Coronary artery fistula diagnosed by transesophageal echocardiography.

abstract：STUDY OBJECTIVES:To systematically review the evidence of randomized trials evaluating the effects of residential air filtration systems on patients with asthma. DATA SOURCES:We searched for published and unpublished studies using MEDLINE, the Cumulative Index to Nursing and Allied Health Literature, and the Cochrane ...

journal_title：Chest

authors： McDonald E,Cook D,Newman T,Griffith L,Cox G,Guyatt G

更新日期：2002-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Little information is available about the prevalence of deep vein thrombosis (DVT) after discharge from cardiac surgery units and its impact on rehabilitation programs. OBJECTIVES:To estimate the rate of DVT, in relation to different thromboprophylaxis strategies, in patients with a recent coronary artery b...

journal_title：Chest

authors： Ambrosetti M,Salerno M,Zambelli M,Mastropasqua F,Tramarin R,Pedretti RF

更新日期：2004-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A prospective evaluation of 74 human immunodeficiency virus (HIV)-infected patients with cardiopulmonary complaints revealed six patients (8.1 percent) with pulmonary hypertension with elevated right ventricular systolic over right atrial pressure of 58 +/- 8 mm Hg (range, 49 to 66 mm Hg), as documented by Doppler ech...

journal_title：Chest

authors： Speich R,Jenni R,Opravil M,Pfab M,Russi EW

更新日期：1991-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:The functional consequences of pulmonary emphysema have been estimated from autopsy studies. This antemortem study correlates structure as assessed by criteria applied to chest radiographs and function in earlier disease. SUBJECTS AND METHODS:Four thousand one hundred seven male shipyard and construction wor...

journal_title：Chest

authors： Kilburn KH,Warshaw RH,Thornton JC

更新日期：1995-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Induced sputum cytology and protein biomarkers can be used to assess airways inflammation. Increases in sputum iron have been described in inflammatory lung disease. We hypothesized that other sputum metals may be affected by airways inflammation and investigated their potential value as biomarkers. METHODS...

journal_title：Chest

authors： Gray RD,Duncan A,Noble D,Imrie M,O'Reilly DS,Innes JA,Porteous DJ,Greening AP,Boyd AC

更新日期：2010-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Ultrasound enables the visualization of pleural-based lesions with a poor correlation to specific pathology. At this time, there are no data about the diagnostic value of contrast-enhanced sonography (CES) in pleural lesions. METHODS:From August 2004 to January 2005, 25 consecutive patients with clinical sy...

journal_title：Chest

authors： Görg C,Bert T,Görg K

更新日期：2005-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：STUDY OBJECTIVES:To evaluate cardiac autonomic modulation in patients with COPD during peak exercise. METHODS:Fifty-three patients with COPD (mean FEV(1), 35% predicted [SD, 11% predicted]; mean PaO(2), 68 mm Hg [SD, 11 mm Hg]; mean PaCO(2), 40 mm Hg [SD, 7 mm Hg]; mean age, 61 years [SD, 10 years]; 26 women and 27 me...

journal_title：Chest

authors： Bartels MN,Jelic S,Ngai P,Basner RC,DeMeersman RE

更新日期：2003-09-01 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：OBJECTIVE:The objective of this study was to examine the relationship between respiratory symptom intensity and quality and dynamic lung hyperinflation (DH) during induced bronchoconstriction in asthma. PATIENTS AND METHODS:Subjects with asthma (n = 116) underwent baseline spirometry and lung volume measurement follow...

journal_title：Chest

authors： Lougheed MD,Fisher T,O'Donnell DE

更新日期：2006-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:To evaluate the incidence of catamenial pneumothorax (CP) among women who have been referred for the surgical treatment of spontaneous pneumothorax (SP) and to study its pathogenic mechanisms. DESIGN:A prospective study of women of reproductive age who have been referred to our center for the surgical treat...

journal_title：Chest

authors： Alifano M,Roth T,Broët SC,Schussler O,Magdeleinat P,Regnard JF

更新日期：2003-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We measured the surface temperature of the tumors in 27 patients with primary lung cancer, using a flexible bronchofiberscope and a thermometer made from chromel-constantan. The thermometer was inserted into the aspiration channel of the bronchofiberscope, and temperature was studied under bronchofiberscopic located i...

