Eliminating asthma disparities: introduction to the Chicago story.

abstract：:This chapter about implementation strategies for practice guidelines is part of the 7th ACCP Conference on Antithrombotic and Thrombolytic Therapy: Evidence Based Guidelines. Grade 1 recommendations are strong and indicate that the benefits do, or do not, outweigh risks, burden, and costs. Grade 2 suggests that feasib...

journal_title：Chest

authors： Schünemann HJ,Cook D,Grimshaw J,Liberati A,Heffner J,Tapson V,Guyatt G

更新日期：2004-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Precapillary pulmonary hypertension (PH) is a complication of pulmonary Langerhans cell histiocytosis (PLCH) associated with increased mortality. However, outcomes and efficacy of pulmonary arterial hypertension (PAH) therapies in patients with PH complicating PLCH(PLCH-PH) remain unknown. METHODS:Consecuti...

journal_title：Chest

authors： Le Pavec J,Lorillon G,Jaïs X,Tcherakian C,Feuillet S,Dorfmüller P,Simonneau G,Humbert M,Tazi A

更新日期：2012-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Inadequate tissue oxygenation may occur in critically ill patients with sepsis despite an apparently adequate O2 transport (QO2), and this may contribute to the development of an O2 debt and also to multiple organ failure. It has been shown that increasing QO2 by infusing a vasodilator may reveal this O2 debt in septi...

journal_title：Chest

authors： Pittet JF,Lacroix JS,Gunning K,Laverriere MC,Morel DR,Suter PM

更新日期：1990-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:It is known that smoking affects the development and maintenance of certain types of granulomatous lung diseases. To explore this mechanism(s), we measured tumor necrosis factor (TNF)-alpha concentrations in the culture supernatants of lipopolysaccharide (LPS)-stimulated alveolar macrophages (AMs) in 13 healthy nonsmo...

journal_title：Chest

authors： Yamaguchi E,Itoh A,Furuya K,Miyamoto H,Abe S,Kawakami Y

更新日期：1993-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Familial Mediterranean fever (FMF) is an autosomal recessive disease affecting predominantly populations surrounding the Mediterranean basin. It is the most prevalent hereditary periodic fever syndrome characterized mainly by recurrent and short attacks of fever and serositis (pleuritis, arthritis, peritonitis). Unila...

journal_title：Chest

authors： Katsenos S,Mermigkis C,Psathakis K,Tsintiris K,Polychronopoulos V,Panagou P,Ritis K,Light RW

更新日期：2008-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Pleuroparenchymal fibroelastosis (PPFE) is a rare form of interstitial pneumonia and sometimes coexists with a histologic usual interstitial pneumonia (UIP) pattern. This study aimed to describe the distinct clinical features of PPFE with UIP pattern compared with idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis (IPF). METHOD...

journal_title：Chest

authors： Oda T,Ogura T,Kitamura H,Hagiwara E,Baba T,Enomoto Y,Iwasawa T,Okudela K,Takemura T,Sakai F,Hasegawa Y

更新日期：2014-11-01 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：BACKGROUND:To develop an evidence-based approach to follow-up of patients after curative intent therapy for lung cancer. METHODS:Guidelines on lung cancer diagnosis and management published between 2002 and December 2005 were identified by a systematic review of the literature, and supplemental material appropriate to...

journal_title：Chest

authors： Rubins J,Unger M,Colice GL,American College of Chest Physicians.

更新日期：2007-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A 19-year-old man with untreated systemic lupus erythematosus had an acute myocardial infarction. A coronary arteriogram five hours after the onset of symptoms revealed total occlusion of the left anterior descending coronary artery. Reperfusion was achieved by coronary thrombolytic therapy with urokinase. Four weeks ...

journal_title：Chest

authors： Takatsu Y,Hattori R,Sakaguchi K,Yui Y,Kawai C

更新日期：1985-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：STUDY OBJECTIVES:To determine whether an association exists between aortic calcification viewed on plain chest radiography and coronary artery disease. METHODS:Retrospective review of all chest radiographs obtained from consecutive patients undergoing coronary angiography at a primary cardiac center during 1999. Plain...

