Stories Collection

1. Study objectives: To assess institutional performance of key diagnostic and therapeut...
2. The terms "downsizing" and "management reengineering" are buzz words employed by admi...
3. Study objectives: Dyspnea is most commonly assessed by questioning patients about the...
4. Background: In the treatment of lung cancer, the best outcome is achieved when the le...
5. Study objective: To determine the safety and cost-effectiveness of mechanical ventila...
6. (CHEST 1998; 113:826-29) A 30-year-old man had a nonproductive cough and left pleu...
7. Study objective: Few studies have examined predictors of quality of life and adjustme...
8. Study objective: The objectives of the present study were to evaluate the importance ...
9. The present study was designed to analyze the usability of a commercially available, ...
10. (CHEST 1998; 113:830-33) A 37-year-old black woman presented to the outpatient cli...
11. Acute bronchitis and acute exacerbations of chronic bronchitis, common illnesses enco...
12. Objective: To determine the prevalence of right and left ventricular dysfunction in a...
13. Background: Systemic hypotension may complicate the early postoperative period after ...
14. Objective: To evaluate the effects of a mandibular advancement device on apneas and s...
15. Purpose: To investigate the effects of physiologic and mechanical aging on peak flowm...
16. Localized subcutaneous emphysema is a recognized complication of transtracheal oxygen...
17. Traditionally, serious lower respiratory tract infections (LRTIs) are treated in hosp...
18. Introduction: Lung volume reduction surgery (LVRS) improves pulmonary function and dy...
19. Study objectives: To compare conventional and self-adjusting nasal continuous positiv...
20. Study objectives: To ascertain the degree of dissimilarities among blood gas and pH a...
21. During the 18th week of a first pregnancy, a 20-year-old woman visits her physician c...
22. (CHEST 1998; 113:165S) As guidelines and managed care become an increasingly impor...
