Stories Collection

1. A 35-year-old man admitted for evaluation of intermittent headaches and blurry vision...
2. Hypersensitivity vasculitis associated with propylthiouracil therapy is a well-docume...
3. We evaluated a 29-year-old candy maker with no history of asthma who developed asthma...
4. The findings in a 40-year-old man with Kartagener's triad (sinusitis, bronchiectasis,...
5. Although inconclusively established, positive pressure ventilation may augment cardia...
6. During the last decade, several centers have directed their research efforts at defin...
7. Pharmacologic management of patients with cardiac arrest or cardiogenic shock may be ...
8. Nobody has been more enthusiastic in the application of percutaneous cardiopulmonary ...
9. As of January 1, 1992, the Joint Commission on Accreditation of Healthcare Organizati...
10. Coronary artery bypass graft (CABG) surgery adversely affects arterial blood gas (ABG...
11. Incremental exercise testing using a cycle ergometer was performed in eight patients ...
12. We examined physician management of patients hospitalized for status asthmaticus at a...
13. Two discriminant functions, incorporating baseline measurements of pulmonary function...
14. Objective: To describe the use of thoracoscopic techniques to achieve parenchymal sp...
15. Eighty-seven patients with primary mediastinal germ cell tumors treated between 1983 ...
16. In this study, independent contribution of age, HR, BMI, casual and ambulatory blood ...
17. Study Objective: To investigate the safety of total intravenous anesthesia and spont...
18. Inverse ratio ventilation, with prolonged inspiratory times, appears to improve gas e...
19. A 22-year-old soldier was found lying on his left side with his face in muddy drainag...
20. Nodular pulmonary amyloidosis was diagnosed by percutaneous transthoracic fine needle...
21. We report herein the association of primary pulmonary amyloidosis and ankylosing spon...
22. A 48-year-old male patient underwent mitral annuloplasty for severe mitral regurgitat...
23. TECHNICAL CONSIDERATIONS Background The technical limitations of portable ches...
24. A generalized decision tree or clinical algorithm for treatment of high-risk elective...
25. Dr. Light and his colleagues have now reported three analyses of data on a group of 1...
26. Photodynamic therapy has been used since 1980 at our institution for the management o...
27. Although the asthmatic subject's compliance with a regimen of inhaled corticosteroids...
28. Study objective: To demonstrate the utility of pulse oximetry in detecting clinicall...
29. We studied the acute hemodynamic effects of increasing nasal continuous positive airw...
30. Since the discovery of cortisol and the synthesis of related compounds, these potent ...
31. By analysis of pleural effusions from 200 patients, 25 cases of amylase-rich effusion...
32. Study Objective: To determine the value of pulmonary function tests (PFTs) in predic...
33. Previous studies have reported mixed results when correlating [etCO.sub.2] and [PaCO....
34. The implementation of a smoke-free policy in this medical center was associated with ...
35. Incidence and potential risk factors for pneumonia due to Haemophilus influenzae in a...
36. A 38-year-old man with an anomalous systemic arterial supply from the descending thor...
37. The successful use of streptokinase therapy in a child with chronic thrombosis of a p...
38. We describe a two-month-old infant with early congestive heart failure due to anomalo...
39. A 34-year-old HIV-infected man was successfully treated with antimicrobial therapy al...
40. The anti-arrhythmic agent sotalol, a racemic mixture of d- and l-isomers, has inheren...
41. The microbiologic analysis of respiratory specimens is a key component of both the cl...
42. In this issue of Chest (see page 1319), Edell and Cortese--whose group at the Mayo Cl...
43. Fat embolism syndrome (FES) is a rare but serious complication occurring after long b...
44. Study Objective: To compare the thermal and humidification capacity of three heated ...
45. Former studies on the association between snoring and cardiovascular disease (CVD) ha...
46. Intracranial pressure changes and poor cerebral perfusion have been reported in sleep...
47. In unresectable non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC) with a patent mainstem bronchus, s...
48. The purpose of this study was to determine whether any of the Mycobacterium kansasii ...
49. Using a single radial immunodiffusion method, serum immunosuppressive acidic protein ...