journal_title：Chest

authors： Ohgimi T,Akiyama S,Shimokata K

更新日期：1982-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To test the hypothesis that passive leg raising (PLR) induces changes in arterial pulse pressure that can help to predict the response to rapid fluid loading (RFL) in patients with acute circulatory failure who are receiving mechanical ventilation. DESIGN:Prospective clinical study. SETTING:Two medical ICUs...

journal_title：Chest

authors： Boulain T,Achard JM,Teboul JL,Richard C,Perrotin D,Ginies G

更新日期：2002-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Forty-eight elderly patients with uncomplicated mild essential hypertension entered two drug regimens. In group 1, clonidine monotherapy (n = 15), clonidine was titrated to achieve goal blood pressure (less than 90 mm Hg diastolic) in dosages of 0.05 mg twice daily to 0.2 mg three times daily. Blood pressure decreased...

journal_title：Chest

authors： Thananopavarn C,Golub MS,Sambhi MP

更新日期：1983-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:It is well-recognized that atrial natriuretic peptide (ANP) and B-type natriuretic peptide (BNP) are raised in conditions with ventricular volume and pressure overload. In addition to this established role in left ventricular congestive cardiac failure, there is good evidence that BNP has a diagnostic role in right ve...

journal_title：Chest

authors： Yap LB,Mukerjee D,Timms PM,Ashrafian H,Coghlan JG

更新日期：2004-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Prior to 1978, the conventional treatment of pneumothorax generally consisted of conservative therapies such as rest, needle puncture, or thoracic cavity drainage; however, when conservative therapies were ineffective or relapse occurred therapeutic approach, 34 percent (11/32) of our patients required a thoracotomy. ...

journal_title：Chest

authors： Tsukamoto T,Nakamura H,Satoh T,Yamada K,Nagasawa M

更新日期：1991-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：STUDY OBJECTIVES:The findings from conventional imaging modalities, such as chest CT, are frequently unreliable in patients with lung cancer. This study was designed to compare the relative diagnostic accuracies and utility of the two most widely used functional imaging examinations, F-18-2-fluoro-2-deoxyglucose (FDG) ...

journal_title：Chest

authors： Kahn D,Menda Y,Kernstine K,Bushnell D,McLaughlin K,Miller S,Berbaum K

更新日期：2004-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Interstitial pneumonitis in children is a rare and poorly understood disease. Controversy exists as to whether the varoius histologic changes encountered represent different disease or a spectrum of the same disease. Fourteen biopsy-confirmed cases of desquamative interstitial pneumonitis in children were seen at the ...

journal_title：Chest

authors： Stillwell PC,Norris DG,O'Connell EJ,Rosenow EC 3rd,Weiland LH,Harrison EG Jr

更新日期：1980-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:A multicenter study in the late 1990s demonstrated suboptimal emergency asthma care for pregnant women in US EDs. After a decade, follow-up data are lacking. We aimed to examine changes in emergency asthma care of pregnant women since the 1990s. METHODS:We combined data from four multicenter observational s...

journal_title：Chest

authors： Hasegawa K,Cydulka RK,Sullivan AF,Langdorf MI,Nonas SA,Nowak RM,Wang NE,Camargo CA Jr

更新日期：2015-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Patients with chronic bird fancier's lung (BFL) can be classified into two types. One group of patients develops chronic disease with fluctuating acute episodes, including low-grade fever, mild exertional dyspnea, and cough (fluctuating chronic BFL; formerly termed recurrent and relapsing chronic BFL). The o...

journal_title：Chest

authors： Ohtani Y,Kojima K,Sumi Y,Sawada M,Inase N,Miyake S,Yoshizawa Y

更新日期：2000-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:To evaluate bronchoalveolar lavage (BAL) findings in patients infected with human immunodeficiency virus (HIV), 39 patients seropositive for the virus but with no history of opportunistic infection were studied. Opportunistic organisms such as Pneumocystis carinii were not found in any of the 35 BAL fluids sent for sp...

