Diaphragmatic contraction during assisted mechanical ventilation.

abstract：STUDY OBJECTIVE:To investigate the role of oropharyngeal and cutaneous commensal microorganisms (OCCs) as a cause of ventilator-associated pneumonia (VAP). DESIGN:Retrospective analysis of the medical and microbiological records. SETTING:One medical-surgical ICU. PATIENTS:All VAP episodes recorded during a 10-year p...

journal_title：Chest

authors： Lambotte O,Timsit JF,Garrouste-Orgeas M,Misset B,Benali A,Carlet J

更新日期：2002-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This article describes the use of smart technology by investigators and patients to facilitate lung disease clinical trials and make them less costly and more efficient. By "smart technology" we include various electronic media, such as computer databases, the Internet, and mobile devices. We first describe the use of...

journal_title：Chest

authors： Geller NL,Kim DY,Tian X

更新日期：2016-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Planning for mass critical care in resource-poor and constrained settings has been largely ignored, despite large, densely crowded populations who are prone to suffer disproportionately from natural disasters. As a result, disaster response has been suboptimal and in many instances hampered by lack of planni...

journal_title：Chest

authors： Geiling J,Burkle FM Jr,West TE,Uyeki TM,Amundson D,Dominguez-Cherit G,Gomersall CD,Lim ML,Luyckx V,Sarani B,Christian MD,Devereaux AV,Dichter JR,Kissoon N,Task Force for Mass Critical Care.,Task Force for Mass Critical Care

更新日期：2014-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Previous work has shown that with increasing airway obstruction in chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, the decrement in the maximum midexpiratory flow (MMEF) is exponential. Therefore, with severe obstructive disease the decrease in the MMEF as the disease progresses is difficult to discern. This work points out th...

journal_title：Chest

authors： Sobol BJ,Emirgil C

更新日期：1977-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：INTRODUCTION:Women who smoke have a higher rate of fatal breast cancer than nonsmoking women. An association between smoking and pulmonary metastases from breast cancer has been suggested by epidemiologic studies. STUDY OBJECTIVES:To examine the relationship between exposure to cigarette smoke and pulmonary metastasis...

journal_title：Chest

authors： Murin S,Pinkerton KE,Hubbard NE,Erickson K

更新日期：2004-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Widespread use of thrombolytic agents in a variety of settings has highlighted the need for measures of safety and efficacy. Previously used laboratory parameters, such as decreasing levels of fibrinogen and increasing levels of fibrin(ogen) degradation products (FDPs), have failed to correlate consistently with hemor...

journal_title：Chest

authors： Hirsch DR,Goldhaber SZ

更新日期：1990-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This study describes the extent of agreement in classification of chest radiographs using the International Labor Organization (ILO) classification among six readers from the United States and Canada. A set of 119 radiographs was created and read by three Canadian and three US readers. The two ratings of interest were...

journal_title：Chest

authors： Welch LS,Hunting KL,Balmes J,Bresnitz EA,Guidotti TL,Lockey JE,Myo-Lwin T

更新日期：1998-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:Two recent studies in resectable non-small cell lung cancer by the Lung Cancer Study Group (LCSG) suggested an advantage to adjuvant therapy with cyclophosphamide, doxorubicin (Adriamycin), and cisplatin (CAP). Neither study had a no-treatment control arm. The purpose of this study was to compare the CAP regi...

journal_title：Chest

authors： Feld R,Rubinstein L,Thomas PA

更新日期：1994-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The determination of effective dynamic and static relationships between pressure and volume aided in the diagnosis of pulmonary disease, its course, and the effects of therapy in 22 patients receiving continuous mechanical ventilation. These measurements were made on multiple occasions early in the course of mechanica...

journal_title：Chest

authors： Bone RC

更新日期：1976-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A radioaerosol procedure using 99mcTc-DTPA (diethylene triamine penta acetate) was used to evaluate the permeability of the pulmonary epithelium in smokers and nonsmokers. The average clearance of this indicator from the lungs of smokers without significant airway obstruction exceeded that found in normal subjects by ...

