Effects of short-term 28% and 100% oxygen on PaCO2 and peak expiratory flow rate in acute asthma: a randomized trial.

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 reported experience is sparse for patients with prior pneumonectomy who are undergoing surgery for ischemic or valvular heart disease. Such surgery poses special technical challenges. To expand the experience with this challenging clinical intervention, we reviewed the reported patients with prior pneumo...

journal_title：Chest

authors： Stoller JK,Blackstone E,Pettersson G,Mihaljevic T

更新日期：2007-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Substance P and the neurokinin-1 (NK-1) receptor are implicated in chronic refractory cough pathophysiology. We assessed the efficacy and safety of orvepitant, a brain-penetrant NK-1 antagonist, in an open-label study in CRC patients with chronic refractory cough. METHODS:Thirteen patients with daytime coug...

journal_title：Chest

authors： Smith J,Allman D,Badri H,Miller R,Morris J,Satia I,Wood A,K Trower M

更新日期：2020-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：STUDY OBJECTIVES:To compare the oxygen pulse curve (O(2)P-C) as measured during cardiopulmonary exercise testing (CPET) with left ventricular (LV) ejection fraction (LVEF) rest-exercise response as measured by multigated equilibrium (99m)Tc radionuclide cineangiography (MUGA) in patients with different degrees of ische...

journal_title：Chest

authors： Klainman E,Fink G,Lebzelter J,Krelbaumm T,Kramer MR

更新日期：2002-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Acute left ventricular (LV) dysfunction is common in the critical care setting and more frequently affects the elderly and patients with comorbidities. Because of increased mortality and the potential for significant improvement with early revascularization, the practitioner must first consider acute coronary syndrome...

journal_title：Chest

authors： Chockalingam A,Mehra A,Dorairajan S,Dellsperger KC

更新日期：2010-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Individual studies have reported widely variable rates for VTE and bleeding among hospitalized patients with coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19). RESEARCH QUESTION:What is the incidence of VTE and bleeding among hospitalized patients with COVID-19? METHODS:In this systematic review and meta-analysis, 15 st...

journal_title：Chest

authors： Jiménez D,García-Sanchez A,Rali P,Muriel A,Bikdeli B,Ruiz-Artacho P,Le Mao R,Rodríguez C,Hunt BJ,Monreal M

更新日期：2020-11-17 00:00:00

abstract：:Colonization of the lower respiratory tract by enteric Gram-negative bacilli (EGNB) has been a frequent finding in patients with long-term tracheostomies; however, the association of hospitalization and certain features of serious illness with this phenomenon has not been clearly established. Because such factors can ...

journal_title：Chest

authors： Niederman MS,Ferranti RD,Zeigler A,Merrill WW,Reynolds HY

更新日期：1984-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Traditional diagnostic tests for pericardial tuberculosis (TB) are insensitive and often require long culture periods, and this has led to more emphasis being placed on biochemical tests such as the pericardial adenosine deaminase (ADA) test. However, controversy exists as to its diagnostic utility. In addit...

journal_title：Chest

authors： Burgess LJ,Reuter H,Carstens ME,Taljaard JJ,Doubell AF

更新日期：2002-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Several reports have implicated pregnancy as a cause of deterioration in patients with pulmonary arteriovenous fistulas. We report a 27-year-old woman with multiple pulmonary arteriovenous fistulas who required coil spring embolotherapy in her 24th week of pregnancy due to a spontaneous hemothorax and hypoxemia. ...

journal_title：Chest

authors： Gammon RB,Miksa AK,Keller FS

更新日期：1990-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Exposure to cigarette smoke can lead to a variety of parenchymal lung diseases, including diffuse cystic lung diseases (DCLDs). Lymphangioleiomyomatosis (LAM) is the prototypical DCLD and has a characteristic appearance on high-resolution CT (HRCT). We present a series of four patients with DCLD on HRCT who were refer...

