Factors Associated with ICU Admission following Blunt Chest Trauma.

abstract：BACKGROUND:Interleukin (IL)-10 is a pleiotropic cytokine released from various cells, including T cells. Although IL-10 is suggested to inhibit allergic responses, its role in asthma remains uncertain. The purpose of the present study was to compare the profile of IL-10 in circulating T cells from stable atopic asthmat...

journal_title：Canadian respiratory journal

authors： Matsumoto K,Narita S,Rerecich T,Snider DP,O'Byrne PM

更新日期：2004-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A 25-year-old woman with narcolepsy and cataplexy was treated with well-recognized drugs for these conditions. Because she did not respond, a decision was made to treat her with sodium oxybate. ...

journal_title：Canadian respiratory journal

authors： Lockrane B,Bhatia P,Gore R

更新日期：2005-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Asthma is the most common chronic disease in children. OBJECTIVES:To describe the prevalence of asthma and allergic disease in a multiethnic, population-based sample of Toronto (Ontario) school children attending grades 1 and 2. METHODS:In 2006, the Toronto Child Health Evaluation Questionnaire (T-CHEQ) us...

journal_title：Canadian respiratory journal

authors： Dell SD,Foty RG,Gilbert NL,Jerret M,To T,Walter SD,Stieb DM

更新日期：2010-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Air pollution generated from motor vehicle exhaust has become a major cause for scientific and public concern worldwide over recent years. The rapid and marked increase in the motor vehicle traffic and its associated emissions in urban areas have paralleled a sharp increase in the prevalence of allergic diseases such ...

journal_title：Canadian respiratory journal

authors： Polosa R,Salvi S

更新日期：1999-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Asthma education should be offered with priority to populations with the highest asthma-related morbidity. In the present study, the aim was to identify populations with high-morbidity for asthma from the Quebec Health Insurance Board Registry, a large administrative database, to help the Quebec Asthma and C...

journal_title：Canadian respiratory journal

authors： Lajoie P,Laberge A,Lebel G,Boulet LP,Demers M,Mercier P,Gagnon MF

更新日期：2004-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The potential benefits of positron emission tomography (PET) scanning stem from the fact that it can reduce the number of diagnostic examinations; particularly, the number of unnecessary thoracic surgeries. OBJECTIVE:To evaluate the economic impact and cost-effectiveness of PET scanning in the management of...

journal_title：Canadian respiratory journal

authors： Nguyen VH,Peloquin S,Lacasse Y

更新日期：2005-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:The present study was designed to compare the performance of a new oxygen delivery device, the OxyArm (OA) (Southmedic Inc, Canada), with a standard nasal cannula (NC) (Salter-Style 1600, Salter Labs, USA) for both oxygen delivery and patient preference in patients on long-term oxygen therapy (LTOT). DESIGN...

journal_title：Canadian respiratory journal

authors： Paul J,Otvos T

更新日期：2006-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Pulmonary arteritis is a rare cause of pulmonary hypertension. Causes of pulmonary arteritis can be divided into primary and secondary, as well as classified according to vessel size. Only large vessel vasculitis is associated with pulmonary hypertension; primary forms include Takayasu arteritis and giant cell arterit...

journal_title：Canadian respiratory journal

authors： Gilmour SM,Dominelli GS,Leipsic JA,Levy RD

更新日期：2014-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A case of pulmonary Langerhans cell histiocytosis, proved by both lung high-resolution computed tomography and lung biopsy, is described. Following smoking cessation, lung nodules and cysts gradually disappeared on serial computed tomography scans, with complete clearance of the lesions after 12 months. The role of to...

journal_title：Canadian respiratory journal

authors： Negrin-Dastis S,Butenda D,Dorzee J,Fastrez J,d'Odémont JP

更新日期：2007-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Diffuse panbronchiolitis (DPB) is a rare, chronic bronchiolar disease in non-Asian populations and is therefore commonly overlooked in Western countries. It usually affects nonsmokers and manifests as persistent air flow obstruction, chronic cough and interstitial nodular opacities. Untreated, the prognosis is poor. I...

