"Tripolar system" for transvenous atrioventricular pacing.

abstract：STUDY OBJECTIVES:Levofloxacin is a fluoroquinolone antimicrobial agent for which pharmacodynamic relationships between the maximum serum antibiotic concentration (Cmax)/minimum inhibitory concentration (MIC) ratio and/or the area under the serum concentration-time curve during a 24-h dosing period (AUC(0-24))/MIC ratio...

journal_title：Chest

authors： Cazzola M,Matera MG,Donnarumma G,Tufano MA,Sanduzzi A,Marchetti F,Blasi F

更新日期：2005-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Cardiovascular comorbidities have a negative impact on the health status and prognosis of patients with COPD. We determined whether nocturnal noninvasive (positive) mechanical ventilation (NIMV) can improve heart rate variability (HRV), decrease circulating natriuretic peptide levels, and improve functional ...

journal_title：Chest

authors： Sin DD,Wong E,Mayers I,Lien DC,Feeny D,Cheung H,Gan WQ,Man SF

更新日期：2007-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Bronchoscopic examination to diagnose lung metastases has not been as rewarding as in primary lung cancer. Despite a lower expected yield, we believe the procedure has value in certain patients, ie, those with clinical findings of endobronchial disease. To determine better the value of bronchoscopy in this population,...

journal_title：Chest

authors： Poe RH,Ortiz C,Israel RH,Marin MG,Qazi R,Dale RC,Greenblatt DG

更新日期：1985-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Lymph node status is a major determinant of stage and survival in patients with lung cancer; however, little information is available about the expected yield of a mediastinal lymphadenectomy. METHODS:The American College of Surgeons Oncology Group Z0030 prospective, randomized trial of mediastinal lymph no...

journal_title：Chest

authors： Darling GE,Allen MS,Decker PA,Ballman K,Malthaner RA,Inculet RI,Jones DR,McKenna RJ,Landreneau RJ,Putnam JB Jr

更新日期：2011-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A case of idiopathic pulmonary hypertension is associated with portal venous thrombosis. The patient's chest roentgenogram revealed numerous nodular densities which at necropsy were found to have been caused by an exuberant fibroblastic reaction around small pulmonary arterioles. This is an example of the unusual asso...

journal_title：Chest

authors： Bower JS,Dantzker DR,Naylor B

更新日期：1980-07-01 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：:An amputation neuroma is a nerve's attempt at repair following amputation. While many are asymptomatic, some present as a painful mass. We describe a patient who, following a forequarter amputation for sarcoma, developed a stump neuroma that was unusual because it was first discovered on a routine chest roentgenogram....

journal_title：Chest

authors： Donnal JF,Coblentz CL,Bergin CJ

更新日期：1989-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Native valve endocarditis normally presents with fever and only later in its course demonstrates dysfunction of the affected valve. We describe a case of endocarditis due to Neisseria subflava, a Gram-negative diplococcal saprophyte of the oral cavity, which was unsuspected clinically and found unexpectedly during a m...

journal_title：Chest

authors： Amsel BJ,Moulijn AC

更新日期：1996-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Excessive daytime sleepiness (EDS) in individuals with OSA syndrome persisting despite good adherence to CPAP is a disabling condition. Pitolisant is a selective histamine H3-receptor antagonist with wake-promoting effects. RESEARCH QUESTION:Is pitolisant effective and safe for reducing daytime sleepiness i...

journal_title：Chest

authors： Pépin JL,Georgiev O,Tiholov R,Attali V,Verbraecken J,Buyse B,Partinen M,Fietze I,Belev G,Dokic D,Tamisier R,Lévy P,Lecomte I,Lecomte JM,Schwartz JC,Dauvilliers Y,HAROSA I Study Group.

更新日期：2020-10-26 00:00:00

abstract：:Individuals continue to smoke despite its numerous proven adverse health effects. Now viewed as a chronic medical condition, health-care professionals are more involved in cessation efforts. Physicians are often the first line of defense, providing intervention through prescription management and counseling. Some insu...

journal_title：Chest

authors： Pohlig C

更新日期：2006-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:To assess the prognostic significance of myocardial contractile reserve in patients with idiopathic dilated cardiomyopathy (DCM) without overt heart failure (New York Heart Association functional class I or II), seventy-one patients underwent exercise radionuclide angiography in addition to clinical, radiographic, hem...

journal_title：Chest

authors： Nagaoka H,Isobe N,Kubota S,Iizuka T,Imai S,Suzuki T,Nagai R

更新日期：1997-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To compare the efficacy of noninvasive positive pressure ventilation (NPPV) by helmet and face mask in immunocompromised patients with hypoxemic acute respiratory failure (ARF). DESIGN:Case-control study. SETTING:The general ICU of a university hospital. PATIENTS:Nineteen immunocompromised patients (hemato...

journal_title：Chest

authors： Rocco M,Dell'Utri D,Morelli A,Spadetta G,Conti G,Antonelli M,Pietropaoli P

更新日期：2004-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Chronic heart failure (CHF) is a complex syndrome affecting many body systems. Body wasting (ie, cardiac cachexia) is a serious complication of CHF long known but little investigated. Although no specific diagnostic criteria have been established, we have suggested that cardiac cachexia be defined on the basis of the ...

journal_title：Chest

authors： Anker SD,Coats AJ

更新日期：1999-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Antiphospholipid syndrome is an autoimmune disorder characterized by a hypercoagulable state, leading to arterial and venous thrombosis. We present a 23-year-old patient, suspected of having Budd-Chiari syndrome due to antiphospholipid syndrome, who developed severe and progressive hypoxemia, requiring prolonged mecha...

