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We recently evaluated a premature infant with intralobar pulmonary sequestration whic...
The article by Monreal et al in this issue (see page 677) reminds us how much we have...
The influence of several diseases and clinical conditions on the presence of pulmonar...
A total of 47 patients with sleep disorder (36 male and 11 female) with a mean age of...
We studied the effects of stopping long-term vasodilator therapy in 17 patients with ...
EXECUTIVE SUMMARY Summary of Overall Review of Existing Data Epidemiology: (a...
The diagnostic utility of transbronchial lung biopsy (TBB) is partly a function of it...
Repeated methacholine challenge in normal nonasthmatic subjects (who require higher d...
Multidrug resistant Mycobacterium tuberculosis (MDR-MTB) infection has not been recog...
We wished to identify the physiologic abnormalities that distinguish severely breathl...
Within hours, tolerance occurs to repeated methacholine challenge in normal subjects,...
Nasal mask ventilation (NMV) has been used successfully in chronic restrictive respir...
A case of toad venom-induced digitalis toxicity is presented. A pause of 13.5 s was n...
This report describes a five-year-old boy with severe pulmonary hemorrhage caused by ...
We report the first case, to our knowledge, of single lung transplantation for primar...
Publications about vascular surgical anatomy evolve in a curious way. The original p...
Exercise Testing in the Evaluation of Thoractomy Candidates Surgical resection is t...
Background: Cell content of BALF may vary according to the segment of the lung washe...
Study Objective: We previously described a closed-circuit system for exposure to par...
Adjunctive corticosteroid therapy is recommended for selected human immunodeficiency ...
Preoperative diffusion capacity per liter alveolar volume (Kco) in cardiac transplant...
Study Objective: To prospectively evaluate the use of an IgM anti-P1 immunoblotting ...
Acute Management with Infraclavicular "Blow Holes" Four patients who recently devel...
Influence of Level of Consciousness with Implications for Therapy A prospective stu...
A 65-year-old woman with a long history of nonproductive cough was referred to the De...
The pulmonary endothelium, by virture of its immense surface area, is uniquely locate...
We describe a patient who developed noncardiogenic pulmonary edema (NCPE) following t...
We report a patient who survived acute respiratory failure associated with tick-borne...
We report a male patient who developed an unusual periodic breathing. At presentatio...
Systematic hypersensitivity vasculitis developed in a 53-year-old man during acute ex...
Patients with the adult respiratory distress syndrome (ARDS) present a complex challe...
Most bodily oxygen consumption is devoted to the generation of cellular energy in the...
Alpha-hemolytic (viridans) streptococci, Streptococcus bovis, and enterococci are com...
The treatment of nocturnal asthma remains a challenge. We investigated the use of a p...
Laryngeal involvement by RA is a common findings, but there have been no studies of l...
Chronic hypoxemia is associated with development of secondary polycythemia. To evalu...
Adults with CF followed in a university center were assessed for the presence of the ...
The uptake of gallium 67 ([.sup.67Ga]) into cells is postulated to be through transfe...
Introduction: The purpose of this study was to test a hypothesis of increased urinar...
A 40-year-old woman was referred for evaluation of fever, cough, and chest pain. The...
Modulation and Automodulation of a Parasystolic Focus This report deals with a pati...
Ventilatory support during magnetic resonance imaging is difficult because metallic o...
We report a case of supraventricular rhythm disorder occurring as a complication of n...
Pulmonary blastoma, a rare primary lung neoplasm occurring in both children and adult...
In the back of Fraser and Pare's Diagnosis of Diseases of the Chest are lists of diff...
Predictive Valve during Negative Low-Level Exercise Three Weeks Postinfarction To e...
To investigate the impact of sleep-disordered breathing events on daytime hypertensio...
The Value of Clinical Data, Chest Roentgenogram, Lung Function, and Serologic Paramat...
Using monodisperse aerosols radiolabeled with [.sup.99m.Tc], we studied the effectiv...
The purpose of this study was to evaluate a new method to measure closing volume (CV)...
