Expression of CXC chemokine receptors 1 and 2 in human bronchial epithelial cells.

abstract：BACKGROUND:Balloon pulmonary angioplasty (BPA) in chronic thromboembolic pulmonary hypertension (CTEPH) improves hemodynamics and exercise capacity. However, its effect on respiratory function is unclear. Our objective was to investigate the effect of BPA on respiratory function. METHODS:We enrolled patients with inop...

journal_title：Chest

authors： Akizuki M,Serizawa N,Ueno A,Adachi T,Hagiwara N

更新日期：2017-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：STUDY OBJECTIVE:To determine the clinical and radiographic findings of nontuberculous mycobacteria (NTM) other than Mycobacterium avium complex (MAC) and Mycobacterium kansasii in AIDS compared with non-AIDS patients. DESIGN:A retrospective chart review of all patients in whom NTM other than MAC complex and M kansasii...

journal_title：Chest

authors： El-Solh AA,Nopper J,Abdul-Khoudoud MR,Sherif SM,Aquilina AT,Grant BJ

更新日期：1998-07-01 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：:Human genetic variation has enormous implications for individual susceptibility to lung disease, as well as for differences in prognosis and response to therapeutic interventions. Single-nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs) are the most common type of DNA sequence variation. An SNP is the substitution of a single base in t...

journal_title：Chest

authors： Tebbutt SJ,James A,Paré PD

更新日期：2007-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The leading cause of pericardial effusion in urban hospitals is now AIDS-related pathologies. Clinically, these effusions are a diagnostic and management dilemma. In our institution, pericardial biopsy and operative drainage have become part of the diagnostic and management plan. Surgical intervention, howev...

journal_title：Chest

authors： Flum DR,McGinn JT Jr,Tyras DH

更新日期：1995-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：STUDY OBJECTIVE:To evaluate the antituberculous treatment responsiveness of endobronchial tuberculosis in the different stages of evolution. DESIGN:A prospective study before and after trial with 9 months of antituberculosis chemotherapy without steroid. PATIENTS AND INTERVENTION:One hundred thirty-six endobronchial ...

journal_title：Chest

authors： Kim YH,Kim HT,Lee KS,Uh ST,Cung YT,Park CS

更新日期：1993-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Itraconazole is a new orally active antifungal triazole with impressive activity against Aspergillus spp. Six patients with allergic bronchopulmonary aspergillosis (ABPA), aged 14 to 49 years, were treated with oral itraconazole (200 mg twice daily) for a mean of 3.9 months (range, one to six months; three patients co...

journal_title：Chest

authors： Denning DW,Van Wye JE,Lewiston NJ,Stevens DA

更新日期：1991-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:To elucidate the criterion for amplitude of circadian FEV1 variation suitable for phase analysis, six FEV1 measurements within a day were made on 346 days in 125 stable asthmatic children aged 8 to 12 years. Since coefficient of variation (CV) of FEV1 within a day in nonasthmatic children in our laboratory is less tha...

journal_title：Chest

authors： Kondo S

更新日期：1992-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Neurosarcoidosis occurs in approximately 5% of patients with systemic sarcoidosis. A review of medical literature shows that intracranial mass-like lesions secondary to sarcoidosis are quite rare. CT and MRI scanning would suggest that this manifestation of neurosarcoidosis may be more common than previously realized....

journal_title：Chest

authors： Veres L,Utz JP,Houser OW

更新日期：1997-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The antisynthetase syndrome consists of interstitial lung disease (ILD), arthritis, myositis, fever, mechanic's hands, and Raynaud phenomenon in the presence of an antisynthetase autoantibody, most commonly anti-Jo-1. It is believed that all the antisynthetases are associated with a similar clinical profile,...

journal_title：Chest

authors： Kalluri M,Sahn SA,Oddis CV,Gharib SL,Christopher-Stine L,Danoff SK,Casciola-Rosen L,Hong G,Dellaripa PF,Highland KB

