Impact of intensive care management on the prognosis of tetanus. Analysis of 641 cases.

abstract：:Disputes regarding life-prolonging treatments are stressful for all parties involved. These disagreements are appropriately almost always resolved with intensive communication and negotiation. Those rare cases that are not require a resolution process that ensures fairness and due process. We describe three recent cas...

journal_title：Chest

authors： Bosslet GT,Baker M,Pope TM

更新日期：2016-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：STUDY OBJECTIVES:The purpose of this study was to investigate the test-retest reliability, repeatability, and sensitivity of the modified shuttle test (MST) in adult patients with cystic fibrosis (CF). DESIGN:: Prospective study. SETTING:Adult CF Unit, Belfast City Hospital. PATIENTS:: Adult patients with CF. INTER...

journal_title：Chest

authors： Bradley J,Howard J,Wallace E,Elborn S

更新日期：2000-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Nocturnal noninvasive ventilation (NNV), the provision of ventilatory assistance via a noninvasive interface mainly during sleep, has assumed an important role in the management of chronic hypoventilatory syndromes. This review focuses on recent developments related to the use of NNV to treat various forms of chronic ...

journal_title：Chest

authors： Ozsancak A,D'Ambrosio C,Hill NS

更新日期：2008-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：STUDY OBJECTIVES:To describe the prevalence of parental prompting to smoke (eg, parent requests that their child light the parent's cigarette in his/her own mouth) in a sample of families, and to assess the agreement between child and parent reports of the prompting behaviors. DESIGN, SETTING, AND PARTICIPANTS:A total...

journal_title：Chest

authors： Laniado-Laborín R,Candelaria JI,Villaseñor A,Woodruff SI,Sallis JF

更新日期：2004-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The echocardiographic appearance of fungal endocarditis of the aortic valve is described in a patient who subsequently died from this disease. In addition, the progressive growth of the vegetation on serial echocardiograms was recorded, and premature closure of the mitral valve was absent, notwithstanding perforation ...

journal_title：Chest

authors： Arvan S,Cagin N,Levitt B,Kleid JJ

更新日期：1976-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Two cases of a Greenfield inferior vena cava (IVC) filter being dislodged during central venous catheter placement are described. This event appears to be related to J-tip guidewire use during venous catheterization. To our knowledge, this occurrence previously has not been reported. One of the two filters was dislodg...

journal_title：Chest

authors： Marelich GP,Tharratt RS

更新日期：1994-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The effect of combined administration of different dose ratios of dobutamine (DB) and dopamine (DA) (DB/DA ratio of 1:1; 1.5:0.5; 2:0; 0.5:1.5; and 0:2), with the added dose kept constant (10 micrograms/kg/min-20 micrograms/kg/min), on right ventricular function (measured by the thermal washout method with the aid of ...

journal_title：Chest

authors： Imai T,Saitoh K,Kani H,Fujita T,Murata K

更新日期：1992-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Plug closure of patent ductus arteriosus without thoracotomy is reliable and can be a good alternative to surgical closure for selected patients. We report our experiences with plug closure in 87 consecutive patients (age range, 3 to 38 years). Closure was successful in 83 patients (95 percent). There has been no mort...

journal_title：Chest

authors： Kitamura S,Sato K,Naito Y,Shimizu Y,Fujino M

更新日期：1976-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Pulmonary function studies were performed before and after one-time administration of an inhaled bronchodilator to ascertain the relative diagnostic value of using FVC, FEF25-75%, static lung volumes, Raw, and/or sGaw measurements, in addition to the FEV1, to assess the reversibility of chronic airways obstruction in ...

journal_title：Chest

authors： Berger R,Smith D

更新日期：1988-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A 65-year-old woman with an acute myocardial infarction, as judged by serial enzyme changes, developed transitory Q waves in leads V2 to V4 and leads 2, 3, and aVF during an attack of pain in the chest. These Q waves were not present 12 hours later. It is suggested that these changes represent a focal block in the sep...

