The effect of a peak flow-based action plan in the prevention of exacerbations of asthma.

abstract：:To determine whether sectional development in pulmonary and critical care medicine influences medical house officers' (HO) interests and knowledge about respiratory medicine, we reviewed HO performance on the American Board of Internal Medicine (ABIM) certifying examination during 4 years before and 5 years after reor...

journal_title：Chest

authors： Haponik EF,Bowton DL,Chin R Jr,Adair NE,Lykens MG,Alford PT,Bass DA

更新日期：1996-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A 69-year-old man developed a rupture of the papillary muscle on the fifth day of acute posterior myocardial infarction. The two-dimensional echocardiographic features of ruptured papillary muscle included (1) mobile mass of echos attached to normal chordae tendineae in the left ventricle, (2) absent tip of papillary ...

journal_title：Chest

authors： Erbel R,Schweizer P,Bardos P,Meyer J

更新日期：1981-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:These studies show the results of intensive care management of 306 consecutive patients with tetanus compared with 335 patients treated conservatively in the same hospital before the institution of the ICU. The impact of the ICU treatment was manifested in a decrease in mortality, from 43.58 percent to 15 percent. In ...

journal_title：Chest

authors： Trujillo MH,Castillo A,España J,Manzo A,Zerpa R

更新日期：1987-07-01 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

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：:In recent months, medical institutions across the United States redoubled their efforts to examine the history of race and racism in medicine, in classrooms, in research, and in clinical practice. In this essay, I explore the history of racialization of the spirometer, a widely used instrument in pulmonary medicine to...

journal_title：Chest

authors： Braun L

更新日期：2020-10-24 00:00:00

abstract：:The antimicrobial resistance problem in hospitals continues to worsen. In particular, extended-spectrum beta-lactamase-producing Klebsiella pneumoniae (ESBL-KP) and vancomycin-resistant enterococci (VRE) are significant causes of morbidity and mortality among critically ill patients. Treating infections caused by thes...

journal_title：Chest

authors： Patterson JE

更新日期：2001-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Cross-sectional echocardiography (CSE) was performed on 19 patients with mitral stenosis (MS). Nine patients (group 1) had little or no mitral valve (MV) calcification; ten patients (group 2) had heavy MV calcification. An opening snap was present in each of the patients in group 1. Of the group 2 patients, five (grou...

journal_title：Chest

authors： Chandraratna PA,Aronow WS,Lurie M

更新日期：1980-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The field of lung transplant has made significant advances over the last several decades. Despite these advances, morbidity and mortality remain high when compared with other solid organ transplants. As the field moves forward, the speed by which progress can be made will in part be determined by our ability to overco...

journal_title：Chest

authors： Young KA,Dilling DF

更新日期：2019-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Although marital status has been shown to affect the outcomes of many conditions, there are limited data on the relationships between marital status and the presentation and outcomes of pneumonia. METHODS:We used Veterans Affairs administrative databases to identify a retrospective cohort of male veterans a...

journal_title：Chest

authors： Metersky ML,Fine MJ,Mortensen EM

更新日期：2012-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The clinical spectrum of mitochondrial diseases has expanded dramatically in the last decade. Abnormalities of mitochondrial function are now thought to participate in a number of common adult diseases, ranging from exercise intolerance to aging. This review outlines the common presentations of mitochondrial disease i...

journal_title：Chest

authors： Clay AS,Behnia M,Brown KK

更新日期：2001-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To assess the effect of baseline variables, including treatment, on outcome in patients with nosocomial pneumonia due to methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA). DESIGN:Retrospective analysis of data from two prospective, randomized, double-blind studies. SETTING:Multinational study with 134 site...

journal_title：Chest

authors： Wunderink RG,Rello J,Cammarata SK,Croos-Dabrera RV,Kollef MH

更新日期：2003-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:There have been no published reports of pneumopericardium complicating laparoscopy. Following an apparently uncomplicated laparoscopy, a 35-year-old woman developed pneumopericardium associated with subcutaneous emphysema of the neck. This resolved without specific therapy and without sequelae. ...

journal_title：Chest

authors： Nicholson RD,Berman ND

更新日期：1979-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Urticaria with systemic effects occurred in a patient being treated with propranolol and was reproducible upon rechallenge with the drug; Successful beta-adrenergic blocking therapy was achieved using a new agent, tolamolol, with no evidence of any adverse effects. ...

journal_title：Chest

authors： Seides SF,Ruskin JN,Damato AN

更新日期：1975-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Bronchial thermoplasty (BT) involves the application of radiofrequency energy to visible proximal airways to selectively ablate airway smooth muscle. BT is the first nonpharmacologic interventional therapy approved by the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) for severe asthma. This approval was based on the results o...

journal_title：Chest

authors： Iyer VN,Lim KG

更新日期：2014-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Respondents at an interactive symposium on pleural space infections (n = 339) at the 1991 American College of Chest Physicians Annual Scientific Assembly recorded their personal management preferences for hypothetical patients with empyema. The group's preference was to treat pleural sepsis from an anaerobic multilocu...