50. Distribution of bronchial hyperresponsiveness to methacholine was assessed in 791 con...
51. To determine whether a patient is hypermetabolic or hypometabolic, measured resting e...
52. Nosocomial Legionnaires' disease has become increasingly common, contributing up to 3...
53. A patient undergoing esophageal dilatation for carcinoma of the esophagus suffered es...
54. Percutaneous catheter drainage is a standard therapy for management of selected intra...
55. The clearance of theophylline by hemodialysis was determined in one patient who had p...
56. We report a case of angiosarcoma of the heart, manifested as a continuous murmur. Ri...
57. We now have the ability to accurately diagnose ventilator-associated pneumonia (VAP),...
58. The diagnostic assessment of patients with pulmonary disease has advanced dramaticall...
59. The sputum cytology test has contrasting prognostic significance for squamous cell ca...
60. Among a total of 114 cases of resected lung adenocarcinoma that were examined by sput...
61. We compared, in a controlled clinical trial, the effect of specific inspiratory muscl...
62. Objectives: The objectives of this study were to evaluate a method for measuring BTV...
63. To assess the pulmonary and systemic hemodynamic effects of oral captopril in patient...
64. To evaluate the usefulness of step sectioning of the transbronchial lung biopsy (TBLB...
65. To understand the role of Pseudomonas aeruginosa infection in the development of bron...
66. Eighteen postmenopausal women were examined by Doppler echocardiography before initia...
67. Creatine phosphokinase (CPK) isoenzymes are commonly obtained after heart transplanta...
68. Formoterol solution aerosol has proved to be a fast and long-acting [[beta].sub.2]-sy...
69. Some texts serve as a reference for specialists in a field, and others provide an ove...
70. Jack Hirsh, M.D., F.C.C.P., Chairman James E. Dalen, M.D., F.C.C.P. Daniel Deykin, M....
71. The n-3 fatty acids (also termed omega-3 fatty acids) are highly unsaturated fatty ac...
72. In 1820, Henry Hill Hickman placed a puppy in an enclosed glass jar. After the dog's...
73. It has been recognized for more than a century that stasis of blood, abnormalities of...
74. We compared the intraobserver and interobserver agreement of blood (BGT) and gas exch...
75. Study Objective: The purposes of this study were as follows: (1) to establish the po...
76. The goal was to determine values of oxygen saturation from oximetry measurements over...
77. Although the hypokalemic effect of inhaled [[unkeyable].sup.2]-adrenergic agonists ha...
78. We determined levels of soluble interleukin 2 receptors (IL-2R) in patients with sarc...
79. We studied the sensitivity of ISA for diagnosis of second-episode PCP in AIDS patient...
80. To evaluate the utility of the CT bronchus sign in making a choice between transbronc...
81. Study Objective: Our objective was to determine whether the systolic, diastolic, and...
82. Over a 14-month period, three patients developed unilateral lung hyperinflation durin...
83. Klippel-Trenaunay (KT) syndrome is a rare, sporadic, congenital vascular disease of u...
84. A 25-year-old woman suffering from chronic anorexia nervosa lost more than 50 percent...
85. An increased production of IL-5 was detected in the pleural fluid (7.2 ng/ml) and in ...
86. SAPHENOUS VEIN BYPASS GRAFTS Over one half of the randomized prospective studies of...
87. At present, most methods of lung mechanics analysis do not take nonlinearities of com...
88. If you are not a perfusionist, an anesthesiologist, or a cardiac surgeon, do not over...
89. Neuromuscular blocking drugs, commonly referred to as muscle relaxants, have been use...
90. Amiodarone (Am) pneumonitis is currently a common and potentially severe adverse reac...
91. Background: Pneumocystis carinii pneumonia (PCP) was the leading cause of hospital a...
92. We measured interleukin 6 (IL-6) concentrations in the pleural fluid of various patie...
93. A Two-Year Follow-up of Young Students with Bronchial Hyperresponsiveness To determ...
94. A retrospective study of one decade of rib biopsy in four hospitals in Nashville, Ten...
95. The hemodynamic effects of a new orally active vasodilator, flosequinan, were compare...
96. Bronchiolitis obliterans organizing pneumonia (BOOP) is a pathologic entity character...
97. We correlated the percentage of atrial contribution to left ventricular filling (perc...
98. This study reports the preliminary clinical evaluation of a new mode of ventilation -...
99. (Chest 1992; 102:1267-68) A 71-year-old woman was admitted with a two-week history ...
