Diagnosis of Pneumocystis carinii infection in HIV-seropositive patients by identification of P carinii in pleural fluid.

abstract：:Two patients receiving positive pressure ventilation experienced marked gaseous abdominal distension. Analysis of gases from the stomach, ventilator, and room air suggested that the gastric gases came from the ventilator in one patient. The diagnosis of tracheoesophageal fistula was confirmed by esophagoscopy. Analysi...

journal_title：Chest

authors： Kovitz KL,Siebens A,Brower RG

更新日期：1993-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Whole-lung lavage is the only efficient treatment in pulmonary alveolar proteinosis. A 36-year-old woman with severe pulmonary alveolar proteinosis confirmed by video-assisted thoracoscopic lung biopsies underwent repetitive whole-lung lavages without improvement. A modified technique consisting of manual ventilation ...

journal_title：Chest

authors： Bingisser R,Kaplan V,Zollinger A,Russi EW

更新日期：1998-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:The aim of this study was to assess the usefulness of a specific inspiratory muscle training in Duchenne muscular dystrophy (DMD). PATIENTS AND METHODS:Fifteen patients with DMD started 6 months of training the inspiratory muscles and 15 patients served as a control group. Pulmonary and inspiratory muscle func...

journal_title：Chest

authors： Wanke T,Toifl K,Merkle M,Formanek D,Lahrmann H,Zwick H

更新日期：1994-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:In daily clinical work, we often face delayed or recurrent pneumothorax after radiofrequency (RF) ablation for lung tumors, but a large study on this theme has not been done. Thus, we examined the rate of delayed or recurrent pneumothorax after RF ablation for lung tumors and the risk factors associated with...

journal_title：Chest

authors： Yoshimatsu R,Yamagami T,Terayama K,Matsumoto T,Miura H,Nishimura T

更新日期：2009-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Cough is a common symptom prompting patients to seek medical care. Like patients in the general population, patients with compromised immune systems also seek care for cough. However, it is unclear whether the causes of cough in immunocompromised patients who are deemed unlikely to have a life-threating cond...

journal_title：Chest

authors： Rosen MJ,Ireland B,Narasimhan M,French C,Irwin RS,CHEST Expert Cough Panel.

更新日期：2017-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A 26-year-old man developed coccidioidomycosis which resulted in myocarditis associated with congestive heart failure. A pericardial effusion developed and progressed to constrictive pericarditis. A pericardiectomy was performed and revealed that the pericarditis was due to Coccidioides immitis. The patient was subseq...

journal_title：Chest

authors： Schwartz EL,Waldmann EB,Payne RM,Goldfarb D,Kinard SA

更新日期：1976-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:This multicenter, double-blind, placebo-controlled study evaluated the dose response to 6 weeks of triamcinolone acetonide inhalation aerosol (TAA, 100 microg per puff) in patients with moderately severe asthma. STUDY DESIGN:A total of 285 patients were randomly assigned to treatment with 1, 2, 4, or 8 puff...

journal_title：Chest

authors： Welch MJ,Levy S,Smith JA,Feiss G,Farrar JR

更新日期：1997-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Stent placement is the only available treatment in patients presenting either a localized external compression or a malacia of the tracheobronchial tree. To assess the functional benefit of prosthesis insertion in these indications, we compared functional respiratory values before, immediately after (48 h), and at som...

journal_title：Chest

authors： Vergnon JM,Costes F,Bayon MC,Emonot A

更新日期：1995-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Bacterial pericarditis with cardiac tamponade is a life-threatening disorder that has been associated with a variety of organisms. There is usually an associated underlying condition or a seeding of the pericardium from an infection elsewhere. We report the development of cardiac tamponade and a subsequent pericardial...

journal_title：Chest

authors： Snyder RW,Braun TI

更新日期：1999-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A 42-year-old woman with an anomalous left coronary artery originating from the pulmonary artery and a fistula from the left coronary artery to the left ventricle was treated by aortocoronary bypass grafting of an autologous saphenous vein. The presence of an abundant collateral circulation and of fistulous communicat...

