The value of portable chest roentgenography in adult respiratory distress syndrome. Comparison with computed tomography.

abstract：:Six patients with hemoptysis were treated by endobronchial sealing, with n-butyl cyanoacrylate, of the bleeding segment or subsegment. There was an immediate arrest of bleeding without any recurrence for a mean follow-up period of 127 (+/- 67.17) days. Endobronchial sealing appears to be an effective method of managin...

journal_title：Chest

authors： Bhattacharyya P,Dutta A,Samanta AN,Chowdhury SR

更新日期：2002-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:To assess the prognostic significance of myocardial contractile reserve in patients with idiopathic dilated cardiomyopathy (DCM) without overt heart failure (New York Heart Association functional class I or II), seventy-one patients underwent exercise radionuclide angiography in addition to clinical, radiographic, hem...

journal_title：Chest

authors： Nagaoka H,Isobe N,Kubota S,Iizuka T,Imai S,Suzuki T,Nagai R

更新日期：1997-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A 79-year-old woman in the course of a syncope evaluation is shown to have a trazodone-related cardiac arrhythmia confirmed by drug rechallenge. This nontricyclic antidepressant should be considered as potentially arrhythmogenic despite its generally favorable cardiovascular profile. ...

journal_title：Chest

authors： Vitullo RN,Wharton JM,Allen NB,Pritchett EL

更新日期：1990-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Patients with spinal muscle atrophy (SMA) who survive to adulthood experience a slow, continuous loss of motor function but typically have a normal life expectancy. These patients, however, require vigilance on the part of their health-care providers to reverse treatable disorders to maintain a satisfactory quality of...

journal_title：Chest

authors： Puruckherr M,Mehta JB,Girish MR,Byrd RP Jr,Roy TM

更新日期：2004-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:To minimize work of breathing, airway pressure should not fluctuate during spontaneous breathing with continuous positive airway pressure (CPAP). However, flow resistance in the inspiratory limb of the breathing circuit and an inadequate continuous gas flow rate result in airway pressure fluctuation and increased work...

journal_title：Chest

authors： Banner MJ,Downs JB,Kirby RR,Smith RA,Boysen PG,Lampotang S

更新日期：1988-04-01 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：:The incidence of congenital heart disease is approximately 8/1,000 live births and appears to be constant around the world. The currently accepted paradigm for the development of pulmonary vascular disease associated with congenital heart disease maintains that increased pulmonary blood flow and pressure trigger unfav...

journal_title：Chest

authors： Adatia I,Kothari SS,Feinstein JA

更新日期：2010-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In a double-blind crossover controlled study, intravenous (IV) or nebulized terbutaline was given to eight patients with moderately severe asthma on two separate days. Four incremental doses of terbutaline were given by each route to establish a maximal effect. Both routes of administration produced significant increa...

journal_title：Chest

authors： Pierce RJ,Payne CR,Williams SJ,Denison DM,Clark TJ

更新日期：1981-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A 53-year-old woman without any risk factors for coronary artery disease was found to have a congenital intrathoracic left ventricular diverticulum with a narrow long connection to the left ventricular cavity. Coronary angiography revealed normal coronary arteries. The diverticulum was resected and showed three normal...

journal_title：Chest

authors： Suilen C,Friedli B,Rutishauser W

更新日期：1990-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A 21-year follow-up after tricuspid valve replacement (TVR) with a Starr-Edwards caged-ball prosthesis in a ten-year old boy is described. TVR is performed for Ebstein's anomaly, with strict indications in childhood. Despite the current preference for bioprostheses, good performance can be expected from the Starr-Edwa...

journal_title：Chest

authors： Di Lello F,Flemma RJ,Mullen DC,Kleinman LH,Werner PH

更新日期：1988-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Beginning in July 1977, cold potassium-induced cardioplegia has been used in 60 consecutive patients undergoing correction of congenital heart defects in whom the aorta was cross clamped. Ages ranged from 4 weeks to 18 years (mean 5.8 years); 40 percent were less than 24 months of age. Surgery included correction of v...

