Dose-ranging study of the clinical efficacy of twice-daily triamcinolone acetonide inhalation aerosol in moderately severe asthma.

abstract：:We tested the response characteristics of a dual transcutaneous (tc) PO2/PCO2 monitoring system in healthy subjects who breathed various gas mixtures, and we compared steady-state tc readings to simultaneous arterial blood gas analysis in 20 stable respiratory outpatients. The electrodes were simple to apply, required...

journal_title：Chest

authors： Kesten S,Chapman KR,Rebuck AS

更新日期：1991-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Systolic time interval studies were performed to evaluate left ventricular performance in 28 patients with untreated systemic hypertension but without clinical heart failure. The pre-ejection period (PEP) was significantly prolonged (p smaller than 0.001) and left ventricular ejectime time (LVET) was shortened (p smal...

journal_title：Chest

authors： Dodek A,Burg JR,Kloster FR

更新日期：1975-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:In recent years, the population of patients with pulmonary arterial hypertension (PAH) has changed dramatically, including more advanced age at diagnosis. We hypothesized that older patients have a distinct clinical profile with different disease characteristics and response to intervention. METHODS:All pre...

journal_title：Chest

authors： Rose JA,Cleveland JM,Rao Y,Minai OA,Tonelli AR

更新日期：2016-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：STUDY OBJECTIVE:To evaluate in patients submitted to minute ventilation > 10 L/min the ability to preserve patients' heat and humidity of two heat and moisture exchangers (HMEs) and one vaporizing humidifier (VH). DESIGN:Prospective, randomized, comparative, non-blinded study. SETTING:Intensive care unit of a univers...

journal_title：Chest

authors： Martin C,Thomachot L,Quinio B,Viviand X,Albanese J

更新日期：1995-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We retrospectively evaluated the clinical effectiveness of a treatment schedule with intermittent positive pressure ventilation via nasal mask in 49 patients with acute exacerbations of COLD. According to the ability to successfully tolerate a preliminary trial with NIPPV, patients were submitted either to standard tr...

journal_title：Chest

authors： Foglio C,Vitacca M,Quadri A,Scalvini S,Marangoni S,Ambrosino N

更新日期：1992-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:There is conflicting and incomplete information in the literature on the pulmonary reaction which can occur following treatment of schistosomiasis. We examined the pulmonary function, bronchoalveolar lavage profile, and lung histopathology of a patient with pneumonia and peripheral eosinophilia following oxaminquine c...

journal_title：Chest

authors： Davidson BL,el-Kassimi F,Uz-Zaman A,Pillai DK

更新日期：1986-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Spontaneous pneumothorax is a complication that is commonly reported in patients with cystic fibrosis (CF). An understanding of the pathophysiology of this complication and its consequences is important for the management of patients with CF. OBJECTIVE:To identify risk factors associated with pneumothorax a...

journal_title：Chest

authors： Flume PA,Strange C,Ye X,Ebeling M,Hulsey T,Clark LL

更新日期：2005-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Alterations in peripheral vascular tone are presumed to contribute to circulatory failure during severe sepsis. Decreased venous tone with venous pooling may decrease effective circulatory blood volume, while decreased arterial tone with redistribution of systemic blood may compromise tissue nutrient flow. We compared...

journal_title：Chest

authors： Astiz ME,Rackow EC,Haydon P,Karras G,Weil MH

更新日期：1989-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis (IPF) is a fatal lung disease with 3 to 5 years' survival. Although FVC is used to assess disease progression and treatment response, identifying predictive circulating blood biomarkers could help identify specific biologic pathways for treatment. An international, prospective, ...

journal_title：Chest

authors： Raghu G,Richeldi L,Jagerschmidt A,Martin V,Subramaniam A,Ozoux ML,Esperet CA,Soubrane C

更新日期：2018-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The problem of inner-city asthma, as studied in Chicago, IL, is introduced. Chicago has a high incidence of asthma, but prevalence, morbidity, and mortality rates vary by neighborhood and are highest in neighborhoods with the lowest socioeconomic status. Efforts in Chicago to mitigate these gaps have been extraordinar...