journal_title：Chest

authors： Krajcer Z,Leachman RD,Lufschanowski R,Cooley DA,Angelini P

更新日期：1978-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：STUDY OBJECTIVES:We report on the long-term safety and efficacy of bosentan treatment in patients with pulmonary arterial hypertension (PAH). BACKGROUND:In a preceding study, bosentan was well tolerated and significantly improved the exercise capacity and hemodynamics of patients with PAH after 12 weeks of treatment. ...

journal_title：Chest

authors： Sitbon O,Badesch DB,Channick RN,Frost A,Robbins IM,Simonneau G,Tapson VF,Rubin LJ

更新日期：2003-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Habitual smoking of alkaloidal cocaine (crack) has been reported to be associated with a number of cardiopulmonary complications that may not be clinically obvious but could potentially interfere with normal physiologic responses to exercise and thus impair maximum exercise performance. STUDY OBJECTIVE:To e...

journal_title：Chest

authors： Marques-Magallanes JA,Koyal SN,Cooper CB,Kleerup EC,Tashkin DP

更新日期：1997-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Seventy-two healthy young individuals were subjected to controlled, moderate hyperventilation with room air and with 4.9 percent CO2 in air, and monitored electrocardiographically. Significant summed frontal T-wave changes with hyperventilation (sigmaT1,2,3 larger than or equal to 1.5 mm) were observed in 12 patients....

journal_title：Chest

authors： Golden GS,Golden LH,Beerel FR

更新日期：1975-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:This study was designed to determine the incidence rate, define risk factors, and suggest proper management protocols for pulmonary artery (PA) rupture associated with Swan-Ganz catheters. DESIGN:This is a retrospective chart-review study. SETTING:This study involved 32,442 inpatients requiring hemodynamic...

journal_title：Chest

authors： Kearney TJ,Shabot MM

更新日期：1995-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A patient presented with multisystem disease due to a very aggressive malignant thymoma. The case was complicated by the triad of cardiac tamponade, superior vena cava (SVC) syndrome, and disseminated intravascular coagulation (DIC). A review of the English literature reveals this to be a unique constellation of clini...

journal_title：Chest

authors： Dib HR,Friedman B,Khouli HI,Gerber DR,Weiss RL

更新日期：1994-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：STUDY OBJECTIVES:Gastroesophageal reflux disease (GERD) and asthma are common causes for consultation in primary care, but the relationship between the two remains unclear. The aim of our study was to investigate the temporal relationship between first diagnoses of GERD and asthma in general practice. METHODS:We used ...

journal_title：Chest

authors： Ruigómez A,Rodríguez LA,Wallander MA,Johansson S,Thomas M,Price D

更新日期：2005-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：CASE PRESENTATION:A 62-year-old woman with a history of partially treated Graves disease and hypertension presented with approximately 3 weeks of worsening fatigue, lower extremity myalgias, and shortness of breath. Her medical history included a thyroid radiofrequency ablation several years earlier. Following the abla...

journal_title：Chest

authors： Park BD,Lyn-Kew K,Granchelli A,Mehta A

更新日期：2020-03-01 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：STUDY OBJECTIVE:To investigate the role of oropharyngeal and cutaneous commensal microorganisms (OCCs) as a cause of ventilator-associated pneumonia (VAP). DESIGN:Retrospective analysis of the medical and microbiological records. SETTING:One medical-surgical ICU. PATIENTS:All VAP episodes recorded during a 10-year p...

journal_title：Chest

authors： Lambotte O,Timsit JF,Garrouste-Orgeas M,Misset B,Benali A,Carlet J

更新日期：2002-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：STUDY OBJECTIVES:To compare the oxygen pulse curve (O(2)P-C) as measured during cardiopulmonary exercise testing (CPET) with left ventricular (LV) ejection fraction (LVEF) rest-exercise response as measured by multigated equilibrium (99m)Tc radionuclide cineangiography (MUGA) in patients with different degrees of ische...

