Epigenetics and prenatal influences on asthma and allergic airways disease.

abstract：:Liposarcoma is rare in children and rarely occurs in the posterior mediastinum in any age group. A massive intrathoracic tumor in a 17-year-old young man was a diagnostic dilemma; preoperative radiographic evaluation and biopsy led us to believe it was a teratoma. At operation, a poorly differentiated myxoid liposarco...

journal_title：Chest

authors： Mikkilineni RS,Bhat S,Cheng AW,Prevosti LG

更新日期：1994-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：STUDY OBJECTIVES:To determine the selective vasodilatory effects of two inhaled "NONOate" aerosols in a closed chest pig model of acute pulmonary hypertension (APH). METHODS:APH was induced by IV infusion of the prostaglandin H(2)/thromboxane A(2) receptor agonist (U46619). Aerosolized diethylenetriamine nitric oxide ...

journal_title：Chest

authors： Lam CF,van Heerden PV,Ilett KF,Caterina P,Filion P

更新日期：2003-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The role of thoracic radiation therapy in the management of limited-stage small cell lung cancer (SCLC) is reviewed. Although chest irradiation has been used to treat SCLC for over four decades, its standard role in the management of limited-stage disease was established only during the last decade. Multiple prospecti...

journal_title：Chest

authors： Kumar P

更新日期：1997-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：STUDY OBJECTIVES:Acute exposure to the air in swine confinement units causes bronchial hyperresponsiveness and inflammation of the airways. This study was performed to assess the longitudinal development of bronchial responsiveness in pig farmers and to establish exposure-response relationships. METHODS:A cohort of 17...

journal_title：Chest

authors： Vogelzang PF,van der Gulden JW,Folgering H,Heederik D,Tielen MJ,van Schayck CP

更新日期：2000-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：STUDY OBJECTIVES:To assess the effectiveness of pulse oximetry and radioisotope measurement of right-to-left (R-L) shunt for the early detection of pulmonary arteriovenous malformations (PAVMs) in patients with hereditary hemorrhagic telangiectasia (HHT). DESIGN:Patients with HHT had serial measurements of the followi...

journal_title：Chest

authors： Thompson RD,Jackson J,Peters AM,Doré CJ,Hughes JM

更新日期：1999-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：STUDY OBJECTIVES:To evaluate the intraoperative evolution of patients with COPD during lung resection and to test whether exercise testing could be helpful in the prediction of the intraoperative course. DESIGN:Prospective study. SETTING:University teaching hospital. PATIENTS:Forty patients (mean [+/- SD] age, 65 +/...

journal_title：Chest

authors： Ribas J,Jiménez MJ,Barberà JA,Roca J,Gomar C,Canalís E,Rodriguez-Roisin R

更新日期：2001-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：STUDY OBJECTIVES:Although percutaneous transluminal coronary angioplasty (PTCA) is known to have beneficial effects on exercise capacity, its effects on the cardiovascular response during the onset of exercise have not been clarified. The present study was undertaken to determine the effects of PTCA on the kinetics of ...

journal_title：Chest

authors： Adachi H,Koike A,Niwa A,Sato A,Takamoto T,Marumo F,Hiroe M

更新日期：2000-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To assess the incidence of pseudomonal infection, colonization, and inflammation in the allograft of lung transplant recipients with cystic fibrosis (CF) as compared with recipients with other end-stage lung disease. DESIGN:Retrospective review. SETTING:University medical center transplant service. PATIENT...

journal_title：Chest

authors： Nunley DR,Grgurich W,Iacono AT,Yousem S,Ohori NP,Keenan RJ,Dauber JH

更新日期：1998-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This report describes the cross-sectional echocardiographic features of a left ventricular diverticulum. The echocardiographic findings are illustrated and discussed in relation to the diagnostic capabilities of this noninvasive imaging technique. ...

journal_title：Chest

authors： Estevez CM,Weyman AE,Feigenbaum H

更新日期：1976-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We carried out a medical and environmental survey to evaluate respiratory disease at two tungsten carbide (TC) production plants. The study population of 290 subjects (19.2 percent of the total work force) was chosen to focus on those with the greatest potential exposures to cobalt, a binding agent which is probably t...

journal_title：Chest

authors： Sprince NL,Chamberlin RI,Hales CA,Weber AL,Kazemi H

更新日期：1984-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A case is reported of 38-year-old woman with chest pain attributed to a left lung sarcoidosis mass. The mass failed to diminish and symptoms failed to resolve with systemic corticosteroid therapy. CT-guided direct intralesional transthoracic injection of dexamethasone resulted in resolution of the patient's symptoms a...

journal_title：Chest

authors： Judson MA,Uflacker R

更新日期：2001-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Important alterations in respiratory function have been observed after open cholecystectomy. These include a decrease in the abdominal tidal volume, forced vital capacity, and forced expiratory volume at 1 s. Laparoscopic cholecystectomy is a new procedure allowing removal of the gallbladder without a subcostal or mid...

journal_title：Chest

authors： Shulman SM,Chuter T,Weissman C

更新日期：1993-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Heart rate and the variability of the heart rate, indices of autonomic control, were studied during sleep in an infant with prolonged Q-T interval (Romano-Ward syndrome) and were compared to the heart rate and variability of heart rate in 18 normal infants studied at monthly intervals during the first four months of l...

