. PATIENTS AND INTERVENTION:Thirty-one consecutive patients with inope...

journal_title：Chest

authors： Boxem Tv,Muller M,Venmans B,Postmus P,Sutedja T

更新日期：1999-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Heart rate and the variability of the heart rate, indices of autonomic control, were studied during sleep in an infant with prolonged Q-T interval (Romano-Ward syndrome) and were compared to the heart rate and variability of heart rate in 18 normal infants studied at monthly intervals during the first four months of l...

journal_title：Chest

authors： Leistner HL,Haddad GG,Lai TL,Mellins RB

更新日期：1983-08-01 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：:Clinically apparent myocardial disease is infrequent in sarcoidosis. However, autopsy data show myocardial involvement in up to 30 percent of patients. Unexplained exertional symptomatology is a common complaint in patients with sarcoidosis. In this study, we investigated whether abnormal cardiac function might limit ...

journal_title：Chest

authors： Gibbons WJ,Levy RD,Nava S,Malcolm I,Marin JM,Tardif C,Magder S,Lisbona R,Cosio MG

更新日期：1991-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:To determine the efficacy of doxycycline as a pleural sclerosing agent, we examined the outcomes in 31 patients (aged 31 to 87 years) receiving doxycycline (500 to 1,000 mg) through a chest tube for malignant pleural effusions or persistent bronchopleural fistulae. Of the 27 patients with malignant pleural effusions, ...

journal_title：Chest

authors： Heffner JE,Standerfer RJ,Torstveit J,Unruh L

更新日期：1994-06-01 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：:Photoradiation therapy is a new technique being investigated for the treatment of solid malignant tumors. In this study, 17 patients with advanced, recurrent, biopsy-proven malignant lesions of the trachea or main-stem bronchus were treated by photoradiation therapy. Patients received hematoporphyrin derivative intrav...

journal_title：Chest

authors： Vincent RG,Dougherty TJ,Rao U,Boyle DG,Potter WR

更新日期：1984-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Strapping of the chest causes decreased lung volumes and increased elastic recoil pressure. Such strapping was used in conjunction with single-breath nitrogen washout to study the effects of changes in these factors on the dynamics of the small airways. Studies consisted of simultaneous measurements of the quasistatic...

journal_title：Chest

authors： Al-Bazzaz FJ

更新日期：1979-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:It is well-recognized that atrial natriuretic peptide (ANP) and B-type natriuretic peptide (BNP) are raised in conditions with ventricular volume and pressure overload. In addition to this established role in left ventricular congestive cardiac failure, there is good evidence that BNP has a diagnostic role in right ve...

journal_title：Chest

authors： Yap LB,Mukerjee D,Timms PM,Ashrafian H,Coghlan JG

更新日期：2004-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:IV epoprostenol treatment of pulmonary arterial hypertension (PAH) has been believed to require an indefinite duration of therapy OBJECTIVE:To describe the successful discontinuation of long-term epoprostenol therapy in four patients DESIGN:Case reports SETTING:Outpatient clinic, tertiary-care hospital P...

journal_title：Chest

authors： Kim NH,Channick RN,Rubin LJ

更新日期：2003-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:COPD is characterized by chronic inflammation. In vitro and ex vivo observations suggest that this inflammatory response is partially resistant to the effect of corticosteroids and that low-dose theophylline can restore this response via enhancement of histone deacetylase (HDAC) activity. Whether this occurs...

journal_title：Chest

authors： Cosío BG,Shafiek H,Iglesias A,Yanez A,Córdova R,Palou A,Rodriguez-Roisin R,Peces-Barba G,Pascual S,Gea J,Sibila O,Barnes PJ,Agusti A

更新日期：2016-07-01 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：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：:To elucidate the effect of oxitropium bromide (OTB), an anticholinergic drug, on dyspnea and gas exchange during exercise in patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD), we performed the cycle exercise test on 19 patients with COPD (mean age, 72.0 +/- 1.9 years; mean FEV1, 1.28 +/- 0.07 L) before and af...

journal_title：Chest

authors： Teramoto S,Fukuchi Y,Orimo H

更新日期：1993-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A unique association of giant lymph node hyperplasia (Castleman's disease) and cardiac tamponade is presented. Although pleural effusions have been previously described with Castleman's disease, the authors believe this to be the first report of pericardial effusion and tamponade with this entity. The development of e...

journal_title：Chest

authors： Nicolosi AC,Almassi GH,Komorowski R

更新日期：1994-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Three patients had hypertrophic obstructive cardiomyopathy and coronary artery spasm. The clinical diagnosis of hypertrophic obstructive cardiomyopathy, in all patients, was confirmed by echocardiography and angiography. Significant spasm of the right coronary artery was demonstrated in each patient by selective coron...

journal_title：Chest

authors： Mautner RK,Thomas I,Dhurandhar R,Phillips JH

更新日期：1979-12-01 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：STUDY OBJECTIVE:The tuberculin skin test is the best diagnostic method to detect tuberculous infection. How accurate is interpretation of the test? DESIGN:Observational study. SETTING:Both general hospital and university hospital. PARTICIPANTS:One hundred seven health-care professionals, including 52 practicing pedi...

journal_title：Chest

authors： Kendig EL Jr,Kirkpatrick BV,Carter WH,Hill FA,Caldwell K,Entwistle M

更新日期：1998-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：CASE PRESENTATION:A 69-year-old man consulted for a 3-day history of fever, wet cough, and yellow-green phlegm. He denied having any dyspnea, chest pain, hemoptysis, swallowing disorders, choke, chills, asthenia, anorexia, or weight loss. He reported a continuous dry cough and three episodes of pneumonia in the past 4 ...

journal_title：Chest

authors： Hoan L,Hang LM,Thanh Hong DT,Nhu Quynh NT,Linh LT,Cuong NN,Minh TN,Luan DT,Thang ND,Delphine N

更新日期：2020-12-01 00:00:00