journal_title：Chest

authors： Athanassopoulos CB

更新日期：1979-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Significant concentrations of asbestos fibers have been found in samples of laryngeal tissue from two patients with past exposure to asbestos and associated asbestosis. In one case, there was a polyp on a vocal cord and in the other one a laryngeal carcinoma. These findings could provide an indication of a local carci...

journal_title：Chest

authors： Hirsch A,Bignon J,Sebastien P,Gaudichet A

更新日期：1979-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We studied 15 nonsmoking, clinically stable asthmatic subjects aged 27 to 39 years to evaluate the potential cardiotoxic effects of combined use of a beta-adrenergic agonist drug and theophylline in the treatment of asthma. Subjects underwent a one-week washout period followed by two one-week periods of study receivin...

journal_title：Chest

authors： Coleman JJ,Vollmer WM,Barker AF,Schultz GE,Buist AS

更新日期：1986-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A report of pulmonary edema following acute upper airway obstruction in an adult is presented, and the literature involving 25 additional cases is reviewed. This form of pulmonary edema appears to be related to markedly negative intrathoracic pressure due to forced inspiration against a closed upper airway resulting i...

journal_title：Chest

authors： Willms D,Shure D

更新日期：1988-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Pulmonary aspiration is an important recognized cause of ARDS. Better characterization of patients who aspirate may allow identification of potential risks for aspiration that could be used in future studies to mitigate the occurrence of aspiration and its devastating complications. METHODS:We conducted a s...

journal_title：Chest

authors： Lee A,Festic E,Park PK,Raghavendran K,Dabbagh O,Adesanya A,Gajic O,Bartz RR,United States Critical Illness and Injury Trials Group.

更新日期：2014-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：STUDY AIMS:To examine the influence of atmospheric pressure (AP) and temperature changes on the incidence of idiopathic spontaneous pneumothorax (SP). METHODS:From December 1991 through November 1993, 115 consecutive SP cases were selected. Patients were included after being in Amsterdam at least 1 full day before con...

journal_title：Chest

authors： Smit HJ,Devillé WL,Schramel FM,Schreurs JM,Sutedja TG,Postmus PE

更新日期：1999-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Pulmonary rejection and infection are the most important complications after lung transplantation. To evaluate the diagnostic value of pulmonary function testing for early detection and discrimination of these complications, seven heart-lung recipients were examined. The diagnosis of each complication was confirmed by...

journal_title：Chest

authors： Hoeper MM,Hamm M,Schäfers HJ,Haverich A,Wagner TO

更新日期：1992-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：STUDY OBJECTIVES:Although videothoracoscopic (VTS) resection of Masaoka stage I thymoma has been reported to be a less invasive method than open thoracotomy and to achieve a comparable surgical outcome, the usefulness of this method in the treatment of stage II thymoma has not yet been prospectively evaluated. We there...

journal_title：Chest

authors： Cheng YJ,Kao EL,Chou SH

更新日期：2005-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The clinical and histopathologic features of pulmonary amyloidosis were reviewed in 22 patients with systemic amyloidosis who came to autopsy. Eleven of 12 patients (92 percent) with primary amyloidosis had prominent interalveolar amyloid deposits. Symptoms attributable to these deposits were found in four cases (33 p...

journal_title：Chest

authors： Celli BR,Rubinow A,Cohen AS,Brody JS

更新日期：1978-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A case of acute cavitary histoplasmosis in the upper lobes is documented. The relationship of this entity to chronic cavitary histoplasmosis is discussed. ...

journal_title：Chest

authors： Davies SF,Sarosi GA

更新日期：1978-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:There is conflicting and incomplete information in the literature on the pulmonary reaction which can occur following treatment of schistosomiasis. We examined the pulmonary function, bronchoalveolar lavage profile, and lung histopathology of a patient with pneumonia and peripheral eosinophilia following oxaminquine c...

journal_title：Chest

authors： Davidson BL,el-Kassimi F,Uz-Zaman A,Pillai DK

更新日期：1986-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The use of neuromuscular blocking agents, particularly pancuronium, in patients receiving mechanical ventilation has been reported to cause prolonged paralysis and atrophy. We describe two mechanically ventilated patients with asthma who developed prolonged muscular weakness and atrophy after receiving the shorter-act...