100. Advances in endoscopic instrumentation and a growing enthusiasm for minimally invasiv...
101. A patient is described with decompensated chronic obstructive lung disease (COLD) and...
102. Few complications of valvular heart disease can be more devastating than systemic emb...
103. Atherosclerosis is the cause of the vast majority of cases of chronic peripheral arte...
104. What rules of evidence should apply when expert committees meet to generate recommend...
105. The major complication of anticoagulant therapy is bleeding. In this review, the inc...
106. Antithrombotic therapy during pregnancy is used for the treatment and prophylaxis of ...
107. The clinical and bronchoscopic features of endobronchial tuberculosis in 121 patients...
108. A monoclonal antibody against soluble phase-terminal complement complex (SC5b-9) was ...
109. Several experiments have demonstrated low collagenolytic activity during the developm...
110. Background: More than 20 percent of patients with breast cancer have pulmonary lymph...
111. IgG subclass levels were measured in three group of adult patients with obstructive a...
112. This study demonstrates the ability of an automated blood gas analyzer (Radiometer AB...
113. Myocardial hypertrophy and interstitial fibrosis are common in acromegalic hearts and...
114. Two patients are described with severe MVS, pulmonary venous hypertension and enlarge...
115. We report the successful substitution of noninvasive nasal positive pressure ventilat...
116. On rare occasions after total sternectomy, patients develop persistent flail chest de...
117. The aortic homograft has become the replacement valve of choice in the treatment of c...
118. Recommendations of the 1986[1] and 1989[2] consensus committee were that patients wit...
119. This superb book probes the limits of current knowledge about cardiac valve prosthese...
120. The optimal therapeutic range for oral anticoagulant therapy was reviewed by the Comm...
121. Bleeding is the major side effect of thrombolytic therapy. It usually occurs at a si...
122. Venous thromboembolism is a major cause of death and morbidity among hospitalized pat...
123. Bronchostenosis is a well-recognized complication of pulmonary transplantation occuri...
124. The purpose of this study was to assess hemodynamic and respiratory measures of subma...
125. The efficacy of bronchoscopy for the diagnosis of tuberculosis in patients infected w...
126. Obstructive sleep apnea syndrome (OSAS) and heavy snoring during sleep, without sleep...
127. Study Objective: To determine the safety and efficacy of intravenous cyclophosphamid...
128. Cardiac output ([unkeyable]) determination using the equilibrium [CO-.sub.2]-rebreath...
129. This is a serial section examination of the conduction system (CS) in six patients wh...
130. Residual volume (RV) was obtained by subtracting vital capacity from total lung capac...
131. To evaluate whether PAF is related to the precipitation of pulmonary edema after myoc...
132. Aortic root abscess is a well-known complication of aortic valve endocarditis. This ...
133. A patient presented with shortness of breath without fever, cough or sputum productio...
134. The high-probability ventilation-perfusion lung scan is accepted as supportive of pul...
135. A 27-year-old woman with severe vitamin K deficiency presented with hemoptysis and di...
136. INTRODUCTION AND PATHOPHYSIOLOGY Herrick[1] is generally credited with the first cl...
137. The decision whether to employ anticoagulant therapy at a particular point in the cou...
138. By the 18th century, tuberculosis, better known at that time as consumption or phthis...
139. Since our last report on antithrombotic therapy in 1989, new information has been pub...
140. Measurement of Cardiac Output during Exercise There are a variety of reasons why th...
141. Amiodarone-induced interstitial pneumonitis is a serious, frequently fatal untoward e...
142. This encyclopedia is a useful reference for health professionals interested in sleep ...
143. The classic teaching has been that pleural effusions arise from the pleural capillari...
144. It has been observed widely that some individuals exposed to asbestos will experience...
145. A patient tolerance of fiberoptic bronchoscopy depends on the effectiveness of local ...
146. Executive Summary Asthma contributes substantially to morbidity, mortality, and hea...
147. Several reports have suggested that continuous intravenous administration of loop diu...
148. Inhalation of ultrasonically nebulized distilled water (UNDW) appears a promising can...
149. Currarino-Silverman syndrome is a rare disorder characterized by premature fusion of ...
150. We compared the doubling time of fibroblasts derived from idiopathic pulmonary fibros...
151. Pulmonary rejection and infection are the most important complications after lung tra...
152. Lung mucociliary clearance was measured in 15 pigeon fanciers. The study group was s...
153. We evaluated the airway occlusion maneuver as a method to estimate respiratory resist...
154. (Chest 1992; 102:941-43) The diagnosis of military tuberculosis can be difficult fo...
