Severe Coronavirus Disease 2019 Infection in an Adolescent Patient After Hematopoietic Stem Cell Transplantation.

abstract：:The assessment of the structure and function of the subvalvular apparatus (SVA) in patients with rheumatic mitral stenosis (MS) is complex, yet is of major importance prior to therapeutic decision making. Currently available methods of assessment are neither sufficiently accurate nor feasible. We review anatomic and f...

journal_title：Chest

authors： Turgeman Y,Atar S,Rosenfeld T

更新日期：2003-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Disease-specific patient-reported outcome (PRO) instruments are important in assessing the impact of disease and treatment. The Pulmonary Arterial Hypertension-Symptoms and Impact Questionnaire is the first instrument for quantifying pulmonary arterial hypertension (PAH) symptoms and impacts developed accord...

journal_title：Chest

authors： Chin KM,Gomberg-Maitland M,Channick RN,Cuttica MJ,Fischer A,Frantz RP,Hunsche E,Kleinman L,McConnell JW,McLaughlin VV,Miller CE,Zamanian RT,Zastrow MS,Badesch DB

更新日期：2018-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Exhaled breath temperature (EBT) is a new noninvasive method for the study of inflammatory respiratory diseases with a potential to reach clinical practice. However, few studies are available regarding the validation of this method, and they were mainly derived from small, pediatric populations; thus, the ra...

journal_title：Chest

authors： Carpagnano GE,Foschino-Barbaro MP,Crocetta C,Lacedonia D,Saliani V,Zoppo LD,Barnes PJ

更新日期：2017-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:IV hydration before and after cardiac catheterization is effective in preventing contrast-associated renal dysfunction for patients with mild-to-moderate renal insufficiency, but necessitates overnight hospital admission. We tested an outpatient oral precatheterization hydration strategy in comparison with o...

journal_title：Chest

authors： Taylor AJ,Hotchkiss D,Morse RW,McCabe J

更新日期：1998-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A 62-year-old woman had had kyphoscoliosis since age 12 years. Respiratory failure developed at age 35 years following a respiratory infection. A tracheostomy was done and she required assisted ventilation using a respiratory (Bird). Many attempts at weaning her from the ventilator were unsuccessful. She has remained ...

journal_title：Chest

authors： Woolf CR

更新日期：1990-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In 283 patients referred for testing in an outpatient pulmonary function laboratory, we studied the single-breath diffusing capacity of the lungs for carbon monoxide (Dco) using the Ogilvie (Og), Jones-Meade (JM), Epidemiological Standardization Project (ESP), and three-phase iterative methods (3PIT, similar to the th...

journal_title：Chest

authors： Beck KC,Offord KP,Scanlon PD

更新日期：1994-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We evaluated two patients with systemic cholesterol embolization (SCE) associated with the development of pleural effusions. These two patients had evidence of atherosclerosis and presented with livedo reticularis, renal insufficiency, and gangrenous cutaneous changes as manifestations of their SCE. In both cases, clo...

journal_title：Chest

authors： Kollef MH,McCormack MT,Kristo DA,Reddy VV

更新日期：1993-03-01 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：:A V/Q lung scan was obtained in a patient with LLL collapse who was receiving IPPV and PEEP. This revealed absent ventilation and hyperperfusion to the collapsed lobe. After a reduction in PEEP from 12 to 5 cm H2O, a repeat V/Q scan showed a more even distribution of pulmonary perfusion. Arterial hypoxemia improved. ...

journal_title：Chest

authors： Hawker FH,Torzillo PJ,Southee AE

更新日期：1991-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A series of 24 adult male patients undergoing thoracotomy were found to have a reduction in their cough pressures in the immediate postoperative period to 29 percent of their preoperative values. Cough pressures still averaged only 50 percent of control values one week following surgery, with slow return toward normal...

journal_title：Chest

authors： Byrd RB,Burns JR

更新日期：1975-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Eighteen asymptomatic postmenopausal women volunteered to ingest 2 ml of 100-proof vodka per kg of body weight in orange juice on one night and a placebo on another. Overnight sleep monitoring was performed immediately thereafter. Alcohol ingestion caused reduction in total sleep time from 329 to 281 minutes and a dec...

journal_title：Chest

authors： Block AJ,Hellard DW,Slayton PC

更新日期：1985-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：STUDY OBJECTIVES:Hyperinflation in patients with severe COPD is associated with an increased anteroposterior (AP) rib cage diameter. We sought to determine whether bilateral lung volume reduction surgery (LVRS) affects bony thorax configuration. DESIGN:Prospective of clinical data collection before and after LVRS. SE...

journal_title：Chest

authors： Lando Y,Boiselle P,Shade D,Travaline JM,Furukawa S,Criner GJ

更新日期：1999-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Important alterations in respiratory function have been observed after open cholecystectomy. These include a decrease in the abdominal tidal volume, forced vital capacity, and forced expiratory volume at 1 s. Laparoscopic cholecystectomy is a new procedure allowing removal of the gallbladder without a subcostal or mid...

journal_title：Chest

authors： Shulman SM,Chuter T,Weissman C

更新日期：1993-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Persistent minor hemoptysis resulted from extensive granulation tissue on the main carina and adjacent bronchi due to frequent spraying of metered-dose inhaler (MDI)-generated aerosol medications directly into a permanent tracheostomy. Salbutamol, containing oleic acid, was considered the most likely cause. After an A...

journal_title：Chest

authors： Newhouse MT

更新日期：1999-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The effectiveness of cardiopulmonary support (CPS) as a rescue method following failed angioplasty is unknown. The proximal left anterior descending (LAD) was occluded for 20 min in 21 dogs. Group 1 animals (n=15) were given CPS and group 2 animals (n=6) served as controls. During coronary occlusion, animals receiving...