The risk of rupture of an aortic aneurysm increases with size and rapid expansion rat...
A subjective sense of enhanced ease of breathing has been described after instruction...
Acute myopathy in patients being treated for severe asthma has been recognized with i...
Twelve patients with stable asthma (mean age, 39 years; asthma duration, 11 years; me...
The possibility that an elevated pulmonary artery systolic storage volume (PASSV) cor...
In this study, the effect of exogenous adenosine triphosphate (ATP) on the immature m...
Due to both the precision of imaging and the technical developments in needle placeme...
Since 1983 there has been a steady increase in the number of cases of measles reporte...
Angiography in a 30-year-old man revealed the unique combination of aortic coarctatio...
Pulmonary arterial hypertension (PAH) and cor pulmonale were found in a patient with ...
This is an excellent text for anyone involved in ultrasonography or noninvasive testi...
Over the last several years, general thoracic surgeons have been developing a minimal...
Numerous case reports have shown the advantage of using bronchoalveolar lavage (BAL) ...
Study Objective: To examine the relationships among clinical dyspnea ratings, physio...
During lung transplantation, a number of factors may cause endothelial injury to the ...
Cardiac imaging with dipyridamole infusion has been proposed as an exercise-independe...
Oxygen consumption ([Vo.sub.2]) and minute ventilation (VE) were measured breath-by-b...
We have administered aerosolized pentamidine (AP) to 48 AIDS patients for secondary p...
We evaluated various patient characteristics in patients hospitalized for asthma duri...
Pattern and Risk Factors The incidence of mediastinal emphysema (ME) and pneumothor...
Studies have demonstrated that cocaine causes coronary vasoconstriction, but this has...
Thoracic splenosis (post-traumatic autotransplantation of splenic tissue) is rare and...
Acute upper airway obstruction may present with pulmonary edema. Following is a repo...
This book, which is based on a National Heart, Lung and Blood Institute symposium, re...
The flexible fiberoptic bronchoscope was introduced by Ikeda in the late 1960s.[1] T...
The thresholds used to define a positive result for bronchial provocation challenges ...
We studied a group of 47 patients [is greater than or equal to] 75 years old. The me...
The purpose of this study was to establish the diagnostic value of pneumococcal capsu...
The real need for extensive staging at the time of diagnosis is discussed in regard t...
The aim of this study was to investigate whether the administration of prednisone pot...
Low-flow continuous oxygen can lead to significant improvement in exercise capacity i...
Chylothorax is an accumulation of fluid, rich in triglycerides and characterized by t...
A 36-year-old woman with features of both the Mounier-Kuhn syndrome and the Kenny-Caf...
Two patients with extensive small cell lung cancer developed unilateral, spontaneous ...
A Possible Common Pathogenetic Mechanism We report a case of PAP which proved to be...
With every new technologic innovation there is an accompanying rush to embrace it. En...
The clinical features and noninvasive tests, including ventilation perfusion (V/Q) lu...
Progressive advances in perfusion technology and perioperative supportive management ...
To assess the diagnostic value of telescoping plugged catheters (TPC) in human immuno...
Heart transplantation is currently the most effective therapy for patients with sever...
The present study was undertaken to clarify the role of bronchoalveolar lavage (BAL) ...
Background: The measurement of arterial blood gases, P(A-a) [O.sub.2] and Vd/Vt, duri...
Mean lung density (dm) and radiologic (VLx) lung volume can be calculated using CT sc...
To help clarify the oxygen uptake/transport [Mathematical Expression Omitted] relatio...
(Chest 1992; 102:261-62) A 27-year-old white woman was referred for evaluation of a...
Amrinone, an inotrope with vasodilating properties, is of potential use in managing t...
A previously healthy young man presented with breathlessness, diffuse pulmonary infil...
The renovascular hypertension of an elderly patient, which was controlled initially w...
Continuation of the left anterior descending to form the posterior descending artery ...
ATLAS OF ESOPHAGEAL SURGERY: SURGICAL PRACTICE ILLUSTRATED. By David B. Skinner. New ...
