Sleep Duration and Efficiency Associated With Better Functional Exercise Capacity in Black Smokers at Risk for COPD.

abstract：STUDY OBJECTIVE:To determine whether monoclonal antibody (Mab) detection of tumor-associated antigen expressed on sputum epithelial cells precedes clinical presentation of second primary lung cancer. DESIGN SETTING/PARTICIPANTS: Eleven oncology centers collaborate in the accrual of 1,000 patients with stage I non-small...

journal_title：Chest

authors： Tockman MS,Erozan YS,Gupta P,Piantadosi S,Mulshine JL,Ruckdeschel JC

更新日期：1994-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Early-life stress is becoming an important determinant of immune system programming. Maternal prenatal distress is found to be associated with atopic disease in offspring but the separate effects of postnatal distress are not well-studied. RESEARCH QUESTION:Does the likelihood of asthma and atopic dermatiti...

journal_title：Chest

authors： van der Leek AP,Bahreinian S,Chartier M,Dahl ME,Azad MB,Brownell MD,Kozyrskyj AL

更新日期：2020-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Among 1,700 primary tumors of the lung, there were 53 cases of bronchial adenoma (3.1 percent); 38 (72 percent) of the 53 were typical carcinoids, and the remaining 15 were of a higher grade of malignant neoplasm. There was a slight predominance of female patients, and the age of greatest incidence was between 30 and ...

journal_title：Chest

authors： de Lima R

更新日期：1980-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：STUDY OBJECTIVE:To investigate whether the respiratory changes in peak velocity (Vpeak) of aortic blood flow could be related to the effects of volume expansion on cardiac index. DESIGN:Prospective clinical study. SETTING:Medical ICUs of a university hospital (20 beds) and of a nonuniversity hospital (15 beds). PATI...

journal_title：Chest

authors： Feissel M,Michard F,Mangin I,Ruyer O,Faller JP,Teboul JL

更新日期：2001-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The severity of pulmonary hypertension was evaluated by right cardiac catheterization in 89 patients with stable chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, both at rest and during maximum treadmill exercise. Thirty-one patients were found to have pulmonary hypertension at rest, defined as a mean pulmonary arterial pressur...

journal_title：Chest

authors： Keller CA,Shepard JW Jr,Chun DS,Vasquez P,Dolan GF

更新日期：1986-08-01 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：OBJECTIVE:To compare the efficacy of noninvasive positive pressure ventilation (NPPV) by helmet and face mask in immunocompromised patients with hypoxemic acute respiratory failure (ARF). DESIGN:Case-control study. SETTING:The general ICU of a university hospital. PATIENTS:Nineteen immunocompromised patients (hemato...

journal_title：Chest

authors： Rocco M,Dell'Utri D,Morelli A,Spadetta G,Conti G,Antonelli M,Pietropaoli P

更新日期：2004-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：STUDY OBJECTIVE:s: To analyze the perception of sexual content (PSC) of tobacco advertisements and its potential impact on the process of smoking in adolescents. DESIGN, PARTICIPANTS, AND SETTING:A questionnaire was administered to 1,186 adolescents at the National Institute of Respiratory Diseases in Mexico City to d...

journal_title：Chest

authors： Sansores RH,Giraldo-Buitrago G,Reddy C,Ramírez-Venegas A

更新日期：2002-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Bronchoscopy is a useful tool for the diagnosis of lesions near central airways; however, the diagnostic accuracy of these procedures for peripheral pulmonary lesions (PPLs) is a matter of ongoing debate. In this setting, electromagnetic navigation bronchoscopy (ENB) is a technique used to navigate and obtai...

journal_title：Chest

authors： Folch EE,Labarca G,Ospina-Delgado D,Kheir F,Majid A,Khandhar SJ,Mehta HJ,Jantz MA,Fernandez-Bussy S

更新日期：2020-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The measure of sputum eosinophil counts is a useful tool in the investigation of occupational asthma (OA), but processing sputum is time consuming. Measuring the fractional concentration of exhaled nitric oxide (FENO) may be an alternative in clinical practice. The aim of this study was to assess the respect...

journal_title：Chest

authors： Lemière C,D'Alpaos V,Chaboillez S,César M,Wattiez M,Chiry S,Vandenplas O

