Nearly fatal idiopathic anaphylactic reaction resulting in cardiovascular collapse and myocardial infarction.

abstract：:Extensive surgery for all of the mechanical complications of ischemic heart disease is feasible with early diagnosis, catheterization, and aggressive medical and surgical therapy. A patient is report who, after recovering from cardiogenic shock, required a coronary bypass, closure of ventricular septal defects, mitral...

journal_title：Chest

authors： Lemole GM,Perez J,Strong MD,McDonough MT

更新日期：1977-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Persistent minor hemoptysis resulted from extensive granulation tissue on the main carina and adjacent bronchi due to frequent spraying of metered-dose inhaler (MDI)-generated aerosol medications directly into a permanent tracheostomy. Salbutamol, containing oleic acid, was considered the most likely cause. After an A...

journal_title：Chest

authors： Newhouse MT

更新日期：1999-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：STUDY OBJECTIVE:To evaluate the role of microaspiration in gastroesophageal reflux-induced bronchoconstriction. DESIGN:Prospective study blinded to the subject. SETTING:Outpatient laboratory of a 908-bed university hospital. PARTICIPANTS:Thirty nonsmoking adults divided into two groups: asthmatics with reflux (AR), ...

journal_title：Chest

authors： Harding SM,Schan CA,Guzzo MR,Alexander RW,Bradley LA,Richter JE

更新日期：1995-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We report two cases of pneumothorax detected by echographic examination immediately after ultrasonically guided aspiration biopsy and confirmed by chest x-ray film. The pneumothorax was characterized by the disappearance of the lung tumor. In the real-time image, the respiratory excursions of the visceral pleura also ...

journal_title：Chest

authors： Targhetta R,Bourgeois JM,Chavagneux R,Balmes P

更新日期：1992-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The effect of intravenous (IV) amiodarone (300 mg) on heart rate was investigated in 22 patients with acute myocardial infarction (18) or ischemia (4) and sinus tachycardia. There were 11 men and 11 women (age range, 48 to 83 years; mean, 63.5). Amiodarone IV slowed the mean heart rate from 109 +/- 14 beats/min to 94 ...

journal_title：Chest

authors： Kusniec J,Strasberg B,Sclarovsky S,Klainman E,Agmon J

更新日期：1988-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：CASE PRESENTATION:A 32-year-old Nigerian woman, who became pregnant after undergoing in vitro fertilization, was admitted with nausea and abdominal pain. She had a history of two miscarriages and infertility because of tubal blockage treated by salpingectomy. One week prior, she presented to an outside hospital with pr...

journal_title：Chest

authors： Amin S,Stone D,Anderlind C

更新日期：2019-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：RATIONALE:Malnutrition in patients with COPD is associated with an impaired pulmonary status, reduced diaphragmatic mass, lower exercise capacity, and higher mortality rate when compared to adequately nourished individuals with COPD. Nutritional support may therefore be a useful part of their comprehensive care. PURPO...

journal_title：Chest

authors： Ferreira IM,Brooks D,Lacasse Y,Goldstein RS

更新日期：2000-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：STUDY OBJECTIVE:Determine reintubation rate, identify its cause, and detail adverse outcomes from reintubation. DESIGN:Retrospective review of extubation failures in the trauma ICU. SETTING:University hospital and regional trauma center. PATIENTS:Four hundred five patients arriving intubated or requiring intubation ...

journal_title：Chest

authors： Daley BJ,Garcia-Perez F,Ross SE

更新日期：1996-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：STUDY OBJECTIVE:To determine the extent to which a mixture of human gastric juice and enteral formula stained with two concentrations of FD&C Blue No. 1 food dye (0.8 and 1.5 mL/L) is visible in suctioned tracheobronchial secretions following three forced small-volume pulmonary aspirations over a 6-h period in an anima...

journal_title：Chest

authors： Metheny NA,Dahms TE,Stewart BJ,Stone KS,Edwards SJ,Defer JE,Clouse RE

更新日期：2002-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In two patients with acute dissection of the ascending aorta, the diagnosis was made with two-dimensional echocardiography and confirmed by aortography. The echocardiograms localized the intimal flap and false channel in both cases. Although clinical evaluation and indicated radiologic studies remain the primary modal...

