Serum KL-6 for the evaluation of active pneumonitis in pulmonary sarcoidosis.

abstract：STUDY OBJECTIVE:To determine whether monoclonal antibody (Mab) detection of tumor-associated antigen expressed on sputum epithelial cells precedes clinical presentation of second primary lung cancer. DESIGN SETTING/PARTICIPANTS: Eleven oncology centers collaborate in the accrual of 1,000 patients with stage I non-small...

journal_title：Chest

authors： Tockman MS,Erozan YS,Gupta P,Piantadosi S,Mulshine JL,Ruckdeschel JC

更新日期：1994-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic has severely affected ICUs and critical care health-care providers (HCPs) worldwide. RESEARCH QUESTION:How do regional differences and perceived lack of ICU resources affect critical care resource use and the well-being of HCPs? STUDY DESIGN AND METHODS:Betw...

journal_title：Chest

authors： Wahlster S,Sharma M,Lewis AK,Patel PV,Hartog CS,Jannotta G,Blissitt P,Kross EK,Kassebaum NJ,Greer DM,Curtis JR,Creutzfeldt CJ

更新日期：2020-09-11 00:00:00

abstract：:The narcotic antagonists naloxone and naltrexone were used as respiratory stimulants in two patients failing traditional medical therapy for COPD. Both patients demonstrated improvement while receiving the drugs, but developed respiratory failure when they were discontinued abruptly. In selected patients with COPD, na...

journal_title：Chest

authors： Reents SB,Beck CA Jr

更新日期：1988-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A 30-year-old man with typical findings of the athletic heart syndrome is presented because of the unique feature of intermittent left bundle branch block. Observations during right atrial pacing and exercise support the concept of autonomic control of intraventricular conduction, both adrenergic and cholinergic. ...

journal_title：Chest

authors： Chapman JH

更新日期：1977-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Phosphodiesterase 4 (PDE4) is a major cyclic adenosine-3',5'-monophosphate-metabolizing enzyme in immune and inflammatory cells, airway smooth muscle, and pulmonary nerves. Selective inhibitors of this enzyme have been available for a number of years and show a broad spectrum of activity in animal models of COPD and a...

journal_title：Chest

authors： Sturton G,Fitzgerald M

更新日期：2002-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The relationships between pulmonary function and sleep-induced respiratory events were studied in 34 consecutive male patients with suspected sleep apnea syndrome. In view of the effects of obstructive airway disease on pulmonary volume and airway resistance (Raw), patients were divided into two groups, those with and...

journal_title：Chest

authors： Onal E,Leech JA,Lopata M

更新日期：1985-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A 31-year-old man with legionnaires' disease, who presented with severe pneumonia and hypoxemia, later developed severe bronchospasm and marked hypercapnia, a complication not previously reported in Legionella infection. He responded to therapy with erythromycin and a bronchodilator. ...

journal_title：Chest

authors： Rosenberg DM,Martin L,Lerner P,Parker DM

更新日期：1982-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:To assess the role of open lung biopsy in patients with the acquired immunodeficiency syndrome (AIDS), we retrospectively reviewed the cases of 42 patients with AIDS who underwent this procedure for the diagnosis of pulmonary infiltrates. Four patients had no preceding bronchoscopy because the severity of the respirat...

journal_title：Chest

authors： Fitzgerald W,Bevelaqua FA,Garay SM,Aranda CP

更新日期：1987-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：STUDY OBJECTIVE:Estimating lung volume using inspiratory capacity (IC) maneuvers is a useful way of tracking dynamic hyperinflation. An understanding of the repeatability of the IC in a clinical setting is important when evaluating an individual's response to a therapeutic intervention that might influence lung volume....

journal_title：Chest

authors： Dolmage TE,Goldstein RS

更新日期：2002-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A radioaerosol procedure using 99mcTc-DTPA (diethylene triamine penta acetate) was used to evaluate the permeability of the pulmonary epithelium in smokers and nonsmokers. The average clearance of this indicator from the lungs of smokers without significant airway obstruction exceeded that found in normal subjects by ...

