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Study objectives: This study was designed to evaluate whether the insertion (I)/delet...
Objectives: A landmark Canadian randomized controlled clinical trial compared treatme...
Background: Traditional approaches to measuring the diffusing capacity of the lung fo...
Study objective: Two scoring systems, (the Spivack scoring system [SSS] and the cardi...
One hundred fifty-two cases of fungal endocarditis (FE) were identified in the Englis...
We reviewed the results of the use of the Dumon silicone stents in patients experienc...
In this issue of CHEST (see page 329), Jerome Reich, MD, from the Kaiser Foundation H...
Study objectives: Heparin-induced thrombocytopenia (HIT) is an immune-mediated advers...
Study objective: In patients with proven acute pulmonary embolism (PE), a systematic ...
Study objectives: Wheezing is a common clinical finding in patients with asthma and C...
Study objective: To evaluate causes of failure to be extubated (FTE) after coronary a...
The incidence of aortic dissection ranges from 5 to 30 cases per million people per y...
Five consecutive bronchopleural fistulas (BPFs) were successfully treated by injectin...
Study objectives: To determine the effect of sickle cell pain and its treatment on pa...
Study objectives: To assess the accuracy of physicians' judgments of survival probabi...
Background and purpose: We instituted a low-repetition, high-intensity inspiratory mu...
Study objectives: To assess the outcome and the prognostic factors in 200 non-HIV imm...
Key words: lung neoplasm; mass chest radiograph; screening Abbreviations: CG = cont...
Epoprostenol is a vasodilator that is produced by vascular endothelial cells and is c...
In the April 2002 issue, the article, "Two-Year Retrospective Economic Evaluation of ...
It has long been suspected that there is a gross underrecognition of sleep disorders ...
Background: There is poor adherence with tuberculosis preventive therapy among patien...
Background: Aboriginals in Canada bear a disproportionately higher burden of some chr...
Study objectives: To determine multilevel likelihood ratios for pleural fluid tests t...
Aspergillus is a ubiquitous fungus that causes a variety of clinical syndromes in the...
Study objectives: In a 2-year longitudinal study of boilermaker construction workers,...
The reported high prevalence of gastroesophageal reflux (GER) in a variety of respira...
Study objective: To investigate the clinical presentation of community-acquired Chlam...
Study objectives: The precise anatomic sites contributing to exhaled nitric oxide (eN...
Study objectives: Intrapleural immunotherapy has shown some activity in patients with...
Study objective: To identify and critically review the published peer-reviewed, Engli...
We present the case of a 42-year-old woman with myotonic dystrophy and thymoma. She w...
After an alarming rise in tuberculosis cases in the United States that began in the m...
Study objectives: To determine the effect of clarithromycin therapy in patients with ...
Study objectives: To determine differences in exhaled nitric oxide (ENO) between subj...
Study objectives: Elevated plasma endothelin-1 (ET-1) levels have been reported in as...
The aims of this study were to look for the variability in the treatment of circulato...
A case of congenital absence of the left pulmonary artery, in which perfusion of the ...
Study objectives: The purpose of this study was to determine the impact of a multisit...
Study objectives: To evaluate the safety and efficacy of sitaxsentan, an endothelin-A...
Study objective: Doppler-derived myocardial performance index (MPI), a measure of com...
Study objectives: To analyze the perception of sexual content (PSC) of tobacco advert...
Six patients with hemoptysis were treated by endobronchial sealing, with n-butyl cyan...
Immediate effective allograft function is essential for successful lung transplantati...
Objectives: Oral corticosteroids (CS) are standard treatment for patients discharged ...
Study objectives: To characterize arterial oxygenation in patients referred to Mayo C...
Background: Previous studies have shown that peripheral venous levels of atrial natri...
Study objectives: To evaluate the potential coerciveness of clinical research trial (...
Four cases of primary endobronchial actinomycosis associated with an inhaled foreign ...
Over the past 15 years, clinical studies have demonstrated methods of expediting libe...
Background: Airway dehydration triggers exercise-induced bronchoconstriction in virtu...
Study objectives: To assess incidence, outcome, and early predictors of mortality for...
Objectives: Respiratory therapists differ in the methods used to obtain weaning param...
The availability of suitable lung donors is the major limitation to increasing the nu...
This retrospective, single-center study was conducted to assess the response of nativ...
Background: Despite increased recognition of sleep apnea as a major health problem, l...
Background: In 5 to 10% of adult patients with asthma, aspirin (acetylsalicylic acid ...
Introduction: Among risk factors for the progression of bronchiolitis obliterans synd...
Study objective: Arterial thermal dilution with an integrated fiberoptic monitoring s...
Study objectives: Most thoracic surgeons perform thoracoscopy under general anesthesi...
Study objectives: A link between gastroesophageal reflux (GER) and obstructive sleep ...
