Two aerosolized nitric oxide adducts as selective pulmonary vasodilators for acute pulmonary hypertension.

abstract：BACKGROUND:Sleep disorders are increasingly associated with insulin resistance, glucose intolerance, and type 2 diabetes mellitus. Whether the metabolic toll imposed by sleep-related disorders is caused by poor-quality sleep or due to other confounding factors is not known. The objective of this study was to examine wh...

journal_title：Chest

authors： Stamatakis KA,Punjabi NM

更新日期：2010-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Immediate responses of hypersensitivity to skin testing with purified derivative of tuberculin (PPD) were observed in 2.3 percent of 3,248 patients seen in an allergy clinic, and the relationship to delayed responses was questioned. Immediate cutaneous reactions to testing with PPD appeared in all age groups and occur...

journal_title：Chest

authors： Tarlo SM,Day JH,Mann P,Day MP

更新日期：1977-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:If we hope to repair damaged lung tissue associated with a variety of acquired and developmental diseases, we must first gain a full appreciation of normal lung development. As an approach, we have utilized Affymetrix (Santa Clara, CA) high-density, oligonucleotide-based microarrays to generate an expression profile o...

journal_title：Chest

authors： Mariani TJ,Shapiro SD

更新日期：2002-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The presented data suggest that PAPase may, indeed, be important in the biosynthesis of lung phospholipids. The observed increase in the specific activity of rabbit lung precedes the "surge" of phosphatidylcholine concentration and surfactant biosynthesis by at least 24 hours. In human amnionic fluid, PAPase specific ...

journal_title：Chest

authors： Johnston JM,Schultz M,Jimenez JM,MacDonald PC

更新日期：1975-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Cardiac tamponade, a potentially lethal complication following cardiac surgery, may present either early or late postoperatively and may be difficult to diagnose due to atypical clinical, hemodynamic, or echocardiographic findings. To determine the frequency and clinical features of postoperative cardiac tamponade, we...

journal_title：Chest

authors： Russo AM,O'Connor WH,Waxman HL

更新日期：1993-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Of 354 thoracotomies, 114 cases involved intraoperative cytopathologic evaluation. The study included 86 men and 28 women, and 184 specimens were examined. Smears were taken from the lung lesion or lymph node and the chest wall or bronchial stump by imprint or needle aspiration. Intraoperative evaluations were compare...

journal_title：Chest

authors： Terada Y,Matsunobe S,Nemoto T,Tsuda T,Shimizu Y

更新日期：1990-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Reliable long-term assessment of cough is necessary in many clinical and scientific settings. A new method for long-term recording and automatic analysis of cough is presented. The method is based on simultaneous recording of two independent signals: high-pass filtered cough sounds and cough-induced fast movements of ...

journal_title：Chest

authors： Salmi T,Sovijärvi AR,Brander P,Piirilä P

更新日期：1988-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Bronchoscopy is a useful tool for the diagnosis of lesions near central airways; however, the diagnostic accuracy of these procedures for peripheral pulmonary lesions (PPLs) is a matter of ongoing debate. In this setting, electromagnetic navigation bronchoscopy (ENB) is a technique used to navigate and obtai...

journal_title：Chest

authors： Folch EE,Labarca G,Ospina-Delgado D,Kheir F,Majid A,Khandhar SJ,Mehta HJ,Jantz MA,Fernandez-Bussy S

更新日期：2020-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The short-term effects of smoke inhalation have been little studied. This study evaluated whether firefighters experience a significant change in spirometric values following exposure to smoke from a fire. Sixty firefighters from the city of Pittsburgh completed a questionnaire (Medical Research Council) and underwent...

journal_title：Chest

authors： Large AA,Owens GR,Hoffman LA

更新日期：1990-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We conducted a prospective study to determine the effectiveness of protected bronchoalveolar lavage (PBAL) in diagnosing pneumonia in ventilated patients and the usefulness of bronchoscopic data in treating ventilated patients. Entrance criteria were (1) fever and a new or progressive infiltrate on chest roentgenogram...

journal_title：Chest

authors： Meduri GU,Wunderink RG,Leeper KV,Beals DH

更新日期：1992-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Tracheobronchial injury is a rare but a potentially high-impact event with significant morbidity and mortality. Common etiologies include blunt or penetrating trauma and iatrogenic injury that might occur during surgery, endotracheal intubation, or bronchoscopy. Early recognition of clinical signs and symptoms can hel...

journal_title：Chest

authors： Grewal HS,Dangayach NS,Ahmad U,Ghosh S,Gildea T,Mehta AC

更新日期：2019-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Induced sputum cytology and protein biomarkers can be used to assess airways inflammation. Increases in sputum iron have been described in inflammatory lung disease. We hypothesized that other sputum metals may be affected by airways inflammation and investigated their potential value as biomarkers. METHODS...

journal_title：Chest

authors： Gray RD,Duncan A,Noble D,Imrie M,O'Reilly DS,Innes JA,Porteous DJ,Greening AP,Boyd AC

更新日期：2010-03-01 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：BACKGROUND:Growing evidence suggests that no-reflow reperfusion after direct percutaneous coronary intervention (d-PCI) is associated with an unfavorable clinical outcome. The purpose of this study was to evaluate whether prerevascularization angiographic morphologic features of infarct-related arteries (IRAs) and time...

journal_title：Chest

authors： Yip HK,Chen MC,Chang HW,Hang CL,Hsieh YK,Fang CY,Wu CJ

更新日期：2002-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：STUDY OBJECTIVE:The inotropic, lusitropic, and electrophysiologic effects of acute hypercapnia in humans are not known. Although the effects of hypercapnia on the systemic circulation have been well documented, there is still some debate as to whether hypercapnia causes true pulmonary vasoconstriction in vivo. We have ...

