A new treatment strategy for advanced idiopathic interstitial pneumonia: living-donor lobar lung transplantation.

abstract：:Lung cancer, the most prevalent cancer in the western world, is predominantly caused by smoking and thus perceived as a "self-inflicted" disease. Nevertheless, only 20% of smokers develop lung cancer. This review examines the concept of high-risk populations and screening. It looks at developments in the molecular epi...

journal_title：Chest

authors： Smyth JF

更新日期：1996-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Many lung transplant programs employ lengthy regimens of IV ganciclovir therapy to prevent disease due to cytomegalovirus (CMV). In 1994, we introduced a regimen of delayed ganciclovir prophylaxis for CMV infection. This consisted of 2 weeks of IV ganciclovir therapy, initiated 3 to 4 weeks after transplanta...

journal_title：Chest

authors： Brumble LM,Milstone AP,Loyd JE,Ely EW,Pierson RN 3rd,Gautam S,Dummer JS

更新日期：2002-02-01 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：:We describe a patient with hemodynamic deterioration and worsening mitral regurgitation related to right ventricular apex pacing. Time-dependent changes in papillary muscle contraction as well as ventricular remodeling by right ventricular apex pacing might be responsible for this rare but serious complication. ...

journal_title：Chest

authors： Vanderheyden M,Nellens P,Andries E,Goethals M

更新日期：1998-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Recent studies have suggested that vasodilators may acutely improve pulmonary hemodynamics in patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease and cor pulmonale, but the effects of long-term therapy have not been assessed. We evaluated the hemodynamic and gas exchange effects of nitrendipine, a calcium channel bloc...

journal_title：Chest

authors： Rubin LJ,Moser K

更新日期：1986-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We report two patients with non-conventional thyroiditis whose chief complaint was chronic persistent cough. Cough was attributed to thyroiditis only after extensive diagnostic evaluations failed to uncover another cause and only after cough and thyroiditis disappeared simultaneously with suppressive therapy for the l...

journal_title：Chest

authors： Irwin RS,Pratter MR,Hamolsky MW

更新日期：1982-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Much controversy persists regarding the place of statin drugs in the treatment of patients with COPD. This systematic review and meta-analysis sought to determine the clinical efficacy of statin therapy in COPD. METHODS:We searched MEDLINE, EMBASE, the Cochrane Database, and PubMed for relevant clinical stu...

journal_title：Chest

authors： Zhang W,Zhang Y,Li CW,Jones P,Wang C,Fan Y

更新日期：2017-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：STUDY OBJECTIVES:To systematically review the evidence of randomized trials evaluating the effects of residential air filtration systems on patients with asthma. DATA SOURCES:We searched for published and unpublished studies using MEDLINE, the Cumulative Index to Nursing and Allied Health Literature, and the Cochrane ...

journal_title：Chest

authors： McDonald E,Cook D,Newman T,Griffith L,Cox G,Guyatt G

更新日期：2002-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：STUDY OBJECTIVES:To determine whether, in patients with bilateral pleural effusions, the main cellular and biochemical features of the pleural fluid on the right side differ from or correlate with those on the left side. We examined lactate dehydrogenase (LDH), glucose, and total protein (TP) levels, RBC count, nucleat...

journal_title：Chest

authors： Kalomenidis I,Rodriguez M,Barnette R,Gupta R,Hawthorne M,Parkes KB,Light RW

更新日期：2003-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Histochemical quantification of goblet cells and measurements of the epithelial thickness were made in the trachea of male and female rats exposed to fresh whole tobacco smoke for 30 consecutive days. Exposure to tobacco smoke resulted in an increase in the total goblet cell count in both sexes, with the female rats d...

journal_title：Chest

authors： Hayashi M,Sornberger GC,Huber GL

更新日期：1978-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Upper airway edema might contribute to pharyngeal collapsibility and account for the high prevalence of obstructive sleep apnea (OSA) in patients with heart disease. The aim of this study was to evaluate if intensive unloading with diuretics improves sleep-disordered breathing and increases pharyngeal calibe...

