Effects on respiratory patterns during bronchoscopy by the Sanders attachment technique.

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：:Extensive surgery for all of the mechanical complications of ischemic heart disease is feasible with early diagnosis, catheterization, and aggressive medical and surgical therapy. A patient is report who, after recovering from cardiogenic shock, required a coronary bypass, closure of ventricular septal defects, mitral...

journal_title：Chest

authors： Lemole GM,Perez J,Strong MD,McDonough MT

更新日期：1977-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Proton pump inhibitors (PPIs) and histamine type 2 receptor blockers (H2Bs) are used for stress ulcer prophylaxis. Although the PPIs have greater potency for acid suppression, their relative effectiveness for preventing clinically important GI bleeding (CIGIB) has not been established. The goal of this study...

journal_title：Chest

authors： Lilly CM,Aljawadi M,Badawi O,Onukwugha E,Tom SE,Magder LS,Harris I

更新日期：2018-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：STUDY OBJECTIVES:Transbronchial lung biopsy (TBLB) during flexible bronchoscopy (FB) is the recommended procedure for diagnosing sarcoidosis in most cases, although its yield in stage I disease is reported to be not as high as when parenchymal involvement is radiologically evident. We undertook this study to assess the...

journal_title：Chest

authors： Trisolini R,Lazzari Agli L,Cancellieri A,Poletti V,Tinelli C,Baruzzi G,Patelli M

更新日期：2003-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To evaluate an adjustable mandibular positioning appliance for treatment of snoring and sleep apnea. METHODS:One hundred thirty-four patients with baseline apnea/hypopnea index (AHI) of 37 +/- 28 events/h (mean +/- SD) received the appliance. The efficacy of the appliance was assessed by the following invest...

journal_title：Chest

authors： Pancer J,Al-Faifi S,Al-Faifi M,Hoffstein V

更新日期：1999-12-01 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：:Autopsy findings and a morphometric study of the lungs were compared in 18 subjects receiving nocturnal oxygen and 15 receiving continuous oxygen in the National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute Nocturnal Oxygen Therapy Trial (about half of those who died). The emphysema score, average interalveolar wall distance, cen...

journal_title：Chest

authors： Jacques J,Cooney TP,Silvers GW,Petty TL,Wright JL,Thurlbeck WM

更新日期：1984-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:To facilitate the studies in cell biology and drug sensitivity of non-small cell lung cancer, cell samples from 55 patients have been used to establish cell lines in culture using a chemically defined medium (ACL-4). A total of 20 cell lines (36 percent) were directly established and characterized: 14 (44 percent) fro...

journal_title：Chest

authors： Masuda N,Fukuoka M,Takada M,Kudoh S,Kusunoki Y

更新日期：1991-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:During medical procedures with the potential to produce aerosols such as bronchoscopy, intubation, or CPR, health-care workers (HCWs) may be exposed to infectious bioaerosols. This scenario is of particular concern when high consequence pathogens such as severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-...

journal_title：Chest

authors： Doggett N,Chow CW,Mubareka S

更新日期：2020-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：STUDY OBJECTIVES:To evaluate the safety and efficacy of sitaxsentan, an endothelin-A receptor antagonist, in a 12-week, open-label trial of patients with pulmonary arterial hypertension (PAH). PATIENTS:Six children and 14 adults with New York Heart Association (NYHA) functional class II, III, or IV primary pulmonary h...

journal_title：Chest

authors： Barst RJ,Rich S,Widlitz A,Horn EM,McLaughlin V,McFarlin J

更新日期：2002-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Current treatment strategies for asthma and chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) emphasize the inhalation route, yet patients often misuse metered-dose inhalers (MDI). To address this problem, patient education by medical personnel has been recommended and a variety of alternate inhaler devices have ...

journal_title：Chest

authors： Hanania NA,Wittman R,Kesten S,Chapman KR

更新日期：1994-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In a double-blind crossover controlled study, intravenous (IV) or nebulized terbutaline was given to eight patients with moderately severe asthma on two separate days. Four incremental doses of terbutaline were given by each route to establish a maximal effect. Both routes of administration produced significant increa...