journal_title：Chest

authors： Gupta N,Colby TV,Meyer CA,McCormack FX,Wikenheiser-Brokamp KA

更新日期：2018-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The relationship between changes in cardiac output and intrapulmonary shunt associated with mechanical ventilation was evaluated in 20 patients with the adult respiratory distress syndrome (ARDS). The distribution of ventilation-perfusion (VA/Q) ratios and the level of intrapulmonary shunt was determined by the multip...

journal_title：Chest

authors： Dantzker DR,Lynch JP,Weg JG

更新日期：1980-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Men who snore heavily have an increased incidence of hypertension, angina, stroke, and neuropsychologic dysfunction, which may be due to nocturnal oxygen desaturation. Nocturnal oxygen therapy might be beneficial to such individuals by improving oxygenation and relieving tissue hypoxia. Twenty-eight asymptomatic heavy...

journal_title：Chest

authors： Block AJ,Hellard DW,Cicale MJ

更新日期：1987-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Based on the theory that obstructive (OSA) and central (CSA) sleep apneas share common pathophysiologic mechanisms, we attempted to treat eight patients with predominantly CSA by continuous positive airway pressure (CPAP). All patients exhibited repetitive episodes of CSA and mixed sleep apneas (MSA) in the supine pos...

journal_title：Chest

authors： Issa FG,Sullivan CE

更新日期：1986-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：STUDY OBJECTIVES:The objective of this study is to examine the relationship between indoor environmental factors and childhood asthma in a subtropical area. DESIGN:A case-control study was performed using participants of a prevalence survey that included 165 schoolchildren with asthma and 165 age- and gender-matched c...

journal_title：Chest

authors： Yang CY,Lin MC,Hwang KC

更新日期：1998-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A six-month-old girl with an aberrant systemic arterial supply from the descending thoracic aorta to the left lower lobe had congestive heart failure. Although the pulmonary parenchyma was normal, there was an absence of normal pulmonary arterial supply to the left lower lobe. Main pulmonary arterial and aortic cinean...

journal_title：Chest

authors： Yabek SM,Burstein J,Berman W Jr,Dillon T

更新日期：1981-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Of 1,599 patients who underwent surgery for direct myocardial revascularization in 1973 at Cleveland Clinic Hospital, 19 patients (1.2 percent) developed primary ventricular fibrillation or ventricular tachycardia during the immediate postoperative period. Occurrence of postoperative ventricular tachyarrhythmias could...

journal_title：Chest

authors： Abedin Z,Soares J,Phillips DF,Sheldon WC

更新日期：1977-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：STUDY OBJECTIVES:The goal of this study was to determine whether the survival of patients with pulmonary hypertension related to systemic sclerosis (SScPH) was different from that of patients with other forms of pulmonary arterial hypertension. DESIGN:Retrospective cohort study. SETTING:Tertiary care medical center. ...

journal_title：Chest

authors： Kawut SM,Taichman DB,Archer-Chicko CL,Palevsky HI,Kimmel SE

更新日期：2003-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Short-course chemotherapy (SCC) for pulmonary tuberculosis for nine months with isoniazid (INH) and rifampin (RIF) is well established. However, there is still no report on results of such therapy in pleural disease. From January 1976 through December 1984, we treated 201 patients (average age 61.6 years) for pleural ...

journal_title：Chest

authors： Dutt AK,Moers D,Stead WW

更新日期：1986-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：STUDY OBJECTIVES:To investigate whether oxidative stress occurs following lobectomy and pneumonectomy and to evaluate whether markers of oxidative stress might be of value in the assessment of the diagnosis, course, and prognosis of postoperative complications. DESIGN:A prospective study. SETTING:A specialized thorac...

journal_title：Chest

authors： Lases EC,Duurkens VA,Gerritsen WB,Haas FJ

更新日期：2000-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:One hundred forty patients with pleuropulmonary amebiasis were classified radiographically in order to rationalize therapy based on the use of metronidazole. Amebic testing with gel diffusion, serial chest x-ray films, and observation of the patient's response to treatment have dominated management of the patients, 13...

