Clinical Approach to the Therapy of Asthma-COPD Overlap.

abstract：:To determine the prevalence of carboxyhemoglobin levels in banked blood exceeding Air Quality Standards (level of carboxyhemoglobin greater than 1.5 percent), we analyzed banked blood for the level of carboxyhemoglobin from 101 randomly selected samples. Of 101 units of banked blood, 49 (49 percent) had carboxyhemoglo...

journal_title：Chest

authors： Aronow WS,O'Donohue WJ Jr,Freygang J,Sketch MH

更新日期：1984-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Patients with common variable immunodeficiency (CVID) suffer from respiratory infections leading over time to permanent lung damage. Increased radiosensitivity has been described, and clinicians should consider a risk-benefit assessment when ordering a CT scan, in that the exact level of "safe" radiation exp...

journal_title：Chest

authors： Serra G,Milito C,Mitrevski M,Granata G,Martini H,Pesce AM,Sfika I,Bonanni L,Catalano C,Fraioli F,Quinti I

更新日期：2011-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Long-term response to vasodilator therapy was assessed in six patients with PPH. Following an acute trial, each patient was restudied after (1) two months of drug administration, (2) one month of abstinence from therapy, and (3) an additional two months of therapy. Three of six patients had no long-term reduction of P...

journal_title：Chest

authors： Dantzker DR,D'Alonzo GE,Gianotti L,Fuentes F,Nickeson D,Emerson M

更新日期：1989-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:To clarify changes in beta-adrenergic receptor (BAR) density in spontaneously occurring acute asthma, BAR binding studies were performed on peripheral blood lymphocytes in eight asthmatic and ten normal subjects. Spirometry also was performed. Maximum binding capacity (Bmax) of BAR in acute asthma was significantly lo...

journal_title：Chest

authors： Hataoka I,Okayama M,Sugi M,Inoue H,Takishima T,Shirato K

更新日期：1993-08-01 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：:Parietal pleural plaque is a well-recognized sign of exposure to asbestos. Visceral pleural involvement is an uncommon manifestation, and calcified visceral pleural plaques are rare. Those reported have been in the minor fissure and inferior major fissure. We describe a unique calcified plaque in the superior major fi...

journal_title：Chest

authors： Rupp SB,Jolles H

更新日期：1989-12-01 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：:Lung scans with technetium sulfur colloid were performed in ten patients with life-threatening hemoptysis and nondiagnostic chest roentgenograms. Localized deposition of radionuclide was demonstrated in five of the six patients who were studied during active bleeding. These abnormalities were confirmed bronchoscopical...

journal_title：Chest

authors： Haponik EF,Rothfeld B,Britt EJ,Bleecker ER

更新日期：1984-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We report the cases of two lung transplant recipients (one heart-lung and one single lung) who eventually developed cytomegalovirus (CMV) pneumonitis after documentation of increasing CMV DNA titers in sequential bronchoalveolar lavage (BAL) specimens by polymerase chain reaction (PCR) amplification. To our knowledge,...

journal_title：Chest

authors： Cagle PT,Buffone G,Holland VA,Samo T,Demmler GJ,Noon GP,Lawrence EC

更新日期：1992-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：STUDY OBJECTIVE:To measure the ability of a set of clinical parameters, the Winthrop-University Hospital (WUH) criteria, to identify Legionella pneumonia while discriminating against bacteremic pneumococcal pneumonia at the time of hospitalization for community-acquired pneumonia (CAP). DESIGN:Retrospective case-contr...

journal_title：Chest

authors： Gupta SK,Imperiale TF,Sarosi GA

更新日期：2001-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Ischemic myocardium undergoes many physiologic changes, including alterations in contractile function, histologic condition, and oxygen utilization. Reperfusion of ischemic myocardium may reverse some of these changes; however, the level of reperfusion needed for adequate functional recovery, as opposed to myocyte sal...

journal_title：Chest

authors： Rohs TJ Jr,Benedict MB,Bolling SF

更新日期：1997-10-01 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:Increased outdoor air pollution levels are associated with more frequent use of rescue inhalers in subjects with asthma. However, it is unknown whether this phenomenon is explained by an air pollution-mediated increase in respiratory symptom severity or whether air pollutants decrease the efficacy of short-a...

journal_title：Chest

authors： Hernández-Cadena L,Holguin F,Barraza-Villarreal A,Del Río-Navarro BE,Sienra-Monge JJ,Romieu I

更新日期：2009-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A radioaerosol procedure using 99mcTc-DTPA (diethylene triamine penta acetate) was used to evaluate the permeability of the pulmonary epithelium in smokers and nonsmokers. The average clearance of this indicator from the lungs of smokers without significant airway obstruction exceeded that found in normal subjects by ...

journal_title：Chest

authors： Mason GR,Uszler JM,Effros RM,Reid E

更新日期：1983-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：STUDY OBJECTIVE:Oral theophylline treatment may be helpful in controlling severe asthma during pregnancy. This treatment, however, has been suspected of causing both complications and malformations. The objective of this investigation was to study the influence of theophylline treatment on the course of pregnancy and d...

journal_title：Chest

authors： Stenius-Aarniala B,Riikonen S,Teramo K

更新日期：1995-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Traditional diagnostic tests for pericardial tuberculosis (TB) are insensitive and often require long culture periods, and this has led to more emphasis being placed on biochemical tests such as the pericardial adenosine deaminase (ADA) test. However, controversy exists as to its diagnostic utility. In addit...

