Monitoring the effect of CPAP on left ventricular function using continuous mixed-blood saturation.

abstract：:Hyperinflation with intrinsic positive end-expiratory pressure (PEEPi) loads the respiratory muscles and causes dyspnea in obstructive lung disease. Continuous positive airway pressure (CPAP) has shown some efficacy in reducing inspiratory work and dyspnea. However, in obstructive lung disease, inspiratory work and dy...

journal_title：Chest

authors： Fessler HE,Brower RG,Permutt S

更新日期：1995-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Cardiac tamponade, a potentially lethal complication following cardiac surgery, may present either early or late postoperatively and may be difficult to diagnose due to atypical clinical, hemodynamic, or echocardiographic findings. To determine the frequency and clinical features of postoperative cardiac tamponade, we...

journal_title：Chest

authors： Russo AM,O'Connor WH,Waxman HL

更新日期：1993-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：STUDY OBJECTIVE:s: To analyze the perception of sexual content (PSC) of tobacco advertisements and its potential impact on the process of smoking in adolescents. DESIGN, PARTICIPANTS, AND SETTING:A questionnaire was administered to 1,186 adolescents at the National Institute of Respiratory Diseases in Mexico City to d...

journal_title：Chest

authors： Sansores RH,Giraldo-Buitrago G,Reddy C,Ramírez-Venegas A

更新日期：2002-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Lung scans with technetium sulfur colloid were performed in ten patients with life-threatening hemoptysis and nondiagnostic chest roentgenograms. Localized deposition of radionuclide was demonstrated in five of the six patients who were studied during active bleeding. These abnormalities were confirmed bronchoscopical...

journal_title：Chest

authors： Haponik EF,Rothfeld B,Britt EJ,Bleecker ER

更新日期：1984-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：STUDY OBJECTIVE:To evaluate renal and vasodilator effects of synthetic atrial natriuretic factor (ANF) in patients undergoing cardiopulmonary bypass (CPB) with special reference to the applicability of ANF as a diuretic and natriuretic. DESIGN:The study consisted of two parts. The first 15 consecutive patients in a un...

journal_title：Chest

authors： Hynynen M,Palojoki R,Heinonen J,Tikkanen I,Harjula AL,Fyhrquist F

更新日期：1991-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：STUDY OBJECTIVES:We sought to compare catheter studies using a right ventricular ejection fraction (REF) catheter together with echocardiography and MRI in patients with pulmonary hypertension. PATIENTS AND METHODS:We compared hemodynamic findings, echocardiography, and MRI studies in 16 patients with pulmonary hypert...

journal_title：Chest

authors： Hoeper MM,Tongers J,Leppert A,Baus S,Maier R,Lotz J

更新日期：2001-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Augmentation therapy with pooled human plasma-derived alpha(1)-antitrypsin (AAT) has been shown to have biochemical efficacy in restoring serum AAT levels above the protective threshold. Also, clinical efficacy has been suggested. OBJECTIVE:To evaluate the bioequivalence of a new solvent detergent-treated p...

journal_title：Chest

authors： Stoller JK,Rouhani F,Brantly M,Shahin S,Dweik RA,Stocks JM,Clausen J,Campbell E,Norton F

更新日期：2002-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:As an aid in the differential diagnosis of exudative pleural effusions, tumor markers were investigated. We measured immunosuppressive acidic protein (IAP), carbohydrate antigen 19-9 (CA 19-9), tissue polypeptide antigen (TPA), carcinoembryonic antigen (CEA), adenosine deaminase (ADA), and alpha 1-acid glycoprotein (A...

journal_title：Chest

authors： Niwa Y,Kishimoto H,Shimokata K

更新日期：1985-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSES:To evaluate the safety of inferior vena cava (IVC) filter retrieval in therapeutically anticoagulated patients in comparison to prophylactically or not therapeutically anticoagulated patients with respect to retrieval-related hemorrhagic complications. MATERIALS AND METHODS:This was a retrospective study of 1...

journal_title：Chest

authors： Hoppe H,Kaufman JA,Barton RE,Petersen BD,Lakin PC,Deloughery TG,Irani Z,Yavuz K,Keller FS

