Respiratory Viral Infections in Solid Organ and Hematopoietic Stem Cell Transplantation.

abstract：:The combination of the unique pathologic features of usual interstitial pneumonia (UIP) on biopsy, the progressive clinical course, and resistance to anti-inflammatory therapy constitutes the cardinal manifestations of what is termed idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis (IFP)/usual interstitial pneumonia, and it has led to r...

journal_title：Clinics in chest medicine

authors： Noble PW,Homer RJ

更新日期：2004-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Early detection and surgical resection are essential for the treatment of lung cancer. It would be ideal to be able to detect and treat preinvasive bronchial lesions, defined as dysplasia and carcinoma in situ before progressing to invasive cancer. Advanced airway-assessment techniques have opened an avenue for early ...

journal_title：Clinics in chest medicine

authors： Nakajima T,Yasufuku K

更新日期：2013-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Pulmonary thromboembolism is a major cause of maternal mortality. DVT causes significant morbidity in pregnancy and in later life owing to the post-thrombotic syndrome. Obstetricians must have an understanding of the risk factors for VTE, the appropriate use of prophylaxis, the need for objective diagnosis in women wi...

journal_title：Clinics in chest medicine

authors： Greer IA

更新日期：2003-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The term "steroid-resistant (SR) asthma" has been used to describe a group of asthmatics who demonstrate persistent airway obstruction and inflammation despite treatment with high doses of systemic glucocorticoids. There are at least two forms of SR asthma, that is, primary and acquired types. Type I SR asthma is acqu...

journal_title：Clinics in chest medicine

authors： Leung DY,Szefler SJ

更新日期：1997-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This review summarizes the current state of knowledge on experimental and clinical biomarkers of autoimmunity and aims to highlight important aspects of the immunologic evaluation of a patient with fibrotic lung disease. ...

journal_title：Clinics in chest medicine

authors： Tzouvelekis A,Karampitsakos T,Bouros E,Tzilas V,Liossis SN,Bouros D

更新日期：2019-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:As parenchymal lung disease in chronic obstructive pulmonary disease becomes increasingly severe there is a diminishing prospect of drug therapies conferring clinically useful benefit. Lung volume reduction surgery is effective in patients with heterogenous upper zone emphysema and reduced exercise tolerance, and is p...

journal_title：Clinics in chest medicine

authors： Murphy PB,Zoumot Z,Polkey MI

更新日期：2014-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This article reviews the basic pathophysiologic mechanisms underlying the abnormal pulmonary gas exchange often seen in patients with cirrhosis. To summarize, the following keypoints seem appropriate: (1) Patients with cirrhosis have a low pulmonary vascular tone characterized by a poor or absent hypoxic pressor respo...

journal_title：Clinics in chest medicine

authors： Agusti AG,Roca J,Rodriguez-Roisin R

更新日期：1996-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This review focuses on the top ten causes of ventilator-associated pneumonia (VAP), updating an earlier study. These pathogens have specific risk factors, different patterns of clinical resolution, and a wide range of attributable mortality. The discussion herein analyzes these aspects, placing particular emphasis on ...

journal_title：Clinics in chest medicine

authors： Rello J,Díaz E,Rodríguez A

更新日期：2005-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Elevated serum IgE has many etiologies including parasitic infection, allergy and asthma, malignancy, and immune dysregulation. The hyper-IgE syndromes caused by mutations in STAT3, DOCK8, and PGM3 are monogenic primary immunodeficiencies associated with high IgE, eczema, and recurrent infections. These primary immuno...

journal_title：Clinics in chest medicine

authors： Freeman AF,Olivier KN

更新日期：2016-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Clinically apparent involvement of the heart and nervous system occurs in a relatively small number of patients with sarcoidosis. The diagnosis of myocardial and neurological sarcoidosis is difficult because anatomic presence of granulomas without clinical dysfunction is an important feature of sarcoidosis. The chest ...

journal_title：Clinics in chest medicine

authors： Sharma OP

更新日期：1997-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Leptospirosis is a worldwide disease. In this time of globalization knowledge about leptospirosis is important. Although pulmonary involvement has an incidence varying from 20% to 70% and its exteriorization may vary from mild to severe, The severe form appears to be becoming more prevalent (at least in Brazil) and ma...

journal_title：Clinics in chest medicine

authors： Carvalho CR,Bethlem EP

更新日期：2002-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Illicit drug users comprise a substantial and growing proportion of the HIV-infected population. Although they develop pulmonary complications common to all HIV transmission groups, they also have unique respiratory illnesses due to the direct effect of the illicit drugs on the lung. Bacterial infections, tuberculosis...

journal_title：Clinics in chest medicine

authors： O'Donnell AE

更新日期：1996-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In the United States, trauma is the leading cause of death in people under 40 years of age. Chest trauma is a relatively common but potentially lethal injury and requires a high level of suspicion, rapid diagnosis, and appropriate therapy. Methods for the assessment, diagnosis, and treatment of chest trauma are discus...

journal_title：Clinics in chest medicine

authors： Kshettry VR,Bolman RM 3rd

更新日期：1994-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Anticholinergic agents are useful bronchodilators, the use of which should not be overlooked in patients with airways diseases. In patients with stable asthma, they are not first-line therapy but may be valuable as adjunctive therapy. In status asthmaticus they add to the bronchodilatation achieved by adrenergic thera...

journal_title：Clinics in chest medicine

authors： Gross NJ

更新日期：1988-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Sleep-related breathing disorder or sleep-disordered breathing (SDB) encompasses central sleep apnea (CSA), obstructive sleep apnea (OSA), and sleep-related hypoventilation or hypoxemic syndromes. SDB is common in neurologic conditions that affect the central and/or peripheral nervous systems. Patients with neurologic...

