Left ventricular function in myocardial infarction. Predictive value during negative low-level exercise three weeks postinfarction.

abstract：:The long-term pulmonary consequences of right middle lobe syndrome (RMLS) in childhood are not known. Therefore, outcome was evaluated in 17 children with RMLS diagnosed in early childhood (mean age, 3.3 years; SD, 1.1 year). Mean age at follow-up was 10.1 years (SD, 2.6 years). RMLS was defined as atelectasis of the ...

journal_title：Chest

authors： De Boeck K,Willems T,Van Gysel D,Corbeel L,Eeckels R

更新日期：1995-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A case of disseminated histoplasmosis followed later by disseminated coccidioidomycosis is described. The clinical illness and immunologic studies suggest subtle defects that may have existed antecedent to infection and, thus, provided an opportunity for widespread dissemination by these normally nonopportunistic orga...

journal_title：Chest

authors： Kaplan P,Graybill JR,Thor D

更新日期：1977-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Two patients receiving positive pressure ventilation experienced marked gaseous abdominal distension. Analysis of gases from the stomach, ventilator, and room air suggested that the gastric gases came from the ventilator in one patient. The diagnosis of tracheoesophageal fistula was confirmed by esophagoscopy. Analysi...

journal_title：Chest

authors： Kovitz KL,Siebens A,Brower RG

更新日期：1993-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Although the relationship between blood pressure and cardiac performance has been widely recognized, there are few published clinical observations concerning the effect of blood pressure control on cardiac function. We evaluated the effect of prazosin, an antihypertensive agent which also improves hemodynamic measurem...

journal_title：Chest

authors： Massie BM,Chan S

更新日期：1981-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Five different volumes of test solutions (1 to 3 ml) containing 15 mg of metaproterenol were placed in each of five different nebulizers. The time to complete nebulization and the amount of drug delivered varied considerably, depending upon the initial volume of solution placed in the nebulizer. Small volumes (1 ml) w...

journal_title：Chest

authors： Kradjan WA,Lakshminarayan S

更新日期：1985-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：STUDY OBJECTIVE:Low-grade systemic inflammation may cause a chronic catabolic state that may affect trainability in patients with COPD as has been seen previously in healthy elderly. Therefore, the aim of the present study was to study the relationship between baseline circulating levels of inflammatory markers and the...

journal_title：Chest

authors： Spruit MA,Gosselink R,Troosters T,Kasran A,Van Vliet M,Decramer M

更新日期：2005-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Planning for mass critical care in resource-poor and constrained settings has been largely ignored, despite large, densely crowded populations who are prone to suffer disproportionately from natural disasters. As a result, disaster response has been suboptimal and in many instances hampered by lack of planni...

journal_title：Chest

authors： Geiling J,Burkle FM Jr,West TE,Uyeki TM,Amundson D,Dominguez-Cherit G,Gomersall CD,Lim ML,Luyckx V,Sarani B,Christian MD,Devereaux AV,Dichter JR,Kissoon N,Task Force for Mass Critical Care.,Task Force for Mass Critical Care

更新日期：2014-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:To evaluate comparative bronchodilator efficacy with chronic airflow obstruction (CAO), we randomly administered to ten patients week-long treatments consisting of: inhaled metaproterenol from a metered dose canister (1.30 mg six times a day) and doses of a sustained-release theophylline formulation sufficient to achi...

journal_title：Chest

authors： Dullinger D,Kronenberg R,Niewoehner DE

更新日期：1986-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Our current understanding of the pathogenesis of sepsis suggests that bacteria as well as bacterial-derived products activate an uncontrolled network of host-derived mediators such as proinflammatory cytokines (ie, tumor necrosis factor [TNF] and interleukin [IL]-1beta), which can ultimately lead to cardiovascular col...

journal_title：Chest

authors： Knuefermann P,Nemoto S,Baumgarten G,Misra A,Sivasubramanian N,Carabello BA,Vallejo JG

更新日期：2002-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:D-dimer, a degradation product of fibrin, has been increasingly used as a marker or prognostic factor in various thrombotic diseases. OBJECTIVE:To assess the significance of a d-dimer test in patients with primary pulmonary hypertension (PPH). PATIENTS AND METHODS:Fourteen patients with PPH (12 women and 2...

