Regulation of breathing and perception of dyspnea in healthy pregnant women.

abstract：:To assess the pulmonary and systemic hemodynamic effects of oral captopril in patients with connective tissue disease and pulmonary hypertension, we performed right heart catheterization in eight patients with diffuse systemic sclerosis, the CREST syndrome, or mixed connective tissue diseases prior to and immediately ...

journal_title：Chest

authors： Alpert MA,Pressly TA,Mukerji V,Lambert CR,Mukerji B

更新日期：1992-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A 53-year-old woman without any risk factors for coronary artery disease was found to have a congenital intrathoracic left ventricular diverticulum with a narrow long connection to the left ventricular cavity. Coronary angiography revealed normal coronary arteries. The diverticulum was resected and showed three normal...

journal_title：Chest

authors： Suilen C,Friedli B,Rutishauser W

更新日期：1990-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Severe pulmonary reimplantation response after lung transplantation is not very common, although the mortality can be high. We present a patient who developed an extremely severe reperfusion injury after bilateral lung transplantation. Because of severe hypoxia and hemodynamic instability, despite aggressive ventilato...

journal_title：Chest

authors： Vlasselaers D,Verleden GM,Meyns B,Van Raemdonck D,Demedts M,Lerut A,Lauwers P

更新日期：2000-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Status asthmaticus is a life-threatening form of reactive airway disease, refractory to initial control with ordinary medical measures, sometimes requiring mechanical ventilatory assistance. In this report, we describe a patient whose bronchospasm could not be controlled with conventional measures, with severe respira...

journal_title：Chest

authors： Shapiro MB,Kleaveland AC,Bartlett RH

更新日期：1993-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:COPD is a highly prevalent disorder that results from the interplay of genetic susceptibility and environmental exposures. Over the past 2 decades, significant technological advances have been made in genetic investigations of complex diseases, yet limited progress has been made in the identification of additional COP...

journal_title：Chest

authors： Wan ES,Silverman EK

更新日期：2009-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Surgical patients with OSA are at increased risk for perioperative complications. Postoperative supplemental oxygen is commonly used, but it may contribute to respiratory depression in patients with OSA receiving opioids. The objective of the study is to investigate the effect of postoperative supplemental o...

journal_title：Chest

authors： Liao P,Wong J,Singh M,Wong DT,Islam S,Andrawes M,Shapiro CM,White DP,Chung F

更新日期：2017-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Substance P and the neurokinin-1 (NK-1) receptor are implicated in chronic refractory cough pathophysiology. We assessed the efficacy and safety of orvepitant, a brain-penetrant NK-1 antagonist, in an open-label study in CRC patients with chronic refractory cough. METHODS:Thirteen patients with daytime coug...

journal_title：Chest

authors： Smith J,Allman D,Badri H,Miller R,Morris J,Satia I,Wood A,K Trower M

更新日期：2020-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Upper airway edema might contribute to pharyngeal collapsibility and account for the high prevalence of obstructive sleep apnea (OSA) in patients with heart disease. The aim of this study was to evaluate if intensive unloading with diuretics improves sleep-disordered breathing and increases pharyngeal calibe...

journal_title：Chest

authors： Bucca CB,Brussino L,Battisti A,Mutani R,Rolla G,Mangiardi L,Cicolin A

更新日期：2007-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:To investigate the time course and the relation to prognosis of coagulation and fibrinolytic abnormalities in patients with septic shock. PATIENTS AND METHODS:Forty-eight consecutive patients admitted to the medical ICU with the diagnosis of septic shock (diagnosed by defined criteria) were studied. Mortali...

journal_title：Chest

authors： Lorente JA,García-Frade LJ,Landín L,de Pablo R,Torrado C,Renes E,García-Avello A

更新日期：1993-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Cardiac imaging with dipyridamole infusion has been proposed as an exercise-independent tool for the diagnosis of coronary artery disease. Dipyridamole acts through the accumulation of adenosine, which reduces sympathetic tone in vasomotor nuclei of the brainstem and inhibits norepinephrine release in noradrenergic ne...

journal_title：Chest

authors： Lucarini AR,Picano E,Marini C,Favilla S,Salvetti A,Distante A

更新日期：1992-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Despite the increasing aging population and the high prevalence of OSA in elderly adults, little is known about cognitive effects of OSA and the effectiveness of CPAP treatment. Therefore, this study investigated whether elderly patients with OSA present cognitive deficits and functional and structural alter...

