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- Introduction: Inhaled anticholinergic drugs are often recommended for use as a first-...
- A Case-Control Study
Background: The link between travel and the risk of venous thr...
- Review of Published Medical and Surgical Experience
To define the epidemiology, pat...
- Three Reports and a Review of the Literature
Airway obstruction due to presence of ...
- Study objectives: Mycobacterium tuberculosis (MTb) bacilli are carried on airborne dr...
- Study objectives: To study the flow-volume loop for evidence of variable extrathoraci...
- The aim of the present investigation was to evaluate the influence of the physical fi...
- To the Editor:
I read with interest the clinical trial recently published by Wood a...
- Study objectives: To describe the age distribution, clinical, laboratory, radiographi...
- Objective: To assess clinical signs and management of primary blast lung injury (BLI)...
- Study objectives: To describe our experience with novel supervised housing programs d...
- (CHEST 1999; 115:272-274)
At the outpatient clinic, a 47-year-old woman was seen fo...
- Background: The benefits of inhaled corticosteroids in the management of COPD are les...
- Study objectives: To assess the effectiveness of pulse oximetry and radioisotope meas...
- Successful Outcome in Patients With Acute Lung Injury/ARDS
Background: There is inc...
- Objective: Many neoplasms including small cell cancers more densely express somatosta...
- A patient who had the "fairy ring" finding shows another new radiographic presentatio...
- To the Editor:
Ralph Waldo Emerson wrote, "Next to the originator of a good sentenc...
- A Randomized Study Comparing n of 1 Trials to Standard Practice
Study objective: To...
- Study objective: We compared the validity of a new portable polysomnographic recorder...
- A Prospective Study
Context: Aspiration of oropharyngeal material, with its high co...
- A Case Report
The diagnostic approach, clinical evolution, and treatment of a patie...
- To the Editor:
The study by Powell et al (May 1998),[1] evaluating multiple paramet...
- Objective: To examine risk factors for chronic airway disease (CAD) in elderly nonsmo...
- Effect of Nasal Continuous Positive Airway Pressure--A Prospective Study
Background...
- Objective: To evaluate nebulizer performance when heliox was used to power the nebuli...
- The resurgence of tuberculosis (TB) in the early 1990s, including multidrug-resistant...
- Treatment With Mask AeroChamber
Persistent minor hemoptysis resulted from extensive...
- To the Editor:
Dobutamine-atropine stress echocardiography (DSE) is increasingly us...
- Measure of Respiratory Muscle Endurance in Patients With COPD
Study objective: To a...
- Study objective: The influence of occlusion of the thoracic aorta by an intraluminal ...
- Have All the Issues Been Addressed?
The International Staging System for Lung Cance...
- Two cases of repeatedly recurrent thymoma with myasthenia gravis are detailed here. A...
- To the Editor:
The recent study of Drs. Melendez and Carlon[1] demonstrated that an...
- Study objectives: To determine the correlates of static lung volumes in patients with...
- Study objectives: To determine optimal storage conditions for histamine diphosphate (...
- A Longitudinal Study on the Clinical and Socioeconomic Outcome After Diagnosis
Aim:...
- Castleman's disease is an uncommon clinicopathologic entity that results in unregulat...
- Study objective: To determine the impact of preoperative resting hypercapnia on patie...
- A Transesophageal Echocardiographic Study
Background: Cardioversion of atrial fibri...
- To develop an experimental model of ventilator-acquired pneumonia (VAP), we investiga...
- Video-assisted thoracoscopic surgery (VATS) is an effective and less invasive modalit...
- A traumatic diaphragmatic hernia is a well-known complication following blunt abdomin...
- Study objectives: To validate three indicators of asthma severity as defined in the N...
- Objective: To determine the applicability and safety of an ifosfamide, cisplatin, and...
- In 1997, the National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute released the Second Expert Pan...
- Progressive Pneumonia in a Patient Receiving Long-term Steroid Therapy
(CHEST 1999;...
- An Unusual Cause of Pericardial Tamponade
A 50-year-old man presented with an abrup...
- Study objectives: Determine the intrasubject and intersubject variability in, and the...
- Purpose: The optimal dose of albuterol to use in the treatment of acute asthma has ye...
- Study objectives: BAL induces alveolar inflammation, but its effects on intrapulmonar...