journal_title：Chest

authors： Pierce RJ,Payne CR,Williams SJ,Denison DM,Clark TJ

更新日期：1981-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Traditional diagnostic tests for pericardial tuberculosis (TB) are insensitive and often require long culture periods, and this has led to more emphasis being placed on biochemical tests such as the pericardial adenosine deaminase (ADA) test. However, controversy exists as to its diagnostic utility. In addit...

journal_title：Chest

authors： Burgess LJ,Reuter H,Carstens ME,Taljaard JJ,Doubell AF

更新日期：2002-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Thirty-three patients who were to undergo diagnostic fiberoptic bronchoscopy were studied. Pulmonary function tests were performed before the procedure, after topical lidocaine anesthesia, and immediately and four hours after bronchoscopy. Nine patients received aerosolized isoproterenol (Isuprel) before the topical a...

journal_title：Chest

authors： Belen J,Neuhaus A,Markowitz D,Rotman HH

更新日期：1981-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A prospective study was done to compare four different methods of securing oral endotracheal tubes: adhesive tape (A), Twill tape (T), Twill tape with FlexBlue bite block (TFXB), and Velcro tie with FlexBlue (VFXB), used on sequential days. Thirty-six patients were enrolled for 136 patient-days and 18 had complete 4-d...

journal_title：Chest

authors： Levy H,Griego L

更新日期：1993-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The concentrations of gentamicin, netilmicin, and amikacin were determined after one single intravenous injection in uninfected pleural fluid after thoracotomy and in purulent pleural empyemas. The mean peak concentrations in the pleural fluid after the injection of gentamicin (1.5 mg/kg), netilmicin (2.0 mg/kg), and ...

journal_title：Chest

authors： Thys JP,Vanderhoeft P,Herchuelz A,Bergmann P,Yourassowsky E

更新日期：1988-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The surgical treatment of the completely obstructed left main coronary artery is aortocoronary saphenous-vein bypass to the left coronary artery system. Without surgical intervention, this lesion has an exceedingly poor prognosis. This report describes a patient with atherosclerotic obstruction of the left main corona...

journal_title：Chest

authors： Sutherland RD,Allison W,Guynes WA,Martinez HE

更新日期：1976-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To assess the effect of baseline variables, including treatment, on outcome in patients with nosocomial pneumonia due to methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA). DESIGN:Retrospective analysis of data from two prospective, randomized, double-blind studies. SETTING:Multinational study with 134 site...

journal_title：Chest

authors： Wunderink RG,Rello J,Cammarata SK,Croos-Dabrera RV,Kollef MH

更新日期：2003-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:It has been observed that T-lymphocytes of patients with tuberculosis produce interferon gamma (IFN gamma) in vitro. Based on this idea, we studied IFN gamma in pleural fluid and serum. We studied 80 patients with pleural effusion; 30 patients with tuberculous pleurisy had high IFN gamma concentrations in pleural flui...

journal_title：Chest

authors： Ribera E,Ocaña I,Martinez-Vazquez JM,Rossell M,Español T,Ruibal A

更新日期：1988-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The effects of one hour exposures of healthy nonsmoking human volunteers to submicrometer H2SO4 droplets via nasal mask on tracheobronchial mucociliary particle clearance were studied using two different sized monodisperse gamma-tagged Fe2O3 test aerosols. The larger sized Fe2O3 aerosol, 7.5 micrometers AMAD, was depo...

journal_title：Chest

authors： Lippmann M,Leikauf G,Spektor D,Schlesinger RB,Albert RE

更新日期：1981-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Low-dose dopamine administration (ie, doses < 5 microg/kg/min) has been advocated for 30 years as therapy in oliguric patients on the basis of its action on dopaminergic renal receptors. Recently, a large, multicenter, randomized, controlled trial has demonstrated that low-dose dopamine administered to critically ill ...

