Persistence of lung function abnormalities despite sustained success of percutaneous mitral valvotomy: the need for an early indication.

abstract：:Improved airway resistance following bronchodilator inhalation is not always accompanied by improvement in forced expiratory flow. We studied 241 patients with airways obstruction to learn whether changes in static lung volumes (vital capacity and function residual capacity measured by body plethysmography [FRCB]) wou...

journal_title：Chest

authors： Ramsdell JW,Tisi GM

更新日期：1979-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The chest wall is an uncommon localization for hydatid cyst. In this article, six patients were operated on because of chest wall hydatid cysts between the years 1989 to 1991 have been reported. Four of them had previously undergone surgery for pulmonary or hepatic hydatidosis; the chest wall was the primary site in t...

journal_title：Chest

authors： Ozdemir N,Akal M,Kutlay H,Yavuzer S

更新日期：1994-04-01 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：STUDY OBJECTIVES:To examine the utilization of chemoprophylaxis for tuberculosis in certain high-risk groups, ie, infected contacts 50 years and older, and to study the safety of isoniazid (INH) preventive therapy in such persons. DESIGN:From 1987 to 1992, two-part questionnaires were sent to each of the regional heal...

journal_title：Chest

authors： Sorresso DJ,Mehta JB,Harvill LM,Bentley S

更新日期：1995-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：INTRODUCTION:CXC chemokine receptor 1 (CXCR1) and CXC chemokine receptor 2 (CXCR2) have been shown to play an important role in transepithelial migration of neutrophil granulocytes during inflammation in various tissues. This study investigated the regulation of gene expression and surface expression of CXCR1 and CXCR2...

journal_title：Chest

authors： Farkas L,Hahn MC,Schmoczer M,Jentsch N,Krätzel K,Pfeifer M,Schulz C

更新日期：2005-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：AIM:To evaluate the influence of respiratory muscle overload and right cardiac overload among the possible risk factors of hospital readmission in a 1-year follow-up of a cohort of patients with moderate-to-severe COPD. METHODS:A total of 112 COPD patients who were admitted consecutively to the hospital for acute exac...

journal_title：Chest

authors： González C,Servera E,Marín J

更新日期：2008-04-01 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：:In the past decade and a half, the introduction of new therapeutic agents has revolutionized the management of pulmonary arterial hypertension (PAH). These new treatment options have improved the quality of life and survival in PAH. With an armamentarium of options available, the identification of unique phenotypes ca...

journal_title：Chest

authors： Medrek SK,Sahay S

更新日期：2018-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The aim of this study was to characterize the practice of routinely obtaining tracheal aspirate cultures in children with tracheostomy tubes and to analyze the appropriateness of using this information to guide antibiotic selection for treatment of subsequent lower respiratory infections. METHODS:Pediatric ...

journal_title：Chest

authors： Cline JM,Woods CR,Ervin SE,Rubin BK,Kirse DJ

更新日期：2012-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Amphiregulin, a member of the epidermal growth factor family, has been shown to promote the growth of fibroblasts, to be associated with the T-helper type 2 cell adaptive immune response, and to up-regulate mucin gene expression. We aimed to determine whether sputum amphiregulin is expressed at elevated leve...

journal_title：Chest

authors： Kim KW,Jee HM,Park YH,Choi BS,Sohn MH,Kim KE

更新日期：2009-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A massive GI bleed secondary to a Dieulafoy's lesion developed in a 77-year-old woman. Fifteen days later, massive pulmonary emboli developed. We describe successful thrombolytic treatment of her pulmonary emboli without complicating GI hemorrhage. ...

journal_title：Chest

authors： Levin MS,Vernovsky I,Beer DJ

更新日期：1996-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：STUDY OBJECTIVES:Although videothoracoscopic (VTS) resection of Masaoka stage I thymoma has been reported to be a less invasive method than open thoracotomy and to achieve a comparable surgical outcome, the usefulness of this method in the treatment of stage II thymoma has not yet been prospectively evaluated. We there...

