Number of lymph nodes harvested from a mediastinal lymphadenectomy: results of the randomized, prospective American College of Surgeons Oncology Group Z0030 trial.

abstract：BACKGROUND:There is an increasing demand for home mechanical ventilation (HMV) in patients with chronic respiratory insufficiency. At present, noninvasive ventilation is exclusively initiated in a clinical setting at all four centers for HMV in the Netherlands. In addition to its high societal costs and patient discomf...

journal_title：Chest

authors： van den Biggelaar RJM,Hazenberg A,Cobben NAM,Gaytant MA,Vermeulen KM,Wijkstra PJ

更新日期：2020-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：STUDY OBJECTIVES:To determine whether the nuclear accumulation of p53 in patients with early bronchial neoplasia represents an altered susceptibility for the development of lung cancer. PATIENTS AND MEASUREMENTS:We evaluated the percentage of cells accumulating nuclear p53 immunohistochemically in squamous cell carcin...

journal_title：Chest

authors： Piyathilake CJ,Frost AR,Manne U,Weiss H,Heimburger DC,Grizzle WE

更新日期：2003-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：STUDY OBJECTIVES:Evidence exists that HIV-seropositive individuals may be at increased risk for the development of precocious pulmonary emphysema. HIV infection is also associated with antioxidant deficiency in both the serum and lungs, and it is therefore possible that increased oxidant stress may contribute to parenc...

journal_title：Chest

authors： Diaz PT,Wewers MD,King M,Wade J,Hart J,Clanton TL

更新日期：2004-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Pneumocystis carinii pneumonia is a frequent manifestation of the acquired immune deficiency syndrome (AIDS). It usually presents radiologically as diffuse bilateral infiltrates and histologically as a foamy, eosinophilic intra-alveolar exudate containing the organisms' cysts. We recently studied two rare cases of P c...

journal_title：Chest

authors： Bleiweiss IJ,Jagirdar JS,Klein MJ,Siegel JL,Krellenstein DJ,Gribetz AR,Strauchen JA

更新日期：1988-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:OSA has emerged as a highly prevalent public health problem that imposes important mid- and long-term consequences, namely cardiovascular, metabolic, cognitive, and cancer-related alterations. OSA is characterized by increased upper airway resistance, alveolar hypoventilation, and recurrent upper airway obstruction du...

journal_title：Chest

authors： Farré N,Farré R,Gozal D

更新日期：2018-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Patients with regionally extensive non-small cell lung cancer (predominantly by virtue of metastases to mediastinal lymph nodes, less commonly by direct extension into the mediastinum) were treated predominantly with chest radiation therapy alone until the early 1980s. At that time, because of the high local recurrenc...

journal_title：Chest

authors： Eagan RT

更新日期：1994-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We report the clinical history, laboratory findings, and imaging features of coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) in a neonate whose mother was also a patient. The newborn was the youngest patient with COVID-19 in the world at the time he was diagnosed. This case has brought more attention and understanding to the epid...

journal_title：Chest

authors： Xiong Y,Zhang Q,Zhao L,Shao J,Zhu W

更新日期：2020-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Eighteen asymptomatic postmenopausal women volunteered to ingest 2 ml of 100-proof vodka per kg of body weight in orange juice on one night and a placebo on another. Overnight sleep monitoring was performed immediately thereafter. Alcohol ingestion caused reduction in total sleep time from 329 to 281 minutes and a dec...

journal_title：Chest

authors： Block AJ,Hellard DW,Slayton PC

更新日期：1985-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The adult respiratory distress syndrome (ARDS) is a devastating clinical illness characterized by refractory hypoxemia and high-permeability pulmonary edema. Reactive oxygen species such as hydrogen peroxide and hypochlorous acid may play a key role in the pathogenesis of the acute lung injury. Glutathione (GSH) is a ...

journal_title：Chest

authors： Pacht ER,Timerman AP,Lykens MG,Merola AJ

更新日期：1991-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：INTRODUCTION:Most experimental studies of orthotopic heart and lung graft failure are complicated by an inability to eliminate the rejection-specific inflammatory mediator from the cardiopulmonary bypass. METHODS:The following model was developed in our laboratory to investigate the feasibility of performing an orthot...

journal_title：Chest

authors： Otaki M,Inoue T,Matsumoto T,Kitayama H,Oku H

更新日期：1999-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We describe a patient with hemodynamic deterioration and worsening mitral regurgitation related to right ventricular apex pacing. Time-dependent changes in papillary muscle contraction as well as ventricular remodeling by right ventricular apex pacing might be responsible for this rare but serious complication. ...

journal_title：Chest

authors： Vanderheyden M,Nellens P,Andries E,Goethals M

更新日期：1998-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：STUDY OBJECTIVES:Community-acquired pneumonia (CAP) is a widespread disease with important implications for health-care systems worldwide. This study investigated direct costs, treatment patterns, and outcomes associated with two patient cohorts hospitalized with CAP. DESIGN:The study design was naturalistic, prospect...

journal_title：Chest

authors： Bauer TT,Welte T,Ernen C,Schlosser BM,Thate-Waschke I,de Zeeuw J,Schultze-Werninghaus G

更新日期：2005-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：STUDY OBJECTIVE:To determine the prevalence of thrombocytopenia in an ICU and assess which factors were associated with thrombocytopenia. DESIGN:A review of the medical records of patients admitted during 3 separate months during 1 academic year. Patients must have survived at least 12 h in the ICU. SETTING:A medical...

journal_title：Chest

authors： Baughman RP,Lower EE,Flessa HC,Tollerud DJ

更新日期：1993-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Cumulative dose response curves to inhaled methacholine were established in 24 "healthy" children of asthmatic parents and 7 healthy children of healthy parents. Atopic children of asthmatic parents demonstrated higher bronchial hyperreactivity (BHR) than nonatopic children. The BHR was about ten times less than in th...

