Physical and Social Environment Relationship With Sleep Health and Disorders.

abstract：BACKGROUND:Clinical resolution of ventilator-associated pneumonia (VAP) determines the duration of treatment and mechanical ventilation. The aim of this study was to evaluate the influence of organisms and their susceptibility to treatment on outcomes. METHODS:Prospective observational study in three teaching ICUs. Si...

journal_title：Chest

authors： Vidaur L,Planas K,Sierra R,Dimopoulos G,Ramirez A,Lisboa T,Rello J

更新日期：2008-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Acute bacterial endocarditis developed in a 65-year-old man two years after surgical resection of a false aneurysm of the left ventricle. The patient had cerebral embolic manifestations, and coagulase-positive Staphylococcus aureus was cultured from each of six blood samples. A pericardial friction rub and a changing ...

journal_title：Chest

authors： Pitlik S,Cohen L,Melamed R,Rosenfeld J

更新日期：1977-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We reviewed the inpatient records of 139 adult patients with leukemia to determine the incidence of opportunistic infections in immunocompromised patients and the pattern of roentgenographic involvement of such infections. There were 98 parenchymal infiltrates identified, including 43 episodes of local disease and 55 ...

journal_title：Chest

authors： Tenholder MF,Hooper RG

更新日期：1980-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In experimental animals, conditions which drastically decrease cardiac output may reduce the strength and endurance of respiratory muscles leading to hypercapnic respiratory failure. Because patients with chronic CHF have reduced cardiac output and vital capacity (FVC), we measured PImax and PEmax and maximal handgrip...

journal_title：Chest

authors： Hammond MD,Bauer KA,Sharp JT,Rocha RD

更新日期：1990-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Upper airway edema might contribute to pharyngeal collapsibility and account for the high prevalence of obstructive sleep apnea (OSA) in patients with heart disease. The aim of this study was to evaluate if intensive unloading with diuretics improves sleep-disordered breathing and increases pharyngeal calibe...

journal_title：Chest

authors： Bucca CB,Brussino L,Battisti A,Mutani R,Rolla G,Mangiardi L,Cicolin A

更新日期：2007-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A patient had accelerated attacks of chest pain associated with transient ST elevation or depression in the anterior leads. Coronary angiogram revealed severe multi-vessel disease. Anginal attacks with conspicuous ST depression were induced repeatedly by both oral and sublingual administration of nifedipine. Among var...

journal_title：Chest

authors： Yokoyama M,Koizumi T,Fujitani K,Mizutani T,Fukuzaki H

更新日期：1982-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Forty-three consecutive patients requiring endotracheal intubation in an emergency room were studied prospectively to define the complications associated with intubation and the survival of these patients, and to evaluate emergency room policies. The indications for intubation were acute respiratory failure (ARF) in 2...

journal_title：Chest

authors： Taryle DA,Chandler JE,Good JT Jr,Potts DE,Sahn SA

更新日期：1979-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：STUDY OBJECTIVE:The primary objective of this study was to test whether an elevated systolic pulmonary artery (PA) pressure or an elevated pulmonary dead space fraction (Vd/Vt) in early acute lung injury (ALI) is associated with poor clinical outcomes in the era of lung-protective ventilation. DESIGN:Prospective obser...

journal_title：Chest

authors： Cepkova M,Kapur V,Ren X,Quinn T,Zhuo H,Foster E,Liu KD,Matthay MA

更新日期：2007-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Central hemodynamics and gas exchange were studied in six patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (mean age, 60 years). Patients were selected for the study if the volume of blood was 1 L larger than the predicted normal value, if there was no history of infection, and if no drug assumed to influence pulmo...

journal_title：Chest

authors： Gertz I,Hedenstierna G,Wester PO

更新日期：1979-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：STUDY OBJECTIVES:The aim was to evaluate demographic, clinical, and laboratory variables in febrile patients, with or without a microbiologically confirmed infection, for prediction of death, in comparison to the systemic inflammatory response syndrome (SIRS) and its criteria, such as abnormal temperature, tachycardia,...