journal_title：Chest

authors： Rubenson DS,Fowles RE,Miller DC,Guthaner DF,Popp RL

更新日期：1981-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The relationship between gastroesophageal reflux disease (GERD) and idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis (IPF) is controversial. Current guidelines recommend that clinicians use regular antacid treatment, while two recent meta-analyses of antacid therapy in IPF were inconclusive. The objective of this study was to ...

journal_title：Chest

authors： Bédard Méthot D,Leblanc É,Lacasse Y

更新日期：2019-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：STUDY OBJECTIVES:Hyperinflation in patients with severe COPD is associated with an increased anteroposterior (AP) rib cage diameter. We sought to determine whether bilateral lung volume reduction surgery (LVRS) affects bony thorax configuration. DESIGN:Prospective of clinical data collection before and after LVRS. SE...

journal_title：Chest

authors： Lando Y,Boiselle P,Shade D,Travaline JM,Furukawa S,Criner GJ

更新日期：1999-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：STUDY OBJECTIVES:To define the clinical characteristics of the patients showing bronchoscopic findings of bronchial narrowing or obliteration with black pigmentation on overlying mucosa (we named this finding as "anthracofibrosis"), and to determine the association of anthracofibrosis with tuberculosis. PATIENTS AND M...

journal_title：Chest

authors： Chung MP,Lee KS,Han J,Kim H,Rhee CH,Han YC,Kwon OJ

更新日期：1998-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Histochemical quantification of goblet cells and measurements of the epithelial thickness were made in the trachea of male and female rats exposed to fresh whole tobacco smoke for 30 consecutive days. Exposure to tobacco smoke resulted in an increase in the total goblet cell count in both sexes, with the female rats d...

journal_title：Chest

authors： Hayashi M,Sornberger GC,Huber GL

更新日期：1978-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：STUDY OBJECTIVES:Poor dental hygiene has been linked to respiratory pathogen colonization in residents of long-term care facilities. We sought to investigate the association between dental plaque (DP) colonization and lower respiratory tract infection in hospitalized institutionalized elders using molecular genotyping....

journal_title：Chest

authors： El-Solh AA,Pietrantoni C,Bhat A,Okada M,Zambon J,Aquilina A,Berbary E

更新日期：2004-11-01 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：:A patient presented with multisystem disease due to a very aggressive malignant thymoma. The case was complicated by the triad of cardiac tamponade, superior vena cava (SVC) syndrome, and disseminated intravascular coagulation (DIC). A review of the English literature reveals this to be a unique constellation of clini...

journal_title：Chest

authors： Dib HR,Friedman B,Khouli HI,Gerber DR,Weiss RL

更新日期：1994-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Sacrococcygeal teratoma is rarely diagnosed in adults. Pulmonary mass as the presenting clinical form of the malignant variety of this germ-cell tumor is exceptional. We report herein such a case with the noticeable peculiarity of showing the air meniscus sign on chest roentgenographic examination. ...

journal_title：Chest

authors： Roig J,Aguilar X,Maestre J,Domingo C,Morera J

更新日期：1991-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Exhaled nitric oxide (eNO) is a convenient noninvasive marker for airway inflammation in several pulmonary diseases. However, external factors such as nitrate-rich nutrition can affect the levels of eNO and thus compromise its diagnostic value. STUDY OBJECTIVES:The objective of this investigation was to hav...

journal_title：Chest

authors： Vints AM,Oostveen E,Eeckhaut G,Smolders M,De Backer WA

更新日期：2005-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In a double-blind study the fiberoptic bronchoscope was contaminated with five pathogenic organisms, each at a concentration of 10(9) organisms per milliliter. The shaft and inner channel of the bronchoscope were cleansed with five antiseptic regimens. Each regimen included equal 120-ml aliquots of one, two, or three ...