- (CHEST 1999; 115:267-268)
A 50-year-old woman develops a gradual deterioration in o...
- To the Editor:
We wish to notify the readership of CHEST about the existence of a m...
- ABSTRACT: It has been hypothesized but not firmly established that sleep-related hypo...
- Lung Scanning Interpretation: About Words
Objective: To assess clinicians' agreemen...
- Incidence and Epidemiology
Background: Exercise-induced bronchospasm (EIB) affects ...
- A Review
(CHEST 1998; 114:1689-1703)
Key words: angiomyolipoma; interstitial lung...
- Is It Really Better?
Key words: percutaneous; tracheal injury; tracheostomy; trache...
- ABSTRACT: Bronchiectatic patients have impaired health-related quality of life (QoL) ...
- Background and study objective: Ambient cold exposure may induce myocardial ischemia ...
- Study objectives: To determine the predictive value of abnormalities on high-resoluti...
- (CHEST 1998; 114:1704-1733)
Key words: asthma; geriatric; lung cancer; nursing home...
- Tumor metastases rarely are reported in association with central venous catheters. Th...
- ABSTRACT: To avoid the possible confounding effects of postnatal exposure to tobacco ...
- Study objective: The value of detecting coronary artery calcification (CAC), by cardi...
- Study objective: To evaluate the effect of a mandibular advancement device in patient...
- Study objectives: To determine the efficacy of the lung as an alternative route of de...
- A 34-year-old HIV-positive black man with pulmonary tuberculosis developed progressiv...
- ABSTRACT: The aim of this study was to evaluate the role of ageing on variability of ...
- A Randomized Trial of Inpatient vs Outpatient Hydration Protocols for Cardiac Cathete...
- Study objective: To compare the efficacy of standard medical therapy (ST) and noninva...
- This study describes the extent of agreement in classification of chest radiographs u...
- Background: The prognosis of patients with lung cancer is better when the diagnosis i...
- Study objectives: To clarify the effects of lung volume reduction surgery (LVRS) on p...
- Background: Recent reports showed lack of effectiveness of pulmonary artery catheteri...
- A Preliminary Study
Video-assisted thoracoscopy using a miniaturized endoscope (min...
- Gemcitabine is a nucleoside analog that is useful in the treatment of solid tumors. I...
- Motivation of Thoracic Surgeons
Study objectives: To analyze variation in beliefs t...
- Background: Oxidant stress is a purported mechanism of tissue damage in patients with...
- (CHEST 1998; 114:1756-1758)
CASE PRESENTATION
A 75-year-old man was to be admitte...
- A Case Report and Review
Pneumothorax is defined as the presence of gas or air with...
- A 3-Year Prospective Study in Japan
Study objective: To compare the etiology of com...
- Indications, Safety, and Clinical Implications
Study objectives: To evaluate the in...
- (CHEST 1998; 114:1759-1761)
An 81-year-old man with COPD was admitted to the hospit...
- We present a rare case of a congenital bronchoesophageal fistula in a 54-year-old wom...
- THE IMPLANTABLE CARDIOVERTER DEFIBRILLATOR: A VIDEOTAPE AND MANUAL. Steven L. Higgins...
- A Study From Four Consecutive Clinical Trials, Including 1,370 Patients
Study objec...
- Study objective: To investigate the effect of Pseudomonas aeruginosa infection on cli...
- Background: The use of surgery for metastatic lung cancer has been established recent...
- (CHEST 1998; 114:1762-1765)
In August 1996, a 45-year-old HIV-positive man was admi...
- An Unusual Complication of Transthoracic Diskectomy
A 52-year-old patient presented...
- ABSTRACT: The purpose of this study was to analyse the validity and the economic effi...
- A Useful Marker for Differentiating the Etiology of Pleural Effusion
Objectives: To...
- Study objective: The purpose of this study is to determine factors, including laborat...
- Study objectives: To determine the amount of salbutamol or beclomethasone delivered f...
- Recognition and Management
Study objective: Postpneumonectomy syndrome (PPS) result...
- ABSTRACT: Recently, to reduce the costs of polysomnography, split-night studies have ...
- Study objectives: To study the efficacy and safety of partially correcting therapeuti...
- Study objective: To determine whether changes of partial expiratory flow-volume curve...
