An unusual case of pneumorrhachis following resection of lung carcinoma.

abstract：:Superior vena caval (SVC) syndrome may be caused by extravascular compression or intravascular obstruction. Knowing the mechanism of SVC syndrome enables the physician to choose appropriate treatment. Transesophageal echocardiography (TEE) is a safe bedside procedure that is excellent for evaluating the SVC and its su...

journal_title：Chest

authors： Ayala K,Chandrasekaran K,Karalis DG,Parris TM,Ross JJ Jr

更新日期：1992-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Fever, dyspnea, dry cough and interstitial fibrosis occurred in a man with prostate carcinoma treated with nilutamide and buserelin for two and one-half months. The diagnosis of drug-induced fibrosis was established on the basis of chronologic and semiologic events. This is the first such case reported. ...

journal_title：Chest

authors： Seigneur J,Trechot PF,Hubert J,Lamy P

更新日期：1988-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This report describes the cross-sectional echocardiographic features of a left ventricular diverticulum. The echocardiographic findings are illustrated and discussed in relation to the diagnostic capabilities of this noninvasive imaging technique. ...

journal_title：Chest

authors： Estevez CM,Weyman AE,Feigenbaum H

更新日期：1976-04-01 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：:This report describes a 25-year follow-up of angiographically proven bilateral functioning Vineberg grafts. This represents the longest angiographic follow-up found in the literature. The relevance of these grafts in present-day revascularization procedures is discussed. ...

journal_title：Chest

authors： Hughes MM

更新日期：1997-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:To address the burden of tobacco use in underserved populations, our safety net hospital developed a tobacco treatment intervention consisting of an "opt-out" electronic health record-based best practice alert + order set, which triggers consultation to an inpatient tobacco treatment consult (TTC) service fo...

journal_title：Chest

authors： Herbst N,Wiener RS,Helm ED,O'Donnell C,Fitzgerald C,Wong C,Bulekova K,Waite M,Mishuris RG,Kathuria H

更新日期：2020-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A case of acute tuberculous pneumonia diagnosed by transbronchial biopsy is presented. We postulate that the unusually rapid progression was due to an exudative hypersensitivity reaction to aspirated tuberculoprotein. ...

journal_title：Chest

authors： Septimus EJ,Awe RJ,Greenberg SD,Raleigh JW

更新日期：1977-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A 62-year-old woman presented with a 3-month history of abdominal distension and decreased exercise tolerance. A chest radiograph showed a probable left pleural effusion (Fig 1). A CT scan of the abdomen revealed a solid ovarian mass with omental caking and a large volume of ascites; there was also confirmation of a l...

journal_title：Chest

authors： Salinas PD,Toth LN,Manning HL

更新日期：2015-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：STUDY OBJECTIVES:To evaluate the efficacy of mass spirometry use for the detection of airflow obstruction in a high-risk population. DESIGN:Free spirometry was offered to smokers who were > 39 years of age with a smoking history of > 10 pack-years. Action was preceded by the dissemination of information on the causes ...

journal_title：Chest

authors： Zieliñski J,Bednarek M,Know the Age of Your Lung Study Group.

更新日期：2001-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Strong evidence exists for clinically relevant night-to-night variability of respiratory events in patients with suspected OSA. RESEARCH QUESTION:How many sleep study nights are required to diagnose OSA accurately? STUDY DESIGN AND METHODS:Patients with suspected OSA underwent up to 14 nights of pulse oxim...

journal_title：Chest

authors： Roeder M,Sievi NA,Bradicich M,Grewe F,Siegfried S,Gaisl T,Kohler M

更新日期：2020-09-25 00:00:00

abstract：:The incidence and severity of catheter-induced tricuspid regurgitation has not been studied extensively. Given the frequency with which right heart catheters are employed to measure cardiac output, it is important to know whether the severity of catheter-induced tricuspid regurgitation is sufficient to invalidate the ...

