Adenovirus bronchiolitis in Manitoba: epidemiologic, clinical, and radiologic features.

abstract：:Norepinephrine, an alpha 1,2-beta 1,2-adrenergic agonist, seems to be an alternative to epinephrine, an alpha 1,2-beta 1,2-agonist, for restoration of spontaneous circulation in VF. We therefore studied the effect of epinephrine and norepinephrine on MDO2 and MVO2 using OCCM after five minutes of cardiopulmonary arres...

journal_title：Chest

authors： Lindner KH,Ahnefeld FW,Schuermann W,Bowdler IM

更新日期：1990-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：STUDY OBJECTIVES:Evidence exists that HIV-seropositive individuals may be at increased risk for the development of precocious pulmonary emphysema. HIV infection is also associated with antioxidant deficiency in both the serum and lungs, and it is therefore possible that increased oxidant stress may contribute to parenc...

journal_title：Chest

authors： Diaz PT,Wewers MD,King M,Wade J,Hart J,Clanton TL

更新日期：2004-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Our understanding of asthma epidemiology is growing increasingly complex. Asthma outcomes are clearly socially patterned, with asthma ranking as a leading cause of health disparities among minority and low socioeconomic groups. Yet, the increasing prevalence and marked disparities in asthma remain largely unexplained ...

journal_title：Chest

authors： Wright RJ,Subramanian SV

更新日期：2007-11-01 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：:Following an outline that details the pathogens causing community-acquired pneumonia (CAP) identified in studies from Europe, this article reviews the guidelines for the management of CAP in four European countries--France, Italy, Spain, and the United Kingdom. The method behind the development of each document is des...

journal_title：Chest

authors： Woodhead M

更新日期：1998-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Previous work has shown that with increasing airway obstruction in chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, the decrement in the maximum midexpiratory flow (MMEF) is exponential. Therefore, with severe obstructive disease the decrease in the MMEF as the disease progresses is difficult to discern. This work points out th...

journal_title：Chest

authors： Sobol BJ,Emirgil C

更新日期：1977-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A five-year clinical follow-up and the results of myocardial biopsies are described in a patient with primary restrictive cardiomyopathy. Histologic examination of a right ventricular endomyocardial biopsy taken early in the course of the illness was not contributory. Histologic examination of a left ventricular endom...

journal_title：Chest

authors： Arbustini E,Buonanno C,Trevi G,Pennelli N,Ferrans VJ,Thiene G

更新日期：1983-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:To evaluate whether the response of left ventricular pump function during low-level exercise in the early postinfarction period can anticipate its change during the first year after acute myocardial infarction (MI), global and regional ejection fractions (EF) were investigated using radionuclide angiography in 52 cons...

journal_title：Chest

authors： Iwasaka T,Sugiura T,Nakamura S,Okubo N,Inada M

更新日期：1992-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：STUDY OBJECTIVE:To determine if animals with abnormally low albumin levels are more susceptible to the effects of hypercapnia on BP compared to normal animals. DESIGN:Prospective, controlled laboratory experiment. SETTING:University research laboratory. ANIMALS:Eighteen male Sprague-Dawley rats: 6 rats 10 to 12 week...

journal_title：Chest

authors： Gómez JL,Gunnerson KJ,Song M,Li J,Kellum JA

更新日期：2007-05-01 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 levels of soluble IL-2R were measured in pleural fluid from patients with tuberculosis pleurisy. There were significantly elevated soluble IL-2R values in tuberculous pleural fluid as compared with pleural fluid of nontuberculous etiology including malignant, bacterial and transudative pleural effusions. In patien...

journal_title：Chest

authors： Ito M,Kojiro N,Shirasaka T,Moriwaki Y,Tachibana I,Kokubu T

更新日期：1990-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To investigate the associations of maternal and grandmaternal smoking before, during, and after pregnancy with childhood asthma. DESIGN, SETTING, AND PARTICIPANTS:We conducted a case-control study nested within the Children's Health Study in southern California. The case patients consisted of 338 children wi...

