Continuous monitoring of mixed venous oxygen saturation in patients with acute myocardial infarction.

abstract：:A man with usual interstitial pneumonia (age of onset 58 years) was previously found to have an Ile73Thr (I73T) surfactant protein C (SFTPC) mutation. Genomic DNA from the individual and two daughters (aged 39 and 43 years) was sequenced for the I73T mutation and variations in ATP-binding cassette A3 (ABCA3). All thre...

journal_title：Chest

authors： Crossno PF,Polosukhin VV,Blackwell TS,Johnson JE,Markin C,Moore PE,Worrell JA,Stahlman MT,Phillips JA 3rd,Loyd JE,Cogan JD,Lawson WE

更新日期：2010-04-01 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：BACKGROUND:Patients with sarcoidosis frequently complain of fatigue, even when sarcoidosis has come into clinical remission. The primary aim of this study was to assess the severity of fatigue in patients with sarcoidosis in clinical remission and to characterize it according to the international criteria for chronic f...

journal_title：Chest

authors： Korenromp IHE,Heijnen CJ,Vogels OJM,van den Bosch JMM,Grutters JC

更新日期：2011-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Data from recent surveys indicate that a staggering 34.9% of US adults are overweight. Obese adults are at in increased risk for many chronic medical conditions, and this increases the likelihood of admission to an ICU. The critically ill obese patient presents the ICU team with many unique problems. Obesity may resul...

journal_title：Chest

authors： Marik P,Varon J

更新日期：1998-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Linear endobronchial ultrasound (EBUS) allows real-time guidance of transbronchial needle aspiration of thoracic structures and has become an increasingly important diagnostic tool for chest physicians. Little has been published about the learning experience of operators with this technology. The purpose of ...

journal_title：Chest

authors： Wahidi MM,Hulett C,Pastis N,Shepherd RW,Shofer SL,Mahmood K,Lee H,Malhotra R,Moser B,Silvestri GA

更新日期：2014-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：STUDY OBJECTIVES:COPD patients run a risk of developing nocturnal oxygen desaturation. When evaluating patients with nocturnal hypoxemia, an unfamiliar hospital environment and the monitoring equipment may cause sleep disturbances. It was hypothesized that increased sleep disruption will lead to fewer instances of desa...

journal_title：Chest

authors： Brijker F,van den Elshout FJ,Heijdra YF,Folgering HT

更新日期：2001-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:To assess the value of bronchoalveolar lavage (BAL) for diagnosis, understanding, and treatment of amiodarone-associated pneumonitis, we examined the results of BAL total and differential cell counts and phenotyping of lymphocytes in 22 patients with this lung disorder and in 33 normal subjects. Overall, the total cel...

journal_title：Chest

authors： Akoun GM,Cadranel JL,Blanchette G,Milleron BJ,Mayaud CM

更新日期：1991-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In vitro cell-mediated immunity was examined in patients infected with nontuberculous mycobacteria, Mycobacterium avium-intracellulare complex in Japan. Peripheral blood lymphocytes of patients, as compared with those of tuberculous patients or tuberculin-positive healthy donors, showed depressed in vitro blastogenic ...

journal_title：Chest

authors： Tsuyuguchi I,Shiratsuchi H,Okuda Y,Yamamoto Y

更新日期：1988-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：STUDY OBJECTIVES:To describe the risk factors for the development of and mortality resulting from acute respiratory failure (ARF) in a large patient population. DESIGN:A substudy of a prospective, multicenter, observational cohort study, which was designed to validate the sequential organ failure assessment score. SE...

journal_title：Chest

authors： Vincent JL,Akça S,De Mendonça A,Haji-Michael P,Sprung C,Moreno R,Antonelli M,Suter PM,SOFA Working Group. Sequntial organ failure assessment.

