Acute lung disease in the immunocompromised host. Diagnostic accuracy of the chest radiograph.

abstract：BACKGROUND:Hospital readmissions for acute exacerbations of COPD (AECOPDs) pose burdens to the health-care system and patients. A current gap in knowledge is whether a predischarge screening and educational tool administered to patients with COPD reduces readmissions and ED visits. METHODS:A single-center, randomized ...

journal_title：Chest

authors： Jennings JH,Thavarajah K,Mendez MP,Eichenhorn M,Kvale P,Yessayan L

更新日期：2015-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：STUDY OBJECTIVES:There have been many studies on the physical characteristics at the time of contraction of a primary spontaneous pneumothorax (PSP), but it has not been shown when and how such physical characteristics develop. These issues were investigated. PATIENTS AND DESIGN:Physical development of 27 male patient...

journal_title：Chest

authors： Fujino S,Inoue S,Tezuka N,Hanaoka J,Sawai S,Ichinose M,Kontani K

更新日期：1999-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This report describes the definitive diagnosis of venous air-embolism by documentation of spontaneous echo contrast in the right cardiac chambers following removal of a jugular venous catheter in a patient with hepatic failure. This complication was potentiated by the presence of concurrent hepatic coagulopathy which ...

journal_title：Chest

authors： Marcus RH,Weinert L,Neumann A,Borow KM,Lang RM

更新日期：1991-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Dyspnea after polio can occur for a variety of reasons, including neuromuscular disease and upper airway abnormalities resulting from prolonged intubation, including tracheal stenosis, tracheomalacia, and vocal cord paralysis. Routine studies such as spirometry and maximum voluntary ventilation (MVV) measurements can ...

journal_title：Chest

authors： Knobil K,Becker FS,Harper P,Graf LB,Wolf GT,Martinez FJ

更新日期：1994-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：STUDY OBJECTIVES:To assess the clinical utility of flexible bronchoscopy (FB) in the evaluation of patients with chronic cough and normal or nonlocalizing chest radiographic findings. DESIGN:Retrospective chart review. SETTING:Tertiary referral center. PATIENTS:Forty-eight patients with chronic cough and no other cl...

journal_title：Chest

authors： Barnes TW,Afessa B,Swanson KL,Lim KG

更新日期：2004-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:We tested the hypothesis that an increase in the blood colloid osmotic pressure (COP) that is maintained during early-stage endotoxemia may decrease fluid flux across capillaries and may reduce pulmonary and multiple-organ edema. DESIGN:Prospective study. SETTINGS:Research laboratory in a hospital. SUBJEC...

journal_title：Chest

authors： Camacho MT,Totapally BR,Torbati D,Wolfsdorf J

更新日期：2001-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:To predict the postoperative improvement in performance status after bullectomy, preoperative pulmonary function and dyspneic grade were evaluated in 20 patients with giant bulla. The patients were divided into two groups, based on postoperative performance status: group 1 consisted of 15 patients with improved status...

journal_title：Chest

authors： Ohta M,Nakahara K,Yasumitsu T,Ohsugi T,Maeda M,Kawashima Y

更新日期：1992-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Respiratory manifestations of systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE) are frequent. They include respiratory muscle abnormalities, which have been implicated in the pathogenesis of the "shrinking lung syndrome" (SLS). We report the case of a patient with this syndrome, in whom diaphragmatic paralysis due to demyelinating p...

journal_title：Chest

authors： Hardy K,Herry I,Attali V,Cadranel J,Similowski T

更新日期：2001-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To ascertain the differences in smoking characteristics between a group of smokers with COPD and another group of healthy smokers, both of which were identified in a population-based epidemiologic study. DESIGN AND PARTICIPANTS:This is an epidemiologic, multicenter, population-based study conducted in seven ...

journal_title：Chest

authors： Jiménez-Ruiz CA,Masa F,Miravitlles M,Gabriel R,Viejo JL,Villasante C,Sobradillo V

