Initial characteristics and outcome of hospitalized patients with amiodarone pulmonary toxicity.

abstract：:A case of endobronchial metastasis 2 yr following treatment of rectal carcinoma is presented. Endobronchial metastases from extrathoracic primary malignancies are uncommon, the estimated frequency and possible mechanisms underlying this complication are discussed. The importance of recognizing possible endobronchial m...

journal_title：Respiratory medicine

authors： Lee YC,Wong CS,Jeffery GM

更新日期：1997-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：INTRODUCTION:Exhaled nitric oxide (FE(NO)) is a reliable non-invasive marker of airway inflammation. In 2003 FE(NO) chemiluminescence analyzer (NIOX; Aerocrine AB, Solna, Sweden) was approved by U.S. Food and Drug Administration for monitoring asthma therapy. Recently, the same company developed a portable device using...

journal_title：Respiratory medicine

authors： Pizzimenti S,Bugiani M,Piccioni P,Heffler E,Carosso A,Guida G,Rolla G

更新日期：2008-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：STUDY OBJECTIVES:Surgical lung biopsy (SLB) plays an important role in the diagnosis of interstitial pneumonia, however, the occurrence of acute respiratory failure following SLB remains largely unreported. We evaluated the incidence, clinical features, therapy and prognosis of acute exacerbation of interstitial pneumo...

journal_title：Respiratory medicine

authors： Kondoh Y,Taniguchi H,Kitaichi M,Yokoi T,Johkoh T,Oishi T,Kimura T,Nishiyama O,Kato K,du Bois RM

更新日期：2006-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The need for additional research on symptomatic smokers with normal spirometry has been recently emphasized. Albeit not meeting criteria for Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) diagnosis, symptomatic smokers may experience activity limitation, evidence of airway disease, and exacerbations. We, there...

journal_title：Respiratory medicine

authors： Di Marco F,Terraneo S,Job S,Rinaldo RF,Sferrazza Papa GF,Roggi MA,Santus P,Centanni S

更新日期：2017-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In developing countries, many sputum-negative suspects of pulmonary tuberculosis (PTB) are given antituberculous medication just because tuberculosis (TB) could not be excluded in them. Many studies have shown that BCG test is nearly 100% sensitive, except in those with severe malnutrition, steroid therapy and other c...

journal_title：Respiratory medicine

authors： Mathur ML,Raman S

更新日期：2003-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Asthma and wheezing illnesses carry a significant burden of disease during childhood. Prevalence studies have the capacity to provide invaluable insights into the nature of these common conditions. As part of the Isle of Wight Whole Population Birth Cohort Study (n=1456) we have examined wheezing and asthma developmen...

journal_title：Respiratory medicine

authors： Kurukulaaratchy RJ,Fenn M,Twiselton R,Matthews S,Arshad SH

更新日期：2002-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The Lion Intoximeter 3000 has been used for evidential breath testing in the U.K. for some years. Some individuals with lung diseases have difficulty in providing evidential breath samples using the device. This study describes an investigation that we have carried out on a newer instrument--the Lion Intoxilyzer 6000U...

journal_title：Respiratory medicine

authors： Honeybourne D,Moore AJ,Butterfield AK,Azzan L

更新日期：2000-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The aim of the present study was to investigate whether the pneumonia severity index (PSI) could adequately predict the severity of community-acquired pneumonia (CAP) and could be used as a severity of illness classification system. Furthermore, reasons that may influence the decision to admit low risk patients were a...

journal_title：Respiratory medicine

authors： van der Eerden MM,de Graaff CS,Bronsveld W,Jansen HM,Boersma WG

更新日期：2004-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:The usefulness of any questionnaire in clinical management and research trials depends on its ability to indicate a likelihood of treatment success during follow-up. The Minimal Clinically Important Difference (MCID) reflects a clinically relevant change score. The aim of this study was to estimate the MCID f...

journal_title：Respiratory medicine

authors： de Kleijn WP,De Vries J,Wijnen PA,Drent M

更新日期：2011-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Seventy-seven patients with morbid obesity, body mass index (BMI) 40-69.9 kg m(-2), who were candidates for gastroplasty, were studied in our laboratory as part of a pre-operative survey. They had no complaints other than obesity and were not cyanotic. A group of 28 lean subjects (BMI 20-29.8 kg m(-2)) who were candid...

journal_title：Respiratory medicine

authors： Ladosky W,Botelho MA,Albuquerque JP Jr

更新日期：2001-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We aim to assess whether respiratory symptoms are associated with lung function in young adults, and whether any such relation is similar in those with asthma, in men and women, and in different countries. Study participants (aged 20-44 years) were randomly selected from the general population in 35 centres in 15 coun...

journal_title：Respiratory medicine

authors： Sunyer J,Basagaña X,Roca J,Urrutia I,Jaen A,Antó JM,Burney P,ECRHS study.

