Increased intensity of the murmur of hypertrophic obstructive cardiomyopathy with carotid sinus pressure.

abstract：:The history holds the central role in distinguishing among asthma, chronic bronchitis, and emphysema. A personal or family history of atopy, a history of seasonal worsening of disease in response to a known environmental agent, perhaps seasonal, and marked variability in the severity of airflow obstruction, often with...

journal_title：Chest

authors： Snider GL

更新日期：1985-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：STUDY OBJECTIVE:Low-grade systemic inflammation may cause a chronic catabolic state that may affect trainability in patients with COPD as has been seen previously in healthy elderly. Therefore, the aim of the present study was to study the relationship between baseline circulating levels of inflammatory markers and the...

journal_title：Chest

authors： Spruit MA,Gosselink R,Troosters T,Kasran A,Van Vliet M,Decramer M

更新日期：2005-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The objective of this study was to determine the following: (1) if standard clinical evaluation is sufficient to provide an accurate estimate of hemodynamic status of unstable ICU patients; (2) the impact of pulmonary artery catheterization (PAC) on diagnosis and treatment plan; and (3) whether therapy provided after ...

journal_title：Chest

authors： Steingrub JS,Celoria G,Vickers-Lahti M,Teres D,Bria W

更新日期：1991-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Excessive sleepiness (ES) is a common symptom of OSA, which often persists despite primary OSA therapy. This phase III randomized withdrawal trial evaluated solriamfetol (JZP-110) for the treatment of ES in adults with OSA. METHODS:After 2 weeks of clinical titration (n = 174) and 2 weeks of stable dose adm...

journal_title：Chest

authors： Strollo PJ Jr,Hedner J,Collop N,Lorch DG Jr,Chen D,Carter LP,Lu Y,Lee L,Black J,Pépin JL,Redline S,Tones 4 Study Investigators.

更新日期：2019-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:We sought to determine the impact of OSA syndrome (OSAS) on symptoms and quality of life (QoL) among patients with posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD). In addition, we assessed adherence and response to positive airway pressure (PAP) therapy in this population. METHODS:This was a case-controlled observatio...

journal_title：Chest

authors： Lettieri CJ,Williams SG,Collen JF

更新日期：2016-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Pulmonary arterial hypertension (PAH) is a progressive disease with high rates of morbidity and mortality. Current therapies improve symptoms, functional capacity, and, in select cases, survival. Little is known about patient factors that may predict the likelihood of patient-important, clinically relevant r...

journal_title：Chest

authors： Mathai SC,Hassoun PM,Puhan MA,Zhou Y,Wise RA

更新日期：2015-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Angiofollicular lymph node hyperplasia, known more commonly as Castleman disease, is a rare lymphoproliferative disorder. Castleman disease has two distinct clinical manifestations described as unicentric and multicentric disease. These presentations have distinct treatment algorithms and portend very different progno...

journal_title：Chest

authors： Bandera B,Ainsworth C,Shikle J,Rupard E,Roach M

更新日期：2010-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Urticaria with systemic effects occurred in a patient being treated with propranolol and was reproducible upon rechallenge with the drug; Successful beta-adrenergic blocking therapy was achieved using a new agent, tolamolol, with no evidence of any adverse effects. ...

journal_title：Chest

authors： Seides SF,Ruskin JN,Damato AN

更新日期：1975-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Severe pulmonary reimplantation response after lung transplantation is not very common, although the mortality can be high. We present a patient who developed an extremely severe reperfusion injury after bilateral lung transplantation. Because of severe hypoxia and hemodynamic instability, despite aggressive ventilato...

journal_title：Chest

authors： Vlasselaers D,Verleden GM,Meyns B,Van Raemdonck D,Demedts M,Lerut A,Lauwers P

更新日期：2000-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:COPD is a highly prevalent disorder that results from the interplay of genetic susceptibility and environmental exposures. Over the past 2 decades, significant technological advances have been made in genetic investigations of complex diseases, yet limited progress has been made in the identification of additional COP...

journal_title：Chest

authors： Wan ES,Silverman EK

更新日期：2009-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:It is unknown if the radiographic fibrosis score predicts mortality in persistent hypersensitivity pneumonitis (HP) and if survival is similar to that observed in idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis (IPF) when adjusting for the extent of radiographic fibrosis. METHODS:We reviewed records from 177 patients with HP...

