Fatal pulmonary edema due to nitric acid fume inhalation in three pulp-mill workers.

abstract：STUDY OBJECTIVES:The aim of this study was to develop an acute asthma index for utilization in the early differentiation between patients with poor and good therapeutic response in the emergency department (ED) setting. SETTING:The ED of a large tertiary-care hospital in Montevideo, Uruguay. PATIENTS AND DESIGN:The s...

journal_title：Chest

authors： Rodrigo G,Rodrigo C

更新日期：1998-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To examine the effect of preoperative smoking behavior on postoperative pulmonary complications. DESIGN:Prospective cohort study. SETTING:The Veterans Administration Medical Center, Syracuse, NY. PARTICIPANTS:Patients scheduled for noncardiac elective surgery (n=410). MEASUREMENTS AND RESULTS:Smoking stat...

journal_title：Chest

authors： Bluman LG,Mosca L,Newman N,Simon DG

更新日期：1998-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:As previous studies have suggested that inhaled furosemide may have a protective effect against certain types of provocative challenges in asthmatic subjects, we investigated the role of furosemide in treating acute asthma exacerbations. Twenty-four patients (n = 24) with acute asthma were entered into the study on pr...

journal_title：Chest

authors： Karpel JP,Dworkin F,Hager D,Feliciano S,Shapiro D,Posner L,Luks D

更新日期：1994-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:COPD is associated with significant morbidity primarily driven by acute exacerbations. Relative pulmonary artery (PA) enlargement, defined as a PA to ascending aorta (A) diameter ratio greater than one (PA:A>1) identifies patients at increased risk for exacerbations. However, little is known about the correl...

journal_title：Chest

authors： Iyer AS,Wells JM,Vishin S,Bhatt SP,Wille KM,Dransfield MT

更新日期：2014-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A 77-year-old man with a history of renal cell carcinoma presented with orthostatic syncope. Investigation revealed metastatic carcinoma in the left lung extending through the pulmonary veins into the left atrium obstructing the mitral orifice. On review of the literature, this case appears to be the first to describe...

journal_title：Chest

authors： Fogel RI,Balady GJ,Klein MD,Rajaii-Khorasani A

更新日期：1990-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Successful management of chronic cough has varied in the primary research studies in the reported literature. One of the potential reasons relates to a lack of intervention fidelity to the core elements of the diagnostic and/or therapeutic interventions that were meant to be used by the investigators. METHO...

journal_title：Chest

authors： French CT,Diekemper RL,Irwin RS,Adams TM,Altman KW,Barker AF,Birring SS,Blackhall F,Bolser DC,Boulet LP,Braman SS,Brightling C,Callahan-Lyon P,Canning BJ,Chang AB,Coeytaux R,Cowley T,Davenport P,Diekemper RL,Ebihara

更新日期：2015-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The majority of community-acquired pneumonia (CAP) patients (about 80%) will be treated as outpatients, because therapy with a single agent will work. For the remaining 20% of patients requiring hospitalization, there is some growing debate regarding the efficacy of different management approaches. For hospi...

journal_title：Chest

authors： Weiss K,Tillotson GS

更新日期：2005-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Angiofollicular lymph node hyperplasia, known more commonly as Castleman disease, is a rare lymphoproliferative disorder. Castleman disease has two distinct clinical manifestations described as unicentric and multicentric disease. These presentations have distinct treatment algorithms and portend very different progno...

journal_title：Chest

authors： Bandera B,Ainsworth C,Shikle J,Rupard E,Roach M

更新日期：2010-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:There is a need for a more complete classification system of lung cancer. To address this issue, we assessed whether the new staging could differentiate patients with early-stage cancers who have poorer prognosis and improve the unbalanced patient numbers with overlapping prognoses arising from the current T...

journal_title：Chest

authors： Tsuchiya T,Hashizume S,Akamine S,Muraoka M,Honda S,Tsuji K,Urabe S,Hayashi T,Yamasaki N,Nagayasu T