journal_title：Chest

authors： Bucca CB,Brussino L,Battisti A,Mutani R,Rolla G,Mangiardi L,Cicolin A

更新日期：2007-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：STUDY OBJECTIVE:Estimating lung volume using inspiratory capacity (IC) maneuvers is a useful way of tracking dynamic hyperinflation. An understanding of the repeatability of the IC in a clinical setting is important when evaluating an individual's response to a therapeutic intervention that might influence lung volume....

journal_title：Chest

authors： Dolmage TE,Goldstein RS

更新日期：2002-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：STUDY OBJECTIVES:To detect intravascular hemolysis in patients with cardiac valve prostheses. Erythrocyte creatine, a marker of erythrocyte age that increases with shortening erythrocyte survival, was evaluated with other hemolytic markers and hemodynamic parameters. DESIGN:Prospective study. PATIENTS AND MEASUREMENT...

journal_title：Chest

authors： Okumiya T,Ishikawa-Nishi M,Doi T,Kamioka M,Takeuchi H,Doi Y,Sugiura T

更新日期：2004-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：STUDY OBJECTIVES:Direct current (DC) shocks to the heart cause morphologic and functional myocardial damage. Previous studies have suggested that acute DC shock injury is free radical mediated and that the administration of antioxidant enzymes superoxide dismutase and catalase can reduce the level of DC shock-induced f...

journal_title：Chest

authors： Pagan-Carlo LA,Garcia LA,Hutchison JL,Buettner GR,Kerber RE

更新日期：1999-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Between November, 1965 and June, 1970, 175 patients underwent mitral valve replacement with the Smeloff-Cutter prosthesis (109 patients) or the toroidal valve (66 patients). The early mortality for patients with a toroidal mitral prosthesis was 18.2 percent (12 patients) and the late mortality 34.8 percent (23 patient...

journal_title：Chest

authors： Rees JR,Holswade GR,Carlson RG,Subramanian VA,Murphy TE,Lillehei CW

更新日期：1977-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:99mTechnetium stannous pyrophosphate has been shown to accumulate in acutely infarcted myocardium. To determine if the isotope is also taken up by severely ischemic, but not necrotic myocardium, we performed myocardial scintigraphic studies in 17 patients with chest pains. Seven of the patients satisfied conventional ...

journal_title：Chest

authors： Abdulla AM,Canedo MI,Cortez BC,McGinnis KD,Wilhelm SK

更新日期：1976-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Human telomere disease consists of a wide spectrum of disorders, including pulmonary, hepatic, and bone marrow abnormalities. The extent of bone marrow and liver abnormalities in patients with interstitial lung disease (ILD) and short telomeres is unknown. METHODS:The lung transplant clinic established a pr...

journal_title：Chest

authors： George G,Rosas IO,Cui Y,McKane C,Hunninghake GM,Camp PC,Raby BA,Goldberg HJ,El-Chemaly S

更新日期：2015-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：STUDY OBJECTIVES:It has been suggested that sleep-disordered breathing (SDB) is a risk factor for ischemic heart disease, and may be associated with increased morbidity and mortality due to cardiovascular disease. The aim of this study was to examine the relation between nocturnal oxygen desaturation (NOD) due to SDB a...

journal_title：Chest

authors： Hayashi M,Fujimoto K,Urushibata K,Uchikawa S,Imamura H,Kubo K

更新日期：2003-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A woman with a history of bilateral mastectomy and silicone implants for fibrocystic disease and a history of atrial septal defect repair presented with pleural nodules on a chest radiograph. A thorascopic biopsy performed for possible mesothelioma demonstrated chronic inflammation and focal pleural fibrosis due to a ...

journal_title：Chest

authors： Levine RL,Allen TC,Cartwright J Jr,Cagle PT

更新日期：2005-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Heparin-induced thrombocytopenia (HIT) is an antibody-mediated adverse drug reaction that can lead to devastating thromboembolic complications, including pulmonary embolism, ischemic limb necrosis necessitating limb amputation, acute myocardial infarction, and stroke. METHODS:The methods of this guideline f...

