Heart rate pattern during sleep in an infant with congenital prolongation of the Q-T interval (Romano-Ward syndrome).

abstract：BACKGROUND:Over the last 25 years, a growing number of clinical trials have evaluated novel sepsis therapies. To promote uniformity in inclusion criteria for patient enrollment, the American College of Chest Physicians and Society of Critical Care Medicine first published consensus conference definitions for sepsis in ...

journal_title：Chest

authors： Trzeciak S,Zanotti-Cavazzoni S,Parrillo JE,Dellinger RP

更新日期：2005-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：STUDY OBJECTIVES:Bronchial stenosis (BS) and bronchomalacia (BM) are often associated with lung allograft rejection or infection in lung transplant (LT) recipients. We reviewed our experience using balloon-expandable metallic (Palmaz) stents in the management of BS and BM in LT. DESIGN:Retrospective review of cases. ...

journal_title：Chest

authors： Susanto I,Peters JI,Levine SM,Sako EY,Anzueto A,Bryan CL

更新日期：1998-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：STUDY OBJECTIVES:Pocket hematoma is a common complication after pacemaker or implantable cardioverter defibrillator (ICD) implantation. Thus, we investigated the influence of patient comorbidity, implantation strategy, operator experience, antiplatelet therapy, and anticoagulation therapy on hematoma rate. DESIGN:Betw...

journal_title：Chest

authors： Wiegand UK,LeJeune D,Boguschewski F,Bonnemeier H,Eberhardt F,Schunkert H,Bode F

更新日期：2004-10-01 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：BACKGROUND:Lymphangioleiomyomatosis (LAM) is a destructive lung disease of women caused by proliferation of neoplastic-like LAM cells, with mutations in the TSC1/2 tumor suppressor genes. Based on case reports, levels of cancer antigen 125 (CA-125), an ovarian cancer biomarker, can be elevated in patients with LAM. We ...

journal_title：Chest

authors： Glasgow CG,Pacheco-Rodriguez G,Steagall WK,Haughey ME,Julien-Williams PA,Stylianou MP,Gochuico BR,Moss J

更新日期：2018-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：STUDY OBJECTIVE:Our objective was to determine if the hemosiderin content of BAL macrophages allows us to draw any differential diagnostic conclusions in a variety of lung diseases. PATIENTS AND STUDY DESIGN:One hundred one patients who underwent BAL for different diagnostic reasons were studied prospectively. MAIN R...

journal_title：Chest

authors： Grebski E,Hess T,Hold G,Speich R,Russi E

更新日期：1992-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Substance P and the neurokinin-1 (NK-1) receptor are implicated in chronic refractory cough pathophysiology. We assessed the efficacy and safety of orvepitant, a brain-penetrant NK-1 antagonist, in an open-label study in CRC patients with chronic refractory cough. METHODS:Thirteen patients with daytime coug...

journal_title：Chest

authors： Smith J,Allman D,Badri H,Miller R,Morris J,Satia I,Wood A,K Trower M

更新日期：2020-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The most frequent radiographic presentation of (PCP) is bilateral interstitial or alveolar infiltrates. Atypical features include lobar distribution, pleural effusions, hilar adenopathy, cyst formation and spontaneous pneumothorax. A diffuse miliary pattern has not been described previously for PCP. A 30-year-old male...

journal_title：Chest

authors： Wasser LS,Brown E,Talavera W

更新日期：1989-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Lung transplantation is a good therapeutic option for end-stage lung disease. Data on thromboembolic complications following lung transplantation are scarce. STUDY OBJECTIVES:To evaluate the incidence of thromboembolic events following lung transplantation, and to determine their possible association with h...

journal_title：Chest

authors： Izbicki G,Bairey O,Shitrit D,Lahav J,Kramer MR

更新日期：2006-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The immediate and long-term clinical events associated with the placement and removal of a retrievable filter (ALN filter; ALN Implants Chirurgicaux; Ghisonaccia, France) remain largely unknown. METHODS:This was a prospective cohort study with an 18-month follow-up. All consecutive patients scheduled for pl...

