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Study objective: This study was undertaken to determine whether tracheal aspirate cul...
ARDS=adult respiratory distress syndorme; DPI=dry powder inhaler; ETT=endotracheal tu...
AJCC=American Joint Committee on Cancer; ATS=American Thoracic Society; PCNA=percutan...
Round atelectasis is a rare lung pseudotumor that is most commonly associated with as...
A 16-year-old female basketball player presented with a 2 1/2-year history of exercis...
Septic shock is a life-threatening condition that results from exposure to bacterial ...
Partial cardiopulmonary bypass with extracorporeal membrane oxygenation to allow bila...
For many years, sympathomimetic bronchodilator aerosols have provided the most popula...
From January 1986 to February 1993, 85 patients with spontaneous pneumothorax were tr...
Atelectasis is a major factor in postoperative morbidity for patients undergoing card...
Objective: To determine the effect of bronchodilator pretreatment on deposition unifo...
Surveillance reports describe an increase in asthma prevalence, and cite New York Cit...
Study objective: Although it is intuitively desirable, the measurement of arterial ca...
Fatal cases of farmer's lung (FL) are rare. We found, based on death certificates, 13...
Study objective: To establish the natural history of lung injury in adult respiratory...
A 72-year-old man scheduled for cardiac surgery presented for evaluation of an intrat...
The medical complications of cocaine abuse are being encountered by clinicians with i...
Genetic factors are known to play a role in causing lung cancer. Twin cases of bronch...
A proportion of patients with carotid sinus syncope (CSS) remain symptomatic even aft...
The presence of a perivalvular abscess is associated with an increased risk of morbid...
The purpose of this report is to describe an association between bronchogenic carcino...
The words "scholarly and "comprehensive" succinctly characterize Cardiopulmonary Bypa...
In a recent editorial in Chest,[1] DiMarco and Briones questioned whether thoracic CT...
Objective: To determine the efficacy and safety of talc slurry for pleurodesis. Des...
The oxygen cost of augmented ventilation is increased in patients with chronic obstru...
Few predictors of systemic embolism in patients with mitral stenosis have been identi...
Objective: To assess attitudes of respiratory care practitioners about AIDS and patie...
Forty-four adult patients with acute asthma were treated with albuterol at a rate of ...
We retrospectively reviewed the radiographic findings of fibrosing mediastinitis (FM)...
Allergic bronchopulmonary aspergillosis (ABPA) in Cystic Fibrosis (CF) is well docume...
Study objective: Compare the inspiratory work of breathing ([WOB.sub.I]) during press...
A 53 year-old man with insulin-dependent diabetes presented with a 10-month history o...
An 8-year-old girl with moderately severe cystic fibrosis and right upper lobe bronch...
Bronchogenic cysts are not commonly the cause of severe symptoms, and often present o...
Metastatic pulmonary calcification (MPC), a complication of chronic renal failure, is...
The application of intravascular ultrasound (IVUS) in diagnosing pulmonary artery ath...
Much has been learned since herpes simplex virus (HSV) was first recognized as a pulm...
Objective: To review the clinical presentation, radiology, microbiology, and response...
Patients with pulmonary hypertension (PH) have a cardiac limitation characterized by ...
Even in patients with clinically stable asthma with normal lung function, the airways...
Previous studies have suggested that excessive losses of FVC and FE[V.sub.1] were occ...
To determine whether chronic lower respiratory tract disorders contributed to the dev...
The effect of continuous positive airway pressure (CPAP) applied via a mask covering ...
Background: Ventilator-associated pneumonia, a leading cause of sepsis in patients wi...
Thoracoscopic talc poudrage of the entire pleural surface constitutes successful trea...
Three months after splenic infarct, a 50-year-old woman underwent arteriography for p...
Dobutamine stress echocardiography detects myocardial ischemia by inducing regional l...
A 19-year-old man received a gunshot wound to the heart. Transthoracic echocardiograp...
We describe the first reported case (to our knowledge) of pulmonary granulomatosis ca...
