Asbestos-related rounded atelectasis. Radiologic and mineralogic data in 23 cases.

abstract：STUDY OBJECTIVE:To evaluate the safety and efficacy of additional minocycline pleurodesis after thoracoscopic treatment of primary spontaneous pneumothorax. DESIGN:Retrospective comparative study with a historical control. SETTING:Thoracic surgical division of a university-affiliated tertiary medical center. PATIENT...

journal_title：Chest

authors： Chen JS,Hsu HH,Kuo SW,Tsai PR,Chen RJ,Lee JM,Lee YC

更新日期：2004-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:It is known that smoking affects the development and maintenance of certain types of granulomatous lung diseases. To explore this mechanism(s), we measured tumor necrosis factor (TNF)-alpha concentrations in the culture supernatants of lipopolysaccharide (LPS)-stimulated alveolar macrophages (AMs) in 13 healthy nonsmo...

journal_title：Chest

authors： Yamaguchi E,Itoh A,Furuya K,Miyamoto H,Abe S,Kawakami Y

更新日期：1993-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Eighteen asymptomatic postmenopausal women volunteered to ingest 2 ml of 100-proof vodka per kg of body weight in orange juice on one night and a placebo on another. Overnight sleep monitoring was performed immediately thereafter. Alcohol ingestion caused reduction in total sleep time from 329 to 281 minutes and a dec...

journal_title：Chest

authors： Block AJ,Hellard DW,Slayton PC

更新日期：1985-08-01 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 optimal antithrombotic therapy strategy for atrial fibrillation (AF) patients who undergo percutaneous coronary intervention with stent implantation (PCI-S) is unknown. We assessed the safety of antithrombotic therapy strategies in AF patients with indication for oral anticoagulation (OAC) undergoing PCI...

journal_title：Chest

authors： Manzano-Fernández S,Pastor FJ,Marín F,Cambronero F,Caro C,Pascual-Figal DA,Garrido IP,Pinar E,Valdés M,Lip GYH

更新日期：2008-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:The measurement of esophageal pressure (Pes) is the conventional method for the evaluation of the forces applied to the respiratory system by the respiratory muscles. As an alternative to Pes measurement, we propose the calculation of the instantaneous net pressure applied by the respiratory muscles [Pmusc(t)...

journal_title：Chest

authors： Iotti GA,Braschi A,Brunner JX,Palo A,Olivei MC

更新日期：1995-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Lung cancer rates and mortality have risen in epidemic proportions in the United States and other industrialized nations during the 20th century. Case-control and cohort studies performed in the 1950s and 1960s firmly established cigarette smoking as the single greatest risk factor for lung cancer. In the United State...

journal_title：Chest

authors： Samet JM

更新日期：1993-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The diagnosis of aortic ring abscess by cross-sectional echocardiography has not been reported. In this paper, a case of bacterial endocarditis of the aortic valve extending to the aortic ring and the mitral valve is reported. The role of cross-sectional echocardiography in defining the anatomic distortion of the aort...

journal_title：Chest

authors： Mardelli TJ,Ogawa S,Hubbard FE,Dreifus LS,Meixell LL

更新日期：1978-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：STUDY OBJECTIVES:Inspiratory capacity (IC) has been proposed as a simple method to assess acute changes in functional residual capacity (FRC) with bronchodilation, assuming that total lung capacity (TLC) is unchanged. This assumption is based on studies using body plethysmography, which may not accurately measure TLC i...

journal_title：Chest

authors： Duranti R,Filippelli M,Bianchi R,Romagnoli I,Pellegrino R,Brusasco V,Scano G

更新日期：2002-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A 62-year-old woman presented with a 3-month history of abdominal distension and decreased exercise tolerance. A chest radiograph showed a probable left pleural effusion (Fig 1). A CT scan of the abdomen revealed a solid ovarian mass with omental caking and a large volume of ascites; there was also confirmation of a l...

journal_title：Chest

authors： Salinas PD,Toth LN,Manning HL

更新日期：2015-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The leading cause of pericardial effusion in urban hospitals is now AIDS-related pathologies. Clinically, these effusions are a diagnostic and management dilemma. In our institution, pericardial biopsy and operative drainage have become part of the diagnostic and management plan. Surgical intervention, howev...

journal_title：Chest

authors： Flum DR,McGinn JT Jr,Tyras DH

更新日期：1995-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The presence and progression of interstitial lung abnormalities (ILAs) is known to be associated with a decline of lung function and increased risk of mortality. RESEARCH QUESTION:We aimed to elucidate the clinical course according to ILAs in patients with COPD. STUDY DESIGN AND METHODS:A retrospective stu...

journal_title：Chest

authors： Lee TS,Jin KN,Lee HW,Yoon SY,Park TY,Heo EY,Kim DK,Chung HS,Lee JK

更新日期：2021-01-01 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：STUDY OBJECTIVES:To examine the utilization of chemoprophylaxis for tuberculosis in certain high-risk groups, ie, infected contacts 50 years and older, and to study the safety of isoniazid (INH) preventive therapy in such persons. DESIGN:From 1987 to 1992, two-part questionnaires were sent to each of the regional heal...

journal_title：Chest

authors： Sorresso DJ,Mehta JB,Harvill LM,Bentley S

更新日期：1995-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:To further delineate indications for noninvasive pressure support ventilation (NIPSV), we proposed this noninvasive technique as an alternative to endotracheal intubation in 17 consecutive patients with acute respiratory failure from various causes. Eight patients (47 percent) were successfully ventilated with NIPSV, ...

journal_title：Chest

authors： Wysocki M,Tric L,Wolff MA,Gertner J,Millet H,Herman B

更新日期：1993-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Lung cancer, the most prevalent cancer in the western world, is predominantly caused by smoking and thus perceived as a "self-inflicted" disease. Nevertheless, only 20% of smokers develop lung cancer. This review examines the concept of high-risk populations and screening. It looks at developments in the molecular epi...