journal_title：Chest

authors： Holmes CL,Walley KR

更新日期：2003-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Parasitoses are infectious diseases of global distribution, with predominance in areas of poor sanitation. Parasites cause damage through direct tissue injury and the inflammatory response generated by their migration and establishment in various organs. Thoracic involvement by parasitic disease can generate both spec...

journal_title：Chest

authors： Fiorentini LF,Bergo P,Meirelles GSP,Capobianco J,Mohammed TL,Verma N,Marchiori E,Irion KL,Hochhegger B

更新日期：2020-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The impact of sleep apnea on work disability, in terms of sickness absence and disability pension, is unclear. We sought to estimate the total number of lost workdays caused by sleep apnea either due to medically certified sickness absences or disability pensions during the 5 years prior to the year of a sle...

journal_title：Chest

authors： Sjösten N,Vahtera J,Salo P,Oksanen T,Saaresranta T,Virtanen M,Pentti J,Kivimäki M

更新日期：2009-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：STUDY OBJECTIVE:To evaluate the importance of fluid balance and changes in extravascular lung water (EVLW) on survival in the ICU and short-term outcome in patients with pulmonary edema. DESIGN:Retrospective analysis of data (sorting by survival and "treatment received") from a recent randomized controlled trial of fl...

journal_title：Chest

authors： Schuller D,Mitchell JP,Calandrino FS,Schuster DP

更新日期：1991-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：CASE PRESENTATION:A 75-year-old man was referred to our institution for worsening dyspnea, decreased activity tolerance, myalgias, and an increase in oxygen requirement. Nine months before the initial referral, the patient presented to an outside hospital for acute hypoxemic respiratory failure requiring a right-sided ...

journal_title：Chest

authors： Tseng S,Olson K,Shamsid-Deen N,Savajiyani S,Sista R,Hodges T,Saggar R

更新日期：2020-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：STUDY OBJECTIVES:To investigate the roles of human alpha-defensin (HAD), human beta-defensin (HBD)-1, and HBD-2, novel antimicrobial peptides, in patients with Mycobacterium avium-intracellulare infection (MAI). PATIENTS:The study included 25 patients (10 men) with MAI who visited our hospital between June 1998 and Au...

journal_title：Chest

authors： Ashitani J,Mukae H,Hiratsuka T,Nakazato M,Kumamoto K,Matsukura S

更新日期：2001-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The objective of the present study was to investigate nasal function by active anterior rhinomanometry with respect to spirometric data and bronchial hyperresponsiveness to methacholine in 9-year-old children. The study population consisted of 300 children (ages 8 to 11 years; mean, 9.3 years; 161 male, 139 female), w...

journal_title：Chest

authors： Kiss D,Popp W,Horak F,Wagner C,Zwick H

更新日期：1995-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The endocrinometabolic effects of the aerosol administration of beclomethasone dipropionate (100 microng four times daily) were evaluated in 20 asthmatic patients (11 corticodependent and nine noncorticodependent) during one month. In the noncorticodependent group, aerosol administration of beclomethasone had no stati...

journal_title：Chest

authors： Yernault JC,Leclercq R,Schandevyl W,Virasoro E,De Coster A,Copinschi G

更新日期：1977-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Part 2 of this review of ICU scoring systems examines how scoring system data should be used to assess ICU performance. There often are two different consumers of these data: lCU clinicians and quality leaders who seek to identify opportunities to improve quality of care and operational efficiency, and regulators, pay...

journal_title：Chest

authors： Breslow MJ,Badawi O

更新日期：2012-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Pulmonary disease due to Mycobacterium avium complex (MAC-PD) radiographically resembles that due to tuberculosis; it preferentially affects elderly white men with predisposing pulmonary disorders (PDPD). METHODS:Twenty-nine patients with MAC-PD were identified from a community-based population, and the med...

journal_title：Chest

authors： Reich JM,Johnson RE

更新日期：1992-06-01 00:00:00