Clinical features of Pseudomonas cepacia pneumonia in an epidemic among immunocompromised patients.

abstract：STUDY OBJECTIVE:To analyze the cough response to three airway challenges in order to clarify whether the recording of the provoked coughs would be beneficial in the management of asthma. DESIGN:A prospective study. SETTING:University hospital. PARTICIPANTS:Fifteen healthy subjects, 16 steroid-naïve subjects with ast...

journal_title：Chest

authors： Koskela HO,Kontra KM,Purokivi MK,Randell JT

更新日期：2005-11-01 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：OBJECTIVE:Choices of pharmacologic therapies for pulmonary arterial hypertension (PAH) are ideally guided by high-level evidence. The objective of this guideline is to provide clinicians advice regarding pharmacologic therapy for adult patients with PAH as informed by available evidence. METHODS:This guideline was bas...

journal_title：Chest

authors： Taichman DB,Ornelas J,Chung L,Klinger JR,Lewis S,Mandel J,Palevsky HI,Rich S,Sood N,Rosenzweig EB,Trow TK,Yung R,Elliott CG,Badesch DB

更新日期：2014-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Nerve growth factor (NGF) is a neurotrophic cytokine with immunomodulatory activity. NGF contributes to neurogenic inflammation and has been described in asthma and idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis. OBJECTIVES:To identify and quantify NGF in serum and peripheral blood lymphocyte cultures from pigeon fanciers, ...

journal_title：Chest

authors： McSharry CP,Fraser I,Chaudhuri R,Anderson K,Bourke SJ,Thomson NC,Boyd G

更新日期：2006-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Each of four examiners performed standardized physical examinations on a group of patients who had just undergone tests of ventilatory function. The intensity of breath sounds heard with deep inspiration was graded on a rating scale of 0 to 4; the grades in six areas of the chest were added to give a total score, with...

journal_title：Chest

authors： Pardee NE,Martin CJ,Morgan EH

更新日期：1976-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Our study assessed the short-term effect of electrical muscle stimulation (EMS) of the lower extremities on the thenar muscle microcirculation of patients who are critically ill. METHODS:Twenty-nine hospital ICU patients (19 men; mean [+/- SD] age, 58 +/- 19 years; mean acute physiology and chronic health e...

journal_title：Chest

authors： Gerovasili V,Tripodaki E,Karatzanos E,Pitsolis T,Markaki V,Zervakis D,Routsi C,Roussos C,Nanas S

更新日期：2009-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In order to determine which patients with congestive heart failure (CHF) develop Cheyne-Stokes respiration (CSR) during sleep, we compared the cardiorespiratory profiles of CHF patients with CSR to those of CHF patients without CSR. Overnight polysomnography and continuous transcutaneous PCO2 (tc PCO2) monitoring, est...

journal_title：Chest

authors： Hanly P,Zuberi N,Gray R

更新日期：1993-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This study represents an analysis of 13 cases of ruptured interventricular septum occurring as a complication of myocardial infarction. The cases considered appeared to divide themselves into two groups. One group survived the septal rupture for weeks or months and underwent surgery in the chronic stage. The patients ...

journal_title：Chest

authors： Kaplan MA,Harris CN,Kay JH,Parker DP,Magidson O

更新日期：1976-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The two-dimensional cross-sectional echocardiographic diagnosis of bicuspid aortic valves is described and compared with results of M-mode echocardiograms. Aortic valve anatomy was determined in 19 selected patients by angiography, and confirmed in five by direct surgical visualization. Using an eccentricity index (EI...

journal_title：Chest

authors： Fowles RE,Martin RP,Abrams JM,Schapira JN,French JW,Popp RL

更新日期：1979-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:To validate color Doppler ultrasonography of renal arteries for the assessment of renal blood flow (RBF), we compared left and right RBF estimates and their sum (total RBF) by echo-Doppler with data obtained by iodine 123-123I-p-aminohippuric acid (PAH) scintigraphy in 19 patients with heart failure and 7 normal contr...

journal_title：Chest

authors： Vigna C,Russo A,Barbano F,Fusilli S,Loperfido F

更新日期：1995-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Pleural effusions frequently accumulate in patients with left-sided heart failure. However, our recent study in patients with idiopathic and heritable pulmonary arterial hypertension (PAH) demonstrated that pleural effusions frequently occur in patients with isolated right-sided heart failure (RHF). The obje...

journal_title：Chest

authors： Luo YF,Robbins IM,Karatas M,Brixey AG,Rice TW,Light RW

更新日期：2011-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Carotid arteriosclerosis and sleep apnea are considered as independent risk factors for stroke. Whether sleep apnea mediates severity of carotid stenosis remains unclear. Sleep apnea comprises two pathophysiologic conditions: OSA and central sleep apnea (CSA). Although OSA results from upper airway occlusion...

journal_title：Chest

authors： Ehrhardt J,Schwab M,Finn S,Guenther A,Schultze T,Witte OW,Rupprecht S

更新日期：2015-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A 69-year-old man developed a rupture of the papillary muscle on the fifth day of acute posterior myocardial infarction. The two-dimensional echocardiographic features of ruptured papillary muscle included (1) mobile mass of echos attached to normal chordae tendineae in the left ventricle, (2) absent tip of papillary ...