journal_title：Chest

authors： Weiss KB

更新日期：2007-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We describe a new technique for diagnostic fiberoptic bronchoscopic procedures under general anesthesia. The technique of inflation via nasotracheal catheter, which consists of using intermittent high inflating pressure for ventilation by passing a double catheter through the nose to the glottis and into the trachea, ...

journal_title：Chest

authors： Heifetz M,De Myttenaere S,Lemer J

更新日期：1977-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Platypnea-orthodeoxia is an uncommon syndrome that may occur due to the postpneumonectomy state, cirrhosis of the liver, recurrent pulmonary embolism, and intracardiac shunting. We describe a patient who was found to have a positional change in desaturation after being admitted for dehydration. Workup revealed an atri...

journal_title：Chest

authors： Acharya SS,Kartan R

更新日期：2000-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Inadequate localized drug concentrations and systemic adverse effects are among the concerns when regional infections are treated with systemic antibiotics. We designed and fabricated a poly(D,L)-lactide-co-glycolide (PLGA)-based biodegradable drug delivery system and evaluated the release of antibiotics bot...

journal_title：Chest

authors： Liu KS,Liu SJ,Chen HY,Huang YK,Peng YJ,Wu RC,Ueng SW

更新日期：2012-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：STUDY OBJECTIVES:The inhalation of hypoxic gas has been reported to enhance the airway responsiveness to methacholine in some animal models. However, the data on humans have so far been conflicting. We attempted to examine the effect of hypoxic gas inhalation on the airway responsiveness to methacholine. DESIGN:We eva...

journal_title：Chest

authors： Saito H,Nishimura M,Shinano H,Sato F,Miyamoto K,Kawakami Y

更新日期：1999-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Simple biopsy resection through the rigid bronchoscope has been described in the past. We successfully performed such resection through a flexible bronchoscope in six patients with symptomatic and relatively less vascular lesions without complications. In selected patients simple biopsy resection of endobronchial lesi...

journal_title：Chest

authors： Mehta AC,Livingston DR

更新日期：1987-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A 60-year-old woman with recent onset of exertional chest pain, left anterior hemiblock and negative stress electrocardiogram was found to have hypoplasia of the coronary sinus with drainage of the major coronary venous blood by way of the Thebesian system into the left ventricle. This abnormality appeared to be of no...

journal_title：Chest

authors： Kinard SA

更新日期：1975-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:An international, multicenter, prospective survey has been conducted to determine the hospital survival rates of patients with potentially reversible acute respiratory failure (ARF) who are managed in sophisticated intensive care units by leading critical care specialists, using current (1991 to 1992) support and trea...

journal_title：Chest

authors： Vasilyev S,Schaap RN,Mortensen JD

更新日期：1995-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：STUDY OBJECTIVE:Our objective was to compare respiratory muscle performance, pulmonary mechanics, and gas exchange between the BiPAP S/T-D ventilation system (Respironics Inc; Murrysville, PA) and the Servo Ventilator 900C (Siemens-Elma AB; Sweden) with similar inspiratory and expiratory airway pressure in patients who...

journal_title：Chest

authors： Patel RG,Petrini MF

更新日期：1998-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Clinical practice guidelines recommend enteral over parenteral nutrition in critical illness and do not recommend early initiation. Few data are available on parenteral nutrition use or timing of initiation in the ICU or how this use may have changed over time. METHODS:We used the Project IMPACT database to...

journal_title：Chest

authors： Gershengorn HB,Kahn JM,Wunsch H

更新日期：2014-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Recent extensive development of thoracic surgery meets the need to treat elderly patients with a wide variety of pathophysiologic alterations, even if they require continuous medical assistance and high technologic support. Methods in providing such care are still limited by imprecision in evaluation of results; in th...

journal_title：Chest

authors： Giangiuliani G,Gui D,Bonatti P,Tozzi P,Caracciolo F

更新日期：1990-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：STUDY OBJECTIVES:To describe the risk factors for the development of and mortality resulting from acute respiratory failure (ARF) in a large patient population. DESIGN:A substudy of a prospective, multicenter, observational cohort study, which was designed to validate the sequential organ failure assessment score. SE...

journal_title：Chest

authors： Vincent JL,Akça S,De Mendonça A,Haji-Michael P,Sprung C,Moreno R,Antonelli M,Suter PM,SOFA Working Group. Sequntial organ failure assessment.