23. Study objectives: To review the various methods used to diagnose lower respiratory tr...
24. Background: Misunderstanding of the role of asthma medication and fear of untoward si...
25. Purpose: Lung volume reduction surgery (LVRS) has re-emerged as an alternative in the...
26. Study objectives: Methods used to express the severity of oxygen desaturation during ...
27. Background: Defensins, also known as human neutrophil peptides, are antimicrobial pep...
28. Heimlich flutter valves have gained widespread acceptance in the treatment of pneumot...
29. Decisions concerning asthma management rely on assessment of respiratory problem seve...
30. Purpose: The purpose of this study is to determine whether short-term heart rate vari...
31. The aim of this study was to determine the lung levels of metallothionein (MT), a fre...
32. Background and objective: In this era of health-care reform, there is increasing need...
33. A 75-year-old man is seen for progressive dyspnea on exertion over the last 5 years. ...
34. ARDS developed in association with tumor lysis syndrome (TLS) in a patient with non-H...
35. In this issue of CHEST (see page 405), Fink and colleagues describe their experience ...
36. Study objectives: The pathophysiologic role of nitric oxide (NO) released in the lung...
37. Study objective: The purpose of this study was to determine whether the time to detec...
38. Study objective: To determine the accuracy of respiratory inductive plethysmography (...
39. A 17-year-old woman was admitted to the hospital for reconstructive surgery of her ma...
40. A previously undescribed case of right ventiricular aneurysm (RVA) associated with hy...
41. In the past 15 years, more than a dozen studies have described the outcomes of critic...
42. Study objective: To determine whether quantitative measurement of end-tidal carbon di...
43. Study objectives: To investigate whether platelets are activated in asthmatics with i...
44. A 15-year-old boy was referred for evaluation of hemoptysis and worsening dyspnea on ...
45. A patient with clinical features consistent with pulmonary embolism showed no improve...
46. The past few Nears have seen video-assisted thoracic surgery (VATS) gradually becomin...
47. Background: Analysis of heart rate variability (HRV) is a powerful method of assessin...
48. Study objective: The clinical characteristics, histopathologic condition, and outcome...
49. Study objective: (1) To explore the interaction between mechanical ventilation and ol...
50. Intractable pain is the most invalidating symptom in patients suffering from chronic ...
51. Study objectives: To characterize the relationship between symptoms and the degree of...
52. Study objectives: To verify whether hypoxemia affects respiratory muscle strength in ...
53. Study objectives: To determine the median survival of patients with cryptogenic fibro...
54. A review of the literature was carried out covering the last 25 years (1970 to 1995) ...
55. An unusual case of a self-inflicted intracardiac injury with a sewing needle caused a...
56. Study objectives: Previously it has been shown that there is abnormal hormonal contro...
57. Study objective: To reexamine the symptoms, lung function, and chest radiographs of o...
58. Objective: This study determined which, if any, of the three superoxide dismutase (SO...
59. With the longer life expectancy of the population, calcific aortic stenosis has becom...
60. Williams-Campbell syndrome is a rare disorder characterized by a deficiency of cartil...
61. Objective: To compare the bronchodilator effectiveness of albuterol reformulated in t...
62. Study objectives: To define the clinical characteristics of the patients showing bron...
63. Objective: To determine the risk of acquiring ventilator-associated pneumonia (VAP) a...
64. Data from recent surveys indicate that a staggering 34.9% of US adults are overweight...
65. Tracheal bronchus is a common anomaly that occurs in approximately 2% of people. Two ...
66. 1. Background This special supplement represents the resource document for a new n...
