Osteoprotegerin in sputum is a potential biomarker in COPD.

abstract：STUDY OBJECTIVES:Anastomotic leakage after esophagectomy is associated with high postoperative morbidity and mortality. The most important predisposing factors for anastomotic leaks are ischemia of the gastric conduit and low blood oxygen content. The aim of this study was to evaluate the influence of thoracic epidural...

journal_title：Chest

authors： Michelet P,D'Journo XB,Roch A,Papazian L,Ragni J,Thomas P,Auffray JP

更新日期：2005-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The preponderance of evidence indicates that high airway pressure is not by itself injurious to the lung. Rather, overdistention of the lung appears to be the fundamental mechanism underlying VALI. The physician must bear in mind the factors (ie, flow-resistive pressure losses, respiratory muscle activity, and abnorma...

journal_title：Chest

authors： Manning HL

更新日期：1994-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Increased expression of the human epididymis protein 4 (HE4) was previously described in lung biopsy samples from patients with cystic fibrosis (CF). It remains unknown, however, whether serum HE4 concentrations are elevated in CF. METHODS:Seventy-seven children with CF from six Hungarian CF centers and 57 ...

journal_title：Chest

authors： Nagy B Jr,Nagy B,Fila L,Clarke LA,Gönczy F,Bede O,Nagy D,Újhelyi R,Szabó Á,Anghelyi A,Major M,Bene Z,Fejes Z,Antal-Szalmás P,Bhattoa HP,Balla G,Kappelmayer J,Amaral MD,Macek M Jr,Balogh I

更新日期：2016-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A 51-year-old man developed fever, cough, and dyspnea 5 days after completing murine monoclonal anti-CD3 antibody (OKT3) treatment for acute cardiac allograft rejection. Samples of BAL fluid grew influenza A virus. Progressive pulmonary infiltrates, respiratory compromise, and hypoxia developed, and the patient ultima...

journal_title：Chest

authors： Embrey RP,Geist LJ

更新日期：1995-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Between November, 1965 and June, 1970, 175 patients underwent mitral valve replacement with the Smeloff-Cutter prosthesis (109 patients) or the toroidal valve (66 patients). The early mortality for patients with a toroidal mitral prosthesis was 18.2 percent (12 patients) and the late mortality 34.8 percent (23 patient...

journal_title：Chest

authors： Rees JR,Holswade GR,Carlson RG,Subramanian VA,Murphy TE,Lillehei CW

更新日期：1977-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The diagnostic yields with transbronchial needle aspiration (TBNA) for mediastinal nodes are highly variable. Nodal positions, as assessed on a breath-hold conventional CT scan, do not account for nodal motion. We studied nodal motion on four-dimensional (4D) CT scans. METHODS:A total of 47 mediastinal node...

journal_title：Chest

authors： Piet AH,Lagerwaard FJ,Kunst PW,van Sörnsen de Koste JR,Slotman BJ,Senan S

更新日期：2007-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：STUDY OBJECTIVE:Factors influencing diastolic filling of the left ventricle may serve as critical determinants of both maximal cardiac output and oxygen uptake. This study was conducted to assess diastolic filling dynamics of the left ventricle during progressive upright cycle exercise in children. METHODS:Twelve boys...

journal_title：Chest

authors： Rowland T,Mannie E,Gawle L

更新日期：2001-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Hypothalamic-pituitary-adrenal function in a well-defined, carefully selected group of 25 patients with extrinsic asthma was assessed by measuring plasma levels of adrenocorticotropic hormone (ACTH) and of 11-deoxycorticol after administration of metyrapone and by measuring the level of cortisol following stimulation ...

journal_title：Chest

authors： Morrish DW,Sproule BJ,Aaron TH,Outhet D,Crockford PM

更新日期：1979-02-01 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：:The spontaneous variability of arterial blood gas and pH values (ABGs) was examined in a group of 28 typical stable medical ICU patients under a variety of ventilatory conditions. In each patient, 13 ABG specimens were measured at 5-min intervals during a 1-h study period using a new bedside, extravascular fluorescent...

