Re-evaluation of bone marrow aspiration in the diagnosis of miliary tuberculosis.

abstract：BACKGROUND:Although tuberculosis (TB) and other lung infections are common throughout the developing world, they are not among the most common causes of chronic cough. METHODS:Articles were selected from a MEDLINE search from 1966 through 2003 (using medical subject heading words "cough," "tuberculosis," and "lung inf...

journal_title：Chest

authors： Rosen MJ

更新日期：2006-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Pulmonary specimens obtained from ten normal subjects and 53 patients with various pulmonary diseases were studied with energy-dispersive x-ray analysis. The amount of silicon in the pulmonary tissue was determined and expressed as a silicon/sulfur (Si/S) ratio. This Si/S ratio was below 0.2 in the ten normal subjects...

journal_title：Chest

authors： Funahashi A,Schlueter DP,Pintar K,Siegesmund KA

更新日期：1984-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Fatal pulmonary embolism (PE) is a major cause of mortality in patients with spinal cord injury. In order to ascertain those characteristics that might predict this event, we reviewed the records of all patients with autopsy-proven massive PE admitted to a regional spinal cord care center over a 5-year period. The inf...

journal_title：Chest

authors： Green D,Twardowski P,Wei R,Rademaker AW

更新日期：1994-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Imaging and Doppler echocardiography permits assessment of right ventricular size and systolic function and of pulmonary arterial pressures, and it may facilitate detection of thromboemboli within the heart or pulmonary artery. In patients with acute pulmonary embolism of sufficient severity to appreciably increase ri...

journal_title：Chest

authors： Come PC

更新日期：1992-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：STUDY OBJECTIVE:The aim of this study was to investigate the basal level as well as the tumor necrosis factor (TNF)-alpha- and interferon (IFN)-gamma-induced expression and release of the neutrophil chemoattractants interleukin (IL)-8 and growth-related oncogene (GRO)-alpha in primary bronchial epithelial cells (PBECs)...

journal_title：Chest

authors： Schulz C,Krätzel K,Wolf K,Schroll S,Köhler M,Pfeifer M

更新日期：2004-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Acute care nurse practitioners (ACNPs) are increasingly being employed in ICUs to offset physician shortages, but no data exist about outcomes of critically ill patients continuously cared for by ACNPs. METHODS:Prospective cohort study of all admissions to an adult medical ICU in an academic, tertiary-care ...

journal_title：Chest

authors： Landsperger JS,Semler MW,Wang L,Byrne DW,Wheeler AP

更新日期：2016-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：STUDY OBJECTIVE:To determine the effectiveness of treatment with corticosteroids in patients with COPD. METHODS:In this study, we investigated the effect of a 2-year treatment with corticosteroids on clinical symptoms and the decline of lung function in 58 nonallergic patients with COPD. Subjects were treated in a dou...

journal_title：Chest

authors： Renkema TE,Schouten JP,Koëter GH,Postma DS

更新日期：1996-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：UNLABELLED:Protected specimen brush (PSB) is considered to be one of the standard methods for the diagnosis of ventilator-associated pneumonia, but to our knowledge, intraindividual variability in results has not been reported previously. PURPOSE:To compare the results of two PSB performed in the same subsegment on pa...

journal_title：Chest

authors： Timsit JF,Misset B,Francoual S,Goldstein FW,Vaury P,Carlet J

更新日期：1993-07-01 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：BACKGROUND:Identification of sleep-disordered breathing (SDB) using questionnaires is critical from a clinical and research perspective. However, which questions to use and how well such questionnaires perform has thus far been fraught with substantial uncertainty. We aimed at delineating the usefulness of a set of que...

journal_title：Chest

authors： Spruyt K,Gozal D

更新日期：2012-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Aortic intramural hematoma (IMH) is related to but is pathologically distinct from aortic dissection. In this potentially lethal entity, there is hemorrhage into the aortic media in the absence of an intimal tear. Although intimal disruption is not present, the prognosis is similar to that of classic aortic dissection...