- Background and objectives: Alveolar macrophages (AMs) are targets for respiratory syn...
- A case of acute intoxication presented as toxic pneumonitis after exposure to Roundup...
- Study objectives: To compare treatment completion rates at 8 and 12 months after trea...
- Study objectives: Despite the availability of curative chemotherapy, mortality remain...
- Study objectives: The purpose of this study was the evaluation of the efficacy and sa...
- Background: Accurate diagnosis of active tuberculosis (TB) has been difficult histori...
- Study objectives: The safety of home ventilators has been questioned. We collected da...
- Currently the standard exercise test is shifting from being a tool for the cardiologi...
- A Case Report
An 80-year-old man was admitted to the hospital with recurrent right-...
- Objective: To assess the long-term safety of adjunctive corticosteroids in the treatm...
- Background: The role of Lewis y ([Le.sup.y]) antigen expression has been studied exte...
- Study purpose: The purpose of this study was to compare the pleural fluid pH values o...
- Study objective: To apply the principles of quality improvement to measure the freque...
- Clinicohistologic Evaluation of Steroids and Immunosuppressive Therapy
Treatment of...
- A patient receiving digoxin for long-standing congestive heart failure developed a ch...
- Study objectives: To determine the feasibility of repeat sputum induction in acute Pn...
- Prognosis in 889 Patients With Resected Non-small Cell Lung Cancer
Introduction: In...
- Study objectives: To determine whether obese, apparently healthy individuals experien...
- A 67-year-old man presented with localized tracheobronchial amyloidosis involving the...
- CHEST MEDICINE: ESSENTIALS OF PULMONARY AND CRITICAL CARE MEDICINE. Ronald B. George,...
- Study objective: To obtain information about the diagnosis and management of primary ...
- Study objective: To define the prevalence of colonization and infection of the lower ...
- Objective: To determine the clinical utility of placing airway stents to facilitate w...
- Investigation of a cardiac murmur and thrill in an asymptomatic 35-year-old man revea...
- Heparin-induced thrombocytopenia (HIT) is a potentially life-threatening condition wh...
- ABSTRACT: To avoid the possible confounding effects of postnatal exposure to tobacco ...
- Study objective: To determine the potential value of plasma yon Willebrand factor ant...
- Study objectives: Bronchial stenosis (BS) and bronchomalacia (BM) are often associate...
- Objective: Many heat and moisture exchangers with filter (HMEF) have been developed. ...
- (CHEST 1998; 114:1463-1464)
A 35-year-old nonsmoking woman is referred for consulta...
- Study objectives: To determine the observer accuracy and interobserver agreement in i...
- Study objective: Our objective was to compare respiratory muscle performance, pulmona...
- (CHEST 1998; 114:1465-1468)
A 51-year-old man with a history of mild asthma for the...
- ABSTRACT: The aim of this study was to evaluate the role of ageing on variability of ...
- Study objectives: To determine whether captopril (CAP) therapy had an effect on the m...
- The International Union Against Tuberculosis and Lung Disease questionnaire is widely...
- Response to Inhaled Nitric Oxide
Study objectives: The use of inhaled nitric oxide ...
- (CHEST 1998; 114:1469-14 71)
A 15-year-old boy with rheumatic valvular heart diseas...
- ABSTRACT: In sarcoidosis, pulmonary and general symptoms often do not correlate with ...
- Objective: Increase in plasma hypoxanthine (HX) (purine nucleotide degradation produc...
- Study objective: To determine the efficacy of IV immunoglobulin (IVIg) in severe asth...
- Study objective: To determine the feasibility of using real-time bronchoscope positio...
- Background: The most efficient preoperative assessment for lung volume reduction surg...
- Study objectives: To evaluate the accuracy and quantitate the error of pulse oximetry...
- Purpose: This study was done to evaluate the diagnostic utility of dynamic positron e...
- Objective: To define the utility of serum antibody against trimellitic anhydride (TMA...
- ATRIAL FLUTTER: Advances in Mechanisms and Management. Albert Waldo and Paul Touboul,...
- Study objective: To define the effect of changes in body posture on flow-volume loops...
- Study objectives: Local recurrence is high when sublobar resection is chosen as prima...
- A recurrent pericardial cyst manifested as an enlarging cardiophrenic cyst and was re...