journal_title：Chest

authors： Li J,Galvin HK,Johnson SC,Langston CS,Sclamberg J,Preston CA

更新日期：2002-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The echocardiographic diagnosis of acute rupture of a papillary muscle is described. The pertinent findings included (1) decreased systolic motion of the posterior wall, (2) exaggerated septal motion, (3) left ventricular enlargement and pattern suggesting left ventricular diastolic overload, and (4) bizarre flutterin...

journal_title：Chest

authors： Ahmad S,Kleiger RE,Connors J,Krone R

更新日期：1978-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:We hypothesized that pentoxifylline, administered after phorbol myristate acetate (PMA), would diminish the severity of lung injury. SETTING:Animal research laboratory. DESIGN:Comparative study. SUBJECTS:Mongrel dogs (n = 33). INTERVENTIONS:Baseline measurements were obtained from the isolated blood-perfu...

journal_title：Chest

authors： Creamer KM,McCloud LL,Fisher LE,Ehrhart IC

更新日期：2001-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:In the current economic climate, hospitals and academic institutions demand that medical departments function in an efficient and cost-effective manner. Detailed business plans are necessary to build new clinical programs, and institutions have learned that new programs are associated with significant costs ...

journal_title：Chest

authors： Lunn W,Garland R,Gryniuk L,Smith L,Feller-Kopman D,Ernst A

更新日期：2005-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Photoradiation therapy is a new technique being investigated for the treatment of solid malignant tumors. In this study, 17 patients with advanced, recurrent, biopsy-proven malignant lesions of the trachea or main-stem bronchus were treated by photoradiation therapy. Patients received hematoporphyrin derivative intrav...

journal_title：Chest

authors： Vincent RG,Dougherty TJ,Rao U,Boyle DG,Potter WR

更新日期：1984-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A 62-year-old man with a long history of lung disease developed atelectasis of the right middle lung lobe, caused by a protrusion in the wall of the middle lobe bronchus. A biopsy was performed in the suspicious region. This was immediately followed by massive arterial bleeding into the airways and complicated by card...

journal_title：Chest

authors： Maxeiner H

更新日期：2001-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Heart rate and the variability of the heart rate, indices of autonomic control, were studied during sleep in an infant with prolonged Q-T interval (Romano-Ward syndrome) and were compared to the heart rate and variability of heart rate in 18 normal infants studied at monthly intervals during the first four months of l...

journal_title：Chest

authors： Leistner HL,Haddad GG,Lai TL,Mellins RB

更新日期：1983-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A 32-year-old man was admitted to the emergency department of our hospital after experiencing a peripheral arterial embolism. Investigation of the possible embolic sources in an otherwise asymptomatic patient revealed the existence of a left ventricular diverticulum. The left ventricular diverticulum is a rare congeni...

journal_title：Chest

authors： Parthenakis FI,Kochiadakis GE,Patrianakos AP,Hamilos MI,Mitrouska I,Katsamouris AN,Vardas PE

更新日期：2005-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：STUDY OBJECTIVES:There have been many studies on the physical characteristics at the time of contraction of a primary spontaneous pneumothorax (PSP), but it has not been shown when and how such physical characteristics develop. These issues were investigated. PATIENTS AND DESIGN:Physical development of 27 male patient...

journal_title：Chest

authors： Fujino S,Inoue S,Tezuka N,Hanaoka J,Sawai S,Ichinose M,Kontani K

更新日期：1999-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:It is estimated that 350,000 people suffer a cardiac arrest each year in the United States, with one-half occurring out-of-hospital and the other half in-hospital. Overall survival is < 10% and has not changed significantly for decades. CPR is the umbrella term for attempts to restore organized cardiac contractility a...

journal_title：Chest

authors： Gaieski DF,Abella BS,Goyal M

更新日期：2012-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Among patients with nearly normal ventilation/perfusion (V/Q) lung scans in the Prospective Investigation of Pulmonary Embolism Diagnosis (PIOPED), pulmonary embolism (PE) was diagnosed more frequently in those who underwent pulmonary angiography than in those in whom PE was diagnosed on the basis of an adve...

