Combined aortic and mitral valve replacement in an adult with Scheie's disease.

abstract：:The last 5 years have brought dramatic changes to the care of patients with severe sepsis. While early diagnosis remains a challenge and, regrettably, a rapid, sensitive, and specific diagnostic test is still lacking, the methods to identify those critically ill patients who are likely to die have become clearer. The ...

journal_title：Chest

authors： Wheeler AP

更新日期：2007-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The narcotic antagonists naloxone and naltrexone were used as respiratory stimulants in two patients failing traditional medical therapy for COPD. Both patients demonstrated improvement while receiving the drugs, but developed respiratory failure when they were discontinued abruptly. In selected patients with COPD, na...

journal_title：Chest

authors： Reents SB,Beck CA Jr

更新日期：1988-01-01 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：:The call for meaningful patient and family engagement in research has recently gained considerable momentum. This article defines patient and family engagement broadly and specifically in clinical research. Using a multicenter, North American weaning trial as an exemplar, we describe our early experiences as clinical ...

journal_title：Chest

authors： Burns KEA,Devlin JW,Hill NS

更新日期：2017-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：STUDY OBJECTIVES:We investigated the role of two leukotriene B4 (LTB4) receptors, BLT1 and peroxisome proliferator-activated receptor (PPAR)-alpha, in conferring the susceptibility to develop COPD in smokers. Proinflammatory LTB4 activities are mediated by BLT1, while the inactivation of LTB4 is promoted by PPARalpha. ...

journal_title：Chest

authors： Marian E,Baraldo S,Visentin A,Papi A,Saetta M,Fabbri LM,Maestrelli P

更新日期：2006-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:To further delineate indications for noninvasive pressure support ventilation (NIPSV), we proposed this noninvasive technique as an alternative to endotracheal intubation in 17 consecutive patients with acute respiratory failure from various causes. Eight patients (47 percent) were successfully ventilated with NIPSV, ...

journal_title：Chest

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

更新日期：1993-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Chronic pulmonary thromboembolism (CPE) is a challenging diagnosis for clinicians. It is an often-forgotten diagnosis and can be difficult to detect and easily misdiagnosed. The radiologic features on CT pulmonary angiography are subtle and can be further compounded by pathologic mimics and unusual findings observed w...

journal_title：Chest

authors： Wijesuriya S,Chandratreya L,Medford AR

更新日期：2013-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The results of computed chest tomograms (CT) and chest roentgenograms (CR) were compared in 32 patients who presented with hemoptysis. The CT demonstrated roentgenographic abnormalities more often than CR (p less than 0.01), providing new diagnostic information in 15 patients (46.9 percent), and clarifying CR abnormal...

journal_title：Chest

authors： Haponik EF,Britt EJ,Smith PL,Bleecker ER

更新日期：1987-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Two-dimensional echocardiography showed myocardial thickening in 3 of 16 acute myocarditis patients in childhood. In all 3 cases, this myocardial thickening was transient and diminished within 3 weeks. This myocardial thickening was most marked at a few days after the onset; the interventricular septal thickness for e...

journal_title：Chest

authors： Nakagawa M,Hamaoka K

更新日期：1993-12-01 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：:We report a patient in whom presumed vasospasm of an angiographically normal coronary artery led to severe transmural myocardial ischemia. To our knowledge, this is the first case in which an allergic reaction to locally applied chlorhexidine caused such a severe reaction. ...

journal_title：Chest

authors： Conraads VM,Jorens PG,Ebo DG,Claeys MJ,Bosmans JM,Vrints CJ

更新日期：1998-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：STUDY OBJECTIVES:To determine whether, in patients with bilateral pleural effusions, the main cellular and biochemical features of the pleural fluid on the right side differ from or correlate with those on the left side. We examined lactate dehydrogenase (LDH), glucose, and total protein (TP) levels, RBC count, nucleat...

journal_title：Chest

authors： Kalomenidis I,Rodriguez M,Barnette R,Gupta R,Hawthorne M,Parkes KB,Light RW

更新日期：2003-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:OSA is associated with significant adverse outcomes with far-reaching health-care implications. OSA is much more common and severe in patients with Down syndrome (DS) than in the general population, yet there is a striking lack of literature in this area. In this review article, we have summarized the current state of...

journal_title：Chest

authors： Lal C,White DR,Joseph JE,van Bakergem K,LaRosa A

更新日期：2015-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：CASE PRESENTATION:A 2-year-old boy was referred to the Ankara University School of Medicine Children's Hospital with a history of recurrent respiratory distress and cyanosis since birth. His medical history was significant for premature birth at 31 weeks via cesarean section, as an infant of a diabetic mother. There wa...

journal_title：Chest

authors： Zirek F,Akova BŞ,Özcan G,Fitoz S,Çobanoğlu N

更新日期：2021-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A prospective evaluation of 74 human immunodeficiency virus (HIV)-infected patients with cardiopulmonary complaints revealed six patients (8.1 percent) with pulmonary hypertension with elevated right ventricular systolic over right atrial pressure of 58 +/- 8 mm Hg (range, 49 to 66 mm Hg), as documented by Doppler ech...

journal_title：Chest

authors： Speich R,Jenni R,Opravil M,Pfab M,Russi EW

更新日期：1991-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Since first described in 1984, nontraumatic pneumothoraces in patients with AIDS has become more common. When compared with spontaneous pneumothorax in the general population, pneumothoraces in patients with AIDS are often complicated by prolonged air leaks as well as higher recurrence rates. Chemical pleurodesis has ...

