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Five cases of miliary lung metastasis among 630 patients with bronchogenic carcinoma ...
Median sternotomy has been a common approach for resection of bilateral pulmonary met...
A patient presented with an acute right ventricular infarction characterized by an el...
Inclusion body myositis (IBM) is a slowly progressive myopathy that has not been repo...
It has become increasingly clear over the past two decades that the pulmonary circuit...
Age itself is a risk factor for surgical morbidity and mortality. Maximal cardiovasc...
Paradoxical vocal cord adduction (PVCA) is a rare disorder that may present with symp...
Major surgery in the elderly continues to have a high mortality rate. Preoperative m...
Study objective: To investigate the pathogenesis of lung injury in Pneumocystis cari...
A follow-up study of 128 subjects with red cedar asthma was conducted to evaluate the...
To evaluate the role of cellular activation markers and functional surface molecules ...
We studied the effect of closing a six-bed intermediate care area (ICA) on utilizatio...
The effects of Carbicarb, sodium bicarbonate, and sodium chloride on arterial blood g...
The cardiac profile of individuals who participate regularly in vigorous, isotonic ex...
Toxic shock syndrome (TSS) has been infrequently reported as a complication of AIDS. ...
Granular cell myoblastoma is an uncommon benign tumor that causes pulmonary complicat...
Adverse reactions to drugs are common in patients infected with the human immunodefic...
A 14-year-old boy developed broad posterolateral myocardial infarction. During cardi...
It is estimated that each year throughout the world there are 1.3 million cases of tu...
Mechanical ventilators are cornerstones of respiratory life support. Their original ...
We demonstrated the feasibility of detection of p53 gene mutations in bronchial biops...
Serum lactate dehydrogenase (LDH) levels are elevated in patients with Pneumocystis c...
The effects of oxygen therapy in patients with stable COPD have been previously repor...
We report the findings of ventilation and perfusion scintiscanning performed in three...
The flexible and rigid bronchoscopes traverse the nasopharynx or orropharynx and carr...
A 34-year-old woman presented with slowly progressive exertional dyspnea of over 3 ye...
We report a case of left subclavian artery aneurysm, which ruptured and penetrated th...
The authors believe this to be the first case report of atrial fibrillation following...
We reported the case of a 36-year-old woman who suffered tracheal dilatation and rupt...
In this issue of Chest (see page 542), Inman et al report the impact of pulse oximetr...
Study objective: The present study was undertaken to validate a system of condensed ...
Actinomycotic infection is uncommon and primary actinomycosis of the lung and chest w...
To elucidate the incidence and clinical factors related to the occurrence of pericard...
To elucidate the pathophysiologic rle of endogenous endothelin (ET)-1 in acute respir...
Beside percutaneous dilational tracehostomy was performed by critical care attending ...
Mechanical ventilation is a mainstay of support for patients with respiratory failure...
The goal of mechanical ventilation is providing adequate ventilation and oxygenation ...
We present the case of a 33-year-old white male truck driver with a ten-year history ...
A guidewire, inserted into a 65-year-old patient with multisystem organ failure throu...
Thirty-two percent dextran 70 is a highly viscous polysacharide liquid used for uteri...
Two patients receiving positive pressure ventilation experienced marked gaseous abdom...
Lung cancer is increasingly being characterized at the cellular and molecular level, ...
Patient histories suggest that obstructive sleep apnea syndrome (OSAS) is a progressi...
We evaluated the possible value of enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay (ELISA) using an...
To determine whether continuous Fick cardiac output measurement is applicable to exer...
We studied atrial natriuretic factor (ANF), plasma renin activity (PRA), and plasma l...
To clarify changes in beta-adrenergic receptor (BAR) density in spontaneously occurri...
Study objective: We wish to determine if magnesium infusion would improve respirator...
The intensive care unit (ICU) is an extremely stressful environment where anxiety is ...
The speed of onset of an asthma attack can be highly variable. Recent studies have t...
