Effect of dry warm air on respiratory water loss in children with exercise-induced asthma.

abstract：STUDY OBJECTIVE:To determine the extent to which a mixture of human gastric juice and enteral formula stained with two concentrations of FD&C Blue No. 1 food dye (0.8 and 1.5 mL/L) is visible in suctioned tracheobronchial secretions following three forced small-volume pulmonary aspirations over a 6-h period in an anima...

journal_title：Chest

authors： Metheny NA,Dahms TE,Stewart BJ,Stone KS,Edwards SJ,Defer JE,Clouse RE

更新日期：2002-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Etomidate is commonly used for the facilitation of endotracheal intubation. While etomidate possesses multiple qualities that are beneficial in hemodynamically unstable patients who require a sedative or amnestic, its potential to negatively impact corticosteroid production is well-documented. Given the frequency of r...

journal_title：Chest

authors： Jackson WL Jr

更新日期：2005-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Atrial fibrillation (AF) is associated with a high risk of stroke. The contribution of arrhythmia to events is clear in sustained forms of AF, but in paroxysmal AF, presently available data have yet to identify what proportion of time spent in AF (ie, arrhythmia burden [AFB]) is of clinical relevance. We aim...

journal_title：Chest

authors： Watson T,Arya A,Sulke N,Lip GY

更新日期：2010-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Clinical audits and practice profiling have become popular tools in the attempt to change physician behavior to improve quality of care. Unfortunately, the growing need for information on quality of care has often outpaced the development of standard, valid, and reliable approaches to using these tools. The studies of...

journal_title：Chest

authors： Weiss KB,Wagner R

更新日期：2000-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Hemianomalous pulmonary venous connection is a rare congenital abnormality that leads to significant left-to-right shunt and complications related to that. Earlier surgical correction of this disorder was associated with the problem of stenosis at the anastomotic site with the left atrium. We describe the diagnosis of...

journal_title：Chest

authors： Murali VP,Bahuleyan CG,Jayakumar K,Ramanarayan PV,Nair GR

更新日期：1992-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Liposarcoma is rare in children and rarely occurs in the posterior mediastinum in any age group. A massive intrathoracic tumor in a 17-year-old young man was a diagnostic dilemma; preoperative radiographic evaluation and biopsy led us to believe it was a teratoma. At operation, a poorly differentiated myxoid liposarco...

journal_title：Chest

authors： Mikkilineni RS,Bhat S,Cheng AW,Prevosti LG

更新日期：1994-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：STUDY OBJECTIVE:To study mechanisms of gastroesophageal reflux-induced bronchoconstriction during intraesophageal infusions. DESIGN:Prospective study blinded to the subject. SETTING:Outpatient pulmonary function laboratory at a 908-bed university hospital. PARTICIPANTS:Forty-seven adult subjects divided into four gr...

journal_title：Chest

authors： Schan CA,Harding SM,Haile JM,Bradley LA,Richter JE

更新日期：1994-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A 36-year-old man with a history of hypertrophic obstructive cardiomyopathy presented to the emergency room with "stabbing" chest pain. He had undergone dual-chamber pacemaker implantation in 1993 using an atrial lead (Accufix; Telectronics; Englewood, Colo) and a myomectomy in 1996 during which the distal portion of ...

journal_title：Chest

authors： Gerstenfeld EP,Balarajan Y,Cooke R,Mittleman RS

更新日期：1998-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Pulmonary hypertension, which is related to right ventricular (RV) failure, indicates a poor prognosis in heart failure (HF). Increased ventilatory response and exercise oscillatory ventilation (EOV) also have a negative impact. We hypothesized that the severity classification of HF and risk prediction could...

journal_title：Chest

authors： Guazzi M,Naeije R,Arena R,Corrà U,Ghio S,Forfia P,Rossi A,Cahalin LP,Bandera F,Temporelli P

更新日期：2015-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To assess pulmonologists' use, training in the use, and knowledge base of the drug cyclophosphamide. DESIGN:Survey through questionnaire. Testing of knowledge base before and after instructional conference. PARTICIPANTS AND METHODS:Pulmonologists (94 attendings, 31 fellows), selected randomly at the 1996 an...

