Is it possible to differentiate malignant mediastinal nodes from benign nodes by size? Reevaluation by CT, transesophageal echocardiography, and nodal specimen.

abstract：PURPOSE:To examine the individual and joint effect of various pretreatment clinical characteristics on the survival of patients with mesothelioma treated by the Cancer and Leukemia Group B (CALGB). PATIENTS AND METHODS:Between June 1984 and September 1994, 337 patients with malignant mesothelioma and no prior chemothe...

journal_title：Chest

authors： Herndon JE,Green MR,Chahinian AP,Corson JM,Suzuki Y,Vogelzang NJ

更新日期：1998-03-01 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：:A 55-year-old man demonstrated typical reflux esophagitis, not esophageal spasm, by esophageal manometry, although he demonstrated classic migraine, positive Raynaud's scan, and proven coronary artery spasm. He suffered from severe chest pain by medication of ergotamine tartrate. Ergot alkaloids should be avoided in p...

journal_title：Chest

authors： Koh KK,Roe IH,Lee MM,Cho SK,Kim SS

更新日期：1994-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：STUDY OBJECTIVE:To determine how the volume and severity of emphysema measured by CT morphometry (CTM) before and after lung volume reduction surgery (LVRS) relates to the functional status of patients after LVRS. DESIGN:A histologically validated CT algorithm was used to quantify the volume and severity of emphysema ...

journal_title：Chest

authors： Rogers RM,Coxson HO,Sciurba FC,Keenan RJ,Whittall KP,Hogg JC

更新日期：2000-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：STUDY OBJECTIVES:To identify which tests would be useful in selecting patients for a specific inhalation challenge with bovine dander allergens (bSIC). DESIGN:A prospective study. SETTING:A university hospital. PATIENTS:Thirty-seven dairy farmers with a clinical suspicion of occupational asthma due to bovine allerge...

journal_title：Chest

authors： Koskela H,Taivainen A,Tukiainen H,Chan HK

更新日期：2003-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Histopathologic evidence of fibrosis on surgical lung biopsy has been associated with reduced survival in patients with hypersensitivity pneumonitis (HP). Changes of pulmonary fibrosis detected on CT may also correlate with prognosis in patients with HP. METHODS:We identified 69 consecutive patients with HP...

journal_title：Chest

authors： Hanak V,Golbin JM,Hartman TE,Ryu JH

更新日期：2008-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：STUDY OBJECTIVE:To examine the relation between left atrial (LA) function and exercise performance. DESIGN AND SETTING:Retrospective study at a referral cardiopulmonary exercise laboratory in a university hospital. PATIENTS:Forty-one patients with recent myocardial infarction. INTERVENTIONS:M-mode echocardiography a...

journal_title：Chest

authors： Jikuhara T,Sumimoto T,Tarumi N,Yuasa F,Hattori T,Sugiura T,Iwasaka T

更新日期：1997-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Walking is a familiar daily activity that is generally limited by breathlessness, whereas cycling is an uncommon physical effort typically limited by leg discomfort. The hypothesis was that patients with COPD would exhibit greater improvements in exercise endurance and relief of breathlessness with bronchodi...

journal_title：Chest

authors： Zhang X,Waterman LA,Ward J,Baird JC,Mahler DA

更新日期：2010-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Club cell secretory protein (CCSP) is a protective biomarker associated with annual decline in lung function. COPD progression results from an imbalance between injury and repair initially triggered by cigarette smoking. OBJECTIVE:We investigated the effect of CCSP as a therapeutic strategy to restore the b...

journal_title：Chest

authors： Gamez AS,Gras D,Petit A,Knabe L,Molinari N,Vachier I,Chanez P,Bourdin A

更新日期：2015-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVES:Many clinicians believe that low-dose dopamine (LDD) [2 micro g/kg/min] increases renal blood flow (RBF) and medium-dose norepinephrine (MD-NE) [0.4 micro g/kg/min] decreases RBF. They also believe that MD-NE might induce mesenteric and/or coronary ischemia. In fact, the effects of these drugs...

journal_title：Chest

authors： Di Giantomasso D,Morimatsu H,May CN,Bellomo R

更新日期：2004-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Radiation therapy has been the usual initial treatment for mediastinal seminoma in the past. However, 25 to 40 percent of patients are not cured by this therapy, and other therapy is needed. Review of case reports show that vinblastine, bleomycin, and cis-platinum are effective therapy for metastatic disease, advanced...