journal_title：Chest

authors： Shitrit D,Bendayan D,Bar-Gil-Shitrit A,Huerta M,Rudensky B,Fink G,Kramer MR

更新日期：2002-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:Immunosuppressive pharmacologic agents prescribed to patients with diffuse interstitial and inflammatory lung disease and lung transplant recipients are associated with potential risks for adverse reactions. Strategies for minimizing such risks include administering these drugs according to established, safe...

journal_title：Chest

authors： Baughman RP,Meyer KC,Nathanson I,Angel L,Bhorade SM,Chan KM,Culver D,Harrod CG,Hayney MS,Highland KB,Limper AH,Patrick H,Strange C,Whelan T

更新日期：2012-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Recent extensive development of thoracic surgery meets the need to treat elderly patients with a wide variety of pathophysiologic alterations, even if they require continuous medical assistance and high technologic support. Methods in providing such care are still limited by imprecision in evaluation of results; in th...

journal_title：Chest

authors： Giangiuliani G,Gui D,Bonatti P,Tozzi P,Caracciolo F

更新日期：1990-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:To investigate the time course and the relation to prognosis of coagulation and fibrinolytic abnormalities in patients with septic shock. PATIENTS AND METHODS:Forty-eight consecutive patients admitted to the medical ICU with the diagnosis of septic shock (diagnosed by defined criteria) were studied. Mortali...

journal_title：Chest

authors： Lorente JA,García-Frade LJ,Landín L,de Pablo R,Torrado C,Renes E,García-Avello A

更新日期：1993-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The ST alternans was recorded during at least one ischemic attack with ST elevation in nine of 65 patients with variant angina. The magnitude and duration of ST elevation during ischemic attacks were significantly greater in patients with than in those without ST alternans. It always appeared during the occlusion phas...

journal_title：Chest

authors： Turitto G,El-Sherif N

更新日期：1988-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Continuous irrigation-suction catheter (Irri-cath) is a double-lumen device that allows for simultaneous saline solution infusion and aspiration. This system may theoretically be more effective than conventional dry intermittent suction due to its vortex principle. To test this hypothesis, we performed 200 suction man...

journal_title：Chest

authors： Isea JO,Poyant D,O'Donnell C,Faling LJ,Karlinsky J,Celli BR

更新日期：1993-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Sleep-disordered breathing (SDB) may promote an increase in cardiac workload early after acute myocardial infarction (AMI). We tested the hypothesis that in the early phase after AMI, SDB is associated with increased 24-h arterial BP, heart rate (HR), and, thus, cardiac workload. METHODS:In this prospective...

journal_title：Chest

authors： Hetzenecker A,Buchner S,Greimel T,Satzl A,Luchner A,Debl K,Husser O,Hamer OW,Fellner C,Riegger GAJ,Pfeifer M,Arzt M

更新日期：2013-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A patient's tolerance of fiberoptic bronchoscopy depends on the effectiveness of local anesthesia. This study compares the three different methods of local anesthesia in common use After sedation, patients (n = 53) received either 4 ml of 2.5 percent cocaine by intratracheal injection (TI) (n = 18), by bronchoscopic i...

journal_title：Chest

authors： Graham DR,Hay JG,Clague J,Nisar M,Earis JE

更新日期：1992-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We studied retrospectively 69 cases of chagasic megaesophagus (group 1) and 207 cases of chronic chagasic myocardiopathy (CCM) without megaesophagus (group 2) by autopsy in the Pathology Department of the Federal University of Bahia, Brazil, from 1953 to 1975. It was shown that pulmonary tuberculosis was significantly...

journal_title：Chest

authors： Camara EJ,Lima JA,Oliveira GB,Machado AS

更新日期：1983-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Over the last few years, there has been a renewed interest in patients with characteristics of both asthma and COPD. Although the precise definition of asthma-COPD overlap (ACO) is still controversial, patients with overlapping features are frequently encountered in clinical practice, and may indeed have worse clinica...

journal_title：Chest

authors： Maselli DJ,Hardin M,Christenson SA,Hanania NA,Hersh CP,Adams SG,Anzueto A,Peters JI,Han MK,Martinez FJ

更新日期：2019-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Twelve adult patients with ostium primum atrial septal defects (incomplete endocardial cushion defect) who underwent surgical repair of their lesions were evaluated in the late postoperative period. All had closure of the low-lying atrial septal defect, with suturing of the mitral valve cleft in 11 patients. Although ...

