Treatment of stage IIIA non-small cell lung cancer.

abstract：:Angiographic documentation after single lung transplant showed pulmonary venous obstruction due to compression by the omental pedicle. Retransplantation is described, and this complication is examined. ...

journal_title：Chest

authors： Malden ES,Kaiser LR,Gutierrez FR

更新日期：1992-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Coronary arteriovenous fistula is an uncommon, although not rare, congenital cardiac malformation, especially in the adult. Most such reported such cases have involved but a single coronary vessel. This report documents the second case of coronary arteriovenous fistulae involving the right and circumflex coronary vess...

journal_title：Chest

authors： Babb JD,Field JM

更新日期：1977-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：STUDY OBJECTIVES:To evaluate, through clinical and transthoracic echocardiography (TTE) follow-up, the natural history of persistent pericardial effusion (PE) after postoperative day 15 in patients who were given and were not given anticoagulant therapy. DESIGN AND PATIENTS:We retrospectively studied a cohort of 1,277...

journal_title：Chest

authors： Meurin P,Weber H,Renaud N,Larrazet F,Tabet JY,Demolis P,Ben Driss A

更新日期：2004-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The hypoxia test can be performed to identify potential hypoxia that might occur in an at-risk individual during air travel. In 2004, the British Thoracic Society increased the hypoxia test cutoff guideline from 85 to 90% in young children. The aim of this study was to investigate how well the cutoff values ...

journal_title：Chest

authors： Martin AC,Verheggen M,Stick SM,Stavreska V,Oostryck J,Wilson AC,Hall GL

更新日期：2008-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Previous studies on pulmonary hypertension (PH) in systemic sclerosis and related disorders used differing patient populations, and defined PH according to different criteria. We have attempted to determine the prevalence and cause of PH in these disorders using a mainly noninvasive cardiopulmonary evaluatio...

journal_title：Chest

authors： Murata I,Takenaka K,Yoshinoya S,Kikuchi K,Kiuchi T,Tanigawa T,Ito K

更新日期：1997-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We studied 15 nonsmoking, clinically stable asthmatic subjects aged 27 to 39 years to evaluate the potential cardiotoxic effects of combined use of a beta-adrenergic agonist drug and theophylline in the treatment of asthma. Subjects underwent a one-week washout period followed by two one-week periods of study receivin...

journal_title：Chest

authors： Coleman JJ,Vollmer WM,Barker AF,Schultz GE,Buist AS

更新日期：1986-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:Cognitive impairment increases with age, as do many serious illnesses requiring intensive care. Little is known, however, about physician recognition of preexisting cognitive impairment in the ICU and which patient factors may play a role in physician recognition. DESIGN:Cross-sectional comparative study. ...

journal_title：Chest

authors： Pisani MA,Redlich C,McNicoll L,Ely EW,Inouye SK

更新日期：2003-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Morbid obesity is often associated with severe respiratory insufficiency, commonly known as the pickwickian syndrome. This can be divided into the following two primary breathing disorders which can affect patients alone or in combination: the obstructive sleep apnea syndrome (SAS); and the obesity-hypoventilation syn...

journal_title：Chest

authors： Sugerman HJ,Fairman RP,Baron PL,Kwentus JA

更新日期：1986-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Selection of patients with lung cancer who are most likely to benefit from chemotherapeutic treatment would be a substantial step forward. Therefore, a prospective study in predictive chemosensitivity testing in vitro using the fast green assay (FGA) as developed by Weisenthal et al was carried out. Sixty-six pretreat...

journal_title：Chest

authors： Smit EF,de Vries EG,Meijer C,Mulder NH,Postmus PE

更新日期：1991-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A 60-year-old man with massive hemoptysis was treated successfully by modified bronchoscopic balloon tamponade technique. Compared with previously reported techniques, the modified technique requires no special catheter, no complicated maneuver, and is able to be applied to more massive bleeding. ...