journal_title：Chest

authors： Mismetti P,Rivron-Guillot K,Quenet S,Décousus H,Laporte S,Epinat M,Barral FG

更新日期：2007-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Since first described in 1984, nontraumatic pneumothoraces in patients with AIDS has become more common. When compared with spontaneous pneumothorax in the general population, pneumothoraces in patients with AIDS are often complicated by prolonged air leaks as well as higher recurrence rates. Chemical pleurodesis has ...

journal_title：Chest

authors： Read CA,Reddy VD,O'Mara TE,Richardson MS

更新日期：1994-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The "Dutch hypothesis" suggests that asthma and COPD have common genetic determinants. The serpin peptidase inhibitor, clade E (nexin, plasminogen activator inhibitor type 1), member 2 (SERPINE2) gene previously has been associated with COPD. We sought to determine whether SERPINE2 is associated with asthma ...

journal_title：Chest

authors： Himes BE,Klanderman B,Ziniti J,Senter-Sylvia J,Soto-Quiros ME,Avila L,Celedón JC,Lange C,Mariani TJ,Lasky-Su J,Hersh CP,Raby BA,Silverman EK,Weiss ST,DeMeo DL

更新日期：2011-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：STUDY OBJECTIVES:To determine and compare the values of positron emission tomography (PET) with F-18 fluorodeoxyglucose (FDG) and CT for predicting clinical outcome of patients with aggressive lymphoma undergoing salvage cytoreductive chemotherapy followed by high-dose chemotherapy and autologous stem-cell transplantat...

journal_title：Chest

authors： Filmont JE,Czernin J,Yap C,Silverman DH,Quon A,Phelps ME,Emmanouilides C

更新日期：2003-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Several reports in the literature and our experience prior to 1974 support the thesis that operative risk in patients with acquired heart disease and poor ventricular function (as assessed by a biplane ejection fraction [EF] less than or equal to 0.40) was very significantly increased over the risk in patients with no...

journal_title：Chest

authors： Tyers GF,Williams DR,Babb JD,Levenson L,Zelis RF,Waldhausen JA

更新日期：1977-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A 56-year-old woman presented to our hospital with a 4-month history of worsening chest pain. She denied having any respiratory symptoms, such as dyspnea, sputum, cough, or hemoptysis, or any history of smoking or exposure to dusts. One year previously she had a vertebral fracture. There was no specific family history...

journal_title：Chest

authors： Kato T,Muto H,Hishima T,Kawashima M,Nagai H,Matsui H,Shimada M,Hebisawa A,Doki N,Miyawaki S,Ohashi K

更新日期：2018-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：STUDY OBJECTIVES:To evaluate the differences in the clinical, radiologic, and laboratory features of pulmonary tuberculosis (TB) in older patients, as compared to younger patients. DESIGN:A meta-analysis (the Schmidt-Hunter method) of published works found in MEDLINE and other sources was performed. A total of 12 stud...

journal_title：Chest

authors： Pérez-Guzmán C,Vargas MH,Torres-Cruz A,Villarreal-Velarde H

更新日期：1999-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Despite the increasing aging population and the high prevalence of OSA in elderly adults, little is known about cognitive effects of OSA and the effectiveness of CPAP treatment. Therefore, this study investigated whether elderly patients with OSA present cognitive deficits and functional and structural alter...

journal_title：Chest

authors： Dalmases M,Solé-Padullés C,Torres M,Embid C,Nuñez MD,Martínez-Garcia MÁ,Farré R,Bargalló N,Bartrés-Faz D,Montserrat JM

更新日期：2015-11-01 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：:Myocardial ischemia results in altered left ventricular (LV) diastolic compliance, reflected by an abnormal mitral inflow pattern on Doppler echocardiography. To investigate the relationship of Doppler echocardiography and regional myocardial systolic function during dipyridamole infusion, we evaluated transmitral flo...

