Ventricular inversion associated with normally related great vessels.

abstract：OBJECTIVE:Analysis of laryngotracheoscopic findings of the upper airway tract following percutaneous tracheostomy using the technique according to Griggs. DESIGN:Retrospective cohort study PATIENTS:Nineteen of 32 long-term surviving patients (mean follow-up duration, 17 months; range, 11 to 23 months) underwent a mod...

journal_title：Chest

authors： Dollner R,Verch M,Schweiger P,Deluigi C,Graf B,Wallner F

更新日期：2002-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：STUDY OBJECTIVES:To describe four patients having total anomalous pulmonary venous connection with an intrapulmonary vertical vein, rendering difficulty in diagnosis and surgery. SETTING:a tertiary referral center. PATIENTS AND METHODS:By reviewing medical records, 4 of 25 patients with right atrial isomerism and tot...

journal_title：Chest

authors： Wang JK,Chiu IS,How SW,Wu MH,Wu FF,Hung CR,Lue HC

更新日期：1996-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：STUDY OBJECTIVE:To determine whether monoclonal antibody (Mab) detection of tumor-associated antigen expressed on sputum epithelial cells precedes clinical presentation of second primary lung cancer. DESIGN SETTING/PARTICIPANTS: Eleven oncology centers collaborate in the accrual of 1,000 patients with stage I non-small...

journal_title：Chest

authors： Tockman MS,Erozan YS,Gupta P,Piantadosi S,Mulshine JL,Ruckdeschel JC

更新日期：1994-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Sleep-disordered breathing (SDB) may promote an increase in cardiac workload early after acute myocardial infarction (AMI). We tested the hypothesis that in the early phase after AMI, SDB is associated with increased 24-h arterial BP, heart rate (HR), and, thus, cardiac workload. METHODS:In this prospective...

journal_title：Chest

authors： Hetzenecker A,Buchner S,Greimel T,Satzl A,Luchner A,Debl K,Husser O,Hamer OW,Fellner C,Riegger GAJ,Pfeifer M,Arzt M

更新日期：2013-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Two cases are presented in which a Dormia ureteral stone dislodger with straight filiform tip was used to retrieve broken central venous pressure catheters from the right side of the heart and vena cavae. It should be emphasized that this particular model is more easily passed into the vascular system and more easily ...

journal_title：Chest

authors： Drabinsky M

更新日期：1976-03-01 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：:In two patients a documented Texas A2 influenza infection was associated with the development of interstitial pulmonary disease. One patient had an acute fulminating process resulting in respiratory failure and necessitating ventilatory assistance. Open lung biopsy revealed a histologic picture consistent with usual i...

journal_title：Chest

authors： Pinsker KL,Schneyer B,Becker N,Kamholz SL

更新日期：1981-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The purpose of this study was to determine how common sleep-related desaturation with preserved awake resting pulse oximetric saturation (SpO(2)) was in a large cohort of adult cystic fibrosis (CF) patients with variable degrees of pulmonary disease. We then determined whether nocturnal desaturation could re...

journal_title：Chest

authors： Frangolias DD,Wilcox PG

更新日期：2001-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A series of 15 patients with life threatening, massive hemoptysis is reported. Thirteen of these patients underwent immediate operative treatment with only three deaths. One died after bronchoscopic identification of the bleeding site while awaiting elective thoracotomy. The other patient left the hospital against med...

journal_title：Chest

authors： McCollun WB,Mattox KL,Guinn GA,Beall AC Jr

更新日期：1975-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The effects were assessed of ingestion of 1 ml/kg of 100 proof vodka on sleep-disordered breathing, nocturnal oxygen desaturation, and ventricular ectopy in patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD). Ethanol ingestion (mean blood alcohol concentration of 40 mg/dl) was associated with a significant inc...

journal_title：Chest

authors： Dolly FR,Block AJ

更新日期：1983-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Almitrine improves blood gas values in patients with COPD, primarily through better ventilation-perfusion matching. The improvement comes largely from a vasomotor effect of the drug. The vasomotor mechanism is unknown. We suspected that decreased distensibility of the large pulmonary arteries was one probable effect o...