journal_title：Chest

authors： Sawhney NS,DeMaria AN,Blanchard DG

更新日期：2001-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Obstructive sleep apnea (OSA) is a highly prevalent disorder that has been associated with an increased risk for cardiovascular morbidity, even in children. However, not all children with OSA manifest alterations in endothelial postocclusive hyperemia, an endothelial nitric oxide synthase (eNOS)-dependent re...

journal_title：Chest

authors： Kheirandish-Gozal L,Khalyfa A,Gozal D,Bhattacharjee R,Wang Y

更新日期：2013-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Various malformations of the aortic arch and great vessels have been reported in the literature, which reflects the complexity of their embryologic development. Most of them are of incidental finding and remain asymptomatic but can be responsible for respiratory or digestive symptoms and be associated with congenital ...

journal_title：Chest

authors： Verin AL,Creuze N,Musset D

更新日期：2010-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The purpose of this study was to rationalize the choice of injector and bronchoscope sizes during bronchoscopy under general anesthesia using the Sanders attachment technique. Arterial Po2 and Pco2, FIo2, and peak inspiratory pressure at the tip of the bronchoscope were plotted against the ratio (RI/B) of the internal...

journal_title：Chest

authors： Zveibil F,Lemer J,De Myttenaere S,Birkhan J,Bursztein S

更新日期：1982-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Previous studies have described oxygen delivery (DO2) and oxygen consumption (VO2) relationships in patients with ARDS and other acute diseases that suggest occasions when VO2 may be dependent on the supply of oxygen, ie, DO2. We studied 127 postoperative patients who developed ARDS to evaluate the relationship of DO2...

journal_title：Chest

authors： Appel PL,Shoemaker WC

更新日期：1992-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The association between pulmonary impairment and all-cause mortality was investigated among white subjects in a follow-up study of a large national cohort. Pulmonary function was measured during the National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey (NHANESI) (1971 to 1975); subsequent mortality information was obtained...

journal_title：Chest

authors： Bang KM,Gergen PJ,Kramer R,Cohen B

更新日期：1993-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Bronchoscopy specimens from 183 known/suspected acquired immunodeficiency syndrome patients were evaluated for pathogens. In each case, transbronchial biopsies were evaluated and bronchoalveolar lavage material was cultured for viruses, fungi and mycobacteria and examined cytologically. A specimen was considered posit...

journal_title：Chest

authors： Weldon-Linne CM,Rhone DP,Bourassa R

更新日期：1990-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:One hundred one subjects living in northwest Hunan Province, People's Republic of China (PRC) were tested with histolyn, (Berkeley Biological Laboratories), spherulin (Berkeley Biological Laboratories), and tubersol (PPD 5 tuberculin units, Connaught Laboratories). Age of the tested subjects ranged from 16 to 58 years...

journal_title：Chest

authors： Baum GL,Wu JN,Hua SS,Baum C,Ajello L

更新日期：1990-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Photodynamic therapy (PDT) is considered a useful and minimally invasive modality for treating centrally located early lung cancer. To date, there has been limited information on the long-term outcome of patients treated with PDT, especially those who are medically operable. METHODS:Beginning in 1994, patie...

journal_title：Chest

authors： Endo C,Miyamoto A,Sakurada A,Aikawa H,Sagawa M,Sato M,Saito Y,Kondo T

更新日期：2009-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We describe an unusual and remediable form of heart block which developed in the course of Lyme disease. The diagnosis of Lyme disease requires a careful clinical history pertaining to epidemiologic geography or a history of erythema chronicum migrans. In this case, a highly selective cardiac abnormality responded pro...

