Exhaled nitric oxide in pulmonary diseases: a comprehensive review.

abstract：:Oxygen therapy is an integral part of the treatment of critically ill patients. Maintenance of adequate oxygen delivery to vital organs often requires the administration of supplemental oxygen, sometimes at high concentrations. Although oxygen therapy is lifesaving, it may be associated with deleterious effects when a...

journal_title：Chest

authors： Budinger GRS,Mutlu GM

更新日期：2013-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Symptom-limited supine bicycle exercise with radionuclide angiography was performed on 11 patients with severe mitral regurgitation (who were not receiving vasodilators), to assess changes in left ventricular volume, regurgitant fraction, forward flow and regurgitant flow during exercise. All patients were in normal s...

journal_title：Chest

authors： Lavie CJ,Lam JB,Gibbons RJ

更新日期：1989-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Obstructive sleep apnea syndrome (OSAS) has been linked to resistant hypertension, but the magnitude of this association and its independence of confounding have not been established. METHODS:Case patients were 63 patients with resistant hypertension (BP >or= 140/90 mm Hg using at least three BP-lowering dr...

journal_title：Chest

authors： Gonçalves SC,Martinez D,Gus M,de Abreu-Silva EO,Bertoluci C,Dutra I,Branchi T,Moreira LB,Fuchs SC,de Oliveira AC,Fuchs FD

更新日期：2007-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：STUDY OBJECTIVE:This prospective study was performed in an attempt to evaluate (1) the rate of magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) demonstrating bone marrow (BM) abnormalities, (2) the correlation of these abnormalities with a pathologic malignant BM involvement, and (3) the possible modification of patients' usual diseas...

journal_title：Chest

authors： Milleron BJ,Le Breton C,Carette MF,Cadranel JL,Akoun GM

更新日期：1994-10-01 00:00:00

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：BACKGROUND:Bronchoscopic microsampling (BMS) is a method in which a device consisting of a wire with a polyester probe at the tip is used to collect bronchial epithelial lining fluid with bronchoscopy. In this study, we bacteriologically investigated sample collection using BMS to incorporate BMS into diagnosis of resp...

journal_title：Chest

authors： Sasabayashi M,Yamazaki Y,Tsushima K,Hatayama O,Okabe T

更新日期：2007-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We conducted a prospective study to determine the effectiveness of protected bronchoalveolar lavage (PBAL) in diagnosing pneumonia in ventilated patients and the usefulness of bronchoscopic data in treating ventilated patients. Entrance criteria were (1) fever and a new or progressive infiltrate on chest roentgenogram...

journal_title：Chest

authors： Meduri GU,Wunderink RG,Leeper KV,Beals DH

更新日期：1992-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Antemortem diagnosis of a perforated MV aneurysm by Doppler echocardiography, as well as two-dimensional echocardiography (2-DE), has not been reported. Herein we present such a case. ...

journal_title：Chest

authors： Chua SO,Chiang CW,Lee YS,Chang CH,Hung JS

更新日期：1990-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Superior vena caval (SVC) syndrome may be caused by extravascular compression or intravascular obstruction. Knowing the mechanism of SVC syndrome enables the physician to choose appropriate treatment. Transesophageal echocardiography (TEE) is a safe bedside procedure that is excellent for evaluating the SVC and its su...

journal_title：Chest

authors： Ayala K,Chandrasekaran K,Karalis DG,Parris TM,Ross JJ Jr

更新日期：1992-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A growing number of drugs, including a number of alkylating agents, have been implicated as the cause of pulmonary diseases. A patient with chronic myelogenous leukemia presented with typical cytology, biopsy, and roentgenologic findings of lung toxicity after only six weeks of therapy with busulfan. There was subsequ...

journal_title：Chest

authors： Hankins DG,Sanders S,MacDonald FM,Drage CW

更新日期：1978-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：STUDY OBJECTIVES:The management of stable patients with COPD depends on the severity of symptoms and airflow limitation. Regarding inflammation, corticosteroids are the only medications that are recommended for use, and only under restricted circumstances. Corticosteroids tend to undertreat or overtreat patients with C...

