Effect of CPAP on Cognition, Brain Function, and Structure Among Elderly Patients With OSA: A Randomized Pilot Study.

abstract：:Propofol, a new intravenous sedative agent, was investigated in 41 asthmatic patients undergoing day-case (outpatient) fiberoptic bronchoscopy. The study design was a randomized comparison between propofol and midazolam, which is a well-established intravenous sedative agent. The age, weight, and American Society of A...

journal_title：Chest

authors： Clarkson K,Power CK,O'Connell F,Pathmakanthan S,Burke CM

更新日期：1993-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Previous reports have suggested that infusions of lidocaine (lignocaine) cause a high incidence of phlebitis. We investigated the possibility of reducing this high incidence by the addition of small amounts of heparin or hydrocortisone (or both) to the infusate of lidocaine. One hundred patients with acute myocardial ...

journal_title：Chest

authors： Bassan MM,Sheikh-Hamad D

更新日期：1983-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：STUDY OBJECTIVE:To determine the role of craniofacial risk factors in increasing apneic activity between nonobese and obese habitual snorers. DESIGN:Cross-sectional. SETTING:Care-seeking volunteers identified through advertisements, and referral-based volunteers from two sleep centers serving the greater Cleveland ar...

journal_title：Chest

authors： Nelson S,Hans M

更新日期：1997-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Allergy prick skin testing was performed on 137 newly diagnosed patients with primary lung cancer and 137 age-(+/- 3 years) and sex-matched randomly selected control subjects. We also compared 38 patients with lung cancer and 38 of their closest in age, same-sex siblings. Demographic data, personal, medical, smoking a...

journal_title：Chest

authors： McDuffie HH,Cockcroft DW,Talebi Z,Klaassen DJ,Dosman JA

更新日期：1988-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:To clarify the interrelation between interleukin-2 (IL-2) and soluble IL-2R receptor (sIL-2R), as products of T-cell activation in the bronchial tree of patients with bronchial asthma, we measured the concentration of IL-2, sIL-2R, and the cellular composition in bronchoalveolar lavage (BAL) fluid. We also measured ph...

journal_title：Chest

authors： Park CS,Lee SM,Chung SW,Uh S,Kim HT,Kim YH

更新日期：1994-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Club cell secretory protein (CCSP) is a protective biomarker associated with annual decline in lung function. COPD progression results from an imbalance between injury and repair initially triggered by cigarette smoking. OBJECTIVE:We investigated the effect of CCSP as a therapeutic strategy to restore the b...

journal_title：Chest

authors： Gamez AS,Gras D,Petit A,Knabe L,Molinari N,Vachier I,Chanez P,Bourdin A

更新日期：2015-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A smoker presented with pleuritic chest pain and was found to have reticulonodular interstitial opacities on chest x-ray film. Open lung biopsy revealed changes consistent with histiocytosis X, a disease seen almost exclusively in smokers. Smoking cessation was recommended, and the patient complied. A chest x-ray film...

journal_title：Chest

authors： Von Essen S,West W,Sitorius M,Rennard SI

更新日期：1990-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Chronic heart failure (CHF) is a complex syndrome affecting many body systems. Body wasting (ie, cardiac cachexia) is a serious complication of CHF long known but little investigated. Although no specific diagnostic criteria have been established, we have suggested that cardiac cachexia be defined on the basis of the ...

journal_title：Chest

authors： Anker SD,Coats AJ

更新日期：1999-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Patient-focused or patient-centered care is not a new concept, but its value has been overlooked in preference to the technology-based, disease-centered model that has prevailed in medicine for the last 50 years. Patient-focused care includes four broad areas of intervention: communication with patients, partnerships,...

journal_title：Chest

authors： Irwin RS,Richardson ND

更新日期：2006-07-01 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：:The most examined tumor markers in lung cancer patients are CEA, hormonal peptides, and some neurogenic enzymes in small cell carcinoma. Calcitonin, ACTH, ADH, CEA, neurophysin, oxytocin, beta-endorphin, neuron-specific enolase, and CK BB are elevated in serum specimens in 25-75% of cases of small cell carcinoma. The ...

journal_title：Chest

authors： Hansen M,Pedersen AG

更新日期：1986-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Administration of tubocurarine, pancuronium, gallamine, or decamethonium into the cisterna magna of chloralosed dogs induced a rise in blood pressure. Clonidine (3 micrograms/kg) administered into the cisterna magna after tubocurarine, pancuronium, or gallamine significantly increased blood pressure; no significant ch...

journal_title：Chest

authors： Tsoucaris-Kupfer D,Schmitt H

更新日期：1983-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVES:Many clinicians believe that low-dose dopamine (LDD) [2 micro g/kg/min] increases renal blood flow (RBF) and medium-dose norepinephrine (MD-NE) [0.4 micro g/kg/min] decreases RBF. They also believe that MD-NE might induce mesenteric and/or coronary ischemia. In fact, the effects of these drugs...

journal_title：Chest

authors： Di Giantomasso D,Morimatsu H,May CN,Bellomo R

更新日期：2004-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：CASE PRESENTATION:A 72-year-old man presented to our ED less than 24 hours following the acute onset of nausea, vomiting, and diarrhea. Within 12 hours of symptom onset, he noted bilateral lower extremity pain and swelling. His pain was associated with a new violaceous irregular rash on the anterior aspect of both feet...

journal_title：Chest

authors： Gittens AT,Clarke JD,Abdelbaki S,Kwon JS

更新日期：2020-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Although tuberculosis (TB) and other lung infections are common throughout the developing world, they are not among the most common causes of chronic cough. METHODS:Articles were selected from a MEDLINE search from 1966 through 2003 (using medical subject heading words "cough," "tuberculosis," and "lung inf...

