Loculated interlobar air-fluid collection in congestive heart failure.

abstract：BACKGROUND:Walking is a familiar daily activity that is generally limited by breathlessness, whereas cycling is an uncommon physical effort typically limited by leg discomfort. The hypothesis was that patients with COPD would exhibit greater improvements in exercise endurance and relief of breathlessness with bronchodi...

journal_title：Chest

authors： Zhang X,Waterman LA,Ward J,Baird JC,Mahler DA

更新日期：2010-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A growing number of drugs, including a number of alkylating agents, have been implicated as the cause of pulmonary diseases. A patient with chronic myelogenous leukemia presented with typical cytology, biopsy, and roentgenologic findings of lung toxicity after only six weeks of therapy with busulfan. There was subsequ...

journal_title：Chest

authors： Hankins DG,Sanders S,MacDonald FM,Drage CW

更新日期：1978-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Between December 1985 and August 1988, there were 115 patients at 13 centers who were entered on a randomized comparison of tetracycline and bleomycin for treatment of malignant pleural effusions. Fifteen patients were not treated, primarily due to rapid progression of systemic cancer. Fifteen patients entered on a hi...

journal_title：Chest

authors： Ruckdeschel JC,Moores D,Lee JY,Einhorn LH,Mandelbaum I,Koeller J,Weiss GR,Losada M,Keller JH

更新日期：1991-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSES:To determine the diagnostic accuracy of ultrasound in the diagnosis of pneumothorax in patients with COPD with particular regard to false-positive diagnoses. MATERIALS AND METHODS:This was a single-center, prospective, blinded study. Nine patients with pneumothorax, 9 patients with cystic fibrosis, 17 patient...

journal_title：Chest

authors： Slater A,Goodwin M,Anderson KE,Gleeson FV

更新日期：2006-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：STUDY OBJECTIVES:To compare the outcome of Legionnaires disease (LD) in patients with and without HIV infection. DESIGN:Retrospective review of clinical charts. SETTING:Six hundred-bed university hospital. PATIENTS:We studied the clinical findings of 64 patients without HIV and 15 patients with HIV. Patients with a ...

journal_title：Chest

authors： Pedro-Botet ML,Sabrià M,Sopena N,García-Núñez M,Dominguez MJ,Reynaga E,Rey-Joly C

更新日期：2003-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The need for fiberoptic bronchoscopy in the patient with hemoptysis and a normal or nonlocalizing chest roentgenogram remains a subject of debate. Currently, diagnostic fiberoptic bronchoscopy is recommended as the investigative procedure of choice. To develop predictors that identify the patient in whom fiberoptic br...

journal_title：Chest

authors： Poe RH,Israel RH,Marin MG,Ortiz CR,Dale RC,Wahl GW,Kallay MC,Greenblatt DG

更新日期：1988-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：KEY POINTS:1. Historically, medical ethics focused on the proper conduct of physicians as members of a profession. 2. Bioethics has emerged as a distinct field over the past several decades and has a broader scope than traditional medical ethics. The field of bioethics includes research ethics, public health ethics, or...

journal_title：Chest

authors： Carrese JA,Sugarman J

更新日期：2006-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We describe the first case of endotracheal rheumatoid nodules in a 45-year-old Chinese man with rheumatoid arthritis. He developed exacerbation of polyarthritis, new subcutaneous nodules and fibrosing alveolitis. At bronchoscopy, four whitish nodules were detected at the tracheal wall, and biopsy showed fibrinoid necr...

journal_title：Chest

authors： Ip MS,Wong MP,Wong KL

更新日期：1993-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The effectiveness of cardiopulmonary support (CPS) as a rescue method following failed angioplasty is unknown. The proximal left anterior descending (LAD) was occluded for 20 min in 21 dogs. Group 1 animals (n=15) were given CPS and group 2 animals (n=6) served as controls. During coronary occlusion, animals receiving...

