Multivariate discriminant analysis of risk factors for operative mortality following isolated coronary artery bypass graft. Loyola University Medical Center experience, 1970 to 1984.

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：BACKGROUND:The long-term clinical course of asthma in patients with eosinophilic granulomatosis with polyangiitis (EGPA) remains unclear. We aimed to characterize long-term asthma in EGPA and to identify baseline predictors of long-term asthma severity. METHODS:This retrospective cohort study included patients who ful...

journal_title：Chest

authors： Berti A,Cornec D,Casal Moura M,Smyth RJ,Dagna L,Specks U,Keogh KA

更新日期：2020-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In experimental animals, conditions which drastically decrease cardiac output may reduce the strength and endurance of respiratory muscles leading to hypercapnic respiratory failure. Because patients with chronic CHF have reduced cardiac output and vital capacity (FVC), we measured PImax and PEmax and maximal handgrip...

journal_title：Chest

authors： Hammond MD,Bauer KA,Sharp JT,Rocha RD

更新日期：1990-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The ability of mixed venous oxygen saturation (SvO2) monitoring to reflect changes in cardiac index (CI) with therapy in critically ill patients is unclear. To this end, SvO2 and CI were measured before and during an infusion of enoximone and/or dobutamine in 30 patients with advanced heart failure. A nonlinear relati...

journal_title：Chest

authors： Jain A,Shroff SG,Janicki JS,Reddy HK,Weber KT

更新日期：1991-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Patients with acute respiratory symptoms still remain a diagnostic challenge. The aim of the study was to evaluate whether focused sonography could potentially diagnose life-threatening conditions missed at the primary assessment in a patient population consisting of admitted patients with acute respiratory ...

journal_title：Chest

authors： Laursen CB,Sloth E,Lambrechtsen J,Lassen AT,Madsen PH,Henriksen DP,Davidsen JR,Rasmussen F

更新日期：2013-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Patients with spinal muscle atrophy (SMA) who survive to adulthood experience a slow, continuous loss of motor function but typically have a normal life expectancy. These patients, however, require vigilance on the part of their health-care providers to reverse treatable disorders to maintain a satisfactory quality of...

journal_title：Chest

authors： Puruckherr M,Mehta JB,Girish MR,Byrd RP Jr,Roy TM

更新日期：2004-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：STUDY OBJECTIVE:To evaluate the role of quantitative cultures of BAL for diagnosing nosocomial pneumonia in mechanically ventilated patients. DESIGN:Cohort study. SETTING:Medical ICU, Hôpital Bichat, Paris, France, an academic tertiary care center. PATIENTS:A total of 141 episodes of suspected lung infection in 84 c...

journal_title：Chest

authors： Jourdain B,Joly-Guillou ML,Dombret MC,Calvat S,Trouillet JL,Gibert C,Chastre J

更新日期：1997-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The natural history of flock worker's lung (FWL) and longitudinal lung function changes in nylon flock-exposed workers have not been well characterized. METHODS:Symptoms, pulmonary function testing, and chest radiographs from five index cases, subsequent case referrals, and screened employees of a flocking ...

journal_title：Chest

authors： Turcotte SE,Chee A,Walsh R,Grant FC,Liss GM,Boag A,Forkert L,Munt PW,Lougheed MD

更新日期：2013-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Pulmonary function studies were conducted one to two days prior to, two weeks after, and an average of 116 days after coronary artery revascularization surgery. Preoperation it was found that 11 of 19 patients had mild to moderate obstruction, 8 of 17 had diffusing capacity less than 80 percent of predicted, and 9 of ...

journal_title：Chest

authors： Braun SR,Birnbaum ML,Chopra PS

更新日期：1978-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:Assessment of patient preferences for attributes of asthma treatments. METHODS:Two hundred ninety-eight patients (age range, 18 to 60 years) from 15 centers in Sweden completed a questionnaire concerning their asthma, and ranked 18 alternative treatments using conjoint analysis. Patients were receiving treat...

journal_title：Chest

authors： Johansson G,Ställberg B,Tornling G,Andersson S,Karlsson GS,Fält K,Berggren F