journal_title：Chest

authors： Dalmases M,Solé-Padullés C,Torres M,Embid C,Nuñez MD,Martínez-Garcia MÁ,Farré R,Bargalló N,Bartrés-Faz D,Montserrat JM

更新日期：2015-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：STUDY OBJECTIVE:Factors influencing diastolic filling of the left ventricle may serve as critical determinants of both maximal cardiac output and oxygen uptake. This study was conducted to assess diastolic filling dynamics of the left ventricle during progressive upright cycle exercise in children. METHODS:Twelve boys...

journal_title：Chest

authors： Rowland T,Mannie E,Gawle L

更新日期：2001-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A 66-year-old white woman had a paraffin plombage performed in 1940 for tuberculosis. In 1975, she had decortication for terminal respiratory insufficiency, with return to an active life. Thirty-five years of pulmonary compression does not produce irreversible changes in the pulmonary parenchyma. ...

journal_title：Chest

authors： Knudsen DF

更新日期：1977-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Clinical resolution of ventilator-associated pneumonia (VAP) determines the duration of treatment and mechanical ventilation. The aim of this study was to evaluate the influence of organisms and their susceptibility to treatment on outcomes. METHODS:Prospective observational study in three teaching ICUs. Si...

journal_title：Chest

authors： Vidaur L,Planas K,Sierra R,Dimopoulos G,Ramirez A,Lisboa T,Rello J

更新日期：2008-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:To address the burden of tobacco use in underserved populations, our safety net hospital developed a tobacco treatment intervention consisting of an "opt-out" electronic health record-based best practice alert + order set, which triggers consultation to an inpatient tobacco treatment consult (TTC) service fo...

journal_title：Chest

authors： Herbst N,Wiener RS,Helm ED,O'Donnell C,Fitzgerald C,Wong C,Bulekova K,Waite M,Mishuris RG,Kathuria H

更新日期：2020-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Because T-piece breathing may impair oxygenation, the best airway pressure from which to extubate ventilated patients is controversial. We compared the effects of extubation after 1 h of either CPAP 5 and T-piece/ZEEP. Once weaned from mechanical ventilation and breathing spontaneously, 106 patients were randomized to...

journal_title：Chest

authors： Jones DP,Byrne P,Morgan C,Fraser I,Hyland R

更新日期：1991-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:There are several reports on underdiagnosis of COPD, while little is known about COPD overdiagnosis and overtreatment. We describe the overdiagnosis and the prevalence of spirometrically defined false positive COPD, as well as their relationship with overtreatment across 23 population samples in 20 countries...

journal_title：Chest

authors： Sator L,Horner A,Studnicka M,Lamprecht B,Kaiser B,McBurnie MA,Buist AS,Gnatiuc L,Mannino DM,Janson C,Bateman ED,Burney P,BOLD Collaborative Research Group.

更新日期：2019-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The purpose of this study was to determine how common sleep-related desaturation with preserved awake resting pulse oximetric saturation (SpO(2)) was in a large cohort of adult cystic fibrosis (CF) patients with variable degrees of pulmonary disease. We then determined whether nocturnal desaturation could re...

journal_title：Chest

authors： Frangolias DD,Wilcox PG

更新日期：2001-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We studied the reproducibility of tests of RM performance in normal elderly subjects and compared their performance with that of patients with COPD. The RM strength was measured as MIP and MEP. The RM endurance was measured using a two-minute incremental threshold loading test. The max load, the average Ppk as %MIP at...

journal_title：Chest

authors： Morrison NJ,Richardson J,Dunn L,Pardy RL

更新日期：1989-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A 65-year-old woman with an acute myocardial infarction, as judged by serial enzyme changes, developed transitory Q waves in leads V2 to V4 and leads 2, 3, and aVF during an attack of pain in the chest. These Q waves were not present 12 hours later. It is suggested that these changes represent a focal block in the sep...

journal_title：Chest

authors： Athanassopoulos CB

更新日期：1979-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We performed a follow-up study of 61 patients who had an acute episode of farmer's lung (54 men and seven women). Twenty-four subjects had ceased all contact with the barn, while 37 had continued farming. Pulmonary function tests for all subjects showed an initial improvement after the acute episode: 92.4 +/- 36.9 per...