journal_title：Chest

authors： Herve P,Musset D,Simonneau G,Wagner W Jr,Duroux P

更新日期：1989-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Follow-up of patients with subclinical inflammatory alveolitis associated with systemic diseases may represent the best opportunity to study the mechanisms responsible for the development of interstitial lung disease. We report a seven-year sequential pulmonary evaluation of one patient with clinically isolated gastri...

journal_title：Chest

authors： Dugas M,Wallaert B,Tonnel AB,Voisin C

更新日期：1989-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Excessive sleepiness (ES) is a common symptom of OSA, which often persists despite primary OSA therapy. This phase III randomized withdrawal trial evaluated solriamfetol (JZP-110) for the treatment of ES in adults with OSA. METHODS:After 2 weeks of clinical titration (n = 174) and 2 weeks of stable dose adm...

journal_title：Chest

authors： Strollo PJ Jr,Hedner J,Collop N,Lorch DG Jr,Chen D,Carter LP,Lu Y,Lee L,Black J,Pépin JL,Redline S,Tones 4 Study Investigators.

更新日期：2019-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：STUDY OBJECTIVES:To examine the main therapeutic response patterns to high doses of salbutamol and to determine the factors that contribute to outcome in acute severe asthma. SETTING:The emergency department (ED) of a large, urban hospital with primary and referral care responsibilities. PATIENTS AND DESIGN:One hundr...

journal_title：Chest

authors： Rodrigo C,Rodrigo G

更新日期：1998-03-01 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：STUDY OBJECTIVE:To evaluate the cost effectiveness of the Nd-YAG laser and bronchoscopic electrocautery for palliation in patients with symptomatic tumor obstruction. DESIGN:A retrospective study. SETTING:Bronchoscopy unit of a university hospital. PATIENTS AND INTERVENTION:Thirty-one consecutive patients with inope...

journal_title：Chest

authors： Boxem Tv,Muller M,Venmans B,Postmus P,Sutedja T

更新日期：1999-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：STUDY OBJECTIVE:To evaluate the antituberculous treatment responsiveness of endobronchial tuberculosis in the different stages of evolution. DESIGN:A prospective study before and after trial with 9 months of antituberculosis chemotherapy without steroid. PATIENTS AND INTERVENTION:One hundred thirty-six endobronchial ...

journal_title：Chest

authors： Kim YH,Kim HT,Lee KS,Uh ST,Cung YT,Park CS

更新日期：1993-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:To evaluate the role of red blood cell (RBC) antioxidants as clinical markers of oxidative exposure, we measured RBC glutathione (GSH) concentrations in 32 adult patients with cystic fibrosis (CF), and 8 healthy age-matched control subjects. We chose patients with CF because this disease is characterized by severe bro...

journal_title：Chest

authors： Mangione S,Patel DD,Levin BR,Fiel SB

更新日期：1994-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We report the occurrence of an unusual variant of congenital adenomatoid malformation (CAM) of the lung in a 16-year-old male. Abundant cartilage in the walls of malformed bronchioles, an extremely rare finding in CAM, distinguishes this lesion from the usual forms. We present the roentgenographic, computed tomographi...

journal_title：Chest

authors： Benning TL,Godwin JD,Roggli VL,Askin FB

更新日期：1987-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：STUDY OBJECTIVES:To determine whether an association exists between aortic calcification viewed on plain chest radiography and coronary artery disease. METHODS:Retrospective review of all chest radiographs obtained from consecutive patients undergoing coronary angiography at a primary cardiac center during 1999. Plain...

journal_title：Chest

authors： Li J,Galvin HK,Johnson SC,Langston CS,Sclamberg J,Preston CA

更新日期：2002-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:It is known that smoking affects the development and maintenance of certain types of granulomatous lung diseases. To explore this mechanism(s), we measured tumor necrosis factor (TNF)-alpha concentrations in the culture supernatants of lipopolysaccharide (LPS)-stimulated alveolar macrophages (AMs) in 13 healthy nonsmo...

