Greenfield inferior vena cava filter dislodged during central venous catheter placement.

abstract：:About one-third of the world population has latent TB infection (LTBI), the majority of which is distributed in 22 high-burden countries. Early diagnosis and treatment of active TB remains the top priority in resource-poor countries with high TB prevalence. Notwithstanding, because LTBI contributes significantly to th...

journal_title：Chest

authors： Sharma SK,Mohanan S,Sharma A

更新日期：2012-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Endobronchial ultrasound-guided transbronchial needle aspiration (EBUS-TBNA) can reliably sample enlarged mediastinal lymph nodes in patients with non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC), and in practice is mostly used to sample nodes visible on CT or positron emission tomography (PET). Few data are available on the use of...

journal_title：Chest

authors： Herth FJ,Eberhardt R,Krasnik M,Ernst A

更新日期：2008-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：STUDY OBJECTIVE:To evaluate the role of quantitative cultures of BAL for diagnosing nosocomial pneumonia in mechanically ventilated patients. DESIGN:Cohort study. SETTING:Medical ICU, Hôpital Bichat, Paris, France, an academic tertiary care center. PATIENTS:A total of 141 episodes of suspected lung infection in 84 c...

journal_title：Chest

authors： Jourdain B,Joly-Guillou ML,Dombret MC,Calvat S,Trouillet JL,Gibert C,Chastre J

更新日期：1997-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Histochemical quantification of goblet cells and measurements of the epithelial thickness were made in the trachea of male and female rats exposed to fresh whole tobacco smoke for 30 consecutive days. Exposure to tobacco smoke resulted in an increase in the total goblet cell count in both sexes, with the female rats d...

journal_title：Chest

authors： Hayashi M,Sornberger GC,Huber GL

更新日期：1978-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A patient had left ventricular pseudoaneurysm after mitral valve replacement surgery. The diagnosis was made by color flow Doppler demonstration of systolic flow between the left ventricular chamber and an echo-free space posterior to the heart which was initially interpreted as localized pleural effusion. Color Doppl...

journal_title：Chest

authors： Alam M,Rosman HS,Lewis JW,Brymer JF

更新日期：1989-01-01 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：:False-negative results from transthoracic needle aspiration biopsy of malignant lung masses may occur if a central necrotic area is present and is the source of the biopsy material. The purpose of this study is to determine if the use of ultrasonic guidance can improve the sensitivity of lung needle biopsies in this c...

journal_title：Chest

authors： Pan JF,Yang PC,Chang DB,Lee YC,Kuo SH,Luh KT

更新日期：1993-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In this study, pleural calcifications prevailing in the inhabitants of some villages and towns around Diyarbakir, a city in southeast Turkey, have been found to be caused by the inhalation of chrysotile asbestos, the mineral commonly used indiscriminately to paint the walls and floors of houses. There were no industri...

journal_title：Chest

authors： Yazicioglu S

更新日期：1976-07-01 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：PURPOSE:Stenosis and occlusion rates of internal mammary artery (IMA) and saphenous vein (SV) coronary artery bypass grafts (CABGs) are markedly different, which result from respective disparities in vascular remodeling. Matrix metalloproteinases (MMPs) and tissue inhibitors of metalloproteinases (TIMPs) regulate vascu...

journal_title：Chest

authors： Anstadt MP,Franga DL,Portik-Dobos V,Pennathur A,Bannan M,Mawulawde K,Ergul A

更新日期：2004-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The Loyola Open-Heart Registry is a fully operational database that contains detailed data on approximately 9,000 patients who have undergone coronary bypass or cardiac valve replacement from January 1970 to December 1984. We analyzed the registry data using multivariate discriminant analysis to identify and quantitat...

journal_title：Chest

authors： Wright JG,Pifarré R,Sullivan HJ,Montoya A,Bakhos M,Grieco J,Jones R,Foy B,Gunnar RM,Bieniewski CL

更新日期：1987-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:It is unknown if the radiographic fibrosis score predicts mortality in persistent hypersensitivity pneumonitis (HP) and if survival is similar to that observed in idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis (IPF) when adjusting for the extent of radiographic fibrosis. METHODS:We reviewed records from 177 patients with HP...

journal_title：Chest

authors： Mooney JJ,Elicker BM,Urbania TH,Agarwal MR,Ryerson CJ,Nguyen MLT,Woodruff PG,Jones KD,Collard HR,King TE Jr,Koth LL

更新日期：2013-08-01 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：:Reported is a patient with bilateral pulmonary artery stenosis which developed concurrently with an episode of idiopathic pericarditis. This association has been unreported previously. The stenosis was corrected surgically. Postoperatively, magnetic resonance imaging was used to follow the status of the pulmonary arte...

journal_title：Chest

authors： Friedman MJ,Gabor GE,Fishman MC,Griepp RB

更新日期：1988-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Each of 100 chest radiographs selected randomly from a hospital population were read by five experienced radiologists. The films were rich in abnormal findings. Disagreement analysis was performed considering the entire content of the interpretation. The disagreements were graded by a panel as to type (false negative,...

journal_title：Chest

authors： Herman PG,Gerson DE,Hessel SJ,Mayer BS,Watnick M,Blesser B,Ozonoff D

更新日期：1975-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A 53-year-old woman with a large pericardial effusion and tamponade presented with signs of IHSS including a grade 4/6 apical systolic murmur, severe SAM, early systolic aortic valve closure and a small hypercontractile left ventricle but at most borderline left ventricular hypertrophy. Following pericardiocentesis, t...