journal_title：Chest

authors： Ward HB,McFalls EO,Baldwin D,Nemzek TG,Gornick CC

更新日期：1996-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：INTRODUCTION:CD14 is a cell surface glycoprotein expressed mainly on mature monocytes and macrophages. Soluble CD14 (sCD14) is present in normal plasma and is found increased in serum of patients with septicemia, polytrauma, and sarcoidosis. In active sarcoidosis, increased levels of sCD14 in BAL supernatant have been ...

journal_title：Chest

authors： Hoheisel G,Zheng L,Teschler H,Striz I,Costabel U

更新日期：1995-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The impact of modern therapy on survival in pulmonary arterial hypertension (PAH) associated with systemic sclerosis (SSc) is not clear. We sought to determine associations among commonly used clinical and hemodynamic variables, treatment, and long-term survival in PAH associated with SSc compared with PAH d...

journal_title：Chest

authors： Rubenfire M,Huffman MD,Krishnan S,Seibold JR,Schiopu E,McLaughlin VV

更新日期：2013-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A patient complained of angina pectoris nine months after surgical repair of an aortic right atrial fistula and mitral valve replacement. Subsequently, he was shown to have a new obstruction of the ostium of the left main coronary artery. This case illustrates the need to consider this syndrome in the differential dia...

journal_title：Chest

authors： Coplan NL,Estioko MR,Ambrose JA

更新日期：1985-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A 69-year-old man developed a rupture of the papillary muscle on the fifth day of acute posterior myocardial infarction. The two-dimensional echocardiographic features of ruptured papillary muscle included (1) mobile mass of echos attached to normal chordae tendineae in the left ventricle, (2) absent tip of papillary ...

journal_title：Chest

authors： Erbel R,Schweizer P,Bardos P,Meyer J

更新日期：1981-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Strapping of the chest causes decreased lung volumes and increased elastic recoil pressure. Such strapping was used in conjunction with single-breath nitrogen washout to study the effects of changes in these factors on the dynamics of the small airways. Studies consisted of simultaneous measurements of the quasistatic...

journal_title：Chest

authors： Al-Bazzaz FJ

更新日期：1979-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：INTRODUCTION:Gastroesophageal reflux has been suggested as an underlying cause of chronic lung disease. The aim of this study was to assess the value of pepsin and bile acids, both components of GI secretions, in the lungs of children with chronic lung diseases as possible markers for gastroesophageal reflux disease an...

journal_title：Chest

authors： Starosta V,Kitz R,Hartl D,Marcos V,Reinhardt D,Griese M

更新日期：2007-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The benefits of inhaled corticosteroids in the management of COPD are less apparent than they are in asthma therapy, and the potential for adverse systemic effects of high-dose inhaled corticosteroids has been recognized recently. It is therefore essential to know the maximal obtainable benefits in order to ...

journal_title：Chest

authors： Nishimura K,Koyama H,Ikeda A,Tsukino M,Hajiro T,Mishima M,Izumi T

更新日期：1999-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:There is renewed interest in the classification and methods of recording adventitious pulmonary sounds. This is a study of the importance of fine crackles (rales) in the diagnosis and estimation of the severity of diffuse infiltrative pulmonary disease. Among 272 cases documented by lung biopsy, bilateral fine crackle...

journal_title：Chest

authors： Epler GR,Carrington CB,Gaensler EA

更新日期：1978-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:As an aid in the differential diagnosis of exudative pleural effusions, tumor markers were investigated. We measured immunosuppressive acidic protein (IAP), carbohydrate antigen 19-9 (CA 19-9), tissue polypeptide antigen (TPA), carcinoembryonic antigen (CEA), adenosine deaminase (ADA), and alpha 1-acid glycoprotein (A...

journal_title：Chest

authors： Niwa Y,Kishimoto H,Shimokata K

更新日期：1985-03-01 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：:This report describes a patient with right lower lung (RLL) pneumonia of a subacute nature. Sputum and bronchial washings both grew N asteroides. Open lung biopsy showed bronchiolitis obliterans. Both the clinical and radiologic picture dramatically improved during three weeks of treatment with trimethoprim and sulfam...