journal_title：Chest

authors： Burgess LJ,Reuter H,Carstens ME,Taljaard JJ,Doubell AF

更新日期：2002-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The selection of appropriate chemotherapeutic and/or radiation therapy for small cell lung cancer should be done after careful diagnosis and staging workup. A patient with small cell lung cancer is presented and explanation given for each step in diagnosis and staging. ...

journal_title：Chest

authors： O'Donnell WJ

更新日期：1995-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：STUDY OBJECTIVES:The inhalation of hypoxic gas has been reported to enhance the airway responsiveness to methacholine in some animal models. However, the data on humans have so far been conflicting. We attempted to examine the effect of hypoxic gas inhalation on the airway responsiveness to methacholine. DESIGN:We eva...

journal_title：Chest

authors： Saito H,Nishimura M,Shinano H,Sato F,Miyamoto K,Kawakami Y

更新日期：1999-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Heart rate and the variability of the heart rate, indices of autonomic control, were studied during sleep in an infant with prolonged Q-T interval (Romano-Ward syndrome) and were compared to the heart rate and variability of heart rate in 18 normal infants studied at monthly intervals during the first four months of l...

journal_title：Chest

authors： Leistner HL,Haddad GG,Lai TL,Mellins RB

更新日期：1983-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:High-resolution chest CT (HRCT) scan is recommended after pulmonary arteriovenous malformation (PAVM) embolotherapy to assess for PAVM persistence and untreated PAVM growth. Graded transthoracic contrast echocardiography (TTCE) predicts the need for embolotherapy in PAVM screening. This study sought to deter...

journal_title：Chest

authors： DePietro DM,Curnes NR,Chittams J,Ferrari VA,Pyeritz RE,Trerotola SO

更新日期：2020-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Pulmonary infections, which frequently occur during the early and late period following bone marrow transplantation for hematologic malignancies, are associated with significant morbidity and mortality. In this study the incidence, the infectious causes of pneumonia and the mortality related to pneumonia in 130 alloge...

journal_title：Chest

authors： Gentile G,Micozzi A,Girmenia C,Iori AP,Donati PP,Capria S,Martino P

更新日期：1993-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：STUDY OBJECTIVE:Our objective was to determine if the hemosiderin content of BAL macrophages allows us to draw any differential diagnostic conclusions in a variety of lung diseases. PATIENTS AND STUDY DESIGN:One hundred one patients who underwent BAL for different diagnostic reasons were studied prospectively. MAIN R...

journal_title：Chest

authors： Grebski E,Hess T,Hold G,Speich R,Russi E

更新日期：1992-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Fiberglass inhalation seems to produce a minimal tissue response in the lungs, and the reaction is one of macrophagic mobilization and is characteristic of the pulmonary response to those nonfibrogenic dusts classified as nuisance dusts. In order to merit the designation of a nuisance dust, the pulmonary response must...

journal_title：Chest

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更新日期：1976-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A 17-year-old girl with primary pulmonary hypertension was treated with longterm administration of oxygen. Oxygen was delivered only at night for eight hours daily. Her clinical status has been improved for more than 17 months. Cardiac catheterization revealed almost 50 percent reduction of pulmonary vascular resistan...

journal_title：Chest

authors： Nagasaka Y,Akutsu H,Lee YS,Fujimoto S,Chikamori J

更新日期：1978-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Bacterial pericarditis with cardiac tamponade is a life-threatening disorder that has been associated with a variety of organisms. There is usually an associated underlying condition or a seeding of the pericardium from an infection elsewhere. We report the development of cardiac tamponade and a subsequent pericardial...

journal_title：Chest

authors： Snyder RW,Braun TI

更新日期：1999-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Percutaneous cannulation of the internal jugular vein is commonly performed to obtain central venous access. We report the first case of massive hemoptysis occurring during cannulation of the internal jugular vein. ...

journal_title：Chest

authors： Friedman Y,Tilly E,Rackow EC,Weil MH

更新日期：1989-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Tobacco smoke is a major risk factor in the development of COPD. Secondhand smoke (SHS) exposure is a known risk factor in asthma, bronchitis, and coronary artery disease. Elastin is a recognized target for injury in COPD, and the amino acids desmosine and isodesmosine (D/I), which are specific for elastin d...

journal_title：Chest

authors： Slowik N,Ma S,He J,Lin YY,Soldin OP,Robbins RA,Turino GM

更新日期：2011-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Microbubble formation has been accepted as the mechanism producing contrast echoes. Comparisons of the contrast effects of various agents have been studied extensively, but the importance of gas-mixing has been less appreciated. To test the hypothesis that good gas-mixing, by facilitating microbubble formation, would ...

journal_title：Chest

authors： Chiang CW,Lin FC,Fu M,Fang BR,Hsu TS,Lee YS

更新日期：1986-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Takayasu's arteritis is a vasculitis characterized by inflammation and obliteration of large- and medium-sized arteries and has not been previously associated with interstitial pulmonary fibrosis. A patient with Takayasu's arteritis was shown to have interstitial pulmonary fibrosis and mesangial glomerulonephritis, su...

journal_title：Chest

authors： Greene NB,Baughman RP,Kim CK

更新日期：1986-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Pleuroparenchymal fibroelastosis (PPFE) is a rare form of interstitial pneumonia and sometimes coexists with a histologic usual interstitial pneumonia (UIP) pattern. This study aimed to describe the distinct clinical features of PPFE with UIP pattern compared with idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis (IPF). METHOD...

journal_title：Chest

authors： Oda T,Ogura T,Kitamura H,Hagiwara E,Baba T,Enomoto Y,Iwasawa T,Okudela K,Takemura T,Sakai F,Hasegawa Y

更新日期：2014-11-01 00:00:00