Treatment of sarcoidosis-associated pulmonary hypertension. A two-center experience.

abstract：BACKGROUND:Among patients awaiting cadaveric lung transplantation, patients with idiopathic interstitial pneumonia (IIP) have been demonstrated to have the highest mortality rate. Contraindications to cadaveric lung transplantation include current high-dose systemic corticosteroid therapy because it may increase airway...

journal_title：Chest

authors： Date H,Tanimoto Y,Goto K,Yamadori I,Aoe M,Sano Y,Shimizu N

更新日期：2005-09-01 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：:The coronary arteriogram of a 52-year-old man with Basedow's disease and who was suffering from myocardial infarction following rapid atrial fibrillation, showed severe myocardial squeezing without organic stenosis. Angiographically, the functional obstructive lesion was always observed both at systole and diastole du...

journal_title：Chest

authors： Endo M,Lee YW,Hayashi H,Wada J

更新日期：1978-03-01 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 explore the causes of sudden and unexpected death in a young and healthy military population, to examine the various patterns of diseases associated with these tragic events, and to investigate the factors found to be associated with this grave outcome. DESIGN:We retrospectively investigated 151 cas...

journal_title：Chest

authors： Amital H,Glikson M,Burstein M,Afek A,Sinnreich R,Weiss Y,Israeli V

更新日期：2004-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Fondaparinux, a selective inhibitor of factor Xa, is the first of a new class of antithrombotic compounds, the synthetic pentasaccharides. Its benefit-to-risk ratio in preventing venous thromboembolism after major orthopedic surgery was investigated in four randomized, double-blind international phase III trials in pa...

journal_title：Chest

authors： Turpie AG,Eriksson BI,Bauer KA,Lassen MR

更新日期：2003-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Antiphospholipid syndrome is an autoimmune disorder characterized by a hypercoagulable state, leading to arterial and venous thrombosis. We present a 23-year-old patient, suspected of having Budd-Chiari syndrome due to antiphospholipid syndrome, who developed severe and progressive hypoxemia, requiring prolonged mecha...

journal_title：Chest

authors： Bunge JJH,Wiersema US,Moelker A,van Bommel J,Tjwa ETTL

更新日期：2014-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:Nonasthmatic eosinophilic bronchitis is a newly recognized cause of chronic cough. Our objective was to review the pathogenesis, natural history, diagnosis, and treatment of this condition. METHODS:The current literature was reviewed using an Ovid MEDLINE and PubMed literature review for all studies publish...

journal_title：Chest

authors： Brightling CE

更新日期：2006-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:It has been suggested that radiation doses due to high-resolution computed tomography (HRCT) of the chest are considerably higher than those from conventional CT. We compared the effective dose (E, mSv) in conventional chest CT (10-mm contiguous slices) and HRCT (1.5-mm slices, gap 10 mm). In our study, the effective ...

journal_title：Chest

authors： van der Bruggen-Bogaarts BA,Broerse JJ,Lammers JW,van Waes PF,Geleijns J

更新日期：1995-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Bosentan, an oral endothelin (ET)-A/ET-B receptor antagonist, is effective in the treatment of pulmonary arterial hypertension. OBJECTIVE:To investigate the safety and efficacy of bosentan therapy in patients with inoperable chronic thromboembolic pulmonary hypertension (CTEPH). DESIGN:Case series. SETTIN...

journal_title：Chest

authors： Bonderman D,Nowotny R,Skoro-Sajer N,Jakowitsch J,Adlbrecht C,Klepetko W,Lang IM

更新日期：2005-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：STUDY OBJECTIVE:To evaluate the antituberculous treatment responsiveness of endobronchial tuberculosis in the different stages of evolution. DESIGN:A prospective study before and after trial with 9 months of antituberculosis chemotherapy without steroid. PATIENTS AND INTERVENTION:One hundred thirty-six endobronchial ...

