Respiratory muscle strength in congestive heart failure.

abstract：:Several reports have implicated pregnancy as a cause of deterioration in patients with pulmonary arteriovenous fistulas. We report a 27-year-old woman with multiple pulmonary arteriovenous fistulas who required coil spring embolotherapy in her 24th week of pregnancy due to a spontaneous hemothorax and hypoxemia. ...

journal_title：Chest

authors： Gammon RB,Miksa AK,Keller FS

更新日期：1990-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Unresectable carcinoma of the lung has traditionally been recognized as a contraindication to surgery in massive hemoptysis. A 60-year-old man had massive hemoptysis. At surgery an unresectable neoplastic mass invading the mediastinum and great vessels was encountered. Subtotal resection was accomplished using a stapl...

journal_title：Chest

authors： Hargrove WC 3rd,Harken AH

更新日期：1979-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We report the findings of ventilation and perfusion scintiscanning performed in three untreated patients with acute tropical pulmonary eosinophilia (TPE). In a 26-year-old man whose arterial blood gas values were normal, the lung scan showed normal radioactivity. The scintigrams of a 20-year-old woman who had hypoxemi...

journal_title：Chest

authors： Ray D,Jayachandran CA

更新日期：1993-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Propofol, a new intravenous sedative agent, was investigated in 41 asthmatic patients undergoing day-case (outpatient) fiberoptic bronchoscopy. The study design was a randomized comparison between propofol and midazolam, which is a well-established intravenous sedative agent. The age, weight, and American Society of A...

journal_title：Chest

authors： Clarkson K,Power CK,O'Connell F,Pathmakanthan S,Burke CM

更新日期：1993-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The "Dutch hypothesis" suggests that asthma and COPD have common genetic determinants. The serpin peptidase inhibitor, clade E (nexin, plasminogen activator inhibitor type 1), member 2 (SERPINE2) gene previously has been associated with COPD. We sought to determine whether SERPINE2 is associated with asthma ...

journal_title：Chest

authors： Himes BE,Klanderman B,Ziniti J,Senter-Sylvia J,Soto-Quiros ME,Avila L,Celedón JC,Lange C,Mariani TJ,Lasky-Su J,Hersh CP,Raby BA,Silverman EK,Weiss ST,DeMeo DL

更新日期：2011-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：STUDY OBJECTIVE:The purpose of this study was to evaluate the diagnostic value of low voltage with PR-segment and ST-T wave changes in determining the amount of clinically silent pericardial effusion detected in a routine echocardiography. DESIGN:Consecutive case series analysis. SETTING:Noninvasive cardiology depart...

journal_title：Chest

authors： Kudo Y,Yamasaki F,Doi T,Doi Y,Sugiura T

更新日期：2003-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：STUDY OBJECTIVES:COPD patients run a risk of developing nocturnal oxygen desaturation. When evaluating patients with nocturnal hypoxemia, an unfamiliar hospital environment and the monitoring equipment may cause sleep disturbances. It was hypothesized that increased sleep disruption will lead to fewer instances of desa...

journal_title：Chest

authors： Brijker F,van den Elshout FJ,Heijdra YF,Folgering HT

更新日期：2001-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Autopsy findings and a morphometric study of the lungs were compared in 18 subjects receiving nocturnal oxygen and 15 receiving continuous oxygen in the National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute Nocturnal Oxygen Therapy Trial (about half of those who died). The emphysema score, average interalveolar wall distance, cen...

journal_title：Chest

authors： Jacques J,Cooney TP,Silvers GW,Petty TL,Wright JL,Thurlbeck WM

更新日期：1984-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Incidence and potential risk factors for pneumonia due to Haemophilus influenzae in adults treated with mechanical ventilation in a medical-surgical ICU were investigated. Diagnosis was established in 91 episodes and H influenzae was isolated in 20 of them. Mean onset of ventilator-associated pneumonia (VAP) due to H ...

journal_title：Chest

authors： Rello J,Ricart M,Ausina V,Net A,Prats G

更新日期：1992-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We investigated 654 subjects of a small Lombardy (Italy) town between 15 and 64 years of age who were representative of the general population. By clinical examination, the sample included 535 normal subjects (164 normal smokers, 341 normal nonsmokers, 30 normal subjects with acute upper respiratory illness within 30 ...

