Stump neuroma masquerading as recurrent malignancy on chest roentgenogram.

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：:The long-term pulmonary consequences of right middle lobe syndrome (RMLS) in childhood are not known. Therefore, outcome was evaluated in 17 children with RMLS diagnosed in early childhood (mean age, 3.3 years; SD, 1.1 year). Mean age at follow-up was 10.1 years (SD, 2.6 years). RMLS was defined as atelectasis of the ...

journal_title：Chest

authors： De Boeck K,Willems T,Van Gysel D,Corbeel L,Eeckels R

更新日期：1995-07-01 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：BACKGROUND:Inadequate localized drug concentrations and systemic adverse effects are among the concerns when regional infections are treated with systemic antibiotics. We designed and fabricated a poly(D,L)-lactide-co-glycolide (PLGA)-based biodegradable drug delivery system and evaluated the release of antibiotics bot...

journal_title：Chest

authors： Liu KS,Liu SJ,Chen HY,Huang YK,Peng YJ,Wu RC,Ueng SW

更新日期：2012-05-01 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：:Forty-three patients who had sepsis and multiple organ failure (critical illness) were studied prospectively to determine the incidence and severity of peripheral nerve function and to correlate such function with a number of variables. Electrophysiologic studies indicated a primary axonal degeneration of motor and se...

journal_title：Chest

authors： Witt NJ,Zochodne DW,Bolton CF,Grand'Maison F,Wells G,Young GB,Sibbald WJ

更新日期：1991-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：STUDY OBJECTIVE:To evaluate renal and vasodilator effects of synthetic atrial natriuretic factor (ANF) in patients undergoing cardiopulmonary bypass (CPB) with special reference to the applicability of ANF as a diuretic and natriuretic. DESIGN:The study consisted of two parts. The first 15 consecutive patients in a un...

journal_title：Chest

authors： Hynynen M,Palojoki R,Heinonen J,Tikkanen I,Harjula AL,Fyhrquist F

更新日期：1991-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:COPD is associated with reduced physical capacity. However, it is unclear whether pulmonary emphysema, which can occur without COPD, is associated with reduced physical activity in daily life, particularly among people without COPD and never smokers. We hypothesized that greater percentage of emphysema-like ...

journal_title：Chest

authors： Lo Cascio CM,Quante M,Hoffman EA,Bertoni AG,Aaron CP,Schwartz JE,Avdalovic MV,Fan VS,Lovasi GS,Kawut SM,Austin JHM,Redline S,Barr RG

更新日期：2017-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Mexiletine is a type 1B antiarrhythmic drug similar to lidocaine. Prolongation of ventricular depolarization has not been previously reported with the usual oral dosage of mexiletine. We describe a patient with renal failure and heart failure on low-dose oral therapy who developed mexiletine toxicity, which was manife...

journal_title：Chest

authors： Nora MO,Chandrasekaran K,Hammill SC,Reeder GS

更新日期：1989-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A woman with a history of bilateral mastectomy and silicone implants for fibrocystic disease and a history of atrial septal defect repair presented with pleural nodules on a chest radiograph. A thorascopic biopsy performed for possible mesothelioma demonstrated chronic inflammation and focal pleural fibrosis due to a ...

journal_title：Chest

authors： Levine RL,Allen TC,Cartwright J Jr,Cagle PT

更新日期：2005-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:It is known that smoking affects the development and maintenance of certain types of granulomatous lung diseases. To explore this mechanism(s), we measured tumor necrosis factor (TNF)-alpha concentrations in the culture supernatants of lipopolysaccharide (LPS)-stimulated alveolar macrophages (AMs) in 13 healthy nonsmo...

journal_title：Chest

authors： Yamaguchi E,Itoh A,Furuya K,Miyamoto H,Abe S,Kawakami Y

更新日期：1993-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Liquid silicone is an inert material that is utilized for cosmetic procedures by physicians as well as illegally by nonmedical personnel. We present a case report and collated clinical findings of 32 other patients who were hospitalized after illegal silicone injections. Symptoms and signs of the "silicone syndrome" i...

journal_title：Chest

authors： Schmid A,Tzur A,Leshko L,Krieger BP

更新日期：2005-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Bronchoscopic microsampling (BMS) is a method in which a device consisting of a wire with a polyester probe at the tip is used to collect bronchial epithelial lining fluid with bronchoscopy. In this study, we bacteriologically investigated sample collection using BMS to incorporate BMS into diagnosis of resp...

journal_title：Chest

authors： Sasabayashi M,Yamazaki Y,Tsushima K,Hatayama O,Okabe T

更新日期：2007-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：STUDY OBJECTIVE:To examine the relation between left atrial (LA) function and exercise performance. DESIGN AND SETTING:Retrospective study at a referral cardiopulmonary exercise laboratory in a university hospital. PATIENTS:Forty-one patients with recent myocardial infarction. INTERVENTIONS:M-mode echocardiography a...

journal_title：Chest

authors： Jikuhara T,Sumimoto T,Tarumi N,Yuasa F,Hattori T,Sugiura T,Iwasaka T

更新日期：1997-04-01 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：:A 40-year-old woman with lymphangiomatosis also had an intrathoracic lymphangioma infection. Since the age of 8 years, the patient had undergone repeated abdominal and mediastinal cyst surgeries and had received a diagnosis of lymphangiomatosis. At this time, she showed a high fever of 38.5°C. Cultures of both blood a...

