Iron lung vs mask ventilation in the treatment of acute on chronic respiratory failure in COPD patients: a multicenter study.

abstract：:In a prospective study murmurs increased in intensity with carotid sinus pressure in 18 of 26 patients with hypertrophic obstructive cardiomyopathy (HOCM) (sensitivity, 69.2 percent for the 26 patients, 85.7 percent for the 21 patients in whom heart rate and blood pressure decreased with carotid sinus pressure). On th...

journal_title：Chest

authors： Klein HO,DiSegni E,Dean H,Beker B,Bakst A,Kaplinsky E

更新日期：1988-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Habitual smoking of alkaloidal cocaine (crack) has been reported to be associated with a number of cardiopulmonary complications that may not be clinically obvious but could potentially interfere with normal physiologic responses to exercise and thus impair maximum exercise performance. STUDY OBJECTIVE:To e...

journal_title：Chest

authors： Marques-Magallanes JA,Koyal SN,Cooper CB,Kleerup EC,Tashkin DP

更新日期：1997-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A patient with systemic artery-to-pulmonary artery fistulae is described. Historically, all therapy of this type of lesion has been surgical. We describe a new mode of treatment, therapeutic embolization, which obviates surgical intervention and its attendant risks. Embolization is an alternative to surgery that shoul...

journal_title：Chest

authors： Wolf DC,Wurtzbacher JJ,Horton J

更新日期：1982-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：STUDY OBJECTIVES:Strokes and neurocognitive dysfunction have been correlated with cerebral microemboli produced during cardiopulmonary bypass (CPB). The purpose of this study was to determine whether, and to what extent, off-pump coronary artery bypass (OPCAB) reduces the occurrence of cerebral microemboli compared wit...

journal_title：Chest

authors： Bowles BJ,Lee JD,Dang CR,Taoka SN,Johnson EW,Lau EM,Nekomoto K

更新日期：2001-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:COPD and OSA are both highly prevalent, which implies that both disorders occurring together (overlap syndrome) is likely to be common based on chance association alone. However, different clinical COPD phenotypes influence the likelihood of coexisting OSA in that the increased lung volumes and low BMI associated with...

journal_title：Chest

authors： McNicholas WT

更新日期：2017-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A patient complained of angina pectoris nine months after surgical repair of an aortic right atrial fistula and mitral valve replacement. Subsequently, he was shown to have a new obstruction of the ostium of the left main coronary artery. This case illustrates the need to consider this syndrome in the differential dia...

journal_title：Chest

authors： Coplan NL,Estioko MR,Ambrose JA

更新日期：1985-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：STUDY OBJECTIVE:To determine if a training session using videotaped metered dose inhaler (MDI) performances can result in high interrater and intrarater reliability of five evaluators assessing MDI technique. DESIGN:Five evaluators (three pharmacists, two pulmonary fellows) were trained to evaluate MDI technique durin...

journal_title：Chest

authors： Gray SL,Nance AC,Williams DM,Pulliam CC

更新日期：1994-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To evaluate the accuracy of a flow-proportional delivery system and the pattern of inspiratory nitric oxide (NO) concentration during different flow conditions. DESIGN:Laboratory study in a lung model. SETTING:University experimental laboratory. SUBJECT:With a new delivery system, NO was administered propo...

journal_title：Chest

authors： Sydow M,Bristow F,Zinserling J,Allen SJ

更新日期：1997-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The solitary pulmonary nodule (SPN) is frequently encountered on chest imaging and poses an important diagnostic challenge to clinicians. The differential diagnosis is broad, ranging from benign granulomata and infectious processes to malignancy. Important concepts in the evaluation of SPNs include the definition, mor...

journal_title：Chest

authors： Patel VK,Naik SK,Naidich DP,Travis WD,Weingarten JA,Lazzaro R,Gutterman DD,Wentowski C,Grosu HB,Raoof S

更新日期：2013-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Little is known about the prevalence, predictors, and outcomes of late vasopressor administration which evolves after admission to the ICU. RESEARCH QUESTION:What is the epidemiology of late vasopressor administration in the ICU? STUDY DESIGN AND METHODS:We retrospectively studied a cohort of veterans admi...

journal_title：Chest

authors： Viglianti EM,Bagshaw SM,Bellomo R,McPeake J,Molling DJ,Wang XQ,Seelye S,Iwashyna TJ

更新日期：2020-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Twenty-six adults (23 to 58 years) with mild to moderate asthma underwent a 10-week supervised rehabilitation program, with emphasis on physical training. In the first 2 weeks, they exercised daily in an indoor swimming pool (33 degrees C) and received education about asthma, medication, and principles of physical tra...

journal_title：Chest

authors： Emtner M,Herala M,Stålenheim G

更新日期：1996-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Endogenously produced oxides of nitrogen appear to play important roles in tissue and organ homeostasis. Endogenous production of nitric oxide, which can be altered in response to various stimuli, can modulate vascular tone, oxyradical cascades, cell adhesion, and other aspects of inflammation. Because exogenously adm...

journal_title：Chest

authors： Meyer KC,Love RB,Zimmerman JJ

更新日期：1998-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This study analyzes the use of PAC in a registry comprising 5,841 hospitalized patients with AMI. A total of 371 patients received PAC. In-hospital mortality was higher in patients with CHF who received PAC, while there was no difference in patients with cardiogenic shock or persistent hypotension. Mortality in patien...

journal_title：Chest

authors： Zion MM,Balkin J,Rosenmann D,Goldbourt U,Reicher-Reiss H,Kaplinsky E,Behar S

