Contribution of craniofacial risk factors in increasing apneic activity among obese and nonobese habitual snorers.

abstract：:Echocardiography has proven a useful and sensitive means to determine noninvasively the cardiac dimensions. This report describes the echocardiographic detection of progressive dilatation of the aortic root over an 18-month period, which led to death in a 33-year-old man with Marfan's syndrome; however, at no time was...

journal_title：Chest

authors： Come PC,Bulkley BH,McKusick VA,Fortuin NJ

更新日期：1977-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A patient with the sick sinus syndrome accompanying mirror-image dextrocardia which was associated with double superior venae cavae and an absent inferior vena cava is presented. A permanent transvenous demand pacemaker was inserted because of repeated episodes of dizziness and a documented 31/2-second period of asyst...

journal_title：Chest

authors： Goyal SL,Lichestein E,Gupta PK,Chadda KD,Lajam F

更新日期：1976-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:To investigate the prevalence of physician-diagnosed COPD and to explore the relationship between the total amount of cigarettes smoked (TACS) and COPD among urban and rural adults in Nanjing, China. DESIGN:Population-based, cross-sectional study conducted between October 2000 and March 2001. SETTING:Admin...

journal_title：Chest

authors： Xu F,Yin X,Zhang M,Shen H,Lu L,Xu Y

更新日期：2005-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:COPD includes the chronic bronchitis (CB) and emphysema phenotypes. Although it is generally assumed that emphysema or chronic airflow obstruction (CAO) is associated with worse quality of life (QOL) than is CB, this assumption has not been tested. METHODS:The current study's analyses from the Lovelace Smok...

journal_title：Chest

authors： Meek PM,Petersen H,Washko GR,Diaz AA,Klm V,Sood A,Tesfaigzi Y

更新日期：2015-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:In chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, both smaller and larger airways are affected. FEV1 mainly reflects large airways obstruction, while the later fraction of forced exhalation reflects reduction in terminal expiratory flow. In this study, the objective was to evaluate the relationship between spirometr...

journal_title：Chest

authors： Dilektasli AG,Porszasz J,Casaburi R,Stringer WW,Bhatt SP,Pak Y,Rossiter HB,Washko G,Castaldi PJ,Estepar RSJ,Hansen JE,COPDGene investigators.

更新日期：2016-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Three patients had hypertrophic obstructive cardiomyopathy and coronary artery spasm. The clinical diagnosis of hypertrophic obstructive cardiomyopathy, in all patients, was confirmed by echocardiography and angiography. Significant spasm of the right coronary artery was demonstrated in each patient by selective coron...

journal_title：Chest

authors： Mautner RK,Thomas I,Dhurandhar R,Phillips JH

更新日期：1979-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Amphiregulin, a member of the epidermal growth factor family, has been shown to promote the growth of fibroblasts, to be associated with the T-helper type 2 cell adaptive immune response, and to up-regulate mucin gene expression. We aimed to determine whether sputum amphiregulin is expressed at elevated leve...

journal_title：Chest

authors： Kim KW,Jee HM,Park YH,Choi BS,Sohn MH,Kim KE

更新日期：2009-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:OSA is a common yet underdiagnosed disorder encountered in everyday practice. The disease is a unique physiologic stressor that contributes to the development or progression of many other disorders, particularly cardiovascular conditions. The pulmonary circulation is specifically affected by the intermittent hypoxic a...

journal_title：Chest

authors： Ismail K,Roberts K,Manning P,Manley C,Hill NS

更新日期：2015-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：RATIONALE:Airway hyperresponsiveness to adenosine monophosphate (AMP) has been validated as a surrogate marker for airway inflammation. We wished to know whether an abbreviated challenge at the final threshold dose would produce the same fall in FEV1 as a full, conventional dose-response challenge. METHODS:Seventeen p...