journal_title：Chest

authors： Lattanzi F,Picano E,Masini M,De Prisco F,Distante A,L'Abbate A

更新日期：1989-05-01 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：:We report a case of primary pulmonary hypertension in an adult man with CD8/T-cell large granulocyte leukemia. Successful treatment of his leukemia with cladribine resulted in dramatic and sustained improvement of his pulmonary hypertension. ...

journal_title：Chest

authors： Rossoff LJ,Genovese J,Coleman M,Dantzker DR

更新日期：1997-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We report a patient with situs inversus and ischemic heart disease who had myocardial revascularization with anastomosis of the right mammary artery to the anterior descending coronary artery. ...

journal_title：Chest

authors： Abensur H,Ramires JA,Dallan LA,Jatene A

更新日期：1988-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：AIM:To evaluate the influence of respiratory muscle overload and right cardiac overload among the possible risk factors of hospital readmission in a 1-year follow-up of a cohort of patients with moderate-to-severe COPD. METHODS:A total of 112 COPD patients who were admitted consecutively to the hospital for acute exac...

journal_title：Chest

authors： González C,Servera E,Marín J

更新日期：2008-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In most studies, many statistical tests are performed. They can be run to compare the groups at baseline, look at relationships among the various measures, and, for intervention trials, examine more than one end point. As the number of tests increases, so does the probability of finding at least one of them to be stat...

journal_title：Chest

authors： Streiner DL,Norman GR

更新日期：2011-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：CASE PRESENTATION:A 2-year-old boy was referred to the Ankara University School of Medicine Children's Hospital with a history of recurrent respiratory distress and cyanosis since birth. His medical history was significant for premature birth at 31 weeks via cesarean section, as an infant of a diabetic mother. There wa...

journal_title：Chest

authors： Zirek F,Akova BŞ,Özcan G,Fitoz S,Çobanoğlu N

更新日期：2021-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Stage IIIA non-small cell lung cancer represents a relatively heterogeneous group of patients with metastatic disease to the ipsilateral mediastinal (N2) lymph nodes and also includes T3N1 patients. Presentations of disease range from apparently resectable tumors with occult microscopic nodal metastases to unresectabl...

journal_title：Chest

authors： Robinson LA,Wagner H Jr,Ruckdeschel JC,American College of Chest Physicians.

更新日期：2003-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Lidocaine is used to alleviate procedural pain but paradoxically increases pain during injection. Pain perception can be modulated by non-noxious stimuli such as temperature or touch according to the gate control theory of pain. We postulated that lidocaine dripped onto the skin prior to injection would cool...

journal_title：Chest

authors： Patel BK,Wendlandt BN,Wolfe KS,Patel SB,Doman ER,Pohlman AS,Hall JB,Kress JP

更新日期：2018-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Previous studies have shown "beat-to-beat" variation in systemic BP with high-frequency jet ventilation (HFJV). However, it is not clear if such changes are paralleled by changes in cardiac output. OBJECTIVE:To characterize the effect of HFJV near or equal to the heart rate (HR) on beat-to-beat cardiac outp...

journal_title：Chest

authors： Angus DC,Lidsky NM,Dotterweich LM,Pinsky MR

更新日期：1997-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Cardiorespiratory values were measured in ten patients with severe respiratory failure on volume controlled and pressure controlled ventilation. Tidal volume, respirator rate, PEEP, auto-PEEP, inspiratory:expiratory ratio (1:2) and FIo2 were maintained at the same value for both ventilatory modalities. Changing from V...

journal_title：Chest

authors： Abraham E,Yoshihara G

更新日期：1990-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Some studies have demonstrated that the function of the growth hormone (GH)-insulin-like growth factor (IGF)-1 axis is significantly impaired in patients with oral corticosteroid (CS)-induced osteoporosis. The aim of study was to investigate the effects of long-term therapy with inhaled CSs (ICSs) on the hyp...

journal_title：Chest

authors： Malerba M,Bossoni S,Radaeli A,Mori E,Bonadonna S,Giustina A,Tantucci C

更新日期：2005-02-01 00:00:00