journal_title：Chest

authors： Minakata T,Suzuki T,Kamio Y,Kadokura M,Himuro N,Takei H

更新日期：2020-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Among patients with nearly normal ventilation/perfusion (V/Q) lung scans in the Prospective Investigation of Pulmonary Embolism Diagnosis (PIOPED), pulmonary embolism (PE) was diagnosed more frequently in those who underwent pulmonary angiography than in those in whom PE was diagnosed on the basis of an adve...

journal_title：Chest

authors： Henry JW,Stein PD,Gottschalk A,Raskob GE

更新日期：1996-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Spontaneous pneumothorax (SPTX) is an uncommon phenomenon in the general population and is most commonly associated with prior bulbous emphysema, cystic parenchymal lung disease, and tuberculous lung disease. A rare cause of SPTX is malignant disease, either in the form of primary lung or pleural cancers, or...

journal_title：Chest

authors： Hoag JB,Sherman M,Fasihuddin Q,Lund ME

更新日期：2010-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The use of physiologic pacing utilizing transvenous atrial and ventricular electrodes has recently taken on increased importance. A simple, safe, technique for electrode implantation has been used in 14 patients and enabled the implanting physicians to establish permanent atrioventricular (A-V) sequential pacing with ...

journal_title：Chest

authors： Fox S,Toonder FG

更新日期：1981-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The use of neuromuscular blocking agents, particularly pancuronium, in patients receiving mechanical ventilation has been reported to cause prolonged paralysis and atrophy. We describe two mechanically ventilated patients with asthma who developed prolonged muscular weakness and atrophy after receiving the shorter-act...

journal_title：Chest

authors： Margolis BD,Khachikian D,Friedman Y,Garrard C

更新日期：1991-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Identifying patients with impaired renal function is crucial in the setting of critical illness. Serum creatinine serves as the gold standard for assessing steady-state renal function, helping to define those with chronic kidney disease (CKD). Although these baseline creatinine values are often not available in the se...

journal_title：Chest

authors： Koyner JL

更新日期：2012-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：STUDY OBJECTIVES:To define the clinical characteristics of the patients showing bronchoscopic findings of bronchial narrowing or obliteration with black pigmentation on overlying mucosa (we named this finding as "anthracofibrosis"), and to determine the association of anthracofibrosis with tuberculosis. PATIENTS AND M...

journal_title：Chest

authors： Chung MP,Lee KS,Han J,Kim H,Rhee CH,Han YC,Kwon OJ

更新日期：1998-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Data from various different types of cross-sectional studies are reviewed in order to examine hypotheses about the etiology of asthma and to more precisely define its relationship with nonspecific bronchial hyperreactivity (NSBH). Although cross-sectional studies have not clarified the precise etiologic links, they ha...

journal_title：Chest

authors： Tager IB,Weiss ST,Speizer FE

更新日期：1987-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：STUDY OBJECTIVES:To determine the impact on survival and clinical correlates of pulmonary hypertension (PH) occurring in patients with idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis (IPF). DESIGN:Retrospective study. SETTING:Tertiary care, referral medical center. PATIENTS:Among 487 consecutive patients with IPF, we identified 136 p...

journal_title：Chest

authors： Nadrous HF,Pellikka PA,Krowka MJ,Swanson KL,Chaowalit N,Decker PA,Ryu JH

更新日期：2005-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：STUDY OBJECTIVES:We set out to determine whether there is a difference in postoperative pain and recovery after the patient undergoes the axillary muscle-sparing incision (ie, muscle-sparing thoracotomy [MT]) vs the modified posterolateral incision (ie, posterolateral thoracotomy [PT]). DESIGN:Analysis of a database o...

journal_title：Chest

authors： Ochroch EA,Gottschalk A,Augoustides JG,Aukburg SJ,Kaiser LR,Shrager JB

更新日期：2005-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Prostasin, a trypsin-like serine protease, is a channel-activating protease and major regulator of epithelial sodium channel-mediated sodium absorption. Its direct inhibition by camostat represents a potential approach to inhibiting sodium transport in cystic fibrosis (CF). METHODS:To determine whether a to...

journal_title：Chest

authors： Rowe SM,Reeves G,Hathorne H,Solomon GM,Abbi S,Renard D,Lock R,Zhou P,Danahay H,Clancy JP,Waltz DA

更新日期：2013-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Continuous measurement of mixed venous oxygen saturation (SvO2) has been suggested as an adjunct in monitoring critically ill patients. We evaluated SvO2 monitoring in 24 patients suffering from complicated myocardial infarctions. Cardiac output and arterial lactate levels were measured when there were persistent 5 pe...

journal_title：Chest

authors： Kyff JV,Vaughn S,Yang SC,Raheja R,Puri VK

更新日期：1989-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We performed a follow-up study of 61 patients who had an acute episode of farmer's lung (54 men and seven women). Twenty-four subjects had ceased all contact with the barn, while 37 had continued farming. Pulmonary function tests for all subjects showed an initial improvement after the acute episode: 92.4 +/- 36.9 per...

journal_title：Chest

authors： Cormier Y,Bélanger J

更新日期：1985-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Bronchial stump fistula occurred on the seventh postoperative day in a 45-year-old man who underwent right pneumonectomy for T2N2M0 adenocarcinoma of the lung. It was attributable to ventilator-related barotrauma during treatment of ARDS from multiple pulmonary emboli. A frequently lethal complication, its presentatio...

journal_title：Chest

authors： Pomerantz AH,Derasari MD,Sethi SS,Khan S

更新日期：1988-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Most patients who receive a diagnosis of non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC) have advanced disease and are not curable with surgery. Developments in the technology of radiation therapy (RT) have contributed to the broad utility of this treatment modality in both a curative and palliative capacity. Many patients at all ...

journal_title：Chest

authors： Sause WT

更新日期：1999-12-01 00:00:00