67. Objective: As a secondary objective to a long-term study evaluating the bronchodilato...
68. Study objectives: To identify characteristics associated with respiratory symptoms du...
69. Study objective: To determine the influence of mini-ball culture results on subsequen...
70. Vocal cord dysfunction (VCD) has been reported in adolescents only rarely. Two patien...
71. Warfarin sodium is a highly effective drug for the prevention of thromboembolism in a...
72. Objectives: This study assesses the knowledge and practice of emergency physicians re...
73. Study objectives: To assess the change in health-related quality of life (HRQL) among...
74. Study objectives: To evaluate the prognosis of HIV-infected patients admitted to ICUs...
75. Study objectives: To determine the effect of glucocorticoids on grain dust-induced ai...
76. Pulmonary disease due to Mycobacterium avium complex (MAC) without evidence of dissem...
77. The joint National Committee (JNC) of the National High Blood Pressure Education Prog...
78. Study objectives: Sinus node deceleration during exercise is a highly specific marker...
79. Objective: The objective of this study was to determine if air trapping, as detected ...
80. Objective: To evaluate CD4 counts as a predictor of mortality in AIDS patients with r...
81. Study objective: The purpose of this study was to investigate the use of an intracoro...
82. A 69-year-old man with advanced prostate cancer was receiving antiandrogen therapy (b...
83. Unexpected cardiac arrest following cardiac surgery can be a devastating complication...
84. Study objectives: Immunocompromised patients with chronic renal failure requiring hem...
85. The incidence of esophageal cancer in the United States has been increasing in recent...
86. Background: In recent years, fiberoptic bronchoscopy has been introduced successfully...
87. The previously recognized modes of therapy for symptomatic broncholithiasis are bronc...
88. Rehabilitation has been the stepchild of medical research and therapy for generations...
89. Although the majority of solitary pulmonary nodules are benign, malignancy is suffici...
90. Objectives: In 1990, it was estimated that approximately 1% of all US health-care cos...
91. Study objective: To investigate the ability of patients with COPD to reproduce an exe...
92. Study objectives: The objectives of this study were (1) to assess the provalence of p...
93. Study objectives: To calculate cost-effectiveness of scenarios concerning lung transp...
94. Study objectives: The aim of our study was to determine the in vitro delivery of salb...
95. Although serotonin (5-hydroxytryptamine; 5-HT) is used for provocation of coronary sp...
96. Pharmacologic measures to prevent venous thromboembolism were first incorporated into...
97. The Lung Cancer Cooperative Group of the European Organization for Research and Treat...
98. In this article, we explain the current trimodality approach used to treat malignant ...
99. Progress in the treatment of patients with small cell lung cancer (SCLC) has come in ...
100. Objective: To evaluate the costs, consequences, effectiveness, and safety of ciproflo...
101. A 75-year-old man with a history of resected colon carcinoma presented to his primary...
102. Video-assisted thoracic surgery (VATS) has enabled more complex procedures previously...
103. Lung cancer, which is the leading cause of cancer mortality, remains a significant he...
104. Objective: To investigate effects of 6 years of domiciliary oxygen therapy on pulmona...
105. Study objective: Determine the utility of nocturnal oximetry as a screening tool for ...
106. Objective: To assess the benefit of in-hospital observation in "low-risk" patients wi...
107. Two patients with chronic, severe, episodic dyspnea underwent prolonged, extensive, a...
108. Background and study objective: Phrenic nerve injury may occur after cardiac surgery;...
109. Study objectives: To assess whether concomitant administration of low-dose prednisolo...
110. Basic to curative treatment for small cell lung cancer (SCLC) are the principles of d...
111. Study objective: To determine whether persons with asymptomatic bilateral hilar lymph...
112. (CHEST 1998; 113:210-16) Frederic Chopin, the half-Polish, half-French composer an...