journal_title：Canadian respiratory journal

authors： Sandrini A,Balter MS,Chapman KR

更新日期：2003-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A case of mycotic pulmonary artery aneurysm (PAA) in an intravenous drug user in whom resolution occurred with conservative therapy is described. The natural history of PAA is not well described in the literature. Although PAA is potentially fatal, resolution may occur in patients who do not have hemoptysis. Clinical ...

journal_title：Canadian respiratory journal

authors： McLean L,Sharma S,Maycher B

更新日期：1998-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The 1956 paper by DV Bates, JMS Knott and RV Christie, "Respiratory function in emphysema in relation to prognosis" Quart J Med 1956;97:137-157 is largely reprinted with a commentary by the first author, Dr David Bates. Although the pathology of emphysema was well recognized at the time, the clinical diagnos...

journal_title：Canadian respiratory journal

authors： Bates DV

更新日期：2000-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Background. Canadian policy requires refugees with a history of tuberculosis (TB) or abnormal chest radiograph to be screened after arrival for TB. However, Tibetan refugees are indiscriminately screened, regardless of preimmigration assessment. We sought to determine the incidence of latent (LTBI) and active TB, as w...

journal_title：Canadian respiratory journal

authors： Lim R,Jarand J,Field SK,Fisher D

更新日期：2016-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：INTRODUCTION:No national Canadian data define resource requirements and care delivery for ventilator-assisted individuals (VAIs) requiring long-term institutional care. Such data will assist in planning health care services to this population. OBJECTIVE:To describe institutional and patient characteristics, prevalence...

journal_title：Canadian respiratory journal

authors： Rose L,McKim D,Katz S,Leasa D,Nonoyama M,Pedersen C,Avendano M,Goldstein R

更新日期：2014-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：Background:Adenoviruses are highly contagious pathogens which cause respiratory disease particularly in children; they may induce severe disease in infants. Human neutrophil peptides (HNPs) have been found to exhibit antiadenoviral activity. Thus, we have investigated HNPs in nasal aspirates (NAs) of children suffering...

journal_title：Canadian respiratory journal

authors： Priyadharshini VS,Ramírez-Jiménez F,Molina-Macip M,Renteria-Rosales C,Santiago-Cruz J,Zarate-Segura P,Lara-Padilla E,Teran LM

更新日期：2018-07-31 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:To evaluate the efficacy and safety of amantadine and rimantadine, the first generation antivirals, for the prophylaxis of influenza virus. DATA SOURCES:A systematic search of the English language literature using MEDLINE, EMBASE, Current Contents and the Cochrane database from 1966 to April 2002, as well as a...

journal_title：Canadian respiratory journal

authors： Marra F,Marra CA,Stiver HG

更新日期：2003-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:A validated health-related quality of life questionnaire in chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) with advantages of both generic- and disease-specific questionnaires is needed to capture patients' perspectives of severity and impact of the disease. The McGill COPD questionnaire was created to include...

journal_title：Canadian respiratory journal

authors： Pakhale S,Wood-Dauphinee S,Spahija A,Collet JP,Maltais F,Bernard S,Baltzan M,Rouleau M,Bourbeau J,Respiratiory Network of the FRSQ.

更新日期：2012-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Obstructive sleep apnea (OSA) is a common disorder that affects both quality of life and cardiovascular health. The causal link between OSA and cardiovascular morbidity⁄mortality remains elusive. One possible explanation is that repeated episodes of nocturnal hypoxia lead to a hypercoagulable state that pred...

journal_title：Canadian respiratory journal

authors： Liak C,Fitzpatrick M

更新日期：2011-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Most children with asthma should be able to achieve acceptable control. However, are there differences between those with acceptable and poor control, and if so, how can health care approaches be modified accordingly? OBJECTIVE:To examine the characteristics of elementary school children aged five to 13 yea...

journal_title：Canadian respiratory journal

authors： McGhan SL,MacDonald C,James DE,Naidu P,Wong E,Sharpe H,Hessel PA,Befus AD

更新日期：2006-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Patients admitted to Lions Gate Hospital, North Vancouver, British Columbia, with a primary diagnosis of community-acquired pneumonia (CAP) have a mean length of stay (LOS) of 9.1 days compared with 7.9 days for peer group hospitals. This difference of 1.2 days results in an annual potential savings of 406 b...