更新日期：2004-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:Ultrafiltration (UF) can improve the exercise performance of patients with moderate congestive heart failure (CHF). Our aim was to define the starting levels of performance below which UF is beneficial. PATIENTS AND METHOD:We studied 26 patients in 2 to 3 NYHA class, whose clinical condition was stable, left...

journal_title：Chest

authors： Marenzi GC,Lauri G,Guazzi M,Perego GB,Agostoni PG

更新日期：1995-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：STUDY OBJECTIVE:To measure the effect of an altered process of care, directed by a computerized reminder system, on rates of symptomatic postoperative venous thromboembolism. DESIGN:Comparisons of preintervention and postintervention measurements. SETTING:A university-affiliated community hospital in Utah. PATIENTS:...

journal_title：Chest

authors： Mosen D,Elliott CG,Egger MJ,Mundorff M,Hopkins J,Patterson R,Gardner RM

更新日期：2004-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In this pilot study, murine monoclonal anti-TNF antibody (2 mg/kg) was administered to ten patients within 24 h of septic shock which persisted after initial resuscitation with intravenous fluids and adrenergic agents. This treatment resulted in a reduction in heart rate (from 122 +/- 10 to 113 +/- 10 beats per minute...

journal_title：Chest

authors： Vincent JL,Bakker J,Marécaux G,Schandene L,Kahn RJ,Dupont E

更新日期：1992-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:An unruptured aneurysm of the left sinus of Valsalva was diagnosed by angiography in a 16-year-old male subject 19 years ago. A recent repeated angiographic study documented no change in the aneurysm over the 19-year interval, and the patient has remained asymptomatic. We are aware of no other long-term follow-up repo...

journal_title：Chest

authors： Martin LW,Hsu I,Schwartz H,Wasserman AG

更新日期：1986-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Although infectious mononucleosis is usually a benign illness, life-threatening complications may occur. We describe a 17-year-old pregnant girl who developed necrotizing epiglottitis and dysphagia progressing to aspiration pneumonia and respiratory failure. The factors predisposing to this life-threatening complicati...

journal_title：Chest

authors： Biem J,Roy L,Halik J,Hoffstein V

更新日期：1989-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Heparin-induced thrombocytopenia (HIT) is an antibody-mediated adverse drug reaction that can lead to devastating thromboembolic complications, including pulmonary embolism, ischemic limb necrosis necessitating limb amputation, acute myocardial infarction, and stroke. METHODS:The methods of this guideline f...

journal_title：Chest

authors： Linkins LA,Dans AL,Moores LK,Bona R,Davidson BL,Schulman S,Crowther M

更新日期：2012-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The relationships between pulmonary function and sleep-induced respiratory events were studied in 34 consecutive male patients with suspected sleep apnea syndrome. In view of the effects of obstructive airway disease on pulmonary volume and airway resistance (Raw), patients were divided into two groups, those with and...

journal_title：Chest

authors： Onal E,Leech JA,Lopata M

更新日期：1985-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Despite many years of clinical research, there is still no effective therapy for malignant pleural mesothelioma (MPM). Untreated, the prognosis is poor, with a median survival of < 1 year. Single-agent or combination chemotherapy as well as radiotherapy have not shown persistent improvements in response or survival. I...

journal_title：Chest

authors： van Ruth S,Baas P,Zoetmulder FA

更新日期：2003-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We present a case of azathioprine-associated alveolitis diagnosed by gallium-67 scanning and transbronchial biopsy. The patient denied respiratory symptoms, exhibited spiking fevers, and had normal chest roentgenograms. Allopurinol inhibition of azathioprine metabolism may have been a contributing factor. ...

journal_title：Chest

authors： Krowka MJ,Breuer RI,Kehoe TJ

更新日期：1983-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Prostasin, a trypsin-like serine protease, is a channel-activating protease and major regulator of epithelial sodium channel-mediated sodium absorption. Its direct inhibition by camostat represents a potential approach to inhibiting sodium transport in cystic fibrosis (CF). METHODS:To determine whether a to...

journal_title：Chest

authors： Rowe SM,Reeves G,Hathorne H,Solomon GM,Abbi S,Renard D,Lock R,Zhou P,Danahay H,Clancy JP,Waltz DA