journal_title：Chest

authors： Sasse SA,Chen PA,Mahutte CK

更新日期：1994-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A 66-year-old man with a history of COPD and Aspergillus fumigatus infection developed massive hemoptysis. Pulmonary artery angiography revealed an aneurysm which was successfully treated with coil embolization. This is the first known report of a pulmonary artery aneurysm causing massive hemoptysis in a patient with ...

journal_title：Chest

authors： Bowler RP,Durham J,Schwarz MI

更新日期：1998-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Elevated cardiac troponin levels have been shown to be associated with adverse outcomes in patients with acute pulmonary embolism (PE). However, few data address the management implications of undetectable cardiac troponin I (cTnI) using a highly sensitive assay. We hypothesized that undetectable cTnI predic...

journal_title：Chest

authors： Hakemi EU,Alyousef T,Dang G,Hakmei J,Doukky R

更新日期：2015-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A 17-year-old girl with primary pulmonary hypertension was treated with longterm administration of oxygen. Oxygen was delivered only at night for eight hours daily. Her clinical status has been improved for more than 17 months. Cardiac catheterization revealed almost 50 percent reduction of pulmonary vascular resistan...

journal_title：Chest

authors： Nagasaka Y,Akutsu H,Lee YS,Fujimoto S,Chikamori J

更新日期：1978-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Hypertrophic cardiomyopathy (HCM) is a common genetic disease that may cause left ventricular outflow tract (LVOT) obstruction, heart failure, and sudden death. Recent studies have shown a high prevalence of OSA among patients with HCM. Because the hemodynamics in patients with LVOT obstruction are unstable ...

journal_title：Chest

authors： Nerbass FB,Salemi VMC,Pedrosa RP,Portilho NP,Ferreira-Filho JCA,Moriya HT,Antunes MO,Arteaga-Fernández E,Drager LF,Lorenzi-Filho G

更新日期：2016-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：CASE PRESENTATION:A man in his 20s presented to the ED after several months of progressive dyspnea, dry cough, and night sweats. He had no chest pain, fevers, weight loss, or sick contacts. He was previously healthy and took no medications. Social history was notable for 5 pack-years of tobacco use. The patient was sex...

journal_title：Chest

authors： Sonnick MA,Weisman S,Borczuk AC,Turetz ML

更新日期：2019-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：STUDY OBJECTIVES:Nasal polyps frequently appear in patients with cystic fibrosis (CF). The aims of this study were to focus on what problems (symptoms, endoscopic findings, and laboratory correlates) nasal polyps cause the CF patient, and how these correlate to the total health situation of this patient group. PATIENT...

journal_title：Chest

authors： Henriksson G,Westrin KM,Karpati F,Wikström AC,Stierna P,Hjelte L

更新日期：2002-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：STUDY OBJECTIVES:To assess exercise tolerance and determine the distinct role of cardiac, respiratory, or peripheral factors on it after delayed surgical repair in patients with tetralogy of Fallot. DESIGN:The aerobic exercise capacity of 15 adult patients (mean [+/- SD] age, 21 +/- 6; age range, 9 to 30 years) underg...

journal_title：Chest

authors： Ercisli M,Vural KM,Gokkaya KN,Koseoglu F,Tufekcioglu O,Sener E,Tasdemir O

更新日期：2005-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:In adult patients, the consistent use of language to describe dyspnea enhances patient-provider communication and contributes to diagnostic and therapeutic decisions. The objective of this research was to determine whether pediatric patients similarly display consistency in the language used to describe "unc...

journal_title：Chest

authors： Harver A,Schwartzstein RM,Kotses H,Humphries CT,Schmaling KB,Mullin ML

更新日期：2011-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A group of 14 patients with mitral valve prolapse syndrome was referred for coronary angiographic study. The group was selected on the basis that all members had recurrent chest pain as their chief complaint and all had interpreted their chest pain as serious enough to warrant at lest two previous emergency visits to ...

journal_title：Chest

authors： Mautner RK,Katz GE,Iteld BJ,Phillips JH

更新日期：1981-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Postoperative cardiac tamponade due to localized compression of the atria occurred in a 64-year-old man after aortic valve replacement and repair of an ascending aortic dissection. The clinical findings were subtle and the echocardiographic findings were unusual. Color Doppler flow imaging assisted in making the diagn...