journal_title：Chest

authors： Perng DW,Huang HY,Chen HM,Lee YC,Perng RP

更新日期：2004-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：STUDY OBJECTIVES:The findings from conventional imaging modalities, such as chest CT, are frequently unreliable in patients with lung cancer. This study was designed to compare the relative diagnostic accuracies and utility of the two most widely used functional imaging examinations, F-18-2-fluoro-2-deoxyglucose (FDG) ...

journal_title：Chest

authors： Kahn D,Menda Y,Kernstine K,Bushnell D,McLaughlin K,Miller S,Berbaum K

更新日期：2004-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:In California, state law now prohibits smoking in most public places. We examined the prevalence and short-term health impact of environmental tobacco smoke (ETS) exposure during travel among adults with asthma. DESIGN, SETTING, AND PARTICIPANTS:A cohort of 374 nonsmoking adults with asthma recruited from a...

journal_title：Chest

authors： Eisner MD,Blanc PD

更新日期：2002-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:To investigate the time course and the relation to prognosis of coagulation and fibrinolytic abnormalities in patients with septic shock. PATIENTS AND METHODS:Forty-eight consecutive patients admitted to the medical ICU with the diagnosis of septic shock (diagnosed by defined criteria) were studied. Mortali...

journal_title：Chest

authors： Lorente JA,García-Frade LJ,Landín L,de Pablo R,Torrado C,Renes E,García-Avello A

更新日期：1993-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Targeted temperature management (TTM) has been investigated experimentally and used clinically for over 100 years. The initial rationale for the clinical application of TTM, historically referred to as therapeutic hypothermia, was to decrease the metabolic rate, allowing the injured brain time to heal. Subsequent rese...

journal_title：Chest

authors： Perman SM,Goyal M,Neumar RW,Topjian AA,Gaieski DF

更新日期：2014-02-01 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：STUDY OBJECTIVES:To examine the effect of patient body mass index (BMI) on outcome in intensive care. DESIGN:In a prospective study, the patients were classified into groups based on the calculated BMI, as follows: BMI < 19.0 (n = 350), > or = 19.0 and < 25.0 (n = 663), > or = 25.0 and < 29.9 (n = 585), > or = 30.0 an...

journal_title：Chest

authors： Ray DE,Matchett SC,Baker K,Wasser T,Young MJ

更新日期：2005-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Combination chemotherapy has dramatically improved the prognosis of patients with intermediate and high grade histologic subtypes of non-Hodgkin's lymphomas. Treatment-related complications, however, are considerable, and a common problem encountered is respiratory distress or respiratory insufficiency. Usually these ...

journal_title：Chest

authors： Glenn LD,Armitage JO,Goldsmith JC,Sorensen S,Howe D,Weisenberger DD

更新日期：1988-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Health-care workers are concerned about the risk of acquiring contagious diseases such as severe acute respiratory syndrome and avian influenza after recent outbreaks. We studied exhaled air and particle dispersion through an oronasal mask attached to a human-patient simulator (HPS) during noninvasive positi...

journal_title：Chest

authors： Hui DS,Hall SD,Chan MT,Chow BK,Tsou JY,Joynt GM,Sullivan CE,Sung JJ

更新日期：2006-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Among patients hospitalized for community-acquired pneumonia (CAP), the risk factors for short-term hospital readmission after discharge are unknown. METHODS:We conducted a prospective observational study of 1,117 patients who had been discharged alive after hospitalization for CAP. We collected variables a...

journal_title：Chest

authors： Capelastegui A,España Yandiola PP,Quintana JM,Bilbao A,Diez R,Pascual S,Pulido E,Egurrola M

