Radiographic pseudofracture of bipolar pacemaker wire.

abstract：:Endocardial involvement associated with disseminated histoplasmosis has been infrequently documented, especially among patients with prosthetic valves. The therapeutic approach to these patients is also not yet clearly defined. A 54-year-old man with prosthetic valve endocarditis due to histoplasmosis was successfully...

journal_title：Chest

authors： Kanawaty DS,Stalker MJ,Munt PW

更新日期：1991-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Primary influenza pneumonia is a disease of high mortality. Differentiation between a bacterial and viral etiology for the pulmonary infiltrates frequently presents a diagnostic dilemma. Rapid diagnosis is essential; and once established, the patient requires careful supportive therapy. This report describes two patie...

journal_title：Chest

authors： Bogart DB,Liu C,Ruth WE,Kerby GR,Williams CH

更新日期：1975-10-01 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：BACKGROUND:Sleep disorders are increasingly associated with insulin resistance, glucose intolerance, and type 2 diabetes mellitus. Whether the metabolic toll imposed by sleep-related disorders is caused by poor-quality sleep or due to other confounding factors is not known. The objective of this study was to examine wh...

journal_title：Chest

authors： Stamatakis KA,Punjabi NM

更新日期：2010-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:To further delineate indications for noninvasive pressure support ventilation (NIPSV), we proposed this noninvasive technique as an alternative to endotracheal intubation in 17 consecutive patients with acute respiratory failure from various causes. Eight patients (47 percent) were successfully ventilated with NIPSV, ...

journal_title：Chest

authors： Wysocki M,Tric L,Wolff MA,Gertner J,Millet H,Herman B

更新日期：1993-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Breathing against positive expiratory pressure has been used to improve gas exchange in many forms of pulmonary edema, and forced expiration against resistance during exercise has been advocated for climbing at high altitude as a method to optimize performance. To evaluate the effect of expiratory positive airway pres...

journal_title：Chest

authors： Schoene RB,Roach RC,Hackett PH,Harrison G,Mills WJ Jr

更新日期：1985-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：CASE PRESENTATION:A 72-year-old man underwent endoscopic resection of a 10-mm polypoid sessile lesion of the rectum. Histologic examination found a well-differentiated, low-grade (G1), neuroendocrine tumor. A thoracoabdominal CT scan was performed for staging purposes. The chest CT scan revealed a so-called cannonball-...

journal_title：Chest

authors： Scamporlino A,Mengoli MC,Calabrese O,Della Casa G,Aramini B,Spallanzani A,Morandi U,Stefani A

更新日期：2019-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Prior to 1978, the conventional treatment of pneumothorax generally consisted of conservative therapies such as rest, needle puncture, or thoracic cavity drainage; however, when conservative therapies were ineffective or relapse occurred therapeutic approach, 34 percent (11/32) of our patients required a thoracotomy. ...

journal_title：Chest

authors： Tsukamoto T,Nakamura H,Satoh T,Yamada K,Nagasawa M

更新日期：1991-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A 57-year-old man with a history of exposure to silica for 32 years presented with pleural thickening of the lower lobe of the left lung and a chronic right-sided pleural effusion without any radiographic evidence of parenchymal nodules in either lung. Light microscopic examination of a left visceral pleural biopsy sp...

journal_title：Chest

authors： Zeren EH,Colby TV,Roggli VL

更新日期：1997-11-05 00:00:00

abstract：:We reviewed the inpatient records of 139 adult patients with leukemia to determine the incidence of opportunistic infections in immunocompromised patients and the pattern of roentgenographic involvement of such infections. There were 98 parenchymal infiltrates identified, including 43 episodes of local disease and 55 ...

journal_title：Chest

authors： Tenholder MF,Hooper RG

更新日期：1980-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Little information is available about the prevalence of deep vein thrombosis (DVT) after discharge from cardiac surgery units and its impact on rehabilitation programs. OBJECTIVES:To estimate the rate of DVT, in relation to different thromboprophylaxis strategies, in patients with a recent coronary artery b...

