Trends in the prevalence of obstructive and restrictive lung function among adults in the United States: findings from the National Health and Nutrition Examination surveys from 1988-1994 to 2007-2010.

abstract：:To investigate the effects of the autonomic nervous system on control of breathing, the neuromuscular (mouth occlusion pressure at 0.1 s after onset of inspiration [P0.1]) and ventilatory (minute ventilation [VE]) response to progressive hyperoxic hypercapnia was assessed in diabetic patients with autonomic dysfunctio...

journal_title：Chest

authors： Tantucci C,Scionti L,Bottini P,Dottorini ML,Puxeddu E,Casucci G,Sorbini CA

更新日期：1997-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The gas exchange and hemodynamics were evaluated before, during, and after a two-hour period of prone position in 13 moderate-severe ARDS patients. Lung computerized tomography was obtained in both the supine and prone positions in two of these patients. Average arterial oxygenation improved after prone positioning (p...

journal_title：Chest

authors： Langer M,Mascheroni D,Marcolin R,Gattinoni L

更新日期：1988-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This study describes the extent of agreement in classification of chest radiographs using the International Labor Organization (ILO) classification among six readers from the United States and Canada. A set of 119 radiographs was created and read by three Canadian and three US readers. The two ratings of interest were...

journal_title：Chest

authors： Welch LS,Hunting KL,Balmes J,Bresnitz EA,Guidotti TL,Lockey JE,Myo-Lwin T

更新日期：1998-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The systemic pressor effects of angiotensin II (ANGII) are well described, whereas relatively little is known regarding its effects on the pulmonary circulation in humans. Doppler echocardiographic measurements were performed in eight normal volunteers after a 30-min control infusion (baseline), after sequential 30 mi...

journal_title：Chest

authors： Lipworth BJ,Dagg KD

更新日期：1994-05-01 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：STUDY OBJECTIVES:The aim of this study was to explore the relationship between quality of life and measures of asthma, such as lung function, reversibility to bronchodilation, exhaled nitric oxide (NO), and bronchial responsiveness to direct and indirect stimulus in patients with mild asthma in a primary care setting. ...

journal_title：Chest

authors： Ehrs PO,Sundblad BM,Larsson K

更新日期：2006-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Extrapulmonary tuberculosis refers to Mycobacterium tuberculosis involving organs other than the lungs (eg, pleura, lymph nodes, genitourinary tract, abdomen, skin, joints and bones, or meninges). In non-HIV-endemic areas, where reactivation is the predominant mechanism of tuberculosis, pleural involvement occurs in 4...

journal_title：Chest

authors： Gleason JB,Tashtoush B,Mehta J,Savage E,Martinez F,Mehta AC

更新日期：2016-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:One hundred forty patients with pleuropulmonary amebiasis were classified radiographically in order to rationalize therapy based on the use of metronidazole. Amebic testing with gel diffusion, serial chest x-ray films, and observation of the patient's response to treatment have dominated management of the patients, 13...

journal_title：Chest

authors： Cameron EW

更新日期：1978-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：RATIONALE:Following collapse of the World Trade Center (WTC), individuals reported new-onset respiratory symptoms. Despite symptoms, spirometry often revealed normal airway function. However, bronchial wall thickening and air trapping were seen radiographically in some subjects. We hypothesized that symptomatic individ...

journal_title：Chest

authors： Oppenheimer BW,Goldring RM,Herberg ME,Hofer IS,Reyfman PA,Liautaud S,Rom WN,Reibman J,Berger KI

更新日期：2007-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Patients with HES and pulmonary infiltrates may pose certain diagnostic problems as the infiltrates may be attributed to infection, infarction, congestive heart failure, or HES itself. We report an 87-year-old woman with idiopathic HES presenting with bibasal alveolar infiltrates. Differential cell count in BAL fluid ...

journal_title：Chest

authors： Slabbynck H,Impens N,Naegels S,Dewaele M,Schandevyl W

更新日期：1992-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The effect of smoking three cigarettes in rapid succession on maximal and partial expiratory flow rates was studied in ten healthy smokers. The mean decrease in maximal midexpiratory flow and partial midexpiratory and end-expiratory flow was statistically significant. The response was maximal after the first cigarette...

journal_title：Chest

authors： Hamosh P,Taveira Da Silva AM

更新日期：1977-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：STUDY OBJECTIVES:The management of stable patients with COPD depends on the severity of symptoms and airflow limitation. Regarding inflammation, corticosteroids are the only medications that are recommended for use, and only under restricted circumstances. Corticosteroids tend to undertreat or overtreat patients with C...

journal_title：Chest

authors： Perng DW,Huang HY,Chen HM,Lee YC,Perng RP

更新日期：2004-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A 60-pack-year smoker presented with cough, dyspnea and orthopnea of three months' duration. Spirometry revealed severe reduction in maximal expiratory flow; CT of the chest and bronchoscopy demonstrated expiratory collapse of a mid-tracheal segment, and a presumptive diagnosis of tracheomalacia was made. A right late...

journal_title：Chest

authors： Dunn WF,Hubmayr RD,Pairolero PC,Sheedy PF,Edell ES,Nelson SB

更新日期：1990-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Postoperative bronchial stump failure is a life-threatening complication, and several surgical approaches and procedures have been developed to close the stump. In this report, we describe a case of left mainstem bronchial stump diastasis after pneumonectomy for lung cancer, in which the bronchial stump was re-closed ...

journal_title：Chest

authors： Tsunezuka Y,Sato H,Kodama T

更新日期：2000-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The study aimed to evaluate the effect of upper extremity resistance training for patients with COPD on dyspnea during activity of daily living (ADL), arm function, arm exercise capacity, muscle strength, and health-related quality of life (HRQL). METHODS:Patients were randomly assigned to an intervention o...

