Effects of long-term aerosol pentamidine for Pneumocystis carinii prophylaxis on pulmonary function.

abstract：:KL-6, a mucinous high-molecular weight glycoprotein, expressed on type II pneumonocytes, is elevated in the serum of patients with active interstitial pneumonia. Forty-seven patients with histologically confirmed sarcoidosis were analyzed by chest radiography, CT, 67Ga scintigraphy, BAL fluid (BALF), and serum KL-6. S...

journal_title：Chest

authors： Kobayashi J,Kitamura S

更新日期：1996-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A 41-year-old woman had progressive shortness of breath. Cerebrotendinous xanthomatosis was diagnosed 4 years before. An open-lung biopsy showed the simultaneous presence of cerebrotendinous xanthomatosis and pulmonary lymphangioleiomyomatosis. This is perhaps the first time the coincidental occurrence of these two di...

journal_title：Chest

authors： Dormans TP,Verrips A,Bulten J,Cox N

更新日期：1997-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:There is increasing clinical, radiologic, and pathologic recognition of the coexistence of emphysema and pulmonary fibrosis in the same patient, resulting in a clinical syndrome known as combined pulmonary fibrosis and emphysema (CPFE) that is characterized by dyspnea, upper-lobe emphysema, lower-lobe fibrosis, and ab...

journal_title：Chest

authors： Jankowich MD,Rounds SIS

更新日期：2012-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Disputes regarding life-prolonging treatments are stressful for all parties involved. These disagreements are appropriately almost always resolved with intensive communication and negotiation. Those rare cases that are not require a resolution process that ensures fairness and due process. We describe three recent cas...

journal_title：Chest

authors： Bosslet GT,Baker M,Pope TM

更新日期：2016-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND AND STUDY OBJECTIVES:Noninvasive positive airway pressure may play a significant role in treating patients with congestive heart failure (CHF). We tested our hypothesis that noninvasive bilevel positive airway pressure improves left ventricular performance in patients with chronic CHF secondary to severe sys...

journal_title：Chest

authors： Acosta B,DiBenedetto R,Rahimi A,Acosta MF,Cuadra O,Van Nguyen A,Morrow L

更新日期：2000-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Cytomegaloviral infection presenting in an immunologically compromised host as a solitary pulmonary nodule has not previously been reported. A patient with a renal transplant and with no pulmonary symptoms was noted to have a single nodule on a chest roentgenogram. At autopsy, this proved to be secondary to cytomegalo...

journal_title：Chest

authors： Ravin CE,Smith GW,Ahern MJ,McLoud T,Putman C,Milchgrub S

更新日期：1977-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Aortic intramural hematoma (IMH) is related to but is pathologically distinct from aortic dissection. In this potentially lethal entity, there is hemorrhage into the aortic media in the absence of an intimal tear. Although intimal disruption is not present, the prognosis is similar to that of classic aortic dissection...

journal_title：Chest

authors： Sawhney NS,DeMaria AN,Blanchard DG

更新日期：2001-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Esophageal malposition is a potentially disastrous complication of attempted airway intubation. We report an unusual case in which a promptly recognized esophageal intubation aided detection of a perforated gastric ulcer. After the endotracheal tube was repositioned and the ulcer was surgically repaired, our patient h...

journal_title：Chest

authors： Dunham D,Schmidt GA

更新日期：1993-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:Symptomatic malignant pleural effusions are common sequelae in patients with certain malignancies. Pleurodesis via bedside thoracostomy is the current treatment option most commonly used. To our knowledge, this is the first prospective randomized trial to examine which agent, bleomycin or talc slurry, is supe...

journal_title：Chest

authors： Zimmer PW,Hill M,Casey K,Harvey E,Low DE

更新日期：1997-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Habitual smoking of alkaloidal cocaine (crack) has been reported to be associated with a number of cardiopulmonary complications that may not be clinically obvious but could potentially interfere with normal physiologic responses to exercise and thus impair maximum exercise performance. STUDY OBJECTIVE:To e...

