Fluid therapy in resuscitated sepsis: less is more.

abstract：:To clarify the interrelation between interleukin-2 (IL-2) and soluble IL-2R receptor (sIL-2R), as products of T-cell activation in the bronchial tree of patients with bronchial asthma, we measured the concentration of IL-2, sIL-2R, and the cellular composition in bronchoalveolar lavage (BAL) fluid. We also measured ph...

journal_title：Chest

authors： Park CS,Lee SM,Chung SW,Uh S,Kim HT,Kim YH

更新日期：1994-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:To measure tumor necrosis factor-alpha (TNF-alpha) and interleukin-1beta (IL-1beta) in pleural effusions caused by tuberculosis (TB) and malignancy and their relationship with plasminogen activator inhibitor type I (PAI-1) and tissue type plasminogen activator (tPA), and to compare the differences between tu...

journal_title：Chest

authors： Hua CC,Chang LC,Chen YC,Chang SC

更新日期：1999-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Fiberglass inhalation seems to produce a minimal tissue response in the lungs, and the reaction is one of macrophagic mobilization and is characteristic of the pulmonary response to those nonfibrogenic dusts classified as nuisance dusts. In order to merit the designation of a nuisance dust, the pulmonary response must...

journal_title：Chest

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更新日期：1976-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:This study investigates the long-term benefits of pulmonary rehabilitation in terms of health-related quality of life (HRQL). Such information is of particular importance in developing strategies for aftercare at home which aim to maintain the initial improvements seen after rehabilitation. METHODS:Criteria...

journal_title：Chest

authors： Ketelaars CA,Abu-Saad HH,Schlösser MA,Mostert R,Wouters EF

更新日期：1997-08-01 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：:Various malformations of the aortic arch and great vessels have been reported in the literature, which reflects the complexity of their embryologic development. Most of them are of incidental finding and remain asymptomatic but can be responsible for respiratory or digestive symptoms and be associated with congenital ...

journal_title：Chest

authors： Verin AL,Creuze N,Musset D

更新日期：2010-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:While the outcome of in-hospital cardiopulmonary arrest has been studied extensively, the clinical antecedents of arrest are less well defined. We studied a group of consecutive general hospital ward patients developing cardiopulmonary arrest. Prospectively determined definitions of underlying pathophysiology, severit...

journal_title：Chest

authors： Schein RM,Hazday N,Pena M,Ruben BH,Sprung CL

更新日期：1990-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Two patients are described with severe MVS, pulmonary venous hypertension and enlarged mediastinal, pulmonary and hilar lymph nodes. These enlargements were diagnosed on a preoperative chest CT. After MV replacement these enlarged lymph nodes nearly all resolved. The lymphadenopathy should be considered to be secondar...

journal_title：Chest

authors： Drent M,Gelissen JP,Ascoop CA,Wagenaar SS,van den Bosch JM

更新日期：1992-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The protein deacetylase sirtuin-1 (SIRT1) is an antiaging molecule that is decreased in the lung in patients with COPD. Recently, SIRT1 was reported to be detectable in serum, but serum SIRT1 (s120S) levels have not yet been reported in patients with COPD. METHODS:Serum SIRT1 protein of all samples was meas...

journal_title：Chest

authors： Yanagisawa S,Papaioannou AI,Papaporfyriou A,Baker JR,Vuppusetty C,Loukides S,Barnes PJ,Ito K

更新日期：2017-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：STUDY OBJECTIVES:Quadriceps fatigue can occur in patients with COPD after exhaustive cycle exercise. The purpose of this study was to determine whether the degree of fatigue elicited by cycle exercise was greater in patients with COPD compared with matched control subjects. SUBJECTS:Nine male patients with COPD with a...

journal_title：Chest

authors： Mador MJ,Bozkanat E,Kufel TJ

更新日期：2003-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:"Triad" asthmatics often have sinus disease, nasal polyps, and obstructive airways disease. This presentation is reminiscent of the symptoms of persons afflicted with various forms of ciliary dyskinesia. Therefore, we examined tissues from seven "triad" asthmatic patients for ciliary structural or functional abnormali...