journal_title：Chest

authors： Leistner HL,Haddad GG,Lai TL,Mellins RB

更新日期：1983-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Transient left ventricular (LV) dysfunction syndrome, or Tako-tsubo syndrome, occurs following intense emotional or physical stress and simulates the clinical presentation of an acute myocardial infarction. We report a case of a 77-year-old man with esophageal adenocarcinoma with local invasion of the central airways ...

journal_title：Chest

authors： Guerrero J,Majid A,Ernst A

更新日期：2009-01-01 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：: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：:Acute hypoxemia produces opposite effects on the pulmonary and systemic vascular resistance. To assess the influence of acute hypoxemia on cardiac murmurs, 36 patients with a single valvular or congenital heart lesion were studied. As expected from these hemodynamic effects, right-sided regurgitant type murmurs increa...

journal_title：Chest

authors： Curiel R,Tortoledo F,Rodriguez L,Soto R,Perez-Gonzalez J

更新日期：1982-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Recent studies have suggested that vasodilators may acutely improve pulmonary hemodynamics in patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease and cor pulmonale, but the effects of long-term therapy have not been assessed. We evaluated the hemodynamic and gas exchange effects of nitrendipine, a calcium channel bloc...

journal_title：Chest

authors： Rubin LJ,Moser K

更新日期：1986-01-01 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：:A prospective study of 129 consecutive thoracocentesis in 86 patients at a university medical center evaluated the clinical value, complications, and patient experience with thoracocentesis. Pleural fluid analysis in conjunction with the clinical presentation placed 78 pleural fluids into diagnostic categories: defini...

journal_title：Chest

authors： Collins TR,Sahn SA

更新日期：1987-06-01 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：:Before and after percutaneous transvenous mitral commissurotomy (PTMC), pulmonary function studies were performed in 25 patients with mitral stenosis, in order to determine the effects of pulmonary hemodynamics on pulmonary function in patients with mitral stenosis. After PTMC, dramatic improvements in pulmonary hemod...

journal_title：Chest

authors： Yoshioka T,Nakanishi N,Okubo S,Kunieda T,Ishikura F,Nagata S

更新日期：1990-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：STUDY OBJECTIVE:Data on the prevalence of myocarditis in children are limited. Autopsy studies have shown that myocarditis is often undiagnosed. We attempted to investigate the clinical features of asymptomatic myocarditis in four schoolchildren detected during a mass ECG screening in schoolchildren. DESIGN AND SETTIN...

journal_title：Chest

authors： Nakagawa M,Sato A,Okagawa H,Kondo M,Okuno M,Takamatsu T

更新日期：1999-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Bronchial stump fistula occurred on the seventh postoperative day in a 45-year-old man who underwent right pneumonectomy for T2N2M0 adenocarcinoma of the lung. It was attributable to ventilator-related barotrauma during treatment of ARDS from multiple pulmonary emboli. A frequently lethal complication, its presentatio...

journal_title：Chest

authors： Pomerantz AH,Derasari MD,Sethi SS,Khan S

更新日期：1988-03-01 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:Community-acquired methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (CA-MRSA) has been documented to cause community-acquired pneumonias (CAP), notable for necrotizing features. The frequency of occurrence, risk factors, and optimal treatment of CA-MRSA CAP are unclear. METHODS:This was a retrospective analysis ...

journal_title：Chest

authors： Lobo LJ,Reed KD,Wunderink RG

更新日期：2010-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Every country has finite resources that are expended to provide citizens with social "goods," including education, protection, infrastructure, and health care. Rationing-of any resource-refers to distribution of an allotted amount and may involve withholding some goods that would benefit some citizens. Health-care rat...

journal_title：Chest

authors： Evans TW,Nava S,Mata GV,Guidet B,Estenssoro E,Fowler R,Scheunemann LP,White D,Manthous CA

更新日期：2011-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Tobacco smoke is a major risk factor in the development of COPD. Secondhand smoke (SHS) exposure is a known risk factor in asthma, bronchitis, and coronary artery disease. Elastin is a recognized target for injury in COPD, and the amino acids desmosine and isodesmosine (D/I), which are specific for elastin d...

journal_title：Chest

authors： Slowik N,Ma S,He J,Lin YY,Soldin OP,Robbins RA,Turino GM

更新日期：2011-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Asthma therapy is typically prescribed and titrated based on patient or parent self-report of symptoms. No longitudinal studies have assessed the relationship between symptoms and severe asthma exacerbations in children. The goal of our study was (1) to assess the association of asthma symptoms with severe a...

journal_title：Chest

authors： Wu AC,Tantisira K,Li L,Schuemann B,Weiss ST,Fuhlbrigge AL,Childhood Asthma Management Program Research Group.

更新日期：2011-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The manifestations of amiodarone pulmonary toxicity (APT) are generally nonspecific, and a diagnosis requires appropriate clinical history, laboratory testing consistent with toxicity, and exclusion of other disease entities. To our knowledge, hemoptysis associated with APT has not been described before; the following...

journal_title：Chest

authors： Vizioli LD,Cho S

更新日期：1994-01-01 00:00:00