Relief of superior vena cava (SVC) syndrome due to non-neoplastic mediastinal disease...
As with great recording artists, new releases are bought on faith. No need to hear it...
Although I am writing this in April, it will not be published until I have been edito...
Isolated clinical reports will always remain an important addition to the literature,...
Herpetic burn wound infection was initially described by Scott and colleagues(1) over...
Adenosine deaminase (ADA) activity is increased in effusions caused by certain clinic...
The advent of modern Doppler two-dimensional ultrasound technology has overcome the n...
To study the time-course of infectious asthma, we retrospectively examined [FEV.sub.1...
The physiologic dead space/tidal volume ratio (VD/VT) at rest and during exercise is ...
Interleukin 6 (IL-6) levels in various materials from patients with sarcoidosis were ...
The spontaneous variability of arterial blood gas and pH values (ABGs) was examined i...
(Chest 1994; 106:236-43) AHPR = acute hypoxic pressor response; cGMP = guanosine ...
A 30-year-old man, in excellent previous health, was admitted to the hospital after f...
We report a 35-year-old HIV-1-positive man who presented with severe dyspnea and a no...
An unusual electrocardiographic finding was seen in a patient with total esophagectom...
A child presented with hydrocarbon ingestion leading to pneumonitis and adult respira...
Objective: To determine if supplemental estrogens should be used as steroid-sparing a...
This vexing problem has been recognized with increasing frequency in recent years. Ca...
The prevalence of left atrial spontaneous echo contrast (SEC) and the occurrence of s...
Varicella-zoster virus (VZV) infection occurs primarily as chickenpox or herpes zoste...
Background: Optimal myocardial protection during cardiac surgery with ischemic arrest...
Ten patients were seen in Northern Syria with tracheobronchial injury from June 1986 ...
Objective: The purpose of this study was to prospectively see if quantitative compute...
We studied the correspondence betwen fluctuations of esophageal pressure measured bef...
The early diagnosis of diffuse infiltrative lung disease (DILD) is important in progn...
Critically ill patients are subjected to routine clinical activities that increase ox...
(Chest 1994; 106:244-49) [PGE.sub.2]=prostaglandin [E.sub.2]; [PGF.sub.2[alpha]]=...
We report herein a case of Morgagni hernia of omentum into the pleural space, simulat...
A man undergoing evaluation for liver transplantation was found to have an asymptomat...
A case of recurrent left atrial free-floating thrombus in a patient with mitral prost...
We report a nearly complete obstruction of the left mainstem bronchus by a fibrinomyx...
This text, one of a continuing series in Lung Biology in Health and Disease, vol 61, ...
Human herpesviruses can cause acute and recurrent disease. The seven pathogenic human...
Herpetic tracheobronchitis and pneumonia have been recognized in the past as distinct...
Objective: To determine the role of open lung biopsy in immunocompetent patients with...
In an attempt to better understand congenital subaortic stenosis, we reviewed 19 cons...
Bronchogenic cysts are congenital anomalies of the bronchial tree that are often asym...
This study determined the effect of a high vs low resistive inspiratory muscle interv...
Although periodic breathing consisting of alternating hyperpnea and hypopnea has been...
Prostaglandin [E.sub.2] ([PGE.sub.2]), a metabolite of arachidonic acid, plays an imp...
Background: Septic shock is characterized by systemic vasodilation and an impaired re...
(Chest 1994; 106:275-77) A 49-year-old man was admitted with 3 weeks of progressive...
A morbidly obese patient was emergently nasotracheally intubated using a fiberoptic b...
A man with traumatic thoracic duct injury developed a lymphocele causing upper airway...
We report a patient who developed fever and rapidly progressing lung infiltrates 4 da...
A patient with malignant thymoma is described in whom the initial manifestation was p...
While the title might suggest an imposingly broad theme, the focus of this book is ac...
Research with human fetal tissue, now unfettered from its funding moratorium during t...
We conducted a prospective survey of the utilization of venous thromboembolism (VTE) ...