journal_title：Chest

authors： Crawford FA Jr,Barnes TY,Heath BJ

更新日期：1980-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：STUDY OBJECTIVES:Although videothoracoscopic (VTS) resection of Masaoka stage I thymoma has been reported to be a less invasive method than open thoracotomy and to achieve a comparable surgical outcome, the usefulness of this method in the treatment of stage II thymoma has not yet been prospectively evaluated. We there...

journal_title：Chest

authors： Cheng YJ,Kao EL,Chou SH

更新日期：2005-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Long-term oxygen is the only therapy that has been shown to improve survival in patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease. The aim of this study was to assess the predictors of survival in such patients treated with long-term oxygen therapy. We studied 179 patients who were assessed for long-term oxygen ther...

journal_title：Chest

authors： Skwarski K,MacNee W,Wraith PK,Sliwinski P,Zielinski J

更新日期：1991-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：STUDY OBJECTIVE:This study aimed to determine the differences between ciliary beat frequencies of respiratory ciliated cells from peripheral bronchioles and from proximal bronchi in humans. DESIGN:Measurements were made from resected lungs. Ciliated cells were harvested by brushing the mucosa of each site immediately ...

journal_title：Chest

authors： Clary-Meinesz C,Mouroux J,Huitorel P,Cosson J,Schoevaert D,Blaive B

更新日期：1997-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:There is significant heterogeneity within the primary graft dysfunction (PGD) syndrome. We aimed to identify distinct grade 3 PGD phenotypes based on severity of lung dysfunction and patterns of resolution. METHODS:Subjects from the Lung Transplant Outcomes Group (LTOG) cohort study with grade 3 PGD within ...

journal_title：Chest

authors： Shah RJ,Diamond JM,Cantu E,Lee JC,Lederer DJ,Lama VN,Orens J,Weinacker A,Wilkes DS,Bhorade S,Wille KM,Ware LB,Palmer SM,Crespo M,Localio AR,Demissie E,Kawut SM,Bellamy SL,Christie JD

更新日期：2013-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To determine the risk of acquiring ventilator-associated pneumonia (VAP) and the impact on costs when extending ventilator circuit change intervals beyond 2 days to 7 and 30 days. DESIGN:Prospective 4-year review of mechanically ventilated patients. SETTING:The respiratory and medical ICUs of an 800-bed ter...

journal_title：Chest

authors： Fink JB,Krause SA,Barrett L,Schaaff D,Alex CG

更新日期：1998-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A 39-year-old woman presented with recurrent acute illness, characterized by high-grade fever, pleuritic chest pain, and unilateral nodular infiltrate on chest radiograph. During the follow-up period, there were six similar episodes, each starting 2 to 3 days prior to her menstrual period and resolving within 5 to 10 ...

journal_title：Chest

authors： Yigla M,Ben-Itzhak O,Solomonov A,Guralnik L,Oren I

更新日期：2000-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Auditors in Medicare overpayment or False Claims Act (FCA) cases often use statistical extrapolation to estimate a health-care provider's total liability from a small sample of audited claims. Courts treat statistical extrapolation differently depending on the context. They generally afford the government substantial ...

journal_title：Chest

authors： Salcido R,Rubin E

更新日期：2016-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The mid-portion of the maximal expiratory flow-volume (MEFV) curve is often described by values of the mean forced expired flow as lung volume decreases from 75% to 25% of vital capacity (ie, forced expiratory flow, midexpiratory phase [FEF(25-75)]). It is common practice to report also forced expired flow a...

journal_title：Chest

authors： Bar-Yishay E,Amirav I,Goldberg S

更新日期：2003-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:The measurement of esophageal pressure (Pes) is the conventional method for the evaluation of the forces applied to the respiratory system by the respiratory muscles. As an alternative to Pes measurement, we propose the calculation of the instantaneous net pressure applied by the respiratory muscles [Pmusc(t)...