journal_title：Chest

authors： Stewart D,Leman RB,Kaiser J,Mann DL

更新日期：1991-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:It has been demonstrated that total parenteral nutrition (TPN) results in increased O2 consumption (VO2), CO2 production (VCO2) and minute ventilation (VE). TPN consists of a mixture of glucose and amino acids. The individual role of each of these nutrients in mediating these changes has not been well established. To ...

journal_title：Chest

authors： Rodriguez JL,Askanazi J,Weissman C,Hensle TW,Rosenbaum SH,Kinney JM

更新日期：1985-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Native valve endocarditis normally presents with fever and only later in its course demonstrates dysfunction of the affected valve. We describe a case of endocarditis due to Neisseria subflava, a Gram-negative diplococcal saprophyte of the oral cavity, which was unsuspected clinically and found unexpectedly during a m...

journal_title：Chest

authors： Amsel BJ,Moulijn AC

更新日期：1996-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has implemented a new, multitiered definition for ventilator-associated events (VAEs) to replace their former definition of ventilator-associated pneumonia (VAP). We hypothesized that the new definition could be implemented in an automated, efficient, and rel...

journal_title：Chest

authors： Stevens JP,Silva G,Gillis J,Novack V,Talmor D,Klompas M,Howell MD

更新日期：2014-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:Tumor necrosis factor (TNF)-alpha is known to be a proinflammatory cytokine that has a pronounced negative inotropic effect and plays an important role in ischemic-reperfusion injury. METHODS:Twenty isolated rat hearts were randomly divided equally into two groups (heparin and non-heparin) and were perfused...

journal_title：Chest

authors： Pevni D,Frolkis I,Shapira I,Schwartz D,Yuhas Y,Schwartz IF,Chernichovski T,Uretzky G

更新日期：2005-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Six young cocaine users, median age 35.5 years (range 27 to 44 years) experienced acute myocardial infarction. The close temporal correlation in two cases between cocaine use and clinical infarction and the relative paucity of atherosclerotic blockage of the coronary arteries in the others, as demonstrated by autopsy ...

journal_title：Chest

authors： Kossowsky WA,Lyon AF

更新日期：1984-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Two cases of a Greenfield inferior vena cava (IVC) filter being dislodged during central venous catheter placement are described. This event appears to be related to J-tip guidewire use during venous catheterization. To our knowledge, this occurrence previously has not been reported. One of the two filters was dislodg...

journal_title：Chest

authors： Marelich GP,Tharratt RS

更新日期：1994-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In this study, the systemic and coronary hemodynamic changes associated with the administration of diltiazem, a recent calcium antagonist, were evaluated in three different situations as follows: following a 200 microgram/kg intravenous bolus of the drug in 12 open-chest anesthetized dogs; following two successive int...

journal_title：Chest

authors： Bourassa MG,Cote P,Theroux P,Tubau JF,Genain C,Waters DD

更新日期：1980-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Microbubble formation has been accepted as the mechanism producing contrast echoes. Comparisons of the contrast effects of various agents have been studied extensively, but the importance of gas-mixing has been less appreciated. To test the hypothesis that good gas-mixing, by facilitating microbubble formation, would ...

journal_title：Chest

authors： Chiang CW,Lin FC,Fu M,Fang BR,Hsu TS,Lee YS

更新日期：1986-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Direct (pulmonary) and indirect (extrapulmonary) ARDS are distinct syndromes with important pathophysiologic differences. The goal of this study was to determine whether clinical characteristics and predictors of mortality differ between direct or indirect ARDS. METHODS:This retrospective observational coho...

journal_title：Chest

authors： Luo L,Shaver CM,Zhao Z,Koyama T,Calfee CS,Bastarache JA,Ware LB

更新日期：2017-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：STUDY OBJECTIVES:To determine conformance with methodologic standards in the evaluation of diagnostic tests. DATA SOURCES:MEDLINE database search (1992 to 1997) of nine prominent general medicine and six subspecialty journals for articles that report discriminative properties of diagnostic tests in pulmonary medicine....