更新日期：2007-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:This study investigated sites of nitric oxide (NO) gas exchange and response to inhaled corticosteroids (ICS) in patients with COPD and varying extents of emphysema. METHODS:This was a prospective, randomized, single-blind, crossover study in treated, stable, ex-smoking patients with COPD who were ICS and l...

journal_title：Chest

authors： Gelb AF,Flynn Taylor C,Krishnan A,Fraser C,Shinar CM,Schein MJ,Osann K

更新日期：2010-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This article provides the rationale for the approach to making recommendations primarily used in four articles of the Antithrombotic Therapy and Prevention of Thrombosis, 9th ed: American College of Chest Physicians Evidence-Based Clinical Practice Guidelines: orthopedic surgery, nonorthopedic surgery, nonsurgical pat...

journal_title：Chest

authors： Guyatt GH,Eikelboom JW,Gould MK,Garcia DA,Crowther M,Murad MH,Kahn SR,Falck-Ytter Y,Francis CW,Lansberg MG,Akl EA,Hirsh J

更新日期：2012-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Pulmonary rejection and infection are the most important complications after lung transplantation. To evaluate the diagnostic value of pulmonary function testing for early detection and discrimination of these complications, seven heart-lung recipients were examined. The diagnosis of each complication was confirmed by...

journal_title：Chest

authors： Hoeper MM,Hamm M,Schäfers HJ,Haverich A,Wagner TO

更新日期：1992-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To determine the utility of inhaled hypertonic saline solution to treat infants hospitalized with viral bronchiolitis. DESIGN:Randomized, double-blind, controlled trial. Fifty-two hospitalized infants (mean +/- SD age, 2.9 +/- 2.1 months) with viral bronchiolitis received either inhalation of epinephrine, 1....

journal_title：Chest

authors： Mandelberg A,Tal G,Witzling M,Someck E,Houri S,Balin A,Priel IE

更新日期：2003-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Participant retention is a major challenge in clinical research, especially in studies with multiple, longitudinal research assessments. Despite the importance of retention methods, there is little empirical research on how cohort retention efforts are perceived by study participants. RESEARCH QUESTION:To e...

journal_title：Chest

authors： Eakin MN,Eckmann T,Dinglas VD,Akinremi AA,Hosey M,Hopkins RO,Needham DM

更新日期：2020-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Comprehensive pulmonary rehabilitation and respiratory therapy services benefit patients with chronic lung disease and other diseases of the lung by reducing symptoms and restoring independent function. Although the science of these therapies is not new, commercial payers and Medicare have generally been slow to suppo...

journal_title：Chest

authors： Birnbaum S

更新日期：2011-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：STUDY OBJECTIVES:To clarify the significance of a functional lung pattern characterized by a decreased vital capacity (VC) and an increased residual volume (RV), but with a normal FEV1/VC ratio. SETTING:A university teaching hospital. SUBJECTS:Patients with bronchial asthma, pulmonary emphysema, and small airways dis...

journal_title：Chest

authors： Stănescu D

更新日期：1999-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In order to determine the effect of electrode placement and standing on the 12-lead electrocardiogram required prior to exercise testing, 104 male patients with stable coronary heart disease were studied. Electrocardiograms were recorded with two different placements of the arm electrodes commonly used for exercise te...

journal_title：Chest

authors： Gamble P,McManus H,Jensen D,Froelicher V

更新日期：1984-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Studies using epicardial mapping on patients with Wolff-Parkinson-White syndrome have demonstrated that the delta vector of the electrocardiogram is a detector of the location of at least one bypass tract. In order to relate the electrical activities (preexcitation) with the mechanical activity (septal and ventricular...

journal_title：Chest

authors： Lebovitz JA,Mandel WJ,Laks MM,Kraus R,Weinstein S

更新日期：1977-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In order to identify correlates of fibrosis in acute respiratory failure, autopsies were performed on 16 patients who died after an episode of more than two weeks' duration, and the left lower lung lobe was obtained for biochemical measurements. The average amount of lobar collagen in one group of patients was nearly ...