journal_title：Chest

authors： Mason GR,Uszler JM,Effros RM,Reid E

更新日期：1983-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This chapter about implementation strategies for practice guidelines is part of the 7th ACCP Conference on Antithrombotic and Thrombolytic Therapy: Evidence Based Guidelines. Grade 1 recommendations are strong and indicate that the benefits do, or do not, outweigh risks, burden, and costs. Grade 2 suggests that feasib...

journal_title：Chest

authors： Schünemann HJ,Cook D,Grimshaw J,Liberati A,Heffner J,Tapson V,Guyatt G

更新日期：2004-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:False-negative supine M-mode echocardiograms occur in some patients with proved mitral valve prolapse. To investigate further, we performed M-mode echocardiography (MME) during standing and after the inhalation of amyl nitrite in 17 patients (group 1) selected for auscultatory evidence of mitral valve prolapse (MVP) b...

journal_title：Chest

authors： Noble LM,Dabestani A,Child JS,Krivokapich J

更新日期：1982-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：STUDY OBJECTIVE:Our objective was to compare the efficacy of ultrahigh frequency ventilation (UHFV) (frequencies > 3 Hz) with respect to oxygenation, airway pressures, and hemodynamic parameters in patients with adult respiratory distress syndrome (ARDS) who were not responding to conventional ventilation. DESIGN:We u...

journal_title：Chest

authors： Gluck E,Heard S,Patel C,Mohr J,Calkins J,Fink MP,Landow L

更新日期：1993-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The majority of community-acquired pneumonia (CAP) patients (about 80%) will be treated as outpatients, because therapy with a single agent will work. For the remaining 20% of patients requiring hospitalization, there is some growing debate regarding the efficacy of different management approaches. For hospi...

journal_title：Chest

authors： Weiss K,Tillotson GS

更新日期：2005-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The aim of this prospective, multicenter study was to define the accuracy of lung ultrasound (LUS) in the diagnosis of community-acquired pneumonia (CAP). METHODS:Three hundred sixty-two patients with suspected CAP were enrolled in 14 European centers. At baseline, history, clinical examination, laboratory ...

journal_title：Chest

authors： Reissig A,Copetti R,Mathis G,Mempel C,Schuler A,Zechner P,Aliberti S,Neumann R,Kroegel C,Hoyer H

更新日期：2012-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Chlorofluorocarbons (CFCs) used as propellants in metered-dose inhalers deplete stratospheric ozone, which results in serious public health concerns. Albuterol has been reformulated in the non-ozone-depleting propellant, hydrofluoroalkane-134a (HFA albuterol). OBJECTIVES:The primary objective was to compare...

journal_title：Chest

authors： Ramsdell JW,Klinger NM,Ekholm BP,Colice GL

更新日期：1999-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Mucosa-associated lymphoid tissue (MALT) lymphoma constitutes approximately 90% of primary pulmonary lymphoma, and the diagnosis of pulmonary MALT lymphoma often requires invasive methods such as surgical lung biopsy. Chromosomal rearrangements involving MALT lymphoma translocation gene 1 (MALT1) have been r...

journal_title：Chest

authors： Kido T,Yatera K,Noguchi S,Sakurai Y,Nagata S,Kozaki M,Tokuyama S,Ogoshi T,Kawanami T,Yoshii C,Mukae H

更新日期：2012-01-01 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：:We report the cases of two lung transplant recipients (one heart-lung and one single lung) who eventually developed cytomegalovirus (CMV) pneumonitis after documentation of increasing CMV DNA titers in sequential bronchoalveolar lavage (BAL) specimens by polymerase chain reaction (PCR) amplification. To our knowledge,...

journal_title：Chest

authors： Cagle PT,Buffone G,Holland VA,Samo T,Demmler GJ,Noon GP,Lawrence EC

更新日期：1992-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Aortic valve atresia is usually associated with hypoplasia of the left ventricle and mitral valve. We report a patient presenting aortic atresia with ventricular septal defect and a normally sized left ventricle. The electrocardiogram showed left axis deviation and left ventricular hypertrophy. The ventricular septal ...

