Metastatic malignant melanoma presenting clinically as obstruction of the right ventricular inflow and outflow tracts. Characterization by magnetic resonance imaging.

abstract：BACKGROUND:The literature on preoperative smoking cessation indicates that smoking patients are more likely to have postoperative complications. However, the economic implications of such complications are unclear. In particular, the balance between the cost of a preoperative intervention for smoking cessation (PISC) a...

journal_title：Chest

authors： Hejblum G,Atsou K,Dautzenberg B,Chouaid C

更新日期：2009-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Vasoactive medications are commonly used in the treatment of critically ill patients, but their impact on the development of ICU-acquired weakness is not well described. The objective of this study is to evaluate the relationship between vasoactive medication use and the outcome of ICU-acquired weakness. ME...

journal_title：Chest

authors： Wolfe KS,Patel BK,MacKenzie EL,Giovanni SP,Pohlman AS,Churpek MM,Hall JB,Kress JP

更新日期：2018-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We report a case of pancreatitis, which occurred while the patient was on a propofol drip and then recurred after resolution following an inadvertent rechallenge with propofol. The initial episode was associated with hypertriglyceridemia, whereas the latter was not. The association between propofol and pancreatitis is...

journal_title：Chest

authors： Kumar AN,Schwartz DE,Lim KG

更新日期：1999-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A 41-year-old woman with end-stage mitral and aortic stenosis developed the cycle of low cardiac output, peripheral vasoconstriction, increased core temperature, and cardiac decompensation. This was interrupted by core cooling utilizing iced gastric lavage. We propose that her severe hyperthermia was caused or abetted...

journal_title：Chest

authors： Salm TJ,Howe JP,Dalen JE

更新日期：1977-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Infused and inhaled treprostinil are effective for treatment of pulmonary arterial hypertension (PAH), although their administration routes have limitations. This study assessed the efficacy and safety of bid oral sustained-release treprostinil in the treatment of PAH with a concomitant endothelin receptor a...

journal_title：Chest

authors： Tapson VF,Torres F,Kermeen F,Keogh AM,Allen RP,Frantz RP,Badesch DB,Frost AE,Shapiro SM,Laliberte K,Sigman J,Arneson C,Galiè N

更新日期：2012-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A 56-year-old man with a longstanding tracheostomy presented to the hospital with upper GI bleeding and was found to have a profound respiratory alkalosis. The cause of this patient's involuntary hyperventilation was hiccuping complicated by the absence of glottic closure. ...

journal_title：Chest

authors： Campbell LA,Schwartz SH

更新日期：1991-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Treatment failure (TF) is defined as a clinical condition with inadequate response to antimicrobial therapy. Clinical response should be evaluated within the first 72 h of treatment, whereas infiltrate images may take up to 6 weeks to resolve. Early failure is considered when ventilatory support and/or septic shock ap...

journal_title：Chest

authors： Menendez R,Torres A

更新日期：2007-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Platelet-derived growth factor (PDGF) was shown to modulate fibroblast activity in interstitial lung diseases like idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis (IPF). The role of PDGF in fibrosing mechanisms in histiocytosis X is unclear. Eight patients with histiocytosis X, five patients with idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis (IPF), an...

journal_title：Chest

authors： Uebelhoer M,Bewig B,Kreipe H,Nowak D,Magnussen H,Barth J

更新日期：1995-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We characterized the bronchopulmonary distribution of a 0.9 percent saline aerosol (1.12 microM) labelled with 99mTc sulfur colloid in nine normal subjects and five patients with CF. Homogeneity of distribution was quantified using indices derived from computerized analysis of Anger camera pulmonary images including s...

journal_title：Chest

authors： Laube BL,Links JM,LaFrance ND,Wagner HN Jr,Rosenstein BJ

更新日期：1989-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Phosphodiesterase 4 (PDE4) is a major cyclic adenosine-3',5'-monophosphate-metabolizing enzyme in immune and inflammatory cells, airway smooth muscle, and pulmonary nerves. Selective inhibitors of this enzyme have been available for a number of years and show a broad spectrum of activity in animal models of COPD and a...