journal_title：Chest

authors： Strange C,Sahn SA

更新日期：1993-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Six patients with hemoptysis were treated by endobronchial sealing, with n-butyl cyanoacrylate, of the bleeding segment or subsegment. There was an immediate arrest of bleeding without any recurrence for a mean follow-up period of 127 (+/- 67.17) days. Endobronchial sealing appears to be an effective method of managin...

journal_title：Chest

authors： Bhattacharyya P,Dutta A,Samanta AN,Chowdhury SR

更新日期：2002-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:To measure tumor necrosis factor-alpha (TNF-alpha) and interleukin-1beta (IL-1beta) in pleural effusions caused by tuberculosis (TB) and malignancy and their relationship with plasminogen activator inhibitor type I (PAI-1) and tissue type plasminogen activator (tPA), and to compare the differences between tu...

journal_title：Chest

authors： Hua CC,Chang LC,Chen YC,Chang SC

更新日期：1999-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A 56-year-old woman presented to our hospital with a 4-month history of worsening chest pain. She denied having any respiratory symptoms, such as dyspnea, sputum, cough, or hemoptysis, or any history of smoking or exposure to dusts. One year previously she had a vertebral fracture. There was no specific family history...

journal_title：Chest

authors： Kato T,Muto H,Hishima T,Kawashima M,Nagai H,Matsui H,Shimada M,Hebisawa A,Doki N,Miyawaki S,Ohashi K

更新日期：2018-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Pulmonary manifestations of pyoderma gangrenosum are relatively rare. We report the case of a 45-year-old patient with multiple pulmonary nodules with central necrosis as assessed by CT scan. The patient had a 4-year history of pyoderma gangrenosum with only minor skin manifestations. A CT-guided, fine-needle biopsy o...

journal_title：Chest

authors： Krüger S,Piroth W,Amo Takyi B,Breuer C,Schwarz ER

更新日期：2001-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Pulmonary rejection and infection are the most important complications after lung transplantation. To evaluate the diagnostic value of pulmonary function testing for early detection and discrimination of these complications, seven heart-lung recipients were examined. The diagnosis of each complication was confirmed by...

journal_title：Chest

authors： Hoeper MM,Hamm M,Schäfers HJ,Haverich A,Wagner TO

更新日期：1992-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The efficacy of a nasopharyngeal tube was evaluated in 44 patients with obstructive sleep apnea syndrome. Twenty-four of these patients underwent repeated polysomnographic studies with the nasopharyngeal tube in place. They had a 62.3 percent decrease in apnea index and a 39.2 percent decrease in disordered breathing ...

journal_title：Chest

authors： Nahmias JS,Karetzky MS

更新日期：1988-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Parasitoses are infectious diseases of global distribution, with predominance in areas of poor sanitation. Parasites cause damage through direct tissue injury and the inflammatory response generated by their migration and establishment in various organs. Thoracic involvement by parasitic disease can generate both spec...

journal_title：Chest

authors： Fiorentini LF,Bergo P,Meirelles GSP,Capobianco J,Mohammed TL,Verma N,Marchiori E,Irion KL,Hochhegger B

更新日期：2020-05-01 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：:Despite many years of clinical research, there is still no effective therapy for malignant pleural mesothelioma (MPM). Untreated, the prognosis is poor, with a median survival of < 1 year. Single-agent or combination chemotherapy as well as radiotherapy have not shown persistent improvements in response or survival. I...

journal_title：Chest

authors： van Ruth S,Baas P,Zoetmulder FA

更新日期：2003-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Disappointing results of surgery and postoperative adjuvant chemotherapy or chemoradiotherapy in stage IIIA (N2) lung cancer have led to a number of phase II trials of induction (neoadjuvant) chemotherapy given prior to surgery. Preliminary results of 2 such studies indicate that mitomycin, vinca alkaloid, and platinu...

journal_title：Chest

authors： Ginsberg RJ

更新日期：1993-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Comprehensive pulmonary rehabilitation and respiratory therapy services benefit patients with chronic lung disease and other diseases of the lung by reducing symptoms and restoring independent function. Although the science of these therapies is not new, commercial payers and Medicare have generally been slow to suppo...

journal_title：Chest

authors： Birnbaum S

更新日期：2011-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:It has been postulated that right ventricular (RV) function may improve after lung volume reduction surgery (LVRS) for severe emphysema due to improvement in lung elastic recoil. Improved lung elastic recoil after LVRS is hypothesized to "tether" open extraalveolar vessels, thereby leading to a decrease in p...

journal_title：Chest

authors： Falk JA,Martin UJ,Scharf S,Criner GJ

更新日期：2007-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This article describes the use of smart technology by investigators and patients to facilitate lung disease clinical trials and make them less costly and more efficient. By "smart technology" we include various electronic media, such as computer databases, the Internet, and mobile devices. We first describe the use of...

journal_title：Chest

authors： Geller NL,Kim DY,Tian X

更新日期：2016-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Approximately 40% of patients in medical ICUs require mechanical ventilation (MV). Approximately 20% to 25% of these patients will encounter difficulties in discontinuing MV. Multiple studies have suggested that MV has an unloading effect on the respiratory muscles that leads to diaphragmatic atrophy and dys...

journal_title：Chest

authors： Grosu HB,Lee YI,Lee J,Eden E,Eikermann M,Rose KM

更新日期：2012-12-01 00:00:00