Significance of a plasma D-dimer test in patients with primary pulmonary hypertension.

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：BACKGROUND:During most of the cruise, submarines are detached from their environment. Therefore, O(2) levels are relatively low (19 kPa, 144 mm Hg) and CO(2) levels are high (1 kPa, 7.6 mm Hg). There are, however, periods during ventilation of the submarine in which CO(2) levels drop and O(2) levels increase. The objec...

journal_title：Chest

authors： Margel D,White DP,Pillar G

更新日期：2003-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：STUDY OBJECTIVES:Specialty societies have developed practice guidelines for the treatment of community-acquired pneumonia (CAP). To aid in adapting specialty recommendations for a pneumonia practice guideline at Intermountain Health Care, we investigated which physicians care for pneumonia patients in Utah. We wanted t...

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authors： Dean NC,Silver MP,Bateman KA

更新日期：2000-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The accumulation of thrombin at sites of vascular injury provides one of the chief means for recruiting platelets into a growing hemostatic plug. Studies completed over the past 10 years show that platelet responses to thrombin are mediated by a subset of G protein-coupled receptors known as protease-activated recepto...

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authors： Brass LF

更新日期：2003-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Nineteen consecutive patients with clinically suspected sarcoidosis underwent 67Ga-scintigraphy prior to transbronchial lung biopsy (TBLB) to determine if 67Ga uptake in lung parenchyma would increase the diagnostic yield of the biopsy procedure. Biopsies were obtained from the areas showing parenchymal uptake on the ...

journal_title：Chest

authors： Ackart RS,Munzel TL,Rodriguez JJ,Donlan CJ,Klayton RJ,Foreman DR

更新日期：1982-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Fifty-three lung masses were found in 51 (16%) of 325 patients who underwent lung volume reduction surgery. This included 11 non-small cell lung cancers and 42 benign lung masses. Eleven patients (mean age, 69.4 years) underwent a combined lung volume reduction surgery and resection of clinical stage I lung cancers (l...

journal_title：Chest

authors： McKenna RJ Jr,Fischel RJ,Brenner M,Gelb AF

更新日期：1996-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Mucosa-associated lymphoid tissue (MALT) lymphoma constitutes approximately 90% of primary pulmonary lymphoma, and the diagnosis of pulmonary MALT lymphoma often requires invasive methods such as surgical lung biopsy. Chromosomal rearrangements involving MALT lymphoma translocation gene 1 (MALT1) have been r...

journal_title：Chest

authors： Kido T,Yatera K,Noguchi S,Sakurai Y,Nagata S,Kozaki M,Tokuyama S,Ogoshi T,Kawanami T,Yoshii C,Mukae H

更新日期：2012-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Previous meta-analyses of pulmonary arterial hypertension (PAH)-specific therapy for PAH pooled PAH-specific combination therapy and monotherapy. This flaw may threaten the authenticity of their findings. METHODS:PubMed, Embase, and the Cochrane Library were searched for randomized controlled trials that ev...

journal_title：Chest

authors： Liu HL,Chen XY,Li JR,Su SW,Ding T,Shi CX,Jiang YF,Zhu ZN

更新日期：2016-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Prior to 1978, the conventional treatment of pneumothorax generally consisted of conservative therapies such as rest, needle puncture, or thoracic cavity drainage; however, when conservative therapies were ineffective or relapse occurred therapeutic approach, 34 percent (11/32) of our patients required a thoracotomy. ...

journal_title：Chest

authors： Tsukamoto T,Nakamura H,Satoh T,Yamada K,Nagasawa M

更新日期：1991-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Inadequate localized drug concentrations and systemic adverse effects are among the concerns when regional infections are treated with systemic antibiotics. We designed and fabricated a poly(D,L)-lactide-co-glycolide (PLGA)-based biodegradable drug delivery system and evaluated the release of antibiotics bot...

journal_title：Chest

authors： Liu KS,Liu SJ,Chen HY,Huang YK,Peng YJ,Wu RC,Ueng SW

更新日期：2012-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：STUDY OBJECTIVES:The etiologic role of bacterial pathogens isolated from sputum culture in 40 to 50% of acute exacerbations of chronic bronchitis (AECB) is controversial. If bacterial pathogens cause these AECB, they should be associated with greater neutrophilic airway inflammation than pathogen-negative exacerbations...

journal_title：Chest

authors： Sethi S,Muscarella K,Evans N,Klingman KL,Grant BJ,Murphy TF

更新日期：2000-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Cardiac toxicity is a major complication which limits the use of adriamycin as a chemotherapeutic agent. Cardiomyopathy is frequent when the total dose exceeds 600 mg/m2 and occurs within one to six months after cessation of therapy. A patient is reported who developed progressive cardiomyopathy two and one-half years...

journal_title：Chest

authors： Gottlieb SL,Edmiston WA Jr,Haywood LJ

更新日期：1980-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Matrix metalloproteinase (MMP)-7 was reported to be a key molecule in the pathogenesis of idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis (IPF) based on the result of microarray analysis and knockout mice. However, the role of MMP-7 has not been determined in other types of idiopathic interstitial pneumonia (IIP). The aim of ...

journal_title：Chest

authors： Huh JW,Kim DS,Oh YM,Shim TS,Lim CM,Lee SD,Koh Y,Kim WS,Kim WD,Kim KR

更新日期：2008-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A man with prior AIDS developed acute febrile interstitial pneumonitis, hilar and paratracheal adenopathy, and bronchial polyps. The polyps were histologically typical for bacillary angiomatosis and complete symptomatic and radiographic response to oral clarithromycin was seen. The clinical presentation of bacillary a...