journal_title：Chest

authors： Iotti GA,Braschi A,Brunner JX,Palo A,Olivei MC

更新日期：1995-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The tendency toward "either/or" thinking (either cure or comfort) in traditional biomedical care paradigms does little to optimize care in advancing chronic illness. Calls for improved palliation in chronic lung disease mandate a review of related care gaps and current clinical practices. Although specialist palliativ...

journal_title：Chest

authors： Rocker GM,Simpson AC,Horton R

更新日期：2015-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The severity of pulmonary hypertension was evaluated by right cardiac catheterization in 89 patients with stable chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, both at rest and during maximum treadmill exercise. Thirty-one patients were found to have pulmonary hypertension at rest, defined as a mean pulmonary arterial pressur...

journal_title：Chest

authors： Keller CA,Shepard JW Jr,Chun DS,Vasquez P,Dolan GF

更新日期：1986-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The practice of treating a solitary pulmonary nodule (SPN) suspicious for stage I non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC) with stereotactic ablative radiotherapy (SABR) in the absence of pathology is growing. In the absence of randomized evidence, the appropriate prior probability threshold of lung cancer of when...

journal_title：Chest

authors： Louie AV,Senan S,Patel P,Ferket BS,Lagerwaard FJ,Rodrigues GB,Salama JK,Kelsey C,Palma DA,Hunink MG

更新日期：2014-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：STUDY OBJECTIVES:To compare upper airway collapsibility during sleep between patients with upper airway resistance syndrome (UARS), normal subjects, and patients with obstructive sleep apnea/hypopnea syndrome (OSA/H). DESIGN:A descriptive study of a series of clinical patients and a cohort of normal control subjects. ...

journal_title：Chest

authors： Gold AR,Marcus CL,Dipalo F,Gold MS

更新日期：2002-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Peak exercise oxygen consumption (peak VO2), which is considered an indicator of prognosis in advanced heart failure, is currently being used as a major criterion in many centers for the selection of candidates for heart transplantation. Available studies suggest that patients with peak VO2 < 14 mL/min/kg ha...

journal_title：Chest

authors： Ramos-Barbón D,Fitchett D,Gibbons WJ,Latter DA,Levy RD

更新日期：1999-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Pneumocystis carinii pneumonia (PCP) is the most common pulmonary complication of AIDS and is typically diagnosed by the identification of P carinii organisms in sputum, bronchoalveolar lavage fluid, or tissue obtained with transbronchial biopsy. We describe two HIV-seropositive patients with pleural effusions in whom...

journal_title：Chest

authors： Schaumberg TH,Schnapp LM,Taylor KG,Golden JA

更新日期：1993-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Despite increasing knowledge about partial liquid ventilation (PLV), the optimal dose of perfluorocarbon (PFC) is not yet established. Because there exist normal regions in the lung with ARDS and because PLV in the normal lung results in worsened gas exchange, we postulated that the optimal dose of PFC for P...

journal_title：Chest

authors： Lim CM,Koh Y,Jung BO,Lee SD,Kim WS,Kim DS,Kim WD

更新日期：2000-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The relationship between coffee consumption and the prevalence of bronchial asthma has been evaluated using data from the 1983 Italian National Health Survey, based on 72,284 individuals aged over 15 years randomly selected within strata of geographic area, size of the place of residence and of the household in order ...

journal_title：Chest

authors： Pagano R,Negri E,Decarli A,La Vecchia C

更新日期：1988-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:To evaluate the morbidity associated with obstructve sleep apnea syndrome (OSAS), we undertook a seven-year follow-up study of 198 OSAS patients seen between 1972 and 1980. The patients had been submitted to tracheostomy (71 patients) or had received a weight-loss recommendation (127 patients). Despite a lower mean ap...

journal_title：Chest

authors： Partinen M,Guilleminault C

更新日期：1990-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Parietal pleural plaque is a well-recognized sign of exposure to asbestos. Visceral pleural involvement is an uncommon manifestation, and calcified visceral pleural plaques are rare. Those reported have been in the minor fissure and inferior major fissure. We describe a unique calcified plaque in the superior major fi...

journal_title：Chest

authors： Rupp SB,Jolles H

更新日期：1989-12-01 00:00:00