Bronchial thermoplasty: reappraising the evidence (or lack thereof).

abstract：:Bronchopulmonary Kaposi's sarcoma (KS) occurs in 20 percent of AIDS patients with cutaneous involvement; however, complete endobronchial occlusion is uncommon. Moreover, bronchopulmonary KS is infrequent in the absence of cutaneous manifestations. We report a case of documented complete endobronchial obstruction by KS...

journal_title：Chest

authors： Chin R Jr,Jones DF,Pegram PS,Haponik EF

更新日期：1994-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：STUDY OBJECTIVES:Biochemical and inflammatory markers in pleural inflammation were evaluated in pediatric cases of parapneumonic effusions, and interleukin (IL)-8 and tumor necrosis factor (TNF)-alpha concentrations were tested for possible differentiation of the complicated nature of effusions. PATIENTS:Twenty-eight ...

journal_title：Chest

authors： Utine GE,Ozcelik U,Yalcin E,Dogru D,Kiper N,Aslan A,Kanra G

更新日期：2005-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Bedside ultrasound examination could be used to assess jugular venous pressure (JVP), and thus central venous pressure (CVP), more reliably than clinical examination. METHODS:The study was a prospective, blinded evaluation comparing physical examination of external jugular venous pressure (JVPEXT), internal...

journal_title：Chest

authors： Deol GR,Collett N,Ashby A,Schmidt GA

更新日期：2011-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：STUDY OBJECTIVES:We set out to determine whether there is a difference in postoperative pain and recovery after the patient undergoes the axillary muscle-sparing incision (ie, muscle-sparing thoracotomy [MT]) vs the modified posterolateral incision (ie, posterolateral thoracotomy [PT]). DESIGN:Analysis of a database o...

journal_title：Chest

authors： Ochroch EA,Gottschalk A,Augoustides JG,Aukburg SJ,Kaiser LR,Shrager JB

更新日期：2005-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The timing of surgical treatment of empyema remains controversial. Traditionally, thoracotomy is performed either within three weeks of diagnosis or delayed until presumed pleurodesis occurs. Often, these patients are moribund and the duration of illness impossible to determine. We report our surgical results in seven...

journal_title：Chest

authors： Hoover EL,Hsu HK,Ross MJ,Gross AM,Webb H,Ketosugbo A,Finch P

更新日期：1986-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Individuals continue to smoke despite its numerous proven adverse health effects. Now viewed as a chronic medical condition, health-care professionals are more involved in cessation efforts. Physicians are often the first line of defense, providing intervention through prescription management and counseling. Some insu...

journal_title：Chest

authors： Pohlig C

更新日期：2006-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The mid-portion of the maximal expiratory flow-volume (MEFV) curve is often described by values of the mean forced expired flow as lung volume decreases from 75% to 25% of vital capacity (ie, forced expiratory flow, midexpiratory phase [FEF(25-75)]). It is common practice to report also forced expired flow a...

journal_title：Chest

authors： Bar-Yishay E,Amirav I,Goldberg S

更新日期：2003-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Acute respiratory tract infections (ARTIs) are among the main causes of morbidity and mortality in children. The bacterial extract OM-85 BV (bronchovaxom) has shown protective effect for ARTIs on children. We report a double-blind, placebo-controlled, parallel, prospective clinical trial to assess the safety...

journal_title：Chest

authors： Gutiérrez-Tarango MD,Berber A

更新日期：2001-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Based on the theory that obstructive (OSA) and central (CSA) sleep apneas share common pathophysiologic mechanisms, we attempted to treat eight patients with predominantly CSA by continuous positive airway pressure (CPAP). All patients exhibited repetitive episodes of CSA and mixed sleep apneas (MSA) in the supine pos...

journal_title：Chest

authors： Issa FG,Sullivan CE

更新日期：1986-08-01 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：BACKGROUND:Solitary pulmonary nodule (SPN) evaluation based on analyses of combined wash-in (WI) and washout (WO) values obtained by helical dynamic CT (HDCT) scanning is useful for malignant SPN characterization, because this method has higher specificity and accuracy than that based on analyses of WI values only. How...