journal_title：Chest

authors： Cheng YJ,Kao EL,Chou SH

更新日期：2005-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:99mTechnetium macroaggregated albumin has successfully been used to define severe postoperative pulmonary vasoconstriction in a four-month-old boy with D-transposition of the great vessels who had undergone a Blalock-Hanlon surgical atrial septectomy. Radionuclide imaging documented clinically suspected pulmonary vaso...

journal_title：Chest

authors： Moodie DS,Levy JM,Kahn DR,Lieberman LM,Pastakia B

更新日期：1979-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Providing artificial nutrition is an important part of caring for critically ill patients. However, because of a paucity of robust data, the practice has been highly variable and often based more on dogma than evidence. A number of studies have been published investigating many different aspects of critical care nutri...

journal_title：Chest

authors： Desai SV,McClave SA,Rice TW

更新日期：2014-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：STUDY OBJECTIVES:There are large reported differences for the carboxyhemoglobin (COHb) half-life (COHb t(1/2)) in humans breathing 100% atmospheric O(2) following CO inhalation in tightly controlled experiments compared to the COHb t(1/2) observed in clinical CO poisoning (range, 36 to 131 min, respectively). Other rep...

journal_title：Chest

authors： Weaver LK,Howe S,Hopkins R,Chan KJ

更新日期：2000-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Interest in airways inflammatory disease has increasingly focused on innate immunity. We investigated several components of innate immunity in induced sputum of patients with cystic fibrosis (CF), COPD, and asthma, and healthy control subjects. METHODS:Twenty eight patients with mild CF lung disease (age > ...

journal_title：Chest

authors： Xiao W,Hsu YP,Ishizaka A,Kirikae T,Moss RB

更新日期：2005-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Spontaneous pneumomediastinum is an uncommon benign condition that is occasionally associated with air within the spinal canal. We describe a further case in a 14-year-old girl and suggest a classification system based on a detailed review of the previous literature. Forty-eight patients with spontaneous pneumomediast...

journal_title：Chest

authors： Belotti EA,Rizzi M,Rodoni-Cassis P,Ragazzi M,Zanolari-Caledrerari M,Bianchetti MG

更新日期：2010-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：STUDY OBJECTIVE:s: Consensus guidelines for the empirical treatment of community-acquired pneumonia (CAP) have been published. We investigated the following factors: (1) the degree of adherence to American Thoracic Society (ATS) and the Spanish Society of Pulmonology and Thoracic Surgery (SEPAR) guidelines; and (2) the...

journal_title：Chest

authors： Menéndez R,Ferrando D,Vallés JM,Vallterra J

更新日期：2002-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：STUDY OBJECTIVES:Cardiac surgery with cardiopulmonary bypass (CPB) is associated with major inflammatory triggers that cause marked activation of the microcirculation. This inflammatory response is associated with significant organ dysfunction. How this response causes organ dysfunction is not well understood; conseque...

journal_title：Chest

authors： Dixon B,Santamaria J,Campbell D

更新日期：2005-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Tracheal aspirates from four previously healthy infants with acute pulmonary hemorrhage, and small volume bronchial lavages from children undergoing flexible fiberoptic bronchoscopy were examined for pulmonary alveolar macrophages (PAM) containing hemosiderin. Hemosiderin formation was also studied in vitro. Macrophag...

journal_title：Chest

authors： Sherman JM,Winnie G,Thomassen MJ,Abdul-Karim FW,Boat TF

更新日期：1984-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We report a case of cardiac fibrosarcoma that was treated with cardiac tumor resection, chemotherapy, cardiac explantation, tumor repeat resection, and autotransplantation followed by external beam irradiation. The patient was able to achieve clinical remission and remained disease free > 2 years after the initial dia...