journal_title：Chest

authors： Bossink AW,Groeneveld J,Hack CE,Thijs LG

更新日期：1998-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Hospitalizations for patients with acute exacerbations of COPD are associated with several adverse patient outcomes as well as with significant health-care costs. Despite many interventions targeted at reducing readmissions following an initial hospitalization, there are few strategies that have been consistently asso...

journal_title：Chest

authors： Freedman N

更新日期：2019-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We report a patient in whom cardiac magnetic resonance imaging detected a clinically unsuspected pulmonary artery thromboembolus. Follow-up MRI after surgical removal of the thromboembolus showed normal pulmonary arteries. This case illustrates the potential utility of MRI in the detection and follow-up of central pul...

journal_title：Chest

authors： Szucs RA,Rehr RB,Tatum JL

更新日期：1989-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Increased (more positive) end-expiratory and decreased (more negative) end-inspiratory values for intrapleural pressure (PpI) invariably accompany acute bronchoconstriction. We hypothesize that both the increase in vital capacity (VC) and the decrease in residual volume (RV) observed after dilation of the central airw...

journal_title：Chest

authors： Lavietes MH,Taylor DW

更新日期：1979-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：STUDY OBJECTIVES:To analyze the physiologic effects and tolerance of mechanical insufflation-exsufflation (MI-E) by means of mechanical cough assistance (Cough Assist; JH Emerson Company; Cambridge, MA) for children with neuromuscular disease. DESIGN:Prospective clinical trial. SETTING:Physiology laboratory of a pedi...

journal_title：Chest

authors： Fauroux B,Guillemot N,Aubertin G,Nathan N,Labit A,Clément A,Lofaso F

更新日期：2008-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Beta 2-adrenoceptor agonists act against bronchoconstriction by stimulating beta 2-adrenoceptors in bronchial smooth muscle. However, tachyphylaxis has been argued to occur because of beta 2-adrenoceptor down-regulation following therapy with beta 2-adrenergic agents. To investigate receptor alterations, human periphe...

journal_title：Chest

authors： Hauck RW,Böhm M,Gengenbach S,Sunder-Plassmann L,Fruhmann G,Erdmann E

更新日期：1990-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：STUDY OBJECTIVES:To determine patterns in asbestos-induced lung diseases found in older, less exposed workers. DESIGN:Review of a database evaluating lung function, smoking status, form of asbestos-induced lung disease, and radiograph abnormalities. SETTING:Outpatient clinic. PARTICIPANTS:A total of 3383 asbestos-ex...

journal_title：Chest

authors： Ohar J,Sterling DA,Bleecker E,Donohue J

更新日期：2004-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:It has been suggested that radiation doses due to high-resolution computed tomography (HRCT) of the chest are considerably higher than those from conventional CT. We compared the effective dose (E, mSv) in conventional chest CT (10-mm contiguous slices) and HRCT (1.5-mm slices, gap 10 mm). In our study, the effective ...

journal_title：Chest

authors： van der Bruggen-Bogaarts BA,Broerse JJ,Lammers JW,van Waes PF,Geleijns J

更新日期：1995-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) studied at rest, nifedipine releases hypoxic pulmonary vasoconstriction (HPV) and worsens gas exchange. During exercise, this drug lowers pulmonary hypertension, but the effects of this lower pulmonary vascular tone on ventilation-perfusion (VA/Q) relations...

journal_title：Chest

authors： Agustí AG,Barberá JA,Roca J,Wagner PD,Guitart R,Rodriguez-Roisín R

更新日期：1990-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We conducted a prospective study to determine the effectiveness of protected bronchoalveolar lavage (PBAL) in diagnosing pneumonia in ventilated patients and the usefulness of bronchoscopic data in treating ventilated patients. Entrance criteria were (1) fever and a new or progressive infiltrate on chest roentgenogram...

journal_title：Chest

authors： Meduri GU,Wunderink RG,Leeper KV,Beals DH

更新日期：1992-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The literature on pulmonary function testing in sarcoidosis is critically reviewed. The results indicate that pulmonary function tests are not a reliable means for detecting the presence of parenchymal sarcoidosis, nor do they provide an accurate estimate of the extent of parenchymal disease. There are at present no k...