journal_title：Chest

authors： Sturton G,Fitzgerald M

更新日期：2002-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Limited data are available on the impact of time to ICU admission and outcomes for patients with severe community acquired pneumonia (CAP). Our objective was to examine the association of time to ICU admission and 30-day mortality in patients with severe CAP. METHODS:A retrospective cohort study of 161 ICU ...

journal_title：Chest

authors： Restrepo MI,Mortensen EM,Rello J,Brody J,Anzueto A

更新日期：2010-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:To study the effects of upper mantle radiation therapy on pulmonary function, forced expiratory volume in one second (FEV1), vital capacity (VC), inspiratory capacity (IC), diffusing capacity for CO (DLCO) and diffusion per unit of alveolar volume (DL/VA were determined in 28 patients with Hodgkin's disease, stages 1-...

journal_title：Chest

authors： do Pico GA,Wiley AL Jr,Rao P,Dickie HA

更新日期：1979-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The history of the use of beta-blockers for congestive heart failure, beginning with the innovative seminal study by the Swedish group in 1975 to studies in 1995, is reviewed and shows that almost all trials favored the use of beta-blockers. They tended to demonstrate an increase in ejection fraction, a decrease in le...

journal_title：Chest

authors： Constant J

更新日期：1998-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Thromboendarterectomy is the treatment of choice for chronic large vessel thromboembolic pulmonary hypertension. To identify the mechanisms responsible for the improvement in gas exchange following thromboendarterectomy, we studied nine patients with chronic thromboembolic pulmonary hypertension before and eight to 18...

journal_title：Chest

authors： Kapitan KS,Clausen JL,Moser KM

更新日期：1990-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The etiology of the SAS is unknown. To test whether endogenous opioids could be pathologically active in SAS, markers of opioid systems were measured in the CSF of 15 patients with SAS and in control subjects. Measured by receptor assay, the concentration of so-called fraction 1 opioid was higher in patients with SAS ...

journal_title：Chest

authors： Gislason T,Almqvist M,Boman G,Lindholm CE,Terenius L

更新日期：1989-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The clinical course of idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis (IPF) is characterized by progressive decline in lung function and eventual mortality. We sought to determine if future declines in pulmonary function, mortality, or both can be predicted from prior trends in pulmonary function tests (PFTs). METHODS:Data ...

journal_title：Chest

authors： Schmidt SL,Tayob N,Han MK,Zappala C,Kervitsky D,Murray S,Wells AU,Brown KK,Martinez FJ,Flaherty KR

更新日期：2014-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：STUDY OBJECTIVES:To analyze the influence of a hospital-based home-care program (HCP) on the management of patients with COPD receiving long-term oxygen therapy. DESIGN AND SETTING:Randomized, controlled study in a 1,000-bed university hospital. INTERVENTION:The HCP applied to patients in the intervention group (HCP ...

journal_title：Chest

authors： Farrero E,Escarrabill J,Prats E,Maderal M,Manresa F

更新日期：2001-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A patient with unruptured congenital aneurysm of the left coronary sinus of Valsalva presented with acute right-sided heart failure due to right ventricular outflow tract obstruction. The mechanism for such an acute presentation may have been a sudden increase in the size of the aneurysm. The surgical importance of th...

journal_title：Chest

authors： D'Silva SA,Dalvi BV,Lokhandwala YY,Kale PA,Tendolkar AG

更新日期：1992-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Asthma is a worldwide problem. It cannot be prevented or cured, but it is possible, at least in principle, to control asthma with modern management. Control usually is assessed by history of symptoms, physical examination, and measurement of lung function. A practical problem is that these measures of contro...

journal_title：Chest

authors： Green RJ,Klein M,Becker P,Halkas A,Lewis H,Kitchin O,Moodley T,Masekela R

更新日期：2013-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Body position can lead to respiratory symptoms and affect gas exchange in disease states. We describe a patient with carcinoma of the left lung in whom dyspnea and oxygen desaturation developed in the right lateral position only. Fiberoptic bronchoscopic study demonstrated a tumor mass protruding into the left main-st...

