Cost-effectiveness of fluticasone propionate administered via metered-dose inhaler plus babyhaler spacer in the treatment of asthma in preschool-aged children.

abstract：:Echocardiographic studies were performed in 86 patients with right ventricular volume overload. In 45 of these 86 patients, 58 echocardiograms were performed at different intervals in the postoperative period. For control purposes, 60 normal subjects and 18 patients with right ventricular pressure overload were also e...

journal_title：Chest

authors： Laurenceau JL,Dumesnil JG

更新日期：1976-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Despite increasing knowledge about partial liquid ventilation (PLV), the optimal dose of perfluorocarbon (PFC) is not yet established. Because there exist normal regions in the lung with ARDS and because PLV in the normal lung results in worsened gas exchange, we postulated that the optimal dose of PFC for P...

journal_title：Chest

authors： Lim CM,Koh Y,Jung BO,Lee SD,Kim WS,Kim DS,Kim WD

更新日期：2000-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In most studies, many statistical tests are performed. They can be run to compare the groups at baseline, look at relationships among the various measures, and, for intervention trials, examine more than one end point. As the number of tests increases, so does the probability of finding at least one of them to be stat...

journal_title：Chest

authors： Streiner DL,Norman GR

更新日期：2011-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：CASE PRESENTATION:A 38-year-old man of Indian origin, who migrated to Greece 13 years prior to presentation, was admitted to our hospital with a 2-month history of nonprogressive, intermittent (mostly evening), low-grade (up to 38.5°C) fever, accompanied by night sweats, dry cough, mild dyspnea on exertion (modified Me...

journal_title：Chest

authors： Papadopoulos D,Nakou A,Lymperopoulos K,Filaditaki V

更新日期：2018-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A 64-year-old patient was admitted to the hospital with a history of two syncopal episodes. The results of the physical examination, resting electrocardiogram and His-bundle study were all normal. Study with a 24-hour ECG monitor (Holter) was at first interpreted as demonstrating periods of sinus arrest. However, more...

journal_title：Chest

authors： Kronzon I,Schloss M,Bear G

更新日期：1975-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Occupational exposure to aerosolized pentamidine has raised questions regarding transmission of tuberculosis and the effect of the drug itself. To estimate the exposure of a health care worker, we measured the ambient concentration of aerosolized pentamidine in field conditions in 36 m3 unventilated treatment room. Th...

journal_title：Chest

authors： Montgomery AB,Corkery KJ,Brunette ER,Leoung GS,Waskin H,Debs RJ

更新日期：1990-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This report describes a patient with right lower lung (RLL) pneumonia of a subacute nature. Sputum and bronchial washings both grew N asteroides. Open lung biopsy showed bronchiolitis obliterans. Both the clinical and radiologic picture dramatically improved during three weeks of treatment with trimethoprim and sulfam...

journal_title：Chest

authors： Camp M,Mehta JB,Whitson M

更新日期：1987-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：STUDY OBJECTIVES:(1) To describe a new percutaneous pleural biopsy technique to obtain multiple-site parietal pleural biopsy specimens in patients with pleural effusion (PE), and (2) to evaluate its effectiveness and safety compared to current techniques. DESIGN:Prospective interventional study. SETTING:University te...

journal_title：Chest

authors： Uthaman B,Behbehani N,Abal A,Madda J,Khan S

更新日期：2004-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A noninvasive radionuclide study of the paradoxical pulse in pericardial effusion is described. The study shows complementary changes of the right and left ventricular ejection fractions in a patient with paradoxical pulse, supporting the theory that the inspiratory reduction of the left ventricular stroke volume is a...

journal_title：Chest

authors： Yeh EL

更新日期：1978-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services stipulate shared decision-making (SDM) counseling as a prerequisite to lung cancer screening (LCS) reimbursement, despite well-known challenges implementing SDM in practice. RESEARCH QUESTION:How have health-care organizations implemented SDM for LCS? STUDY DE...