journal_title：Chest

authors： Rosen MJ

更新日期：2006-01-01 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：:Pulmonary torsion is very rare, and usually occurs following lung resection. We report a case of spontaneous middle lobe torsion in a patient presenting with a right pleural effusion. The condition was treated by lobectomy through a totally thoracoscopic approach. ...

journal_title：Chest

authors： Raynaud C,Lenoir S,Caliandro R,Raffenne L,Validire P,Gossot D

更新日期：2009-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Myocardial ischemia results in altered left ventricular (LV) diastolic compliance, reflected by an abnormal mitral inflow pattern on Doppler echocardiography. To investigate the relationship of Doppler echocardiography and regional myocardial systolic function during dipyridamole infusion, we evaluated transmitral flo...

journal_title：Chest

authors： Lattanzi F,Picano E,Masini M,De Prisco F,Distante A,L'Abbate A

更新日期：1989-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Mucoepidermoid carcinoma of the trachea is rare. Its occurence in a 14-year-old boy is reported here. This case illustrates the typical course of tracheal tumors with clinical manifestations of cough, wheezing, and hemoptysis, the intially reported normal chest roentgenogram, and the common failure to diagnose trachea...

journal_title：Chest

authors： Bharani SN,Arbeit JM,Hyde JS,Dainauskas JR,Wilson RR

更新日期：1976-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A case of subaortic stenosis caused by two discrete membranes is presented. Following demonstration of the two distinct sites of obstruction by intraventricular pressure gradients and angiocardiogram, the two membranes were excised through a transaortic approach. The importance of being aware of the occurrence of this...

journal_title：Chest

authors： Lemole GM,Tesler UF,Colombi M,Eldredge WJ

更新日期：1976-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The pathogenesis and clinical manifestations of COPD are not restricted to pulmonary inflammation and structural remodeling. Rather, this disorder is associated with clinically significant systemic alterations in biochemistry and organ function. The systemic aspects of COPD include oxidative stress and altered circula...

journal_title：Chest

authors： Wouters EF,Creutzberg EC,Schols AM

更新日期：2002-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Atrial fibrillation (AF) is associated with a high risk of stroke. The contribution of arrhythmia to events is clear in sustained forms of AF, but in paroxysmal AF, presently available data have yet to identify what proportion of time spent in AF (ie, arrhythmia burden [AFB]) is of clinical relevance. We aim...

journal_title：Chest

authors： Watson T,Arya A,Sulke N,Lip GY

更新日期：2010-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Airway inflammation is important in the development and progression of asthma. Activation of inflammatory cells induces a respiratory burst resulting in the production of reactive oxygen species, such as H(2)O(2). The aim of this study was to measure the concentration of H(2)O(2) in exhaled breath condensate...

journal_title：Chest

authors： Emelyanov A,Fedoseev G,Abulimity A,Rudinski K,Fedoulov A,Karabanov A,Barnes PJ

更新日期：2001-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A man with prior AIDS developed acute febrile interstitial pneumonitis, hilar and paratracheal adenopathy, and bronchial polyps. The polyps were histologically typical for bacillary angiomatosis and complete symptomatic and radiographic response to oral clarithromycin was seen. The clinical presentation of bacillary a...

journal_title：Chest

authors： Foltzer MA,Guiney WB Jr,Wager GC,Alpern HD

更新日期：1993-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A total of 161 patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) plus 100 control subjects (identified during a study of heart disease in 6,860 Japanese-American men aged 52 to 75 years who were residing in Hawaii) were analyzed for phenotype in search of the antitrypsin gene Z, which has been shown to be ass...

journal_title：Chest

authors： Roberts A,Kagan A,Rhoads GG,Pierce JA,Bruce RM

更新日期：1977-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Evidence-based guidelines recommend serial measurements of peak expiratory flow (PEF) on days at and away from work as the first step in the objective confirmation of occupational asthma. The aim of this study was to improve the diagnostic value of computer-based PEF analysis by using the program Oasys-2 to ...

journal_title：Chest

authors： Moore VC,Jaakkola MS,Burge CBSG,Robertson AS,Pantin CFA,Dev Vellore A,Burge PS

更新日期：2009-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:To evaluate the morbidity associated with obstructve sleep apnea syndrome (OSAS), we undertook a seven-year follow-up study of 198 OSAS patients seen between 1972 and 1980. The patients had been submitted to tracheostomy (71 patients) or had received a weight-loss recommendation (127 patients). Despite a lower mean ap...

journal_title：Chest

authors： Partinen M,Guilleminault C

更新日期：1990-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Administration of glucagon has been shown to decrease pulmonary vascular resistance, but its primary site of action is undetermined. Whether this is on the arterial or venous side of the capillary would be reflected in the microvascular hydrostatic pressure. We used the pulmonary flow of lymph, a sensitive index of th...

journal_title：Chest

authors： Demling RH,Manohar M,Will J

更新日期：1978-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Almitrine improves blood gas values in patients with COPD, primarily through better ventilation-perfusion matching. The improvement comes largely from a vasomotor effect of the drug. The vasomotor mechanism is unknown. We suspected that decreased distensibility of the large pulmonary arteries was one probable effect o...

journal_title：Chest

authors： Herve P,Musset D,Simonneau G,Wagner W Jr,Duroux P

更新日期：1989-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Endogenously produced oxides of nitrogen appear to play important roles in tissue and organ homeostasis. Endogenous production of nitric oxide, which can be altered in response to various stimuli, can modulate vascular tone, oxyradical cascades, cell adhesion, and other aspects of inflammation. Because exogenously adm...

journal_title：Chest

authors： Meyer KC,Love RB,Zimmerman JJ

更新日期：1998-05-01 00:00:00