更新日期：2007-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Indirect evidence from airway pressure recordings in mechanically ventilated patients suggests that the diaphragm exhibits contractile activity beyond that required to trigger a ventilator-assisted breath. We used the diaphragmatic EMG to provide direct evidence of persistent contractile activity and studied the effec...

journal_title：Chest

authors： Flick GR,Bellamy PE,Simmons DH

更新日期：1989-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：STUDY OBJECTIVES:To determine the cause of pulmonary hypertension (PH) in systemic sclerosis (SSc) patients since PH can occur because of pulmonary arteriopathy, pulmonary parenchymal destruction, and left ventricular cardiac dysfunction. DESIGN AND SETTING:Consecutive case series in a university hospital. PATIENTS:N...

journal_title：Chest

authors： Strange C,Bolster M,Mazur J,Taylor M,Gossage JR,Silver R

更新日期：2000-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This report describes a patient with right lower lung (RLL) pneumonia of a subacute nature. Sputum and bronchial washings both grew N asteroides. Open lung biopsy showed bronchiolitis obliterans. Both the clinical and radiologic picture dramatically improved during three weeks of treatment with trimethoprim and sulfam...

journal_title：Chest

authors： Camp M,Mehta JB,Whitson M

更新日期：1987-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A 64-year-old woman with ovarian carcinoma that had been treated with high-dose chemotherapy and autologous bone marrow transplantation presented with a maculopapular rash on the extremities and miliary infiltrates evident on chest roentgenogram. Transbronchial biopsy specimens revealed caseating granulomas, and cultu...

journal_title：Chest

authors： Peters EJ,Morice R

更新日期：1991-11-01 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：:Interstitial pneumonitis in children is a rare and poorly understood disease. Controversy exists as to whether the varoius histologic changes encountered represent different disease or a spectrum of the same disease. Fourteen biopsy-confirmed cases of desquamative interstitial pneumonitis in children were seen at the ...

journal_title：Chest

authors： Stillwell PC,Norris DG,O'Connell EJ,Rosenow EC 3rd,Weiland LH,Harrison EG Jr

更新日期：1980-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To determine the degree to which bioactive penicillin, metronidazole, ceftriaxone, clindamycin, vancomycin, and gentamicin penetrate into empyemic pleural fluid using our new rabbit model of empyema. METHODS:An empyema was created via the intrapleural injection of 10(8)()Pasteurella multocida bacteria into t...

journal_title：Chest

authors： Teixeira LR,Sasse SA,Villarino MA,Nguyen T,Mulligan ME,Light RW

更新日期：2000-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We reviewed results of 78 diagnostic thoracoscopic examinations of patients with lung cancer and homolateral pleural effusion. The study stresses the main locations of pleural metastasis in cases of lung cancer and correlates these data with the pleural spread from extrathoracic primary neoplasms. Also pointed out is ...

journal_title：Chest

authors： Cantó A,Ferrer G,Romagosa V,Moya J,Bernat R

更新日期：1985-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Previous meta-analyses of pulmonary arterial hypertension (PAH)-specific therapy for PAH pooled PAH-specific combination therapy and monotherapy. This flaw may threaten the authenticity of their findings. METHODS:PubMed, Embase, and the Cochrane Library were searched for randomized controlled trials that ev...

journal_title：Chest

authors： Liu HL,Chen XY,Li JR,Su SW,Ding T,Shi CX,Jiang YF,Zhu ZN

更新日期：2016-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Two patients were treated for AIDS-associated bilateral pneumothoraces which persisted despite prolonged chest tube drainage. Heimlich flutter valves were used to facilitate the outpatient management of these patients. ...

journal_title：Chest

authors： Driver AG,Peden JG,Adams HG,Rumley RL

更新日期：1991-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The efficacy of a new pharmacologic agent for asthma, in this instance the leukotriene receptor antagonist montelukast, is determined in controlled trials in research subjects. The utility of a new drug is determined by multiple uncontrollable factors in individual patients. OBJECTIVE:To assess the utility ...

