Sleep-disordered breathing in Down syndrome.

abstract：BACKGROUND:Pleural effusions frequently accumulate in patients with left-sided heart failure. However, our recent study in patients with idiopathic and heritable pulmonary arterial hypertension (PAH) demonstrated that pleural effusions frequently occur in patients with isolated right-sided heart failure (RHF). The obje...

journal_title：Chest

authors： Luo YF,Robbins IM,Karatas M,Brixey AG,Rice TW,Light RW

更新日期：2011-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Great variability exists in the occurrence of antibiotic-resistant bacteria in ICUs around the world. The contribution of specific ICU care variables to these geographic variations is unknown. METHODS:ICU patients from two ICUs (in Jerusalem and Toronto) who were admitted for > 48 h and who grew a resistant...

journal_title：Chest

authors： Levin PD,Simor AE,Moses AE,Sprung CL

更新日期：2010-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We retrospectively studied the acute toxicity of corticosteroid therapy in 23 episodes of PCP occurring in the setting of AIDS and determined the incidence of HIV-related complications following these and 16 other contemporaneous episodes of AIDS-related PCP treated with antimicrobials alone. The mean duration of cort...

journal_title：Chest

authors： Lambertus MW,Goetz MB,Murthy AR,Mathisen GE

更新日期：1990-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Pulmonary sequestration is a congenital anomaly resulting in nonfunctioning lung tissue in either the "extralobar" or "intralobar" position. Both forms derive their blood supply from the systemic circulation. Large pulmonary sequestrations can present in the newborn with potentially fatal respiratory distress. Surgica...

journal_title：Chest

authors： Piccione W Jr,Burt ME

更新日期：1990-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:To evaluate whether the response of left ventricular pump function during low-level exercise in the early postinfarction period can anticipate its change during the first year after acute myocardial infarction (MI), global and regional ejection fractions (EF) were investigated using radionuclide angiography in 52 cons...

journal_title：Chest

authors： Iwasaka T,Sugiura T,Nakamura S,Okubo N,Inada M

更新日期：1992-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:As a follow-up to a previous assessment of complications of sleep-disturbed breathing in 265 patients, we have reevaluated measures of sleepiness and hypertension in patients with obstructive sleep apnea (OSA) (n = 518), central sleep apnea (n = 50), and subclinical sleep-disordered breathing (SDB) (n = 107). Both sub...

journal_title：Chest

authors： Mendelson WB

更新日期：1995-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This report describes a 25-year follow-up of angiographically proven bilateral functioning Vineberg grafts. This represents the longest angiographic follow-up found in the literature. The relevance of these grafts in present-day revascularization procedures is discussed. ...

journal_title：Chest

authors： Hughes MM

更新日期：1997-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：STUDY OBJECTIVE:To determine whether standard clinical and transthoracic echocardiographic criteria considered to be suggestive of the presence of endocarditis-associated paravalvular abscess are predictive of which patients would benefit from reliable but invasive transesophageal echocardiographic investigations for a...

journal_title：Chest

authors： Blumberg EA,Karalis DA,Chandrasekaran K,Wahl JM,Vilaro J,Covalesky VA,Mintz GS

更新日期：1995-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The objective of this study was to systematically review and quantitatively synthesize all randomized controlled trials (RCTs), comparing important outcomes in ventilated critically ill patients who received an early or late tracheotomy. METHODS:A systematic literature search of PubMed, Cumulative Index to ...

journal_title：Chest

authors： Wang F,Wu Y,Bo L,Lou J,Zhu J,Chen F,Li J,Deng X

更新日期：2011-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Burnout syndrome is an increasingly common phenomenon that threatens our critical care workforce and the well-being of its members. Burnout syndrome can be conceived of as a workforce manifestation of chronic workload and workforce capacity imbalance. This study explores the role of workload management tools that can ...

journal_title：Chest

authors： Lilly CM,Cucchi E,Marshall N,Katz A

更新日期：2019-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:FEV1 may remain stable while high-resolution CT (HRCT) appearances deteriorate in children with cystic fibrosis (CF). However, spirometry results commonly decline in older age groups. OBJECTIVES:To compare the rate of decline in HRCT abnormalities and spirometry results over time in an adult cohort with CF....