更新日期：2001-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSES:To evaluate the safety of inferior vena cava (IVC) filter retrieval in therapeutically anticoagulated patients in comparison to prophylactically or not therapeutically anticoagulated patients with respect to retrieval-related hemorrhagic complications. MATERIALS AND METHODS:This was a retrospective study of 1...

journal_title：Chest

authors： Hoppe H,Kaufman JA,Barton RE,Petersen BD,Lakin PC,Deloughery TG,Irani Z,Yavuz K,Keller FS

更新日期：2007-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The purpose of this study was to identify the strengths and limitations of using portable peak flowmeters to document suspected cases of occupational asthma that were reported to a statewide surveillance project. The New Jersey Department of Health conducts surveillance for occupational asthma as part of the federally...

journal_title：Chest

authors： Henneberger PK,Stanbury MJ,Trimbath LS,Kipen HM

更新日期：1991-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We carried out a medical and environmental survey to evaluate respiratory disease at two tungsten carbide (TC) production plants. The study population of 290 subjects (19.2 percent of the total work force) was chosen to focus on those with the greatest potential exposures to cobalt, a binding agent which is probably t...

journal_title：Chest

authors： Sprince NL,Chamberlin RI,Hales CA,Weber AL,Kazemi H

更新日期：1984-10-01 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：:A 32-year-old man who presented with symptoms suggesting empyema was found at thoracotomy to have infarction of an extralobar pulmonary sequestration. He was completely relieved by excision of the sequestration after securing the systemic vascular pedicle which had undergone torsion. Recognition of the anomalous blood...

journal_title：Chest

authors： Maull KI,McElvein RB

更新日期：1975-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We have observed five patients for whom the presence of fibers of elastin in potassium hydroxide (KOH) preparations of sputum represented the first evidence of necrotizing pulmonary disease. In four cases, the discovery of elastin fibers in sputum provided additional evidence supporting initiation or modification of a...

journal_title：Chest

authors： Shlaes DM,Lederman M,Chmielewski R,Tweardy D,Wolinsky E

更新日期：1983-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Tube thoracostomy is an invasive procedure that carries a risk of complications. We report a patient with liver cirrhosis, ascites and large left-sided pleural effusion, in whom a trocar type chest tube was inserted at the seventh left intercostal space in the midaxillary line. Chest roentgenogram revealed that the dr...

journal_title：Chest

authors： Foresti V,Villa A,Casati O,Parisio E,De Filippi G

更新日期：1992-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This chapter about the recognition, treatment, and prevention of heparin-induced thrombocytopenia (HIT) is part of the Antithrombotic and Thrombolytic Therapy: American College of Chest Physicians Evidence-Based Clinical Practice Guidelines (8th Edition). Grade 1 recommendations are strong and indicate that the benefi...

journal_title：Chest

authors： Warkentin TE,Greinacher A,Koster A,Lincoff AM

更新日期：2008-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：STUDY OBJECTIVES:Vascular endothelial growth factor (VEGF) signaling may be required for maintenance of the alveolar structures, and alveolar septal cell apoptosis could contribute to the pathogenesis of COPD presenting emphysematous changes; however, the common mutation at position 936 in the 3' untranslated region of...

journal_title：Chest

authors： Sakao S,Tatsumi K,Hashimoto T,Igari H,Shino Y,Shirasawa H,Kuriyama T

更新日期：2003-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The definition of a standard therapy for resectable esophageal cancer remains a clinical controversy. In the past decade, a variety of strategies have been developed in an attempt to improve local control and decrease the all too common problem of distant metastases. Preoperative treatment with radiotherapy or chemoth...