journal_title：Chest

authors： Foltzer MA,Guiney WB Jr,Wager GC,Alpern HD

更新日期：1993-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:To review our experience with thoracoscopy and talc poudrage during the previous 15 years with regards to efficacy, side effects, morbidity, and mortality. METHODS:Six hundred fourteen consecutive patients (58.6% female; mean age, 54.5 years) underwent thoracoscopy with talc poudrage from August 1983 to May...

journal_title：Chest

authors： de Campos JR,Vargas FS,de Campos Werebe E,Cardoso P,Teixeira LR,Jatene FB,Light RW

更新日期：2001-03-01 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：:Cystic fibrosis is the most common fatal inherited disease of Caucasians. At present, cystic fibrosis accounts for most cases of chronic progressive pulmonary disease and for many other clinical features in the first three decades of life. Thus, it is a challenge to both pediatricians and internists, particularly ches...

journal_title：Chest

authors： Davis PB,di Sant'Agnese PA

更新日期：1984-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This report describes a patient who developed pulmonary hypertension 6 years after lung transplantation for primary pulmonary hypertension (PPH). Evaluation with right heart catheterization followed by pulmonary angiography, however, demonstrated that the pulmonary hypertension was secondary to an anastomotic narrowin...

journal_title：Chest

authors： Soriano CM,Gaine SP,Conte JV,Fairman RP,White C,Rubin LJ

更新日期：1999-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：STUDY OBJECTIVE:To investigate the efficacy and safety profiles of corticosteroid therapy in severe acute respiratory syndrome (SARS) patients. DESIGN:Four hundred one of 1,278 SARS cases treated in Guangzhou China between December 2002 and June 2003 fulfilled the diagnostic criteria issued by the World Health Organiz...

journal_title：Chest

authors： Chen RC,Tang XP,Tan SY,Liang BL,Wan ZY,Fang JQ,Zhong N

更新日期：2006-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To examine outcome and associated factors of acute respiratory failure (ARF) in non-HIV-related Pneumocystis pneumonia (PCP) in patients admitted to a medical ICU between 1995 and 2002. DESIGN:A retrospective review of medical records and an APACHE (acute physiology and chronic health evaluation) III databas...

journal_title：Chest

authors： Festic E,Gajic O,Limper AH,Aksamit TR

更新日期：2005-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：STUDY OBJECTIVES:To determine if persistent airway tissue mast cells are associated with treatment failure when patients discontinue inhaled corticosteroids (ICS). DESIGN:Double-blind, randomized, placebo-controlled trial. SETTING:Multicenter, tertiary referral centers. PATIENTS OR PARTICIPANTS:Forty-five subjects w...

journal_title：Chest

authors： Kraft M,Martin RJ,Lazarus SC,Fahy JV,Boushey HA,Lemanske RF Jr,Szefler SJ,Asthma Clinical Research Network.

更新日期：2003-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：STUDY OBJECTIVE:Lung transplantation is now available for patients with cystic fibrosis (CF) and end-stage lung disease. While pulmonary graft function is often considered the major priority following transplantation, the nonpulmonary complications of this systemic disease also continue. We examined the GI complication...

journal_title：Chest

authors： Gilljam M,Chaparro C,Tullis E,Chan C,Keshavjee S,Hutcheon M

更新日期：2003-01-01 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：:Disputes regarding life-prolonging treatments are stressful for all parties involved. These disagreements are appropriately almost always resolved with intensive communication and negotiation. Those rare cases that are not require a resolution process that ensures fairness and due process. We describe three recent cas...

journal_title：Chest

authors： Bosslet GT,Baker M,Pope TM

更新日期：2016-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Endobronchial ultrasound-guided transbronchial needle aspiration (EBUS-TBNA) is a minimally invasive procedure with a high yield for lymph node staging of lung cancer. The aim of this study was to assess the utility of sonographic features of lymph nodes during EBUS-TBNA for the prediction of metastasis in p...

journal_title：Chest

authors： Fujiwara T,Yasufuku K,Nakajima T,Chiyo M,Yoshida S,Suzuki M,Shibuya K,Hiroshima K,Nakatani Y,Yoshino I

更新日期：2010-09-01 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：:We have studied the crackling lung sounds of ten patients with cryptogenic fibrosing alveolitis, ten with bronchiectasis, ten with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, and ten with heart failure by analyzing frequency, waveform, and timing of crackles. The upper frequency limit of inspiratory sounds was higher in CF...

journal_title：Chest

authors： Piirilä P,Sovijärvi AR,Kaisla T,Rajala HM,Katila T

更新日期：1991-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：STUDY OBJECTIVE:Depressive symptoms and reduced health-related quality of life are common in patients with severe COPD. Therefore, understanding the association between preferences for life-sustaining treatment and depression or quality of life is important in providing care. No prior studies have examined the effects ...

journal_title：Chest

authors： Stapleton RD,Nielsen EL,Engelberg RA,Patrick DL,Curtis JR

更新日期：2005-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Transesophageal, endoscopic ultrasound (EUS)-guided fine-needle aspiration (FNA) and positron emission tomography (PET) scanning are new modalities for staging non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC), the roles of which are still being defined. A 78-year-old man with a right lower lobe (RLL) mass and mediastinal adenopathy...

journal_title：Chest

authors： Rosenberg JM,Perricone A,Savides TJ

更新日期：2002-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We compared the efficacy of positive pressure ventilation (PPV) vs negative pressure ventilation (NPV) in providing ventilatory muscle rest for five normal subjects and six patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD). All participants underwent measurement of transdiaphragmatic pressure (Pdi), pressure ...

journal_title：Chest

authors： Belman MJ,Soo Hoo GW,Kuei JH,Shadmehr R

更新日期：1990-10-01 00:00:00