Löffler's syndrome secondary to crack cocaine.

abstract：BACKGROUND:National spirometric surveillance data in the United States were last collected during 1988-1994. The objective of this study was to provide current estimates for obstructive and restrictive impairment of lung function and to examine changes since 1988-1994. METHODS:We used data from 14,360 participants age...

journal_title：Chest

authors： Ford ES,Mannino DM,Wheaton AG,Giles WH,Presley-Cantrell L,Croft JB

更新日期：2013-05-01 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：:We carried out a medical and environmental survey to evaluate respiratory disease at two tungsten carbide (TC) production plants. The study population of 290 subjects (19.2 percent of the total work force) was chosen to focus on those with the greatest potential exposures to cobalt, a binding agent which is probably t...

journal_title：Chest

authors： Sprince NL,Chamberlin RI,Hales CA,Weber AL,Kazemi H

更新日期：1984-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We describe the first reported case (to our knowledge) of pulmonary granulomatosis caused by aspirated green tea. In this case, we found granulomatous alveolitis with lymph follicles, T lymphocytosis with predominantly CD8+ cells in the bronchoalveolar lavage fluids, positive serum precipitin and proliferative respons...

journal_title：Chest

authors： Sakamoto O,Saita N,Yamasaki H,Tamanoi M,Ando M

更新日期：1994-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Patients with cystic fibrosis (CF) and advanced pulmonary disease have pulmonary limitation of exercise, often associated with arterial oxygen desaturation. Improving oxygenation during exercise by providing supplemental oxygen may improve exercise performance in these patients. To test this, we performed graded exerc...

journal_title：Chest

authors： Marcus CL,Bader D,Stabile MW,Wang CI,Osher AB,Keens TG

更新日期：1992-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Sleep health is a multidimensional construct that includes adequate duration, quality, and appropriately timed sleep that may be influenced by environmental factors. In this review, we focus on how an individual's living and sleeping environment, both the surrounding neighborhood physical and social features and the a...

journal_title：Chest

authors： Billings ME,Hale L,Johnson DA

更新日期：2020-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：STUDY OBJECTIVES:Patients with COPD have an increased sympathetic modulation and reduced baroreflex sensitivity (BRS). Therefore, we studied the effects of breathing 31% supplemental oxygen (SuppO(2)) on autonomic modulation in a group of COPD patients. DESIGN:We measured autonomic modulation before and during the adm...

journal_title：Chest

authors： Bartels MN,Gonzalez JM,Kim W,De Meersman RE

更新日期：2000-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Great variability exists in the occurrence of antibiotic-resistant bacteria in ICUs around the world. The contribution of specific ICU care variables to these geographic variations is unknown. METHODS:ICU patients from two ICUs (in Jerusalem and Toronto) who were admitted for > 48 h and who grew a resistant...

journal_title：Chest

authors： Levin PD,Simor AE,Moses AE,Sprung CL

更新日期：2010-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Central hemodynamics and gas exchange were studied in six patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (mean age, 60 years). Patients were selected for the study if the volume of blood was 1 L larger than the predicted normal value, if there was no history of infection, and if no drug assumed to influence pulmo...

journal_title：Chest

authors： Gertz I,Hedenstierna G,Wester PO

更新日期：1979-02-01 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：STUDY OBJECTIVES:It has been suggested that sleep-disordered breathing (SDB) is a risk factor for ischemic heart disease, and may be associated with increased morbidity and mortality due to cardiovascular disease. The aim of this study was to examine the relation between nocturnal oxygen desaturation (NOD) due to SDB a...

journal_title：Chest

authors： Hayashi M,Fujimoto K,Urushibata K,Uchikawa S,Imamura H,Kubo K

更新日期：2003-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Pulmonary embolism is a common and potentially lethal disease. Given the variable presentation and associated morbidity of this condition, an accurate and efficient diagnostic algorithm is required. Clinical pretest probability serves as the root of any diagnostic approach. We, thus, review several clinical decision r...

journal_title：Chest

authors： Moores LK,King CS,Holley AB

更新日期：2011-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Phenotypic characterization of patients with COPD may have potential prognostic and therapeutic implications. Available information on the relationship between emphysema and the clinical presentation in patients with COPD is limited to advanced stages of the disease. The objective of this study was to descri...

journal_title：Chest

authors： de Torres JP,Bastarrika G,Zagaceta J,Sáiz-Mendiguren R,Alcaide AB,Seijo LM,Montes U,Campo A,Zulueta JJ

更新日期：2011-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To assess late outcome following percutaneous tracheostomy using the Portex kit (Hythe, Kent, UK). DESIGN:Prospective observational cohort study. SETTING:Teaching hospital. PATIENTS:Forty-nine consecutive patients who underwent percutaneous tracheostomy in the ICU using the Portex kit and who survived 6 mo...

journal_title：Chest

authors： Leonard RC,Lewis RH,Singh B,van Heerden PV

更新日期：1999-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The impact of modern therapy on survival in pulmonary arterial hypertension (PAH) associated with systemic sclerosis (SSc) is not clear. We sought to determine associations among commonly used clinical and hemodynamic variables, treatment, and long-term survival in PAH associated with SSc compared with PAH d...