更新日期：2004-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The aims of this study were to describe asthma management and morbidity in patients attending general practitioners in Australia, and to assess the relationship between patient reports and those of their general practitioner (GP). The sample comprised consecutive patients attending 46 general practitioners chosen at r...

journal_title：Respiratory medicine

authors： Bauman A,Cooper C,Bridges-Webb C,Tse M,Miles D,Bhasale A,Pollock M

更新日期：1995-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Impaired cardiac function and sleep-disordered breathing (SDB) are associated with progression of chronic kidney disease (CKD) in heart failure (HF) patients. Adaptive servo-ventilation (ASV) therapy improves cardiac function in HF patients regardless of the SDB severity through hemodynamic support and preve...

journal_title：Respiratory medicine

authors： Koyama T,Watanabe H,Terada S,Makabe S,Igarashi G,Nobori K,Ito H

更新日期：2011-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Exercise induced asthma may symptomatically be difficult to differentiate from exercise related obstruction in the upper airways, sometimes leading to diagnostic confusion and inappropriate treatment. Larynx accounts for a significant fraction of total airway resistance, but its role as a limiting factor for...

journal_title：Respiratory medicine

authors： Røksund OD,Maat RC,Heimdal JH,Olofsson J,Skadberg BT,Halvorsen T

更新日期：2009-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The oxygen cost diagram (OCD) is a simple scale for quantifying a patient's evaluation of his tolerance to exercise frequently used in clinical trials; it has been shown to be well correlated with objective measures of capacity of ambulation such as the 6 min walk test (6' W). This study aimed to determine whether the...

journal_title：Respiratory medicine

authors： Janssens JP,Breitenstein E,Rochat T,Fitting JW

更新日期：1999-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Samples of lung tissue, taken at time of lung transplant, from 13 Dutch Caucasian patients with idiopathic pulmonary arterial hypertension (iPAH) and 14 patients with non-idiopathic PAH were studied for the presence of human herpes virus-8 (HHV-8). By immunohistochemical staining, in none of patients expression of HHV...

journal_title：Respiratory medicine

authors： Bresser P,Cornelissen MI,van der Bij W,van Noesel CJ,Timens W

更新日期：2007-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：INTRODUCTION:The discrepancy rates of drug susceptibility testing (DST) results between solid and liquid media have been reported to range from 2.4 to 7.4% for isoniazid. Most isolate with isoniazid DST discrepancies between solid and liquid media test as susceptible on solid medium and resistant in liquid medium, howe...

journal_title：Respiratory medicine

authors： Kim S,Lee H,Park HY,Jeon K,Huh HJ,Lee NY,Jeong BH

更新日期：2017-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：INTRODUCTION:Non-cystic fibrosis(CF) bronchiectasis has been recognized in children for the past 200 years. Early childhood pneumonia and underlying conditions such as immunodeficiency, primary ciliary dyskinesia(PCD), and congenital lung pathology should be considered in the etiology. The aim of our study was to descr...

journal_title：Respiratory medicine

authors： Satırer O,Mete Yesil A,Emiralioglu N,Tugcu GD,Yalcın E,Dogru D,Kiper N,Ozcelik U

更新日期：2018-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:We aimed to compare chest low-dose computed tomography (LDCT) with chest radiography (CXR) in the assessment of febrile acute myeloid leukaemia neutropenic patients. METHODS:A prospective non-randomized study was carried out between 30 May, 2003 and 3 June, 2004 in consecutive neutropenic patients who requi...

journal_title：Respiratory medicine

authors： Patsios D,Maimon N,Chung T,Roberts H,Disperati P,Minden M,Paul N

更新日期：2010-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Asthma is a very common respiratory disease which is characterized by the presence of cytokine-mediated airway inflammation leading to smooth muscle contraction, oedema and progressive airway damage in some cases. In light of our recent finding of an increased sero-prevalence of Helicobacter pylori in bronchiectasis, ...

journal_title：Respiratory medicine

authors： Tsang KW,Lam WK,Chan KN,Hu W,Wu A,Kwok E,Zheng L,Wong BC,Lam SK

更新日期：2000-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:To clarify the clinical features of pulmonary Mycobacterium avium-intracellulare complex (MAC) infection, we retrospectively evaluated clinical manifestations, laboratory data, chest and maxillary sinus computed tomographic scans and induced sputum findings in 26 with MAC infection in comparison with 104 patients with...

