Serial fiberoptic bronchoscopic observations of endobronchial tuberculosis before and early after antituberculosis chemotherapy.

abstract：:Two recent epidemiologic case-control studies suggested that fenoterol, a selective beta-adrenergic agonist, was associated with an increase in the risk of asthma death. The results of these studies were criticized because of methodologic problems in the choice and selection of control subjects; the different methods ...

journal_title：Chest

authors： Horwitz RI,Spitzer W,Buist S,Cockcroft D,Ernst P,Habbick B,Hemmelgarn B,McNutt M,Rebuck AS,Suissa S

更新日期：1991-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：STUDY OBJECTIVES:Recent studies combining medical and surgical patients have suggested that mortality is higher for mechanically ventilated women than for men. This study was designed to determine whether there are gender-based differences in outcomes in mechanically ventilated medical ICU (MICU) patients. DESIGN AND ...

journal_title：Chest

authors： Epstein SK,Vuong V

更新日期：1999-09-01 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:Despite increasing knowledge about partial liquid ventilation (PLV), the optimal dose of perfluorocarbon (PFC) is not yet established. Because there exist normal regions in the lung with ARDS and because PLV in the normal lung results in worsened gas exchange, we postulated that the optimal dose of PFC for P...

journal_title：Chest

authors： Lim CM,Koh Y,Jung BO,Lee SD,Kim WS,Kim DS,Kim WD

更新日期：2000-01-01 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：:Impedance measurement of the respiratory system by forced oscillations is a sensitive and accurate method to detect mechanical parameters, especially in normal subjects. The effects of inhalation of 0.2 mg of fenoterol and 0.02 mg of ipratropium bromide on the impedance of the respiratory system was studied in 20 heal...

journal_title：Chest

authors： Wesseling G,Vonk HM,Wouters EF

更新日期：1990-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Elimination half-life and apparent volume of distribution of theophylline were determined in ten healthy volunteers who used smokeless tobacco (snuff or chewing tobacco) regularly but did not smoke cigarettes. Serum concentrations of the acute phase reactant alpha 1-acid glycoprotein (AAG) were also measured. The elim...

journal_title：Chest

authors： Parish RC,Terrell JR,Brown WJ Jr

更新日期：1989-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:End-tidal CO2 monitors are used to estimate arterial CO2 pressure (PaCO2), but appropriate use of this noninvasive method of assessing blood gases is unclear. In patients with lung disease, the end-tidal CO2 pressure (PETCO2) can differ from PaCO2 because of ventilation-perfusion (VA/Q) mismatching, and changes in PET...

journal_title：Chest

authors： Yamanaka MK,Sue DY

更新日期：1987-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:Albumin and nonprotein colloids (starches, dextran, and others) are used frequently as blood volume expanders in coronary artery bypass graft (CABG) surgery. The objective of this study was to determine differences between colloids with regard to patient characteristics and mortality rates. DESIGN AND SETTI...

journal_title：Chest

authors： Sedrakyan A,Gondek K,Paltiel D,Elefteriades JA

更新日期：2003-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Platelet-derived growth factor (PDGF) was shown to modulate fibroblast activity in interstitial lung diseases like idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis (IPF). The role of PDGF in fibrosing mechanisms in histiocytosis X is unclear. Eight patients with histiocytosis X, five patients with idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis (IPF), an...

journal_title：Chest

authors： Uebelhoer M,Bewig B,Kreipe H,Nowak D,Magnussen H,Barth J

更新日期：1995-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Of 354 thoracotomies, 114 cases involved intraoperative cytopathologic evaluation. The study included 86 men and 28 women, and 184 specimens were examined. Smears were taken from the lung lesion or lymph node and the chest wall or bronchial stump by imprint or needle aspiration. Intraoperative evaluations were compare...

journal_title：Chest

authors： Terada Y,Matsunobe S,Nemoto T,Tsuda T,Shimizu Y

更新日期：1990-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A 54-year-old man was referred with nonresolving pneumonia. He had been treated for community-acquired pneumonia 6 weeks earlier. He reported grade 2 dyspnea, malaise, and a nonproductive cough. He had also experienced three episodes of minimal hemoptysis but denied weight loss, fever, or any other constitutional symp...

journal_title：Chest

authors： Catteeuw J,Koegelenberg CFN,Bruwer JW,Sissolak G,Schroeter L,Mohamed N,Irusen EM

更新日期：2014-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This report describes a patient with right lower lung (RLL) pneumonia of a subacute nature. Sputum and bronchial washings both grew N asteroides. Open lung biopsy showed bronchiolitis obliterans. Both the clinical and radiologic picture dramatically improved during three weeks of treatment with trimethoprim and sulfam...

journal_title：Chest

authors： Camp M,Mehta JB,Whitson M

更新日期：1987-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We report two cases of pneumothorax detected by echographic examination immediately after ultrasonically guided aspiration biopsy and confirmed by chest x-ray film. The pneumothorax was characterized by the disappearance of the lung tumor. In the real-time image, the respiratory excursions of the visceral pleura also ...

journal_title：Chest

authors： Targhetta R,Bourgeois JM,Chavagneux R,Balmes P

更新日期：1992-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Obstructive sleep apnea syndrome (OSAS) has been linked to resistant hypertension, but the magnitude of this association and its independence of confounding have not been established. METHODS:Case patients were 63 patients with resistant hypertension (BP >or= 140/90 mm Hg using at least three BP-lowering dr...

journal_title：Chest

authors： Gonçalves SC,Martinez D,Gus M,de Abreu-Silva EO,Bertoluci C,Dutra I,Branchi T,Moreira LB,Fuchs SC,de Oliveira AC,Fuchs FD

更新日期：2007-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：STUDY OBJECTIVE:To use an existing database from a large cohort study with follow-up as long as 5.5 years to assess the extended prognosis of patients who survived their hospitalizations for severe acute respiratory failure (ARF). DESIGN, SETTING, AND PATIENTS:Secondary analysis of an inception cohort of 1,722 patient...

journal_title：Chest

authors： Garland A,Dawson NV,Altmann I,Thomas CL,Phillips RS,Tsevat J,Desbiens NA,Bellamy PE,Knaus WA,Connors AF Jr,SUPPORT Investigators.

