Prevalence rates of asthma in developing countries and their comparison with those in Europe and North America.

abstract：STUDY OBJECTIVES:Community-acquired pneumonia (CAP) is a widespread disease with important implications for health-care systems worldwide. This study investigated direct costs, treatment patterns, and outcomes associated with two patient cohorts hospitalized with CAP. DESIGN:The study design was naturalistic, prospect...

journal_title：Chest

authors： Bauer TT,Welte T,Ernen C,Schlosser BM,Thate-Waschke I,de Zeeuw J,Schultze-Werninghaus G

更新日期：2005-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In a 75-year-old patient presenting with a solitary pulmonary mass, a localized form of Wegener's granulomatosis was diagnosed after lobectomy. In the absence of extrapulmonary manifestations and after a benign postoperative course, the patients was discharged without medical treatment. Three months later, diffuse alv...

journal_title：Chest

authors： Odeh M,Best LA,Kerner H,Bassan H,Oliven A

更新日期：1993-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：STUDY OBJECTIVE:Data on the prevalence of myocarditis in children are limited. Autopsy studies have shown that myocarditis is often undiagnosed. We attempted to investigate the clinical features of asymptomatic myocarditis in four schoolchildren detected during a mass ECG screening in schoolchildren. DESIGN AND SETTIN...

journal_title：Chest

authors： Nakagawa M,Sato A,Okagawa H,Kondo M,Okuno M,Takamatsu T

更新日期：1999-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The results of previously published studies indicate that calcium channel blockers are capable of competitively inhibiting cytochrome P-450 activity in hepatic microsomes, the pathway of theophylline metabolism. In addition, case reports have suggested that theophylline serum concentrations change when a calcium chann...

journal_title：Chest

authors： Christopher MA,Harman E,Hendeles L

更新日期：1989-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Four patients with elevated creatine phosphokinase (CPK) values and recurrent chest pain were found to have thoracic outlet syndrome. This association of abnormal CPK levels and chest pain due to thoracic outlet syndrome has not been previously reported. Symptoms and CPK values improved with anti-inflammatory medicati...

journal_title：Chest

authors： Godfrey NF,Halter DG,Minna DA,Weiss M,Lorber A

更新日期：1983-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A 69-year-old woman was referred for asthenia and dizziness when walking in the last two months. No clinical abnormalities were found, and sinus rhythm was present when lying down. On orthostatism and walking, advanced AV block developed. Atropine and isoproterenol ameliorated the AV conduction abnormality, suggesting...

journal_title：Chest

authors： Reig J,Domingo E,Reguant J,Corrons J

更新日期：1992-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Low-dose CT scan reduces lung cancer mortality in high-risk patients fit to undergo surgical resection. Racial disparities in resection of lung cancer in nonscreening populations are well described. We describe surgical resection patterns of patients with early stage non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC) in the...

journal_title：Chest

authors： Balekian AA,Wisnivesky JP,Gould MK

更新日期：2019-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Lung cancer rates and mortality have risen in epidemic proportions in the United States and other industrialized nations during the 20th century. Case-control and cohort studies performed in the 1950s and 1960s firmly established cigarette smoking as the single greatest risk factor for lung cancer. In the United State...

journal_title：Chest

authors： Samet JM

更新日期：1993-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Tobacco smoking during pregnancy is the most important modifiable risk factor for adverse pregnancy outcomes and long-term health complications for mother and baby. Tobacco use during pregnancy has decreased in high-income countries but not in Indigenous women in Australia, New Zealand, the United States, and Canada. ...

journal_title：Chest

authors： Gould GS,Lim LL,Mattes J

更新日期：2017-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：STUDY OBJECTIVES:The findings from conventional imaging modalities, such as chest CT, are frequently unreliable in patients with lung cancer. This study was designed to compare the relative diagnostic accuracies and utility of the two most widely used functional imaging examinations, F-18-2-fluoro-2-deoxyglucose (FDG) ...

journal_title：Chest

authors： Kahn D,Menda Y,Kernstine K,Bushnell D,McLaughlin K,Miller S,Berbaum K

更新日期：2004-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：STUDY OBJECTIVES:Black smokers have been reported to have higher serum cotinine levels than do white smokers, and have higher rates of most smoking-related diseases, despite smoking fewer cigarettes per day. Another striking racial difference is the preference for mentholated cigarettes among black smokers. The contrib...

journal_title：Chest

authors： Clark PI,Gautam S,Gerson LW

更新日期：1996-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We investigated 654 subjects of a small Lombardy (Italy) town between 15 and 64 years of age who were representative of the general population. By clinical examination, the sample included 535 normal subjects (164 normal smokers, 341 normal nonsmokers, 30 normal subjects with acute upper respiratory illness within 30 ...

journal_title：Chest

authors： Cerveri I,Bruschi C,Zoia MC,Zanon P,Maccarini L,Grassi M,Rampulla C

更新日期：1988-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:This study applies a stochastic or probability search and display model to prospectively predict outcome and to evaluate therapeutic effects in a consecutively monitored series of 396 patients with severe thoracic and thoracoabdominal injuries. STUDY DESIGN:Prospective observational study of outcome predicti...

journal_title：Chest

authors： Shoemaker WC,Bayard DS,Wo CC,Chan LS,Chien LC,Lu K,Jelliffe RW

更新日期：2005-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The measurement of the activity of acid hydrolases and of alkaline phosphatase in bronchial aspirates obtained through bronchoscopic procedures from a series of 300 patients forms the basis for a screening program to diagnose bronchial malignant neoplasms more effectively. We define such a screening test as one permit...