journal_title：Chest

authors： Bunge JJH,Wiersema US,Moelker A,van Bommel J,Tjwa ETTL

更新日期：2014-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Ten patients undergoing pneumonectomy were evaluated with the lateral position test (LPT) in addition to routine pulmonary function tests (PFTs). On the basis of the percentage of ventilation estimated to be contributed by each lung on LPT, predictions were made for expected values for each patient's post-pneumonectom...

journal_title：Chest

authors： Walkup RH,Vossel LF,Griffin JP,Proctor RJ

更新日期：1980-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:To establish an early diagnosis and have a quantitative estimation of congestion or edema, pulmonary CT scans were performed to detect the increase of regional lung water volume of patients with congestive heart failure. CT scanning of the upper, middle, and lower lung fields at maximum inspiration and hemodynamic ana...

journal_title：Chest

authors： Kato S,Nakamoto T,Iizuka M

更新日期：1996-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：STUDY OBJECTIVES:Gastroesophageal reflux disease (GERD) and asthma are common causes for consultation in primary care, but the relationship between the two remains unclear. The aim of our study was to investigate the temporal relationship between first diagnoses of GERD and asthma in general practice. METHODS:We used ...

journal_title：Chest

authors： Ruigómez A,Rodríguez LA,Wallander MA,Johansson S,Thomas M,Price D

更新日期：2005-07-01 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：:The chest radiograph of a woman with acute asthma showed signs of obstructive emphysema of the left lung. Fiberoptic bronchoscopy excluded obstruction of a large bronchus. The signs disappeared after antiasthmatic treatment, suggesting that they were caused by airway closure. In usual asthma, airway closure affects bo...

journal_title：Chest

authors： DiFrancia M,Barbier D,Orehek J

更新日期：1993-12-01 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：:Impedance measurement of the respiratory system by forced oscillations is a sensitive and accurate method to detect mechanical parameters, especially in normal subjects. The effects of inhalation of 0.2 mg of fenoterol and 0.02 mg of ipratropium bromide on the impedance of the respiratory system was studied in 20 heal...

journal_title：Chest

authors： Wesseling G,Vonk HM,Wouters EF

更新日期：1990-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：STUDY OBJECTIVE:To determine the indications for preoperative localization of a small indeterminate pulmonary nodule. DESIGN:In this retrospective study, univariate and multivariate analyses were performed by the logistic regression procedure. SETTING:A single National Cancer Center Hospital in Japan. PATIENTS:A ser...

journal_title：Chest

authors： Suzuki K,Nagai K,Yoshida J,Ohmatsu H,Takahashi K,Nishimura M,Nishiwaki Y

更新日期：1999-02-01 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：:This article describes the methodology for the Seventh American College of Chest Physicians (ACCP) Conference on Antithrombotic and Thrombolytic Therapy: Evidence-Based Guidelines. Guideline authors began by specifying the population, the intervention and alternative, and the outcomes for each clinical question, and d...

journal_title：Chest

authors： Schünemann HJ,Munger H,Brower S,O'Donnell M,Crowther M,Cook D,Guyatt G

更新日期：2004-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Nineteen patients were treated at the Los Angeles County Harbor/UCLA Medical Center between 1971 and 1986 for tuberculosis of the spine. Fourteen were immigrants, a high-risk group. A high index of suspicion is required for Pott's disease, which occurs in fewer than 1 percent of patients with tuberculosis, often prese...

journal_title：Chest

authors： Omari B,Robertson JM,Nelson RJ,Chiu LC

更新日期：1989-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Single breath diffusing capacity for carbon monoxide (Dco) is commonly used as a simple method of assessing overall pulmonary gas exchange properties. Studies of Dco in bronchial asthma have yielded conflicting results. OBJECTIVE:To study Dco and to determine the factors influencing Dco in patients with ast...

journal_title：Chest

authors： Collard P,Njinou B,Nejadnik B,Keyeux A,Frans A

更新日期：1994-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We report two patients with non-conventional thyroiditis whose chief complaint was chronic persistent cough. Cough was attributed to thyroiditis only after extensive diagnostic evaluations failed to uncover another cause and only after cough and thyroiditis disappeared simultaneously with suppressive therapy for the l...

journal_title：Chest

authors： Irwin RS,Pratter MR,Hamolsky MW

更新日期：1982-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We wanted to determine the efficacy of dobutamine infusions and Prbc transfusions on splanchnic tissue oxygen utilization by measuring gastric pHi. Physiologic parameters and pHi measurements via the use of a gastric tonometer were obtained in 21 septic patients before and after the administration of a dobutamine infu...

journal_title：Chest

authors： Silverman HJ,Tuma P

更新日期：1992-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The majority of community-acquired pneumonia (CAP) patients (about 80%) will be treated as outpatients, because therapy with a single agent will work. For the remaining 20% of patients requiring hospitalization, there is some growing debate regarding the efficacy of different management approaches. For hospi...

journal_title：Chest

authors： Weiss K,Tillotson GS

更新日期：2005-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：INTRODUCTION:Gastroesophageal reflux has been suggested as an underlying cause of chronic lung disease. The aim of this study was to assess the value of pepsin and bile acids, both components of GI secretions, in the lungs of children with chronic lung diseases as possible markers for gastroesophageal reflux disease an...

journal_title：Chest

authors： Starosta V,Kitz R,Hartl D,Marcos V,Reinhardt D,Griese M

更新日期：2007-11-01 00:00:00