journal_title：Chest

authors： Kim YH,Kim HT,Lee KS,Uh ST,Cung YT,Park CS

更新日期：1993-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：STUDY OBJECTIVES:The prevalence of gastroesophageal reflux disease (GERD) is higher in people with asthma than in control populations. Predisposing factors for GERD development may include asthma medications such as prednisone. The objective of this study was to determine whether prednisone alters GERD parameters in pe...

journal_title：Chest

authors： Lazenby JP,Guzzo MR,Harding SM,Patterson PE,Johnson LF,Bradley LA

更新日期：2002-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A diagnosis of severe obstructive sleep apnea was made after a 52-year-old hypertensive man developed a large intracranial hemorrhage. Therapeutic noninvasive positive pressure ventilation (NPPV) for obstructive sleep apnea and hypoventilation was complicated by transient unilateral orbital herniation. As best as can ...

journal_title：Chest

authors： Lazowick D,Meyer TJ,Pressman M,Peterson D

更新日期：1998-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Although the cycle ergometer is the traditional mode for exercise testing in patients with respiratory disease, this preference over the treadmill does not consider perceptual responses. Our hypotheses were as follows: (1) the regression slope between breathlessness and oxygen consumption (Vo(2)) is greater ...

journal_title：Chest

authors： Murray JA,Waterman LA,Ward J,Baird JC,Mahler DA

更新日期：2009-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Following an outline that details the pathogens causing community-acquired pneumonia (CAP) identified in studies from Europe, this article reviews the guidelines for the management of CAP in four European countries--France, Italy, Spain, and the United Kingdom. The method behind the development of each document is des...

journal_title：Chest

authors： Woodhead M

更新日期：1998-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:COPD is characterized by chronic inflammation. In vitro and ex vivo observations suggest that this inflammatory response is partially resistant to the effect of corticosteroids and that low-dose theophylline can restore this response via enhancement of histone deacetylase (HDAC) activity. Whether this occurs...

journal_title：Chest

authors： Cosío BG,Shafiek H,Iglesias A,Yanez A,Córdova R,Palou A,Rodriguez-Roisin R,Peces-Barba G,Pascual S,Gea J,Sibila O,Barnes PJ,Agusti A

更新日期：2016-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：STUDY OBJECTIVES:We sought to determine the indicators of asthma severity among children in the United States with high and low levels of tobacco smoke exposure. DESIGN:Cross-sectional study. SETTING:Nationally representative survey of participants in the Third National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey (from 1...

journal_title：Chest

authors： Mannino DM,Homa DM,Redd SC

更新日期：2002-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Propofol, a new intravenous sedative agent, was investigated in 41 asthmatic patients undergoing day-case (outpatient) fiberoptic bronchoscopy. The study design was a randomized comparison between propofol and midazolam, which is a well-established intravenous sedative agent. The age, weight, and American Society of A...

journal_title：Chest

authors： Clarkson K,Power CK,O'Connell F,Pathmakanthan S,Burke CM

更新日期：1993-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A 35-year-old man had a history of recurrent syncope for more than a decade. During a witnessed episode, an ambulatory electrocardiographic recording showed ventricular flutter/fibrillation that lasted for 2 1/2 minutes and terminated spontaneously without adverse neurologic sequelae. No structural heart disease and n...

journal_title：Chest

authors： Masrani K,Cowley C,Bekheit S,el-Sherif N

更新日期：1994-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Data on pulmonary function, with particular reference to flow-volumes, were obtained in 760 normal healthy Indians in Bombay, who had never smoked and who had no symptom or history of cardiorespiratory disease. Prediction equations were derived for spirometric parameters and for maximal expiratory flows. The maximal e...

journal_title：Chest

authors： Udwadia FE,Sunavala JD,Shetye VM,Jain PK

更新日期：1986-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Previously, we have reported in 1990 that 35% of carmustine treated patients (6 of 17) who survived childhood brain tumors died of pulmonary fibrosis between 2 and 13 years after treatment. In addition, 8 patients studied in 1989 (13 to 17 years post treatment), had physiologic and biopsy or radiologic evidence of pul...