journal_title：Chest

authors： Cozzi PJ,Hall JB

更新日期：1999-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To study the incidence and severity of organ dysfunction associated with sepsis. DESIGN:Comprehensive review of prospectively collected data from intensive care patients hospitalized between 1997 and 2001. SETTING:Thirty-five ICUs in nonuniversity and university hospitals located in the Paris area. PATIENT...

journal_title：Chest

authors： Guidet B,Aegerter P,Gauzit R,Meshaka P,Dreyfuss D,CUB-Réa Study Group.

更新日期：2005-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Echocardiographic examination in a patient with primary pulmonary hypertension demonstrated midsystolic closure of the aortic valve, which has often been described in hypertrophic cardiomyopathy with or without obstruction, in discrete subaortic stenosis, and in ruptured aneurysm of the right coronary sinus of Valsalv...

journal_title：Chest

authors： Doi YL,Bishop RL,Sugiura T,Spodick DH

更新日期：1981-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Fatal pulmonary embolism (PE) is a major cause of mortality in patients with spinal cord injury. In order to ascertain those characteristics that might predict this event, we reviewed the records of all patients with autopsy-proven massive PE admitted to a regional spinal cord care center over a 5-year period. The inf...

journal_title：Chest

authors： Green D,Twardowski P,Wei R,Rademaker AW

更新日期：1994-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Fifteen patients (range of ages, 18 to 35 years) who survived an acute episole of the adult respiratory distress syndrome caused by mechanical or thermal injuries, sepsis, and shock were studied during 1 to 30 months after recovery. The patients had had no previous pulmonary diseases, and only two had been smokers. Al...

journal_title：Chest

authors： Yahav J,Lieberman P,Molho M

更新日期：1978-09-01 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：:Vasospasm of RP is thought to occur in the lungs. To assess pulmonary vasospasm, we analyzed the early and late Dsb variations after a digital CPT. Sixteen normal volunteers and 20 patients (7 with primary, 13 with secondary RP) were included. A clinical RP was conducted on ten patients, nine with secondary and one wi...

journal_title：Chest

authors： Vergnon JM,Barthélémy JC,Riffat J,Boissier C,Claudy A,Emonot A

更新日期：1992-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:We evaluated whether or not changes in bispectral index (BIS) are associated with concomitant changes in autonomic variables that are in agreement with the different level of sedation that the changes in BIS indicate. DESIGN:A retrospective chart review. SETTING:A pediatric ICU of a children's hospital. ME...

journal_title：Chest

authors： Trope RM,Silver PC,Sagy M

更新日期：2005-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A 55-year-old woman underwent bronchoscopic evaluation for hemoptysis. A small polypoid endotracheal nodule was discovered approximately 2.0 cm distal to the left true vocal cord. The lesion was sampled with a cytologic brush. Epithelioid histiocytes and numerous giant cells with asteroid bodies were seen, and there w...

journal_title：Chest

authors： McCarthy MP,Gideon JK,Schnadig VJ

更新日期：1993-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：STUDY OBJECTIVES:Whereas pulmonary rehabilitation reduces symptoms and improves the quality of life of patients with COPD and is recommended in management guidelines, few patients have access to rehabilitation services. The purpose of this study was to investigate the effectiveness of increasing access to selected comp...

journal_title：Chest

authors： Coultas D,Frederick J,Barnett B,Singh G,Wludyka P

更新日期：2005-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A total of 161 patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) plus 100 control subjects (identified during a study of heart disease in 6,860 Japanese-American men aged 52 to 75 years who were residing in Hawaii) were analyzed for phenotype in search of the antitrypsin gene Z, which has been shown to be ass...

journal_title：Chest

authors： Roberts A,Kagan A,Rhoads GG,Pierce JA,Bruce RM

更新日期：1977-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:On the occasion of this Fourth World Conference on Lung Cancer, I am privileged to present the opening keynote address. This presentation has been sponsored by the Ontario Cancer Treatment and Research Foundation. In 1952, the Foundation established an annual lectureship in memory of one of their prominent physicians....