更新日期：2009-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：STUDY OBJECTIVES:To determine the selective vasodilatory effects of two inhaled "NONOate" aerosols in a closed chest pig model of acute pulmonary hypertension (APH). METHODS:APH was induced by IV infusion of the prostaglandin H(2)/thromboxane A(2) receptor agonist (U46619). Aerosolized diethylenetriamine nitric oxide ...

journal_title：Chest

authors： Lam CF,van Heerden PV,Ilett KF,Caterina P,Filion P

更新日期：2003-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Histopathologic and morphometric studies of small pulmonary arteries were performed in 16 cases of secundum atrial septal defect (ASD) and severe pulmonary hypertension. Besides typical plexogenic arteriopathies found in six cases, organized microthrombi and what we call "musculoelastosis," that is, proliferation of l...

journal_title：Chest

authors： Yamaki S,Horiuchi T,Miura M,Suzuki Y,Ishizawa E,Takahashi T

更新日期：1986-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Over the past 10 years, significant strides have been made in the understanding, development, and availability of sleep disorder therapeutics. In this review series, we discuss the current evidence surrounding the mechanisms of actions, indications, efficacy, and adverse side effects associated with the available arma...

journal_title：Chest

authors： Gulyani S,Salas RE,Gamaldo CE

更新日期：2012-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The variation in respiratory water loss (RWL) over time, expressed as the mass of water vapor lost per liter (body temperature and pressure, saturated) of ventilation (MH2O), was investigated in two groups: (1) children with exercise-induced asthma; and (2) healthy children. Children were matched for age and sex and w...

journal_title：Chest

authors： Tabka Z,Ben Jebria A,Vergeret J,Guenard H

更新日期：1988-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:An amputation neuroma is a nerve's attempt at repair following amputation. While many are asymptomatic, some present as a painful mass. We describe a patient who, following a forequarter amputation for sarcoma, developed a stump neuroma that was unusual because it was first discovered on a routine chest roentgenogram....

journal_title：Chest

authors： Donnal JF,Coblentz CL,Bergin CJ

更新日期：1989-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A 40-year-old woman with lymphangiomatosis also had an intrathoracic lymphangioma infection. Since the age of 8 years, the patient had undergone repeated abdominal and mediastinal cyst surgeries and had received a diagnosis of lymphangiomatosis. At this time, she showed a high fever of 38.5°C. Cultures of both blood a...

journal_title：Chest

authors： Minakata T,Suzuki T,Kamio Y,Kadokura M,Himuro N,Takei H

更新日期：2020-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Combination therapy with inhaled corticosteroids (ICSs) and long-acting beta(2)-agonists (LABAs), or treatment with high doses of ICSs alone improves asthma control when therapy with low-dose ICSs is not sufficient. However, it is not known which of these treatment options is more effective in sustaining ast...

journal_title：Chest

authors： O'Byrne PM,Naya IP,Kallen A,Postma DS,Barnes PJ

更新日期：2008-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The value of home spirometry in detecting acute lung rejection and opportunistic infections was studied in 15 heart-lung transplant recipients over a six-month period. The patients measured their FEV1 and FVC twice daily at home using a portable turbine spirometer. The records were then reviewed in relation to the res...

journal_title：Chest

authors： Otulana BA,Higenbottam T,Ferrari L,Scott J,Igboaka G,Wallwork J

更新日期：1990-02-01 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：:To evaluate the incidence, pattern and clinical importance of endotoxemia in septic shock, frequent, serial endotoxin determinations were made prospectively in patients with shock. Detectable endotoxin occurred in 43 of 100 patients with septic shock, but in only one of ten patients with shock due to nonseptic causes....

journal_title：Chest

authors： Danner RL,Elin RJ,Hosseini JM,Wesley RA,Reilly JM,Parillo JE

更新日期：1991-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:To evaluate whether epithelial damage of airways in asthma could be related to diminished levels of the low molecular weight bronchial leukocyte proteinase inhibitor (BLPI) in airways, we determined BLPI in bronchial washings of 13 asthma patients and 13 healthy subjects, using a sensitive enzyme-linked immunoassay. T...