journal_title：Chest

authors： Mason GR,Uszler JM,Effros RM,Reid E

更新日期：1983-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Studies of the impact of respiratory muscle training (RMT) on central neurodegenerative pathologies have been aimed at improving pulmonary function. However, there is no certainty about the effectiveness of RMT in patients affected by these groups of disorders. The purpose of this review was to assess the ev...

journal_title：Chest

authors： Reyes A,Ziman M,Nosaka K

更新日期：2013-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The diagnosis of sarcoidosis is made by the combination of clinical features and biopsy results. The clinical features of sarcoidosis can be quite variable. We developed a Sarcoidosis Diagnostic Score (SDS) to summarize the clinical features of patients with possible sarcoidosis. METHODS:Biopsy-confirmed pa...

journal_title：Chest

authors： Bickett AN,Lower EE,Baughman RP

更新日期：2018-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:When the etiology of a patient's chronic cough is established, specific antitussive therapy that is aimed at a particular cause of cough is highly effective. Nevertheless, in certain situations, therapy with cough suppressants, which previously were classified as nonspecific antitussive therapy, and which ai...

journal_title：Chest

authors： Dicpinigaitis PV

更新日期：2006-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A 10-year-old, 36-kg child with a malignant air leak who failed conventional mechanical ventilation and high-frequency jet ventilation was successfully treated with a neonatal high-frequency oscillatory ventilator for 31 days. Since the air leak resolved with minimal hemodynamic compromise, this technique may have app...

journal_title：Chest

authors： Mayes TC,Jefferson LS,David Y,Louis PT,Fortenberry JD

更新日期：1991-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND AND AIM:ARDS can occur from the following two pathogenetic pathways: a direct pulmonary injury (ARDSp); and an indirect injury (ARDSexp). The predisposing clinical factor can influence the pathogenesis and clinical outcome of ARDS. This metaanalysis was aimed at evaluating whether there is any difference in ...

journal_title：Chest

authors： Agarwal R,Srinivas R,Nath A,Jindal SK

更新日期：2008-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：STUDY OBJECTIVES:To examine the main therapeutic response patterns to high doses of salbutamol and to determine the factors that contribute to outcome in acute severe asthma. SETTING:The emergency department (ED) of a large, urban hospital with primary and referral care responsibilities. PATIENTS AND DESIGN:One hundr...

journal_title：Chest

authors： Rodrigo C,Rodrigo G

更新日期：1998-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:To review statistics on smoking prevalence and to analyze whether the implementation of national tobacco control legislation had an association with the prevalence of smoking, and thereby, with the occurrence of smoking-related lung diseases. DESIGN:Smoking prevalence rates (from 1960 to 2000), lung cancer ...

journal_title：Chest

authors： Heloma A,Nurminen M,Reijula K,Rantanen J

更新日期：2004-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:This study investigates the long-term benefits of pulmonary rehabilitation in terms of health-related quality of life (HRQL). Such information is of particular importance in developing strategies for aftercare at home which aim to maintain the initial improvements seen after rehabilitation. METHODS:Criteria...

journal_title：Chest

authors： Ketelaars CA,Abu-Saad HH,Schlösser MA,Mostert R,Wouters EF

更新日期：1997-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Postoperative cardiac tamponade due to localized compression of the atria occurred in a 64-year-old man after aortic valve replacement and repair of an ascending aortic dissection. The clinical findings were subtle and the echocardiographic findings were unusual. Color Doppler flow imaging assisted in making the diagn...

journal_title：Chest

authors： Otto CM,McKeown PP,Pearlman AS

更新日期：1990-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Electromagnetic navigation in bronchoscopy is a novel method for assisting in the localization of peripheral lung lesions. STUDY OBJECTIVE:To assess the usability, accuracy, and safety of electromagnetic navigation during flexible bronchoscopy in a clinical setting. DESIGN:Prospective evaluation. PATIENTS...

journal_title：Chest

authors： Hautmann H,Schneider A,Pinkau T,Peltz F,Feussner H

更新日期：2005-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Many lung transplant programs employ lengthy regimens of IV ganciclovir therapy to prevent disease due to cytomegalovirus (CMV). In 1994, we introduced a regimen of delayed ganciclovir prophylaxis for CMV infection. This consisted of 2 weeks of IV ganciclovir therapy, initiated 3 to 4 weeks after transplanta...