journal_title：Chest

authors： Pearson FG

更新日期：1986-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Massive pulmonary emboli is a rare disease in children, with only 39 reported cases in the last 50 years. Almost 50% of the patients died suddenly without receiving medical treatment. Most of the patients who were managed medically (70% of the treated patients) underwent surgical pulmonary embolectomy with 80% surviva...

journal_title：Chest

authors： Eini ZM,Houri S,Cohen I,Sion R,Tamir A,Sasson L,Mandelberg A

更新日期：2013-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A patient's tolerance of fiberoptic bronchoscopy depends on the effectiveness of local anesthesia. This study compares the three different methods of local anesthesia in common use After sedation, patients (n = 53) received either 4 ml of 2.5 percent cocaine by intratracheal injection (TI) (n = 18), by bronchoscopic i...

journal_title：Chest

authors： Graham DR,Hay JG,Clague J,Nisar M,Earis JE

更新日期：1992-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In this investigation, we examined changes in exfoliated tracheobronchial cells in sputum in 46 individuals (mean age = 49.2 years; mean packyears = 48.7) who discontinued smoking and 37 individuals (mean age = 54.9 years; mean packyears = 65.2) who continued to smoke over a 12-month period after participation in the ...

journal_title：Chest

authors： Swan GE,Hodgkin JE,Roby T,Mittman C,Jacobo N,Peters J

更新日期：1992-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The American Association of Critical-Care Nurses (AACN) Standards for Establishing and Sustaining Healthy Work Environments and the American College of Chest Physicians (ACCP) Patient-Focused Care Project are complementary initiatives that provide a road map for creating practice environments where interdisciplinary, ...

journal_title：Chest

authors： McCauley K,Irwin RS

更新日期：2006-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Benign thymic hyperplasia (BTH) is a known feature of hyperthyroidism, but is infrequently appreciated by clinicians. In most cases thymic enlargement is minimal; however, it may occasionally present as an appreciable anterior mediastinal mass. While surgical resection is a common approach to such a mass, recognition ...

journal_title：Chest

authors： White SR,Hall JB,Little A

更新日期：1986-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:We recently showed that administration of the combination of the noradrenergic drug atomoxetine plus the antimuscarinic oxybutynin (ato-oxy) prior to sleep greatly reduced OSA severity, likely by increasing upper airway dilator muscle activity during sleep. In patients with OSA who performed the ato-oxy tria...

journal_title：Chest

authors： Taranto-Montemurro L,Messineo L,Azarbarzin A,Vena D,Hess LB,Calianese NA,White DP,Wellman A,Sands SA

更新日期：2020-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Adverse cardiovascular effects are commonly seen in severe theophylline poisoning. Primary ST-T wave changes have not been described previously. We report T wave inversion associated with severe theophylline toxicity in a 33-year-old woman with no evidence of organic heart disease. The T wave inversion resolved after ...

journal_title：Chest

authors： Kolander SA,Nydegger CC,Porter RS

更新日期：1989-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Patients with usual interstitial pneumonia (UIP) associated with collagen vascular disease (CVD) have been reported to have a better prognosis than those with idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis with a UIP pattern (IPF/UIP) seen on histology. The aim of this study was to evaluate the pathologic and radiologic diff...

journal_title：Chest

authors： Song JW,Do KH,Kim MY,Jang SJ,Colby TV,Kim DS

更新日期：2009-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Current functional assessments do not allow a reliable assessment of small airways, which are a major site of disease in COPD. Single-breath washout (SBW) tests are feasible and reproducible methods for evaluating small airway disease. Their relevance in COPD remains unknown. METHODS:We performed a cross-se...

journal_title：Chest

authors： Boeck L,Gensmer A,Nyilas S,Stieltjes B,Re TJ,Tamm M,Latzin P,Stolz D

更新日期：2016-11-01 00:00:00