journal_title：Chest

authors： Donaldson JC,Stoop DR,Williams SA

更新日期：1977-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Learning resource centers (LRC) are areas designed for individual study which contain a variety of self-instructional materials. To evaluate the use of LRC in teaching pulmonary medicine, a survey was conducted of medical school pulmonary sections; responses were obtained from 30 sections with an NHLBI pulmonary Acade...

journal_title：Chest

authors： Make BJ

更新日期：1982-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The diagnosis of sarcoidosis is made by the combination of clinical features and biopsy results. The clinical features of sarcoidosis can be quite variable. We developed a Sarcoidosis Diagnostic Score (SDS) to summarize the clinical features of patients with possible sarcoidosis. METHODS:Biopsy-confirmed pa...

journal_title：Chest

authors： Bickett AN,Lower EE,Baughman RP

更新日期：2018-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Relationships were investigated between chronic bronchitis and plant dust exposure assessed by quantification of barn threshing and cattle foddering and chronic bronchitis and acute respiratory syndromes after plant mold dust exposure. Two groups of male dairy farmers were studied in the Doubs region, France: 197 with...

journal_title：Chest

authors： Dalphin JC,Pernet D,Dubiez A,Debieuvre D,Allemand H,Depierre A

更新日期：1993-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Follow-up of patients with subclinical inflammatory alveolitis associated with systemic diseases may represent the best opportunity to study the mechanisms responsible for the development of interstitial lung disease. We report a seven-year sequential pulmonary evaluation of one patient with clinically isolated gastri...

journal_title：Chest

authors： Dugas M,Wallaert B,Tonnel AB,Voisin C

更新日期：1989-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:From March 1, 1979 thru September 30, 1984 we performed 56 cardiac transplants (Tx). The first 32 patients received conventional immunosuppression therapy consisting of azathioprine/prednisone (I/P), while the subsequent 24 patients received cyclosporine/prednisone (C/P). Twenty-one of 32 I/P patients ages 39 +/- 3 ye...

journal_title：Chest

authors： Emery RW,Cork R,Christensen R,Levinson MM,Icenogle TB,Riley J,Ott RA,Copeland JG

更新日期：1986-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND AND AIM:ARDS can occur from the following two pathogenetic pathways: a direct pulmonary injury (ARDSp); and an indirect injury (ARDSexp). The predisposing clinical factor can influence the pathogenesis and clinical outcome of ARDS. This metaanalysis was aimed at evaluating whether there is any difference in ...

journal_title：Chest

authors： Agarwal R,Srinivas R,Nath A,Jindal SK

更新日期：2008-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The history of the use of beta-blockers for congestive heart failure, beginning with the innovative seminal study by the Swedish group in 1975 to studies in 1995, is reviewed and shows that almost all trials favored the use of beta-blockers. They tended to demonstrate an increase in ejection fraction, a decrease in le...

journal_title：Chest

authors： Constant J

更新日期：1998-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services stipulate shared decision-making (SDM) counseling as a prerequisite to lung cancer screening (LCS) reimbursement, despite well-known challenges implementing SDM in practice. RESEARCH QUESTION:How have health-care organizations implemented SDM for LCS? STUDY DE...

journal_title：Chest

authors： Alishahi Tabriz A,Neslund-Dudas C,Turner K,Rivera MP,Reuland DS,Elston Lafata J

更新日期：2021-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Postnasal drip (PND) is a common symptom associated with upper respiratory tract disorders. It occurs without other symptoms or combined with chronic rhinosinusitis. However, the pathophysiology of PND is debated to this day, and an objective definition of PND has not been established. Therefore, we aimed to...

journal_title：Chest

authors： Bucher S,Schmid-Grendelmeier P,Soyka MB

更新日期：2019-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Little information exists about the expected time to death after terminal withdrawal of mechanical ventilation. We sought to determine the independent predictors of time to death after withdrawal of mechanical ventilation. METHODS:We conducted a secondary analysis from a cluster randomized trial of an end-o...

journal_title：Chest

authors： Cooke CR,Hotchkin DL,Engelberg RA,Rubinson L,Curtis JR

更新日期：2010-08-01 00:00:00