Efficacy of methylprednisolone in preventing lung injury following pulmonary thromboendarterectomy.

abstract：:Intrathoracic goiter is a rare cause of superior vena cava syndrome. We present the findings in a patient in whom the syndrome was precipitated by therapy with propylthiouracil and remitted on withdrawal of the medication. The superior vena cava syndrome did not recur on medical management, suggesting that surgery is ...

journal_title：Chest

authors： Hershey CO,McVeigh RC,Miller RP

更新日期：1981-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The spectrum of pathogens and the microbiologic investigations used to obtain a diagnosis in 178 patients with severe pneumonia (88 percent requiring intermittent positive-pressure ventilation) are reviewed. Ninety-five patients had primary pneumonia, 31 had nosocomial pneumonia, 24 were immunocompromised patients, an...

journal_title：Chest

authors： Potgieter PD,Hammond JM

更新日期：1992-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A patient had left ventricular pseudoaneurysm after mitral valve replacement surgery. The diagnosis was made by color flow Doppler demonstration of systolic flow between the left ventricular chamber and an echo-free space posterior to the heart which was initially interpreted as localized pleural effusion. Color Doppl...

journal_title：Chest

authors： Alam M,Rosman HS,Lewis JW,Brymer JF

更新日期：1989-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：STUDY OBJECTIVE:s: To analyze the perception of sexual content (PSC) of tobacco advertisements and its potential impact on the process of smoking in adolescents. DESIGN, PARTICIPANTS, AND SETTING:A questionnaire was administered to 1,186 adolescents at the National Institute of Respiratory Diseases in Mexico City to d...

journal_title：Chest

authors： Sansores RH,Giraldo-Buitrago G,Reddy C,Ramírez-Venegas A

更新日期：2002-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:To evaluate the incidence, pattern and clinical importance of endotoxemia in septic shock, frequent, serial endotoxin determinations were made prospectively in patients with shock. Detectable endotoxin occurred in 43 of 100 patients with septic shock, but in only one of ten patients with shock due to nonseptic causes....

journal_title：Chest

authors： Danner RL,Elin RJ,Hosseini JM,Wesley RA,Reilly JM,Parillo JE

更新日期：1991-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A unique association of giant lymph node hyperplasia (Castleman's disease) and cardiac tamponade is presented. Although pleural effusions have been previously described with Castleman's disease, the authors believe this to be the first report of pericardial effusion and tamponade with this entity. The development of e...

journal_title：Chest

authors： Nicolosi AC,Almassi GH,Komorowski R

更新日期：1994-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：STUDY OBJECTIVE:To determine the effect of a symptom-based and a peak flow-based action plan in preventing acute exacerbations in subjects with poorly controlled asthma. DESIGN:A randomized controlled trial in which subjects who had required urgent treatment for their asthma were allocated to receive no action plan, a...

journal_title：Chest

authors： Cowie RL,Revitt SG,Underwood MF,Field SK

更新日期：1997-12-01 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：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

abstract：PURPOSE:Stenosis and occlusion rates of internal mammary artery (IMA) and saphenous vein (SV) coronary artery bypass grafts (CABGs) are markedly different, which result from respective disparities in vascular remodeling. Matrix metalloproteinases (MMPs) and tissue inhibitors of metalloproteinases (TIMPs) regulate vascu...

journal_title：Chest

authors： Anstadt MP,Franga DL,Portik-Dobos V,Pennathur A,Bannan M,Mawulawde K,Ergul A

更新日期：2004-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The host factors affecting the longitudinal decline in lung function among 267 white male grain elevator workers who were still working in the industry and did not change their smoking habits over a period of six years were studied. Spirometric measures declined more rapidly in older grain handlers as compared with yo...