journal_title：Chest

authors： Alishahi Tabriz A,Neslund-Dudas C,Turner K,Rivera MP,Reuland DS,Elston Lafata J

更新日期：2021-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The history of the use of beta-blockers for congestive heart failure, beginning with the innovative seminal study by the Swedish group in 1975 to studies in 1995, is reviewed and shows that almost all trials favored the use of beta-blockers. They tended to demonstrate an increase in ejection fraction, a decrease in le...

journal_title：Chest

authors： Constant J

更新日期：1998-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Eosinophils contain granule proteins such as eosinophil cationic protein (ECP) that have proinflammatory effects on airways. ECP may be released on activation of eosinophils into the plasma and is widely used as a marker of bronchial hyperreactivity and allergic inflammation. Environmental factors as well as...

journal_title：Chest

authors： Domej W,Schwaberger G,Tilz GP,Földes-Papp Z,Demel U,Lang J,von Duvillard SP

更新日期：2002-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Although tuberculosis (TB) and other lung infections are common throughout the developing world, they are not among the most common causes of chronic cough. METHODS:Articles were selected from a MEDLINE search from 1966 through 2003 (using medical subject heading words "cough," "tuberculosis," and "lung inf...

journal_title：Chest

authors： Rosen MJ

更新日期：2006-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:On the occasion of this Fourth World Conference on Lung Cancer, I am privileged to present the opening keynote address. This presentation has been sponsored by the Ontario Cancer Treatment and Research Foundation. In 1952, the Foundation established an annual lectureship in memory of one of their prominent physicians....

journal_title：Chest

authors： Pearson FG

更新日期：1986-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:In addition to affecting the oxygen supply to the brain, pulmonary function is a marker of multiple insults throughout life (including smoking, illness, and socioeconomic deprivation). In this meta-analysis of existing longitudinal studies, the hypothesis that lower pulmonary function and respiratory illness...

journal_title：Chest

authors： Russ TC,Kivimäki M,Batty GD

更新日期：2020-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：STUDY OBJECTIVES:Black smokers have been reported to have higher serum cotinine levels than do white smokers, and have higher rates of most smoking-related diseases, despite smoking fewer cigarettes per day. Another striking racial difference is the preference for mentholated cigarettes among black smokers. The contrib...

journal_title：Chest

authors： Clark PI,Gautam S,Gerson LW

更新日期：1996-11-01 00:00:00

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：:We present the first case (to our knowledge) of acetaminophen-induced eosinophilic pneumonia. Although the patient had taken an acetaminophen-containing combination drug, Kinuya-chinnetsu, for only three days, the abnormal shadow on his chest radiograph continued for about a month. Lymphocyte stimulation tests showed ...

journal_title：Chest

authors： Kondo K,Inoue Y,Hamada H,Yokoyama A,Kohno N,Hiwada K

更新日期：1993-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The role of thoracic radiation therapy in the management of limited-stage small cell lung cancer (SCLC) is reviewed. Although chest irradiation has been used to treat SCLC for over four decades, its standard role in the management of limited-stage disease was established only during the last decade. Multiple prospecti...

journal_title：Chest

authors： Kumar P

更新日期：1997-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Clinical audits and practice profiling have become popular tools in the attempt to change physician behavior to improve quality of care. Unfortunately, the growing need for information on quality of care has often outpaced the development of standard, valid, and reliable approaches to using these tools. The studies of...

journal_title：Chest

authors： Weiss KB,Wagner R

更新日期：2000-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The new GOLD (Global Initiative for Chronic Obstructive Lung Disease) strategy recommends use of the COPD Assessment Test (CAT) or modified Medical Research Council (mMRC) scale to assess symptoms in COPD against "risk" as assessed by spirometry or exacerbation frequency. We aimed to determine the concordanc...