113. Advances in cell and molecular biology have increased our understanding of the multip...
114. Study objectives: To determine the dose-response aspect of pulmonary function impairm...
115. Introduction: Non-hypercapnic central sleep apnea (CSA) commonly occurs during nonrap...
116. Objective: Case reviews and retrospective analyses have raised the possibility of an ...
117. The first successful heart-lung and lung transplant operations in cystic fibrosis (CF...
118. A 74-year-old man presented with a 9-month history of recurrent hemoptysis. He had im...
119. Study objectives: To assess the incidence of acute mechanical causes precipitating su...
120. A retrospective investigation of 86 asthmatic subjects defined clinical features of i...
121. Malignant pleural effusions are a common problem in cancer patients with advanced dis...
122. Staging criteria for thoracic malignancies are based on survival groupings that allow...
123. Study objective: To assess the utilization of venous thromboembolism (VTE) prophylaxi...
124. A 33-year-old Moroccan man was admitted to the hospital with complaints of shortness ...
125. A 74-year-old man presented with shortness of breath and vague chest pain. A chest ro...
126. Everyone knows that breast cancer is a women's issue, but there is very little public...
127. Non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC) is refractory to systemic chemotherapy, compared w...
128. Irradiation therapy for lung cancer is mostly restricted to conventional methods. To ...
129. Study objectives: Determination of the following: (1) colonization and infection rate...
130. Aim: To study if the caliber of the upper airway, measured by CT, allows us to distin...
131. Objective: To evaluate the effect of heparin on thrombus formation and infection asso...
132. This volume is the sixth in its monograph series from the American Heart Association....
133. The paper by Dimopoulou and colleagues in this issue of CHEST (see page 8), concernin...
134. Background: Differential diagnosis of solitary pulmonary nodules (SPNs) can be diffic...
135. Spontaneous cough is a symptom with diffuse diagnostic significance for childhood ast...
136. Malignant pleural effusions are associated with significant morbidity. Prompt clinica...
137. The authors of this book have compiled a "manual" that covers all aspects of heart,lu...
138. Resection of indeterminate pulmonary lesions in patients with a history of malignancy...
139. The disappointing results obtained with currently available chemotherapy for lung can...
140. The role of multimodality management in locally advanced non-small cell lung cancer (...
141. Objectives: To evaluate the long-term prognosis of ventilator-dependent patients. Des...
142. Study objectives: Mixed interstitial pneumonitis (MIP), defined herein as a diffuse n...
143. Study objective: To evaluate material with high echogenicity demonstrated by transeso...
144. Pulmonary veno-occlusive disease (PVOD) is a rare form of pulmonary hypertension asso...
145. Although at first glance this volume appears to be an atlas, it is in fact much more....
146. Despite recent improvements in intensive care monitoring, diagnostic techniques, and ...
147. Study objective: To compare the performance of CT, radio-labeled [sup.18]F-fluoro-2-d...
148. Study objective: To assess the reproducibility of nasal peak inspiratory flow (PIFn)....
149. Study objective: Adhesion molecules have been implicated in the pathogenesis of infla...
150. The clinical manifestations of antiphospholipid antibody syndrome (APLAS) are protean...
151. Sepsis continues to be a prominent problem in the United States and around the world,...
152. Chemoradiotherapy combined with hyperthermia was administered to 35 patients with adv...
153. Study objectives: To examine the ventilatory responses of prepubescent children to su...
154. Study objectives: Recipient chronic pulmonary hypertension (CPH), secondary to long-s...
155. A diagnosis of severe stridor due to a subglottic tracheal mass was made in a 62-year...
156. Dr. Katzenstein's Surgical Pathology of Non-neoplastic Lung Disease is a well-chosen ...
157. Beginning in the middle 1960s, the United States experienced a rapid and seemingly un...
158. Objective: To examine the role of lung volume reduction surgery (LVRS) in expanding t...
159. Many studies have shown a relationship between obstructive sleep apnea (OSA) and acci...
160. Pulmonary rehabilitation is a set of tools and disciplines that attends to the multip...
161. Over a period of years, insulin-dependent diabetes and respiratory insufficiency deve...
162. How should we respond when a patient with asthma or COPD presents to the emergency de...
163. Objective: To determine the efficacy of a metered-dose inhaler (MDI) with a large spa...
164. Study objectives: Although sleep-related obstructive apnea is most often associated w...
165. Background: Cholesterol crystal embolization (CCE) has been documented to affect near...
166. COPD, comprising emphysema and/or chronic bronchitis, with or without associated bron...
167. This issue of CHEST (see pages 1681 and 1682) contains two separate case reports, eac...
168. Study objectives: Mechanical or inflammatory injury to pulmonary endothelial cells ma...
169. Study objectives: The purpose of this study was to evaluate the safety and efficacy o...
170. An unusual case of life-threatening visceral larva migrans (toxocariasis) is reported...
171. It is rare that a new disease with respiratory manifestations arrives on the scene. T...
172. There are several published reports of the efficacy of the combination of inhaled ipr...
173. Objective: Use of intrapleural fibrinolytic agents in the management of complicated p...
174. In 5 cases, an infectious giant bulla was opened with the use of video-assisted thora...
175. Aberrant origin of the right subclavian artery occurs in up to 1% of the population a...
176. (CHEST 1997; 112:310S-313S) Chronic obstructive lung disease is the fourth leading ca...
177. Study objective: To study the incidence of myocardial ischemia and related hemodynami...
178. Objectives: This study evaluates the feasibility of implementing early defibrillation...
179. (CHEST 1997; 112:1674-76) A 40-year-old previously healthy man, a nonsmoker, presente...
180. Phenytoin hypersensitivity syndrome (PHS) is a rare delayed hypersensitivity reaction...
181. COPD affects almost 15 million Americans.[1] Its impact in terms of morbidity and mor...
182. Study objectives: To evaluate whether transbronchial biopsy (TBB) is useful for the d...
183. Study objectives: To develop a practical screening tool that could identify adult pat...
184. Study objective: To investigate patient-ventilator trigger asynchrony (TA), its preva...
185. The mediastinal disease demonstrated in the chest roentgenograms from two different a...
186. A patient with [Alpha.sub.1]-antitrypsin deficiency is reported herein; this subject ...
187. Circulatory shock due to serious infection or inflammation remains a common and diffi...
188. Study objective: To evaluate the efficacy of negative pressure ventilation (NPV) in a...
189. Study objective: To determine the effect of a symptom-based and a peak flow-based act...
190. Background: Previous studies have shown "beat-to-beat" variation in systemic BP with ...
191. A 64-year-old Hispanic woman with a history of cryptogenic cirrhosis, complicated by ...
192. Relapsing polychondritis (RP) is a rare disease characterized by recurrent inflammati...
193. During infection, the host produces several proin-flammatory cytokines that have been...
194. Study objectives: To determine whether intensity, duration, age at initiation, and ce...
195. Study objective: To classify abnormal lung function in epidemiologic studies, we firs...
196. Objectives: To examine effects of an increase in ambient oxygen ([O.sub.2]) concentra...
197. Platypnea-orthodeoxia is a rare pattern of dyspnea with arterial hypoxemia. Platypnea...
198. Colin Hamilton-Davies and colleagues have written a very interesting article in this ...
199. Aids is a combination of severe abnormality in lymphocyte and granulocyte numbers and...