journal_title：Chest

authors： Pellegrino PA,Thiene G

更新日期：1976-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:What is the meaning of these findings to the practicing chest physician? First, leukotrienes are potent airway constrictors; they are capable of reproducing the type of airway constriction observed in asthma. The role of leukotrienes in this regard has yet to be established, but experiments to test the importance of t...

journal_title：Chest

authors： Drazen JM

更新日期：1986-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Therapist-implemented protocols have been used to extubate or wean patients in the ICU setting. Barlow Respiratory Hospital (BRH) functions as a center for weaning patients from prolonged mechanical ventilation (PMV) in the post-ICU setting of a long-term acute-care (LTAC) facility. A therapist-implemented p...

journal_title：Chest

authors： Scheinhorn DJ,Chao DC,Stearn-Hassenpflug M,Wallace WA

更新日期：2001-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The efficacy of bronchoscopy for the diagnosis of tuberculosis in patients infected with human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) has not been systematically evaluated. We therefore compared the diagnostic yield of bronchoscopy in 67 HIV-infected and 45 non-HIV-infected patients with culture-proven pulmonary tuberculosis. I...

journal_title：Chest

authors： Kennedy DJ,Lewis WP,Barnes PF

更新日期：1992-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The distribution of antibiotics into cardiac valvular tissues is incompletely understood. By integrative computer modeling, we have used previously obtained pharmacokinetic data in experimental endocarditis to characterize aminoglycoside distribution within various geographic sectors of aortic vegetations of rabbits a...

journal_title：Chest

authors： Bayer AS,Crowell D,Nast CC,Norman DC,Borrelli RL

更新日期：1990-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This prospective study was conducted to describe the signs on transesophageal echocardiography (TEE) associated with traumatic aortic injury (TAI). Twenty-eight patients with TAI underwent TEE, and they were compared with a control group of 30 thoracic trauma patients without aortic injury. The TEE signs were classifi...

journal_title：Chest

authors： Goarin JP,Catoire P,Jacquens Y,Saada M,Riou B,Bonnet F,Coriat P

更新日期：1997-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Transbronchial fine needle aspiration (TBFNA) was used to confirm the diagnosis of bronchogenic cyst in two asymptomatic patients with mediastinal masses who declined surgical exploration. Both masses were located subcarinally but differed in computed tomographic density (7 and 59 Hounsfield units). Aspirate cytology ...

journal_title：Chest

authors： Schwartz DB,Beals TF,Wimbish KJ,Hammersley JR

更新日期：1985-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We studied hemodynamic and oxygen transport parameters in 12 stable critically ill patients on assist control (ACV), synchronized intermittent mandatory (SIMV), and pressure support (PSV) ventilatory modes. Patients were optimally ventilated on ACV, were awake, and capable of spontaneous breathing. After baseline meas...

journal_title：Chest

authors： Sternberg R,Sahebjami H

更新日期：1994-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：STUDY OBJECTIVES:To assess the effectiveness of pulse oximetry and radioisotope measurement of right-to-left (R-L) shunt for the early detection of pulmonary arteriovenous malformations (PAVMs) in patients with hereditary hemorrhagic telangiectasia (HHT). DESIGN:Patients with HHT had serial measurements of the followi...

journal_title：Chest

authors： Thompson RD,Jackson J,Peters AM,Doré CJ,Hughes JM

更新日期：1999-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Cardiovascular complications from cocaine use have been recognized in increasing frequency in recent years. We report the case of a young man with a history of intranasal cocaine use presenting with acute congestive heart failure who, on postmortem examination, was found to have idiopathic hemochromatosis. It is specu...

journal_title：Chest

authors： Goldenberg SP,Zeldis SM

更新日期：1987-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A 72-year-old man presented with malaise, weight loss, and cough. Chest radiograph revealed bilateral pleural effusions. On thoracentesis, the left effusion was a clear yellow exudate with more than 90% lymphocytes, and the right effusion was a grossly bloody exudate with more than 90% neutrophils. Cultures of both ef...

journal_title：Chest

authors： Murin S,Moritz E

更新日期：1996-09-01 00:00:00