journal_title：Chest

authors： Cormier Y,Bélanger J

更新日期：1985-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Although patients with heart disease have successfully completed marathon runs, the immediate cardiac effects of similar and greater distance endurance exercise competition are unknown. Two such cases are presented, demonstrating that vigorous exercise and extreme levels of fitness are not precluded in the cardiac pat...

journal_title：Chest

authors： Douglas PS,Sigler A,O'Toole ML,Hiller WD

更新日期：1989-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Interstitial lung disease (ILD) results in high morbidity and health-care utilization. Diagnostic delays remain common and often occur in nonpulmonology settings. Screening for ILD in these settings has the potential to reduce diagnostic delays and improve patient outcomes. RESEARCH QUESTION:This study soug...

journal_title：Chest

authors： Pugashetti JV,Kitich A,Alqalyoobi S,Maynard-Paquette AC,Pritchard D,Graham J,Boctor N,Kulinich A,Lafond E,Foster E,Mendez C,Choudhry S,Chalaoui J,Morisset J,Kadoch M,Oldham JM

更新日期：2020-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Studies have demonstrated that high-flow nasal cannula (HFNC) prevents intubation in acute hypoxic respiratory failure when compared with conventional oxygen therapy (COT). However, the data examining routine HFNC use in the immediate postoperative period are less clear. RESEARCH QUESTION:Is routine HFNC us...

journal_title：Chest

authors： Chaudhuri D,Granton D,Wang DX,Burns KEA,Helviz Y,Einav S,Trivedi V,Mauri T,Ricard JD,Mancebo J,Frat JP,Jog S,Hernandez G,Maggiore SM,Mbuagbaw L,Hodgson CL,Jaber S,Goligher EC,Brochard L,Rochwerg B

更新日期：2020-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The assessment of the structure and function of the subvalvular apparatus (SVA) in patients with rheumatic mitral stenosis (MS) is complex, yet is of major importance prior to therapeutic decision making. Currently available methods of assessment are neither sufficiently accurate nor feasible. We review anatomic and f...

journal_title：Chest

authors： Turgeman Y,Atar S,Rosenfeld T

更新日期：2003-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In order to assess the additional information obtained from 24 hours compared to 12 hours of ambulatory ECG (electrocardiogram) recording, we analyzed 72 ambulatory ECG monitoring tapes in which arrhythmias were present. In all cases the second 12 hours included the entire period of sleep. Only 38 of 233 (16 percent) ...

journal_title：Chest

authors： Lopes MG,Runge P,Harrison DC,Schroeder JS

更新日期：1975-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We examined the degree of ventilatory constraint in patients with a history of chronic heart failure (CHF; n = 11; mean +/- SE age, 62 +/- 4 years; cardiac index [CI], 2.0 +/- 0.1; and ejection fraction [EF], 24 +/- 2%) and in control subjects (CTLS; n = 8; age, 61 +/- 5 years; CI, 2.6 +/- 0.3) by plotting the tidal f...

journal_title：Chest

authors： Johnson BD,Beck KC,Olson LJ,O'Malley KA,Allison TG,Squires RW,Gau GT

更新日期：2000-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Tests of overall lung function often reveal abnormalities in elderly smokers, but lung function is less consistently deranged in young smokers. Since airway closure at higher than normal lung volumes is thought to be an early indicator of lung dysfunction in asymptomatic smokers, we used 133xenon to measure regional r...

journal_title：Chest

authors： York EL,Jones RL

更新日期：1981-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A pulmonary arteriovenous malformation was embolized in a patient with hereditary hemorrhagic telangiectasia. Several unusual complications, including early deflation of a detachable balloon, migration of a coil, and development of severe pulmonary hypertension, occurred. Pulmonary hypertension was attributed to a coe...

journal_title：Chest

authors： Haitjema T,ten Berg JM,Overtoom TT,Ernst JM,Westermann CJ

更新日期：1996-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A post-right pneumonectomy syndrome is described which manifests symptoms of exertional dyspnea and inspiratory stridor on rapid inspiration. These symptoms were associated with marked rightward and posterior deviation of the trachea, over-distention of the left lung with its herniation into the right side of the ches...

journal_title：Chest

authors： Wasserman K,Jamplis RW,Lash H,Brown HV,Cleary MG,Lafair J

更新日期：1979-01-01 00:00:00