journal_title：Chest

authors： Ward HB,McFalls EO,Baldwin D,Nemzek TG,Gornick CC

更新日期：1996-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:To examine the individual and joint effect of various pretreatment clinical characteristics on the survival of patients with mesothelioma treated by the Cancer and Leukemia Group B (CALGB). PATIENTS AND METHODS:Between June 1984 and September 1994, 337 patients with malignant mesothelioma and no prior chemothe...

journal_title：Chest

authors： Herndon JE,Green MR,Chahinian AP,Corson JM,Suzuki Y,Vogelzang NJ

更新日期：1998-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The ipsilateral recurrence rate after the first spontaneous pneumothorax treated with tube thoracostomy is reported to be between 23 percent and 52 percent. The incidence of recurrence after the first recurrence is substantially higher. Chemical pleurodesis has been attempted to decrease the recurrence rate. Tetracycl...

journal_title：Chest

authors： Milanez JR,Vargas FS,Filomeno LT,Fernandez A,Jatene A,Light RW

更新日期：1994-10-01 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：:Exposure to cigarette smoke can lead to a variety of parenchymal lung diseases, including diffuse cystic lung diseases (DCLDs). Lymphangioleiomyomatosis (LAM) is the prototypical DCLD and has a characteristic appearance on high-resolution CT (HRCT). We present a series of four patients with DCLD on HRCT who were refer...

journal_title：Chest

authors： Gupta N,Colby TV,Meyer CA,McCormack FX,Wikenheiser-Brokamp KA

更新日期：2018-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Strong evidence exists for clinically relevant night-to-night variability of respiratory events in patients with suspected OSA. RESEARCH QUESTION:How many sleep study nights are required to diagnose OSA accurately? STUDY DESIGN AND METHODS:Patients with suspected OSA underwent up to 14 nights of pulse oxim...

journal_title：Chest

authors： Roeder M,Sievi NA,Bradicich M,Grewe F,Siegfried S,Gaisl T,Kohler M

更新日期：2020-09-25 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：:Residual volume (RV) was obtained by subtracting vital capacity from total lung capacity determined by the single breath helium dilution (TLCsb) to measure CO diffusing capacity in 2,680 subjects (8 to 64 years old) of a general population sample. There were 712 normal subjects (243 male and 469 female subjects) selec...

journal_title：Chest

authors： Paoletti P,Viegi G,Carrozzi L,Di Pede F,Modena P,Ballerin L,Baldacci S,Pedreschi M,Pistelli G,Giuntini C

更新日期：1992-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Altitude-induced pulmonary hypertension has been suggested to cause left ventricular (LV) diastolic dysfunction due to ventricular interaction. In this study, we evaluate the effects of exercise- and altitude-induced increase in pulmonary artery pressures on LV diastolic function in an interventional setting...

journal_title：Chest

authors： Bernheim AM,Kiencke S,Fischler M,Dorschner L,Debrunner J,Mairbäurl H,Maggiorini M,Brunner-La Rocca HP

更新日期：2007-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This chapter about antithrombotic therapy in atrial fibrillation (AF) is part of the Seventh ACCP Conference on Antithrombotic and Thrombolytic Therapy: Evidence Based Guidelines. Grade 1 recommendations are strong and indicate that the benefits do, or do not, outweigh risks, burden, and costs. Grade 2 suggests that i...

journal_title：Chest

authors： Singer DE,Albers GW,Dalen JE,Go AS,Halperin JL,Manning WJ

更新日期：2004-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：STUDY OBJECTIVES:To determine if persistent airway tissue mast cells are associated with treatment failure when patients discontinue inhaled corticosteroids (ICS). DESIGN:Double-blind, randomized, placebo-controlled trial. SETTING:Multicenter, tertiary referral centers. PATIENTS OR PARTICIPANTS:Forty-five subjects w...

journal_title：Chest

authors： Kraft M,Martin RJ,Lazarus SC,Fahy JV,Boushey HA,Lemanske RF Jr,Szefler SJ,Asthma Clinical Research Network.

更新日期：2003-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:D-dimer, a degradation product of fibrin, has been increasingly used as a marker or prognostic factor in various thrombotic diseases. OBJECTIVE:To assess the significance of a d-dimer test in patients with primary pulmonary hypertension (PPH). PATIENTS AND METHODS:Fourteen patients with PPH (12 women and 2...

journal_title：Chest

authors： Shitrit D,Bendayan D,Bar-Gil-Shitrit A,Huerta M,Rudensky B,Fink G,Kramer MR

更新日期：2002-11-01 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：:This is a report of an unusual case of left, predominantly upper lobe, pulmonary edema secondary to paravalvular mitral regurgitation (MR) complicating mitral valve replacement. Transesophageal echocardiography proved helpful in making the diagnosis of MR and suggesting the mechanism of the pulmonary edema. ...

journal_title：Chest

authors： Rice J,Roth SL,Rossoff LJ

更新日期：1998-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Endobronchial ultrasonography (EBUS) has become an invaluable tool in the diagnosis of patients with a variety of thoracic abnormalities. The majority of EBUS procedures are used to diagnose and stage mediastinal and hilar abnormalities, as well as peripheral pulmonary targets, with a probe-based technology. Nearly 1,...

journal_title：Chest

authors： Gildea TR,Nicolacakis K

更新日期：2016-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:This study investigates the long-term benefits of pulmonary rehabilitation in terms of health-related quality of life (HRQL). Such information is of particular importance in developing strategies for aftercare at home which aim to maintain the initial improvements seen after rehabilitation. METHODS:Criteria...

journal_title：Chest

authors： Ketelaars CA,Abu-Saad HH,Schlösser MA,Mostert R,Wouters EF

更新日期：1997-08-01 00:00:00