journal_title：Chest

authors： Lee KS,Yi CA,Jeong SY,Jeong YJ,Kim S,Chung MJ,Kim HY,Kim YK,Lee KH

更新日期：2007-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:D6 is an atypical chemokine receptor involved in chemokine degradation and resolution of acute inflammatory responses in mice. Emerging evidence suggests that D6 might behave differently in human chronic inflammatory conditions. We, therefore, investigated the involvement of D6 in the immune responses in COP...

journal_title：Chest

authors： Bazzan E,Saetta M,Turato G,Borroni EM,Cancellieri C,Baraldo S,Savino B,Calabrese F,Ballarin A,Balestro E,Mantovani A,Cosio MG,Bonecchi R,Locati M

更新日期：2013-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Failure to reliably diagnose ARDS may be a major driver of negative clinical trials and underrecognition and treatment in clinical practice. We sought to examine the interobserver reliability of the Berlin ARDS definition and examine strategies for improving the reliability of ARDS diagnosis. METHODS:Two hu...

journal_title：Chest

authors： Sjoding MW,Hofer TP,Co I,Courey A,Cooke CR,Iwashyna TJ

更新日期：2018-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Unidirectional endobronchial valves, originally studied for potential treatment of emphysema, have emerged as a useful intervention for patients with persistent air leak from the lung. The procedure is accomplished via bronchoscopy in a patient who already has a chest tube in place for management of the air leak. It u...

journal_title：Chest

authors： Kovitz KL,French KD

更新日期：2013-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Hypothalamic-pituitary-adrenal function in a well-defined, carefully selected group of 25 patients with extrinsic asthma was assessed by measuring plasma levels of adrenocorticotropic hormone (ACTH) and of 11-deoxycorticol after administration of metyrapone and by measuring the level of cortisol following stimulation ...

journal_title：Chest

authors： Morrish DW,Sproule BJ,Aaron TH,Outhet D,Crockford PM

更新日期：1979-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Thirty-three patients with T3,N2,M0 or T4,N2,M0, non-small-cell lung cancer (NSCLC) took part in a phase 2 study in an attempt to evaluate the feasability of neoadjuvant chemotherapy followed by surgery and thoracic radiotherapy. Chemotherapy consisted of daily administration of the following treatment: etoposide, 100...

journal_title：Chest

authors： Pujol JL,Hayot M,Rouanet P,Le Chevalier T,Michel FB

更新日期：1994-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A protocol was originally designed to study breathing control during and following cardiac arrest in humans, taking advantage of the period of pulseless ventricular fibrillation (PVF) produced while testing a newly implanted cardioverter-defibrillator device. A patient aged in his 60s with New York Heart Association c...

journal_title：Chest

authors： Bartsch S,Haouzi P

更新日期：2013-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The burden of children's chronic cough to parents is largely unknown. The objectives of this study were as follows: (1) to determine the burden of chronic cough using a purposely designed questionnaire, and (2) to evaluate psychological (child's anxiety and parental emotional distress) and other influences o...

journal_title：Chest

authors： Marchant JM,Newcombe PA,Juniper EF,Sheffield JK,Stathis SL,Chang AB

更新日期：2008-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Prevalence rates for asthma in various parts of the world are different and this cannot be entirely explained by differences in methodology. Low prevalence rates are found in third world countries, particularly marked for children. The reasons for these differences are obscure but are largely environmental. Some sugge...

journal_title：Chest

authors： Cookson JB

更新日期：1987-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:alpha(1)-Antitrypsin (AAT)-Z deficiency is a risk factor for the development of COPD. Compared to wild-type M, AAT-Z has an increased tendency to polymerize, rendering it inactive as a serine proteinase inhibitor. It has been demonstrated that wild-type M- and Z-deficiency AAT polymers are chemotactic for hu...

journal_title：Chest

authors： Persson C,Subramaniyam D,Stevens T,Janciauskiene S

更新日期：2006-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Cumulative dose response curves to inhaled methacholine were established in 24 "healthy" children of asthmatic parents and 7 healthy children of healthy parents. Atopic children of asthmatic parents demonstrated higher bronchial hyperreactivity (BHR) than nonatopic children. The BHR was about ten times less than in th...