journal_title：Chest

authors： Mahler DA,Snyder PE,Virgulto JA,Loke J

更新日期：1983-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:To clarify how lung function at exercise is affected in sarcoidosis, and to analyze how exercise studies compare to testing measurements, 63 patients with pulmonary sarcoidosis were examined with lung mechanics and arterial blood gases during exercise. These findings were compared with simultaneously obtained, but pre...

journal_title：Chest

authors： Brådvik I,Wollmer P,Blom-Bülow B,Albrechtsson U,Jonson B

更新日期：1991-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In order to assess the additional information obtained from 24 hours compared to 12 hours of ambulatory ECG (electrocardiogram) recording, we analyzed 72 ambulatory ECG monitoring tapes in which arrhythmias were present. In all cases the second 12 hours included the entire period of sleep. Only 38 of 233 (16 percent) ...

journal_title：Chest

authors： Lopes MG,Runge P,Harrison DC,Schroeder JS

更新日期：1975-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Although NCPAP is the most efficient nonsurgical treatment for patients with OSA, many patients do not accept sleeping with a nose mask. To determine the factors influencing acceptance, treatment with NCPAP was offered to 95 patients with an AHI greater than 15. After the first night on NCPAP, 47 of 65 patients decide...

journal_title：Chest

authors： Rauscher H,Popp W,Wanke T,Zwick H

更新日期：1991-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Cilia line the surface of the respiratory tract and beat in a coordinated wave to protect the lungs against infection. Bardet Biedl Syndrome (BBS) is a rare condition attributed to cilia dysfunction. Murine models of BBS suggest a respiratory phenotype; however, no reports have studied the translation of the...

journal_title：Chest

authors： Shoemark A,Dixon M,Beales PL,Hogg CL

更新日期：2015-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Clear rhinorrhea is a common symptom in patients with obstructive sleep apnea (OSA) and may worsen with continuous positive airway pressure therapy. Clear rhinorrhea can also be the presenting symptom of cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) leak, which is evidence of a communication between the subarachnoid space and the nasal c...

journal_title：Chest

authors： Kuzniar TJ,Gruber B,Mutlu GM

更新日期：2005-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The timing of surgical treatment of empyema remains controversial. Traditionally, thoracotomy is performed either within three weeks of diagnosis or delayed until presumed pleurodesis occurs. Often, these patients are moribund and the duration of illness impossible to determine. We report our surgical results in seven...

journal_title：Chest

authors： Hoover EL,Hsu HK,Ross MJ,Gross AM,Webb H,Ketosugbo A,Finch P

更新日期：1986-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Numerous alterations in the sympathetic nervous system have been reported in patients with obstructive sleep apnea. It is unclear whether such alterations can be attributed to the respiratory disturbance itself, the resulting hypoxia, or disruption of sleep. We examined urinary norepinephrine levels in 45 individuals ...

journal_title：Chest

authors： Dimsdale JE,Coy T,Ancoli-Israel S,Mills P,Clausen J,Ziegler MG

更新日期：1997-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In order to test the ability of magnetic resonance (MR) in the detection of pathologic flow conditions in man, we imaged 10 normal volunteers and 10 patients with congestive heart failure (CHF) with ECG-gated MR. We used a single spin-echo sequence on a transverse plane through the main vessels of the upper chest. The...

journal_title：Chest

authors： Casolo GC,Bucciolini M,Giani M,Bisi G

更新日期：1987-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Actinomyces israelii is a rare cause of pericarditis. Infection spreads to pericardium from an intrathoracic focus. Branching gram-positive filaments are seen on microscopic examination of clinical specimens. Cultures should be performed under anaerobic conditions. Both surgical drainage and antibiotics (penicillin) a...

journal_title：Chest

authors： Schlossberg D,Franco-Jove D,Woodward C,Shulman J

更新日期：1976-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The accuracy of combined clinical examination (CE) and chest radiography (CXR) (CE + CXR) vs thoracic ultrasonography in the acute assessment of pneumothorax, hemothorax, and lung contusion in chest trauma patients is unknown. METHODS:We conducted a prospective, observational cohort study involving 119 adul...

journal_title：Chest

authors： Hyacinthe AC,Broux C,Francony G,Genty C,Bouzat P,Jacquot C,Albaladejo P,Ferretti GR,Bosson JL,Payen JF

更新日期：2012-05-01 00:00:00