更新日期：2002-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:There are several reports showing that expiratory muscle strength and endurance can be impaired in patients with COPD. This muscle weakness may have clinically relevant implications. Expiratory muscle training tended to improve cough and to reduce the sensation of respiratory effort during exercise in patien...

journal_title：Chest

authors： Weiner P,Magadle R,Beckerman M,Weiner M,Berar-Yanay N

更新日期：2003-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:In a rodent model of cardiac arrest and resuscitation in which the inspired gas mixture was enriched with oxygen, resuscitability and survival were unaffected by positive pressure ventilation. In the present study, in a larger animal model, tidal volumes generated during precordial compression and with spont...

journal_title：Chest

authors： Noc M,Weil MH,Tang W,Turner T,Fukui M

更新日期：1995-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A protocol was originally designed to study breathing control during and following cardiac arrest in humans, taking advantage of the period of pulseless ventricular fibrillation (PVF) produced while testing a newly implanted cardioverter-defibrillator device. A patient aged in his 60s with New York Heart Association c...

journal_title：Chest

authors： Bartsch S,Haouzi P

更新日期：2013-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：STUDY OBJECTIVES:The Fas-Fas ligand (FasL) pathway is a representative system of apoptosis-signaling receptor molecules. We previously described that this pathway may play an important role in the pathogenesis of fibrosing lung diseases. In this study, we hypothesized that soluble form of Fas (sFas) and FasL (sFasL) ma...

journal_title：Chest

authors： Kuwano K,Kawasaki M,Maeyama T,Hagimoto N,Nakamura N,Shirakawa K,Hara N

更新日期：2000-08-01 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：:Peripheral undefined pulmonary nodules have become a favorable indication for the videoendoscopic approach in thoracic surgery. In our latest experience, we also successfully applied this technique in centrally located lesions of the lung. In reviewing our first 29 cases, we looked for preoperative features of videoen...

journal_title：Chest

authors： Schwarz CD,Lenglinger F,Eckmayr J,Schauer N,Hartl P,Mayer KH

更新日期：1994-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Long-acting bronchodilators, including long-acting beta2-agonists (LABA) and the anticholinergic tiotropium, are recommended as initial maintenance therapy in COPD. Studies to date have been limited in size and reported ambivalent results on the comparative risk of cardiovascular, cerebrovascular, and pulmon...

journal_title：Chest

authors： Suissa S,Dell'Aniello S,Ernst P

更新日期：2017-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The current epidemic of acquired immune deficiency syndrome (AIDS) raises numerous public policy concerns for the medical community. The issues can be divided into two groups. Those concerns which require both immediate action and results are referred to as short-term issues. Those issues whose results will not be for...

journal_title：Chest

authors： Panem S

更新日期：1984-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We studied hemodynamic and oxygen transport parameters in 12 stable critically ill patients on assist control (ACV), synchronized intermittent mandatory (SIMV), and pressure support (PSV) ventilatory modes. Patients were optimally ventilated on ACV, were awake, and capable of spontaneous breathing. After baseline meas...

journal_title：Chest

authors： Sternberg R,Sahebjami H

更新日期：1994-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:The objectives of this study were to determine the prevalence of Aspergillus fumigatus and Candida albicans in the sputa of patients with cystic fibrosis (CF), to assess serologic IgE responses of these patients to the presence of fungi in the sputum, to evaluate what effect this may have on clinical status,...

journal_title：Chest

authors： Máiz L,Cuevas M,Quirce S,Cañón JF,Pacheco A,Sousa A,Escobar H

更新日期：2002-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:During noninvasive ventilation, nonintentional leaks have a detrimental effect on the efficacy of ventilation. A wide range of industrial masks are available, with intentional leaks of different importance. The potential impact of this variability in intentional leaks on performances of bilevel ventilators h...

journal_title：Chest

authors： Borel JC,Sabil A,Janssens JP,Couteau M,Boulon L,Lévy P,Pépin JL

更新日期：2009-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:To assess the effects of intravenous aminophylline on the sinus node, 12 patients with clinical and Holter monitor-documented sick sinus syndrome were studied (1) during the control state, (2) after pharmacologic autonomic blockade and (3) 5 min after intravenous administration of aminophylline. The effects of aminoph...