journal_title：Chest

authors： Kühn SH,de Kock MA,Gevers W

更新日期：1978-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We describe a ten-month-old patient in whom intermittent patency and closure of the dectus arteriosus was observed clinically, and in whom this observation was uniquely demonstrated at the time of cardiac catheterization. The hemodynamics of this patient and the physiology of ductal closure are discussed. ...

journal_title：Chest

authors： DuBrow IW,Fisher E,Hastreiter A

更新日期：1975-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Parasitic infestations affect millions of the world's population. Global immigration and climate change have led to changes in the natural distribution of parasitic diseases far removed from endemic areas. A broad spectrum of helminthic and protozoal parasitic diseases frequently affects the respiratory system. The wi...

journal_title：Chest

authors： Khemasuwan D,Farver CF,Mehta AC

更新日期：2014-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：STUDY OBJECTIVE:To determine whether urinary leukotriene E4 (uLTE4) levels increase upon exposure to high altitude, and also to ascertain the relationship between uLTE4 levels and symptoms of acute mountain sickness (AMS). DESIGN:Prospective, unblinded, single-factor (altitude) experimental study. SETTINGS:US Army re...

journal_title：Chest

authors： Roach JM,Muza SR,Rock PB,Lyons TP,Lilly CM,Drazen JM,Cymerman A

更新日期：1996-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:An unusual site and cause of disabling inspiratory and expiratory airflow limitation mimicking fixed upper airway obstruction is reported in two patients with sarcoidosis who had stenosis of almost the entire lengths of both main bronchi. The observed flows were consistent with a cross sectional airway diameter of 3 m...

journal_title：Chest

authors： Miller A,Brown LK,Teirstein AS

更新日期：1985-08-01 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：:Interstitial pneumonitis in children is a rare and poorly understood disease. Controversy exists as to whether the varoius histologic changes encountered represent different disease or a spectrum of the same disease. Fourteen biopsy-confirmed cases of desquamative interstitial pneumonitis in children were seen at the ...

journal_title：Chest

authors： Stillwell PC,Norris DG,O'Connell EJ,Rosenow EC 3rd,Weiland LH,Harrison EG Jr

更新日期：1980-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:A novel approach to estimate the severity of COPD exacerbation and predict its outcome is the use of biomarkers. We assessed circulating levels of copeptin, the precursor of vasopressin, C-reactive protein (CRP), and procalcitonin as potential prognostic parameters for in-hospital and long-term outcomes in p...

journal_title：Chest

authors： Stolz D,Christ-Crain M,Morgenthaler NG,Leuppi J,Miedinger D,Bingisser R,Müller C,Struck J,Müller B,Tamm M

更新日期：2007-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Lung cancer screening, despite its proven mortality benefit, remains vastly underutilized. Previous studies examined knowledge, attitudes, and beliefs to better understand the reasons underlying the low screening rates. These investigations may have limited generalizability because of traditional participant...

journal_title：Chest

authors： Monu J,Triplette M,Wood DE,Wolff EM,Lavallee DC,Flum DR,Farjah F

更新日期：2020-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Endothelial metabolism of L-arginine to L-citrulline and the potent vasodilator, nitric oxide (NO), is important in the regulation of vascular tone and resting BP. L-arginine improves abnormal endothelium-dependent vasodilation in the setting of hypercholesterolemia and has a vasodilatory effect in normal vessels, eff...

journal_title：Chest

authors： Mehta S,Stewart DJ,Levy RD

更新日期：1996-06-01 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：:Closure of ventricular septal defects through the aortic valve annulus has been described for a variety of cardiac anomalies. This technique is most appropriate when simultaneous aortic valve replacement is anticipated. A continuous suture through the patch material may produce a purse-string effect upon the aortic va...

journal_title：Chest

authors： Stewart S

更新日期：1976-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Patients with cystic fibrosis (CF) and advanced pulmonary disease have pulmonary limitation of exercise, often associated with arterial oxygen desaturation. Improving oxygenation during exercise by providing supplemental oxygen may improve exercise performance in these patients. To test this, we performed graded exerc...

journal_title：Chest

authors： Marcus CL,Bader D,Stabile MW,Wang CI,Osher AB,Keens TG

更新日期：1992-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Patients with chronic bird fancier's lung (BFL) can be classified into two types. One group of patients develops chronic disease with fluctuating acute episodes, including low-grade fever, mild exertional dyspnea, and cough (fluctuating chronic BFL; formerly termed recurrent and relapsing chronic BFL). The o...

journal_title：Chest

authors： Ohtani Y,Kojima K,Sumi Y,Sawada M,Inase N,Miyake S,Yoshizawa Y

更新日期：2000-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Surgical patients with OSA are at increased risk for perioperative complications. Postoperative supplemental oxygen is commonly used, but it may contribute to respiratory depression in patients with OSA receiving opioids. The objective of the study is to investigate the effect of postoperative supplemental o...

journal_title：Chest

authors： Liao P,Wong J,Singh M,Wong DT,Islam S,Andrawes M,Shapiro CM,White DP,Chung F

更新日期：2017-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We evaluated the demographic, medical, and flight characteristics of 1,115 passengers who were routinely referred for preflight medical screening by a major domestic air carrier. The largest category consisted of 892 patients who requested in-flight oxygen therapy for cardiopulmonary conditions, of which COPD and card...

journal_title：Chest

authors： Gong H Jr,Mark JA,Cowan MN

更新日期：1993-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A tracheoesophageal fistula was successfully closed with a fibrin adhesive applied by means of a fiberoptic bronchoscope, instead of by esophagoscopy. To facilitate closure of the fistula, the technique was combined with decontamination of the oral cavity, to avoid bacterial contamination. The procedure is proposed as...

journal_title：Chest

authors： Antonelli M,Cicconetti F,Vivino G,Gasparetto A

更新日期：1991-08-01 00:00:00