journal_title：Chest

authors： Pillai AP,Turner AM,Stockley RA

更新日期：2013-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：STUDY OBJECTIVES:To evaluate the risk factors associated with postoperative respiratory infection in patients undergoing lung cancer surgery, with special emphasis on the perioperative pattern of airway colonization. DESIGN:Prospective cohort study. SETTING:Department of Pneumology and Thoracic Surgery of a tertiary ...

journal_title：Chest

authors： Belda J,Cavalcanti M,Ferrer M,Serra M,Puig de la Bellacasa J,Canalis E,Torres A

更新日期：2005-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We report an individual with limb-girdle muscular dystrophy who has devised a way to assist her respiration by using her hands braced against the tray of her wheelchair. Utilizing this method, she was able to increase her tidal volume (VT) and lower her respiratory rate compared to unassisted spontaneous breathing, th...

journal_title：Chest

authors： Stone AC,Nolan S,Abu-Hijleh M,McCool D,Hill NS

更新日期：2003-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:This multicenter, double-blind, placebo-controlled study evaluated the dose response to 6 weeks of triamcinolone acetonide inhalation aerosol (TAA, 100 microg per puff) in patients with moderately severe asthma. STUDY DESIGN:A total of 285 patients were randomly assigned to treatment with 1, 2, 4, or 8 puff...

journal_title：Chest

authors： Welch MJ,Levy S,Smith JA,Feiss G,Farrar JR

更新日期：1997-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:This study applies a stochastic or probability search and display model to prospectively predict outcome and to evaluate therapeutic effects in a consecutively monitored series of 396 patients with severe thoracic and thoracoabdominal injuries. STUDY DESIGN:Prospective observational study of outcome predicti...

journal_title：Chest

authors： Shoemaker WC,Bayard DS,Wo CC,Chan LS,Chien LC,Lu K,Jelliffe RW

更新日期：2005-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSES:To determine the diagnostic capabilities of dynamic high-resolution electron-beam (HREB) CT scanning for diagnosing bronchiolitis obliterans syndrome (BOS) in lung transplant recipients. MATERIALS AND METHODS:At the time of follow-up examinations after lung transplantation, 52 patients were examined by dynami...

journal_title：Chest

authors： Knollmann FD,Kapell S,Lehmkuhl H,Schulz B,Böttcher H,Hetzer R,Felix R

更新日期：2004-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Gastrointestinal complications requiring surgical correction following cardiopulmonary bypass most frequently involve the upper gastrointestinal tract. Surgical diseases of the colon are quite unusual in this setting. We recently performed cardiac surgery on three patients who developed acute diverticulitis requiring ...

journal_title：Chest

authors： Burton NA,Albus RA,Graeber GM,Lough FC

更新日期：1986-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Phenotypic characterization of patients with COPD may have potential prognostic and therapeutic implications. Available information on the relationship between emphysema and the clinical presentation in patients with COPD is limited to advanced stages of the disease. The objective of this study was to descri...

journal_title：Chest

authors： de Torres JP,Bastarrika G,Zagaceta J,Sáiz-Mendiguren R,Alcaide AB,Seijo LM,Montes U,Campo A,Zulueta JJ

更新日期：2011-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This study compared the nutritional status of patients with emphysema and chronic bronchitis and examined the relationship between lung dysfunction and nutritional depletion in patients with emphysema. There was no evidence of nutritional depletion in patients with chronic bronchitis (n = 4). In contrast, patients wit...

journal_title：Chest

authors： Openbrier DR,Irwin MM,Rogers RM,Gottlieb GP,Dauber JH,Van Thiel DH,Pennock BE

更新日期：1983-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Little information is available about the prevalence of deep vein thrombosis (DVT) after discharge from cardiac surgery units and its impact on rehabilitation programs. OBJECTIVES:To estimate the rate of DVT, in relation to different thromboprophylaxis strategies, in patients with a recent coronary artery b...

journal_title：Chest

authors： Ambrosetti M,Salerno M,Zambelli M,Mastropasqua F,Tramarin R,Pedretti RF

更新日期：2004-01-01 00:00:00