Pulmonary vein thrombosis is difficult to diagnose clinically and requires a combinat...
A 50 year-old woman with lifelong asthma has nearly total expiratory collapse of her ...
An 83-year-old woman with histologically confirmed Hunner's cystitis presented with p...
This is the lates in a distinguished series of annual volumes dealing with timely top...
Determination of cardiac output is commonly perfomed in a variety of clinical and res...
Pneumocystis carinii pneumonia (PCP) is described almost exclusively in immunoccompro...
Barotrauma is an important and potentially lethal complication of mechanical ventialt...
Patients suffering from acute repiratory failure are considered poor candidates for l...
Alcohol is a known cause of cardiomyopathy. Although the mechanism is not clearly un...
A 73-year-old woman with a transtracheal oxygen catheter in place developed sudden on...
Pulmonary hemorrhage due to inhalation of fumes of powders containing trimellitic anh...
At the University of Michigan, the Departments of Anesthesiology, Radiology, Otorhino...
The axiom "Patients tells us what they think we want to hear"[1] now has a corollary:...
We monitored the plasma elastase: [alpha][sub.1[-proteinase inhibitor complexes duri...
A 38-year-old man was referred to our hospital for evaluation of acute dyspnea and fe...
Greenfield filter interior vena caval interruption is an effective approach for pulmo...
Ventricular septal defect (VSD) is considered one of the most common congenital heart...
A 30-year-old woman developed recurrent episodes of fever, dyspnea, and nonproductive...
Intercostal artery aneurysms can be of congenital, post-traumatic, or mycotic type. ...
We describe two cases of worsening tricuspid regurgitation following surgical pericar...
We describe a North American human immunodeficiency virus (HIV)-positive patient with...
Idiopathic systemic capillary leak syndrome (Clarkson's disease) is characterized by ...
We postulated that water condensate in endotracheal tubes (ETTs) transports bacteria ...
This study compared performance of three heat and moisture exchangers (HME) during sh...
A 71-year-old man who underwent a coronary artery bypass using a saphenous vein bypas...
A 55-year-old woman underwent bronchoscopic evaluation for hemoptysis. A small polyp...
The occurrence of respiratory failure as a result of a large diaphragmatic hernia is ...
We examined the influence of untreated interstitial lung disease (ILD) on the in vitr...
Cardiac tamponade, a potentially lethal complication following cardiac surgery, may p...
In order to assess the role of a staging fiberoptic bronchoscopy in the preoperative ...
DEFINITIONS AND ETIOLOGY Primary pulmonary hypertension (PPH), also referred to as ...
This book is a unique text in the field of perinatal medicine. Despite the emphasis ...
Due to the increased number of cardiac transplants performed and improved posttranspl...
A 76-year-old woman was admitted with a 2-day history of altered mental status. She ...
A case of extrinsic nonvalvular mitral obstruction due to a large epicardial hematoma...
Progressive massive fibrosis is a recognized complication of pneumoconiosis secondary...
Extralobar pulmonary sequestration (EPS) is a rather uncommon congenital anomaly. Mo...
A 65-year-old man with long-standing hypertension developed cardiogenic shock due to ...
Metastasis-induced acute pancreatitis (MIAP) is a very rare initial manifestation of ...
Correlations between semiquantiative amounts of Pneumocystis carinii (PC), the degree...
Spontaneous pneumothorax following chest irradiation is thought to occur in patients ...
A 23-year-old Hispanic man was admitted for bilateral arm weakness. Two weeks earlie...
Until about two decades ago snoring was assumed to be merely an acoustic nuisance. S...
Study objective: To compare the expression of plasminogen activators (PA) and plasmi...
Pneumomediastinum was found in 5 of 34 patients (14.7 percent) with pulmonary fibrosi...
It was acknowledged at the end of the 19th century that patients with connective tiss...
A 24-year-old woman was admitted due to dyspnea on exertion. A chest roentgenogram r...
Bronchial stump aspergillosis (BSA) is an unusual entity. We report a case presenting...
