Pulmonary venous infarction secondary to squamous cell carcinoma.

abstract：:Severe pulmonary reimplantation response after lung transplantation is not very common, although the mortality can be high. We present a patient who developed an extremely severe reperfusion injury after bilateral lung transplantation. Because of severe hypoxia and hemodynamic instability, despite aggressive ventilato...

journal_title：Chest

authors： Vlasselaers D,Verleden GM,Meyns B,Van Raemdonck D,Demedts M,Lerut A,Lauwers P

更新日期：2000-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:False-negative supine M-mode echocardiograms occur in some patients with proved mitral valve prolapse. To investigate further, we performed M-mode echocardiography (MME) during standing and after the inhalation of amyl nitrite in 17 patients (group 1) selected for auscultatory evidence of mitral valve prolapse (MVP) b...

journal_title：Chest

authors： Noble LM,Dabestani A,Child JS,Krivokapich J

更新日期：1982-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：STUDY OBJECTIVES:To assess the consequences of nitrate withdrawal in angina-free and hemodynamically stable coronary patients. DESIGN:Prospective, open, intervention study. SETTING:Cardiology outpatient clinic of a university-affiliated municipal hospital. PATIENTS:Angina-free patients who were hemodynamically stabl...

journal_title：Chest

authors： George J,Kitzis I,Zandorf D,Golovner M,Shapira I,Laniado S,Roth A

更新日期：2003-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:To review statistics on smoking prevalence and to analyze whether the implementation of national tobacco control legislation had an association with the prevalence of smoking, and thereby, with the occurrence of smoking-related lung diseases. DESIGN:Smoking prevalence rates (from 1960 to 2000), lung cancer ...

journal_title：Chest

authors： Heloma A,Nurminen M,Reijula K,Rantanen J

更新日期：2004-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A novel technique has been developed for the isolation and lavaging of a central airway segment in humans. The procedure uses a double-balloon airway-sampling catheter that is placed into the airways with fiberoptic bronchoscopic guidance. A protocol using this technique was attempted in 32 subjects (18 normal subject...

journal_title：Chest

authors： Eschenbacher WL,Gravelyn TR

更新日期：1987-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Among patients hospitalized for community-acquired pneumonia (CAP), the risk factors for short-term hospital readmission after discharge are unknown. METHODS:We conducted a prospective observational study of 1,117 patients who had been discharged alive after hospitalization for CAP. We collected variables a...

journal_title：Chest

authors： Capelastegui A,España Yandiola PP,Quintana JM,Bilbao A,Diez R,Pascual S,Pulido E,Egurrola M

更新日期：2009-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:To assess the responsiveness of the cerebral vessels to chronic hypercapnia, we measured middle cerebral artery flow velocity by transcranial Doppler ultrasound in 20 normal subjects and in 14 COLD patients before and after stimulation by progressive hypercapnia (rebreathing test) or by intravenous administration of a...

journal_title：Chest

authors： Clivati A,Ciofetti M,Cavestri R,Longhini E

更新日期：1992-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This article discusses the management of venous thromboembolism (VTE) and thrombophilia, as well as the use of antithrombotic agents, during pregnancy and is part of the American College of Chest Physicians Evidence-Based Clinical Practice Guidelines (8th Edition). Grade 1 recommendations are strong and indicate that ...

journal_title：Chest

authors： Bates SM,Greer IA,Pabinger I,Sofaer S,Hirsh J

更新日期：2008-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Cumulative dose response curves to inhaled methacholine were established in 24 "healthy" children of asthmatic parents and 7 healthy children of healthy parents. Atopic children of asthmatic parents demonstrated higher bronchial hyperreactivity (BHR) than nonatopic children. The BHR was about ten times less than in th...

journal_title：Chest

authors： Bruderman I,Cohen R,Schachter J

更新日期：1990-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Forty-three patients who had sepsis and multiple organ failure (critical illness) were studied prospectively to determine the incidence and severity of peripheral nerve function and to correlate such function with a number of variables. Electrophysiologic studies indicated a primary axonal degeneration of motor and se...

journal_title：Chest

authors： Witt NJ,Zochodne DW,Bolton CF,Grand'Maison F,Wells G,Young GB,Sibbald WJ

更新日期：1991-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：CASE PRESENTATION:A 61-year-old Caribbean man presented to the ED with dyspnea that had progressed over the previous week with associated cough and high fevers. Four days prior to admission, his primary care physician noted oral thrush and obtained a chest radiograph that revealed a right middle lobe infiltrate. He was...

journal_title：Chest

authors： Gong J,Melamud A,Koenig S

更新日期：2018-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Tube thoracostomy is an invasive procedure that carries a risk of complications. We report a patient with liver cirrhosis, ascites and large left-sided pleural effusion, in whom a trocar type chest tube was inserted at the seventh left intercostal space in the midaxillary line. Chest roentgenogram revealed that the dr...

journal_title：Chest

authors： Foresti V,Villa A,Casati O,Parisio E,De Filippi G

更新日期：1992-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：STUDY OBJECTIVES:To study the location, distribution, and intensity of pain in a sample of adult cardiac surgery patients during their postoperative hospital stay. DESIGN:In a prospective study, pain location, distribution (number of pain areas per patient), and intensity (0 to 10 numerical rating scale) were document...

journal_title：Chest

authors： Mueller XM,Tinguely F,Tevaearai HT,Revelly JP,Chioléro R,von Segesser LK