更新日期：2010-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We describe the first reported case (to our knowledge) of pulmonary granulomatosis caused by aspirated green tea. In this case, we found granulomatous alveolitis with lymph follicles, T lymphocytosis with predominantly CD8+ cells in the bronchoalveolar lavage fluids, positive serum precipitin and proliferative respons...

journal_title：Chest

authors： Sakamoto O,Saita N,Yamasaki H,Tamanoi M,Ando M

更新日期：1994-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：STUDY OBJECTIVES:Pulmonary rehabilitation (PR) that includes exercise training can improve exercise tolerance and quality of life for patients with COPD. However, the degree of benefit from PR is variable. We hypothesized that the exercise response to PR varies depending on the initial factors that limit exercise. DES...

journal_title：Chest

authors： Plankeel JF,McMullen B,MacIntyre NR

更新日期：2005-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Survival from reversible forms of severe pulmonary insufficiency remains dismal despite the development of artificial oxygenators. We hypothesized that an intraabdominal heterotopic lung could help maintain adequate oxygenation during acute pulmonary insufficiency. Five mongrel dogs underwent an acute heterotopic lung...

journal_title：Chest

authors： Lazzara RR,Cmolik BE,Trumble DR,Pennock BE,Magovern JA

更新日期：1994-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Three patients had angiographic appearance of chronic primary coronary artery dissection with features that differed from other patients with this entity studied at autopsy; they were men, greater than or equal to 40 years of age, had angina pectoris and severe coronary artery disease. The right coronary artery, which...

journal_title：Chest

authors： Iskandrian AS,Bemis CE,Kimbiris D,Mintz GS,Hakki AH

更新日期：1985-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Each of four examiners performed standardized physical examinations on a group of patients who had just undergone tests of ventilatory function. The intensity of breath sounds heard with deep inspiration was graded on a rating scale of 0 to 4; the grades in six areas of the chest were added to give a total score, with...

journal_title：Chest

authors： Pardee NE,Martin CJ,Morgan EH

更新日期：1976-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSES:Patients receiving prolonged acute mechanical ventilation (PAMV), although comprising a third of all mechanical ventilation (MV) patients, consume two-thirds of all the resources allocated to MV, and their numbers are projected to double by 2020. By virtue of their prolonged hospital length of stay (median LOS...

journal_title：Chest

authors： Zilberberg MD,Nathanson BH,Sadigov S,Higgins TL,Kollef MH,Shorr AF

更新日期：2009-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The purpose of this study was to identify the CT scan features that predict patient outcome after reexpansion procedures in patients with the fibrotic stage of endobronchial TB. METHODS:We retrospectively enrolled 30 patients (four men, 26 women) aged 32 +/- 11 years who had lobar or whole-lung atelectasis ...

journal_title：Chest

authors： Lee JY,Yi CA,Kim TS,Kim H,Kim J,Han J,Kwon OJ,Lee KS,Chung MJ

更新日期：2010-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:An unusual case of essential thrombocythemia in a young man presenting with progressive angina pectoris is presented. Angiography revealed proximal left anterior descending artery stenosis. Successful percutaneous transluminal angioplasty along with antiplatelet therapy and a calcium channel blocking drug have rendere...

journal_title：Chest

authors： Hanger KH Jr,Kilgore J,James E

更新日期：1984-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We prospectively looked at the prognostic value of bronchoalveolar lavage (BAL) lymphocyte count in 98 patients with recently diagnosed (less than 4 months) untreated sarcoidosis. These 50 men and 48 women (mean age, 37.4) were followed up for a period of 6 to 60 months (mean, 25.6), and were clinically evaluated ever...

journal_title：Chest

authors： Laviolette M,La Forge J,Tennina S,Boulet LP

更新日期：1991-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Childhood OSA is a prevalent condition associated with raised BP as documented in cross-sectional studies. This study aimed to determine whether baseline or change in OSA severity was associated with ambulatory BP at 4-year follow-up. METHODS:Children who participated in our previous OSA prevalence research...

journal_title：Chest

authors： Li AM,Au CT,Ng C,Lam HS,Ho CKW,Wing YK

更新日期：2014-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Nineteen patients were treated at the Los Angeles County Harbor/UCLA Medical Center between 1971 and 1986 for tuberculosis of the spine. Fourteen were immigrants, a high-risk group. A high index of suspicion is required for Pott's disease, which occurs in fewer than 1 percent of patients with tuberculosis, often prese...