journal_title：Chest

authors： Goodman DJ,Harrison DC,Schroeder JS

更新日期：1975-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We evaluated the effects of a new semisynthetic macrolide antibiotic, roxithromycin, on the bronchial hyperresponsiveness to histamine in children with asthma. Twelve hospitalized asthmatic children, aged 11 to 15 years (mean age, 12.9 years), were enrolled in this study. They were treated with 150 mg of roxithromycin...

journal_title：Chest

authors： Shimizu T,Kato M,Mochizuki H,Tokuyama K,Morikawa A,Kuroume T

更新日期：1994-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A patient is reported who had Histoplasma capsulatum endocarditis, a rare form of disseminated histoplasmosis. He also had disseminated intravascular coagulopathy and defects in cell-mediated immune responses to Histoplasma antigens. Prompt etiologic diagnosis was made by stain of tissue from a mouth ulcer and confirm...

journal_title：Chest

authors： Bradsher RW,Wickre CG,Savage AM,Harston WE,Alford RH

更新日期：1980-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Long-term response to vasodilator therapy was assessed in six patients with PPH. Following an acute trial, each patient was restudied after (1) two months of drug administration, (2) one month of abstinence from therapy, and (3) an additional two months of therapy. Three of six patients had no long-term reduction of P...

journal_title：Chest

authors： Dantzker DR,D'Alonzo GE,Gianotti L,Fuentes F,Nickeson D,Emerson M

更新日期：1989-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVES:Thirty to 50% of all COPD patients experience tissue wasting that may be caused by hypermetabolism, but the cause of the perturbed metabolic state is unclear. We hypothesized that the elevated O2 cost of ventilation (O2 COV) may be a contributing factor. All of the data are presented as means ...

journal_title：Chest

authors： Mannix ET,Manfredi F,Farber MO

更新日期：1999-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Exertional dyspnea is a common complaint for patients seen in pulmonary, cardiac, and general medicine clinics, and elucidating the cause is often challenging, particularly when physical examination, echocardiography, radiography, and pulmonary function test results are inconclusive. Invasive cardiopulmonary exercise ...

journal_title：Chest

authors： Jain CC,Borlaug BA

更新日期：2020-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：STUDY OBJECTIVES:Patients with COPD are at risk of experiencing a deterioration in arterial oxygen saturation (SaO2) during sleep, which is generally most pronounced during rapid eye movement (REM) sleep. Increased cholinergic tone has been suggested as a contributing factor to this decrease in SaO2. Therefore, we inve...

journal_title：Chest

authors： Martin RJ,Bartelson BL,Smith P,Hudgel DW,Lewis D,Pohl G,Koker P,Souhrada JF

更新日期：1999-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To evaluate the clinical feasibility of using real-time measurements of work of breathing obtained at the bedside with a portable, commercially available respiratory monitor as an objective and quantifiable guideline for appropriately setting pressure support ventilation (PSV) to partially and totally unload ...

journal_title：Chest

authors： Banner MJ,Kirby RR,Gabrielli A,Blanch PB,Layon AJ

更新日期：1994-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A bird fancier who had only been exposed to native birds, mostly owls, developed a sever hypersensitivity pneumonitis with a very insidious onset. ...

journal_title：Chest

authors： Kokkarinen J,Tukiainen H,Seppä A,Terho EO

更新日期：1994-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:A comprehensive evaluation of temporal trends in the treatment of patients who have DVT may assist with identification of modifiable factors that contribute to short-term outcomes. METHODS:We assessed temporal trends in length of hospital stay and use of pharmacological and interventional therapies among 26...

journal_title：Chest

authors： Morillo R,Jiménez D,Aibar MÁ,Mastroiacovo D,Wells PS,Sampériz Á,Saraiva de Sousa M,Muriel A,Yusen RD,Monreal M,RIETE investigators.

更新日期：2016-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Tracheal bronchus is a common anomaly that occurs in approximately 2% of people. Two children with multiple medical problems which led to endotracheal intubation are described. The hospital course for each child was complicated by persistent right upper lobe atelectasis. The presence of a tracheal bronchus was not rec...

journal_title：Chest

authors： O'Sullivan BP,Frassica JJ,Rayder SM

更新日期：1998-02-01 00:00:00