journal_title：Chest

authors： DeCamp MM Jr,Swanson SJ,Jaklitsch MT

更新日期：1999-12-01 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：:To assess the role of open lung biopsy in patients with the acquired immunodeficiency syndrome (AIDS), we retrospectively reviewed the cases of 42 patients with AIDS who underwent this procedure for the diagnosis of pulmonary infiltrates. Four patients had no preceding bronchoscopy because the severity of the respirat...

journal_title：Chest

authors： Fitzgerald W,Bevelaqua FA,Garay SM,Aranda CP

更新日期：1987-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To compare the bronchodilator effectiveness of albuterol reformulated in the chlorofluorocarbon-free propellant hydrofluoroalkane (HFA)134a (Proventil HFA) to that of Ventolin and HFA placebo over 12 weeks of regular dosing. DESIGN:Randomized, double-blind, double-dummy, parallel group, placebo-controlled, m...

journal_title：Chest

authors： Bleecker ER,Tinkelman DG,Ramsdell J,Ekholm BP,Klinger NM,Colice GL,Slade HB

更新日期：1998-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：CASE PRESENTATION:A 37-year-old man with poorly controlled type 2 diabetes presented with severe right-sided pleuritic chest pain, respiratory splinting, and cough. Two weeks earlier, he had been evaluated at an urgent care for cough and was prescribed a 5-day course of azithromycin for bronchitis. He then presented to...

journal_title：Chest

authors： Galant-Swafford J,Light M,Onaitis MW,Rawlings SA,Fierer J,Landsberg JW

更新日期：2019-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A 41-year-old man was found to have a miliary infiltrate on chest roentgenogram two months after recovery from varicella pneumonia. The patient remained in good health and there was no objective sign of pulmonary disease. The infiltrate showed no change in subsequent serial chest films, and after one year, open lung b...

journal_title：Chest

authors： Meyer B,Stalder H,Wegmann W

更新日期：1986-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Ischemic myocardium undergoes many physiologic changes, including alterations in contractile function, histologic condition, and oxygen utilization. Reperfusion of ischemic myocardium may reverse some of these changes; however, the level of reperfusion needed for adequate functional recovery, as opposed to myocyte sal...

journal_title：Chest

authors： Rohs TJ Jr,Benedict MB,Bolling SF

更新日期：1997-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Fenoterol hydrobromide (Berotec; formerly Th 1165a) is a sympathomimetic bronchodilator drug. Twenty subjects with mild to moderate reversible bronchospasm completed a double-blind multiple crossover study of single doses of 5 mg, 7.5 mg, and 10 mg of fenoterol hydrobromide, 24 mg of ephedrine, and placebo. Spirometri...

journal_title：Chest

authors： Steen SN,Smith R,Kuo J,Ziment I,Beall G

更新日期：1977-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To determine the sensitivity of bacteriologic studies in pediatric pulmonary tuberculosis. PATIENTS AND METHODS:Between January 1988 and December 1996, 104 consecutive patients aged 0 to 18 years received a diagnosis of primary pulmonary tuberculosis at our institution. Demographic, clinical, laboratory, and...

journal_title：Chest

authors： Merino JM,Alvarez T,Marrero M,Ansó S,Elvira A,Iglesias G,González JB

更新日期：2001-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The effect of broxaterol, a new beta 2-agonist, on respiratory muscle endurance and strength was studied in a double-blind, placebo-controlled, randomized crossover clinical trial in 16 patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) with irreversible airway obstruction (FEV1 = 57.1 percent of predicted). O...

journal_title：Chest

authors： Nava S,Crotti P,Gurrieri G,Fracchia C,Rampulla C

更新日期：1992-01-01 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：:Among 1,700 primary tumors of the lung, there were 53 cases of bronchial adenoma (3.1 percent); 38 (72 percent) of the 53 were typical carcinoids, and the remaining 15 were of a higher grade of malignant neoplasm. There was a slight predominance of female patients, and the age of greatest incidence was between 30 and ...

journal_title：Chest

authors： de Lima R

更新日期：1980-01-01 00:00:00