Objectives: To compare the clinical, bacteriologic, and radiologic features of pulmon...
The hemodynamic effects of enoximone and nicardipine were compared during the early p...
The self-expandable stainless steel stents (Gianturco, William Cook, Bjaeverskov, Den...
The potent pulmonary vasodilating property of atrial natriuretic factor (ANF) may alt...
Carboxyhemoglobin (COHb) levels were measured in patients who came to an emergency de...
All individuals in a Swedish county afflicted with any type of hereditary muscular dy...
Survival from reversible forms of severe pulmonary insufficiency remains dismal despi...
PREFACE After a hiatus of more than 4 years, this column marks the reappearance of ...
A man with ventricular extrasystoles is described. To our knowledge, this is the firs...
A case of Boerhaave's syndrome managed without thoracotomy is described. The diagnosi...
A 21-year-old woman developed noncardiogenic pulmonary edema within 90 min after the ...
Although pleural effusion as a complication of esophageal manipulation is well descri...
The recently published volume entitled Myocardial Protection: The Pathophysiology of ...
This book is an expansion of a previous edition on cardiac rehabilitation to include ...
The third edition of this textbook is divided into 95 chapters and 10 appendices writ...
Pulmonary rehabilitation (PR) is an established method of care for patients with adva...
Pulmonary function tests were performed before surgery on 152 patients who were opera...
Measurement of lymphocyte subsets in peripheral blood is likely to reflect immune res...
Thirty-one adult asthmatic subjects, aged 18 to years, were administered both ipratro...
To assess the effect of subfreezing temperature and wind on lung function in asthmati...
We examined 129 patients recruited from two sleep clinics to study the sleep apnea sy...
Background: Unplanned extubation (self-extubation or accidental extubation) occurs co...
Work of breathing necessary to trigger a ventilator ([WOB.sub.tr]) was calculated dur...
We encountered a clinical problem in a young man who presented with a left upper lobe...
Two patients who had undergone coronary artery bypass graft surgery in the mid-1980s ...
We report a case of pleural dissemination of invasive thymoma, which was successfully...
This is a comprehensive work detailing basic and clinical research and correlating it...
In the practice of pulmonary medicine diseases of the pleura, effusions and pneumotho...
What is a "new type" of cardiovascular disease? To Hurst, the editor of a cardiology ...
In this issue of Chest (see page 1759) results from an epidemiolgic study of snoring ...
Bronchoscopically places silicone stents are used increasingly for treating patients ...
The electrical impedance of a pulmonary mass was measured in 53 patients of whom 44 h...
All computed tomography directed lung biopsies from 1987 to 1991 were retrospectively...
Objectives: In the treatment of the stable mild to moderate asthma, twice-daily admin...
Recent studies have suggested that portable monitoring may be a valid means of findin...
Study objective: To compare the intrapulmonary percussive ventilator (IPV) to chest p...
It has been stated that positive pressure ventilation (PPV) may cause false positive ...
Nitric oxide (NO) is a potent dilator of vascular smooth muscle that likely represent...
Agnogenic myeloid metaplasia (AMM) is a chronic hematologic disorder with a long clin...
A 38-year-old woman suffered from syncopes due to torsades de pointes arrhythmias. Ec...
Cardiac papillary fibroelastomas are unusual, frond-like growths typically found on c...
Chlorine gas inhalation can lead to temporary mucous membrane irritation, pulmonary e...
This edition of John West's clinical companion to Respiratory Physiology: The Essenti...
This book represents an excellent revision of The Lungs, a volume in the long revered...
Sylvia Peterson has chosen to retire at a time in her life when she and her husband, ...
The management of cancer patients requires an awareness of the increased risk of thro...
Study objective: We evaluated the interbronchoscopist variability in the diagnosis of...
We previously reported that thrombosis-inducing activity (TIA) is present in plasma f...
There have been recent recommendations to include objective measurements of airway ob...
Question: What is the relative per microgram potency and side effect profile of the [...