journal_title：Chest

authors： O'Driscoll BR,Kalra S,Gattamaneni HR,Woodcock AA

更新日期：1995-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Persisting symptoms, consisting of palpitations, dizziness, or syncope, were found in 49 of 570 consecutively followed patients (8.6 percent) with permanent pacemakers (PM). Among 540 patients with ventricular PM, 19 had syncope and 24 dizziness; among 30 patients with dual-chamber PM, five had palpitations and one di...

journal_title：Chest

authors： Hoffman A,Jost M,Pfisterer M,Burkart F,Burckhardt D

更新日期：1984-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The antisynthetase syndrome consists of interstitial lung disease (ILD), arthritis, myositis, fever, mechanic's hands, and Raynaud phenomenon in the presence of an antisynthetase autoantibody, most commonly anti-Jo-1. It is believed that all the antisynthetases are associated with a similar clinical profile,...

journal_title：Chest

authors： Kalluri M,Sahn SA,Oddis CV,Gharib SL,Christopher-Stine L,Danoff SK,Casciola-Rosen L,Hong G,Dellaripa PF,Highland KB

更新日期：2009-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A 69-year-old woman was referred for asthenia and dizziness when walking in the last two months. No clinical abnormalities were found, and sinus rhythm was present when lying down. On orthostatism and walking, advanced AV block developed. Atropine and isoproterenol ameliorated the AV conduction abnormality, suggesting...

journal_title：Chest

authors： Reig J,Domingo E,Reguant J,Corrons J

更新日期：1992-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Considerable heterogeneity persists in the conduct and reporting of statistical analyses in the medical literature. Authors submitting manuscripts to CHEST are encouraged to adhere to the following guidelines where possible. ...

journal_title：Chest

authors： Kattan MW,Vickers AJ

更新日期：2020-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Some of the challenges in the delivery of high-quality end-of-life care in the ICU include the variability in the characteristics of patients with certain illnesses and the practice of critical care by different specialties. METHODS:We examined whether ICU attending specialty was associated with quality of ...

journal_title：Chest

authors： Kross EK,Engelberg RA,Downey L,Cuschieri J,Hallman MR,Longstreth WT Jr,Tirschwell DL,Curtis JR

更新日期：2014-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This study describes an unusual patient with X-linked Alport syndrome (XLAS) in whom diffuse alveolar hemorrhage (DAH) developed as a complication of alemtuzumab therapy following renal transplantation. A 26-year-old man with XLAS underwent retransplantation with a cadaveric renal allograft. He received alemtuzumab th...

journal_title：Chest

authors： Sachdeva A,Matuschak GM

更新日期：2008-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Lung cancer, the most prevalent cancer in the western world, is predominantly caused by smoking and thus perceived as a "self-inflicted" disease. Nevertheless, only 20% of smokers develop lung cancer. This review examines the concept of high-risk populations and screening. It looks at developments in the molecular epi...

journal_title：Chest

authors： Smyth JF

更新日期：1996-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We describe the case of a lung transplant patient with primary graft failure and an emphysematous native lung, who displayed different respiratory rates between the transplanted lung and the native lung. Inflation of the native lung delayed the next inspiratory effort relative to inflation of the denervated transplant...

journal_title：Chest

authors： Officer TM,Wheeler DR,Frost AE,Rodarte JR

更新日期：2001-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A 35-year-old male homosexual, a former intravenous drug abuser, was found to be human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) positive in 1984. He developed AIDS in 1987 and began treatment with zidovudine in 1989. One year later he developed left apical pleural blebs, a pneumothorax and an exudative pleural effusion. A maligna...

journal_title：Chest

authors： Behling CA,Wolf PL,Haghighi P

更新日期：1993-04-01 00:00:00