journal_title：Chest

authors： Li YF,Langholz B,Salam MT,Gilliland FD

更新日期：2005-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：STUDY OBJECTIVE:s: Consensus guidelines for the empirical treatment of community-acquired pneumonia (CAP) have been published. We investigated the following factors: (1) the degree of adherence to American Thoracic Society (ATS) and the Spanish Society of Pulmonology and Thoracic Surgery (SEPAR) guidelines; and (2) the...

journal_title：Chest

authors： Menéndez R,Ferrando D,Vallés JM,Vallterra J

更新日期：2002-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:An evidence-based approach is necessary for the localization and management of intraepithelial and microinvasive non-small cell lung cancer in the central airways. METHODS:Material appropriate to this topic was obtained by literature search of a computerized database. Recommendations were developed by the w...

journal_title：Chest

authors： Kennedy TC,McWilliams A,Edell E,Sutedja T,Downie G,Yung R,Gazdar A,Mathur PN,American College of Chest Physicians.

更新日期：2007-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：STUDY OBJECTIVES:To determine attitudes and knowledge about sleep medicine among chest physicians. DESIGN:: Interactive survey of self-selected respondents. SETTING:Interactive session at the 1998 American College of Chest Physicians (ACCP) annual meeting. PARTICIPANTS:Approximately 60 chest physicians. INTERVENTIO...

journal_title：Chest

authors： Phillips B,Collop N,Goldberg R

更新日期：2000-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Akinesis becoming dyskinesis at high-dose dobutamine stress echocardiography (DSE) has been disregarded as a marker of myocardial ischemia. However, to our knowledge, the relationship between this pattern and myocardial viability has not been assessed. METHODS:We studied 42 patients with myocardial infarcti...

journal_title：Chest

authors： Elhendy A,Cornel JH,Roelandt JR,van Domburg RT,Fioretti PM

更新日期：1996-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Hemodynamic and metabolic effects of methylprednisolone were investigated in a double-blind study of 28 patients with acute myocardial infarction (AMI), confirmed by unequivocal electrocardiographic and enzyme changes. Measurements were performed prior to and at 1.5, 3, 4, 4.5, 12 and 24 hours following infusion of me...

journal_title：Chest

authors： Henning RJ,Becker H,Vincent JL,Thijs L,Kalter E,Weil MH

更新日期：1981-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Research on dominant oncogenes and tumor suppressor genes has characterized differences in genetic lesions between small-cell lung cancer (SCLC) and non-small-cell lung cancer (NSCLC) and identified associations with clinical parameters. More than one half of all lung cancers contain a mutation of the p53 tumor suppre...

journal_title：Chest

authors： Johnson BE,Kelley MJ

更新日期：1993-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Lung cancer screening (LCS) is an important secondary prevention measure to reduce lung cancer mortality. The goal of this study was to assess state-level variations in LCS among the US elderly during the first 3 years since Medicare began its LCS reimbursement policy in 2015. METHODS:This ecological study ...

journal_title：Chest

authors： Liu B,Dharmarajan K,Henschke CI,Taioli E

更新日期：2020-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Surfactant replacement therapy (SRT) has a proven role in the treatment of neonatal respiratory distress syndrome and severe meconium aspiration syndrome in infants, and may have a role in the treatment of pediatric patients with ARDS. Although newer delivery mechanisms and strategies are being studied, the classic su...

journal_title：Chest

authors： Stevens TP,Sinkin RA

更新日期：2007-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To describe and correlate pulmonary function and high-resolution CT (HRCT) scan scores in individuals with a high risk for development of pulmonary fibrosis, ie, Hermansky-Pudlak syndrome (HPS) patients with mutations in the HPS-1 gene. DESIGN:Cross-sectional analysis of consecutive, eligible patients. PATI...