journal_title：Chest

authors： Linkins LA,Dans AL,Moores LK,Bona R,Davidson BL,Schulman S,Crowther M

更新日期：2012-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Congenital diaphragmatic hernia (CDH) is associated with a variety of cardiac anomalies. However, its association with hypoplastic left heart syndrome (HLHS) is rare. We treated a female newborn with CDH, HLHS, and omphalocele. The operation for omphalocele and the diaphragmatic defect was successful, although the pat...

journal_title：Chest

authors： Nishimura M,Taniguchi A,Imanaka H,Taenaka N

更新日期：1992-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Disabling presyncopal attacks were provoked in a patient with a sinus nodal disorder and cardiac pacemaker by treatment with antianginal vasodilators. At cardiac catheterization a severe fall in aortic pressure was documented during ventricular pacing, when desynchronized atrial contractions coincided with ventricular...

journal_title：Chest

authors： Toivonen LK,Pohjola-Sintonen S

更新日期：1987-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In 84 consecutive patients with resting T-wave inversion, radionuclide angiography revealed significant new wall motion abnormalities in 13 (28 percent) of the 47 patients with persistent T-wave inversion and in 23 (62 percent) of the 37 patients with T-wave pseudonormalization during exercise (p less than 0.01). The ...

journal_title：Chest

authors： Lavie CJ,Oh JK,Mankin HT,Clements IP,Giuliani ER,Gibbons RJ

更新日期：1988-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Bronchiectasis and pulmonary infection with nontuberculous mycobacteria (NTM) may be associated with disease-causing mutations in the cystic fibrosis transmembrane regulator (CFTR). METHODS:Fifty adult patients at Stanford University Medical Center with a diagnosis of bronchiectasis and/or pulmonary NTM inf...

journal_title：Chest

authors： Ziedalski TM,Kao PN,Henig NR,Jacobs SS,Ruoss SJ

更新日期：2006-10-01 00:00:00

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：:The diaphragm is the primary muscle of inspiration. Its capacity to respond to the load imposed by pulmonary disease is a major determining factor both in the onset of ventilatory failure and in the ability to successfully separate patients from ventilator support. It has recently been established that a very large pr...

journal_title：Chest

authors： Petrof BJ

更新日期：2018-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Histopathologic evidence of fibrosis on surgical lung biopsy has been associated with reduced survival in patients with hypersensitivity pneumonitis (HP). Changes of pulmonary fibrosis detected on CT may also correlate with prognosis in patients with HP. METHODS:We identified 69 consecutive patients with HP...

journal_title：Chest

authors： Hanak V,Golbin JM,Hartman TE,Ryu JH

更新日期：2008-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：STUDY OBJECTIVE:Childhood exposure to environmental tobacco smoke (ETS) adversely affects dynamic spirometric indexes as a result of combined early life (including in utero) and current exposure to parental smoking. The aim of our study was to investigate the effect of ETS on lung function and to identify the most sens...

journal_title：Chest

authors： Rizzi M,Sergi M,Andreoli A,Pecis M,Bruschi C,Fanfulla F

更新日期：2004-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Bedside ultrasound examination could be used to assess jugular venous pressure (JVP), and thus central venous pressure (CVP), more reliably than clinical examination. METHODS:The study was a prospective, blinded evaluation comparing physical examination of external jugular venous pressure (JVPEXT), internal...

journal_title：Chest

authors： Deol GR,Collett N,Ashby A,Schmidt GA

更新日期：2011-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Pleural effusions frequently accumulate in patients with left-sided heart failure. However, our recent study in patients with idiopathic and heritable pulmonary arterial hypertension (PAH) demonstrated that pleural effusions frequently occur in patients with isolated right-sided heart failure (RHF). The obje...

journal_title：Chest

authors： Luo YF,Robbins IM,Karatas M,Brixey AG,Rice TW,Light RW

更新日期：2011-07-01 00:00:00