journal_title：Chest

authors： Mathison DA,Koziol JA

更新日期：2002-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：STUDY OBJECTIVES:The aim of this study was to develop an acute asthma index for utilization in the early differentiation between patients with poor and good therapeutic response in the emergency department (ED) setting. SETTING:The ED of a large tertiary-care hospital in Montevideo, Uruguay. PATIENTS AND DESIGN:The s...

journal_title：Chest

authors： Rodrigo G,Rodrigo C

更新日期：1998-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Tobacco smoking during pregnancy is the most important modifiable risk factor for adverse pregnancy outcomes and long-term health complications for mother and baby. Tobacco use during pregnancy has decreased in high-income countries but not in Indigenous women in Australia, New Zealand, the United States, and Canada. ...

journal_title：Chest

authors： Gould GS,Lim LL,Mattes J

更新日期：2017-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Serum levels of a high molecular weight circulating antigen KL-6, detected by means of a sandwich assay using a monoclonal antibody KL-6 against a sialylated carbohydrate antigen, were evaluated for usefulness in monitoring the activity of interstitial pneumonitis. Abnormally high levels of KL-6 antigen were observed ...

journal_title：Chest

authors： Kohno N,Kyoizumi S,Awaya Y,Fukuhara H,Yamakido M,Akiyama M

更新日期：1989-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The current epidemic of acquired immune deficiency syndrome (AIDS) raises numerous public policy concerns for the medical community. The issues can be divided into two groups. Those concerns which require both immediate action and results are referred to as short-term issues. Those issues whose results will not be for...

journal_title：Chest

authors： Panem S

更新日期：1984-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：STUDY OBJECTIVES:Anastomotic leakage after esophagectomy is associated with high postoperative morbidity and mortality. The most important predisposing factors for anastomotic leaks are ischemia of the gastric conduit and low blood oxygen content. The aim of this study was to evaluate the influence of thoracic epidural...

journal_title：Chest

authors： Michelet P,D'Journo XB,Roch A,Papazian L,Ragni J,Thomas P,Auffray JP

更新日期：2005-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The relationship between gastroesophageal reflux disease (GERD) and idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis (IPF) is controversial. Current guidelines recommend that clinicians use regular antacid treatment, while two recent meta-analyses of antacid therapy in IPF were inconclusive. The objective of this study was to ...

journal_title：Chest

authors： Bédard Méthot D,Leblanc É,Lacasse Y

更新日期：2019-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Chemical sclerosis of the pleural space is used to prevent recurrence of spontaneous pneumothorax. To test whether sclerosis restricts diaphragmatic excursion, we measured diaphragmatic excursion by ultrasonography in subjects with unilateral pleural sclerosis and compared it with diaphragmatic excursions in normal su...

journal_title：Chest

authors： Loring SH,Kurachek SC,Wohl ME

更新日期：1989-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Using recently published data, a nomogram was constructed to estimate the likelihood of asthma following methacholine challenge. Based on Bayes' theorem, the nomogram makes use of the sensitivity and specificity of methacholine challenge to calculate the post-test probability of asthma once the physician makes a deter...

journal_title：Chest

authors： Gilbert R,Auchincloss JH Jr

更新日期：1990-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Induced sputum cytology and protein biomarkers can be used to assess airways inflammation. Increases in sputum iron have been described in inflammatory lung disease. We hypothesized that other sputum metals may be affected by airways inflammation and investigated their potential value as biomarkers. METHODS...

journal_title：Chest

authors： Gray RD,Duncan A,Noble D,Imrie M,O'Reilly DS,Innes JA,Porteous DJ,Greening AP,Boyd AC

更新日期：2010-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Airway inflammation is important in the development and progression of asthma. Activation of inflammatory cells induces a respiratory burst resulting in the production of reactive oxygen species, such as H(2)O(2). The aim of this study was to measure the concentration of H(2)O(2) in exhaled breath condensate...

journal_title：Chest

authors： Emelyanov A,Fedoseev G,Abulimity A,Rudinski K,Fedoulov A,Karabanov A,Barnes PJ

更新日期：2001-10-01 00:00:00