更新日期：2000-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A case of double-orifice mitral valve in a 16-year-old Japanese boy is presented. Two-dimensional echocardiography, including transesophageal approach, showed two approximately equal orifices with three papillary muscles. Color Doppler echocardiography showed a mild mitral regurgitation from both orifices. No other ca...

journal_title：Chest

authors： Hashimoto H

更新日期：1993-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Forty-eight children with known asthma (ranging in age from 2 to 16 years) were studied during an acute attack. Each received either terbutaline or epinephrine subcutaneously in a random double-blind fashion. Measurement of heart rate, respiratory rate, and systemic arterial systolic and diastolic blood pressures and ...

journal_title：Chest

authors： Davis WJ,Pang LM,Chernack WJ,Mellins RB

更新日期：1977-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Natural killer-cell activity of fresh interstitial pulmonary cell populations from patients with squamous cell and adenocarcinoma of the lung and carcinoma metastatic to the lung was assessed and compared to that of apparently normal lung. No increase in the percentage of lymphoid cell populations was noted in the int...

journal_title：Chest

authors： deShazo RD,Moulder PV,Bozelka B,Chapman Y

更新日期：1987-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：INTRODUCTION:Osteoporosis is a common condition in patients with end-stage lung disease, but little attention has been given to bone disease in patients with primary pulmonary hypertension (PPH). The purposes of this study were as follows: (1) to determine the prevalence of osteoporosis in patients with severe PPH befo...

journal_title：Chest

authors： Tschopp O,Schmid C,Speich R,Seifert B,Russi EW,Boehler A

更新日期：2006-04-01 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：:We describe the case of a lung transplant patient with primary graft failure and an emphysematous native lung, who displayed different respiratory rates between the transplanted lung and the native lung. Inflation of the native lung delayed the next inspiratory effort relative to inflation of the denervated transplant...

journal_title：Chest

authors： Officer TM,Wheeler DR,Frost AE,Rodarte JR

更新日期：2001-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Increased outdoor air pollution levels are associated with more frequent use of rescue inhalers in subjects with asthma. However, it is unknown whether this phenomenon is explained by an air pollution-mediated increase in respiratory symptom severity or whether air pollutants decrease the efficacy of short-a...

journal_title：Chest

authors： Hernández-Cadena L,Holguin F,Barraza-Villarreal A,Del Río-Navarro BE,Sienra-Monge JJ,Romieu I

更新日期：2009-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：RATIONALE:Airway hyperresponsiveness to adenosine monophosphate (AMP) has been validated as a surrogate marker for airway inflammation. We wished to know whether an abbreviated challenge at the final threshold dose would produce the same fall in FEV1 as a full, conventional dose-response challenge. METHODS:Seventeen p...

journal_title：Chest

authors： Fardon TC,Hodge MR,Lipworth BJ

更新日期：2005-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：STUDY OBJECTIVES:We sought to compare arterial oxygen partial pressure (PaO2) relationships between a 15.1% hypoxia inhalation test (HIT) at sea level and a hypobaric chamber exposure equivalent to 2,438 m (8,000 feet) of altitude above sea level in patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) and healthy...

journal_title：Chest

authors： Dillard TA,Moores LK,Bilello KL,Phillips YY

更新日期：1995-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：STUDY OBJECTIVE:To evaluate in patients submitted to minute ventilation > 10 L/min the ability to preserve patients' heat and humidity of two heat and moisture exchangers (HMEs) and one vaporizing humidifier (VH). DESIGN:Prospective, randomized, comparative, non-blinded study. SETTING:Intensive care unit of a univers...

journal_title：Chest

authors： Martin C,Thomachot L,Quinio B,Viviand X,Albanese J

更新日期：1995-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Bronchial epithelial damage and mucus hypersecretion are characteristic features of chronic airway inflammation that can impair mucociliary clearance and can cause recurrent or persistent respiratory infection. In response to chemoattractants produced by damaged or inflamed tissue, neutrophils move through sequential ...

journal_title：Chest

authors： Tamaoki J

更新日期：2004-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The serum concentration of angiotensin-converting enzyme is frequently elevated in individuals with active sarcoidosis. The enzyme is presumably actively synthesized by the epithelioid and giant cells of the granuloma. Hypersensitivity pneumonitis, resulting from the inhalation of antigens from pigeons by susceptible ...

journal_title：Chest

authors： McCormick JR,Thrall RS,Ward PA,Moore VL,Fink JN

更新日期：1981-10-01 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：OBJECTIVES:To determine the prevalence and significance of pericardial abnormalities in systemic sclerosis (SSc)-related interstitial lung disease (ILD). METHODS:Retrospective study of 41 subjects with SSc-related ILD who underwent evaluation including thoracic high-resolution CT (HRCT) imaging, transthoracic echocard...

journal_title：Chest

authors： Fischer A,Misumi S,Curran-Everett D,Meehan RT,Ulrich SK,Swigris JJ,Frankel SK,Cosgrove GP,Lynch DA,Brown KK

更新日期：2007-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Lung volume reduction surgery (LVRS) is being evaluated in the treatment of emphysema. The proposed mechanisms of improvement are increased elastic recoil of the lung and improved mechanical efficiency of the muscles of respiration. We report a unique patient with emphysema who developed a giant bulla 3 years subseque...

journal_title：Chest

authors： Iqbal M,Rossoff L,McKeon K,Graver M,Scharf SM

更新日期：1999-12-01 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...

journal_title：Chest

authors： Dean NC,Silver MP,Bateman KA

更新日期：2000-02-01 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