journal_title：Chest

authors： Omari B,Robertson JM,Nelson RJ,Chiu LC

更新日期：1989-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This study demonstrates that when the heart is markedly displaced posteriorly to the left, or perhaps to the right, the posterior approach may make echocardiographic evaluation possible. Thus, in a patient with congenital unilateral absence of the left pulmonary artery, with marked displacement of the heart posteriorl...

journal_title：Chest

authors： Borgeson E,Vogel JH

更新日期：1980-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Airway pressure release ventilation (APRV), a new ventilatory support technique, was compared with conventional intermittent positive-pressure ventilation plus PEEP (CPPV) in 18 patients with severe acute respiratory failure. Patients were initially stabilized on CPPV and then switched to APRV. The APRV provided effec...

journal_title：Chest

authors： Cane RD,Peruzzi WT,Shapiro BA

更新日期：1991-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Long-term treatment with inhaled beta 2-agonists may be associated with a deterioration in asthma control, potentially due to tolerance. Regular use of short-acting beta 2-agonists has been shown to induce tolerance to allergen or adenosine 5'-monophosphate challenge. The aim of the study was to detect the efficacy of...

journal_title：Chest

authors： Giannini D,Carletti A,Dente FL,Bacci E,Di Franco A,Vagaggini B,Paggiaro PL

更新日期：1996-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In this study, the systemic and coronary hemodynamic changes associated with the administration of diltiazem, a recent calcium antagonist, were evaluated in three different situations as follows: following a 200 microgram/kg intravenous bolus of the drug in 12 open-chest anesthetized dogs; following two successive int...

journal_title：Chest

authors： Bourassa MG,Cote P,Theroux P,Tubau JF,Genain C,Waters DD

更新日期：1980-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:alpha(1)-Antitrypsin (AAT)-Z deficiency is a risk factor for the development of COPD. Compared to wild-type M, AAT-Z has an increased tendency to polymerize, rendering it inactive as a serine proteinase inhibitor. It has been demonstrated that wild-type M- and Z-deficiency AAT polymers are chemotactic for hu...

journal_title：Chest

authors： Persson C,Subramaniyam D,Stevens T,Janciauskiene S

更新日期：2006-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：STUDY OBJECTIVES:To examine the association of occult atherosclerosis of carotid, femoral, and popliteal arteries with the presence and severity of obstructive coronary artery disease (CAD) in patients without a history or presence of cerebrovascular or peripheral arterial disease using ultrasound examination of periph...

journal_title：Chest

authors： Kafetzakis A,Kochiadakis G,Laliotis A,Peteinarakis I,Touloupakis E,Igoumenidis N,Katsamouris A

更新日期：2005-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：STUDY OBJECTIVES:We sought to compare catheter studies using a right ventricular ejection fraction (REF) catheter together with echocardiography and MRI in patients with pulmonary hypertension. PATIENTS AND METHODS:We compared hemodynamic findings, echocardiography, and MRI studies in 16 patients with pulmonary hypert...

journal_title：Chest

authors： Hoeper MM,Tongers J,Leppert A,Baus S,Maier R,Lotz J

更新日期：2001-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Lung cancer is the most common cause of cancer death in the United States. Cigarette smoking is the main risk factor. Former smokers are at a substantially increased risk for lung cancer compared with lifetime never-smokers. Chemoprevention is the use of specific agents to reverse, suppress, or prevent the p...

journal_title：Chest

authors： Gray J,Mao JT,Szabo E,Kelley M,Kurie J,Bepler G,American College of Chest Physicians.

更新日期：2007-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The purpose of this study was to assess the impact of prior cardiac or pulmonary disease upon the utility of ventilation/perfusion (V/Q) scans in the diagnosis of acute pulmonary embolism (PE). Ventilation/perfusion scans were evaluated among 365 patients with no prior cardiac or pulmonary disease and compared to V/Q ...

journal_title：Chest

authors： Stein PD,Coleman RE,Gottschalk A,Saltzman HA,Terrin ML,Weg JG

更新日期：1991-09-01 00:00:00