更新日期：1990-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:Choices of pharmacologic therapies for pulmonary arterial hypertension (PAH) are ideally guided by high-level evidence. The objective of this guideline is to provide clinicians advice regarding pharmacologic therapy for adult patients with PAH as informed by available evidence. METHODS:This guideline was bas...

journal_title：Chest

authors： Taichman DB,Ornelas J,Chung L,Klinger JR,Lewis S,Mandel J,Palevsky HI,Rich S,Sood N,Rosenzweig EB,Trow TK,Yung R,Elliott CG,Badesch DB

更新日期：2014-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To compare the bronchodilator effectiveness of albuterol reformulated in the chlorofluorocarbon-free propellant hydrofluoroalkane (HFA)134a (Proventil HFA) to that of Ventolin and HFA placebo over 12 weeks of regular dosing. DESIGN:Randomized, double-blind, double-dummy, parallel group, placebo-controlled, m...

journal_title：Chest

authors： Bleecker ER,Tinkelman DG,Ramsdell J,Ekholm BP,Klinger NM,Colice GL,Slade HB

更新日期：1998-02-01 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：BACKGROUND:Cardiovascular comorbidities have a negative impact on the health status and prognosis of patients with COPD. We determined whether nocturnal noninvasive (positive) mechanical ventilation (NIMV) can improve heart rate variability (HRV), decrease circulating natriuretic peptide levels, and improve functional ...

journal_title：Chest

authors： Sin DD,Wong E,Mayers I,Lien DC,Feeny D,Cheung H,Gan WQ,Man SF

更新日期：2007-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Part 2 of this review of ICU scoring systems examines how scoring system data should be used to assess ICU performance. There often are two different consumers of these data: lCU clinicians and quality leaders who seek to identify opportunities to improve quality of care and operational efficiency, and regulators, pay...

journal_title：Chest

authors： Breslow MJ,Badawi O

更新日期：2012-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Widespread use of thrombolytic agents in a variety of settings has highlighted the need for measures of safety and efficacy. Previously used laboratory parameters, such as decreasing levels of fibrinogen and increasing levels of fibrin(ogen) degradation products (FDPs), have failed to correlate consistently with hemor...

journal_title：Chest

authors： Hirsch DR,Goldhaber SZ

更新日期：1990-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Disappointing results of surgery and postoperative adjuvant chemotherapy or chemoradiotherapy in stage IIIA (N2) lung cancer have led to a number of phase II trials of induction (neoadjuvant) chemotherapy given prior to surgery. Preliminary results of 2 such studies indicate that mitomycin, vinca alkaloid, and platinu...

journal_title：Chest

authors： Ginsberg RJ

更新日期：1993-04-01 00:00:00

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：:At the cardiac sympathetic nerve terminal the alpha 2-adrenoceptor is presynaptic and appears to be located at an extrasynaptic site. This is suggested by (1) absence of evidence of autoinhibitory feedback at physiologic stimulus levels up to about 50 percent of the maximum chronotropic response in the isolated guinea...

journal_title：Chest

authors： Korner PI,Angus JA,Lew MJ,Heinzow BG

更新日期：1983-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A 41-year-old man was found to have a miliary infiltrate on chest roentgenogram two months after recovery from varicella pneumonia. The patient remained in good health and there was no objective sign of pulmonary disease. The infiltrate showed no change in subsequent serial chest films, and after one year, open lung b...

journal_title：Chest

authors： Meyer B,Stalder H,Wegmann W

更新日期：1986-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To evaluate the clinical feasibility of using real-time measurements of work of breathing obtained at the bedside with a portable, commercially available respiratory monitor as an objective and quantifiable guideline for appropriately setting pressure support ventilation (PSV) to partially and totally unload ...

journal_title：Chest

authors： Banner MJ,Kirby RR,Gabrielli A,Blanch PB,Layon AJ

更新日期：1994-12-01 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：: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：STUDY OBJECTIVE:To reevaluate whether it is possible to reliably differentiate malignant mediastinal lymph nodes from benign nodes by size, and to determine the frequency of metastases to normal-sized mediastinal lymph nodes that directly affects the sensitivity for detecting malignant mediastinal lymph nodes (N2 nodes...

journal_title：Chest

authors： Arita T,Matsumoto T,Kuramitsu T,Kawamura M,Matsunaga N,Sugi K,Esato K

更新日期：1996-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The purpose of this study was to identify the CT scan features that predict patient outcome after reexpansion procedures in patients with the fibrotic stage of endobronchial TB. METHODS:We retrospectively enrolled 30 patients (four men, 26 women) aged 32 +/- 11 years who had lobar or whole-lung atelectasis ...

journal_title：Chest

authors： Lee JY,Yi CA,Kim TS,Kim H,Kim J,Han J,Kwon OJ,Lee KS,Chung MJ

更新日期：2010-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Immune checkpoint inhibitors (ICIs) are newer, immunotherapy-based drugs that have been shown to improve survival in advanced non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC). Unlike traditional chemotherapeutic agents, ICIs work by boosting the body's natural tumor killing response. However, this unique mechanism of action has als...

journal_title：Chest

authors： Suresh K,Naidoo J,Lin CT,Danoff S

更新日期：2018-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Cystic fibrosis (CF) airway secretions are abnormal, contributing to decreased clearance and a cycle of infection and inflammation. CF sputum properties may predict disease progression. We hypothesized that sputum viscoelasticity and clearance abnormalities would inversely correlate with pulmonary function d...

journal_title：Chest

authors： Ma JT,Tang C,Kang L,Voynow JA,Rubin BK

更新日期：2018-08-01 00:00:00