journal_title：Chest

authors： Johnson JE,Anders GT,Hawkes CE,LaHatte LJ,Blanton HM

更新日期：1990-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Survival from reversible forms of severe pulmonary insufficiency remains dismal despite the development of artificial oxygenators. We hypothesized that an intraabdominal heterotopic lung could help maintain adequate oxygenation during acute pulmonary insufficiency. Five mongrel dogs underwent an acute heterotopic lung...

journal_title：Chest

authors： Lazzara RR,Cmolik BE,Trumble DR,Pennock BE,Magovern JA

更新日期：1994-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:N-terminal pro-brain natriuretic peptide (NT-proBNP) is a byproduct of the brain natriuretic peptide (BNP) that was shown to be of prognostic value in pulmonary hypertension (PH). The role of NT-proBNP in PH has to be determined, especially under the influence of renal impairment that might lead to an accumu...

journal_title：Chest

authors： Leuchte HH,El Nounou M,Tuerpe JC,Hartmann B,Baumgartner RA,Vogeser M,Muehling O,Behr J

更新日期：2007-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Between November, 1965 and June, 1970, 175 patients underwent mitral valve replacement with the Smeloff-Cutter prosthesis (109 patients) or the toroidal valve (66 patients). The early mortality for patients with a toroidal mitral prosthesis was 18.2 percent (12 patients) and the late mortality 34.8 percent (23 patient...

journal_title：Chest

authors： Rees JR,Holswade GR,Carlson RG,Subramanian VA,Murphy TE,Lillehei CW

更新日期：1977-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Widespread use of thrombolytic agents in a variety of settings has highlighted the need for measures of safety and efficacy. Previously used laboratory parameters, such as decreasing levels of fibrinogen and increasing levels of fibrin(ogen) degradation products (FDPs), have failed to correlate consistently with hemor...

journal_title：Chest

authors： Hirsch DR,Goldhaber SZ

更新日期：1990-04-01 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：BACKGROUND:In pulmonary sarcoidosis, the optimal means of quantifying change is uncertain. The comparative usefulness of simple lung function trends and chest radiography remains unclear. We aimed to explore and contrast the disease-monitoring strategies of serial pulmonary function tests (PFTs) and chest radiography c...

journal_title：Chest

authors： Zappala CJ,Desai SR,Copley SJ,Spagnolo P,Sen D,Alam SM,du Bois RM,Hansell DM,Wells AU

更新日期：2014-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A ventricular inhibited unipolar pacing system in a case of so-called pacemaker syndrome was successfully converted into an atrioventricular sequential system without replacing the ventricular lead. ...

journal_title：Chest

authors： Bognolo DA,Vijayanagar RR,Eckstein PF,Pollicina F

更新日期：1980-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：RATIONALE:Pseudomonas aeruginosa lung infection in patients with bronchiectasis, a chronic airway disease that is characterized by episodes of exacerbation, is associated with more severe disease and a higher utilization of health-care resources. Inhaled tobramycin solution reduces the number of acute exacerbations in ...

journal_title：Chest

authors： Bilton D,Henig N,Morrissey B,Gotfried M

更新日期：2006-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The benefits of inhaled corticosteroids in the management of COPD are less apparent than they are in asthma therapy, and the potential for adverse systemic effects of high-dose inhaled corticosteroids has been recognized recently. It is therefore essential to know the maximal obtainable benefits in order to ...

journal_title：Chest

authors： Nishimura K,Koyama H,Ikeda A,Tsukino M,Hajiro T,Mishima M,Izumi T

更新日期：1999-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Long-acting bronchodilators, including long-acting beta2-agonists (LABA) and the anticholinergic tiotropium, are recommended as initial maintenance therapy in COPD. Studies to date have been limited in size and reported ambivalent results on the comparative risk of cardiovascular, cerebrovascular, and pulmon...

journal_title：Chest

authors： Suissa S,Dell'Aniello S,Ernst P

更新日期：2017-01-01 00:00:00