Predictors of survival in patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease treated with long-term oxygen therapy.

abstract：STUDY OBJECTIVES:To determine whether the quantitative evaluation of hemomediastinum using transesophageal echocardiography (TEE) is predictive of the presence of a traumatic disruption of the thoracic aorta (TDA) or its branches in patients who have sustained severe blunt chest trauma. DESIGN:Retrospective study. SE...

journal_title：Chest

authors： Vignon P,Rambaud G,François B,Preux PM,Lang RM,Gastinne H

更新日期：1998-06-01 00:00:00

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：:Allergy prick skin testing was performed on 137 newly diagnosed patients with primary lung cancer and 137 age-(+/- 3 years) and sex-matched randomly selected control subjects. We also compared 38 patients with lung cancer and 38 of their closest in age, same-sex siblings. Demographic data, personal, medical, smoking a...

journal_title：Chest

authors： McDuffie HH,Cockcroft DW,Talebi Z,Klaassen DJ,Dosman JA

更新日期：1988-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Burnout syndrome is an increasingly common phenomenon that threatens our critical care workforce and the well-being of its members. Burnout syndrome can be conceived of as a workforce manifestation of chronic workload and workforce capacity imbalance. This study explores the role of workload management tools that can ...

journal_title：Chest

authors： Lilly CM,Cucchi E,Marshall N,Katz A

更新日期：2019-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This report describes a patient who developed pulmonary hypertension 6 years after lung transplantation for primary pulmonary hypertension (PPH). Evaluation with right heart catheterization followed by pulmonary angiography, however, demonstrated that the pulmonary hypertension was secondary to an anastomotic narrowin...

journal_title：Chest

authors： Soriano CM,Gaine SP,Conte JV,Fairman RP,White C,Rubin LJ

更新日期：1999-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：STUDY OBJECTIVES:Precise epidemiologic data regarding nontuberculous mycobacterial (NTM) lung infection in many Asian countries have been relatively unavailable. In order to determine the clinical significance of NTM isolated from respiratory specimens, we reviewed medical records from all patients from whom NTM isolat...

journal_title：Chest

authors： Koh WJ,Kwon OJ,Jeon K,Kim TS,Lee KS,Park YK,Bai GH

更新日期：2006-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A patient's tolerance of fiberoptic bronchoscopy depends on the effectiveness of local anesthesia. This study compares the three different methods of local anesthesia in common use After sedation, patients (n = 53) received either 4 ml of 2.5 percent cocaine by intratracheal injection (TI) (n = 18), by bronchoscopic i...

journal_title：Chest

authors： Graham DR,Hay JG,Clague J,Nisar M,Earis JE

更新日期：1992-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Hyperlipemia in an acyanotic patient with diabetic ketoacidosis, alcoholism, and pancreatitis produced a falsely elevated concentration of methemoglobin (19 percent) and a lower-than-expected oxygen saturation measured with an automated spectrophotometer (IL-282 CO-Oximeter). In addition, there was a "normal" hemoglob...

journal_title：Chest

authors： Spurzem JR,Bonekat HW,Shigeoka JW

更新日期：1984-07-01 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：:Although nearly 3,000 e-cigarette-related hospitalizations have been reported in North America, the long-term outcomes in these patients have not been described. We followed an 18-year-old boy who survived acute critical illness and respiratory failure related to 5 months of e-cigarette use. Chronic irreversible airfl...

journal_title：Chest

authors： Eddy RL,Serajeddini H,Knipping D,Landman ST,Bosma KJ,Mackenzie CA,Dhaliwal I,Parraga G

更新日期：2020-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Amphiregulin, a member of the epidermal growth factor family, has been shown to promote the growth of fibroblasts, to be associated with the T-helper type 2 cell adaptive immune response, and to up-regulate mucin gene expression. We aimed to determine whether sputum amphiregulin is expressed at elevated leve...

journal_title：Chest

authors： Kim KW,Jee HM,Park YH,Choi BS,Sohn MH,Kim KE

更新日期：2009-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：AIM OF STUDY:To evaluate patient profiles, diagnostic approaches, and treatment strategies in patients with lymph node tuberculosis. METHODS:Demographic data, diagnostic findings, and therapies were retrospectively analyzed in 60 patients with lymph node tuberculosis who were hospitalized between 1992 and 1999. RESUL...

journal_title：Chest

authors： Geldmacher H,Taube C,Kroeger C,Magnussen H,Kirsten DK

更新日期：2002-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To investigate the associations of maternal and grandmaternal smoking before, during, and after pregnancy with childhood asthma. DESIGN, SETTING, AND PARTICIPANTS:We conducted a case-control study nested within the Children's Health Study in southern California. The case patients consisted of 338 children wi...

journal_title：Chest

authors： Li YF,Langholz B,Salam MT,Gilliland FD

更新日期：2005-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We describe the Ca2+ movements in smooth muscle cells at rest and during activation and relaxation as deduced from transplasmalemmal Ca2+ fluxes and contractile respnses. The general picture which emerges is: the resting cell has a [Ca2+]cyt below 10(-7) M and large gradients are poised across both the cell membrane a...

journal_title：Chest

authors： van Breemen C,Aaronson P,Loutzenhiser R,Meisheri K

更新日期：1980-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Clinically apparent involvement of the nervous system occurs in a relatively small number of patients with sarcoidosis. The diagnosis of neurosarcoidosis is often difficult and particularly so in patients who lack either pulmonary or systemic manifestations of sarcoidosis. Furthermore, clinical features of neurosarcoi...