更新日期：2004-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We describe a rare case of hydatid cyst in the spleen which communicated to the left pleural cavity. The patient presented with respiratory distress, characterized by nonproductive cough and dyspnea. The difficulties in diagnosis, using standard laboratory and radiologic techniques, were overcome by the use of ultraso...

journal_title：Chest

authors： Barzilai A,Pollack S,Kaftori JK,Sourdry M,Barzilai D

更新日期：1977-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:During a six-year experience involving 3,089 selective coronary arteriograms (99 percent by the percutaneous transfemoral method), modifications of technique have reduced the incidence of morbid complications. Modifications have involved guidewire technique, systemic heparinization, attention to spontaneous catheter b...

journal_title：Chest

authors： Page HL Jr,campbell WB

更新日期：1975-02-01 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：BACKGROUND:Patients with sarcoidosis frequently complain of fatigue, even when sarcoidosis has come into clinical remission. The primary aim of this study was to assess the severity of fatigue in patients with sarcoidosis in clinical remission and to characterize it according to the international criteria for chronic f...

journal_title：Chest

authors： Korenromp IHE,Heijnen CJ,Vogels OJM,van den Bosch JMM,Grutters JC

更新日期：2011-08-01 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：:Eosinophilic pulmonary infiltration is an uncommon presentation from cocaine abuse. We present a patient with migratory pulmonary infiltrates and eosinophilia consistent with Löffler's syndrome. Our review uncovered two other similar patients. The importance of early recognition is stressed in our report. Either absti...

journal_title：Chest

authors： Nadeem S,Nasir N,Israel RH

更新日期：1994-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We studied retrospectively 69 cases of chagasic megaesophagus (group 1) and 207 cases of chronic chagasic myocardiopathy (CCM) without megaesophagus (group 2) by autopsy in the Pathology Department of the Federal University of Bahia, Brazil, from 1953 to 1975. It was shown that pulmonary tuberculosis was significantly...

journal_title：Chest

authors： Camara EJ,Lima JA,Oliveira GB,Machado AS

更新日期：1983-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:It is unclear whether an abnormal swallowing reflex affects COPD exacerbations. This study investigated the prevalence of abnormal swallowing reflexes and its relationship with COPD exacerbation prospectively. We also clarified its association with gastroesophageal reflux disease (GERD) and airway bacterial ...

journal_title：Chest

authors： Terada K,Muro S,Ohara T,Kudo M,Ogawa E,Hoshino Y,Hirai T,Niimi A,Chin K,Mishima M

更新日期：2010-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The World Trade Center (WTC) collapse on September 11, 2001, produced airflow obstruction in a majority of firefighters receiving subspecialty pulmonary evaluation (SPE) within 6.5 years post-September 11, 2001. METHODS:In a cohort of 801 never smokers with normal pre-September 11, 2001, FEV1, we correlated...

journal_title：Chest

authors： Nolan A,Naveed B,Comfort AL,Ferrier N,Hall CB,Kwon S,Kasturiarachchi KJ,Cohen HW,Zeig-Owens R,Glaser MS,Webber MP,Aldrich TK,Rom WN,Kelly K,Prezant DJ,Weiden MD

更新日期：2012-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:Though numerous studies have demonstrated the short-term efficacy of lung volume reduction surgery (LVRS) in select patients with emphysema, the longer-term follow-up studies are just being reported. The primary objectives of this study were to assess long-term health-related quality of life, satisfaction, p...

journal_title：Chest

authors： Yusen RD,Lefrak SS,Gierada DS,Davis GE,Meyers BF,Patterson GA,Cooper JD

更新日期：2003-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Limited data are available on the impact of time to ICU admission and outcomes for patients with severe community acquired pneumonia (CAP). Our objective was to examine the association of time to ICU admission and 30-day mortality in patients with severe CAP. METHODS:A retrospective cohort study of 161 ICU ...

journal_title：Chest

authors： Restrepo MI,Mortensen EM,Rello J,Brody J,Anzueto A

更新日期：2010-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Among patients awaiting cadaveric lung transplantation, patients with idiopathic interstitial pneumonia (IIP) have been demonstrated to have the highest mortality rate. Contraindications to cadaveric lung transplantation include current high-dose systemic corticosteroid therapy because it may increase airway...

journal_title：Chest

authors： Date H,Tanimoto Y,Goto K,Yamadori I,Aoe M,Sano Y,Shimizu N

更新日期：2005-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Hereditary motor and sensory neuropathy (Charcot-Marie-Tooth disease) is characterized by chronic degeneration of peripheral nerves and roots, resulting in distal muscle atrophy, beginning in the feet and legs and later involving the hands. The association of this disease with diaphragmatic dysfunction has not been re...

journal_title：Chest

authors： Chan CK,Mohsenin V,Loke J,Virgulto J,Sipski ML,Ferranti R

更新日期：1987-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:POC testing provides an opportunity for clinicians and laboratorians to work together to consider how best to serve the patients within an individual institution. Each health system has unique characteristics relative to patient population, as well as a unique laboratory structure. If physicians, nurses, laboratorians...

journal_title：Chest

authors： Kost GJ,Ehrmeyer SS,Chernow B,Winkelman JW,Zaloga GP,Dellinger RP,Shirey T

更新日期：1999-04-01 00:00:00