journal_title：Clinics in chest medicine

authors： Deak MC,Kirsch DB

更新日期：2014-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Complications of tracheotomy are largely preventable. Although some authors cite these complications as indications for prolonged endotracheal intubation to avoid tracheotomy, others believe that the laryngotracheal complications of prolonged endotracheal intubation warrant early tracheotomy. Obviously, unnecessary tr...

journal_title：Clinics in chest medicine

authors： Wood DE,Mathisen DJ

更新日期：1991-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The types of pulmonary arterial hypertension described here all focus attention on the changes produced in the lung's microcirculation, particularly the precapillary unit. Although one senses intuitively that obliteration of resistance arteries is an effective cause of hypertension, we emphasize that cell metaplasia a...

journal_title：Clinics in chest medicine

authors： Meyrick B,Reid L

更新日期：1983-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Pathologic conditions affecting the abdomen are a significant cause of morbidity and mortality in the intensive care unit, but their importance is not widely recognized. This article presents several aspects of abdominal pathology that can occur in intensive care unit patients. This pathology may have a considerable i...

journal_title：Clinics in chest medicine

authors： Liolios A,Oropello JM,Benjamin E

更新日期：1999-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:CT is a useful tool for identification of small airways diseases, and it can be used to classify these entities into inflammatory and constrictive bronchiolitis. Inflammatory forms of bronchiolitis include cellular bronchiolitis (usually caused by infection or aspiration), respiratory bronchiolitis, panbronchiolitis, ...

journal_title：Clinics in chest medicine

authors： Lynch DA

更新日期：2008-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The pathogenic importance of cytomegalovirus (CMV) infection in AIDS-associated pneumonitis is controversial. Uncertainty regarding the significance of CMV isolation from pulmonary secretions of AIDS patients results in part from the difficulty in distinguishing CMV infection from CMV disease and from the high frequen...

journal_title：Clinics in chest medicine

authors： Jacobson MA,Mills J

更新日期：1988-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Corticosteroids are the most effective treatment for asthma; inhaled corticosteroids (ICSs) are the first-line treatment for children and adults with persistent symptoms. ICSs are associated with significant improvements in lung function. The anti-inflammatory effects of corticosteroids are mediated by both genomic an...

journal_title：Clinics in chest medicine

authors： Ramadan AA,Gaffin JM,Israel E,Phipatanakul W

更新日期：2019-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Pregnancy induces significant physiologic stresses on the pulmonary and cardiovascular systems that may precipitate respiratory compromise. In addition, certain disease states that are unique to the pregnant woman, such as amniotic fluid emboli syndrome, may be associated with respiratory failure. The physiologic chan...

journal_title：Clinics in chest medicine

authors： Pereira A,Krieger BP

更新日期：2004-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Millions of people worldwide engage in leisure or occupational activities in extreme environments. These environments entail health risks even for normal subjects. The presence of lung disease, or other conditions, further predisposes to illness or injury. Patients who have lung conditions should, but often do not, co...

journal_title：Clinics in chest medicine

authors： Dillard TA,Khosla S,Ewald FW Jr,Kaleem MA

更新日期：2005-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Pleural malignancies are ideal for novel therapeutic approaches because they are invariably fatal. Intrapleural (IP) chemotherapy has only marginal benefit in pleural malignancies, but may prove efficacious with hyperthermic chemotherapy administered in combination with maximal tumor debulking. IP immunotherapies may ...

journal_title：Clinics in chest medicine

authors： Haas AR,Sterman DH

更新日期：2013-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The pharmacologic treatment of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) differs from that of asthma in several respects. Oral therapy should be the keystone, using a long-acting theophylline or a beta 2-sympathomimetic agent. The addition of a metered dose inhalant aerosol provides additive benefit with low toxici...

journal_title：Clinics in chest medicine

authors： Ziment I

更新日期：1990-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This article summarizes the health effects of indoor air pollutants and the modalities available to control them. The pollutants discussed include active and passive exposure to tobacco smoke; combustion products of carbon monoxide; nitrogen dioxide; products of biofuels, including wood and coal; biologic agents leadi...

journal_title：Clinics in chest medicine

authors： Gold DR

更新日期：1992-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Pulmonary complications occur in 40% to 60% of recipients of bone marrow trans-plants, account for more than 90% of mortality, and develop during identifiable phases. Phase 1 (Days 1-30) includes pulmonary edema; diffuse alveolar hemorrhage; and various bacterial, fungal, and viral infections; Phase 2 (Days 31-100) us...

journal_title：Clinics in chest medicine

authors： Yen KT,Lee AS,Krowka MJ,Burger CD

更新日期：2004-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Controversy over the use of inhaled beta-agonists has dated almost from their introduction as a treatment for asthma. Their effectiveness as bronchodilators is not disputed, but there is concern that they may worsen asthma control if used regularly and that excessive use may increase the risk of death from asthma. Fiv...

journal_title：Clinics in chest medicine

authors： Fahy JV,Boushey HA

更新日期：1995-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Gas exchange between the atmosphere and the human body depends on the lungs and the function of the respiratory pump. The respiratory pump consists of the respiratory control center located in the brain, bony rib cage, diaphragm, and intercostal, accessory, and abdominal muscles. A variety of muscles serve to fine-tun...

journal_title：Clinics in chest medicine

authors： Benditt JO

更新日期：2018-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In summary, bacterial organisms are clinically relevant contributors to asthma exacerbations, and have received much less attention than viruses in this process. Streptococcus pneumoniae, Hemophilus influenzae, and Moraxella catarrhalis have been linked to asthma exacerbations, particularly when sinusitis is present. ...

journal_title：Clinics in chest medicine

authors： Kraft M

更新日期：2000-06-01 00:00:00