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A 29-year-old woman experienced overwhelming rubeola pneumonia requiring endotracheal...
In this issue of Chest (see page 1413), Gluck and co-workers report the results of a ...
To investigate the serial changes of the infarcted and the noninfarcted areas, first-...
Bronchoconstriction and hypoxemia have been reported to occur during airway challenge...
Sixteen consecutive patients with one or more osteolytic bone lesions of the chest wa...
The role of computed tomography (CT) in the diagnosis of mediastinal tuberculous lymp...
The purpose of this study is to describe an unexpected degree of differences between ...
Twenty-five adult patients with sustained atrial tachyarrhythmia (ATA) and without he...
Study Objective: We hypothesized that continuous, automatic turning utilizing a pati...
A 41-year-old woman presented with a 3-month history of right anterior chest pain. P...
The effects of pleural effusions on the ECG have not been well studied. We report he...
E cho-Doppler monitoring was performed simultaneously with two-dimensional and M-mode...
This is the second edition of a comprehensive text covering a particularly difficult ...
Prolonged mechanical ventilation at home or alternative community settings is being c...
To determine whether moderately obese, normocapnic, sleep apnea patients are distingu...
In preparation for a vasodilator study on chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD...
To evaluate how nifedipine influences systolic and diastolic ventricular function, th...
To our knowledge, there are no studies that compare the effectiveness of manual chest...
Patients with severe COPD often exhibit a ventilatory limit to exercise. This is ass...
To determine the prevalence and some characteristics of persons in Minnesota receivin...
Tumor response is one of the most important criteria in the analysis of chemotherapy....
The diagnostic yield of bronchoalveolar lavage (BAL) for Pneumocystis carinii pneumon...
There is a paucity of literature with regard to the need for intensive care treatment...
A 57-year-old man was transferred from another hospital, where he had been admitted s...
Patients with cardiomyopathy secondary to inflammatory myocarditis usually present wi...
The treatment of sleep apnea with nasal continuous positive airway pressure (CPAP) oc...
Bronchoscopy and bronchography revealed a very rare abnormality in the embryonal anat...
Bronchiolitis obliterans organizing pneumonia (BOOP) is a pulmonary disorder with a w...
Two cases of primary pulmonary sarcoma which were initially diagnosed as pulmonary th...
Improvements in cytologic techniques have made needle biopsy much more helpful in dia...
During the 1940s and 1950s, as many as 50% of thoracotomies identified nonresectable ...
Treatment of inoperable, regionally advanced non-small-cell lung cancer has been prob...
Malignant mesothelioma is an uncommon and usually fatal cancer, for which there is no...
Synchronous primary lung cancers (SPLCs) occur in up to 0.5% of patients with lung ca...
Single-lung transplantation has become a treatment option for many patients with adva...
A patient with bilateral vocal cord paralysis developed chronic respiratory failure. ...
Endomyocardial breast cancer metastases are extremely rare and have previously been d...
Two cases of fatal left ventricular outflow tract obstruction following mitral valve ...
Lymphoma is a frequent complication of HIV infection, but we report a rare localizati...
Although systemic failure continues to plague patients receiving combined-modality tr...
Survival among patients with small-cell lung cancer (SCLC) appears to have improved o...
Perhaps the most important change in our thinking about asthma in recent years has be...
Neutrophils and cytokines are directly involved in the pathophysiology of adult respi...
An increasing number of patients with asbestos exposure are being identified with ple...
Assessment by Thallium 201 Single-Photon Emission Computed Tomography Purpose: To ...
This study was conducted to determine the prevalence of mycobacterial disease in an a...
The lower limit of the prevalence of sleep apnea syndrome (SAS) was estimated among w...
Important alterations in respiratory function have been observed after open cholecyst...
We conducted this study to define the value of fiberoptic bronchoscopy (FOB) in the e...
Continuous irrigation-suction catheter (Irri-cath) is a double-lumen device that allo...