journal_title：Chest

authors： Lewis FH,Beals TF,Carey TE,Baker SR,Mathews KP

更新日期：1983-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The respiratory pattern during wakefulness and sleep was characterized in a 70-year-old woman with respiratory dyskinesia. During wakefulness, both respiratory frequency and tidal volume exhibited an irregularly irregular pattern. In addition, wide fluctuations occurred in the position of the rib cage and abdomen at e...

journal_title：Chest

authors： Kuna ST,Awan R

更新日期：1986-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Hospitalizations for patients with acute exacerbations of COPD are associated with several adverse patient outcomes as well as with significant health-care costs. Despite many interventions targeted at reducing readmissions following an initial hospitalization, there are few strategies that have been consistently asso...

journal_title：Chest

authors： Freedman N

更新日期：2019-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Thirteen patients with stable airway disease were fed a diet high in carbohydrates, and 35 minutes later metabolic and ventilatory effects were observed. The six patients who did not retain carbon dioxide increased their mean respiratory quotient from 0.86 +/- 0.07 to 1.03 +/- 0.04, their mean minute ventilation from ...

journal_title：Chest

authors： Gieseke T,Gurushanthaiah G,Glauser FL

更新日期：1977-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A patient with systemic artery-to-pulmonary artery fistulae is described. Historically, all therapy of this type of lesion has been surgical. We describe a new mode of treatment, therapeutic embolization, which obviates surgical intervention and its attendant risks. Embolization is an alternative to surgery that shoul...

journal_title：Chest

authors： Wolf DC,Wurtzbacher JJ,Horton J

更新日期：1982-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：STUDY OBJECTIVE:To evaluate the safety and efficacy of additional minocycline pleurodesis after thoracoscopic treatment of primary spontaneous pneumothorax. DESIGN:Retrospective comparative study with a historical control. SETTING:Thoracic surgical division of a university-affiliated tertiary medical center. PATIENT...

journal_title：Chest

authors： Chen JS,Hsu HH,Kuo SW,Tsai PR,Chen RJ,Lee JM,Lee YC

更新日期：2004-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A 57-year-old man with a history of exposure to silica for 32 years presented with pleural thickening of the lower lobe of the left lung and a chronic right-sided pleural effusion without any radiographic evidence of parenchymal nodules in either lung. Light microscopic examination of a left visceral pleural biopsy sp...

journal_title：Chest

authors： Zeren EH,Colby TV,Roggli VL

更新日期：1997-11-05 00:00:00

abstract：:The purpose of this study was to assess the impact of prior cardiac or pulmonary disease upon the utility of ventilation/perfusion (V/Q) scans in the diagnosis of acute pulmonary embolism (PE). Ventilation/perfusion scans were evaluated among 365 patients with no prior cardiac or pulmonary disease and compared to V/Q ...

journal_title：Chest

authors： Stein PD,Coleman RE,Gottschalk A,Saltzman HA,Terrin ML,Weg JG

更新日期：1991-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Successful management of chronic cough has varied in the primary research studies in the reported literature. One of the potential reasons relates to a lack of intervention fidelity to the core elements of the diagnostic and/or therapeutic interventions that were meant to be used by the investigators. METHO...

journal_title：Chest

authors： French CT,Diekemper RL,Irwin RS,Adams TM,Altman KW,Barker AF,Birring SS,Blackhall F,Bolser DC,Boulet LP,Braman SS,Brightling C,Callahan-Lyon P,Canning BJ,Chang AB,Coeytaux R,Cowley T,Davenport P,Diekemper RL,Ebihara

更新日期：2015-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Coronary arteriovenous fistula is an uncommon, although not rare, congenital cardiac malformation, especially in the adult. Most such reported such cases have involved but a single coronary vessel. This report documents the second case of coronary arteriovenous fistulae involving the right and circumflex coronary vess...

journal_title：Chest

authors： Babb JD,Field JM

更新日期：1977-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：STUDY OBJECTIVES:To evaluate the risk factors associated with postoperative respiratory infection in patients undergoing lung cancer surgery, with special emphasis on the perioperative pattern of airway colonization. DESIGN:Prospective cohort study. SETTING:Department of Pneumology and Thoracic Surgery of a tertiary ...

