Respiratory disease in tungsten carbide production workers.

abstract：BACKGROUND:N-terminal pro-brain natriuretic peptide (NT-proBNP) is a byproduct of the brain natriuretic peptide (BNP) that was shown to be of prognostic value in pulmonary hypertension (PH). The role of NT-proBNP in PH has to be determined, especially under the influence of renal impairment that might lead to an accumu...

journal_title：Chest

authors： Leuchte HH,El Nounou M,Tuerpe JC,Hartmann B,Baumgartner RA,Vogeser M,Muehling O,Behr J

更新日期：2007-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The variation in respiratory water loss (RWL) over time, expressed as the mass of water vapor lost per liter (body temperature and pressure, saturated) of ventilation (MH2O), was investigated in two groups: (1) children with exercise-induced asthma; and (2) healthy children. Children were matched for age and sex and w...

journal_title：Chest

authors： Tabka Z,Ben Jebria A,Vergeret J,Guenard H

更新日期：1988-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We developed a Rapid Tuberculosis Screening Program for use in women who have not had prenatal care. All patients who presented for delivery without a documented tuberculin skin test (TBN-ST) were given a symptom questionnaire. Those who had a positive response to any of the questions received a chest roentgenogram to...

journal_title：Chest

authors： Metersky ML,Catanzaro A

更新日期：1993-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Serial hemodynamic alterations were investigated in seven elderly patients with heat stroke. Their mean age was 72 +/- 6 years. The circulatory response to heat stroke was either hyperdynamic of hypodynamic. Two patients had increased cardiac index (4.3 and 4.4 L/min/m2), increased right atrial pressure (10 and 12 mm ...

journal_title：Chest

authors： Sprung CL

更新日期：1979-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The history holds the central role in distinguishing among asthma, chronic bronchitis, and emphysema. A personal or family history of atopy, a history of seasonal worsening of disease in response to a known environmental agent, perhaps seasonal, and marked variability in the severity of airflow obstruction, often with...

journal_title：Chest

authors： Snider GL

更新日期：1985-01-01 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：CASE PRESENTATION:A 32-year-old man presented with fever, nonproductive cough, diffuse lymphadenopathy, and polyarticular pain for 2 weeks. His medical history included HIV diagnosed 10 years ago, anal intraepithelial neoplasia, Kaposi sarcoma, and herpes simplex virus-2 infection. The patient was not receiving antiret...

journal_title：Chest

authors： Xian JZ,Cherian SV,Golardi N,Estrada-Y-Martin RM

更新日期：2018-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：STUDY OBJECTIVES:The objective of this study was to evaluate the feasibility of the sentinel lymph node (SLN) biopsy in peripheral clinically stage I or II non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC) using (99m)Tc colloid and a hand-held gamma detection probe, associated with a blue dye technique. DESIGN:Prospective study. SE...

journal_title：Chest

authors： Tiffet O,Nicholson AG,Khaddage A,Prévot N,Ladas G,Dubois F,Goldstraw P

更新日期：2005-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Individual studies have reported widely variable rates for VTE and bleeding among hospitalized patients with coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19). RESEARCH QUESTION:What is the incidence of VTE and bleeding among hospitalized patients with COVID-19? METHODS:In this systematic review and meta-analysis, 15 st...

journal_title：Chest

authors： Jiménez D,García-Sanchez A,Rali P,Muriel A,Bikdeli B,Ruiz-Artacho P,Le Mao R,Rodríguez C,Hunt BJ,Monreal M

更新日期：2020-11-17 00:00:00

abstract：STUDY OBJECTIVES:Pneumonia during chemotherapy-induced leukocytopenia is a major cause of overall treatment failure in patients with hematologic malignancies. To improve outcome in these high-risk patients, early diagnosis of pulmonary infiltrates and institution of adequate antimicrobial treatment are mandatory. To id...

journal_title：Chest

authors： Kiehl MG,Ostermann H,Thomas M,Birkfellner T,Kienast J

更新日期：1997-11-05 00:00:00

abstract：:The idea of inhaling smoke from cigarettes is historically new, actually less than a century old. Consumption of tobacco has changed from chewing tobacco and pipe smoking to smoking cigarettes; smokeless tobaccos are growing tremendously in popularity. The modern smoker is confronted with a highly engineered, complex ...

journal_title：Chest

authors： McCusker K

更新日期：1988-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Investigators have validated an abbreviated protocol for testing nonspecific bronchial reactivity with methacholine. We performed a similar validation study with histamine, another bronchoprovocative agent known to induce airflow obstruction. Histamine is pharmacologically distinct from methacholine and, under some ci...

journal_title：Chest

authors： Schmidt LE,Thorne PS,Watt JL,Schwartz DA

更新日期：1992-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:Albumin and nonprotein colloids (starches, dextran, and others) are used frequently as blood volume expanders in coronary artery bypass graft (CABG) surgery. The objective of this study was to determine differences between colloids with regard to patient characteristics and mortality rates. DESIGN AND SETTI...

journal_title：Chest

authors： Sedrakyan A,Gondek K,Paltiel D,Elefteriades JA

更新日期：2003-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:OSA is a common yet underdiagnosed disorder encountered in everyday practice. The disease is a unique physiologic stressor that contributes to the development or progression of many other disorders, particularly cardiovascular conditions. The pulmonary circulation is specifically affected by the intermittent hypoxic a...

journal_title：Chest

authors： Ismail K,Roberts K,Manning P,Manley C,Hill NS

更新日期：2015-03-01 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：BACKGROUND:Histopathologic evidence of fibrosis on surgical lung biopsy has been associated with reduced survival in patients with hypersensitivity pneumonitis (HP). Changes of pulmonary fibrosis detected on CT may also correlate with prognosis in patients with HP. METHODS:We identified 69 consecutive patients with HP...

