Lower prevalence of positive atopic skin tests in lung cancer patients.

abstract：STUDY OBJECTIVE:To use an existing database from a large cohort study with follow-up as long as 5.5 years to assess the extended prognosis of patients who survived their hospitalizations for severe acute respiratory failure (ARF). DESIGN, SETTING, AND PATIENTS:Secondary analysis of an inception cohort of 1,722 patient...

journal_title：Chest

authors： Garland A,Dawson NV,Altmann I,Thomas CL,Phillips RS,Tsevat J,Desbiens NA,Bellamy PE,Knaus WA,Connors AF Jr,SUPPORT Investigators.

更新日期：2004-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A 51-year-old man suffered third-degree caustic burns of the esophagus and proximal two-thirds of the stomach. A tracheoesophageal fistula developed, and surgery was performed to exclude the esophagus from gastrointestinal reflux and to divert the oral secretions. An uneventful postoperative course was interrupted on ...

journal_title：Chest

authors： Singh AK,Kothawla LK,Karlson KE

更新日期：1976-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The institution of inhaled corticosteroids is generally advocated for effective treatment of patients with asthma. It is yet unknown what is the best time to start inhaled corticosteroid therapy and especially whether delayed introduction is harmful. PHASE 1: In a previous study in patients with asthma and C...

journal_title：Chest

authors： Overbeek SE,Kerstjens HA,Bogaard JM,Mulder PG,Postma DS

更新日期：1996-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Peripherally inserted central venous catheters (PICCs) are now widely used for intermediate and long-term access in current-day health care, especially in the inpatient setting, where they are increasingly supplanting conventional central venous catheters (CVCs) placed percutaneously into the internal jugula...

journal_title：Chest

authors： Safdar N,Maki DG

更新日期：2005-08-01 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：:The cause of bleeding in a patient with recurrent massive hemoptysis was not apparent after bronchoscopy and gross examination of the lobectomy specimen. Histologic submission of all major bronchi uncovered dilated, tortuous bronchial arteries just below the bronchial mucosa with sites of both current and healing arte...

journal_title：Chest

authors： Spark RP,Sobonya RE,Armbruster RJ,Marco JD,Rotkis TC

更新日期：1991-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This study evaluated the influence of pregnancy as a relapse factor in pulmonary tuberculosis in 215 patients who recieved adequate chemotherapy. A comparison was made between the evolution of patients who had pregnancies and those who did not. On ending the period of observation (details are lacking with respect to o...

journal_title：Chest

authors： de March A P

更新日期：1975-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Chronic heart failure (CHF) is a complex syndrome affecting many body systems. Body wasting (ie, cardiac cachexia) is a serious complication of CHF long known but little investigated. Although no specific diagnostic criteria have been established, we have suggested that cardiac cachexia be defined on the basis of the ...

journal_title：Chest

authors： Anker SD,Coats AJ

更新日期：1999-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Unresectable carcinoma of the lung has traditionally been recognized as a contraindication to surgery in massive hemoptysis. A 60-year-old man had massive hemoptysis. At surgery an unresectable neoplastic mass invading the mediastinum and great vessels was encountered. Subtotal resection was accomplished using a stapl...

journal_title：Chest

authors： Hargrove WC 3rd,Harken AH

更新日期：1979-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：STUDY OBJECTIVES:Asymptomatic HIV-infected individuals are increasingly recruited for studies involving invasive procedures such as bronchoscopy. We sought to determine the response to and outcome of a request for a research bronchoscopy in HIV-positive individuals with no respiratory disease, and whether this would ad...

journal_title：Chest

authors： Lipman MC,Stobbs D,Madge S,Miller R,Johnson MA

更新日期：1998-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:National spirometric surveillance data in the United States were last collected during 1988-1994. The objective of this study was to provide current estimates for obstructive and restrictive impairment of lung function and to examine changes since 1988-1994. METHODS:We used data from 14,360 participants age...

journal_title：Chest

authors： Ford ES,Mannino DM,Wheaton AG,Giles WH,Presley-Cantrell L,Croft JB

更新日期：2013-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In this study, pleural calcifications prevailing in the inhabitants of some villages and towns around Diyarbakir, a city in southeast Turkey, have been found to be caused by the inhalation of chrysotile asbestos, the mineral commonly used indiscriminately to paint the walls and floors of houses. There were no industri...

journal_title：Chest

authors： Yazicioglu S

更新日期：1976-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Radiation therapy has been the usual initial treatment for mediastinal seminoma in the past. However, 25 to 40 percent of patients are not cured by this therapy, and other therapy is needed. Review of case reports show that vinblastine, bleomycin, and cis-platinum are effective therapy for metastatic disease, advanced...

journal_title：Chest

authors： Clamon GH

更新日期：1983-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We studied retrospectively 69 cases of chagasic megaesophagus (group 1) and 207 cases of chronic chagasic myocardiopathy (CCM) without megaesophagus (group 2) by autopsy in the Pathology Department of the Federal University of Bahia, Brazil, from 1953 to 1975. It was shown that pulmonary tuberculosis was significantly...

journal_title：Chest

authors： Camara EJ,Lima JA,Oliveira GB,Machado AS

更新日期：1983-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:Albumin and nonprotein colloids (starches, dextran, and others) are used frequently as blood volume expanders in coronary artery bypass graft (CABG) surgery. The objective of this study was to determine differences between colloids with regard to patient characteristics and mortality rates. DESIGN AND SETTI...

journal_title：Chest

authors： Sedrakyan A,Gondek K,Paltiel D,Elefteriades JA

更新日期：2003-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Sleep-disordered breathing (SDB) may promote an increase in cardiac workload early after acute myocardial infarction (AMI). We tested the hypothesis that in the early phase after AMI, SDB is associated with increased 24-h arterial BP, heart rate (HR), and, thus, cardiac workload. METHODS:In this prospective...