journal_title：Chest

authors： Margolis BD,Khachikian D,Friedman Y,Garrard C

更新日期：1991-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Long-acting bronchodilators, including long-acting beta2-agonists (LABA) and the anticholinergic tiotropium, are recommended as initial maintenance therapy in COPD. Studies to date have been limited in size and reported ambivalent results on the comparative risk of cardiovascular, cerebrovascular, and pulmon...

journal_title：Chest

authors： Suissa S,Dell'Aniello S,Ernst P

更新日期：2017-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:COPD is a heterogeneous disease demonstrating inter-individual variation. A high COPD prevalence in Chinese populations is described, but little is known about disease clusters and prognostic outcomes in the Chinese population across Southeast Asia. We aim to determine if clusters of Chinese patients with CO...

journal_title：Chest

authors： Tiew PY,Ko FWS,Narayana JK,Poh ME,Xu H,Neo HY,Loh LC,Ong CK,Mac Aogáin M,Tan JHY,Kamaruddin NH,Sim GJH,Lapperre TS,Koh MS,Hui DSC,Abisheganaden JA,Tee A,Tsaneva-Atanasova K,Chotirmall SH

更新日期：2020-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We studied the value of pleural fluid neuron-specific enolase as a possible diagnostic marker for pleurisy of small cell lung cancer by using enzyme immunoassay. Pleural fluid NSE levels in 12 patients with carcinomatous pleurisy due to small cell lung cancer were compared with those in 37 patients with carcinomatous ...

journal_title：Chest

authors： Shimokata K,Niwa Y,Yamamoto M,Sasou H,Morishita M

更新日期：1989-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A 64-year-old patient was admitted to the hospital with a history of two syncopal episodes. The results of the physical examination, resting electrocardiogram and His-bundle study were all normal. Study with a 24-hour ECG monitor (Holter) was at first interpreted as demonstrating periods of sinus arrest. However, more...

journal_title：Chest

authors： Kronzon I,Schloss M,Bear G

更新日期：1975-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Atherosclerosis occurred in a coronary artery saphenous vein bypass graft. Serial angiograms are presented documenting subtotal occlusion of this graft which occurred over a nine-month period. Pathologic examination of graft material obtained at surgery demonstrated ulcerating atherosclerotic plaque. The occurrence of...

journal_title：Chest

authors： Hanlon JT,Massie B,Riches W,Wilson J,Ellis RJ,Gertz EW

更新日期：1981-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Previously, we have reported in 1990 that 35% of carmustine treated patients (6 of 17) who survived childhood brain tumors died of pulmonary fibrosis between 2 and 13 years after treatment. In addition, 8 patients studied in 1989 (13 to 17 years post treatment), had physiologic and biopsy or radiologic evidence of pul...

journal_title：Chest

authors： O'Driscoll BR,Kalra S,Gattamaneni HR,Woodcock AA

更新日期：1995-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Prosthetic valve endocarditis is a formidable complication following cardiac valve replacement. Surgical intervention has resulted in a significant reduction in mortality when certain complications prevail. We report two such cases of prosthetic valve endocarditis in which the use of transesophageal echocardiography p...

journal_title：Chest

authors： Bruss J,Jacobs LE,Kotler MN,Ioli AW

更新日期：1992-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Gastrointestinal complications requiring surgical correction following cardiopulmonary bypass most frequently involve the upper gastrointestinal tract. Surgical diseases of the colon are quite unusual in this setting. We recently performed cardiac surgery on three patients who developed acute diverticulitis requiring ...

journal_title：Chest

authors： Burton NA,Albus RA,Graeber GM,Lough FC

更新日期：1986-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:This study investigates the long-term benefits of pulmonary rehabilitation in terms of health-related quality of life (HRQL). Such information is of particular importance in developing strategies for aftercare at home which aim to maintain the initial improvements seen after rehabilitation. METHODS:Criteria...

journal_title：Chest

authors： Ketelaars CA,Abu-Saad HH,Schlösser MA,Mostert R,Wouters EF

更新日期：1997-08-01 00:00:00