journal_title：Chest

authors： Ochnio JJ,Abboud RT,Lam S,Johal SS,Smith CE,Johnson DA

更新日期：1988-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Patients with chronic bird fancier's lung (BFL) can be classified into two types. One group of patients develops chronic disease with fluctuating acute episodes, including low-grade fever, mild exertional dyspnea, and cough (fluctuating chronic BFL; formerly termed recurrent and relapsing chronic BFL). The o...

journal_title：Chest

authors： Ohtani Y,Kojima K,Sumi Y,Sawada M,Inase N,Miyake S,Yoshizawa Y

更新日期：2000-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In assessing the effectiveness of lower-limb and upper-limb nonspecific physical training, we have considered 3 objectives in this study: (1) determination of clinical and functional actual state in patients with chronic airway obstruction (CAO), before and after training; (2) determination of the tests, level of work...

journal_title：Chest

authors： Gimenez M,Predine E,Marchand M,Servera E,Ponz JL,Polu JM

更新日期：1992-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A V/Q lung scan was obtained in a patient with LLL collapse who was receiving IPPV and PEEP. This revealed absent ventilation and hyperperfusion to the collapsed lobe. After a reduction in PEEP from 12 to 5 cm H2O, a repeat V/Q scan showed a more even distribution of pulmonary perfusion. Arterial hypoxemia improved. ...

journal_title：Chest

authors： Hawker FH,Torzillo PJ,Southee AE

更新日期：1991-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We are probably observing a recrudescent epidemic of RLF which has elicited surprisingly little attention from the medical community. Given present data, it is not unreasonable to conclude that there is a true epidemic and that its etiologic basis involves a population of infants with high susceptibility to oxygen tox...

journal_title：Chest

authors： Robin ED,Burke CM

更新日期：1986-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：STUDY OBJECTIVE:Determine reintubation rate, identify its cause, and detail adverse outcomes from reintubation. DESIGN:Retrospective review of extubation failures in the trauma ICU. SETTING:University hospital and regional trauma center. PATIENTS:Four hundred five patients arriving intubated or requiring intubation ...

journal_title：Chest

authors： Daley BJ,Garcia-Perez F,Ross SE

更新日期：1996-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The diagnostic yields with transbronchial needle aspiration (TBNA) for mediastinal nodes are highly variable. Nodal positions, as assessed on a breath-hold conventional CT scan, do not account for nodal motion. We studied nodal motion on four-dimensional (4D) CT scans. METHODS:A total of 47 mediastinal node...

journal_title：Chest

authors： Piet AH,Lagerwaard FJ,Kunst PW,van Sörnsen de Koste JR,Slotman BJ,Senan S

更新日期：2007-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In 14 consecutive patients with varying myocardial function, evaluation of the Valsalva maneuver was performed using aortic pulse pressure decay to investigate a possible quantitative relationship between the pattern of response and the degree of myocardial dysfunction. The aortic pulse pressure response during strain...

journal_title：Chest

authors： Bernardi L,Saviolo R,Spodick DH

更新日期：1989-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:To evaluate measurements of respiratory sensation in ILD, we compared ratings of breathlessness from three clinical scales with the perceived magnitude of added elastic loads in 20 symptomatic ILD patients. Dyspnea ratings were obtained by two independent observers for each clinical method. Perceived magnitude of four...

journal_title：Chest

authors： Mahler DA,Harver A,Rosiello R,Daubenspeck JA

更新日期：1989-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Heterozygous familial type II hyperlipoproteinemia (F type II) is primarily manifested in hypercholesterolemia (due to low density lipoprotein-cholesterol [LDL-C] elevation) and premature coronary heart disease (CHD). We studied sequentially the effects of low cholesterol-low saturated fat-low simple carbohydrate diet...

journal_title：Chest

authors： Kuo PT,Kostis JB,Moreyra AE,Hayes JA

更新日期：1981-03-01 00:00:00