journal_title：Chest

authors： Hetzenecker A,Buchner S,Greimel T,Satzl A,Luchner A,Debl K,Husser O,Hamer OW,Fellner C,Riegger GAJ,Pfeifer M,Arzt M

更新日期：2013-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A pulmonary arteriovenous malformation was embolized in a patient with hereditary hemorrhagic telangiectasia. Several unusual complications, including early deflation of a detachable balloon, migration of a coil, and development of severe pulmonary hypertension, occurred. Pulmonary hypertension was attributed to a coe...

journal_title：Chest

authors： Haitjema T,ten Berg JM,Overtoom TT,Ernst JM,Westermann CJ

更新日期：1996-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A case of amiodarone pulmonary toxicity (APT) occurring within days of the start of therapy and presenting with hemoptysis is reported. Both the very early onset and the presenting symptom are highly unusual in this entity. Implications in the diagnosis of APT are discussed. ...

journal_title：Chest

authors： Goldstein I,Topilsky M,Segev D,Isakov A,Heller I

更新日期：1997-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：STUDY OBJECTIVES:To determine whether an association exists between aortic calcification viewed on plain chest radiography and coronary artery disease. METHODS:Retrospective review of all chest radiographs obtained from consecutive patients undergoing coronary angiography at a primary cardiac center during 1999. Plain...

journal_title：Chest

authors： Li J,Galvin HK,Johnson SC,Langston CS,Sclamberg J,Preston CA

更新日期：2002-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The use of infrared thermometry to measure temperatures in hospitalized patients is increasing. Although infrared thermometers have been proven to be accurate when they are used by well-trained personnel, no previous studies have examined their accuracy during routine hospital use. OBJECTIVE:To determine th...

journal_title：Chest

authors： Amoateng-Adjepong Y,Del Mundo J,Manthous CA

更新日期：1999-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：STUDY OBJECTIVES:Despite the success of specialist cough clinics, there is increasing recognition of a subgroup of chronic coughers in whom a diagnosis cannot be made even after thorough, systematic investigation. We call this condition chronic idiopathic cough (CIC). The aim of this study is to compare the clinical ch...

journal_title：Chest

authors： Haque RA,Usmani OS,Barnes PJ

更新日期：2005-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The purpose of this study was to determine how common sleep-related desaturation with preserved awake resting pulse oximetric saturation (SpO(2)) was in a large cohort of adult cystic fibrosis (CF) patients with variable degrees of pulmonary disease. We then determined whether nocturnal desaturation could re...

journal_title：Chest

authors： Frangolias DD,Wilcox PG

更新日期：2001-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We are probably observing a recrudescent epidemic of RLF which has elicited surprisingly little attention from the medical community. Given present data, it is not unreasonable to conclude that there is a true epidemic and that its etiologic basis involves a population of infants with high susceptibility to oxygen tox...

journal_title：Chest

authors： Robin ED,Burke CM

更新日期：1986-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Two-dimensional echocardiography showed myocardial thickening in 3 of 16 acute myocarditis patients in childhood. In all 3 cases, this myocardial thickening was transient and diminished within 3 weeks. This myocardial thickening was most marked at a few days after the onset; the interventricular septal thickness for e...

journal_title：Chest

authors： Nakagawa M,Hamaoka K

更新日期：1993-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：STUDY OBJECTIVES:The objective of this study is to examine the relationship between indoor environmental factors and childhood asthma in a subtropical area. DESIGN:A case-control study was performed using participants of a prevalence survey that included 165 schoolchildren with asthma and 165 age- and gender-matched c...

journal_title：Chest

authors： Yang CY,Lin MC,Hwang KC

更新日期：1998-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：STUDY OBJECTIVE:To determine the role of craniofacial risk factors in increasing apneic activity between nonobese and obese habitual snorers. DESIGN:Cross-sectional. SETTING:Care-seeking volunteers identified through advertisements, and referral-based volunteers from two sleep centers serving the greater Cleveland ar...

journal_title：Chest

authors： Nelson S,Hans M

更新日期：1997-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：STUDY OBJECTIVES:Solitary fibrous tumors of the pleura (SFTPs) are slow-growing neoplasms. Approximately 800 cases have been reported in the literature to date. The aim of this study was to address our experience with the management of SFTPs and to evaluate the advantage of video-assisted thoracoscopic surgery (VATS) i...

journal_title：Chest

authors： Takahama M,Kushibe K,Kawaguchi T,Kimura M,Taniguchi S

更新日期：2004-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Ultrasound enables the visualization of pleural-based lesions with a poor correlation to specific pathology. At this time, there are no data about the diagnostic value of contrast-enhanced sonography (CES) in pleural lesions. METHODS:From August 2004 to January 2005, 25 consecutive patients with clinical sy...

journal_title：Chest

authors： Görg C,Bert T,Görg K

更新日期：2005-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Tests of overall lung function often reveal abnormalities in elderly smokers, but lung function is less consistently deranged in young smokers. Since airway closure at higher than normal lung volumes is thought to be an early indicator of lung dysfunction in asymptomatic smokers, we used 133xenon to measure regional r...

journal_title：Chest

authors： York EL,Jones RL

更新日期：1981-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The value of home spirometry in detecting acute lung rejection and opportunistic infections was studied in 15 heart-lung transplant recipients over a six-month period. The patients measured their FEV1 and FVC twice daily at home using a portable turbine spirometer. The records were then reviewed in relation to the res...

journal_title：Chest

authors： Otulana BA,Higenbottam T,Ferrari L,Scott J,Igboaka G,Wallwork J

更新日期：1990-02-01 00:00:00