更新日期：2009-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Irwin and co-workers have designed an anatomic approach to the diagnosis and treatment of cough. In their hands, diagnosis was consistently determined and treatment successful almost without exception, if sustained. We reviewed the results of a similar approach in 139 consecutive and unselected patients referred to pu...

journal_title：Chest

authors： Poe RH,Harder RV,Israel RH,Kallay MC

更新日期：1989-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:The epigenetic basis for human asthma is not well studied, particularly among older adults. This study investigated the methylation profiles in sputum DNA among older adults with asthma, using a population of smokers. METHODS:This was a cross-sectional study using the Lovelace Smokers Cohort, a population of...

journal_title：Chest

authors： Sood A,Petersen H,Blanchette CM,Meek P,Picchi MA,Belinsky SA,Tesfaigzi Y

更新日期：2012-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The ability of mixed venous oxygen saturation (SvO2) monitoring to reflect changes in cardiac index (CI) with therapy in critically ill patients is unclear. To this end, SvO2 and CI were measured before and during an infusion of enoximone and/or dobutamine in 30 patients with advanced heart failure. A nonlinear relati...

journal_title：Chest

authors： Jain A,Shroff SG,Janicki JS,Reddy HK,Weber KT

更新日期：1991-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Angiogenesis is a prerequisite for airway remodeling in bronchial asthma. Several factors may play important roles in inflammation and angiogenesis through effects on inflammatory cell infiltration or neovascularization. OBJECTIVES:(1) To determine the levels of vascular endothelial growth factor (VEGF) and...

journal_title：Chest

authors： Abdel-Rahman AM,el-Sahrigy SA,Bakr SI

更新日期：2006-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A review of the largest observational studies on post-ICU weaning from prolonged mechanical ventilation yields evidence that more than half of such patients can be successfully liberated from mechanical ventilation. Success is likely to fall within a 3-month window, with late successes and partial ventilator independe...

journal_title：Chest

authors： Scheinhorn DJ,Chao DC,Hassenpflug MS,Gracey DR

更新日期：2001-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Pathologic obstruction of the proximal lumen and secondary atrophy of the media of the peripheral small pulmonary arteries were absolute operative contraindications in cases of VSD and/or PDA with severe pulmonary hypertension. Such patients who were operated on died with no decrease in pulmonary arterial pressure. Th...

journal_title：Chest

authors： Yamaki S,Mohri H,Haneda K,Endo M,Akimoto H

更新日期：1989-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Cardiac and pulmonary disease are so closely interrelated that it is often difficult to determine in young infants which is the primary offender. As illustrated in these case reports, failure to recognize the true nature of the disease process may lead to unnecessary procedures and delays which can be life-threatening...

journal_title：Chest

authors： Moss AJ,McDonald LV

更新日期：1977-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：STUDY OBJECTIVES:To determine the impact on survival and clinical correlates of pulmonary hypertension (PH) occurring in patients with idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis (IPF). DESIGN:Retrospective study. SETTING:Tertiary care, referral medical center. PATIENTS:Among 487 consecutive patients with IPF, we identified 136 p...

journal_title：Chest

authors： Nadrous HF,Pellikka PA,Krowka MJ,Swanson KL,Chaowalit N,Decker PA,Ryu JH

更新日期：2005-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Previous studies on the bronchodilating effect of nitrates yielded conflicting results. We hypothesized that the concomitant bronchial vasodilatation induced by nitrates may limit the increase of airway patency due to bronchial smooth muscle relaxation. To test this hypothesis, we evaluated the bronchodilating effect ...

journal_title：Chest

authors： Rolla G,Bucca C,Brussino L

更新日期：1995-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A renewed interest in the clinical and pathogenic aspects of COPD exacerbation is timely in view of national and global COPD initiatives. The three big problems regarding COPD continue to be the following: prevention of the disease; slowing progression of the disease once diagnosis has been established; and prevention...

journal_title：Chest

authors： Voelkel NF,Tuder R

更新日期：2000-05-01 00:00:00