This study evaluated the feasibility of using [Tc.sup.99m]-pentetic acid (DTPA) as a ...
Study objective: We performed this in vitro study to determine the following: (1) if ...
BCYE=Buffered charcoal yeast extract; DFA=direct fluorescent antibody; ELISA=enzyme-l...
Children with acute respiratory syncytial virus (RSV) bronchiolitis often develop seq...
Radiofrequency ablation was attempted in a 17-year-old man with atrioventricular node...
A patient with bronchopleural fistula was successfully treated by occluding the fistu...
Bronchogenic squamous cell carcinoma has been reported in patients with recurrent res...
A 51-year-old woman, a known alcohol abuser, had sclerotherapy for esophageal varices...
Three distinguished leaders in cardiovascular fields combined to produce this book, w...
This book focuses on the diagnostic and developing therapeutic applications of intrav...
Yesterday, I received a call from a representative of the University of Massachusetts...
The definition of asthma as an inflammatory process has had a significant impact on t...
We reviewed our experience with 115 patients with pleural effusion in whom bronchogen...
Objective: To define contemporary age- and sex-related mortality risks and patterns o...
Longitudinal variability in respiratory responses, including symptom reporting and ac...
To determine the efficacy of doxycycline as a pleural sclerosing agent, we examined t...
We investigated the outcome and potential cost savings of a system designed to limit ...
We studied hemodynamic and oxygen transport parameters in 12 stable critically ill pa...
Antipsychotic medications were introduced in the 1950s and proved to be invaluable in...
A 33-year-old woman with a history of asthma presented with shortness of breath and v...
We describe a 32-year-old man with no history of pulmonary disease who presented with...
Premature coronary artery disease is a late consequence of mediastinal radiation ther...
Lung transplantation is an accepted modality for patients with cystic fibrosis (CF) w...
Adult respiratory distress syndrome (ARDS) is a cause of acute respiratory failure. A...
This multiauthored text is a comprehensive review of pulmonary rehabilitation in its ...
With advancing age, compensatory responses to cardiovascular disease are less adequat...
For nearly half a century, we have known that there is an increased incidence of supr...
To evaluate the influence of endobronchial laser resection on survival and the patter...
Study design and objectives: Attainment of a steady state of oxygen uptake ([Vo.sub....
Inhaled corticosteroids have become a key element in the maintenance treatment of bro...
The explanation for the high incidence of pleural effusion after cardiac surgery is u...
Study design: To determine the yield and diagnostic significance of performing viral ...
Study objective: A prospective study of all unplanned adult extubations was conducted...
A 57-year-old woman presented to her primary care physician with a 3-month history of...
To learn about the status of junior faculty in the specialty of pulmonary diseases an...
Adult respiratory distress syndrome (ARDS) is rarely reported in association with typ...
Intravascular bronchioloalveolar tumor (IVBAT) is a rare pulmonary tumor that occurs ...
An 18-year-old woman developed respiratory distress and diffuse pulmonary infiltrates...
Rupture of the thoracic aorta after blunt trauma, particularly when associated with m...
This is a unique publication that succeeds in synthesizing material spanning decades ...
Is it Really Just Interstitial Fibrosis? Cardiopulmonary exercise testing is a usef...
To investigate the morphology of Pneumocystis carinii in vivo, we studied the ultrast...
Measurement of heart rate and oxygen uptake during incremental exercise and at maxima...
Perception of asthma symptoms shows a wide interindividual variability. Poor percept...
The results of routinely performed multigated blood pool studies (MUGA) were compared...
Analysis of T-cell surface markers was carried out in peripheral blood and bronchoalv...
Whether nebulized ipratropium bromide is of benefit to mechanically ventilated patien...
Ozone can cause pulmonary edema and simultaneously decrease blood pressure. Atrial n...
The American College of Chest Physician (ACCP) Government Liaison Committee was estab...
Bronchopulmonary Kaposi's sarcoma (KS) occurs in 20 percent of AIDS patients with cut...
This report describes a patient manifesting with ventricular extrasystoles. The paus...