journal_title：Chest

authors： Marques-Magallanes JA,Koyal SN,Cooper CB,Kleerup EC,Tashkin DP

更新日期：1997-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Stress-induced or tako-tsubo cardiomyopathy (TTC) is a rare acute cardiac syndrome characterized by transient left ventricular (LV) dysfunction of uncertain cause and outcome. This study sought to assess the long-term outcome of patients with TTC. METHODS:One-hundred sixteen consecutive patients were prospe...

journal_title：Chest

authors： Parodi G,Bellandi B,Del Pace S,Barchielli A,Zampini L,Velluzzi S,Carrabba N,Gensini GF,Antoniucci D,Tuscany Registry of Tako-Tsubo Cardiomyopathy.

更新日期：2011-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：STUDY OBJECTIVE:To establish the prevalence of pulmonary embolism (PE) in autopsy material at a tertiary cardiac referral center and its importance as a cause of death in patients with heart disease (HD). DESIGN:Case series. SETTING:National Heart Institute, Mexico City. PATIENTS:One thousand thirty-two patients who...

journal_title：Chest

authors： Pulido T,Aranda A,Zevallos MA,Bautista E,Martínez-Guerra ML,Santos LE,Sandoval J

更新日期：2006-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Fenoterol hydrobromide (Berotec; formerly Th 1165a) is a sympathomimetic bronchodilator drug. Twenty subjects with mild to moderate reversible bronchospasm completed a double-blind multiple crossover study of single doses of 5 mg, 7.5 mg, and 10 mg of fenoterol hydrobromide, 24 mg of ephedrine, and placebo. Spirometri...

journal_title：Chest

authors： Steen SN,Smith R,Kuo J,Ziment I,Beall G

更新日期：1977-09-01 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：:An unusual case of arteriovenous communication between the left inferior epigastric artery, a branch of the femoral artery, and the superior vena cava is presented. The communication caused a continuous murmur at the lower parasternal area and was responsible for a significant left-to-right shunt. Surgical treatment, ...

journal_title：Chest

authors： Bashour T,Kabbani S,Cheng TO

更新日期：1978-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We retrospectively studied the acute toxicity of corticosteroid therapy in 23 episodes of PCP occurring in the setting of AIDS and determined the incidence of HIV-related complications following these and 16 other contemporaneous episodes of AIDS-related PCP treated with antimicrobials alone. The mean duration of cort...

journal_title：Chest

authors： Lambertus MW,Goetz MB,Murthy AR,Mathisen GE

更新日期：1990-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：STUDY OBJECTIVES:Patients with COPD have an increased sympathetic modulation and reduced baroreflex sensitivity (BRS). Therefore, we studied the effects of breathing 31% supplemental oxygen (SuppO(2)) on autonomic modulation in a group of COPD patients. DESIGN:We measured autonomic modulation before and during the adm...

journal_title：Chest

authors： Bartels MN,Gonzalez JM,Kim W,De Meersman RE

更新日期：2000-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A 10-year-old, 36-kg child with a malignant air leak who failed conventional mechanical ventilation and high-frequency jet ventilation was successfully treated with a neonatal high-frequency oscillatory ventilator for 31 days. Since the air leak resolved with minimal hemodynamic compromise, this technique may have app...

journal_title：Chest

authors： Mayes TC,Jefferson LS,David Y,Louis PT,Fortenberry JD

更新日期：1991-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In 283 patients referred for testing in an outpatient pulmonary function laboratory, we studied the single-breath diffusing capacity of the lungs for carbon monoxide (Dco) using the Ogilvie (Og), Jones-Meade (JM), Epidemiological Standardization Project (ESP), and three-phase iterative methods (3PIT, similar to the th...

journal_title：Chest

authors： Beck KC,Offord KP,Scanlon PD

更新日期：1994-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Unilateral pulmonary edema is a distinctly unusual clinical entity, often misdiagnosed initially as one of the more common causes of focal lung disease. Predominantly lobar pulmonary edema is rarer still. We report a case of right upper lobe pulmonary edema caused by the acute onset of severe mitral regurgitation. In ...