journal_title：Chest

authors： Cameron EW

更新日期：1978-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In order to test the ability of magnetic resonance (MR) in the detection of pathologic flow conditions in man, we imaged 10 normal volunteers and 10 patients with congestive heart failure (CHF) with ECG-gated MR. We used a single spin-echo sequence on a transverse plane through the main vessels of the upper chest. The...

journal_title：Chest

authors： Casolo GC,Bucciolini M,Giani M,Bisi G

更新日期：1987-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Two recent epidemiologic case-control studies suggested that fenoterol, a selective beta-adrenergic agonist, was associated with an increase in the risk of asthma death. The results of these studies were criticized because of methodologic problems in the choice and selection of control subjects; the different methods ...

journal_title：Chest

authors： Horwitz RI,Spitzer W,Buist S,Cockcroft D,Ernst P,Habbick B,Hemmelgarn B,McNutt M,Rebuck AS,Suissa S

更新日期：1991-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：STUDY OBJECTIVES:Lymphangioleiomyomatosis (LAM) is a rare disorder of unknown etiology, affecting almost exclusively women of childbearing age, that is associated with the proliferation of spindle cells and cystic changes in the affected lung. The underlying processes that contribute to this disease are poorly understo...

journal_title：Chest

authors： Evans SE,Colby TV,Ryu JH,Limper AH

更新日期：2004-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The echocardiographic appearance of fungal endocarditis of the aortic valve is described in a patient who subsequently died from this disease. In addition, the progressive growth of the vegetation on serial echocardiograms was recorded, and premature closure of the mitral valve was absent, notwithstanding perforation ...

journal_title：Chest

authors： Arvan S,Cagin N,Levitt B,Kleid JJ

更新日期：1976-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:No studies have attempted to examine the genetic influence on the habit of snoring. The aim of the present study was to examine whether an association existed between self-reported snoring and family history of snoring and a number of genetic markers. MATERIAL AND METHODS:The data were derived from a primar...

journal_title：Chest

authors： Jennum P,Hein HO,Suadicani P,Sørensen H,Gyntelberg F

更新日期：1995-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Infection with the severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 causes severe acute lung injury in approximately 5% of infected adults, but few reports have been made of severe pediatric disease. We present an adolescent patient who contracted severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 one week after a paterna...

journal_title：Chest

authors： Fisler G,Haimed A,Levy CF,Stiles J,Capone CA,Fish JD,Brochstein JA,Taylor MD

更新日期：2020-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Although diaphragmatic motion is readily studied by ultrasonography, the procedure remains poorly codified. The aim of this prospective study was to determine the reference values for diaphragmatic motion as recorded by M-mode ultrasonography. METHODS:Two hundred ten healthy adult subjects (150 men, 60 wome...

journal_title：Chest

authors： Boussuges A,Gole Y,Blanc P

更新日期：2009-02-01 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：STUDY OBJECTIVE:To compare the performance of continuous fiberoptic blood gas monitoring with standard, intermittent blood gas sampling in the measurement of arterial and central venous blood gases during marked hemodynamic changes. DESIGN:Prospective, consecutive, enrollment, experimental study. SETTING:Research lab...

journal_title：Chest

authors： Oropello JM,Manasia A,Hannon E,Leibowitz A,Benjamin E

更新日期：1996-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The efficacy of bronchoscopy for the diagnosis of tuberculosis in patients infected with human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) has not been systematically evaluated. We therefore compared the diagnostic yield of bronchoscopy in 67 HIV-infected and 45 non-HIV-infected patients with culture-proven pulmonary tuberculosis. I...

journal_title：Chest

authors： Kennedy DJ,Lewis WP,Barnes PF

更新日期：1992-10-01 00:00:00