journal_title：Chest

authors： Fardon TC,Hodge MR,Lipworth BJ

更新日期：2005-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:To evaluate the efficacy of mask-mode digital subtraction angiography in selective coronary arteriography, we compared computer-based digital subtraction angiograms to standard film-based angiograms in 77 patients. Digital angiography was performed utilizing a 512(2) matrix and a framing rate of 30 frames/second. Radi...

journal_title：Chest

authors： Goldberg HL,Moses JW,Fisher J,Tamari I,Borer JS

更新日期：1986-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This report describes a patient who developed pulmonary hypertension 6 years after lung transplantation for primary pulmonary hypertension (PPH). Evaluation with right heart catheterization followed by pulmonary angiography, however, demonstrated that the pulmonary hypertension was secondary to an anastomotic narrowin...

journal_title：Chest

authors： Soriano CM,Gaine SP,Conte JV,Fairman RP,White C,Rubin LJ

更新日期：1999-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:All aspects of medical education were affected by the Novel Coronavirus Infectious Disease-19 (COVID-19) pandemic. Several challenges were experienced by trainees and programs alike due to the economic repercussions of the pandemic, how social distancing affected the delivery of medical education, testing and intervie...

journal_title：Chest

authors： Kaul V,Gallo de Moraes A,Khateeb D,Greenstein Y,Winter G,Chae J,Stewart NH,Qadir N,Dangayach NS

更新日期：2020-12-29 00:00:00

abstract：STUDY OBJECTIVES:To evaluate the intraoperative evolution of patients with COPD during lung resection and to test whether exercise testing could be helpful in the prediction of the intraoperative course. DESIGN:Prospective study. SETTING:University teaching hospital. PATIENTS:Forty patients (mean [+/- SD] age, 65 +/...

journal_title：Chest

authors： Ribas J,Jiménez MJ,Barberà JA,Roca J,Gomar C,Canalís E,Rodriguez-Roisin R

更新日期：2001-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A 56-year-old man with a longstanding tracheostomy presented to the hospital with upper GI bleeding and was found to have a profound respiratory alkalosis. The cause of this patient's involuntary hyperventilation was hiccuping complicated by the absence of glottic closure. ...

journal_title：Chest

authors： Campbell LA,Schwartz SH

更新日期：1991-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Patient-focused or patient-centered care is not a new concept, but its value has been overlooked in preference to the technology-based, disease-centered model that has prevailed in medicine for the last 50 years. Patient-focused care includes four broad areas of intervention: communication with patients, partnerships,...

journal_title：Chest

authors： Irwin RS,Richardson ND

更新日期：2006-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Continuous irrigation-suction catheter (Irri-cath) is a double-lumen device that allows for simultaneous saline solution infusion and aspiration. This system may theoretically be more effective than conventional dry intermittent suction due to its vortex principle. To test this hypothesis, we performed 200 suction man...

journal_title：Chest

authors： Isea JO,Poyant D,O'Donnell C,Faling LJ,Karlinsky J,Celli BR

更新日期：1993-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：STUDY OBJECTIVES:Although inhaled beta2-agonists are in widespread use, several reports question their potential arrhythmogenic effects. The purpose of this study was to evaluate the cardiac electrophysiologic effects of a single, regular dose of an inhaled beta2-agonist in humans. DESIGN:Prospective study. SETTING:T...

journal_title：Chest

authors： Kallergis EM,Manios EG,Kanoupakis EM,Schiza SE,Mavrakis HE,Klapsinos NK,Vardas PE

更新日期：2005-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Previous studies on the bronchodilating effect of nitrates yielded conflicting results. We hypothesized that the concomitant bronchial vasodilatation induced by nitrates may limit the increase of airway patency due to bronchial smooth muscle relaxation. To test this hypothesis, we evaluated the bronchodilating effect ...

journal_title：Chest

authors： Rolla G,Bucca C,Brussino L

更新日期：1995-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Antemortem diagnosis of a perforated MV aneurysm by Doppler echocardiography, as well as two-dimensional echocardiography (2-DE), has not been reported. Herein we present such a case. ...