journal_title：Chest

authors： Henry JW,Stein PD,Gottschalk A,Raskob GE

更新日期：1996-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Several reports in the literature and our experience prior to 1974 support the thesis that operative risk in patients with acquired heart disease and poor ventricular function (as assessed by a biplane ejection fraction [EF] less than or equal to 0.40) was very significantly increased over the risk in patients with no...

journal_title：Chest

authors： Tyers GF,Williams DR,Babb JD,Levenson L,Zelis RF,Waldhausen JA

更新日期：1977-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：STUDY OBJECTIVE:To determine the extent to which a mixture of human gastric juice and enteral formula stained with two concentrations of FD&C Blue No. 1 food dye (0.8 and 1.5 mL/L) is visible in suctioned tracheobronchial secretions following three forced small-volume pulmonary aspirations over a 6-h period in an anima...

journal_title：Chest

authors： Metheny NA,Dahms TE,Stewart BJ,Stone KS,Edwards SJ,Defer JE,Clouse RE

更新日期：2002-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:To evaluate the incidence of catamenial pneumothorax (CP) among women who have been referred for the surgical treatment of spontaneous pneumothorax (SP) and to study its pathogenic mechanisms. DESIGN:A prospective study of women of reproductive age who have been referred to our center for the surgical treat...

journal_title：Chest

authors： Alifano M,Roth T,Broët SC,Schussler O,Magdeleinat P,Regnard JF

更新日期：2003-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Limited data are available on the impact of time to ICU admission and outcomes for patients with severe community acquired pneumonia (CAP). Our objective was to examine the association of time to ICU admission and 30-day mortality in patients with severe CAP. METHODS:A retrospective cohort study of 161 ICU ...

journal_title：Chest

authors： Restrepo MI,Mortensen EM,Rello J,Brody J,Anzueto A

更新日期：2010-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The natural history of flock worker's lung (FWL) and longitudinal lung function changes in nylon flock-exposed workers have not been well characterized. METHODS:Symptoms, pulmonary function testing, and chest radiographs from five index cases, subsequent case referrals, and screened employees of a flocking ...

journal_title：Chest

authors： Turcotte SE,Chee A,Walsh R,Grant FC,Liss GM,Boag A,Forkert L,Munt PW,Lougheed MD

更新日期：2013-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A prospective study of 129 consecutive thoracocentesis in 86 patients at a university medical center evaluated the clinical value, complications, and patient experience with thoracocentesis. Pleural fluid analysis in conjunction with the clinical presentation placed 78 pleural fluids into diagnostic categories: defini...

journal_title：Chest

authors： Collins TR,Sahn SA

更新日期：1987-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：STUDY OBJECTIVE:We undertook the present study to investigate the perception of dyspnea (with respect to changes in end-inspiratory and end-expiratory lung volumes), during four different levels of high-intensity constant work rate exercise (CWRE) in patients with severe COPD. DESIGN:Crossover descriptive study with c...

journal_title：Chest

authors： Puente-Maestu L,García de Pedro J,Martínez-Abad Y,Ruíz de Oña JM,Llorente D,Cubillo JM

更新日期：2005-08-01 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：STUDY OBJECTIVES:Pocket hematoma is a common complication after pacemaker or implantable cardioverter defibrillator (ICD) implantation. Thus, we investigated the influence of patient comorbidity, implantation strategy, operator experience, antiplatelet therapy, and anticoagulation therapy on hematoma rate. DESIGN:Betw...

journal_title：Chest

authors： Wiegand UK,LeJeune D,Boguschewski F,Bonnemeier H,Eberhardt F,Schunkert H,Bode F

更新日期：2004-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We discuss a patient with cocaine intoxication in whom the initial presentation was that of asystole and ventricular fibrillation. Cocaine has a direct toxic action on the heart and also sensitizes cardiac tissue to the action of catecholamines. Cocaine intoxication should be considered in any patient with unexplained...

journal_title：Chest

authors： Nanji AA,Filipenko JD

更新日期：1984-01-01 00:00:00