journal_title：Chest

authors： Otto CM,McKeown PP,Pearlman AS

更新日期：1990-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：STUDY OBJECTIVE:Childhood exposure to environmental tobacco smoke (ETS) adversely affects dynamic spirometric indexes as a result of combined early life (including in utero) and current exposure to parental smoking. The aim of our study was to investigate the effect of ETS on lung function and to identify the most sens...

journal_title：Chest

authors： Rizzi M,Sergi M,Andreoli A,Pecis M,Bruschi C,Fanfulla F

更新日期：2004-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：STUDY OBJECTIVES:To describe the health-related quality of life (HRQL) and mental health of persons with sarcoidosis, as well as to assess physician-patient agreement about the presence of sarcoidosis symptoms. DESIGN AND SETTING:Cross-sectional study at three university medical center outpatient pulmonary clinics. P...

journal_title：Chest

authors： Cox CE,Donohue JF,Brown CD,Kataria YP,Judson MA

更新日期：2004-03-01 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：:To evaluate whether increased airway reactivity affected the course of patients with cystic fibrosis (CF), we categorized 40 CF patients as to methacholine sensitivity and then evaluated their disease activity and natural history. Twenty methacholine reactors had more severe lung disease (lower S-K clinical scores and...

journal_title：Chest

authors： Eggleston PA,Rosenstein BJ,Stackhouse CM,Alexander MF

更新日期：1988-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Three young men died of rapidly progressive pulmonary edema of delayed onset after inhalation of fumes from an accidental nitric acid explosion. Electron microscopy revealed altered neutrophils and necrotic endothelial cells in alveolar capillaries. Immunohistochemistry showed small and large serum proteins, including...

journal_title：Chest

authors： Hajela R,Janigan DT,Landrigan PL,Boudreau SF,Sebastian S

更新日期：1990-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Early-life stress is becoming an important determinant of immune system programming. Maternal prenatal distress is found to be associated with atopic disease in offspring but the separate effects of postnatal distress are not well-studied. RESEARCH QUESTION:Does the likelihood of asthma and atopic dermatiti...

journal_title：Chest

authors： van der Leek AP,Bahreinian S,Chartier M,Dahl ME,Azad MB,Brownell MD,Kozyrskyj AL

更新日期：2020-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Many lung transplant programs employ lengthy regimens of IV ganciclovir therapy to prevent disease due to cytomegalovirus (CMV). In 1994, we introduced a regimen of delayed ganciclovir prophylaxis for CMV infection. This consisted of 2 weeks of IV ganciclovir therapy, initiated 3 to 4 weeks after transplanta...

journal_title：Chest

authors： Brumble LM,Milstone AP,Loyd JE,Ely EW,Pierson RN 3rd,Gautam S,Dummer JS

更新日期：2002-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Endobronchial tuberculosis, while relatively common before the advent of effective antituberculosis chemotherapy, is seldom recognized now. Four patients with what appeared to be primary tuberculosis complicated by endobronchial spread were recently seen by us. Three of the four patients presented with anterior segmen...

journal_title：Chest

authors： Matthews JI,Matarese SL,Carpenter JL

更新日期：1984-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Upper airway edema might contribute to pharyngeal collapsibility and account for the high prevalence of obstructive sleep apnea (OSA) in patients with heart disease. The aim of this study was to evaluate if intensive unloading with diuretics improves sleep-disordered breathing and increases pharyngeal calibe...

journal_title：Chest

authors： Bucca CB,Brussino L,Battisti A,Mutani R,Rolla G,Mangiardi L,Cicolin A

更新日期：2007-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:To determine the prevalence and significance of pericardial abnormalities in systemic sclerosis (SSc)-related interstitial lung disease (ILD). METHODS:Retrospective study of 41 subjects with SSc-related ILD who underwent evaluation including thoracic high-resolution CT (HRCT) imaging, transthoracic echocard...

journal_title：Chest

authors： Fischer A,Misumi S,Curran-Everett D,Meehan RT,Ulrich SK,Swigris JJ,Frankel SK,Cosgrove GP,Lynch DA,Brown KK

更新日期：2007-04-01 00:00:00