更新日期：2013-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Nodular opacities are a well-known pulmonary manifestation of rheumatoid arthritis (RA), occurring most often in seropositive men who smoke and have subcutaneous nodules. In the past 15 years two cases of lung carcinoma presenting as pulmonary nodules have been reported in patients with rheumatoid disease. We present ...

journal_title：Chest

authors： Jolles H,Moseley PL,Peterson MW

更新日期：1989-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：RATIONALE:Malnutrition in patients with COPD is associated with an impaired pulmonary status, reduced diaphragmatic mass, lower exercise capacity, and higher mortality rate when compared to adequately nourished individuals with COPD. Nutritional support may therefore be a useful part of their comprehensive care. PURPO...

journal_title：Chest

authors： Ferreira IM,Brooks D,Lacasse Y,Goldstein RS

更新日期：2000-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Amphiregulin, a member of the epidermal growth factor family, has been shown to promote the growth of fibroblasts, to be associated with the T-helper type 2 cell adaptive immune response, and to up-regulate mucin gene expression. We aimed to determine whether sputum amphiregulin is expressed at elevated leve...

journal_title：Chest

authors： Kim KW,Jee HM,Park YH,Choi BS,Sohn MH,Kim KE

更新日期：2009-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A 31-year-old man with legionnaires' disease, who presented with severe pneumonia and hypoxemia, later developed severe bronchospasm and marked hypercapnia, a complication not previously reported in Legionella infection. He responded to therapy with erythromycin and a bronchodilator. ...

journal_title：Chest

authors： Rosenberg DM,Martin L,Lerner P,Parker DM

更新日期：1982-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：STUDY OBJECTIVES:The etiologic role of bacterial pathogens isolated from sputum culture in 40 to 50% of acute exacerbations of chronic bronchitis (AECB) is controversial. If bacterial pathogens cause these AECB, they should be associated with greater neutrophilic airway inflammation than pathogen-negative exacerbations...

journal_title：Chest

authors： Sethi S,Muscarella K,Evans N,Klingman KL,Grant BJ,Murphy TF

更新日期：2000-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：STUDY OBJECTIVES:The objectives of this study are as follows: (1) to determine the incidence of complications from thoracentesis performed under ultrasound guidance by interventional radiologists in a tertiary referral teaching hospital; (2) to evaluate the incidence of vasovagal events without the use of atropine prio...

journal_title：Chest

authors： Jones PW,Moyers JP,Rogers JT,Rodriguez RM,Lee YC,Light RW

更新日期：2003-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:To examine whether changes in respiratory chemosensitivity during the menstrual cycle are related to worsening of airway functions, hypoxic and hypercapnic ventilatory and P0.1 responses, airway function, and serum progesterone levels were studied in 11 female asthmatic patients in both the follicular and luteal phase...

journal_title：Chest

authors： Munakata M,Yamamoto H,Akiyama Y,Inaba S,Kawakami Y

更新日期：1993-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:To clarify changes in beta-adrenergic receptor (BAR) density in spontaneously occurring acute asthma, BAR binding studies were performed on peripheral blood lymphocytes in eight asthmatic and ten normal subjects. Spirometry also was performed. Maximum binding capacity (Bmax) of BAR in acute asthma was significantly lo...

journal_title：Chest

authors： Hataoka I,Okayama M,Sugi M,Inoue H,Takishima T,Shirato K

更新日期：1993-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Heart rate and the variability of the heart rate, indices of autonomic control, were studied during sleep in an infant with prolonged Q-T interval (Romano-Ward syndrome) and were compared to the heart rate and variability of heart rate in 18 normal infants studied at monthly intervals during the first four months of l...

journal_title：Chest

authors： Leistner HL,Haddad GG,Lai TL,Mellins RB

更新日期：1983-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We report a patient in whom cardiac magnetic resonance imaging detected a clinically unsuspected pulmonary artery thromboembolus. Follow-up MRI after surgical removal of the thromboembolus showed normal pulmonary arteries. This case illustrates the potential utility of MRI in the detection and follow-up of central pul...

journal_title：Chest

authors： Szucs RA,Rehr RB,Tatum JL

更新日期：1989-01-01 00:00:00