journal_title：Chest

authors： Erbel R,Schweizer P,Bardos P,Meyer J

更新日期：1981-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Four patients with elevated creatine phosphokinase (CPK) values and recurrent chest pain were found to have thoracic outlet syndrome. This association of abnormal CPK levels and chest pain due to thoracic outlet syndrome has not been previously reported. Symptoms and CPK values improved with anti-inflammatory medicati...

journal_title：Chest

authors： Godfrey NF,Halter DG,Minna DA,Weiss M,Lorber A

更新日期：1983-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Single-breath carbon monoxide diffusing capacity (Dsb) was measured before and during immersion of one hand in ice water (cold pressor test) in the following three groups of subjects: (1) normal subjects; (2) patients with isolated Raynaud's disease; and (3) patients with Raynaud's phenomenon and progressive systemic ...

journal_title：Chest

authors： Miller MJ

更新日期：1983-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：CASE PRESENTATION:An 84-year-old man without a history of smoking presented with progressive dyspnea of 6 months' duration accompanied by fatigue and unintentional weight loss. He denied fever, chills, chest pain, hemoptysis, rash, joint pains, or muscle aches. He had multiple hospitalizations for similar presentations...

journal_title：Chest

authors： Fakih HAM,Samra Y,Ataya A,Prasad A,Papierniak E,Wakefield D,Urbine D

更新日期：2017-08-01 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：:Medical malpractice with its associated costs, including insurance premiums, impact on practice, consequences for career and insurability, and emotional toll, is a reality of practicing medicine in the United States. Understanding the types of claims that may be asserted, the issues to consider when securing insurance...

journal_title：Chest

authors： Nepps ME

更新日期：2008-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Bronchopulmonary C-fibers and a subset of mechanically sensitive, acid-sensitive myelinated sensory nerves play essential roles in regulating cough. These vagal sensory nerves terminate primarily in the larynx, trachea, carina, and large intrapulmonary bronchi. Other bronchopulmonary sensory nerves, sensory nerves inn...

journal_title：Chest

authors： Canning BJ,Chang AB,Bolser DC,Smith JA,Mazzone SB,McGarvey L,CHEST Expert Cough Panel.

更新日期：2014-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：CASE PRESENTATION:A 32-year-old Nigerian woman, who became pregnant after undergoing in vitro fertilization, was admitted with nausea and abdominal pain. She had a history of two miscarriages and infertility because of tubal blockage treated by salpingectomy. One week prior, she presented to an outside hospital with pr...

journal_title：Chest

authors： Amin S,Stone D,Anderlind C

更新日期：2019-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The weak relationship between left ventricular function and exercise capacity in heart failure has stimulated interest in neurohumoral mechanisms as possibly contributing to exercise intolerance. Although chronic activation of neuroendocrine systems is characteristic of heart failure and is accompanied by impaired ref...

journal_title：Chest

authors： Cohn JN

更新日期：1992-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:COPD is accepted to be a multicomponent disease with various comorbidities. To our knowledge, the contribution of the GI tract to the systemic manifestation of COPD has never been investigated. This metabolically active organ may experience recurring local oxygen deficits during daily life, leading to distur...

journal_title：Chest

authors： Rutten EPA,Lenaerts K,Buurman WA,Wouters EFM

更新日期：2014-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Persistent minor hemoptysis resulted from extensive granulation tissue on the main carina and adjacent bronchi due to frequent spraying of metered-dose inhaler (MDI)-generated aerosol medications directly into a permanent tracheostomy. Salbutamol, containing oleic acid, was considered the most likely cause. After an A...

journal_title：Chest

authors： Newhouse MT

更新日期：1999-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：STUDY OBJECTIVES:Poor dental hygiene has been linked to respiratory pathogen colonization in residents of long-term care facilities. We sought to investigate the association between dental plaque (DP) colonization and lower respiratory tract infection in hospitalized institutionalized elders using molecular genotyping....

journal_title：Chest

authors： El-Solh AA,Pietrantoni C,Bhat A,Okada M,Zambon J,Aquilina A,Berbary E

更新日期：2004-11-01 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：: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：STUDY OBJECTIVES:The primary objective was to determine whether high-dose formoterol, 24 mug bid, was associated with more asthma exacerbations compared with lower formoterol doses in patients with stable persistent asthma. Serious asthma exacerbations (life threatening or requiring hospitalization) were the primary en...

journal_title：Chest

authors： Wolfe J,Laforce C,Friedman B,Sokol W,Till D,Della Cioppa G,van As A

更新日期：2006-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A 20-year-old woman developed severe shortness of breath 4 h after a cesarean section. Chest roentgenogram showed a pleural effusion and tension pneumothorax; insertion of a chest tube drained liquid stool. At surgery she was found to have a left diaphragmatic defect with herniation, strangulation, and perforation of ...

journal_title：Chest

authors： Lacayo L,Taveras JM 3rd,Sosa N,Ratzan KR

更新日期：1993-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A 60-year-old man presented with features of superior vena cava (SVC) obstruction. On evaluation, he was diagnosed as having angioimmunoblastic lymphadenopathy with dysproteinemia (AILD). SVC obstruction due to AILD, to our knowledge, has not been described. ...

journal_title：Chest

authors： Sanghvi S,Kothari AS,Hathi BC,Sharma RG

更新日期：1991-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The first report of coincident IHSS and ostium secundum ASD is corroborated and successful septal myotomy and myectomy with patch closure of the ASD is described. ...

journal_title：Chest

authors： Smith DC,Vieweg WV,Folkerth TL,Hagan AD

更新日期：1975-08-01 00:00:00