journal_title：Chest

authors： Mery GM,Reardon MJ,Haas J,Lazar J,Hindenburg A

更新日期：2003-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:To assess the clinical correlates and therapeutic outcome of new postoperative supraventricular tachyarrhythmias, 916 patients who were in sinus rhythm throughout the course of surgery were prospectively followed after major noncardiac surgery. The 35 patients (4 percent) who developed new postoperative supraventricul...

journal_title：Chest

authors： Goldman L

更新日期：1978-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We investigated 654 subjects of a small Lombardy (Italy) town between 15 and 64 years of age who were representative of the general population. By clinical examination, the sample included 535 normal subjects (164 normal smokers, 341 normal nonsmokers, 30 normal subjects with acute upper respiratory illness within 30 ...

journal_title：Chest

authors： Cerveri I,Bruschi C,Zoia MC,Zanon P,Maccarini L,Grassi M,Rampulla C

更新日期：1988-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A 35-year-old man had a history of recurrent syncope for more than a decade. During a witnessed episode, an ambulatory electrocardiographic recording showed ventricular flutter/fibrillation that lasted for 2 1/2 minutes and terminated spontaneously without adverse neurologic sequelae. No structural heart disease and n...

journal_title：Chest

authors： Masrani K,Cowley C,Bekheit S,el-Sherif N

更新日期：1994-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To study the effect of intravenous (i.v.) terbutaline on potassium (K) and magnesium (Mg) distribution, ECG changes, and prevalence of ventricular ectopic beats in healthy subjects. DESIGN:Randomized double-blind, placebo-controlled crossover. Subjects received either placebo or terbutaline (bolus, 0.25 mg; ...

journal_title：Chest

authors： Tveskov C,Djurhuus MS,Klitgaard NA,Egstrup K

更新日期：1994-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Increased right ventricular afterload leads to left ventricular diastolic dysfunction due to ventricular interdependence. Increased right ventricular afterload is frequently present in patients with COPD. The purpose of this study was to determine whether left ventricular diastolic dysfunction could be detec...

journal_title：Chest

authors： Funk GC,Lang I,Schenk P,Valipour A,Hartl S,Burghuber OC

更新日期：2008-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Numerous clinical trials of chemotherapy for tuberculosis conducted throughout the world over the past 4 decades have established 2 basic principles of treatment: effective treatment requires the initial concomitant administration of at least 2 drugs to which the patient's organisms are susceptible; and cure of tuber...

journal_title：Chest

authors： Snider DE Jr,Cohn DL,Davidson PT,Hershfield ES,Smith MH,Sutton FD Jr

更新日期：1985-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:To study the effects of augmentation of continuous positive airway pressure (CPAP) education and support on compliance and outcome in patients with obstructive sleep apnea (OSA). DESIGN:A randomized, controlled, parallel study of basic vs augmented CPAP education and support. SETTING:A university teaching ...

journal_title：Chest

authors： Hui DS,Chan JK,Choy DK,Ko FW,Li TS,Leung RC,Lai CK

更新日期：2000-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Current management guidelines for pulmonary arterial hypertension (PAH) recommend a treatment choice based primarily on World Health Organization (WHO) functional class. This study was designed to assess how the incorporation of readily obtained clinical and test-based information may significantly improve t...

journal_title：Chest

authors： Kane GC,Maradit-Kremers H,Slusser JP,Scott CG,Frantz RP,McGoon MD

更新日期：2011-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：STUDY OBJECTIVES:To evaluate the intraoperative evolution of patients with COPD during lung resection and to test whether exercise testing could be helpful in the prediction of the intraoperative course. DESIGN:Prospective study. SETTING:University teaching hospital. PATIENTS:Forty patients (mean [+/- SD] age, 65 +/...

journal_title：Chest

authors： Ribas J,Jiménez MJ,Barberà JA,Roca J,Gomar C,Canalís E,Rodriguez-Roisin R

更新日期：2001-09-01 00:00:00