journal_title：Chest

authors： Tabona M,Chan-Yeung M,Enarson D,MacLean L,Dorken E,Schulzer M

更新日期：1984-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A rare form of paroxysmal supraventricular tachycardia (SVT), associated with swallowing solid food, is described. Repeated triggering of the arrhythmia during esophagoscopy was produced by mechanical stimulation of the anterior esophageal wall, 30 cm from the incisors. Treatment with verapamil abolished this tachycar...

journal_title：Chest

authors： Abinader EG,Cooper M

更新日期：1979-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Vasospasm of RP is thought to occur in the lungs. To assess pulmonary vasospasm, we analyzed the early and late Dsb variations after a digital CPT. Sixteen normal volunteers and 20 patients (7 with primary, 13 with secondary RP) were included. A clinical RP was conducted on ten patients, nine with secondary and one wi...

journal_title：Chest

authors： Vergnon JM,Barthélémy JC,Riffat J,Boissier C,Claudy A,Emonot A

更新日期：1992-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：STUDY OBJECTIVES:Unlike thoracocentesis and closed pleural biopsy (CPB), medical thoracoscopy permits biopsy with direct visualization. In a 6-year retrospective study of patients having undergone at least one medical thoracoscopy, we analyzed the diagnostic yield of thoracoscopy and its value in the management of pleu...

journal_title：Chest

authors： Blanc FX,Atassi K,Bignon J,Housset B

更新日期：2002-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The purpose of this study was to determine the frequency and severity of arterial oxygen desaturation during and after endotracheal suctioning in a group of ventilator-dependent patients with acute respiratory failure (the majority of whom had underlying obstructive lung disease) and to evaluate the efficacy of severa...

journal_title：Chest

authors： Brown SE,Stansbury DW,Merrill EJ,Linden GS,Light RW

更新日期：1983-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The clinical course of congestive heart failure (CHF) and mitral valve stenosis (MVS) is accompanied by episodes of dyspnea, wheezing, and cough, symptoms also observed in patients with bronchial hyperreactivity. However, it is still controversial whether bronchial hyperreactivity is demonstrable in patients with chro...

journal_title：Chest

authors： Brunnée T,Graf K,Kastens B,Fleck E,Kunkel G

更新日期：1993-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Chronic tobacco smoke exposure results in a broad range of lung pathologies including emphysema, airway disease and parenchymal fibrosis as well as a multitude of extra-pulmonary comorbidities. Prior work using CT imaging has identified several clinically relevant subgroups of smoking related lung disease, b...

journal_title：Chest

authors： Billatos E,Ash SY,Duan F,Xu K,Romanoff J,Marques H,Moses E,Han MK,Regan EA,Bowler RP,Mason SE,Doyle TJ,San José Estépar R,Rosas IO,Ross JC,Xiao X,Liu H,Liu G,Sukumar G,Wilkerson M,Dalgard C,Stevenson C,Whitney

更新日期：2020-09-16 00:00:00

abstract：:Forty-seven cases of quadricuspid semilunar valves which were autopsied were reviewed. The ratio of quadricuspid pulmonic valve to quadricuspid aortic valve was 5:1. Among the 35 patients with quadricuspid pulmonic valves, there were ten patients with clinical and pathologic evidence of coexisting congenital cardiac d...

journal_title：Chest

authors： Davia JE,Fenoglio JJ,DeCastro CM,McAllister HA Jr,Cheitlin MD

更新日期：1977-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We compared the bronchodilator effects and systemic tolerability of 12, 24 and 48 micrograms formoterol DP capsules with 12 micrograms formoterol MDI and placebo in 30 patients with reversible obstructive airway disease. Pulmonary function tests were done and pulse rate and blood pressure were recorded. We observed si...

journal_title：Chest

authors： Maesen FP,Costongs R,Smeets SJ,Zweers PG,Goedhart DM

更新日期：1992-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Paclitaxel, the first of the taxanes, has exhibited unique and encouraging single-agent activity in the treatment of non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC). Yet, with single-agent response rates approaching 25%, it was logical to examine the impact of paclitaxel in combination chemotherapy regimens. In trials evaluating t...