- COMPREHENSIVE RESPIRATORY CARE. David R. Dantzker, Neil R. MacIntyre, and Eric D. Bak...
- Study objectives: The peak inspiratory flow rates (PIFRs) generated by cystic fibrosi...
- Study objectives: Little is known about the natural development of snoring, and this ...
- Objective: To describe the efficacy of percutaneous pigtail catheters in evacuating p...
- (CHEST 1998; 114:1205-1209)
A 48-year-old woman came to the hospital with a 1-week...
- The dramatic downturn in the number of physicians choosing pulmonology as their subsp...
- Study objective: A preliminary study comparing the efficacy and safety of the flutter...
- Objective: Continuous positive airway pressure (CPAP) is the treatment of choice for ...
- Prospective Assessment of Predictors of Etiology and Mortality
A prospective cohort s...
- (CHEST 1998; 114:1210-1212)
An 80-year-old man presented with a history of cough f...
- The ideal approach to asthma management should encompass a balanced strategy of anti-...
- Study objective: To develop and evaluate a brief, easy-to-administer symptom assessme...
- Objectives: (1) [T.sub.0] compare the continuous positive airway pressure (CPAP) requ...
- Objectives: To determine the frequency of and risk factors for myocardial infarction ...
- A Complication of Blind Placement of a Chest Tube Into the Postpneumonectomy Space
We...
- In this issue of CHEST (see page 1122) Drs. Nierman and Mechanick describe the very i...
- Study objectives: To determine the relationship of literacy to asthma knowledge and a...
- Study objective: To determine if treatment with inhaled budesonide forte can diminish...
- Objective: The purpose of this study was to determine if a small pneumothorax would i...
- This is the report of a 38-year-old man with unilateral dermatomal hyperhidrosis docu...
- There is an emerging consensus that preventing mechanical ventilator-induced lung inj...
- Study objectives: The aim of this study was to develop an acute asthma index for util...
- This study investigated the effect of dynamic exercise on mitral regurgitation (MR) a...
- Study objective: The pulmonary parenchyma in patients with acute respiratory failure ...
- The differential diagnosis of dyspnea in patients with prior malignancy and nondiagno...
- Introduction: Although dyspnea is considered the primary activity-limiting symptom in...
- Study objective: Because nebulized budesonide may be used as an alternative to mainte...
- A Possible Role of Chronic Hypoxia
Aim: To analyze the relationship between daytime r...
- A 7-year-old boy with asthma was receiving the leukotriene receptor antagonist pranlu...
- Background: Leukotriene (LT) and thromboxane [A.sub.2] ([TXA.sub.2]) receptor antagon...
- Clinical Course and Outcome
Objective: Evaluation of clinical course and outcome of h...
- Objective: To critically appraise and summarize the trials examining the addition of ...
- ASTHMA: The Facts. By Donald J. Lane. New York: Oxford University Press, 1996, 222 pp...
- Study objectives: To determine the possible association of Chlamydia pneumoniae infec...
- Comparison of Dobutamine Stress Echocardiography and [sup.99m]Tc Sestamibi Single-Pho...
- Study objectives: (1) To examine attitudes of respiratory care practitioners (RCPs) a...
- SCLEROTHERAPY: Treatment of Varicose and Telangiectatic Leg Veins, 2nd edition. By Mi...
- We believe that the monoclonal cell expansion in primary pulmonary hypertension is th...
- Objective: A push toward care provided by generalists as opposed to specialists has o...
- Objective: To study the response to symptom-limited exercise in patients with the hep...
- (CHEST 1998; 114:861-876)
Key words: asthma; patient education; peak expiratory flow;...
- A rare case of intralobular pulmonary sequestration (ILS) with three aberrant arterie...
- Primary pulmonary hypertension (PPH), also referred to as unexplained or idiopathic p...
- Study objective: To determine if screening by specialists could reduce unnecessary te...
- Objective: The purpose of the study was to evaluate the long-term effects of aerosoli...
- Study objectives: To determine whether African-American race is independently associa...
- Study objectives: To determine conformance with methodologic standards in the evaluat...
- Although metastatic carcinoma from an unknown primary tumor is known to occur, the co...
- Because of the lack of adequate animal models, much of our knowledge of the pathogene...
- Objectives: To examine the relative temporal appearance of flow limitation and snorin...