journal_title：Chest

authors： Roach JM,Stajduhar KC,Torrington KG

更新日期：1993-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Our laboratory uses pH paper rather than a blood gas analyzer to measure pleural fluid pH to decrease cost and avoid analyzer malfunction due to viscous fluids. METHODS:To compare these two methods of determining pleural fluid pH, 42 patients undergoing diagnostic or therapeutic thoracentesis had two 1-mL a...

journal_title：Chest

authors： Lesho EP,Roth BJ

更新日期：1997-11-05 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

abstract：:A 60-pack-year smoker presented with cough, dyspnea and orthopnea of three months' duration. Spirometry revealed severe reduction in maximal expiratory flow; CT of the chest and bronchoscopy demonstrated expiratory collapse of a mid-tracheal segment, and a presumptive diagnosis of tracheomalacia was made. A right late...

journal_title：Chest

authors： Dunn WF,Hubmayr RD,Pairolero PC,Sheedy PF,Edell ES,Nelson SB

更新日期：1990-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The role of lymphocytes in the pathogenesis of amiodarone-induced lung disease is controversial. Increases in the percentages of lymphocytes in bronchoalveolar fluid of both patients and animals with amiodarone pulmonary toxicity have been reported. To assess whether these lymphocytes are functionally activated, we me...

journal_title：Chest

authors： Karpel JP,Mitsudo S,Norin AJ

更新日期：1991-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：STUDY OBJECTIVE:To determine the prevalence of left ventricular diastolic dysfunction in patients with biopsy specimen-proved pulmonary sarcoidosis without clinical evidence of cardiac disease. DESIGN:A cross-sectional study. SETTING:A large tertiary care university teaching hospital. PATIENTS AND CONTROL SUBJECTS:F...

journal_title：Chest

authors： Fahy GJ,Marwick T,McCreery CJ,Quigley PJ,Maurer BJ

更新日期：1996-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Cigarette smoking is associated with worse symptoms in asthma and abnormal segmental airways in healthy subjects. We tested the hypothesis that current symptom control in smokers with asthma is associated with altered segmental airway dimensions measured by CT scan. METHODS:In 93 subjects with mild, moderat...

journal_title：Chest

authors： Thomson NC,Chaudhuri R,Spears M,Messow CM,MacNee W,Connell M,Murchison JT,Sproule M,McSharry C

更新日期：2015-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Although metastatic carcinoma from an unknown primary tumor is known to occur, the combination of squamous cell carcinoma histologic findings and a mediastinal location is quite unusual. The evaluation of a case of a patient with a posterior mediastinal mass, eventually shown to be metastatic squamous cell carcinoma o...

journal_title：Chest

authors： Blanco N,Kirgan DM,Little AG

更新日期：1998-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：STUDY OBJECTIVE:To determine the extent to which rapid on-site cytologic evaluation (ROSE) of transbronchial needle aspiration (TBNA) samples can safely and cost-effectively reduce the need for additional biopsy during bronchoscopy. SETTING:University Hospital in Long Island, NY. PATIENT AND METHODS:Forty-four bronch...

journal_title：Chest

authors： Baram D,Garcia RB,Richman PS

更新日期：2005-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Interferon-γ release assays (IGRAs) have been incorporated into several national guidelines for latent TB infection (LTBI) diagnosis. However, their optimal application is still controversial and evolving. The aim of this study is to evaluate the performance of confirmatory IGRAs in addition to tuberculin sk...

journal_title：Chest

authors： Song S,Jeon D,Kim JW,Kim YD,Kim SP,Cho JS,Lee SE,Cho WH,Park HK,Kim YS,Lee MK,Lee JH

更新日期：2012-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:There is no documentation in the literature of the risk of hypoxemia after chest percussion in acutely ill adults with nonsurgical pulmonary disorders. We studied the immediate effect of postural drainage and chest percussion (PDP) on oxygenation in 22 hospitalized patients with a variety of acute, nonsurgical pulmona...

journal_title：Chest

authors： Connors AF Jr,Hammon WE,Martin RJ,Rogers RM

更新日期：1980-10-01 00:00:00