journal_title：Chest

authors： Kato R,Sawafuji M,Kawamura M,Kikuchi K,Kobayashi K

更新日期：1996-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In an effort to characterize the effectiveness of cardiology consultation, the outcomes of consultants' recommendations for diagnostic actions and cardiac drugs were quantitatively examined in 394 cases. Drug recommendations were made more frequently (49 percent) than diagnostic recommendations (38 percent) and were a...

journal_title：Chest

authors： Mackenzie TB,Popkin MK,Callies AL,Jorgensen CR,Cohn JN

更新日期：1981-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：STUDY OBJECTIVES:To describe the health-related quality of life (HRQL) and mental health of persons with sarcoidosis, as well as to assess physician-patient agreement about the presence of sarcoidosis symptoms. DESIGN AND SETTING:Cross-sectional study at three university medical center outpatient pulmonary clinics. P...

journal_title：Chest

authors： Cox CE,Donohue JF,Brown CD,Kataria YP,Judson MA

更新日期：2004-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A 30-year-old man with typical findings of the athletic heart syndrome is presented because of the unique feature of intermittent left bundle branch block. Observations during right atrial pacing and exercise support the concept of autonomic control of intraventricular conduction, both adrenergic and cholinergic. ...

journal_title：Chest

authors： Chapman JH

更新日期：1977-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Combination chemotherapy has dramatically improved the prognosis of patients with intermediate and high grade histologic subtypes of non-Hodgkin's lymphomas. Treatment-related complications, however, are considerable, and a common problem encountered is respiratory distress or respiratory insufficiency. Usually these ...

journal_title：Chest

authors： Glenn LD,Armitage JO,Goldsmith JC,Sorensen S,Howe D,Weisenberger DD

更新日期：1988-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND AND AIM:ARDS can occur from the following two pathogenetic pathways: a direct pulmonary injury (ARDSp); and an indirect injury (ARDSexp). The predisposing clinical factor can influence the pathogenesis and clinical outcome of ARDS. This metaanalysis was aimed at evaluating whether there is any difference in ...

journal_title：Chest

authors： Agarwal R,Srinivas R,Nath A,Jindal SK

更新日期：2008-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：CASE PRESENTATION:A 2-year-old boy was referred to the Ankara University School of Medicine Children's Hospital with a history of recurrent respiratory distress and cyanosis since birth. His medical history was significant for premature birth at 31 weeks via cesarean section, as an infant of a diabetic mother. There wa...

journal_title：Chest

authors： Zirek F,Akova BŞ,Özcan G,Fitoz S,Çobanoğlu N

更新日期：2021-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:International time trends in asthma mortality have played an important sentinel role in the identification of two epidemics of asthma mortality in some countries in the 1960s and the 1970s and 1980s. Since then, little attention has been paid to the ongoing international time trends. METHODS:Country-specifi...

journal_title：Chest

authors： Wijesinghe M,Weatherall M,Perrin K,Crane J,Beasley R

更新日期：2009-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE) frequently involves the pleura with resultant pleural effusion. Previous studies have reported that detection of antinuclear antibodies (ANA) in pleural fluid using animal tissue as substrate was a sensitive and specific method for distinguishing SLE pleural effusions from other etio...

journal_title：Chest

authors： Khare V,Baethge B,Lang S,Wolf RE,Campbell GD Jr

更新日期：1994-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Dyspnea after polio can occur for a variety of reasons, including neuromuscular disease and upper airway abnormalities resulting from prolonged intubation, including tracheal stenosis, tracheomalacia, and vocal cord paralysis. Routine studies such as spirometry and maximum voluntary ventilation (MVV) measurements can ...

journal_title：Chest

authors： Knobil K,Becker FS,Harper P,Graf LB,Wolf GT,Martinez FJ

更新日期：1994-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Research on dominant oncogenes and tumor suppressor genes has characterized differences in genetic lesions between small-cell lung cancer (SCLC) and non-small-cell lung cancer (NSCLC) and identified associations with clinical parameters. More than one half of all lung cancers contain a mutation of the p53 tumor suppre...

journal_title：Chest

authors： Johnson BE,Kelley MJ

更新日期：1993-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Colloid osmotic pressure (COP) was measured serially in 81 critically ill neonates with hyaline membrane disease (HMD) during the first five days of life, and these changes were correlated with the birth weight, gestational age, serum protein level, clinical status, and outcome. Colloid osmotic pressure correlated bet...