journal_title：Chest

authors： Belani CP

更新日期：2000-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Pulmonary exacerbations in cystic fibrosis (CF) contribute to the burden of disease, with a negative impact on quality of life, costs, and lung function. Our aim was to evaluate whether exacerbations, defi ned by antibiotic use, were triggered by daily fl uctuations in air pollution. METHODS:In a case-cross...

journal_title：Chest

authors： Goeminne PC,Kiciński M,Vermeulen F,Fierens F,De Boeck K,Nemery B,Nawrot TS,Dupont LJ

更新日期：2013-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Whole-lung lavage is the only efficient treatment in pulmonary alveolar proteinosis. A 36-year-old woman with severe pulmonary alveolar proteinosis confirmed by video-assisted thoracoscopic lung biopsies underwent repetitive whole-lung lavages without improvement. A modified technique consisting of manual ventilation ...

journal_title：Chest

authors： Bingisser R,Kaplan V,Zollinger A,Russi EW

更新日期：1998-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Stage IIIA non-small cell lung cancer represents a relatively heterogeneous group of patients with metastatic disease to the ipsilateral mediastinal (N2) lymph nodes and also includes T3N1 patients. Presentations of disease range from apparently resectable tumors with occult microscopic nodal metastases to unresectabl...

journal_title：Chest

authors： Robinson LA,Wagner H Jr,Ruckdeschel JC,American College of Chest Physicians.

更新日期：2003-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Lung cancer rates and mortality have risen in epidemic proportions in the United States and other industrialized nations during the 20th century. Case-control and cohort studies performed in the 1950s and 1960s firmly established cigarette smoking as the single greatest risk factor for lung cancer. In the United State...

journal_title：Chest

authors： Samet JM

更新日期：1993-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Tobacco smoking increases the risk of sudden cardiac death, possibly by altering the substrate for propagation or sustainment of ventricular tachyarrhythmias. To test this hypothesis, 15 long-term smokers without known coronary artery disease abstained from tobacco smoking for 12 h, after which they underwent SAECG be...

journal_title：Chest

authors： Sperry RE,Vacek JL,Smith GS

更新日期：1991-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Communication between families and providers in the ICU affects patient and family outcomes and use of health-care resources. Recent research studies have tested interventions designed to improve communication quality and outcomes between providers and families of patients in the ICU. We conducted a systemat...

journal_title：Chest

authors： Scheunemann LP,McDevitt M,Carson SS,Hanson LC

更新日期：2011-03-01 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：:Endobronchial ultrasonography (EBUS) has become an invaluable tool in the diagnosis of patients with a variety of thoracic abnormalities. The majority of EBUS procedures are used to diagnose and stage mediastinal and hilar abnormalities, as well as peripheral pulmonary targets, with a probe-based technology. Nearly 1,...

journal_title：Chest

authors： Gildea TR,Nicolacakis K

更新日期：2016-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：STUDY OBJECTIVE:Increasing evidence indicates that routine preoperative diagnostic spirometry (pulmonary function tests [PFTs]) before elective abdominal surgery does not predict individual risk of postoperative pulmonary complications and is overutilized. This economic evaluation estimates potential savings from reduc...

journal_title：Chest

authors： De Nino LA,Lawrence VA,Averyt EC,Hilsenbeck SG,Dhanda R,Page CP

更新日期：1997-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Low-density gas mixtures and oxygen (O₂) supplementation are known to improve physical performance and ventilatory adaptation during incremental maximal exercise in COPD. We investigated whether their combined use during intense physical training is also effective in ameliorating exercise tolerance in patien...

journal_title：Chest

authors： Scorsone D,Bartolini S,Saporiti R,Braido F,Baroffio M,Pellegrino R,Brusasco V,Crimi E

更新日期：2010-11-01 00:00:00