Electrophysiologic study was performed in a 52-year-old man with type A ventricular p...
Acute histoplasmosis usually is asymptomatic and most commonly occurs in children. S...
A 27-year-old, 37-weeks' primigravida survived an acute myocardial infarction. Coron...
A 14-month-old infant was found to have a giant aneurysm of the ascending aorta at th...
A 57-year-old man undergoing intravesical immunotherapy with BCG for transitional cel...
Carmustine is a chemotherapeutic agent frequently employed in the treatment of malign...
Accelerated idioventricular rhythm was observed in three newborn infants with congeni...
To assess awareness and understanding of obstructive airway diseases by primary-care ...
This textbook reviews current clinical use of transesophageal echocardiography by car...
We evaluated the effects of protriptyline on snoring characteristics in 14 nonapneic ...
Unattended four-channel sleep apnea recording has been shown to be an accurate tool i...
CASE PRESENTATION A 20 year-old white woman with systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE)...
A 48-year-old male patient had arrest due to rupture of a dissecting aneurysm of the ...
Familial arrhythmogenic right ventricular dysplasia is a rare cardiomyopathy that is ...
Behcet's disease (BD) affects the lung as well as the intestine, central nervous syst...
This guide is a most welcome addition to the current literature on cardiac rhythm man...
To estimate reliability of self-reported compliance with nasal continuous positive ai...
Between January 1990 and August 1991, there were 37 patients admitted to our Departme...
Round (helical) atelectasis is one of the benign sequelae of occupational asbestos ex...
An 83-year-old white woman with a 1-month history of worsening midback pain was seen ...
Left ventricular systolic failure is a common cause of secondary pulmonary hypertensi...
It has been assumed that in asthmatic patients with Wolff-Parkinson-White (WPW) syndr...
A pulmonary vein varix is a localized dilatation of a pulmonary vein that usually is ...
We report a clinical case of a young man with a brainstem tumor with a stable alveola...
A patient with AIDS and a history of non-Hodgkin's lymphoma developed a generalized i...
Tuberculosis continues to be the leading cause of death from any infectious disease w...
Status asthamaticus is a life-threatening form of reactive airway disease, refractory...
Muscle nerve sympathic activity (MSA) was recorded during wakefulness in 11 patients ...
Acute repture of the interventricular septum is a relatively unusual complication fol...
Pneumonia is a complication of primary variiceLla infection that occurs most commonly...
A case is reported of prosthetic mitral valve obstruction in a patient who had had th...
Immediately after heart-lung transplantation for cystic fibrosis, a patient had devel...
As practicing intensivists, we frequently diagnose pleural effusions in mechanically ...
The National High Blood Pressure Education Program (NHBPEP) is celebrating its 20th a...
Snoring characteristics depend on several factors (sleep position, sleep architecture...
Left-handedness is associated with shorter life span. Many of the factors contributi...
We report a case of a 47-year-old man with AIDS who presented with fever, cough and a...
In an acute trauma patient with unrecognized scimitar syndrome, physiologic measureme...
Treatment options for patients with iatrogenic esophageal perforations are multiple a...
Osteomyelitis in uncommon locations can present unusual diagnostic difficulties. A p...
This issue of Chest contains an article (see page 1863) reporting the characteristics...
To our knowledge, there are no published results of protocols for managing difficult ...
Retractions of the lower ribcage (chest wall distortion [CWD]) during inspiration are...
The significance of upper extremity deep venous thrombosis (DVT) has been minimized i...
We present the case of a 24-year-old woman with acute septicemic melioidosis resultin...
A patient developed aortic-to-right ventricular fistula after aortic valve replacemen...
A case of hydropneumomediastinum and bilateral hydropneumothorax from a central venou...
This new issue presents a very interesting state-of-the-art review of a common proble...
Several lines of evidence suggest that the remaining lung after contralateral pneumon...
As part of the required screening process of illegal aliens applying for adjustment o...