journal_title：Chest

authors： Clamon GH

更新日期：1983-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A man with prior AIDS developed acute febrile interstitial pneumonitis, hilar and paratracheal adenopathy, and bronchial polyps. The polyps were histologically typical for bacillary angiomatosis and complete symptomatic and radiographic response to oral clarithromycin was seen. The clinical presentation of bacillary a...

journal_title：Chest

authors： Foltzer MA,Guiney WB Jr,Wager GC,Alpern HD

更新日期：1993-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The effects of six weeks of threshold pressure inspiratory muscle training (IMT) on inspiratory muscle performance, breathing pattern and exercise performance were studied in eight patients with severe airflow obstruction. The results indicated that IMT improved inspiratory muscle performance but did not affect exerci...

journal_title：Chest

authors： Flynn MG,Barter CE,Nosworthy JC,Pretto JJ,Rochford PD,Pierce RJ

更新日期：1989-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We have observed five patients for whom the presence of fibers of elastin in potassium hydroxide (KOH) preparations of sputum represented the first evidence of necrotizing pulmonary disease. In four cases, the discovery of elastin fibers in sputum provided additional evidence supporting initiation or modification of a...

journal_title：Chest

authors： Shlaes DM,Lederman M,Chmielewski R,Tweardy D,Wolinsky E

更新日期：1983-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：CASE PRESENTATION:A 72-year-old man presented to our ED less than 24 hours following the acute onset of nausea, vomiting, and diarrhea. Within 12 hours of symptom onset, he noted bilateral lower extremity pain and swelling. His pain was associated with a new violaceous irregular rash on the anterior aspect of both feet...

journal_title：Chest

authors： Gittens AT,Clarke JD,Abdelbaki S,Kwon JS

更新日期：2020-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We investigated 654 subjects of a small Lombardy (Italy) town between 15 and 64 years of age who were representative of the general population. By clinical examination, the sample included 535 normal subjects (164 normal smokers, 341 normal nonsmokers, 30 normal subjects with acute upper respiratory illness within 30 ...

journal_title：Chest

authors： Cerveri I,Bruschi C,Zoia MC,Zanon P,Maccarini L,Grassi M,Rampulla C

更新日期：1988-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Our study assessed the short-term effect of electrical muscle stimulation (EMS) of the lower extremities on the thenar muscle microcirculation of patients who are critically ill. METHODS:Twenty-nine hospital ICU patients (19 men; mean [+/- SD] age, 58 +/- 19 years; mean acute physiology and chronic health e...

journal_title：Chest

authors： Gerovasili V,Tripodaki E,Karatzanos E,Pitsolis T,Markaki V,Zervakis D,Routsi C,Roussos C,Nanas S

更新日期：2009-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：STUDY OBJECTIVE:To analyze the cough response to three airway challenges in order to clarify whether the recording of the provoked coughs would be beneficial in the management of asthma. DESIGN:A prospective study. SETTING:University hospital. PARTICIPANTS:Fifteen healthy subjects, 16 steroid-naïve subjects with ast...

journal_title：Chest

authors： Koskela HO,Kontra KM,Purokivi MK,Randell JT

更新日期：2005-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The hemodynamic effects of enoximone and nicardipine were compared during the early postcardiac surgery period in 40 patients with systemic hypertension and moderate cardiac dysfunction. Patients were prospectively randomized into two groups. Mean right atrial pressure was maintained above 7 mm Hg. The drug infusion r...

journal_title：Chest

authors： Squara P,Denjean D,Godard P,Brunet F,Brusset A,Dubois C

更新日期：1994-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Mucoepidermoid carcinoma of the trachea is rare. Its occurence in a 14-year-old boy is reported here. This case illustrates the typical course of tracheal tumors with clinical manifestations of cough, wheezing, and hemoptysis, the intially reported normal chest roentgenogram, and the common failure to diagnose trachea...

journal_title：Chest

authors： Bharani SN,Arbeit JM,Hyde JS,Dainauskas JR,Wilson RR

更新日期：1976-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：STUDY OBJECTIVES:To develop a simplified prognostic prediction rule for patients admitted to ICUs for severe community-acquired pneumonia (CAP). SETTING:Six ICUs in the north of France. PATIENTS:Five hundred five patients admitted to ICUs over a 9-year period (from 1987 to 1995) for severe CAP. INTERVENTIONS:Retrosp...