journal_title：Chest

authors： Cerveri I,Bruschi C,Zoia MC,Zanon P,Maccarini L,Grassi M,Rampulla C

更新日期：1988-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：STUDY OBJECTIVE:In these days, it was reported that bone marrow (BM) cells might take part in the remodeling of some systemic vascular diseases; however, it remains unknown whether the BM cells were involved in the vascular remodeling of pulmonary arteries and the progression of pulmonary hypertension (PH). The purpose...

journal_title：Chest

authors： Hayashida K,Fujita J,Miyake Y,Kawada H,Ando K,Ogawa S,Fukuda K

更新日期：2005-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A growing number of drugs, including a number of alkylating agents, have been implicated as the cause of pulmonary diseases. A patient with chronic myelogenous leukemia presented with typical cytology, biopsy, and roentgenologic findings of lung toxicity after only six weeks of therapy with busulfan. There was subsequ...

journal_title：Chest

authors： Hankins DG,Sanders S,MacDonald FM,Drage CW

更新日期：1978-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:To assess whether the presence and duration of air leaks after lobectomy are associated with an increased incidence of cardiopulmonary complications. METHODS:Propensity score analysis was used on 726 patients undergoing pulmonary lobectomy from 1995 through 2004 to form three well-matched pairs of patients: pa...

journal_title：Chest

authors： Brunelli A,Xiume F,Al Refai M,Salati M,Marasco R,Sabbatini A

更新日期：2006-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A pulmonary arteriovenous malformation was embolized in a patient with hereditary hemorrhagic telangiectasia. Several unusual complications, including early deflation of a detachable balloon, migration of a coil, and development of severe pulmonary hypertension, occurred. Pulmonary hypertension was attributed to a coe...

journal_title：Chest

authors： Haitjema T,ten Berg JM,Overtoom TT,Ernst JM,Westermann CJ

更新日期：1996-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Excessive sleepiness (ES) is a common symptom of OSA, which often persists despite primary OSA therapy. This phase III randomized withdrawal trial evaluated solriamfetol (JZP-110) for the treatment of ES in adults with OSA. METHODS:After 2 weeks of clinical titration (n = 174) and 2 weeks of stable dose adm...

journal_title：Chest

authors： Strollo PJ Jr,Hedner J,Collop N,Lorch DG Jr,Chen D,Carter LP,Lu Y,Lee L,Black J,Pépin JL,Redline S,Tones 4 Study Investigators.

更新日期：2019-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Arrhythmias that may accompany myocardial reperfusion have generated significant clinical interest. First, there were concerns, based on animal studies, that high-grade ventricular tachyarrhythmias would pose a serious threat following thrombolytic therapy to treat an evolving myocardial infarction. Second, lower-grad...

journal_title：Chest

authors： Krumholz HM,Goldberger AL

更新日期：1991-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A patient underwent exercise testing during evaluation for unexplained dyspnea. Evidence of ventilation-perfusion mismatch was noted and subsequent testing revealed multiple pulmonary emboli. Ventilation perfusion parameters by serial exercise testing progressively improved during the course of the patient's illness b...

journal_title：Chest

authors： Helmers RA,Zavala DC

更新日期：1988-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Nd-YAG laser resection of a completely obstructing right mainstem tumor in a 36-year-old man was complicated by right lung hyperinflation and left lung collapse and accompanying ventilatory failure. This was attributed to obstruction of the right mainstem bronchus during exhalation, but not inhalation, in a patent but...

journal_title：Chest

authors： Fairfax WR,Rollins RJ

更新日期：1988-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Cardiorespiratory values were measured in ten patients with severe respiratory failure on volume controlled and pressure controlled ventilation. Tidal volume, respirator rate, PEEP, auto-PEEP, inspiratory:expiratory ratio (1:2) and FIo2 were maintained at the same value for both ventilatory modalities. Changing from V...

journal_title：Chest

authors： Abraham E,Yoshihara G

更新日期：1990-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Cardiac tamponade is a medical emergency that can be readily reversed with timely recognition and appropriate intervention. The clinical diagnosis of cardiac tamponade requires synthesis of a constellation of otherwise nonspecific features based on an understanding of the underlying pathophysiological characteristics....