Neurologic dysfunction, including coma, is frequently seen in the ICU and is associat...
Germ cell tumors are highly curable when treated appropriately. The majority of germ ...
Surgery has had little impact on long-term survival in patients with small-cell lung ...
Three treatment options are available for management of the patient with a known thor...
Despite a great deal of literature on pulmonary metastectomy, the treatment of pulmon...
Five years ago a patient with moderately advanced idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis offer...
A major complication of hepatic cirrhosis is arterial hypoxemia, often the result of ...
It is not unusual for mild hemophilla A to escape detection into adolescent years and...
A 52-year-old man ingested 60 ml of 2 percent topical minoxidil solution resulting in...
Physicians are finding increased applications for adenosine as a diagnostic and thera...
The identification of new agents active against small-cell lung cancer (SCLC) remains...
The high incidence of central nervous system (CNS) failure in patients given chemothe...
Heat stroke (HS) constitutes a medical emergency and is associated with a significant...
We compared the diagnostic value of quantitative cultures of bronchoalveolar lavage (...
The aim of this study was to verify the hypothesis that pulmonary artery (PA) distens...
The hypothesis of this study was that D dimer, a specific degradation product of cros...
Long-term Change in Sensitized Asthmatic Subjects Long-term change in nonspecific a...
To determine whether a link exists between the recruitment of inflammatory cells in t...
Study objective: To compare exposure to microorganisms associated with allergic alve...
A study of 51 patients undergoing elective major abdominal surgery was carried out to...
Thymomas are the most frequently encountered neoplasm of the anterior mediastinum. T...
Continued development of adjuvant therapy strategies is required to improve chances o...
Currently, only a few chemotherapeutic agents (ifosfamide, mitomycin, vinblastine, an...
Malignant pleural effusions (MPEs) are a common complication of advanced malignancies...
Squamous cell carcinomas of the esophagus, while still frequent in many locations thr...
We describe a patient with frontometaphyseal dysplasia (FMD), restrictive chest bello...
A 62-year-old woman presented with transient ST segment elevation and left ventricula...
An unusual case of a mitral annular abscess caused by Streptococcus pneumoniae was di...
Infection with Blastomyces dermatitidis developed in a girl with occult pulmonary seq...
The authors report a case of pulmonary aspergilloma in which a fungus ball was visual...
Hematopoietic growth factors regulate the production and differentiation of immature ...
Lung cancers exhibit multiple genetic lesions including mutations activating the domi...
Fibrotic lung disorders are chronic inflammatory diseases in which inflammatory proce...
This study examines the distribution of intraepithelial dendritic cells in eight atop...
Brachytherapy in combination with Nd:YAG laser therapy may add to the duration of sur...
An extensive clinical study has been performed on pigeon breeders in the Canary Islan...
Four patients who developed acute myocardial infarction (AMI) in the setting of syste...
Purpose: Because coagulant and fibrinolytic activity are increased by endotoxin, we ...
Study Objective: To determine whether a reservoir nasal cannula (RNC) (Oxymizer) pro...
We have developed a new [O.sub.2] applicator to try to overcome the problems of long-...
We investigated the effects of short-term oxygenation changes upon the neuromuscular ...
Right-heart catheterization was performed in ten patients who suffered heat stroke on...
A 62-year old man presented with hypotension and cardiorespiratory failure. Seven ye...
In the 1970s, three randomized trials, each involving approximately 10,000 male subje...
Dissapointing results of surgery and postoperative adjuvant chemotherapy or chemoradi...
Asbestos exposure constitutes the primary cause of pleural and peritoneal mesotheliom...
Transhiatal esophagectomy with mobilization of the stomach to replace the esophagus h...
Pulmonary pneumatoceles are uncommon but generally benign, thin-walled parenchymal ai...
A case of severe cardiac failure due to iron overload in a patient with [beta]-thalas...
Esophageal pathology rarely presents as posterior mediastinal abnormalities on chest ...