A 52-year-old man with a 20-pack-year smoking history presented with 4 days of nonpro...
A position paper by the American College of Physiciands states, "Thoracentesis is rel...
Pneumocystis carinii pneumonia (PCP) is the most common pulmonary complication of AID...
Ischemia due to interruption of the bronchial circulation has been recognized as a ca...
We describe a patient who suffered from a bacterial pneumonia and had a left-sided in...
We describe a patient with a chylous pleural effusion associated with primary lymphed...
Most new cases of tuberculosis (TB) occur in the developing world, and in view of the...
In 1977, Bandura[1] proposed a concept he referred to as self-efficacy. The term ref...
We report two patients undergoing maintenance hemodialysis who presented with sleep a...
Pulmonary hypertension in chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) is associated ...
During bronchoprovocation testing with methacholine, induced changes in airway geomet...
We have compared radioaerosol deposition pattern and bronchodilator response followin...
To assess the effects of obesity on pulmonary function, 46 healthy subjects exhibitin...
The microbiology and clinical features of empyema were studied retrospectively in 197...
This research developed and determined the psychometric characteristics of a measure ...
Study protocol: Two separate groups of clinical investigators have provided new info...
An ovine model was used to study the pathophysiology of smoke inhalation injury treat...
We present a patient with a large, left atrial ball valve thrombus that was intermitt...
Chest tubes are inserted for a variety of reasons, and a number of complications have...
Tension pneumothorax following esophageal rupture is very rare. We report a case in ...
Patients with anomalous left main coronary artery arising from the right sinus of Val...
A rare example of an intralobar sequestration (ILS) containing a fungal mycetoma is r...
The stated goal of this book is to provide a review of major dysrhythmic syndromes an...
This communication also appears in the May issue of the European Respiratory Journal....
Study objective: To assess anthropometric characteristics of patients with obstructi...
The prevalence and features of malnutrition in COPD patients have been studied extens...
Asthmatic subjects with tidal expiratory flow limitation have mucociliary clearance (...
Twelve patients with aspergilloma were treated with intracavitary or endobronchial ad...
The echocardiographic findings by transesophageal and transthoracic techniques were c...
The clinical course of congestive heart failure (CHF) and mitral valve stenosis (MVS)...
Study objectives: To evaluate measurements of myoglobin in the diagnosis of perioper...
Home care for ventilatory-assisted children improves psychosocial development and red...
Asthma morbidity and mortality are increasing, as is widely recognized.[1] Just a ye...
Blunt chest trauma is a rare cause of aortic valve dysfunction. A case of the success...
Severe subcutaneous emphysema following arthroscopy of the shoulder developed in a 62...
A balloon-tipped catheter placed in the coronary sinus is used during cardiac surgery...
Wegener's granulomatosis may present with a variety of findings and be difficult to d...
Adult respiratory distress syndrome (ARDS) was described in 1971 by Petty and Ashbaug...
We performed flexible fiberoptic bronchoscopy (FFB) on 106 heavy cigarette smokers. ...
Is the very successful brainchild of a 9-year-old asthmatic patient [1] doomed to ext...
Currently, many ventilator patients are content to sit back and allow family, health ...
The 24-h ambulatory blood pressure (24h-ABP) was examined in 21 men, aged 38 to 65 ye...
To determine whether meteorologic conditions affect the respiratory status of individ...
Objective: Compare unsupported (UAEx) vs supported (SAEx) arm exercise in training o...
False-negative results from transthoracic needle aspiration biopsy of malignant lung ...
Flexible fiberoptic bronchoscopy has been proven to be an effective tool for the asse...
This article describes a technique whcih allows the patent ductus arteriosus (PDA) to...
Objectives: To investigate the time course and the relation to prognosis of coagulat...
During the past decade lung transplantation has been successfully extended to a varie...
Sympathomimetic aerosol bronchodilators became popular in the 1960s, and they vastly ...
Spontaneous echo contrast is uncommon in pericardial effusion. We report the case of...