journal_title：Chest

authors： Belda J,Cavalcanti M,Ferrer M,Serra M,Puig de la Bellacasa J,Canalis E,Torres A

更新日期：2005-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：STUDY OBJECTIVES:The purpose of this study was to investigate the test-retest reliability, repeatability, and sensitivity of the modified shuttle test (MST) in adult patients with cystic fibrosis (CF). DESIGN:: Prospective study. SETTING:Adult CF Unit, Belfast City Hospital. PATIENTS:: Adult patients with CF. INTER...

journal_title：Chest

authors： Bradley J,Howard J,Wallace E,Elborn S

更新日期：2000-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Left hemorrhagic pleural effusion was the presenting sign of painless aortic dissecting aneurysm in two elderly hypertensive patients. Computed tomography (CT) of the chest revealed the aneurysmal dilatation of the thoracic aorta and an intimal flap connecting its descending part with the left pleural space. The patie...

journal_title：Chest

authors： Gandelman G,Barzilay N,Krupsky M,Resnitzky P

更新日期：1994-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We evaluated the physiologic effects of pressure support ventilation by nasal route (NPSV) in eight patients with severe stable COPD and chronic hypercapnia who were randomly submitted to 2-h sessions of NPSV both with a portable ventilator (Respironics BIPAP device) and with a standard ventilator (Bird 6400ST device)...

journal_title：Chest

authors： Ambrosino N,Nava S,Bertone P,Fracchia C,Rampulla C

更新日期：1992-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Acetazolamide treatment ameliorates the symptoms of AMS; however, the mechanism by which this occurs is unclear. To examine the effects of acetazolamide on oxygenation, CO2 responsiveness and ventilatory pattern during acute exposure to HA, we studied two groups of subjects at SL and following rapid (less than 8 h) tr...

journal_title：Chest

authors： Burki NK,Khan SA,Hameed MA

更新日期：1992-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：STUDY OBJECTIVE:To validate a noninvasive first-pass radionuclide ventriculographic (FPRV) measurement of maximum cardiac output (Qv) during exercise. DESIGN:Comparison of Qv to that measured by the Fick principle (Qf) at peak exercise. SETTING:Academic cardiopulmonary exercise laboratory. PATIENTS:Seventy-eight con...

journal_title：Chest

authors： Maroni JM,Oelberg DA,Pappagianopoulos P,Boucher CA,Systrom DM

更新日期：1998-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Increased blood lactate concentration (hyperlactatemia) and lactic acidosis (hyperlactatemia and serum pH < 7.35) are common in patients with severe sepsis or septic shock and are associated with significant morbidity and mortality. In some patients, most of the lactate that is produced in shock states is due to inade...

journal_title：Chest

authors： Suetrong B,Walley KR

更新日期：2016-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：STUDY OBJECTIVE:Our objective was to determine if the hemosiderin content of BAL macrophages allows us to draw any differential diagnostic conclusions in a variety of lung diseases. PATIENTS AND STUDY DESIGN:One hundred one patients who underwent BAL for different diagnostic reasons were studied prospectively. MAIN R...

journal_title：Chest

authors： Grebski E,Hess T,Hold G,Speich R,Russi E

更新日期：1992-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：STUDY OBJECTIVES:Strokes and neurocognitive dysfunction have been correlated with cerebral microemboli produced during cardiopulmonary bypass (CPB). The purpose of this study was to determine whether, and to what extent, off-pump coronary artery bypass (OPCAB) reduces the occurrence of cerebral microemboli compared wit...

journal_title：Chest

authors： Bowles BJ,Lee JD,Dang CR,Taoka SN,Johnson EW,Lau EM,Nekomoto K

更新日期：2001-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The effect of combined administration of different dose ratios of dobutamine (DB) and dopamine (DA) (DB/DA ratio of 1:1; 1.5:0.5; 2:0; 0.5:1.5; and 0:2), with the added dose kept constant (10 micrograms/kg/min-20 micrograms/kg/min), on right ventricular function (measured by the thermal washout method with the aid of ...

journal_title：Chest

authors： Imai T,Saitoh K,Kani H,Fujita T,Murata K

更新日期：1992-05-01 00:00:00