Transcatheter embolization therapy of vascular abnormalities is a well-accepted techn...
Tandem Gianturco expandable metallic stents (GEMSs) with barbs were inserted to dilat...
Although initially responsive to chemotherapy, patients with small-cell lung cancer (...
The purpose of our study was to determine the frequency of cardiac ectopy during the ...
Nasal obstruction is associated with increased sleep disordered breathing (SDB), even...
This is an in-depth presentation of the topic of COPD. With over 90 highly qualified...
Given the worldwide drive to contain rapidly rising health care costs, it seems surpr...
The status of small pulmonary arteries may influence diagnosis, surgical selection an...
Automated ambulatory 24-h BP monitoring was made in 38 patients with obstructive slee...
A new long-acting bronchodilator prodrug, bambuterol hydrochloride, was tested in a r...
The objective of this study was to determine if buspirone would alleviate anxiety and...
Background: The delphi method of decision making was used to address an unusual clin...
We evaluated the following spirometric values: forced vital capacity (FVC), first se...
Purpose: The primary purpose of this study was to compare the efficacy of 1.4 percen...
The International Clinical Respiratory Group provides a forum for a number of special...
A case of pulmonary nocardiosis with empyema in a 55-year-old man with macroglobuline...
We present the findings in a patient with liver cirrhosis who showed oppositional pul...
Intrathoracic extramedullary hematopoiesis rarely involves the pleura and is usually ...
This multiauthor textbook is edited by three respected trauma/thoracic surgeons from ...
Return to normal function has long been the goal of resuscitation from acute illness,...
Cold air may worsen asthmatic bronchoconstriction but can lessen breathlessness in no...
Night-to-night variability of apneas on overnight polysomnography exists in patients ...
Study objective: The duration of action of several new nonsedative antihistamine pre...
Study objective: It has been suggested that the defective cyclic AMP-dependent [Cl.s...
A mononuclear cell alveolitis, comprised in part of activated macrophages, is thought...
Several case reports have suggested that bronchogenic carcinoma occurs more frequentl...
Study objective: To evaluate the response to therapy aimed at achieving supranormal ...
A 69-year-old retired male steel-plant worker with a history of cigarette smoking for...
We describe a patient with an acute inferior wall myocardial infarction who underwent...
Inverse ratio ventilation and related ventilatory modes (eg, pressure release ventila...
An 83-year-old nonimmunocompromised man presented with hemoptysis that progressed to ...
Nonprescription drugs are often believed to be innocuous. We present a case of lipoid...
Blood Flow in Arteries, the masterpiece in hemodynamics, was first published by D.A. ...
Studies of the effective delivery of pharmaceutical inhalation aerosols have hinged o...
Study objective: To compare the effectiveness of administration of albuterol by nebu...
The efficacy and safety of orally administered clarithromycin and erythromycin in the...
Oxygen uptake ([Vo.sub.2]) reflects the rate of aerobic regeneration of high-energy p...
Congenital cystic adenomatiod malformation is an uncommon congenital anomaly. We pre...
In this study, we evaluated the effect of body position (erect, supine, and two decub...
A survey of 393 Puerto Rican and 354 non-Hispanic pediatric patients at Beth Israel H...
The etiology, microbiologic findings, and management of 82 episodes of empyema treate...
High-resolution computed tomography was used to directly determine the short-term eff...
We compared semiquantitative central venous catheter tip cultures plated at the bedsi...
An experimental in vitro model was used to determine the effects of intraluminal cath...
Restrictive cardiomyopathy from amyloid deposition within the myocardium is a well-de...
We report a patient who developed eosinophilic pleuritis due to propylthiouracil. Al...
We describe a geriatric patient with acute substernal chest pain thought to be due to...
A 68-year-old woman was found to have synchronous soft-tissue sarcoma of the anterior...
We evaluated whether serum soluble interleukin 2 receptor (sIL-2R), a marker of T lym...