journal_title：Chest

authors： Collins JF,Smith JD,Coalson JJ,Johanson WG Jr

更新日期：1984-05-01 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:To investigate whether oxidative stress occurs following lobectomy and pneumonectomy and to evaluate whether markers of oxidative stress might be of value in the assessment of the diagnosis, course, and prognosis of postoperative complications. DESIGN:A prospective study. SETTING:A specialized thorac...

journal_title：Chest

authors： Lases EC,Duurkens VA,Gerritsen WB,Haas FJ

更新日期：2000-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：STUDY OBJECTIVE:In the present study, we evaluated the leukocyte esterase (LE) area of a reagent strip designed for urinalysis for the semiquantitative measurement of the percentage of polymorphonuclear neutrophils (PMNs) in BAL fluid. DESIGN:Prospective. The relative PMN counts (obtained by conventional microscopy an...

journal_title：Chest

authors： Jacobs JA,De Brauwer EI,Cornelissen EI,Drent M

更新日期：2000-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We compared the efficacy of positive pressure ventilation (PPV) vs negative pressure ventilation (NPV) in providing ventilatory muscle rest for five normal subjects and six patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD). All participants underwent measurement of transdiaphragmatic pressure (Pdi), pressure ...

journal_title：Chest

authors： Belman MJ,Soo Hoo GW,Kuei JH,Shadmehr R

更新日期：1990-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Substance P and the neurokinin-1 (NK-1) receptor are implicated in chronic refractory cough pathophysiology. We assessed the efficacy and safety of orvepitant, a brain-penetrant NK-1 antagonist, in an open-label study in CRC patients with chronic refractory cough. METHODS:Thirteen patients with daytime coug...

journal_title：Chest

authors： Smith J,Allman D,Badri H,Miller R,Morris J,Satia I,Wood A,K Trower M

更新日期：2020-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Transbronchial fine needle aspiration (TBFNA) was used to confirm the diagnosis of bronchogenic cyst in two asymptomatic patients with mediastinal masses who declined surgical exploration. Both masses were located subcarinally but differed in computed tomographic density (7 and 59 Hounsfield units). Aspirate cytology ...

journal_title：Chest

authors： Schwartz DB,Beals TF,Wimbish KJ,Hammersley JR

更新日期：1985-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Disputes regarding life-prolonging treatments are stressful for all parties involved. These disagreements are appropriately almost always resolved with intensive communication and negotiation. Those rare cases that are not require a resolution process that ensures fairness and due process. We describe three recent cas...

journal_title：Chest

authors： Bosslet GT,Baker M,Pope TM

更新日期：2016-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Bronchiectasis and pulmonary infection with nontuberculous mycobacteria (NTM) may be associated with disease-causing mutations in the cystic fibrosis transmembrane regulator (CFTR). METHODS:Fifty adult patients at Stanford University Medical Center with a diagnosis of bronchiectasis and/or pulmonary NTM inf...

journal_title：Chest

authors： Ziedalski TM,Kao PN,Henig NR,Jacobs SS,Ruoss SJ

更新日期：2006-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：STUDY OBJECTIVE:The tuberculin skin test is the best diagnostic method to detect tuberculous infection. How accurate is interpretation of the test? DESIGN:Observational study. SETTING:Both general hospital and university hospital. PARTICIPANTS:One hundred seven health-care professionals, including 52 practicing pedi...

journal_title：Chest

authors： Kendig EL Jr,Kirkpatrick BV,Carter WH,Hill FA,Caldwell K,Entwistle M

更新日期：1998-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Almitrine improves blood gas values in patients with COPD, primarily through better ventilation-perfusion matching. The improvement comes largely from a vasomotor effect of the drug. The vasomotor mechanism is unknown. We suspected that decreased distensibility of the large pulmonary arteries was one probable effect o...

journal_title：Chest

authors： Herve P,Musset D,Simonneau G,Wagner W Jr,Duroux P

更新日期：1989-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:COPD is a significant public health challenge, notably set to become the third leading cause of death and fifth leading cause of chronic disability worldwide by the next decade. Skeletal muscle impairment is now recognized as a disabling, extrapulmonary consequence of COPD that is associated with reduced quality of li...

journal_title：Chest

authors： Taivassalo T,Hussain SN

更新日期：2016-05-01 00:00:00