journal_title：Chest

authors： Ambrosetti M,Salerno M,Zambelli M,Mastropasqua F,Tramarin R,Pedretti RF

更新日期：2004-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Sleep health is a multidimensional construct that includes adequate duration, quality, and appropriately timed sleep that may be influenced by environmental factors. In this review, we focus on how an individual's living and sleeping environment, both the surrounding neighborhood physical and social features and the a...

journal_title：Chest

authors： Billings ME,Hale L,Johnson DA

更新日期：2020-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A critically-ill 73-year-old man was admitted with simultaneous mitral valve endocarditis and aortic stenosis. Balloon aortic valvuloplasty was performed successfully and without complications and was followed by prompt clinical improvement. Balloon aortic valvuloplasty should be considered in patients with aortic ste...

journal_title：Chest

authors： Burket MW

更新日期：1991-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：STUDY OBJECTIVES:Cellular growth in the vascular wall, including endothelial and smooth-muscle cell proliferation, is recognized as a component of the obstructive vasculopathy observed in the small vessels of the lungs in pulmonary arterial hypertension (PAH). We hypothesized that angiogenic growth factors may have a r...

journal_title：Chest

authors： Benisty JI,McLaughlin VV,Landzberg MJ,Rich JD,Newburger JW,Rich S,Folkman J

更新日期：2004-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:It is well-recognized that atrial natriuretic peptide (ANP) and B-type natriuretic peptide (BNP) are raised in conditions with ventricular volume and pressure overload. In addition to this established role in left ventricular congestive cardiac failure, there is good evidence that BNP has a diagnostic role in right ve...

journal_title：Chest

authors： Yap LB,Mukerjee D,Timms PM,Ashrafian H,Coghlan JG

更新日期：2004-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The occurrence of catamenial pneumothorax (CP) is rare, and the awareness of this diagnosis among physicians is insufficient. CP is highly correlated with pelvic endometriosis and remains the most common form of thoracic endometriosis syndrome. Circulating endometrial cells (CECs) have been previously detect...

journal_title：Chest

authors： Kiss I,Pospisilova E,Kolostova K,Maly V,Stanek I,Lischke R,Schutzner J,Pawlak I,Bobek V

更新日期：2020-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The implementation of workplace smoking bans has contributed to a significant reduction in the incidence of acute coronary syndrome admissions, but their influence on adult acute pulmonary disease admissions is unclear. We sought to assess the impact of a national smoking ban on nationwide admissions of indi...

journal_title：Chest

authors： Kent BD,Sulaiman I,Nicholson TT,Lane SJ,Moloney ED

更新日期：2012-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：STUDY OBJECTIVE:To examine the relation of smoking habits and development of asthma in a large cohort of US women. DESIGN:Prospective cohort study. PARTICIPANTS:Among 74,072 women, 34 to 68 years of age, who were free of major diseases, we documented 671 incident asthma cases and 798 incident cases of chronic bronchi...

journal_title：Chest

authors： Troisi RJ,Speizer FE,Rosner B,Trichopoulos D,Willett WC

更新日期：1995-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Dieulafoy's disease is a vascular anomaly characterized by the presence of a dysplastic artery that is related to an epithelial ulcer. While it is most frequently a GI condition, occurrence in the bronchus has been reported previously in six cases. We present the case of a 51-year-old man with severe hemoptysis and ep...

journal_title：Chest

authors： Stoopen E,Baquera-Heredia J,Cortes D,Green L

更新日期：2001-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Almitrine improves blood gas values in patients with COPD, primarily through better ventilation-perfusion matching. The improvement comes largely from a vasomotor effect of the drug. The vasomotor mechanism is unknown. We suspected that decreased distensibility of the large pulmonary arteries was one probable effect o...