journal_title：Chest

authors： Pandi AS,Kronik G

更新日期：1987-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：STUDY OBJECTIVE:To evaluate the relationship between obstructive sleep apnea (OSA) and ventilatory responsiveness to carbon dioxide in both men and women. DESIGN:An analysis of 219 patients referred to an university-based sleep center between 1989 to 1994 was conducted (104 with OSA and 115 without OSA; 43 women and 1...

journal_title：Chest

authors： Sin DD,Jones RL,Man GC

更新日期：2000-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Asthma may increase the risk of comorbid depressive disorders in children. Children suffering from asthma or depression are more often overweight. We examined whether depression was more likely in children with atopic and nonatopic asthma, independent of abdominal adiposity. METHODS:A cross-sectional analys...

journal_title：Chest

authors： Bahreinian S,Ball GDC,Colman I,Becker AB,Kozyrskyj AL

更新日期：2011-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The protein deacetylase sirtuin-1 (SIRT1) is an antiaging molecule that is decreased in the lung in patients with COPD. Recently, SIRT1 was reported to be detectable in serum, but serum SIRT1 (s120S) levels have not yet been reported in patients with COPD. METHODS:Serum SIRT1 protein of all samples was meas...

journal_title：Chest

authors： Yanagisawa S,Papaioannou AI,Papaporfyriou A,Baker JR,Vuppusetty C,Loukides S,Barnes PJ,Ito K

更新日期：2017-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Idiopathic bronchiolitis obliterans with organizing pneumonia (BOOP) is a clinicopathologic syndrome characterized by an indolent course and favorable prognosis. This report describes five patients with a fulminating and life-threatening variant of this syndrome. Four patients presented with respiratory failure requir...

journal_title：Chest

authors： Nizami IY,Kissner DG,Visscher DW,Dubaybo BA

更新日期：1995-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:One hundred forty patients with pleuropulmonary amebiasis were classified radiographically in order to rationalize therapy based on the use of metronidazole. Amebic testing with gel diffusion, serial chest x-ray films, and observation of the patient's response to treatment have dominated management of the patients, 13...

journal_title：Chest

authors： Cameron EW

更新日期：1978-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The last 5 years have brought dramatic changes to the care of patients with severe sepsis. While early diagnosis remains a challenge and, regrettably, a rapid, sensitive, and specific diagnostic test is still lacking, the methods to identify those critically ill patients who are likely to die have become clearer. The ...

journal_title：Chest

authors： Wheeler AP

更新日期：2007-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:There remains debate over the best invasive diagnostic modality for mediastinal nodal evaluation. Prior studies have limited generalizability and insufficient power to detect differences in rare adverse events. We compared the risks and costs of endobronchial ultrasound (EBUS)-guided nodal aspiration and med...

journal_title：Chest

authors： Verdial FC,Berfield KS,Wood DE,Mulligan MS,Roth JA,Francis DO,Farjah F

更新日期：2020-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Approximately 40% of patients in medical ICUs require mechanical ventilation (MV). Approximately 20% to 25% of these patients will encounter difficulties in discontinuing MV. Multiple studies have suggested that MV has an unloading effect on the respiratory muscles that leads to diaphragmatic atrophy and dys...

journal_title：Chest

authors： Grosu HB,Lee YI,Lee J,Eden E,Eikermann M,Rose KM

更新日期：2012-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Coronary bypass patients less than 40 years of age were identified and compared with a control group previously studied at our hospital. In patients less than 40 years, the average age was 35 years. Men comprised 90.1 percent of group 1, and 83.4 percent of group 2. Operative mortality was 2.89 percent for group 1 and...

journal_title：Chest

authors： Kelly ME,DeLaria GA,Najafi H

更新日期：1988-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The use of intermittent positive-pressure ventilation via nasal mask with a rocking bed provided the necessary ventilatory support for a person with quadriplegia living at home. This option was required to maintain an independent life-style of choice. The combination of techniques and the linkage of devices demonstrat...

journal_title：Chest

authors： Goldberg AI,Cane RD,Childress D,Wu YC,Vesely LC,Pfrommer M

更新日期：1991-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A case of acute pneumonia due to Pasteurella multocida ssp multocida occurred in a young man with AIDS and chronic sinusitis. The pneumonia was diagnosed by bronchoscopy and responded to treatment with aztreonam. Epidemiologic investigation revealed the case was temporally related to nontraumatic exposure to cat secre...

journal_title：Chest

authors： Drabick JJ,Gasser RA Jr,Saunders NB,Hadfield TL,Rogers LC,Berg BW,Drabick CJ

更新日期：1993-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The tendency toward "either/or" thinking (either cure or comfort) in traditional biomedical care paradigms does little to optimize care in advancing chronic illness. Calls for improved palliation in chronic lung disease mandate a review of related care gaps and current clinical practices. Although specialist palliativ...

journal_title：Chest

authors： Rocker GM,Simpson AC,Horton R

更新日期：2015-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Allergic bronchopulmonary aspergillosis (ABPA) is an immunologic pulmonary disorder caused by hypersensitivity to Aspergillus fumigatus. Clinically, a patient presents with chronic asthma, recurrent pulmonary infiltrates, and bronchiectasis. The population prevalence of ABPA is not clearly known, but the prevalence in...

journal_title：Chest

authors： Agarwal R

更新日期：2009-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We describe a patient with hemodynamic deterioration and worsening mitral regurgitation related to right ventricular apex pacing. Time-dependent changes in papillary muscle contraction as well as ventricular remodeling by right ventricular apex pacing might be responsible for this rare but serious complication. ...

journal_title：Chest

authors： Vanderheyden M,Nellens P,Andries E,Goethals M

更新日期：1998-12-01 00:00:00