journal_title：Chest

authors： Judge EP,Dodd JD,Masterson JB,Gallagher CG

更新日期：2006-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Significant eosinophilia is a prominent feature in Churg-Strauss syndrome but has only rarely been described in Wegener's granulomatosis (WG). We describe two Wegener's granulomatosis patients with > 30% eosinophilia on their initial presentations. Other etiologies that could account for their eosinophilia were exclud...

journal_title：Chest

authors： Potter MB,Fincher RK,Finger DR

更新日期：1999-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Chlorofluorocarbons (CFCs) used as propellants in metered-dose inhalers deplete stratospheric ozone, which results in serious public health concerns. Albuterol has been reformulated in the non-ozone-depleting propellant, hydrofluoroalkane-134a (HFA albuterol). OBJECTIVES:The primary objective was to compare...

journal_title：Chest

authors： Ramsdell JW,Klinger NM,Ekholm BP,Colice GL

更新日期：1999-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：STUDY OBJECTIVES:To study the location, distribution, and intensity of pain in a sample of adult cardiac surgery patients during their postoperative hospital stay. DESIGN:In a prospective study, pain location, distribution (number of pain areas per patient), and intensity (0 to 10 numerical rating scale) were document...

journal_title：Chest

authors： Mueller XM,Tinguely F,Tevaearai HT,Revelly JP,Chioléro R,von Segesser LK

更新日期：2000-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:In patients with acute myocardial infarctions (MIs), cholesterol levels are no longer valid after 24 h from presentation because acute MI causes a rapid decline in serum levels of total cholesterol, low-density lipoprotein (LDL) cholesterol, and high-density lipoprotein (HDL) cholesterol. The objective of thi...

journal_title：Chest

authors： Wattanasuwan N,Khan IA,Gowda RM,Vasavada BC,Sacchi TJ

更新日期：2001-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Serum levels of a high molecular weight circulating antigen KL-6, detected by means of a sandwich assay using a monoclonal antibody KL-6 against a sialylated carbohydrate antigen, were evaluated for usefulness in monitoring the activity of interstitial pneumonitis. Abnormally high levels of KL-6 antigen were observed ...

journal_title：Chest

authors： Kohno N,Kyoizumi S,Awaya Y,Fukuhara H,Yamakido M,Akiyama M

更新日期：1989-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:COPD has traditionally been defined by the presence of irreversible airflow limitation on spirometry using either the GOLD (Global Initiative for Chronic Obstructive Lung Disease) or American Thoracic Society/European Respiratory Society criteria (lower limit of normal [LLN]). We have observed that some pati...

journal_title：Chest

authors： Lutchmedial SM,Creed WG,Moore AJ,Walsh RR,Gentchos GE,Kaminsky DA

更新日期：2015-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：STUDY OBJECTIVES:To evaluate the risk factors associated with postoperative respiratory infection in patients undergoing lung cancer surgery, with special emphasis on the perioperative pattern of airway colonization. DESIGN:Prospective cohort study. SETTING:Department of Pneumology and Thoracic Surgery of a tertiary ...

journal_title：Chest

authors： Belda J,Cavalcanti M,Ferrer M,Serra M,Puig de la Bellacasa J,Canalis E,Torres A

更新日期：2005-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We report the findings in a patient with Klippel-Feil syndrome and associated agenesis of right upper and middle lobes, hypoplasia of the right lower lobe of the lung, and Lown-Ganong-Levine syndrome. To our knowledge, such an association has not been previously described. ...

journal_title：Chest

authors： Bhagat R,Pant K,Singh VK,Pant C,Gupta A,Jaggi OP

更新日期：1992-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Pathologic obstruction of the proximal lumen and secondary atrophy of the media of the peripheral small pulmonary arteries were absolute operative contraindications in cases of VSD and/or PDA with severe pulmonary hypertension. Such patients who were operated on died with no decrease in pulmonary arterial pressure. Th...