journal_title：Chest

authors： Herve P,Musset D,Simonneau G,Wagner W Jr,Duroux P

更新日期：1989-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This study evaluated the influence of pregnancy as a relapse factor in pulmonary tuberculosis in 215 patients who recieved adequate chemotherapy. A comparison was made between the evolution of patients who had pregnancies and those who did not. On ending the period of observation (details are lacking with respect to o...

journal_title：Chest

authors： de March A P

更新日期：1975-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Aortopulmonary window is a rare congenital cardiac anomaly. When it coexists with a ventricular septal defect, the accurate diagnosis of aortopulmonary window on the basis of clinical examination is difficult. We report the case of an infant who had an aortopulmonary window together with a ventricular septal defect. A...

journal_title：Chest

authors： Horimi H,Hasegawa T,Shiraishi H,Endo H,Yanagisawa M

更新日期：1992-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A man with primary lung cancer developed respiratory failure due to lymphangitis carcinomatosis that was diagnosed by transbronchial lung biopsy specimen. After combination chemotherapy with high-dose etoposide and cisplatin (CDDP), he was able to cease oxygen therapy and showed improvement of his lymphangitis carcino...

journal_title：Chest

authors： Fujita J,Yamagishi Y,Kubo A,Takigawa K,Yamaji Y,Takahara J

更新日期：1993-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Approximately 40% of patients in medical ICUs require mechanical ventilation (MV). Approximately 20% to 25% of these patients will encounter difficulties in discontinuing MV. Multiple studies have suggested that MV has an unloading effect on the respiratory muscles that leads to diaphragmatic atrophy and dys...

journal_title：Chest

authors： Grosu HB,Lee YI,Lee J,Eden E,Eikermann M,Rose KM

更新日期：2012-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:To prospectively study all patients with COPD and spontaneous pneumothorax (SP) who underwent thoracoscopic talc poudrage (TP) under local anesthesia to determine its efficacy and safety in recurrence prevention. METHODS:Data on clinical measurements, complications, duration of chest tube drainage, length o...

journal_title：Chest

authors： Lee P,Yap WS,Pek WY,Ng AW

更新日期：2004-04-01 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：:There is no documentation in the literature of the risk of hypoxemia after chest percussion in acutely ill adults with nonsurgical pulmonary disorders. We studied the immediate effect of postural drainage and chest percussion (PDP) on oxygenation in 22 hospitalized patients with a variety of acute, nonsurgical pulmona...

journal_title：Chest

authors： Connors AF Jr,Hammon WE,Martin RJ,Rogers RM

更新日期：1980-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The diagnosis of aortic ring abscess by cross-sectional echocardiography has not been reported. In this paper, a case of bacterial endocarditis of the aortic valve extending to the aortic ring and the mitral valve is reported. The role of cross-sectional echocardiography in defining the anatomic distortion of the aort...

journal_title：Chest

authors： Mardelli TJ,Ogawa S,Hubbard FE,Dreifus LS,Meixell LL

更新日期：1978-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Fenoterol hydrobromide (Berotec; formerly Th 1165a) is a sympathomimetic bronchodilator drug. Twenty subjects with mild to moderate reversible bronchospasm completed a double-blind multiple crossover study of single doses of 5 mg, 7.5 mg, and 10 mg of fenoterol hydrobromide, 24 mg of ephedrine, and placebo. Spirometri...

journal_title：Chest

authors： Steen SN,Smith R,Kuo J,Ziment I,Beall G

更新日期：1977-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Although the principal actions of clonidine are linked to its centrally mediated suppression of sympathetic activity, its inhibition of the renin axis also may contribute to its antihypertensive effects. In patients with essential hypertension studied in a clinical research center, clonidine-induced decreases in diast...

journal_title：Chest

authors： Weber MA,Drayer JI,Hubbell FA

更新日期：1983-02-01 00:00:00