journal_title：Chest

authors： Rubenfire M,Huffman MD,Krishnan S,Seibold JR,Schiopu E,McLaughlin VV

更新日期：2013-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We report a case of pleural dissemination of invasive thymoma, which was successfully treated with intrathoracic chemothermotherapy following panpleuropneumonectomy. Intrathoracic chemothermotherapy in combination with surgery may be a hopeful adjuvant treatment to control pleural disseminated lesions of invasive thym...

journal_title：Chest

authors： Higashiyama M,Doi O,Kodama K,Yokouchi H

更新日期：1994-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Patients with usual interstitial pneumonia (UIP) associated with collagen vascular disease (CVD) have been reported to have a better prognosis than those with idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis with a UIP pattern (IPF/UIP) seen on histology. The aim of this study was to evaluate the pathologic and radiologic diff...

journal_title：Chest

authors： Song JW,Do KH,Kim MY,Jang SJ,Colby TV,Kim DS

更新日期：2009-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A 53-year-old man with tracheobronchomalacia had two stents placed in his airways to maintain patency. He ingested one of the tracheal stents that was inadvertently dislodged during a brief coughing episode. The swallowed stent was recovered without complications. ...

journal_title：Chest

authors： Mattison LE,Frye MD,Collop NA

更新日期：1995-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:This study applies a stochastic or probability search and display model to prospectively predict outcome and to evaluate therapeutic effects in a consecutively monitored series of 396 patients with severe thoracic and thoracoabdominal injuries. STUDY DESIGN:Prospective observational study of outcome predicti...

journal_title：Chest

authors： Shoemaker WC,Bayard DS,Wo CC,Chan LS,Chien LC,Lu K,Jelliffe RW

更新日期：2005-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Eradication of the bacterial pathogen, resolution of the local and systemic inflammatory signs, and recovery of organ function are the main criteria by which antibiotic treatment is evaluated. In cystic fibrosis (CF) the pathogen is seldom eradicated and systemic markers of inflammation are not always present. The mai...

journal_title：Chest

authors： Levy J

更新日期：1988-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Bosentan, an oral endothelin (ET)-A/ET-B receptor antagonist, is effective in the treatment of pulmonary arterial hypertension. OBJECTIVE:To investigate the safety and efficacy of bosentan therapy in patients with inoperable chronic thromboembolic pulmonary hypertension (CTEPH). DESIGN:Case series. SETTIN...

journal_title：Chest

authors： Bonderman D,Nowotny R,Skoro-Sajer N,Jakowitsch J,Adlbrecht C,Klepetko W,Lang IM

更新日期：2005-10-01 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：:Data from various different types of cross-sectional studies are reviewed in order to examine hypotheses about the etiology of asthma and to more precisely define its relationship with nonspecific bronchial hyperreactivity (NSBH). Although cross-sectional studies have not clarified the precise etiologic links, they ha...

journal_title：Chest

authors： Tager IB,Weiss ST,Speizer FE

更新日期：1987-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Over the past 10 years, significant strides have been made in the understanding, development, and availability of sleep disorder therapeutics. In this review series, we discuss the current evidence surrounding the mechanisms of actions, indications, efficacy, and adverse side effects associated with the available arma...

journal_title：Chest

authors： Gulyani S,Salas RE,Gamaldo CE

更新日期：2012-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Tracheal bronchus is a common anomaly that occurs in approximately 2% of people. Two children with multiple medical problems which led to endotracheal intubation are described. The hospital course for each child was complicated by persistent right upper lobe atelectasis. The presence of a tracheal bronchus was not rec...

journal_title：Chest

authors： O'Sullivan BP,Frassica JJ,Rayder SM

更新日期：1998-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Immune checkpoint inhibitors (ICIs) are newer, immunotherapy-based drugs that have been shown to improve survival in advanced non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC). Unlike traditional chemotherapeutic agents, ICIs work by boosting the body's natural tumor killing response. However, this unique mechanism of action has als...

journal_title：Chest

authors： Suresh K,Naidoo J,Lin CT,Danoff S

更新日期：2018-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Cilia line the surface of the respiratory tract and beat in a coordinated wave to protect the lungs against infection. Bardet Biedl Syndrome (BBS) is a rare condition attributed to cilia dysfunction. Murine models of BBS suggest a respiratory phenotype; however, no reports have studied the translation of the...

journal_title：Chest

authors： Shoemark A,Dixon M,Beales PL,Hogg CL

更新日期：2015-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Three patients under two years of age are described with unusual fistulas involving the brachiocephalic arteries and the innominate vein or the superior vena cava. Two patients were asymptomatic, and one newborn was cyanotic and in congestive failure. This unusual presentation has only rarely been reported in thoracic...

journal_title：Chest

authors： Gutierrez FR,Monaco MP,Hartmann AF Jr,McKnight RC

更新日期：1987-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The Bayesian analysis was used in this study to investigate the diagnostic value of the bronchial provocation test with methacholine in patients with asthma. The best cutoff value of accumulated concentration of methacholine administered that caused a 20 percent fall in FEV1 post-saline (PC20) in our sample, determine...

journal_title：Chest

authors： Perpiñá M,Pellicer C,de Diego A,Compte L,Macián V

更新日期：1993-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This report describes the definitive diagnosis of venous air-embolism by documentation of spontaneous echo contrast in the right cardiac chambers following removal of a jugular venous catheter in a patient with hepatic failure. This complication was potentiated by the presence of concurrent hepatic coagulopathy which ...

journal_title：Chest

authors： Marcus RH,Weinert L,Neumann A,Borow KM,Lang RM

更新日期：1991-03-01 00:00:00