journal_title：Chest

authors： Kearns MJ,Walley KR

更新日期：2018-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A 21-year follow-up after tricuspid valve replacement (TVR) with a Starr-Edwards caged-ball prosthesis in a ten-year old boy is described. TVR is performed for Ebstein's anomaly, with strict indications in childhood. Despite the current preference for bioprostheses, good performance can be expected from the Starr-Edwa...

journal_title：Chest

authors： Di Lello F,Flemma RJ,Mullen DC,Kleinman LH,Werner PH

更新日期：1988-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:While the complexity of flexible bronchoscopy has increased, standard options for moderate sedation medications have not changed in three decades. There is a need to improve moderate sedation while maintaining safety. Remimazolam was developed to address shortcomings of current sedation strategies. METHODS:...

journal_title：Chest

authors： Pastis NJ,Yarmus LB,Schippers F,Ostroff R,Chen A,Akulian J,Wahidi M,Shojaee S,Tanner NT,Callahan SP,Feldman G,Lorch DG Jr,Ndukwu I,Pritchett MA,Silvestri GA,PAION Investigators.

更新日期：2019-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Bronchoalveolar lavage was used to provide important diagnostic information for a patient found to have idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis and concomitant cytomegalovirus infection. The use of this procedure may not only provide useful information regarding the underlying disease, but may also suggest alternative diagnosti...

journal_title：Chest

authors： Martin WJ 2nd,McDougall JC

更新日期：1983-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Bronchoscopy is essential to the practice of pulmonary medicine. It is an important diagnostic and therapeutic tool for many disease processes. Bronchoscopy can be performed in a variety of clinical settings, from the bedside to an operating room. Although bronchoscopy has been practiced for more than a century, conse...

journal_title：Chest

authors： Mehta AC,Avasarala SK,Jain P,Deshwal H,Gildea TR

更新日期：2020-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Ten patients undergoing pneumonectomy were evaluated with the lateral position test (LPT) in addition to routine pulmonary function tests (PFTs). On the basis of the percentage of ventilation estimated to be contributed by each lung on LPT, predictions were made for expected values for each patient's post-pneumonectom...

journal_title：Chest

authors： Walkup RH,Vossel LF,Griffin JP,Proctor RJ

更新日期：1980-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：STUDY OBJECTIVES:Preoperative renal dysfunction is a risk factor for adverse events in cardiac surgery. This study compared creatinine clearance (ClCr), estimated from the Cockroft and Gault formula, and plasma creatinine level as predictors of outcome after cardiac surgery. DESIGN:Prospective, observational. SETTING...

journal_title：Chest

authors： Wang F,Dupuis JY,Nathan H,Williams K

更新日期：2003-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The utility of the apnea index (number of apneic events per hour of sleep) in diagnosing sleep apnea syndrome is reviewed. Data from currently extant reports indicate that many otherwise normal, aging subjects may be classified as having sleep apnea syndrome based on the current diagnostic threshold of five apneic epi...

journal_title：Chest

authors： Berry DT,Webb WB,Block AJ

更新日期：1984-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：STUDY OBJECTIVE:We conducted the first randomized controlled study to assess the effects of short-term 28% and 100% oxygen on PaCO(2) and peak expiratory flow rate (PEFR) in patients with acute severe asthma. PATIENTS AND INTERVENTIONS:Seventy-four patients (mean age, 37.9 +/- 9.7 years [+/- SD]; PEFR, 41.0 +/- 12.1% ...

journal_title：Chest

authors： Rodrigo GJ,Rodriquez Verde M,Peregalli V,Rodrigo C

更新日期：2003-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：STUDY OBJECTIVES:Lymphangioleiomyomatosis (LAM) is a rare disorder of unknown etiology, affecting almost exclusively women of childbearing age, that is associated with the proliferation of spindle cells and cystic changes in the affected lung. The underlying processes that contribute to this disease are poorly understo...

journal_title：Chest

authors： Evans SE,Colby TV,Ryu JH,Limper AH

更新日期：2004-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A smoker presented with pleuritic chest pain and was found to have reticulonodular interstitial opacities on chest x-ray film. Open lung biopsy revealed changes consistent with histiocytosis X, a disease seen almost exclusively in smokers. Smoking cessation was recommended, and the patient complied. A chest x-ray film...

journal_title：Chest

authors： Von Essen S,West W,Sitorius M,Rennard SI

更新日期：1990-09-01 00:00:00