更新日期：2002-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：STUDY OBJECTIVE:Childhood exposure to environmental tobacco smoke (ETS) adversely affects dynamic spirometric indexes as a result of combined early life (including in utero) and current exposure to parental smoking. The aim of our study was to investigate the effect of ETS on lung function and to identify the most sens...

journal_title：Chest

authors： Rizzi M,Sergi M,Andreoli A,Pecis M,Bruschi C,Fanfulla F

更新日期：2004-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：STUDY OBJECTIVES:Although videothoracoscopic (VTS) resection of Masaoka stage I thymoma has been reported to be a less invasive method than open thoracotomy and to achieve a comparable surgical outcome, the usefulness of this method in the treatment of stage II thymoma has not yet been prospectively evaluated. We there...

journal_title：Chest

authors： Cheng YJ,Kao EL,Chou SH

更新日期：2005-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The production of cytotoxic oxygen radicals by activated granulocytes is a proposed mechanism of lung injury in ARDS. Protective effects of N-acetylcysteine (NAC) have been described in experimental and clinical ARDS. NAC could act in part by replenishing the intracellular stores of glutathione (GSH) in activated gran...

journal_title：Chest

authors： Laurent T,Markert M,Feihl F,Schaller MD,Perret C

更新日期：1996-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Short-course chemotherapy (SCC) for pulmonary tuberculosis for nine months with isoniazid (INH) and rifampin (RIF) is well established. However, there is still no report on results of such therapy in pleural disease. From January 1976 through December 1984, we treated 201 patients (average age 61.6 years) for pleural ...

journal_title：Chest

authors： Dutt AK,Moers D,Stead WW

更新日期：1986-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：STUDY OBJECTIVES:Cellular growth in the vascular wall, including endothelial and smooth-muscle cell proliferation, is recognized as a component of the obstructive vasculopathy observed in the small vessels of the lungs in pulmonary arterial hypertension (PAH). We hypothesized that angiogenic growth factors may have a r...

journal_title：Chest

authors： Benisty JI,McLaughlin VV,Landzberg MJ,Rich JD,Newburger JW,Rich S,Folkman J

更新日期：2004-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To compare the short-term physiologic effects of mask pressure support ventilation (PSV) and proportional assist ventilation (PAV) in patients in clinically stable condition with chronic ventilatory failure (CVF). DESIGN:Randomized, controlled physiologic study. SETTING:Lung function units of two pulmonary ...

journal_title：Chest

authors： Porta R,Appendini L,Vitacca M,Bianchi L,Donner CF,Poggi R,Ambrosino N

更新日期：2002-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Rupture of the left ventricular free wall after acute myocardial infarction (AMI) has been regarded as uniformly fatal unless emergency surgical repair is performed. Among 2,862 patients admitted with AMI to our ICU during the last 8 years, 107 patients developed rupture of the left ventricular free wall. Twenty-nine ...

journal_title：Chest

authors： Blinc A,Noc M,Pohar B,Cernic N,Horvat M

更新日期：1996-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：AIMS:We assessed early and long-term pulmonary function changes after percutaneous balloon mitral valvotomy (PBMV). METHODS AND RESULTS:Mitral area, lung function, and exercise capacity were evaluated before, immediately after, and 3 months, 6 months, and 12 months after successful PBMV in 24 patients. PBMV resulted i...

journal_title：Chest

authors： Gómez-Hospital JA,Cequier A,Romero PV,Cañete C,Ugartemendia C,Iràculis E,Esplugas E

更新日期：2005-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To examine the effect of preoperative smoking behavior on postoperative pulmonary complications. DESIGN:Prospective cohort study. SETTING:The Veterans Administration Medical Center, Syracuse, NY. PARTICIPANTS:Patients scheduled for noncardiac elective surgery (n=410). MEASUREMENTS AND RESULTS:Smoking stat...

journal_title：Chest

authors： Bluman LG,Mosca L,Newman N,Simon DG

更新日期：1998-04-01 00:00:00