journal_title：Chest

authors： Brantly M,Avila NA,Shotelersuk V,Lucero C,Huizing M,Gahl WA

更新日期：2000-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Pulmonary specimens obtained from ten normal subjects and 53 patients with various pulmonary diseases were studied with energy-dispersive x-ray analysis. The amount of silicon in the pulmonary tissue was determined and expressed as a silicon/sulfur (Si/S) ratio. This Si/S ratio was below 0.2 in the ten normal subjects...

journal_title：Chest

authors： Funahashi A,Schlueter DP,Pintar K,Siegesmund KA

更新日期：1984-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This study represents an analysis of 13 cases of ruptured interventricular septum occurring as a complication of myocardial infarction. The cases considered appeared to divide themselves into two groups. One group survived the septal rupture for weeks or months and underwent surgery in the chronic stage. The patients ...

journal_title：Chest

authors： Kaplan MA,Harris CN,Kay JH,Parker DP,Magidson O

更新日期：1976-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The efficacy of bronchoscopy for the diagnosis of tuberculosis in patients infected with human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) has not been systematically evaluated. We therefore compared the diagnostic yield of bronchoscopy in 67 HIV-infected and 45 non-HIV-infected patients with culture-proven pulmonary tuberculosis. I...

journal_title：Chest

authors： Kennedy DJ,Lewis WP,Barnes PF

更新日期：1992-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Eighteen newly diagnosed cases of symptomatic cocidioidomycosis developed two to four weeks following exposure to a severe natural dust storm. The population at risk consisted of 26,000 residents of the San Joaquin Valley with access to health care at the Naval Hospital, Lemoore, Calif. Eight patients were white, and ...

journal_title：Chest

authors： Williams PL,Sable DL,Mendez P,Smyth LT

更新日期：1979-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The pathogenesis and clinical manifestations of COPD are not restricted to pulmonary inflammation and structural remodeling. Rather, this disorder is associated with clinically significant systemic alterations in biochemistry and organ function. The systemic aspects of COPD include oxidative stress and altered circula...

journal_title：Chest

authors： Wouters EF,Creutzberg EC,Schols AM

更新日期：2002-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Two patients were treated for AIDS-associated bilateral pneumothoraces which persisted despite prolonged chest tube drainage. Heimlich flutter valves were used to facilitate the outpatient management of these patients. ...

journal_title：Chest

authors： Driver AG,Peden JG,Adams HG,Rumley RL

更新日期：1991-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:In a rodent model of cardiac arrest and resuscitation in which the inspired gas mixture was enriched with oxygen, resuscitability and survival were unaffected by positive pressure ventilation. In the present study, in a larger animal model, tidal volumes generated during precordial compression and with spont...

journal_title：Chest

authors： Noc M,Weil MH,Tang W,Turner T,Fukui M

更新日期：1995-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Physicians are often asked about complementary therapies by patients with cancer, and data show that the interest in and use of these therapies among patients with cancer is common. Therefore, it is important to assess the current evidence base on the benefits and risks of complementary therapies (modalities...

journal_title：Chest

authors： Deng GE,Rausch SM,Jones LW,Gulati A,Kumar NB,Greenlee H,Pietanza MC,Cassileth BR

更新日期：2013-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Pulmonary edema may alter alveolar bacterial clearance and infectivity. Manipulation of fluid balance aimed at reducing fluid overload may, therefore, influence ventilator-associated pneumonia (VAP) occurrence in intubated patients. The objective of the present study was to assess the impact of a depletive f...

journal_title：Chest

authors： Mekontso Dessap A,Katsahian S,Roche-Campo F,Varet H,Kouatchet A,Tomicic V,Beduneau G,Sonneville R,Jaber S,Darmon M,Castanares-Zapatero D,Brochard L,Brun-Buisson C

更新日期：2014-07-01 00:00:00