journal_title：Chest

authors： Sharma OP

更新日期：1997-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：STUDY OBJECTIVES:Gastroesophageal reflux disease (GERD) and asthma are common causes for consultation in primary care, but the relationship between the two remains unclear. The aim of our study was to investigate the temporal relationship between first diagnoses of GERD and asthma in general practice. METHODS:We used ...

journal_title：Chest

authors： Ruigómez A,Rodríguez LA,Wallander MA,Johansson S,Thomas M,Price D

更新日期：2005-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Twenty-eight patients developed severe, progressive acute respiratory insufficiency despite aggressive application of conventional respiratory therapy. Application of increased PEEP (18 torr or greater) resulted in a significant decrease in QA/QT. Selection of the optimal levle of PEEP for each patient required seria...

journal_title：Chest

authors： Kirby RR,Downs JB,Civetta JM,Modell JH,Dannemiller FJ,Klein EF,Hodges M

更新日期：1975-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Work-related symptoms and disability due to respiratory disease are common and costly among working-age adults. To investigate this problem, we analyzed data on respiratory symptoms related to the workplace and occupational disability from the European Community Respiratory Health Survey (ECRHS). METHODS:Th...

journal_title：Chest

authors： Blanc PD,Burney P,Janson C,Torén K

更新日期：2003-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We report an individual with limb-girdle muscular dystrophy who has devised a way to assist her respiration by using her hands braced against the tray of her wheelchair. Utilizing this method, she was able to increase her tidal volume (VT) and lower her respiratory rate compared to unassisted spontaneous breathing, th...

journal_title：Chest

authors： Stone AC,Nolan S,Abu-Hijleh M,McCool D,Hill NS

更新日期：2003-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A noninvasive radionuclide study of the paradoxical pulse in pericardial effusion is described. The study shows complementary changes of the right and left ventricular ejection fractions in a patient with paradoxical pulse, supporting the theory that the inspiratory reduction of the left ventricular stroke volume is a...

journal_title：Chest

authors： Yeh EL

更新日期：1978-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We present a case of successfully resected alpha-fetoprotein (AFP)-producing primary lung cancer. AFP in the serum decreased from 289 ng/ml to an undetectable level after a curative operation. The resected tumor was stained positively by the immunohistochemical study for AFP. The histologic appearance of the tumor was...

journal_title：Chest

authors： Saka H,Sakai S,Kondo N,Ito M,Shimokata K

更新日期：1988-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：STUDY OBJECTIVES:To evaluate the accuracy and practicality of the Apnea Risk Evaluation System (ARES; Advanced Brain Monitoring; Carlsbad, CA), a limited-channel system for diagnosing sleep apnea/hypopnea in the home. DESIGN:Prospective randomized study with blinded analysis. SETTINGS:Two independent, community-based...

journal_title：Chest

authors： Westbrook PR,Levendowski DJ,Cvetinovic M,Zavora T,Velimirovic V,Henninger D,Nicholson D

更新日期：2005-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Identification of sleep-disordered breathing (SDB) using questionnaires is critical from a clinical and research perspective. However, which questions to use and how well such questionnaires perform has thus far been fraught with substantial uncertainty. We aimed at delineating the usefulness of a set of que...

journal_title：Chest

authors： Spruyt K,Gozal D

更新日期：2012-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Uterine life is arguably the most critical time in developmental programming, when environmental exposures may have the greatest potential to influence evolving fetal structure and function. There has been substantial progress in understanding the epigenetic mechanisms through which environmental exposures can permane...

journal_title：Chest

authors： Martino D,Prescott S

更新日期：2011-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Pancreaticopleural fistula secondary to chronic pancreatitis is a rare cause of recurrent pleural effusion. The demonstration of the fistula with endoscopic retrograde pancreatography and CT is invasive or limited. We report in two patients the use of magnetic resonance pancreatography as a noninvasive alternative to ...

journal_title：Chest

authors： Materne R,Vranckx P,Pauls C,Coche EE,Deprez P,Van Beers BE

更新日期：2000-03-01 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:Pulmonary aspiration is an important recognized cause of ARDS. Better characterization of patients who aspirate may allow identification of potential risks for aspiration that could be used in future studies to mitigate the occurrence of aspiration and its devastating complications. METHODS:We conducted a s...

journal_title：Chest

authors： Lee A,Festic E,Park PK,Raghavendran K,Dabbagh O,Adesanya A,Gajic O,Bartz RR,United States Critical Illness and Injury Trials Group.

更新日期：2014-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Two patients receiving positive pressure ventilation experienced marked gaseous abdominal distension. Analysis of gases from the stomach, ventilator, and room air suggested that the gastric gases came from the ventilator in one patient. The diagnosis of tracheoesophageal fistula was confirmed by esophagoscopy. Analysi...

journal_title：Chest

authors： Kovitz KL,Siebens A,Brower RG

更新日期：1993-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Typical pulmonary carcinoid tumors often present as proximal endobronchial masses discovered during the evaluation of cough and/or hemoptysis. We present a case of a carcinoid tumor that presented with spontaneous partial expectoration. A review of the literature revealed 16 cases of expectoration of fragments from va...

journal_title：Chest

authors： Kelly WF,Crawley EA,Vick DJ,Hurwitz KM

更新日期：1999-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The cause of bleeding in a patient with recurrent massive hemoptysis was not apparent after bronchoscopy and gross examination of the lobectomy specimen. Histologic submission of all major bronchi uncovered dilated, tortuous bronchial arteries just below the bronchial mucosa with sites of both current and healing arte...

journal_title：Chest

authors： Spark RP,Sobonya RE,Armbruster RJ,Marco JD,Rotkis TC

更新日期：1991-02-01 00:00:00