journal_title：Chest

authors： Chua SO,Chiang CW,Lee YS,Chang CH,Hung JS

更新日期：1990-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The Resource-Based Relative Value Scale (RBRVS) is fundamentally undermined by the following foundational errors: (1) The full range of office-based evaluation and management (E/M) activities are not captured by the Current Procedural Terminology (CPT) code choices, (2) it places relatively high values on procedural s...

journal_title：Chest

authors： Kumetz EA,Goodson JD

更新日期：2013-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Although the cycle ergometer is the traditional mode for exercise testing in patients with respiratory disease, this preference over the treadmill does not consider perceptual responses. Our hypotheses were as follows: (1) the regression slope between breathlessness and oxygen consumption (Vo(2)) is greater ...

journal_title：Chest

authors： Murray JA,Waterman LA,Ward J,Baird JC,Mahler DA

更新日期：2009-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This review examines psychosocial issues among lung transplant patients from the time of assessment through the posttransplant period. Although psychological factors are recognized as being important in the transplant evaluation, no standard approach to psychological assessment currently exists. Lung transplant candid...

journal_title：Chest

authors： Barbour KA,Blumenthal JA,Palmer SM

更新日期：2006-05-01 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：BACKGROUND:The use of noninvasive ventilation (NIV) in acute exacerbation of COPD has increased over time. However, little is known about patient factors influencing its use in routine clinical practice. METHODS:This was a retrospective cohort study of 723,560 hospitalizations for exacerbation of COPD at 475 hospitals...

journal_title：Chest

authors： Stefan MS,Shieh MS,Pekow PS,Hill N,Rothberg MB,Lindenauer PK

更新日期：2015-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:No studies have attempted to examine the genetic influence on the habit of snoring. The aim of the present study was to examine whether an association existed between self-reported snoring and family history of snoring and a number of genetic markers. MATERIAL AND METHODS:The data were derived from a primar...

journal_title：Chest

authors： Jennum P,Hein HO,Suadicani P,Sørensen H,Gyntelberg F

更新日期：1995-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Critically ill patients who develop ARDS have substantial associated morbidity and mortality. Circulating mitochondrial DNA (mtDNA) released during critical illness causes endothelial dysfunction and lung injury in experimental models. This study hypothesized that elevated plasma mtDNA is associated with ARD...

journal_title：Chest

authors： Faust HE,Reilly JP,Anderson BJ,Ittner CAG,Forker CM,Zhang P,Weaver BA,Holena DN,Lanken PN,Christie JD,Meyer NJ,Mangalmurti NS,Shashaty MGS

更新日期：2020-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The preoperative physiologic assessment of a patient being considered for surgical resection of lung cancer must consider the immediate perioperative risks from comorbid cardiopulmonary disease, the long-term risks of pulmonary disability, and the threat to survival due to inadequately treated lung cancer. As with any...

journal_title：Chest

authors： Beckles MA,Spiro SG,Colice GL,Rudd RM,American College of Chest Physicians.

更新日期：2003-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Pill aspiration represents a unique type of foreign body aspiration requiring a distinct diagnostic and therapeutic approach. In many cases, the "foreign body" itself may no longer be present, whereas the airway manifestations may persist for months to years. Limited data exist to guide management decisions. We report...

journal_title：Chest

authors： Kinsey CM,Folch E,Majid A,Channick CL

更新日期：2013-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Fifty-seven patients with rheumatoid arthritis (RA) were treated in hospital for diffuse interstitial lung fibrosis. Although interstitial fibrosis (either on the basis of lung function tests or chest roentgenograms or both) is fairly common among patients with RA, according to this study interstitial fibrosis of suff...

journal_title：Chest

authors： Hakala M

更新日期：1988-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The mechanisms leading to rapid changes in arterial blood gas values soon after exercise ends have not been well established. To further study these phenomena, we exercised seven normal male volunteers to exhaustion on a cycle ergometer with a 25-W/min ramped protocol measuring arterial blood gas values, and breath-by...

journal_title：Chest

authors： O'Neill AV,Johnson DC

更新日期：1991-05-01 00:00:00