journal_title：Chest

authors： Read CA,Reddy VD,O'Mara TE,Richardson MS

更新日期：1994-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：STUDY OBJECTIVE:To determine how the volume and severity of emphysema measured by CT morphometry (CTM) before and after lung volume reduction surgery (LVRS) relates to the functional status of patients after LVRS. DESIGN:A histologically validated CT algorithm was used to quantify the volume and severity of emphysema ...

journal_title：Chest

authors： Rogers RM,Coxson HO,Sciurba FC,Keenan RJ,Whittall KP,Hogg JC

更新日期：2000-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The differentiation of ventricular tachycardia from supraventricular conducted with aberration constitutes a perennial challenge. We report a new surface ECG clue, hitherto undescribed, the presence of which, during wide QRS tachycardia, indicates that the tachycardia in question is ventricular rather than supraventri...

journal_title：Chest

authors： Reddy GV,Leghari RU

更新日期：1987-10-01 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：:Twenty-one patients with malignant pleural effusion (MPE) were prospectively entered into a nonrandomized, single-armed study to evaluate the efficacy and safety of recombinant interferon (IFN) alpha-2b (INTRON A; Schering-Plough; Kenilworth, NJ) as an intrapleural palliative agent. From March 1989 through February 19...

journal_title：Chest

authors： Wilkins HE 3rd,Connolly MM,Grays P,Marquez G,Nelson D

更新日期：1997-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We compared the efficacy of positive pressure ventilation (PPV) vs negative pressure ventilation (NPV) in providing ventilatory muscle rest for five normal subjects and six patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD). All participants underwent measurement of transdiaphragmatic pressure (Pdi), pressure ...

journal_title：Chest

authors： Belman MJ,Soo Hoo GW,Kuei JH,Shadmehr R

更新日期：1990-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Increased blood lactate concentration (hyperlactatemia) and lactic acidosis (hyperlactatemia and serum pH < 7.35) are common in patients with severe sepsis or septic shock and are associated with significant morbidity and mortality. In some patients, most of the lactate that is produced in shock states is due to inade...

journal_title：Chest

authors： Suetrong B,Walley KR

更新日期：2016-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:To evaluate the efficacy of mask-mode digital subtraction angiography in selective coronary arteriography, we compared computer-based digital subtraction angiograms to standard film-based angiograms in 77 patients. Digital angiography was performed utilizing a 512(2) matrix and a framing rate of 30 frames/second. Radi...

journal_title：Chest

authors： Goldberg HL,Moses JW,Fisher J,Tamari I,Borer JS

更新日期：1986-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Severe head injury often results in hypoxemia, but the pathophysiology of this phenomenon is unclear. We studied 24 patients hospitalized after severe head injury to determine whether the abnormality of oxygen transfer as measured by venous admixture (Qs/Qt) was associated with a reduction in functional residual capac...

journal_title：Chest

authors： Cooper KR,Boswell PA

更新日期：1983-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A female patient was treated with high-dose inhaled fluticasone propionate for her asthma. Over 2 years, she developed features of Cushing's syndrome with proximal myopathy, osteopenia, hypertension, depressive psychosis, and cushingoid appearance. She had biochemical evidence of marked adrenal suppression with a 9:00...

journal_title：Chest

authors： Wilson AM,Blumsohn A,Jung RT,Lipworth BJ

更新日期：2000-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：STUDY OBJECTIVES:To define characteristics of surgically curable, early cancers of the lung, we retrospectively studied relationships between thin-section CT (TS-CT) scans, pathologic features, and outcome data in 287 patients with resected small-diameter (< 20 mm) peripheral lung carcinoma. Cases included 260 adenocar...

journal_title：Chest

authors： Shimizu K,Yamada K,Saito H,Noda K,Nakayama H,Kameda Y,Nakata K

更新日期：2005-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We report a case of cardiac fibrosarcoma that was treated with cardiac tumor resection, chemotherapy, cardiac explantation, tumor repeat resection, and autotransplantation followed by external beam irradiation. The patient was able to achieve clinical remission and remained disease free > 2 years after the initial dia...

journal_title：Chest

authors： Mery GM,Reardon MJ,Haas J,Lazar J,Hindenburg A

更新日期：2003-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Two cases of a Greenfield inferior vena cava (IVC) filter being dislodged during central venous catheter placement are described. This event appears to be related to J-tip guidewire use during venous catheterization. To our knowledge, this occurrence previously has not been reported. One of the two filters was dislodg...

journal_title：Chest

authors： Marelich GP,Tharratt RS

更新日期：1994-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The effect of interstitial pulmonary fibrosis on pregnancy is unclear. We present the findings in a 31-year-old woman with severe pulmonary fibrosis (vital capacity, 37 percent of predicted) secondary to hard metal disease who went through a successful term pregnancy. The patient was a grinder of tungsten-carbide dril...

journal_title：Chest

authors： Ratto D,Balmes J,Boylen T,Sharma OP

更新日期：1988-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND AND STUDY OBJECTIVE:Phrenic nerve injury may occur after cardiac surgery; however, its cause has not been extensively investigated with electrophysiology. The purpose of this study was to determine by electrophysiologic means the importance of various possible risk factors in the development of phrenic nerve...

journal_title：Chest

authors： Dimopoulou I,Daganou M,Dafni U,Karakatsani A,Khoury M,Geroulanos S,Jordanoglou J

更新日期：1998-01-01 00:00:00