This book contains an interesting collection of 56 case presentations of unusual pedi...
Austrian and Gold[1] in 1964 published the results of their observations of 2,000 epi...
Study objective: To evaluate the antituberculous treatment responsiveness of endobro...
In this report, we compare the respiratory health of swine producers, grain farmers, ...
Clinical asthma is estimated to occur in 4 to 7 percent of the US population, but res...
We evaluated two patients with systemic cholesterol embolization (SCE) associated wit...
We prospectively studied 78 consecutive patients with acute pulmonary embolism (PE) t...
In 78 patients with primary plexogenic arteriopathy (PPA), numbers of organized and r...
Studies in 357 Consecutive Patients With Acute Coronary Syndromes In 357 patients w...
Study objective: To investigate the frequency and extent of spontaneous changes ("ev...
A 32-year-old previously healthy homosexual man was admitted to the hospital with a 1...
High-altitude pulmonary edema (HAPE) is a form of noncardiogenic pulmonary edema. Th...
Two cases of airway foreign bodies involving the aspiration of component parts of com...
The pulmonary system may be significantly affected by hypothermia. The association b...
This multiauthor book is designed to provide a state-of-the-art review of high-resolu...
Primary pulmonary hypertension (PPH) has been a poorly understood disease since its d...
The charts of 311 patients receiving theophylline (T) and 289 patients receiving ipra...
The case fatality rate in bacteremic pneumonococcal pneumonia (Pnb) has been reported...
Patients with advanced COPD have significantly reduced gas exchange and pulmonary fun...
Background: Up to one third of patients with interstitial lung disease will require ...
To evaluate bronchial reactivity to methacholine in human immunodeficiency virus (HIV...
The purpose of this study was to determine whether supplemental oxygen-induced decrea...
Objective: To study the incidence of phrenic neuropathy following coronary artery by...
Objective: To determine the relation between urinary digoxin-like immunoreactive sub...
To further delineate indications for noninvasive pressure support ventilation (NIPSV)...
A 19-year-old woman presented with lifelong asthma. Pulmonary function studies reveal...
A 20-year old woman developed severe shortness of breath 4 h after a cesarean section...
An unusual case of Goodpasture's syndrome in a 26-year-old man with occupational expo...
A 57-year-old man had a histologically proven giant blood cyst in the left ventricle....
Partial anomalous pulmonary venous drainage may be the cause of hypoxemia and overper...
Computed tomography (CT) allows direct demonstration of the presence, extent, and sev...
Cells of the mononuclear phagocyte system represent the predominant cell population h...
From a clinical standpoint asthma presents as episodic airflow obstruction that is re...
The initiation and maintenance of a chronic granulomatous response is due to a dynami...
We developed a Rapid Tuberculosis Screening Program for use in women who have not had...
Seventy-five patients 36 to 68 years of age were studied after undergoing successful ...
Relationships were investigated between chronic bronchitis and plant dust exposure as...
Single lung transplantation (SLT) has become a therapeutic option for the treatment o...
Pulmonary alveolar proteinosis (PAP) is characterized by accumulation of large quanti...
Considering the literature, a symptomatic right-to-left (R-L) shunt through a persist...
It has been shown that patients with COPD require as long as 20 min for equilibration...
A 70-year-old man was evaluated for fever and progressive respiratory distress. Fift...
We report the case of a 28-year-old man who aspirated a bullet fragment following a g...
Pneumoblastoma is a rare tumor composed of two histologic cell types, arising from ep...
We report the unique occurrence of bilateral pulmonary edema in a patient with a smal...
The entry of circulating leukocytes into acute and chronic inflammatory lesions is co...
This article provides a brief overview of how T cells may mediate resistance to infec...
In a mouse model it was shown that T helper-1 cell-dependent immune reactions directe...
A number of recently published studies suggest that the accumulation of immunoinflamm...
A retrospective study was performed of the evaluable data in 710 patients with a spon...