A British View In Britain, it is widely considered that bronchiolitis obliterans or...
Bronchoalveolar lavage is a method that provides ...
Since the initial definition of obstructive sleep apnea (OSA), numerous attempts have...
We examined changes in P wave height in lead 2 of an ECG obtained during progressive ...
To obtain information on the cellular reactions to Mycobacterium (M) tuberculosis in ...
Perioperative blood transfusions (BT) have been reported to reduce survival in patien...
We hypothesized that intermittent hypoxemia and increased ventricular afterload due t...
To investigate the effect of nedocromil sodium on changes in airway reactivity to met...
In adults, breath-by-breath analysis has been used for measuring respiratory gas exch...
Recorded crackling lung sounds of 11 patients with pneumonia were studied with phonop...
Significant tumor stroma development is a specific feature of adenocarcinoma of the l...
(Chest 1992; 102:263-65) A routine posteroanterior chest radiograph obtained in a 7...
The effects of acute heart failure on lung mechanics and oxygen consumption ([Vo.sub....
A patient with mediastinal EP with extension to pleural spaces and subsequent pleural...
Amyloid heart disease characteristically produces a stiff heart syndrome whereby dias...
Proximal pulmonary artery aneurysms (PAAs) are rare. Most are associated with seconda...
A patient with no cardiac murmur was found to have a ventricular septal defect by Dop...
IMMUNOLOGICALLY MEDIATED PULMONARY DISEASES. Edited by Joseph P. Lynch III and Richar...
Long-term home oxygen therapy is now clearly established as the "standard of care" fo...
We studied male patients (BMI = 27.6 [+ or -] 3.4, mean [+ or -] SD), mean age 54.1 [...
Imaged thoracoscopic surgery is a technique utilized to operate on the intrathoracic ...
A total of 55 patients with pulmonary disease caused by Mycobacterium avium and by My...
Study objective: Disturbance in blood glucose homeostasis during cardiac surgery may ...
Human neutrophil elastase plays an important role in the development of several infla...
Because there is no consensus definition of asthma for epidemiology, we have examined...
Effects of Dobutamine Infusions and Packed Red Blood Cell Transfusions We wanted to...
Study Objective: To assess the accuracy of the respiratory inductive plethysmography ...
(Chest 1992; 102:266-69) ACCME = Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Educati...
Nasal epithelial (NE) cells were collected from the nasopharynx of 25 individuals wit...
A 54-yr-old man presented with acute respiratory failure and hemodynamic collapse. Ac...
Intraoperative massive pulmonary embolism is extremely rare. We describe such a case ...
Implantation of malignant cells along the needle tract is an extremely rare but poten...
We report a very rare case of huge aortic arch aneurysm associated with aortic resten...
SURGICAL REVASCULARIZATION OF THE HEART: THE INTERNAL THORACIC ARTERIES. By George E....
Idiopathic bronchiolitis obliterans organizing pneumonia (BOOP)[1,2] or cryptogenic o...
Bronchiolitis obliterans organizing pneumonia (BOOP) is a distinct entity among the s...
Lewis and co-workers present their preliminary experience with thoracoscopy as a meth...
Double lung transplantation with bilateral bronchial sutures is an increasingly popul...
Although risk factors for mortality after cardiac surgery have been identified, there...
Evidence for the Development of High-Permeability Pulmonary Edema We correlated bro...
Collection of mixed expired gas in bag has been a classic method for the estimation o...
Smoking and severe deficiency of protease inhibitor (Pi Z phenotype) both contribute ...
To investigate respiratory muscle strength in patients with hypothyroidism, global re...
In series of 253 high-risk surgical patients, we measured the oxygen consumption ([Ma...
(Chest 1992; 102:239-50) ACE = angiotension-converting enzyme; BAL = broncho-alveolar...
EDITOR'S NOTE. The gold standard in explanatory clinical research is the randomized, ...
A 16-month-old boy who had a heart-lung transplantation is doing well 16 months posto...