journal_title：Chest

authors： Bruderman I,Cohen R,Schachter J

更新日期：1990-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The benefits of inhaled corticosteroids in the management of COPD are less apparent than they are in asthma therapy, and the potential for adverse systemic effects of high-dose inhaled corticosteroids has been recognized recently. It is therefore essential to know the maximal obtainable benefits in order to ...

journal_title：Chest

authors： Nishimura K,Koyama H,Ikeda A,Tsukino M,Hajiro T,Mishima M,Izumi T

更新日期：1999-01-01 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：BACKGROUND:The Parent Cough-Specific Quality-of-Life questionnaire (PC-QOL) has relevance and clinical utility as a cough-specific QOL measure for pediatric use. Its validity has been demonstrated. This study sought to determine the minimally important difference (MID) for the PC-QOL completed by parents of young child...

journal_title：Chest

authors： Newcombe PA,Sheffield JK,Chang AB

更新日期：2011-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We describe two patients with AIDS who developed new diffuse pulmonary infiltrates during the course of their hospitalization. In both cases, the infiltrates were attributed to pulmonary hemorrhage complicating an existing condition rather than representing a new pulmonary process. Identification of pulmonary hemorrha...

journal_title：Chest

authors： Koziel H,Haley K,Nasser I,Filderman AE

更新日期：1994-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The effect on pulmonary fluid balance of adrenergic receptor agonist agents commonly employed in clinical sepsis has not been well characterized. Therefore, we tested the hypothesis that dobutamine would increase pulmonary microvasular fluid flux in experimental sepsis-induced lung injury. To define the effects of thi...

journal_title：Chest

authors： Gnidec AG,Finley RR,Sibbald WJ

更新日期：1988-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Byssinosis first became compensatable in Great Britain in May 1941. The claimants were examined by a specially constituted board consisting of chest physicians and medical specialists from the Manchester area. Following the Industrial Injuries Act of 1946, which became operative in July 1948, the examinations were tak...

journal_title：Chest

authors： Rooke GB

更新日期：1981-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Central sleep apnea (CSA) is common among patients with heart failure (HF) and is promoted by elevated CO2 chemosensitivity. Left atrial size is a marker of the hemodynamic severity of HF. The aim of this study was to determine if left atrial size predicts chemosensitivity to CO2 and CSA in patients with HF....

journal_title：Chest

authors： Calvin AD,Somers VK,Johnson BD,Scott CG,Olson LJ

更新日期：2014-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Acute pulmonary illness compatible with previously described nitrofurantoin toxicity and requiring hospitalization occurred three times among 16,101 first courses of therapy with nitrofurantoin. One case of fatal pulmonary fibrosis was ascribed to long-term use of nitrofurantoin among 742 observed recipients of ten or...

journal_title：Chest

authors： Jick SS,Jick H,Walker AM,Hunter JR

更新日期：1989-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:To evaluate whether epithelial damage of airways in asthma could be related to diminished levels of the low molecular weight bronchial leukocyte proteinase inhibitor (BLPI) in airways, we determined BLPI in bronchial washings of 13 asthma patients and 13 healthy subjects, using a sensitive enzyme-linked immunoassay. T...

journal_title：Chest

authors： Ochnio JJ,Abboud RT,Lam S,Johal SS,Smith CE,Johnson DA

更新日期：1988-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We compared, in a controlled clinical trial, the effect of specific inspiratory muscle training combined with general exercise reconditioning, for six months, with that of general exercise reconditioning alone on inspiratory muscle strength, endurance, and exercise performance in patients with COPD. Thirty-six patient...

journal_title：Chest

authors： Weiner P,Azgad Y,Ganam R

更新日期：1992-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：STUDY OBJECTIVE:To determine if screening by specialists could reduce unnecessary test ordering and reduce costs related to diagnostic workup in patients undergoing evaluation for tuberculosis. DESIGN:Prospective evaluation of expert opinion in consecutive patients suspected of having tuberculosis. SETTING:A large mu...

journal_title：Chest

authors： Divinagracia RM,Harkin TJ,Bonk S,Schluger NW

更新日期：1998-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Collagenases in bronchoalveolar lavage fluid (BALF) of patients with bronchiectasis and healthy subjects were characterized using specific functional and immunologic assays. The BAL fluid contained interstitial collagenase and collagenolytic proteinases of bacterial origin. Collagenase activities, obtained after organ...

journal_title：Chest

authors： Sepper R,Konttinen YT,Ding Y,Takagi M,Sorsa T

更新日期：1995-06-01 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：OBJECTIVE:We have shown that the administration of 0.8 mg/kg of morphine (M) to patients with COPD resulted in a 20% increase in the maximum oxygen consumption (Vo2max), but was associated with significant drowsiness and euphoria. The objective of the present study was to ascertain whether lower doses of M alone or in ...

journal_title：Chest

authors： Light RW,Stansbury DW,Webster JS

更新日期：1996-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Part 2 of this review of ICU scoring systems examines how scoring system data should be used to assess ICU performance. There often are two different consumers of these data: lCU clinicians and quality leaders who seek to identify opportunities to improve quality of care and operational efficiency, and regulators, pay...

journal_title：Chest

authors： Breslow MJ,Badawi O

更新日期：2012-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In 14 consecutive patients with varying myocardial function, evaluation of the Valsalva maneuver was performed using aortic pulse pressure decay to investigate a possible quantitative relationship between the pattern of response and the degree of myocardial dysfunction. The aortic pulse pressure response during strain...

journal_title：Chest

authors： Bernardi L,Saviolo R,Spodick DH

更新日期：1989-05-01 00:00:00