journal_title：Chest

authors： Camp M,Mehta JB,Whitson M

更新日期：1987-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：STUDY OBJECTIVE:The benefit of smoking cessation just prior to surgery in preventing postoperative pulmonary complications has not been proven. Some studies actually show a paradoxical increase in complications in those quitting smoking only a few weeks or days prior to surgery. We studied the effect of smoking and the...

journal_title：Chest

authors： Barrera R,Shi W,Amar D,Thaler HT,Gabovich N,Bains MS,White DA

更新日期：2005-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Emphysema is the only smoking-related disease in which white patients have higher prevalence and higher attributable mortality rates than African-American patients. Epidemiologic studies have not addressed, nor explained, the observed racial differences in emphysema. STUDY OBJECTIVES:To determine whether wh...

journal_title：Chest

authors： Chatila WM,Hoffman EA,Gaughan J,Robinswood GB,Criner GJ,National Emphysema Treatment Trial Research Group.

更新日期：2006-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Four cases of giant cell arteritis causing severe aortic regurgitation secondary to an aneurysm of the ascending aorta are described. In two cases, the nature of the aortic pathology could be suspected considering the past clinical evidence of temporal arteritis and/or polymyalgia rheumatica. In the two other cases, t...

journal_title：Chest

authors： Nesi G,Anichini C,Pedemonte E,Tozzini S,Calamai G,Montesi GF,Gori F

更新日期：2002-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：STUDY OBJECTIVES:To determine the efficacy of albuterol by metered-dose inhaler (MDI) and spacer compared to a nebulizer. DESIGN:A prospective, open-label study. SETTING:Large urban emergency department (ED). PATIENTS:All consecutive adult asthma patients over a 2.5-year period. INTERVENTIONS:ED personnel used a st...

journal_title：Chest

authors： Newman KB,Milne S,Hamilton C,Hall K

更新日期：2002-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Systolic time interval studies were performed to evaluate left ventricular performance in 28 patients with untreated systemic hypertension but without clinical heart failure. The pre-ejection period (PEP) was significantly prolonged (p smaller than 0.001) and left ventricular ejectime time (LVET) was shortened (p smal...

journal_title：Chest

authors： Dodek A,Burg JR,Kloster FR

更新日期：1975-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:To facilitate the studies in cell biology and drug sensitivity of non-small cell lung cancer, cell samples from 55 patients have been used to establish cell lines in culture using a chemically defined medium (ACL-4). A total of 20 cell lines (36 percent) were directly established and characterized: 14 (44 percent) fro...

journal_title：Chest

authors： Masuda N,Fukuoka M,Takada M,Kudoh S,Kusunoki Y

更新日期：1991-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:gamma-Aminobutyric acid (GABA) is a central inhibitory neurotransmitter that also exists in peripheral tissues, including the lung. The GABA-agonist baclofen has been shown, in animal studies, to inhibit cough via a central mechanism, but has not been investigated in humans (to our knowledge). STUDY OBJECTI...

journal_title：Chest

authors： Dicpinigaitis PV,Dobkin JB

更新日期：1997-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Acute hypoxemia produces opposite effects on the pulmonary and systemic vascular resistance. To assess the influence of acute hypoxemia on cardiac murmurs, 36 patients with a single valvular or congenital heart lesion were studied. As expected from these hemodynamic effects, right-sided regurgitant type murmurs increa...

journal_title：Chest

authors： Curiel R,Tortoledo F,Rodriguez L,Soto R,Perez-Gonzalez J

更新日期：1982-02-01 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：BACKGROUND:Unlike studies on leg exercise, reports on the regulation of dynamic hyperinflation during arm exercise are scanty. We ascertained the following in patients with COPD: (1) whether and to what extent upper-limb exercise results in dynamic hyperinflation, and (2) the mechanism whereby an arm-training program (...

journal_title：Chest

authors： Gigliotti F,Coli C,Bianchi R,Grazzini M,Stendardi L,Castellani C,Scano G

更新日期：2005-09-01 00:00:00