A 44-year old man with squamous cell carcinoma of the left lower lobe extending to th...
Erythropoietin has been proved extremely effective in ameliorating the anemia of chro...
A patient with acute myocardial infarction developed a loud systolic sound and apical...
Bronchiolitis obliterans organizing pneumonia (BOOP) was first described as a clinica...
Heart transplantation should follow the implantation of a left ventricular assist dev...
Because patients with cystic fibrosis (CF) may be predisposed to airway infections wi...
Objective: To investigate whether enalapril (E) 10 mg and spironolactone (S) 100 mg a...
To determine the sensitivity of serum KL-6 and serum lactate dehydrogenase for detect...
The effects of body position and age on the membrane diffusing capacity (Dm), pulmona...
Scoliosis can lead to respiratory failure and premature death. Alveolar hypoventilati...
There is a small population of peripheral T cells bearing the [Gamma] [Delta] T-cell ...
Septic shock is characterized by hypoperfusion and tissue energy defects. We prospect...
Scanty irregular opacities are not uncommonly observed on the chest roentgenogram in ...
Home care for patients requiring long-term mechanical ventilation will increase in th...
In patients, urinary levels of pentamidine have been shown to reflect pulmonary depos...
This study was conducted to assess esophageal function and pulmonary resistance chang...
The burden of asthma on the US population is increasing.[1-3] Between 1980 and 1987, ...
Respiratory failure commonly complicates severe asthma and can lead to death if not t...
We evaluated tolerance, safety, and effects on lung function and bronchial responsive...
In untreated patients with uncomplicated essential hypertension, exercise induces an ...
Five cases of bronchogenic carcinoma were observed among 93 patients with pulmonary h...
Failure of weaning from mechanical ventilation in COPD patients is often related to d...
A 34-year-old immigrant from Vietnam presented to the emergency room with a two-to th...
Over the past 60 years, knowledge about the physiology and pathophysiology of the lun...
Pulmonary microvascular cytology consists of analysis of capillary blood sampled whil...
Hemianomalous pulmonary venous connection is a rare congenital abnormality that leads...
A patient with a cervical cord transection isolating his hypothalamic thermoregulator...
The presentation of the asthmatic patient to the Emergency Department (ED) requires a...
Uncuffed tracheostomy tubes are used for long-term mechanical ventilation in children...
We have measured blood pressure continuously with a digital artery blood pressure mon...
Asthma is a growing problem among all children, but it is greatest among minority chi...
The basic mechanism responsible for asthma and airway hyperreactivity remains unclear...
Anecdotal reports suggest that obstructive sleep apnea syndrome (OSAS) patients may s...
A survey was made within a population of workers (n = 706) exposed to hard metal dust...
Natural History of Postoperative Deep Venous Thrombosis and Pulmonary Embolism Illust...
Lung mucociliary clearance was measured using an objective, noninvasive radioaerosol ...
An American College of Chest Physicians/Society of Critical Care Medicine Consensus C...
A 48-year-old man was admitted for evaluation of general malaise and a nonproductive ...
A major problem in the management of bronchial asthma involves a striking paradox. D...
Two patients eventually shown to have empyema were encountered in which the initial t...
A patient with occupational asthma in the beet sugar processing industry is described...
This case report describes the evolution of an acute anteroseptal myocardial infarcti...
Asthma is a chronic disease affecting nearly 10 million persons[1] and leading to 500...
How often is it said, "This patient needs mechanical ventilation because oxygen consu...
To test the hypothesis that the clinical presentation and outcomes are different when...
We retrospectively evaluated the clinical effectiveness of a treatment schedule with ...
Asthma is among the most common chronic diseases in the United States, afflicting gre...
Respiratory infections have an important relationship to asthma. Many patients with ...
Asthma is an acute or chronic problem of varying severity occurring in a significant ...
Study Objective: Our objective was to compare the differential effects of age and dr...
Patients with suspected reversible airways obstruction (RAO) sometimes report subject...
Starting with the central importance of breathing in life, from the first cry of the ...