journal_title：Chest

authors： Bruderman I,Cohen R,Schachter J

更新日期：1990-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We describe a ten-month-old patient in whom intermittent patency and closure of the dectus arteriosus was observed clinically, and in whom this observation was uniquely demonstrated at the time of cardiac catheterization. The hemodynamics of this patient and the physiology of ductal closure are discussed. ...

journal_title：Chest

authors： DuBrow IW,Fisher E,Hastreiter A

更新日期：1975-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The factors that contribute to the symptoms of breathlessness and fatigue, and that limit exercise capacity in patients with chronic heart failure are poorly understood. Recent evidence suggests that the major mechanism is not related to central hemodynamics but to a reduction of skeletal muscle mass and diminished bl...

journal_title：Chest

authors： Poole-Wilson PA,Buller NP,Lindsay DC

更新日期：1992-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The accuracy of combined clinical examination (CE) and chest radiography (CXR) (CE + CXR) vs thoracic ultrasonography in the acute assessment of pneumothorax, hemothorax, and lung contusion in chest trauma patients is unknown. METHODS:We conducted a prospective, observational cohort study involving 119 adul...

journal_title：Chest

authors： Hyacinthe AC,Broux C,Francony G,Genty C,Bouzat P,Jacquot C,Albaladejo P,Ferretti GR,Bosson JL,Payen JF

更新日期：2012-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The long-term pulmonary consequences of right middle lobe syndrome (RMLS) in childhood are not known. Therefore, outcome was evaluated in 17 children with RMLS diagnosed in early childhood (mean age, 3.3 years; SD, 1.1 year). Mean age at follow-up was 10.1 years (SD, 2.6 years). RMLS was defined as atelectasis of the ...

journal_title：Chest

authors： De Boeck K,Willems T,Van Gysel D,Corbeel L,Eeckels R

更新日期：1995-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:In a rodent model of cardiac arrest and resuscitation in which the inspired gas mixture was enriched with oxygen, resuscitability and survival were unaffected by positive pressure ventilation. In the present study, in a larger animal model, tidal volumes generated during precordial compression and with spont...

journal_title：Chest

authors： Noc M,Weil MH,Tang W,Turner T,Fukui M

更新日期：1995-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:In response to the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality statement questioning the usefulness of “screening spirometry,” the National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute and the COPD Foundation held a consensus conference in June 2008 to establish a procedure to detect cases of COPD in the general populati...

journal_title：Chest

authors： Nelson SB,LaVange LM,Nie Y,Walsh JW,Enright PL,Martinez FJ,Mannino DM,Thomashow BM

更新日期：2012-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Much controversy persists regarding the place of statin drugs in the treatment of patients with COPD. This systematic review and meta-analysis sought to determine the clinical efficacy of statin therapy in COPD. METHODS:We searched MEDLINE, EMBASE, the Cochrane Database, and PubMed for relevant clinical stu...

journal_title：Chest

authors： Zhang W,Zhang Y,Li CW,Jones P,Wang C,Fan Y

更新日期：2017-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We wanted to determine the long-term effects of a continuous infusion of PGE1 on DO2 and VO2 in patients with ARDS. Data were obtained from a randomized double-blind multicenter trial, which evaluated the effects of PGE1 on survival in patients with ARDS. Patients were stratified according to treatment and outcome: pl...

journal_title：Chest

authors： Silverman HJ,Slotman G,Bone RC,Maunder R,Hyers TM,Kerstein MD,Ursprung JJ

更新日期：1990-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：STUDY OBJECTIVE:To evaluate in patients submitted to minute ventilation > 10 L/min the ability to preserve patients' heat and humidity of two heat and moisture exchangers (HMEs) and one vaporizing humidifier (VH). DESIGN:Prospective, randomized, comparative, non-blinded study. SETTING:Intensive care unit of a univers...

journal_title：Chest

authors： Martin C,Thomachot L,Quinio B,Viviand X,Albanese J

更新日期：1995-05-01 00:00:00