journal_title：Chest

authors： Bedell SE,Pastor BM,Cohen SI

更新日期：1981-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:Physician productivity, practice expense, resource allocation, facilities, staff, and malpractice are variables in medical practice profitability. The ongoing challenge of collecting reliable and consistent data created an opportunity in 2001 for the American College of Chest Physicians (ACCP) Practice Admin...

journal_title：Chest

authors： Bauer JS,French KD

更新日期：2006-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Brain natriuretic peptide (BNP), also called B-type natriuretic peptide, is a member of a family of structurally related hormones, the natriuretic peptides. Current data suggest that measurement of BNP plasma concentrations is a useful tool in the diagnosis of acute heart failure in patients presenting to an emergency...

journal_title：Chest

authors： de Denus S,Pharand C,Williamson DR

更新日期：2004-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Lowest receptor occupancy for a drug occurs at trough prior to the next dose. Previous studies have focused on the effects of triple therapy at peak dose intervals using forced expiratory maneuvers. Impulse oscillometry (IOS) and body plethysmography (PLETH) are more sensitive than spirometry to assess inhal...

journal_title：Chest

authors： Williamson PA,Short PM,Clearie KL,Vaidyanathan S,Fardon TC,Howaniec LJ,Lipworth BJ

更新日期：2010-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Congenital subclavian steal consists of atresia of the proximal end of the subclavian artery, while the blood supply to the distal portion of the subclavian artery originates from the circle of Willis. It should be suspected in complicated malformations of the heart associated with marked hypoplasia or interruption of...

journal_title：Chest

authors： Garcia O,Wilkins R,Cunha D,Jesse MJ

更新日期：1975-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Contemporary clinical risk stratification schemata for predicting stroke and thromboembolism (TE) in patients with atrial fibrillation (AF) are largely derived from risk factors identified from trial cohorts. Thus, many potential risk factors have not been included. METHODS:We refined the 2006 Birmingham/Na...

journal_title：Chest

authors： Lip GY,Nieuwlaat R,Pisters R,Lane DA,Crijns HJ

更新日期：2010-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We report a case of pancreatitis, which occurred while the patient was on a propofol drip and then recurred after resolution following an inadvertent rechallenge with propofol. The initial episode was associated with hypertriglyceridemia, whereas the latter was not. The association between propofol and pancreatitis is...

journal_title：Chest

authors： Kumar AN,Schwartz DE,Lim KG

更新日期：1999-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The manifestations of amiodarone pulmonary toxicity (APT) are generally nonspecific, and a diagnosis requires appropriate clinical history, laboratory testing consistent with toxicity, and exclusion of other disease entities. To our knowledge, hemoptysis associated with APT has not been described before; the following...

journal_title：Chest

authors： Vizioli LD,Cho S

更新日期：1994-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The "elimination" of the left atrial appendage (LAA) seems to be an attractive alternative to oral anticoagulation in the treatment of atrial fibrillation, especially in patients with contraindications to oral anticoagulation therapy. The LAA, however, plays an important role in the maintenance and regulation of the c...

journal_title：Chest

authors： Stöllberger C,Schneider B,Finsterer J

更新日期：2003-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In rabbits, an experimental model of fat embolism was produced that simulates the course of events in the clinical situation. Small doses of fat-cell suspension (0.075 ml/kg of body weight), prepared by collagenase treatment of homologous adipose tissue, were injected intravenously. Concomitantly, hypovolemia was prod...

journal_title：Chest

authors： Cotev S,Rosenmann E,Eyal Z,Weinberg H,Shafrir E,Davidson JT

更新日期：1976-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Surgical patients with OSA are at increased risk for perioperative complications. Postoperative supplemental oxygen is commonly used, but it may contribute to respiratory depression in patients with OSA receiving opioids. The objective of the study is to investigate the effect of postoperative supplemental o...

journal_title：Chest

authors： Liao P,Wong J,Singh M,Wong DT,Islam S,Andrawes M,Shapiro CM,White DP,Chung F

更新日期：2017-03-01 00:00:00