journal_title：Chest

authors： Leroy O,Devos P,Guery B,Georges H,Vandenbussche C,Coffinier C,Thévenin D,Beaucaire G

更新日期：1999-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：STUDY OBJECTIVES:To define the clinical characteristics of the patients showing bronchoscopic findings of bronchial narrowing or obliteration with black pigmentation on overlying mucosa (we named this finding as "anthracofibrosis"), and to determine the association of anthracofibrosis with tuberculosis. PATIENTS AND M...

journal_title：Chest

authors： Chung MP,Lee KS,Han J,Kim H,Rhee CH,Han YC,Kwon OJ

更新日期：1998-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:A multicenter study in the late 1990s demonstrated suboptimal emergency asthma care for pregnant women in US EDs. After a decade, follow-up data are lacking. We aimed to examine changes in emergency asthma care of pregnant women since the 1990s. METHODS:We combined data from four multicenter observational s...

journal_title：Chest

authors： Hasegawa K,Cydulka RK,Sullivan AF,Langdorf MI,Nonas SA,Nowak RM,Wang NE,Camargo CA Jr

更新日期：2015-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：STUDY OBJECTIVES:To determine conformance with methodologic standards in the evaluation of diagnostic tests. DATA SOURCES:MEDLINE database search (1992 to 1997) of nine prominent general medicine and six subspecialty journals for articles that report discriminative properties of diagnostic tests in pulmonary medicine....

journal_title：Chest

authors： Heffner JE,Feinstein D,Barbieri C

更新日期：1998-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:A comprehensive evaluation of temporal trends in the treatment of patients who have DVT may assist with identification of modifiable factors that contribute to short-term outcomes. METHODS:We assessed temporal trends in length of hospital stay and use of pharmacological and interventional therapies among 26...

journal_title：Chest

authors： Morillo R,Jiménez D,Aibar MÁ,Mastroiacovo D,Wells PS,Sampériz Á,Saraiva de Sousa M,Muriel A,Yusen RD,Monreal M,RIETE investigators.

更新日期：2016-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:This study attempts to determine the distribution of transudates vs exudates in pathologically proved malignant pleural effusions and the necessity for cytologic studies in patients with a transudative effusion. MATERIALS AND METHODS:A retrospective review of all cytologically positive malignant pleural effusi...

journal_title：Chest

authors： Assi Z,Caruso JL,Herndon J,Patz EF Jr

更新日期：1998-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：STUDY OBJECTIVE:To determine if a training session using videotaped metered dose inhaler (MDI) performances can result in high interrater and intrarater reliability of five evaluators assessing MDI technique. DESIGN:Five evaluators (three pharmacists, two pulmonary fellows) were trained to evaluate MDI technique durin...

journal_title：Chest

authors： Gray SL,Nance AC,Williams DM,Pulliam CC

更新日期：1994-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Parietal pleural plaque is a well-recognized sign of exposure to asbestos. Visceral pleural involvement is an uncommon manifestation, and calcified visceral pleural plaques are rare. Those reported have been in the minor fissure and inferior major fissure. We describe a unique calcified plaque in the superior major fi...

journal_title：Chest

authors： Rupp SB,Jolles H

更新日期：1989-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Idiopathic bronchiolitis obliterans with organizing pneumonia (BOOP) is a clinicopathologic syndrome characterized by an indolent course and favorable prognosis. This report describes five patients with a fulminating and life-threatening variant of this syndrome. Four patients presented with respiratory failure requir...

journal_title：Chest

authors： Nizami IY,Kissner DG,Visscher DW,Dubaybo BA

更新日期：1995-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：CASE PRESENTATION:A man in his 20s presented to the ED after several months of progressive dyspnea, dry cough, and night sweats. He had no chest pain, fevers, weight loss, or sick contacts. He was previously healthy and took no medications. Social history was notable for 5 pack-years of tobacco use. The patient was sex...

journal_title：Chest

authors： Sonnick MA,Weisman S,Borczuk AC,Turetz ML

更新日期：2019-12-01 00:00:00