155. This type of pulmonary venous infarction has not been previously reported, namely: pu...
156. A case of severe constrictive pericarditis resulting from an indolent Pseudomonas aer...
157. [TABULAR DATA OMITTED] Severely ill ARDS patients present major supportive challeng...
158. As a first impression, we can easily believe that American "medical practice of the 1...
159. The article by Striz et al in this issue of Chest (see page 882) examines [[beta].sub...
160. In epidemiologic studies, airway disease and parenchymal injury are known morbid outc...
161. Study Objective: The present study was undertaken to evaluate at rest the short- and...
162. Executive Summary Respiratory diseases remain a major health problem causing 30% of...
163. Survivors of myocardial infarction with <2 PVC/h on 24-h ambulatory electrocardiog...
164. The use of the histamine challenge test (HCT) for the diagnosis of asthma has so far ...
165. We report a pair of identical twins with HC with varying extent of left ventricular h...
166. In recent years, much attention has been given to the role of CT in detecting and qua...
167. Exercise intolerance and exertional dyspnea are common complaints in patients with sa...
168. Angioedema of the face and neck is a rare but potentially fatal complication of angio...
169. Corticosteroids have proven effective as adjunctive therapy for the treatment of PCP ...
170. We investigated the use of a reservoir device for delivery of a MDI bronchodilator ae...
171. The purpose of this paper is to describe a novel and practical technique for endobron...
172. Cures of Candida pericarditis reported in the literature uniformly involved surgical ...
173. A boy with subglottic narrowing secondary to laryngotracheitis presented with noisy b...
174. A 69-year-old woman was referred for asthenia and dizziness when walking in the last ...
175. This book is a collection of excellent bronchoscopic photographs by a group of physic...
176. Recent studies have indicated that airway inflammation in atopic asthma is characteri...
177. Executive Summary Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) is defined as a proc...
178. "Confidence intervals" based upon inhalation of placebo have been proposed as criteri...
179. We challenge 446 schoolchildren and measured the percent decrease in [FEV.sub.1] foll...
180. The possible effect of albuterol on theophylline clearance was studied in ten adult v...
181. The origin of neutrophils that are found in pleural effusions after pulmonary resecti...
182. Nocturnal nasal intermittent positive pressure ventilation (nIPPV) has been used succ...
183. A debate exists regarding the importance of small airways disease in systemic scleros...
184. Objective: To compare the clinical performance of three pulmonary artery oximetry ca...
185. The effects on gas exchange of superimposition of high-frequency oscillation (HFO) (4...
186. Roentgenographic manifestations of two cases of pulmonary involvement with myeloma we...
187. Nonbacterial thrombotic endocarditis (NBTE) is difficult to detect antemortem and is ...
188. Aspirated foreign bodies are important problems during childhood. Some instances may...
189. Polypoid endobronchial lesions occurred in a patient with acquired immunodeficiency s...
190. In the area of critical care medicine, there are several books aimed at providing a c...
191. Scintigraphy with radiolabeled J001 as a ligand for macrophage targeting is a new app...
192. In a recent study, it was suggested that the preservatives in ipratropium bromide neb...
193. To elucidate the criterion for amplitude of circadian [FEV.sub.1] variation suitable ...
194. We reviewed data from 135 patients with environment-associated malignant pleural meso...
195. To determine the possible role of platelet-activating factor (PAF) in pulmonary embol...
196. Pulmonary dirofilariasis caused by Dirofilaria immitis, the dog heartworm is a rarely...
197. Previous studies have described oxygen delivery ([Do.sub.2]) and oxygen consumption (...
198. A 60-year-old corticosteroid-dependent woman with end-stage renal disease and systemi...
199. A 25-year-old woman with acute lymphoblastic leukemia underwent two bone marrow trans...