journal_title：Chest

authors： Winterbauer RH,Hutchinson JF

更新日期：1980-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Cardiac imaging with dipyridamole infusion has been proposed as an exercise-independent tool for the diagnosis of coronary artery disease. Dipyridamole acts through the accumulation of adenosine, which reduces sympathetic tone in vasomotor nuclei of the brainstem and inhibits norepinephrine release in noradrenergic ne...

journal_title：Chest

authors： Lucarini AR,Picano E,Marini C,Favilla S,Salvetti A,Distante A

更新日期：1992-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A new, simpler method to re-expand collapsed lungs was introduced in 14 procedures in 12 critically ill patients. To close the bronchus, we wedge the fiberoptic bronchoscope into each segment or subsegment of the collapsed lung instead of using a balloon cuff. Room air was then insufflated into the atelectatic alveoli...

journal_title：Chest

authors： Tsao TC,Tsai YH,Lan RS,Shieh WB,Lee CH

更新日期：1990-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：STUDY OBJECTIVES:To validate capnometric recirculating gas tonometry (CRGT) for continuously monitoring gut intramucosal PCO2 (PiCO2) in a septic shock model, and to compare gastric vs esophageal PCO2 vs intramucosal-arterial PCO2 gradients. INTERVENTIONS:CRTG catheters were placed in the stomach and esophagus of six ...

journal_title：Chest

authors： Guzman JA,Lacoma FJ,Kruse JA

更新日期：1998-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:This multicenter, double-blind, placebo-controlled study evaluated the dose response to 6 weeks of triamcinolone acetonide inhalation aerosol (TAA, 100 microg per puff) in patients with moderately severe asthma. STUDY DESIGN:A total of 285 patients were randomly assigned to treatment with 1, 2, 4, or 8 puff...

journal_title：Chest

authors： Welch MJ,Levy S,Smith JA,Feiss G,Farrar JR

更新日期：1997-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:As an aid in the differential diagnosis of exudative pleural effusions, tumor markers were investigated. We measured immunosuppressive acidic protein (IAP), carbohydrate antigen 19-9 (CA 19-9), tissue polypeptide antigen (TPA), carcinoembryonic antigen (CEA), adenosine deaminase (ADA), and alpha 1-acid glycoprotein (A...

journal_title：Chest

authors： Niwa Y,Kishimoto H,Shimokata K

更新日期：1985-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：STUDY OBJECTIVES:Direct current (DC) shocks to the heart cause morphologic and functional myocardial damage. Previous studies have suggested that acute DC shock injury is free radical mediated and that the administration of antioxidant enzymes superoxide dismutase and catalase can reduce the level of DC shock-induced f...

journal_title：Chest

authors： Pagan-Carlo LA,Garcia LA,Hutchison JL,Buettner GR,Kerber RE

更新日期：1999-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：STUDY OBJECTIVE:To assess the utility of urinary uric acid excretion as a marker of nocturnal hypoxia in patients with obstructive sleep apnea-hypopnea syndrome (OSAHS) before and after the institution of nasal continuous positive airway pressure (CPAP). DESIGN:Prospective, open. SETTING:Sleep Disorders Laboratory, V...

journal_title：Chest

authors： Sahebjani H

更新日期：1998-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Low-dose dopamine administration (ie, doses < 5 microg/kg/min) has been advocated for 30 years as therapy in oliguric patients on the basis of its action on dopaminergic renal receptors. Recently, a large, multicenter, randomized, controlled trial has demonstrated that low-dose dopamine administered to critically ill ...

journal_title：Chest

authors： Holmes CL,Walley KR

更新日期：2003-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:Symptomatic malignant pleural effusions are common sequelae in patients with certain malignancies. Pleurodesis via bedside thoracostomy is the current treatment option most commonly used. To our knowledge, this is the first prospective randomized trial to examine which agent, bleomycin or talc slurry, is supe...

journal_title：Chest

authors： Zimmer PW,Hill M,Casey K,Harvey E,Low DE

更新日期：1997-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Fluid infusion may be lifesaving in patients with severe sepsis, especially in the earliest phases of treatment. Following initial resuscitation, however, fluid boluses often fail to augment perfusion and may be harmful. In this review, we seek to compare and contrast the impact of fluids in early and later sepsis; sh...

journal_title：Chest

authors： Durairaj L,Schmidt GA

更新日期：2008-01-01 00:00:00