journal_title：Canadian respiratory journal

authors： Fok MC,Kanji Z,Mainra R,Boldt M

更新日期：2002-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A case of intralobar pulmonary sequestration presenting with recurrent episodes of infection is reported. Pulmonary sequestration is a rare congenital malformation characterized by accessory lung tissue with no direct connection to the tracheobronchial tree and is supplied by an aberrant systemic artery. The aberrant ...

journal_title：Canadian respiratory journal

authors： Pescarus R,Rakovich G,Ouellette D,Beauchamp G

更新日期：2010-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：Objective:This epidemiological investigation aimed at determining the current situation regarding the diagnosis and treatment of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD), especially missed diagnosis and missed treatment, in a group of individuals residing in an island area of Ningbo. Methods:Adults ≥60 years of ag...

journal_title：Canadian respiratory journal

authors： Sheng W,Huang Y,Deng Z,Ma H

更新日期：2019-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In children with persistent asthma, inhaled glucocorticoids decrease symptoms and exacerbations, decrease the need for rescue bronchodilator medications, improve airway patency and reduce airway hyperresponsiveness. When administered in the lowest doses that prevent symptoms and eliminate the need for supplemental cou...

journal_title：Canadian respiratory journal

authors： Simons FE

更新日期：1999-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A 3.5-week-old male neonate who developed an upper and lower respiratory tract rhinovirus infection that was temporally associated with the development of severe pulmonary hypertension is described. Rhinovirus has not previously been associated with pulmonary hypertension. This child developed severe pulmonary hyperte...

journal_title：Canadian respiratory journal

authors： Patel N,The TG

更新日期：2012-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The removal of chlorofluorocarbon (CFC) propellants from industrial and household products has been agreed to by over 165 countries of which more than 135 are developing countries. The timetable for this process is outlined in the Montreal Protocol on Substances that Deplete the Ozone Layer document and in several sub...

journal_title：Canadian respiratory journal

authors： Dolovich M

更新日期：1999-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Quantitative cell counts in sputum provide an accurate assessment of the type and severity of bronchitis. OBJECTIVE:To examine whether sputum cell counts could identify bronchiectasis in patients with recurrent bronchitis. METHODS:A retrospective survey of a clinical database (January 2004 to January 2005)...

journal_title：Canadian respiratory journal

authors： Drost N,D'silva L,Rebello R,Efthimiadis A,Hargreave FE,Nair P

更新日期：2011-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A seven-month-old girl, born prematurely (birth weight 1000 g) from a twin pregnancy, was admitted to hospital due to recurrent pneumonia and atelectasis. She experienced cough and respiratory distress during feeding. The right hemithorax was smaller than the left, with diminished breath sounds and dullness. Chest x-r...

journal_title：Canadian respiratory journal

authors： Martínez-Martínez BE,Furuya ME,Martínez-Muñiz I,Vargas MH,Flores-Salgado R

更新日期：2013-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Hantavirus cardiopulmonary syndrome (HCPS) is associated with rapid cardiopulmonary collapse from endothelial injury, resulting in massive capillary leak, shock and severe hypoxemic respiratory failure. To date, treatment remains supportive and includes mechanical ventilation, vasopressors and extracorporeal membrane ...

journal_title：Canadian respiratory journal

authors： McDermid RC,Gibney RT,Brisebois RJ,Skjodt NM

更新日期：2006-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Solitary fibrous tumours of the pleura are rare pleural neoplasms that are distinct from mesothelioma. Most of them are benign, although some behave aggressively; morphological and pathological features are important in distinguishing them from mesothelioma and in predicting clinical behaviour. Solitary fibrous tumour...

journal_title：Canadian respiratory journal

authors： Rakovich G,Laflamme M,Ouellette D,Beauchamp G

更新日期：2010-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Diffuse pulmonary ossification (DPO) is a rare form of interstitial lung disease. The present article describes a case of DPO in an elderly man who presented with progressive dyspnea on exertion and an isolated reduction in diffusing capacity for carbon monoxide. DPO may occur as sequelae of mitral stenosis, left hear...

journal_title：Canadian respiratory journal

authors： Burkett A,Coffey N,Voduc N

更新日期：2014-01-01 00:00:00