journal_title：Chest

authors： Yamaki S,Mohri H,Haneda K,Endo M,Akimoto H

更新日期：1989-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Platelet activation reduces pulmonary microvascular blood flow and contributes to inflammation; these factors have been implicated in the pathogenesis of COPD and emphysema. We hypothesized that regular use of aspirin, a platelet inhibitor, would be associated with a slower progression of emphysema-like lung...

journal_title：Chest

authors： Aaron CP,Schwartz JE,Hoffman EA,Angelini E,Austin JHM,Cushman M,Jacobs DR Jr,Kaufman JD,Laine A,Smith LJ,Yang J,Watson KE,Tracy RP,Barr RG

更新日期：2018-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:To evaluate comparative bronchodilator efficacy with chronic airflow obstruction (CAO), we randomly administered to ten patients week-long treatments consisting of: inhaled metaproterenol from a metered dose canister (1.30 mg six times a day) and doses of a sustained-release theophylline formulation sufficient to achi...

journal_title：Chest

authors： Dullinger D,Kronenberg R,Niewoehner DE

更新日期：1986-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：CASE PRESENTATION:A 78-year-old man with asthma and COPD presented with shortness of breath, cough, and severe malaise for 4 days. Upon arrival, the patient was conscious and body temperature was 37.5°C. Arterial oxygen saturation (Spo2) was 80% on room air. Laboratory data demonstrated a WBC count of 17,400/μL (89.5% ...

journal_title：Chest

authors： Nakamatsu E,Morita T,Morishima A,Tagawa H,Furukawa M,Matsushita M,Yamane H

更新日期：2020-01-01 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：INTRODUCTION:Managed care, both via staff model health maintenance plans and nonstaff model plans, has become a major source of health-care funding in the United States. However, very little is known about the asthma-specific products and services offered by these plans. The purpose of this study is to examine the asth...

journal_title：Chest

authors： Nelson SG,Grant EN,Trubitt MJ,Foggs MB,Weiss KB

更新日期：1999-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Pulmonary tumor embolism is a rare but well-documented cause of respiratory failure in patients with cancer. This entity is probably clinically underrecognized and may represent an important cause of morbidity and mortality. A typical pattern of multiple peripheral subsegmental defects on perfusion lung scanning has b...

journal_title：Chest

authors： Moores LK,Burrell LM,Morse RW,Belgrave CH,Balingit AG

更新日期：1997-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Lidocaine is used to alleviate procedural pain but paradoxically increases pain during injection. Pain perception can be modulated by non-noxious stimuli such as temperature or touch according to the gate control theory of pain. We postulated that lidocaine dripped onto the skin prior to injection would cool...

journal_title：Chest

authors： Patel BK,Wendlandt BN,Wolfe KS,Patel SB,Doman ER,Pohlman AS,Hall JB,Kress JP

更新日期：2018-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:We have shown that the administration of 0.8 mg/kg of morphine (M) to patients with COPD resulted in a 20% increase in the maximum oxygen consumption (Vo2max), but was associated with significant drowsiness and euphoria. The objective of the present study was to ascertain whether lower doses of M alone or in ...

journal_title：Chest

authors： Light RW,Stansbury DW,Webster JS

更新日期：1996-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Work-related symptoms and disability due to respiratory disease are common and costly among working-age adults. To investigate this problem, we analyzed data on respiratory symptoms related to the workplace and occupational disability from the European Community Respiratory Health Survey (ECRHS). METHODS:Th...

journal_title：Chest

authors： Blanc PD,Burney P,Janson C,Torén K

更新日期：2003-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We report the occurrence of an unusual variant of congenital adenomatoid malformation (CAM) of the lung in a 16-year-old male. Abundant cartilage in the walls of malformed bronchioles, an extremely rare finding in CAM, distinguishes this lesion from the usual forms. We present the roentgenographic, computed tomographi...

journal_title：Chest

authors： Benning TL,Godwin JD,Roggli VL,Askin FB

更新日期：1987-09-01 00:00:00