journal_title：Chest

authors： Lai WT,Lai HM,Lin CT,Sheu SH,Hwang YS

更新日期：1991-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We analyzed seven patients with beta-thalassemia intermedia presenting with congestive heart failure secondary to pulmonary hypertension. This condition has been recognized only recently as part of the clinical spectrum of beta-thalassemia. Our group of patients included two men and five women with the clinical pictur...

journal_title：Chest

authors： Aessopos A,Stamatelos G,Skoumas V,Vassilopoulos G,Mantzourani M,Loukopoulos D

更新日期：1995-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The integrated electronic display model for teaching bronchoscopic technique has been most helpful in guiding the student-bronchoscopist, especially in the early stages of reorientation in both the procedure for insertion and the practice of identification of the individual segmental orifice. The display board is elec...

journal_title：Chest

authors： Cunanan OS,Mazza JE

更新日期：1977-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:COPD is currently defined as a progressive, preventable, and treatable disease that is characterized by an accelerated decline of lung function. However, contrary to other common chronic conditions like cardiovascular disease or cancer, there are no lifelong population-based studies describing the natural history of l...

journal_title：Chest

authors： Kohansal R,Soriano JB,Agusti A

更新日期：2009-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Sepsis is among the most common reasons for admission to ICUs throughout the world, and it is believed to be the third most common cause of death in the United States. The pathogenetic mechanism and physiologic changes associated with sepsis are exceedingly complex, but our understanding is evolving rapidly. The major...

journal_title：Chest

authors： Marik PE

更新日期：2014-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Intra- and interobserver variations in the measurement of systolic time intervals (STIs) by three experienced cardiologists were investigated in 20 tracings on which phonocardiograms, carotid pulse and electrocardiograms were recorded simultaneously. The STIs studied were the time interval from the Q wave to the aorti...

journal_title：Chest

authors： Ishikawa K,Ishikawa M,Morihara H,Yanagisawa A,Muramatsu J,Sawayama T,Maeda K

更新日期：1982-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We report an individual with limb-girdle muscular dystrophy who has devised a way to assist her respiration by using her hands braced against the tray of her wheelchair. Utilizing this method, she was able to increase her tidal volume (VT) and lower her respiratory rate compared to unassisted spontaneous breathing, th...

journal_title：Chest

authors： Stone AC,Nolan S,Abu-Hijleh M,McCool D,Hill NS

更新日期：2003-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Incidence and potential risk factors for pneumonia due to Haemophilus influenzae in adults treated with mechanical ventilation in a medical-surgical ICU were investigated. Diagnosis was established in 91 episodes and H influenzae was isolated in 20 of them. Mean onset of ventilator-associated pneumonia (VAP) due to H ...

journal_title：Chest

authors： Rello J,Ricart M,Ausina V,Net A,Prats G

更新日期：1992-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To investigate the associations of maternal and grandmaternal smoking before, during, and after pregnancy with childhood asthma. DESIGN, SETTING, AND PARTICIPANTS:We conducted a case-control study nested within the Children's Health Study in southern California. The case patients consisted of 338 children wi...

journal_title：Chest

authors： Li YF,Langholz B,Salam MT,Gilliland FD

更新日期：2005-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The aim of this prospective study was to determine the rate of recurrence for spontaneous pneumothorax (SP) after tetracycline pleurodesis (TCP), using that of observation, tube thoracostomy alone, and thoracotomy as references. From 1985 to the end of 1991, 78 patients were treated with tetracycline pleurodesis and 1...

journal_title：Chest

authors： Alfageme I,Moreno L,Huertas C,Vargas A,Hernandez J,Beiztegui A

更新日期：1994-08-01 00:00:00