journal_title：Chest

authors： Klainman E,Fink G,Lebzelter J,Krelbaumm T,Kramer MR

更新日期：2002-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Learning resource centers (LRC) are areas designed for individual study which contain a variety of self-instructional materials. To evaluate the use of LRC in teaching pulmonary medicine, a survey was conducted of medical school pulmonary sections; responses were obtained from 30 sections with an NHLBI pulmonary Acade...

journal_title：Chest

authors： Make BJ

更新日期：1982-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Medical malpractice with its associated costs, including insurance premiums, impact on practice, consequences for career and insurability, and emotional toll, is a reality of practicing medicine in the United States. Understanding the types of claims that may be asserted, the issues to consider when securing insurance...

journal_title：Chest

authors： Nepps ME

更新日期：2008-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Long-acting β2-agonists (LABAs) and long-acting muscarinic antagonists (LAMAs) are recommended as initial maintenance treatments for COPD, with their combination (LABA-LAMA) advocated as the disease progresses. Randomized trials comparing the effectiveness of this combination with the alternative combination...

journal_title：Chest

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

更新日期：2019-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Proteomics is the study of the entire protein complement of the genome (the proteome) in a biological system. Proteomic studies require a multidisciplinary approach and have only been practical with the convergence of technical and methodologic improvements including the following: advances in mass spectrometry and ge...

journal_title：Chest

authors： Bowler RP,Ellison MC,Reisdorph N

更新日期：2006-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In order to test the ability of magnetic resonance (MR) in the detection of pathologic flow conditions in man, we imaged 10 normal volunteers and 10 patients with congestive heart failure (CHF) with ECG-gated MR. We used a single spin-echo sequence on a transverse plane through the main vessels of the upper chest. The...

journal_title：Chest

authors： Casolo GC,Bucciolini M,Giani M,Bisi G

更新日期：1987-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To investigate the interrelationship of free radicals (FRs), ischemic preconditioning (IP), and hemodynamic function in coronary artery bypass graft (CABG) patients. DESIGN:Prospective, randomized, and controlled clinical study. PATIENTS:Forty CABG patients were randomized into an IP group (n = 20) and a co...

journal_title：Chest

authors： Wu ZK,Tarkka MR,Eloranta J,Pehkonen E,Kaukinen L,Honkonen EL,Kaukinen S

更新日期：2001-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We report three cases of organophosphate (OP) poisoning. One patient was a 19-year-old woman who drank OP compounds in an attempt at suicide. The other two patients became intoxicated on the way to the hospital during mouth-to-mouth breathing. The first patient died in the emergency department, and the other two were ...

journal_title：Chest

authors： Koksal N,Buyukbese MA,Guven A,Cetinkaya A,Hasanoglu HC

更新日期：2002-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Successful management of chronic cough has varied in the primary research studies in the reported literature. One of the potential reasons relates to a lack of intervention fidelity to the core elements of the diagnostic and/or therapeutic interventions that were meant to be used by the investigators. METHO...

journal_title：Chest

authors： French CT,Diekemper RL,Irwin RS,Adams TM,Altman KW,Barker AF,Birring SS,Blackhall F,Bolser DC,Boulet LP,Braman SS,Brightling C,Callahan-Lyon P,Canning BJ,Chang AB,Coeytaux R,Cowley T,Davenport P,Diekemper RL,Ebihara

更新日期：2015-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：STUDY OBJECTIVES:The objective of this study is to examine the relationship between indoor environmental factors and childhood asthma in a subtropical area. DESIGN:A case-control study was performed using participants of a prevalence survey that included 165 schoolchildren with asthma and 165 age- and gender-matched c...

journal_title：Chest

authors： Yang CY,Lin MC,Hwang KC

更新日期：1998-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:To evaluate the diagnostic use of pleural fluid adenosine deaminase (ADAPF) levels in tuberculous pleuritis (TBpl), with a special reference to HIV coinfection and a Bayesian analysis. METHODS:We investigated a total of 216 patients with pleural effusion, including 100 with TBpl, 68 with malignant effusion,...

journal_title：Chest

authors： Riantawan P,Chaowalit P,Wongsangiem M,Rojanaraweewong P

更新日期：1999-07-01 00:00:00