journal_title：Chest

authors： Mooney JJ,Elicker BM,Urbania TH,Agarwal MR,Ryerson CJ,Nguyen MLT,Woodruff PG,Jones KD,Collard HR,King TE Jr,Koth LL

更新日期：2013-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Electromagnetic navigation in bronchoscopy is a novel method for assisting in the localization of peripheral lung lesions. STUDY OBJECTIVE:To assess the usability, accuracy, and safety of electromagnetic navigation during flexible bronchoscopy in a clinical setting. DESIGN:Prospective evaluation. PATIENTS...

journal_title：Chest

authors： Hautmann H,Schneider A,Pinkau T,Peltz F,Feussner H

更新日期：2005-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：STUDY OBJECTIVES:To determine whether African-American race is independently associated with lung disease in scleroderma. DESIGN:Retrospective review. SETTING:University medical center in Baltimore. PATIENTS:One hundred one patients with diffuse cutaneous scleroderma with available serum samples. MEASUREMENTS:Patie...

journal_title：Chest

authors： Greidinger EL,Flaherty KT,White B,Rosen A,Wigley FM,Wise RA

更新日期：1998-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：AIM:To evaluate the influence of respiratory muscle overload and right cardiac overload among the possible risk factors of hospital readmission in a 1-year follow-up of a cohort of patients with moderate-to-severe COPD. METHODS:A total of 112 COPD patients who were admitted consecutively to the hospital for acute exac...

journal_title：Chest

authors： González C,Servera E,Marín J

更新日期：2008-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：STUDY OBJECTIVES:To describe four patients having total anomalous pulmonary venous connection with an intrapulmonary vertical vein, rendering difficulty in diagnosis and surgery. SETTING:a tertiary referral center. PATIENTS AND METHODS:By reviewing medical records, 4 of 25 patients with right atrial isomerism and tot...

journal_title：Chest

authors： Wang JK,Chiu IS,How SW,Wu MH,Wu FF,Hung CR,Lue HC

更新日期：1996-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：STUDY OBJECTIVE:Lung transplantation is now available for patients with cystic fibrosis (CF) and end-stage lung disease. While pulmonary graft function is often considered the major priority following transplantation, the nonpulmonary complications of this systemic disease also continue. We examined the GI complication...

journal_title：Chest

authors： Gilljam M,Chaparro C,Tullis E,Chan C,Keshavjee S,Hutcheon M

更新日期：2003-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A 54-year-old Japanese man demonstrated a sultamicillin-induced hilar and mediastinal lymphadenopathy with hypersensitivity pneumonitis. A positive lymphocyte stimulation test for sultamicillin and a decreased CD4/CD8 ratio of lymphocytes in BAL fluid suggested that an alteration in cell-mediated mechanisms was respon...

journal_title：Chest

authors： Yonemaru M,Mizuguchi Y,Kasuga I,Utsumi K,Ichinose Y,Toyama K

更新日期：1992-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Pulmonary Langerhans cell histiocytosis, also known as eosinophilic granuloma, is an uncommon interstitial lung disease. A solitary nodule, usually parenchymal, may rarely be the only manifestation of the disease. We describe a case of Langerhans cell histiocytosis presenting as an obstructing tracheal lesion in a 55-...

journal_title：Chest

authors： Fridlender ZG,Glazer M,Amir G,Berkman N

更新日期：2005-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This chapter about implementation strategies for practice guidelines is part of the 7th 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 feasib...

journal_title：Chest

authors： Schünemann HJ,Cook D,Grimshaw J,Liberati A,Heffner J,Tapson V,Guyatt G

更新日期：2004-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Alterations in peripheral vascular tone are presumed to contribute to circulatory failure during severe sepsis. Decreased venous tone with venous pooling may decrease effective circulatory blood volume, while decreased arterial tone with redistribution of systemic blood may compromise tissue nutrient flow. We compared...