journal_title：Chest

authors： Hanak V,Golbin JM,Hartman TE,Ryu JH

更新日期：2008-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To investigate the interrelationship of free radicals (FRs), ischemic preconditioning (IP), and hemodynamic function in coronary artery bypass graft (CABG) patients. DESIGN:Prospective, randomized, and controlled clinical study. PATIENTS:Forty CABG patients were randomized into an IP group (n = 20) and a co...

journal_title：Chest

authors： Wu ZK,Tarkka MR,Eloranta J,Pehkonen E,Kaukinen L,Honkonen EL,Kaukinen S

更新日期：2001-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:It is estimated that 350,000 people suffer a cardiac arrest each year in the United States, with one-half occurring out-of-hospital and the other half in-hospital. Overall survival is < 10% and has not changed significantly for decades. CPR is the umbrella term for attempts to restore organized cardiac contractility a...

journal_title：Chest

authors： Gaieski DF,Abella BS,Goyal M

更新日期：2012-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：STUDY OBJECTIVES:Sialomucin complex (SMC) is a heterodimeric glycoprotein, and is found on the surfaces of the mesothelia of the pleura, pericardium, and peritoneum. Sialomucins play a significant role in adhesion as well as in defense. In this study, we hypothesized that pleural mesothelial cells (PMCs) express SMC an...

journal_title：Chest

authors： Sharma RK,Mohammed KA,Nasreen N,Hardwick J,Van Horn RD,Ramirez-Icaza C,Antony VB

更新日期：2003-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Lung cancer is the most common cause of cancer death in the United States. Cigarette smoking is the main risk factor. Former smokers are at a substantially increased risk for lung cancer compared with lifetime never-smokers. Chemoprevention is the use of specific agents to reverse, suppress, or prevent the p...

journal_title：Chest

authors： Gray J,Mao JT,Szabo E,Kelley M,Kurie J,Bepler G,American College of Chest Physicians.

更新日期：2007-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Cough and wheezing are frequent side effects of inhaling beclomethasone dipropionate aerosol (BA) in patients with asthma. Twenty percent of our outpatient asthmatic subjects are unable to take BA due to these side effects. Twelve patients with history of severe cough and wheezing after inhaling BA were tested. Three ...

journal_title：Chest

authors： Shim C,Williams MH Jr

更新日期：1987-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A 66-year-old man with a history of COPD and Aspergillus fumigatus infection developed massive hemoptysis. Pulmonary artery angiography revealed an aneurysm which was successfully treated with coil embolization. This is the first known report of a pulmonary artery aneurysm causing massive hemoptysis in a patient with ...

journal_title：Chest

authors： Bowler RP,Durham J,Schwarz MI

更新日期：1998-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:It has been suggested that fiberoptic bronchoscopy may induce life-threatening bronchospasm in persons with asthma. The safety of bronchoscopy and bronchoalveolar lavage (BAL) with bilateral installation of 300 ml of saline solution was assessed prospectively in ten adults with mild asthma as a part of a study of the ...

journal_title：Chest

authors： Rankin JA,Snyder PE,Schachter EN,Matthay RA

更新日期：1984-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：STUDY OBJECTIVES:To determine whether, in patients with bilateral pleural effusions, the main cellular and biochemical features of the pleural fluid on the right side differ from or correlate with those on the left side. We examined lactate dehydrogenase (LDH), glucose, and total protein (TP) levels, RBC count, nucleat...

journal_title：Chest

authors： Kalomenidis I,Rodriguez M,Barnette R,Gupta R,Hawthorne M,Parkes KB,Light RW

更新日期：2003-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Paclitaxel, the first of the taxanes, has exhibited unique and encouraging single-agent activity in the treatment of non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC). Yet, with single-agent response rates approaching 25%, it was logical to examine the impact of paclitaxel in combination chemotherapy regimens. In trials evaluating t...

journal_title：Chest

authors： Belani CP

更新日期：2000-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Fondaparinux, a selective inhibitor of factor Xa, is the first of a new class of antithrombotic compounds, the synthetic pentasaccharides. Its benefit-to-risk ratio in preventing venous thromboembolism after major orthopedic surgery was investigated in four randomized, double-blind international phase III trials in pa...

journal_title：Chest

authors： Turpie AG,Eriksson BI,Bauer KA,Lassen MR

更新日期：2003-12-01 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：:This study was designed to determine if there is residual airflow obstruction and/or airway hyperresponsiveness in adults with symptomatic asthma remission, and if age at remission or its duration influence these parameters. We studied 30 subjects, (20 men, 10 women, 28 atopics, aged 18 to 61 years; mean, 32 years) wi...

journal_title：Chest

authors： Boulet LP,Turcotte H,Brochu A

更新日期：1994-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We report a case of cardiac fibrosarcoma that was treated with cardiac tumor resection, chemotherapy, cardiac explantation, tumor repeat resection, and autotransplantation followed by external beam irradiation. The patient was able to achieve clinical remission and remained disease free > 2 years after the initial dia...

journal_title：Chest

authors： Mery GM,Reardon MJ,Haas J,Lazar J,Hindenburg A

更新日期：2003-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Endobronchial ultrasonography (EBUS) has become an invaluable tool in the diagnosis of patients with a variety of thoracic abnormalities. The majority of EBUS procedures are used to diagnose and stage mediastinal and hilar abnormalities, as well as peripheral pulmonary targets, with a probe-based technology. Nearly 1,...

journal_title：Chest

authors： Gildea TR,Nicolacakis K

更新日期：2016-12-01 00:00:00