journal_title：Chest

authors： Bhat R,Malalis L,Shukla A,Vidyasagar D

更新日期：1983-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This is a report of an unusual case of left, predominantly upper lobe, pulmonary edema secondary to paravalvular mitral regurgitation (MR) complicating mitral valve replacement. Transesophageal echocardiography proved helpful in making the diagnosis of MR and suggesting the mechanism of the pulmonary edema. ...

journal_title：Chest

authors： Rice J,Roth SL,Rossoff LJ

更新日期：1998-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：STUDY OBJECTIVES:Evidence exists that HIV-seropositive individuals may be at increased risk for the development of precocious pulmonary emphysema. HIV infection is also associated with antioxidant deficiency in both the serum and lungs, and it is therefore possible that increased oxidant stress may contribute to parenc...

journal_title：Chest

authors： Diaz PT,Wewers MD,King M,Wade J,Hart J,Clanton TL

更新日期：2004-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：STUDY OBJECTIVES:To ascertain whether inspiratory pressure support (IPS) can be triggered reliably from and targeted at esophageal pressures (Pes), and to compare the work of breathing and time delay to initiation of inspiratory flow between conventional pressure support and esophageal-directed pressure support (EDPS)....

journal_title：Chest

authors： Barnard M,Shukla A,Lovell T,Goldstone J

更新日期：1999-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:This study reports the effect of thoracentesis on respiratory mechanics and gas exchange in patients receiving mechanical ventilation. STUDY DESIGN:Prospective. SETTING:University hospital. PATIENTS:Eight patient receiving mechanical ventilation with unilateral (n = 7) or bilateral (n = 1) large pleural e...

journal_title：Chest

authors： Doelken P,Abreu R,Sahn SA,Mayo PH

更新日期：2006-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A prospective study of community-acquired pneumonia in Hong Kong was carried out between January and December, 1988. Ninety adults (57 male) with a mean age of 57.3 years were admitted to the Prince of Wales Hospital with community-acquired pneumonia. The etiologic diagnosis of pneumonia was made in 37 cases (41 perce...

journal_title：Chest

authors： Chan CH,Cohen M,Pang J

更新日期：1992-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:In daily clinical work, we often face delayed or recurrent pneumothorax after radiofrequency (RF) ablation for lung tumors, but a large study on this theme has not been done. Thus, we examined the rate of delayed or recurrent pneumothorax after RF ablation for lung tumors and the risk factors associated with...

journal_title：Chest

authors： Yoshimatsu R,Yamagami T,Terayama K,Matsumoto T,Miura H,Nishimura T

更新日期：2009-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A 21-year follow-up after tricuspid valve replacement (TVR) with a Starr-Edwards caged-ball prosthesis in a ten-year old boy is described. TVR is performed for Ebstein's anomaly, with strict indications in childhood. Despite the current preference for bioprostheses, good performance can be expected from the Starr-Edwa...

journal_title：Chest

authors： Di Lello F,Flemma RJ,Mullen DC,Kleinman LH,Werner PH

更新日期：1988-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Carotid arteriosclerosis and sleep apnea are considered as independent risk factors for stroke. Whether sleep apnea mediates severity of carotid stenosis remains unclear. Sleep apnea comprises two pathophysiologic conditions: OSA and central sleep apnea (CSA). Although OSA results from upper airway occlusion...

journal_title：Chest

authors： Ehrhardt J,Schwab M,Finn S,Guenther A,Schultze T,Witte OW,Rupprecht S

更新日期：2015-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To study the incidence of phrenic neuropathy following coronary artery bypass grafting and determine long-term outcome. DESIGN:Prospective observational. SETTING:Surgical ICU in a university hospital, out-patient follow-up. PATIENTS:Ninety-two consecutive patients undergoing open heart surgery. INTERVENTI...

journal_title：Chest

authors： DeVita MA,Robinson LR,Rehder J,Hattler B,Cohen C

更新日期：1993-03-01 00:00:00