journal_title：Respiratory medicine

authors： Watanabe K,Fujimura M,Kasahara K,Yasui M,Myou S,Watanabe A,Nakao S

更新日期：2003-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Combination therapy with inhaled corticosteroids (ICS) and long-acting β(2)-adrenergic agonists (LABA) is reported to have superior effects on controlling asthma symptoms to ICS alone; however, there is no molecular-based evidence to explain the clinical effects. Here, the effect of the ICS/LABA combination ...

journal_title：Respiratory medicine

authors： Essilfie-Quaye S,Ito K,Ito M,Kharitonov SA,Barnes PJ

更新日期：2011-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：INTRODUCTION AND AIM:Pseudomonas aeruginosa could acquire a mucoid phenotype due to mutations in mucA (mucoid Pseudomonas aeruginosa - mPA) that is a hallmark of poor prognosis in patients with bronchiectasis. Despite the higher prevalence of Pseudomonas aeruginosa in bronchiectasis, how mPA and non-mucoid Pseudomonas ...

journal_title：Respiratory medicine

authors： Alcaraz-Serrano V,Fernández-Barat L,Scioscia G,Llorens-Llacuna J,Gimeno-Santos E,Herrero-Cortina B,Vàzquez N,Puig de la Bellacasa J,Gabarrús A,Amaro-Rodriguez R,Menéndez R,Torres A

更新日期：2019-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Patients with upper and lower airway symptoms and with pronounced sensitivity to chemical odours, such as perfumes, flower scents and tobacco smoke, have been suggested to have sensory hyperreactivity (SHR). The symptoms have been difficult to identify with physiological measurements and the effects of vario...

journal_title：Respiratory medicine

authors： Johansson A,Löwhagen O,Millqvist E,Bende M

更新日期：2002-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Asthma has become an important public health issue worldwide and certain groups, such as children, are at particular risk of the disease. Often asthma remains under-diagnosed and under-treated. Despite these worrying trends, the disease management approach to asthma control can help most asthma patients achieve a 'nor...

journal_title：Respiratory medicine

authors： Haahtela T

更新日期：2002-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：INRODUCTION:The mechanistic target of rapamycin inhibitors (mTORi) sirolimus and everolimus stabilize lung function in patients with pulmonary lymphangioleiomyomatosis (LAM) but do not induce remission. Pre-clinical studies suggest that simvastatin in combination with sirolimus induces LAM cell death. The objective of ...

journal_title：Respiratory medicine

authors： Krymskaya VP,Courtwright AM,Fleck V,Dorgan D,Kotloff R,McCormack FX,Kreider M

更新日期：2020-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:No consensus exists on the exact treatment of pneumothorax (PTX). Some guidelines are proposing manual aspiration (MA) to be preferred over tube thoracostomy (TT) in uncomplicated primary spontaneous pneumothorax (PSP). However, only a few studies reported a direct comparison of both methods. Our aim was to ...

journal_title：Respiratory medicine

authors： Parlak M,Uil SM,van den Berg JW

更新日期：2012-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Decreased lung function has health impacts beyond diagnosable lung disease. It is therefore important to understand the factors that may influence even small changes in lung function including obesity, physical fitness and physical activity. The aim of this study was to determine the anthropometric measure m...

journal_title：Respiratory medicine

authors： Rowe A,Hernandez P,Kuhle S,Kirkland S

更新日期：2017-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Both albuterol and nedocromil sodium have been recognized to possess certain anti-inflammatory properties. However, there are no data on the impact of these drugs on the pathophysiology of the bronchial extracellular matrix in asthma characterized by enhanced tenascin (Tn) expression, known to occur proportional to th...

journal_title：Respiratory medicine

authors： Altraja A,Laitinen A,Meriste S,Marran S,Märtson T,Sillastu H,Laitinen LA

更新日期：1999-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Bronchial stenosis (BS) is currently found in 7-15% of lung transplantation (LT) recipients. Current treatment strategies have included Nd:Yag laser, cryotherapy, bougie dilatation and stent placement. Bronchoscopic balloon dilatation has been used as alternative treatment in a few cases with controversial r...

journal_title：Respiratory medicine

authors： De Gracia J,Culebras M,Alvarez A,Catalán E,De la Rosa D,Maestre J,Canela M,Román A

更新日期：2007-01-01 00:00:00