journal_title：Chest

authors： Kiely DG,Cargill RI,Lipworth BJ

更新日期：1996-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:To determine whether certain occupations and occupationally related exposures were associated with a history of sarcoidosis in African-American siblings. METHODS:We collected occupational data from 921 African Americans in 273 sibships that had been identified through a sarcoidosis case. Among the 648 sibli...

journal_title：Chest

authors： Kucera GP,Rybicki BA,Kirkey KL,Coon SW,Major ML,Maliarik MJ,Iannuzzi MC

更新日期：2003-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Epidemiologic investigations of acute lung injury (ALI) and ARDS have focused on mechanically ventilated patients in ICUs, and have reported high mortality rates. We sought to determine the incidence and lethality of these syndromes in the respiratory isolation areas of general wards, a non-ICU setting that ...

journal_title：Chest

authors： Quartin AA,Campos MA,Maldonado DA,Ashkin D,Cely CM,Schein RMH

更新日期：2009-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A rare form of paroxysmal supraventricular tachycardia (SVT), associated with swallowing solid food, is described. Repeated triggering of the arrhythmia during esophagoscopy was produced by mechanical stimulation of the anterior esophageal wall, 30 cm from the incisors. Treatment with verapamil abolished this tachycar...

journal_title：Chest

authors： Abinader EG,Cooper M

更新日期：1979-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We reviewed the inpatient records of 139 adult patients with leukemia to determine the incidence of opportunistic infections in immunocompromised patients and the pattern of roentgenographic involvement of such infections. There were 98 parenchymal infiltrates identified, including 43 episodes of local disease and 55 ...

journal_title：Chest

authors： Tenholder MF,Hooper RG

更新日期：1980-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We report a patient in whom cardiac magnetic resonance imaging detected a clinically unsuspected pulmonary artery thromboembolus. Follow-up MRI after surgical removal of the thromboembolus showed normal pulmonary arteries. This case illustrates the potential utility of MRI in the detection and follow-up of central pul...

journal_title：Chest

authors： Szucs RA,Rehr RB,Tatum JL

更新日期：1989-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Pulmonary hypertension and related pulmonary vascular diseases cause significant morbidities and high mortality and present many unique challenges toward improving outcomes in neonates, infants, and children. Differences between pediatric and adult disease are reflected in controversies regarding etiologies, classific...

journal_title：Chest

authors： Hopper RK,Abman SH,Ivy DD

更新日期：2016-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A young man presented to us with an asymptomatic ovoid mass which appeared to be in the right major fissure. The roentgenographic appearance of the lesion was that of a pseudotumor. The computerized tomography scan suggested tissue density leading to exploration. At surgery, we found the mass to be a portion of liver ...

journal_title：Chest

authors： Fanta CH,Kacoyanis GP,Koster JK Jr,McFadden ER Jr

更新日期：1980-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Pulmonary sequestration is a congenital anomaly resulting in nonfunctioning lung tissue in either the "extralobar" or "intralobar" position. Both forms derive their blood supply from the systemic circulation. Large pulmonary sequestrations can present in the newborn with potentially fatal respiratory distress. Surgica...

journal_title：Chest

authors： Piccione W Jr,Burt ME

更新日期：1990-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Pulmonary vascular capacitance (PVC) is reduced in pulmonary arterial hypertension (PAH). In normal lung, PVC is largely a function of vascular compliance. In PAH, increased pulmonary vascular resistance (PVR) arises from the arterioles. PVR and PVC share pressure and volume variables. The dependency between...

journal_title：Chest

authors： Newman JH,Brittain EL,Robbins IM,Hemnes AR

更新日期：2015-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Bronchoscopy is essential to the practice of pulmonary medicine. It is an important diagnostic and therapeutic tool for many disease processes. Bronchoscopy can be performed in a variety of clinical settings, from the bedside to an operating room. Although bronchoscopy has been practiced for more than a century, conse...

journal_title：Chest

authors： Mehta AC,Avasarala SK,Jain P,Deshwal H,Gildea TR

更新日期：2020-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Fifty-seven patients with rheumatoid arthritis (RA) were treated in hospital for diffuse interstitial lung fibrosis. Although interstitial fibrosis (either on the basis of lung function tests or chest roentgenograms or both) is fairly common among patients with RA, according to this study interstitial fibrosis of suff...

journal_title：Chest

authors： Hakala M

更新日期：1988-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：STUDY OBJECTIVE:To assess whether C-reactive protein (CRP) is a sensitive marker of pneumonia and to evaluate whether it may be used as an index of treatment response. DESIGN:A retrospective casenote review was carried out on 40 patients admitted with simple community acquired pneumonia and 20 patients admitted with p...

journal_title：Chest

authors： Smith RP,Lipworth BJ

更新日期：1995-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We report a case of a 32-year-old woman who, after passage of broncholiths, developed a mediastinal abscess that required surgical drainage for treatment. Previously reported infectious complications resulting from broncholiths include obstructive pneumonitis and recurrent aspiration pneumonitis secondary to bronchoes...

journal_title：Chest

authors： Studer SM,Heitmiller RF,Terry PB

更新日期：2002-01-01 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：BACKGROUND:D6 is an atypical chemokine receptor involved in chemokine degradation and resolution of acute inflammatory responses in mice. Emerging evidence suggests that D6 might behave differently in human chronic inflammatory conditions. We, therefore, investigated the involvement of D6 in the immune responses in COP...

journal_title：Chest

authors： Bazzan E,Saetta M,Turato G,Borroni EM,Cancellieri C,Baraldo S,Savino B,Calabrese F,Ballarin A,Balestro E,Mantovani A,Cosio MG,Bonecchi R,Locati M

更新日期：2013-01-01 00:00:00