journal_title：Chest

authors： Brumble LM,Milstone AP,Loyd JE,Ely EW,Pierson RN 3rd,Gautam S,Dummer JS

更新日期：2002-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The eosinophil count and concentrations of eosinophil cationic protein (ECP) were measured in bronchoalveolar lavage fluid (BALF) from patients with idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis (IPF), pulmonary fibrosis associated with a collagen vascular disorder (PF-CVD), sarcoidosis, and healthy controls. The patients with IPF an...

journal_title：Chest

authors： Fujimoto K,Kubo K,Yamaguchi S,Honda T,Matsuzawa Y

更新日期：1995-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Primary influenza pneumonia is a disease of high mortality. Differentiation between a bacterial and viral etiology for the pulmonary infiltrates frequently presents a diagnostic dilemma. Rapid diagnosis is essential; and once established, the patient requires careful supportive therapy. This report describes two patie...

journal_title：Chest

authors： Bogart DB,Liu C,Ruth WE,Kerby GR,Williams CH

更新日期：1975-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We studied the possibility of predicting PaO2 during exercise of a given oxygen uptake (VO2) from resting pulmonary function tests (PFTs) in patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD). The three-minute incremental treadmill exercise was performed with serial measurements of PaO2 via intra-arterial cath...

journal_title：Chest

authors： Kurihara N,Fujimoto S,Terakawa K,Yamamoto M,Takeda T

更新日期：1987-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:There is conflicting and incomplete information in the literature on the pulmonary reaction which can occur following treatment of schistosomiasis. We examined the pulmonary function, bronchoalveolar lavage profile, and lung histopathology of a patient with pneumonia and peripheral eosinophilia following oxaminquine c...

journal_title：Chest

authors： Davidson BL,el-Kassimi F,Uz-Zaman A,Pillai DK

更新日期：1986-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：STUDY OBJECTIVES:To evaluate the safety and efficacy of sitaxsentan, an endothelin-A receptor antagonist, in a 12-week, open-label trial of patients with pulmonary arterial hypertension (PAH). PATIENTS:Six children and 14 adults with New York Heart Association (NYHA) functional class II, III, or IV primary pulmonary h...

journal_title：Chest

authors： Barst RJ,Rich S,Widlitz A,Horn EM,McLaughlin V,McFarlin J

更新日期：2002-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Tobacco smoking increases the risk of sudden cardiac death, possibly by altering the substrate for propagation or sustainment of ventricular tachyarrhythmias. To test this hypothesis, 15 long-term smokers without known coronary artery disease abstained from tobacco smoking for 12 h, after which they underwent SAECG be...

journal_title：Chest

authors： Sperry RE,Vacek JL,Smith GS

更新日期：1991-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The hemodynamic effects of a new orally active vasodilator, flosequinan, were compared with placebo (single blind) over 24 h in eight patients with pulmonary hypertension secondary to severe chronic obstructive pulmonary disease. Mean pulmonary artery pressure was reduced by 5.1 (3.4, 6.7) mm Hg (mean 95 percent CI) (...

journal_title：Chest

authors： Elborn JS,Richardson G,Murphy P,MacMahon J

更新日期：1992-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Respondents at an interactive symposium on pleural space infections (n = 339) at the 1991 American College of Chest Physicians Annual Scientific Assembly recorded their personal management preferences for hypothetical patients with empyema. The group's preference was to treat pleural sepsis from an anaerobic multilocu...

journal_title：Chest

authors： Strange C,Sahn SA

更新日期：1993-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:About one-third of the world population has latent TB infection (LTBI), the majority of which is distributed in 22 high-burden countries. Early diagnosis and treatment of active TB remains the top priority in resource-poor countries with high TB prevalence. Notwithstanding, because LTBI contributes significantly to th...

journal_title：Chest

authors： Sharma SK,Mohanan S,Sharma A

更新日期：2012-09-01 00:00:00