journal_title：Chest

authors： Janaudis-Ferreira T,Hill K,Goldstein RS,Robles-Ribeiro P,Beauchamp MK,Dolmage TE,Wadell K,Brooks D

更新日期：2011-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Parasitoses are infectious diseases of global distribution, with predominance in areas of poor sanitation. Parasites cause damage through direct tissue injury and the inflammatory response generated by their migration and establishment in various organs. Thoracic involvement by parasitic disease can generate both spec...

journal_title：Chest

authors： Fiorentini LF,Bergo P,Meirelles GSP,Capobianco J,Mohammed TL,Verma N,Marchiori E,Irion KL,Hochhegger B

更新日期：2020-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The benefit of noninvasive pressure support ventilation (NIPSV) in avoiding the need for endotracheal intubation and reducing morbidity and mortality associated with endotracheal intubation was evaluated in 41 patients who presented with acute respiratory failure not related to chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (C...

journal_title：Chest

authors： Wysocki M,Tric L,Wolff MA,Millet H,Herman B

更新日期：1995-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The pathogenesis and clinical manifestations of COPD are not restricted to pulmonary inflammation and structural remodeling. Rather, this disorder is associated with clinically significant systemic alterations in biochemistry and organ function. The systemic aspects of COPD include oxidative stress and altered circula...

journal_title：Chest

authors： Wouters EF,Creutzberg EC,Schols AM

更新日期：2002-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To assess the accuracy of dynamic expiratory CT for detecting airway malacia using bronchoscopy as the diagnostic "gold standard." MATERIALS AND METHODS:A computerized hospital information system was used to retrospectively identify all patients with bronchoscopically proven airway malacia referred for CT ai...

journal_title：Chest

authors： Lee KS,Sun MRM,Ernst A,Feller-Kopman D,Majid A,Boiselle PM

更新日期：2007-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Previously, we have reported in 1990 that 35% of carmustine treated patients (6 of 17) who survived childhood brain tumors died of pulmonary fibrosis between 2 and 13 years after treatment. In addition, 8 patients studied in 1989 (13 to 17 years post treatment), had physiologic and biopsy or radiologic evidence of pul...

journal_title：Chest

authors： O'Driscoll BR,Kalra S,Gattamaneni HR,Woodcock AA

更新日期：1995-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Macrophages are the most abundant immune cell population in normal lung tissue and serve critical roles in innate and adaptive immune responses as well as the development of inflammatory airway disease. Studies in a mouse model of chronic obstructive lung disease and translational studies of humans with asthma and COP...

journal_title：Chest

authors： Byers DE,Holtzman MJ

更新日期：2011-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：STUDY OBJECTIVES:To analyze the influence of a hospital-based home-care program (HCP) on the management of patients with COPD receiving long-term oxygen therapy. DESIGN AND SETTING:Randomized, controlled study in a 1,000-bed university hospital. INTERVENTION:The HCP applied to patients in the intervention group (HCP ...

journal_title：Chest

authors： Farrero E,Escarrabill J,Prats E,Maderal M,Manresa F

更新日期：2001-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Lung cancer screening, despite its proven mortality benefit, remains vastly underutilized. Previous studies examined knowledge, attitudes, and beliefs to better understand the reasons underlying the low screening rates. These investigations may have limited generalizability because of traditional participant...

journal_title：Chest

authors： Monu J,Triplette M,Wood DE,Wolff EM,Lavallee DC,Flum DR,Farjah F

更新日期：2020-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：STUDY OBJECTIVES:To determine patterns in asbestos-induced lung diseases found in older, less exposed workers. DESIGN:Review of a database evaluating lung function, smoking status, form of asbestos-induced lung disease, and radiograph abnormalities. SETTING:Outpatient clinic. PARTICIPANTS:A total of 3383 asbestos-ex...

journal_title：Chest

authors： Ohar J,Sterling DA,Bleecker E,Donohue J

更新日期：2004-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:99mTechnetium macroaggregated albumin has successfully been used to define severe postoperative pulmonary vasoconstriction in a four-month-old boy with D-transposition of the great vessels who had undergone a Blalock-Hanlon surgical atrial septectomy. Radionuclide imaging documented clinically suspected pulmonary vaso...

journal_title：Chest

authors： Moodie DS,Levy JM,Kahn DR,Lieberman LM,Pastakia B

更新日期：1979-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A 62-year-old woman presented with a 3-month history of abdominal distension and decreased exercise tolerance. A chest radiograph showed a probable left pleural effusion (Fig 1). A CT scan of the abdomen revealed a solid ovarian mass with omental caking and a large volume of ascites; there was also confirmation of a l...

journal_title：Chest

authors： Salinas PD,Toth LN,Manning HL

更新日期：2015-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Fourteen of 22 patients (64%) with normally functioning porcine prosthetic valves in the mitral position had apical diastolic rumbles on phonocardiogram and by auscultation. Six (27%) had opening snaps. Factors necessary for the production of a diastolic rumble appear to include central flow, a flexible stent, and the...

journal_title：Chest

authors： Mirro MJ,Phyhel HJ,Wann LS,Weyman AE,Tavel ME,Stewart J

更新日期：1978-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The value of home spirometry in detecting acute lung rejection and opportunistic infections was studied in 15 heart-lung transplant recipients over a six-month period. The patients measured their FEV1 and FVC twice daily at home using a portable turbine spirometer. The records were then reviewed in relation to the res...

journal_title：Chest

authors： Otulana BA,Higenbottam T,Ferrari L,Scott J,Igboaka G,Wallwork J

更新日期：1990-02-01 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：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