journal_title：Chest

authors： Heffner JE,Feinstein D,Barbieri C

更新日期：1998-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Empirical therapy has been recommended as an initial clinical approach for treating gastroesophageal reflux-induced chronic cough (GERC). This study compared the predictive accuracy of the Gastroesophageal Reflux Disease Questionnaire (GerdQ) with the accuracy of multichannel intraluminal impedance pH monito...

journal_title：Chest

authors： Xu X,Chen Q,Liang S,Lv H,Qiu Z

更新日期：2014-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Prosthetic valve endocarditis is a formidable complication following cardiac valve replacement. Surgical intervention has resulted in a significant reduction in mortality when certain complications prevail. We report two such cases of prosthetic valve endocarditis in which the use of transesophageal echocardiography p...

journal_title：Chest

authors： Bruss J,Jacobs LE,Kotler MN,Ioli AW

更新日期：1992-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：CASE PRESENTATION:A 61-year-old Caribbean man presented to the ED with dyspnea that had progressed over the previous week with associated cough and high fevers. Four days prior to admission, his primary care physician noted oral thrush and obtained a chest radiograph that revealed a right middle lobe infiltrate. He was...

journal_title：Chest

authors： Gong J,Melamud A,Koenig S

更新日期：2018-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：STUDY OBJECTIVES:Human T-cell lymphotropic virus type 1 (HTLV-1)-associated bronchiolitis and diffuse panbronchiolitis might overlap. We examined whether these conditions can be differentiated by comparing their clinical features and the effect of long-term macrolide treatment. PATIENTS AND METHODS:Fifty-eight Japanes...

journal_title：Chest

authors： Kadota J,Mukae H,Fujii T,Seki M,Tomono K,Kohno S

更新日期：2004-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Up-to-date estimates of burden of diseases are required for evidence-based decision-making. The objectives of this study were to determine the excess costs of COPD and its trend from 2001 to 2010 in British Columbia, Canada. METHODS:We used British Columbia's administrative health data to construct a cohort...

journal_title：Chest

authors： Khakban A,Sin DD,FitzGerald JM,Ng R,Zafarí Z,McManus B,Hollander Z,Marra CA,Sadatsafavi M

更新日期：2015-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:To investigate the effects of the autonomic nervous system on control of breathing, the neuromuscular (mouth occlusion pressure at 0.1 s after onset of inspiration [P0.1]) and ventilatory (minute ventilation [VE]) response to progressive hyperoxic hypercapnia was assessed in diabetic patients with autonomic dysfunctio...

journal_title：Chest

authors： Tantucci C,Scionti L,Bottini P,Dottorini ML,Puxeddu E,Casucci G,Sorbini CA

更新日期：1997-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Allergy prick skin testing was performed on 137 newly diagnosed patients with primary lung cancer and 137 age-(+/- 3 years) and sex-matched randomly selected control subjects. We also compared 38 patients with lung cancer and 38 of their closest in age, same-sex siblings. Demographic data, personal, medical, smoking a...

journal_title：Chest

authors： McDuffie HH,Cockcroft DW,Talebi Z,Klaassen DJ,Dosman JA

更新日期：1988-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The spectrum of pathogens and the microbiologic investigations used to obtain a diagnosis in 178 patients with severe pneumonia (88 percent requiring intermittent positive-pressure ventilation) are reviewed. Ninety-five patients had primary pneumonia, 31 had nosocomial pneumonia, 24 were immunocompromised patients, an...

journal_title：Chest

authors： Potgieter PD,Hammond JM

更新日期：1992-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We studied the possibility of predicting PaO2 during exercise of a given oxygen uptake (VO2) from resting pulmonary function tests (PFTs) in patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD). The three-minute incremental treadmill exercise was performed with serial measurements of PaO2 via intra-arterial cath...

journal_title：Chest

authors： Kurihara N,Fujimoto S,Terakawa K,Yamamoto M,Takeda T

更新日期：1987-03-01 00:00:00