journal_title：Chest

authors： Yamaguchi E,Itoh A,Furuya K,Miyamoto H,Abe S,Kawakami Y

更新日期：1993-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:Postoperative pulmonary hypertension (POPH) substantially increases mortality after repair of congenital heart diseases. Inhaled nitric oxide (NO) has been reported as an effective and specific means of controlling POPH crisis. No randomized, placebo-controlled study has addressed the ability of NO administra...

journal_title：Chest

authors： Journois D,Baufreton C,Mauriat P,Pouard P,Vouhé P,Safran D

更新日期：2005-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This chapter about the recognition, treatment, and prevention of heparin-induced thrombocytopenia (HIT) is part of the Antithrombotic and Thrombolytic Therapy: American College of Chest Physicians Evidence-Based Clinical Practice Guidelines (8th Edition). Grade 1 recommendations are strong and indicate that the benefi...

journal_title：Chest

authors： Warkentin TE,Greinacher A,Koster A,Lincoff AM

更新日期：2008-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A 62-year-old man with a long history of lung disease developed atelectasis of the right middle lung lobe, caused by a protrusion in the wall of the middle lobe bronchus. A biopsy was performed in the suspicious region. This was immediately followed by massive arterial bleeding into the airways and complicated by card...

journal_title：Chest

authors： Maxeiner H

更新日期：2001-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:There has been dramatic resurgence of interest in surgical treatment of emphysema, particularly "lung volume reduction" procedures. Recent studies have demonstrated improvements in pulmonary function, lung mechanics, exercise tolerance, and quality of life in selected patients following volume reduction procedures. Ho...

journal_title：Chest

authors： Brenner M,Yusen R,McKenna R Jr,Sciurba F,Gelb AF,Fischel R,Swain J,Chen JC,Kafie F,Lefrak SS

更新日期：1996-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The effects of regular inhaled beta-agonist treatment on lung function remain a controversial issue. In an earlier study, the administration of regular inhaled salbutamol resulted in negative changes in FEV1 not only in asthmatics, but also in nonasthmatic atopic subjects. OBJECTIVE:The aim of this study wa...

journal_title：Chest

authors： Boothman-Burrell D,Jones D,Herbison GP,Taylor DR

更新日期：1997-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Characterizing acute exacerbations of COPD (AECOPD) and individualizing therapy is challenging. Key exacerbation therapies include antibiotics and systemic corticosteroids. Blood eosinophils, when either low or high, may offer a simple, inexpensive distinction to predict beneficial responses to these therapi...

journal_title：Chest

authors： MacDonald MI,Osadnik CR,Bulfin L,Hamza K,Leong P,Wong A,King PT,Bardin PG

更新日期：2019-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The ventilator discontinuation process is a critical component of ICU care. Ongoing ventilator dependency is caused by both disease factors (eg, respiratory, cardiac, metabolic, and neuromuscular) and clinician management factors (eg, failing to recognize discontinuation potential and inappropriate ventilator settings...

journal_title：Chest

authors： MacIntyre N

更新日期：2007-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：RATIONALE:Malnutrition in patients with COPD is associated with an impaired pulmonary status, reduced diaphragmatic mass, lower exercise capacity, and higher mortality rate when compared to adequately nourished individuals with COPD. Nutritional support may therefore be a useful part of their comprehensive care. PURPO...

journal_title：Chest

authors： Ferreira IM,Brooks D,Lacasse Y,Goldstein RS

更新日期：2000-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The role of infection in exacerbations of COPD remains controversial and incompletely understood. Although some investigators believe that bacteria are not important for patients with exacerbation, we disagree and believe that patients with at least two of the three cardinal symptoms of exacerbation should receive ant...

journal_title：Chest

authors： Murphy TF,Sethi S,Niederman MS

更新日期：2000-07-01 00:00:00