journal_title：Chest

authors： Astiz ME,Rackow EC,Haydon P,Karras G,Weil MH

更新日期：1989-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:The improved lung deposition of hydrofluoroalkane-134a beclomethasone dipropionate (HFA-BDP) extrafine aerosol compared with chlorofluorocarbon beclomethasone dipropionate (CFC-BDP) suggests that lower doses of HFA-BDP may be required to provide equivalent asthma control. The present study was undertaken to t...

journal_title：Chest

authors： Gross G,Thompson PJ,Chervinsky P,Vanden Burgt J

更新日期：1999-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Human leukocyte antigen (HLA) tissue-typing studies on patients with genetically transmitted hypertrophic cardiomyopathy have demonstrated an HLA linkage in a Caucasian and black patient group and an HLA-DR locus association in a Japanese population sample. To confirm whether a specific HLA antigen(s) might serve as a...

journal_title：Chest

authors： Gardin JM,Gottdiener JS,Radvany R,Maron BJ,Lesch M

更新日期：1982-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Tracheal extubation after laryngotracheal reconstruction in children may be complicated by postoperative tracheal edema and pulmonary dysfunction. The replacement of a tracheal tube in this situation may exacerbate the existing injury to the tracheal mucosa, complicating subsequent attempts at tracheal extubation. We ...

journal_title：Chest

authors： Hertzog JH,Siegel LB,Hauser GJ,Dalton HJ

更新日期：1999-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Immunohistochemistry has come to occupy a key position among the armamentarium of tools pathologists apply to the evaluation of lung and pleural neoplasms. This technique uses antibodies that bind to specific antigens, usually proteins, enabling microscopic detection of the antigens. Over the last several decades, an ...

journal_title：Chest

authors： Mani H,Zander DS

更新日期：2012-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Oxygen therapy is an integral part of the treatment of critically ill patients. Maintenance of adequate oxygen delivery to vital organs often requires the administration of supplemental oxygen, sometimes at high concentrations. Although oxygen therapy is lifesaving, it may be associated with deleterious effects when a...

journal_title：Chest

authors： Budinger GRS,Mutlu GM

更新日期：2013-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：STUDY OBJECTIVE:To determine whether standard clinical and transthoracic echocardiographic criteria considered to be suggestive of the presence of endocarditis-associated paravalvular abscess are predictive of which patients would benefit from reliable but invasive transesophageal echocardiographic investigations for a...

journal_title：Chest

authors： Blumberg EA,Karalis DA,Chandrasekaran K,Wahl JM,Vilaro J,Covalesky VA,Mintz GS

更新日期：1995-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Fine-needle aspiration biopsy of the spleen was carried out in 557 patients. In 381 cases, the aspiration was performed because of suspected sarcoidosis. The sensitivity of the technique was 59 percent and the specificity 97 percent. The cytologic picture of the spleen was abnormal in 184 patients with sarcoidosis and...

journal_title：Chest

authors： Selroos O,Koivunen E

更新日期：1983-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Angiosarcoma in the lung is an uncommon disorder and is usually attributable to metastasis from a primary site. Primary pulmonary angiosarcoma is extremely rare, and the prognosis of affected individuals is dismal, with most patients dying within months of presentation. Indeed, there have been no reported instances of...

journal_title：Chest

authors： Kojima K,Okamoto I,Ushijima S,Yoshinaga T,Kitaoka M,Suga M,Sasaki Y

更新日期：2003-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：STUDY OBJECTIVE:To assess whether myocardial contrast echocardiography (MCE) using harmonic power Doppler (HPD) in conjunction with the transvenous contrast agent SHU 563A would be useful in detecting stunned but viable myocardium. DESIGN:Acute coronary occlusion (2 to 3 h) followed by 1 h of reperfusion was created i...

journal_title：Chest

authors： Teupe C,Takeuchi M,Yao J,Avelar E,Pandian N

更新日期：2001-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Serum levels of a high molecular weight circulating antigen KL-6, detected by means of a sandwich assay using a monoclonal antibody KL-6 against a sialylated carbohydrate antigen, were evaluated for usefulness in monitoring the activity of interstitial pneumonitis. Abnormally high levels of KL-6 antigen were observed ...

journal_title：Chest

authors： Kohno N,Kyoizumi S,Awaya Y,Fukuhara H,Yamakido M,Akiyama M

更新日期：1989-07-01 00:00:00