journal_title：Chest

authors： Smyth JF

更新日期：1996-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:To determine whether certain occupations and occupationally related exposures were associated with a history of sarcoidosis in African-American siblings. METHODS:We collected occupational data from 921 African Americans in 273 sibships that had been identified through a sarcoidosis case. Among the 648 sibli...

journal_title：Chest

authors： Kucera GP,Rybicki BA,Kirkey KL,Coon SW,Major ML,Maliarik MJ,Iannuzzi MC

更新日期：2003-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：STUDY OBJECTIVE:To compare the acute bronchodilatory effect of the long-acting beta2-agonist formoterol against the short-acting beta2-agonist (SABA) terbutaline during exercise-induced bronchoconstriction (EIB) in children with asthma. DESIGN:A randomized, double-blind, placebo-controlled, crossover study of the imme...

journal_title：Chest

authors： Hermansen MN,Nielsen KG,Buchvald F,Jespersen JJ,Bengtsson T,Bisgaard H

更新日期：2006-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:These data suggest that the alveolar lining layer and lamellar body membranes contain the same saline-insoluble proteins, two of which are unusual in that they contain hydroxyproline and large amounts of glycine. Neither the function nor the origin of these glycopeptides has been established, and we are currently eval...

journal_title：Chest

authors： Passero MA,Bhattacharyya SN,Sahu S,Lynn WS

更新日期：1975-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We performed autonomic function testing in 68 patients, 34 with diabetes mellitus (group A) and 34 without (group B), at 72 h after a first acute myocardial infarction (MI) to determine the prevalence of autonomic dysfunction in these patients. Heart rate (HR) variation during 6 breaths/min obtained from mean of longe...

journal_title：Chest

authors： Bhatnagar SK,Al-Yusuf AR,Al-Asfoor AR

更新日期：1987-11-01 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：:Nocturnal noninvasive ventilation (NNV), the provision of ventilatory assistance via a noninvasive interface mainly during sleep, has assumed an important role in the management of chronic hypoventilatory syndromes. This review focuses on recent developments related to the use of NNV to treat various forms of chronic ...

journal_title：Chest

authors： Ozsancak A,D'Ambrosio C,Hill NS

更新日期：2008-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In 17 patients with adult respiratory distress syndrome, we used data derived from computed tomographic (CT) scan densitometric analysis to validate the value of portable chest roentgenograms in objectively estimating the amount of pulmonary edema. Chest roentgenograms and CT scans were taken in the same ventilatory c...

journal_title：Chest

authors： Bombino M,Gattinoni L,Pesenti A,Pistolesi M,Miniati M

更新日期：1991-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：STUDY OBJECTIVE:To examine the hemodynamic and metabolic short-term effects of hypophosphatemia correction in patients with septic shock receiving catecholamine therapy. DESIGN:Prospective, single cohort study. SETTING:ICU, university hospital. PATIENTS:Ten patients with septic shock and hypophosphatemia below 2 mg/...

journal_title：Chest

authors： Bollaert PE,Levy B,Nace L,Laterre PF,Larcan A

更新日期：1995-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We describe a case of unsuspected infrahepatic interruption of the inferior vena cava with hemiazygos continuation in a 67-year-old man presenting with chest pain and evidence of mitral regurgitation. He had no persistent superior vena cava, with the hemiazygos draining directly into the right superior vena cava. Poly...

journal_title：Chest

authors： Dellavalle A,Ribichini F,Steffenino G

更新日期：1994-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：STUDY OBJECTIVES:Community-acquired pneumonia (CAP) is a widespread disease with important implications for health-care systems worldwide. This study investigated direct costs, treatment patterns, and outcomes associated with two patient cohorts hospitalized with CAP. DESIGN:The study design was naturalistic, prospect...

journal_title：Chest

authors： Bauer TT,Welte T,Ernen C,Schlosser BM,Thate-Waschke I,de Zeeuw J,Schultze-Werninghaus G

更新日期：2005-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We evaluated the effects of a new semisynthetic macrolide antibiotic, roxithromycin, on the bronchial hyperresponsiveness to histamine in children with asthma. Twelve hospitalized asthmatic children, aged 11 to 15 years (mean age, 12.9 years), were enrolled in this study. They were treated with 150 mg of roxithromycin...

journal_title：Chest

authors： Shimizu T,Kato M,Mochizuki H,Tokuyama K,Morikawa A,Kuroume T

更新日期：1994-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The current epidemic of acquired immune deficiency syndrome (AIDS) raises numerous public policy concerns for the medical community. The issues can be divided into two groups. Those concerns which require both immediate action and results are referred to as short-term issues. Those issues whose results will not be for...

journal_title：Chest

authors： Panem S

更新日期：1984-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Fine-needle aspiration biopsy of the spleen was carried out in 557 patients. In 381 cases, the aspiration was performed because of suspected sarcoidosis. The sensitivity of the technique was 59 percent and the specificity 97 percent. The cytologic picture of the spleen was abnormal in 184 patients with sarcoidosis and...

journal_title：Chest

authors： Selroos O,Koivunen E

更新日期：1983-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:To evaluate the role of inhaled ipratropium bromide in acute asthma, a double-blind study of 384 emergency department patients compared the effect of the combination of ipratropium and albuterol with that of albuterol alone. Patients were randomized to receive nebulizer treatments with either 2.5 mg of albuterol or 2....

journal_title：Chest

authors： Karpel JP,Schacter EN,Fanta C,Levey D,Spiro P,Aldrich T,Menjoge SS,Witek TJ

更新日期：1996-09-01 00:00:00