Study objectives: The American Thoracic Society guidelines for methacholine-induced a...
Study objectives: To assess the mortality rate and the incidence of cardiopulmonary c...
Background: Long-term patient-centered outcomes after acute illness may be associated...
A 21-year old man was brought to the emergency department (ED) with complaints of acu...
In the March 2001 issue, the article, "Association of Airway Responsiveness With Asth...
Study objectives: To identify factors predisposing cystic fibrosis (CF) patients to S...
Study objective: Clinical trials of asthma treatments usually use measures of asthma ...
Study objectives: To determine the effect of emphysema and lung volume reduction surg...
Study objectives: To assess the incidence of the ARDS in a well-defined adult populat...
A 63-year-old white man with a history of coronary artery disease, hypertension, and ...
To the Editor We read with interest the article by Demos et al (1) in the March 200...
In the April 2002 issue, the editorial, "Balancing Self and Patient in the Physician-...
Objective: The anaerobic threshold (AT) is a submaximal index related to endurance ex...
Study objectives: Following the development of the Caribbean Guidelines for Asthma Ca...
Objective: To determine the incidence, etiology, prognosis, and treatment of vocal co...
The role for anticholinergic medications in acute asthma is not well-defined. Thus, t...
Study objective: This industry-wide longitudinal study examines chest radiographic ch...
"Wise the accurate" Ancient Greek motto Not surprisingly, most medical terms are of...
Introduction: Although corticosteroid therapy for asthma improves lung function and r...
Background: The processes observed in interstitial lung disease are associated with t...
Context: Respiratory complications are frequent in patients with acute cervical spina...
Study objective: To determine the epidemiology and outcome of polymicrobial ventilato...
A 47-year-old woman presented to the emergency department complaining of 2 days of in...
Study objective: Respiratory disturbance caused by ARDS has been reported during admi...
A smoking-induced inflammatory reaction in the airways and lung parenchyma, comprised...
Study objectives: To investigate whether differing airway interleukin (IL)-18 levels ...
Study objectives: We evaluated the role of sputum examination in the management of pa...
Study objectives: Noninvasive intermittent positive-pressure ventilation (NIPPV) may ...
Study objective: We evaluated the expression of vascular endothelial growth factor (V...
A 46-year-old Guyanese-born woman was referred for a chest radiographic abnormality a...
COPD is currently the sixth leading cause of death and the 12th leading cause of morb...
Mucins, which are complex glycoproteins that provide the viscoelastic properties of m...
The recent Enron scandal illustrates how creative accounting practices can be used by...
Study objectives: The health-related quality of life of smokers without COPD and that...
Study objective: Interleukin (IL)-18 is a proinflammatory cytokine, originally termed...
Objective: Continuous IV epoprostenol (prostacyclin) therapy improves survival and qu...
Objective: Clinical data have suggested the occurrence of temporary short-term deteri...
Objectives: To evaluate experience with the flexible bronchoscopic management of trac...
In the last 200 years or so, the recognition, diagnosis, and understanding of the pat...
We have concentrated on the adenovirus as the source of the heightened inflammatory r...
Background: FE[V.sub.1] is regarded as the most significant correlate of survival in ...
Study objectives: Conventional radiologic procedures are frequently unreliable in the...
Study objectives: Aerosolized iloprost, a stable prostacyclin analog, improves functi...
Objective: Methacholine solutions < 0.25 mg/mL must be prepared fresh daily, while...
Reversible thermal injury to the esophagus from drinking boiling-hot liquids has been...
COPD continues to cause a heavy health and economic burden both in the United States ...
Animal models have proven to be extremely worthwhile in the investigations of cigaret...
Objectives: To identify variables associated with mortality in patients admitted to t...
Study objective: To appraise the potential cost-effectiveness of lung cancer screenin...
Study objectives: Although breathing disorders are often found in patients with chron...
In the United States, in both sexes and all races, long-term heavy alcohol consumptio...
A 73-year-old man with a history of postpneumonectomy empyema and a long-term chest t...
The pathogenesis and clinical manifestations of COPD are not restricted to pulmonary ...
Phosphodiesterase 4 (PDE4) is a major cyclic adenosine-3',5'-monophosphate-metabolizi...
Elsewhere in this issue of CHEST (see page 1704), Highland and Flume report their inv...
Background: Although exacerbations are the main cause of medical visits and hospitali...
Introduction: Since 1974, a tumor size of 3 cm in diameter has been regarded as the p...
Background: Although parameters obtained during submaximal exercise are known to be u...
The purpose of this article is to familiarize chest physicians with recent advances i...
Munchausen syndrome is a pattern of abnormal behavior in which patients repeatedly pr...
This article explores the hypothesis that dyspnea in patients with COPD arises from a...
The potential for leukotrienes as mediators to target in the development of novel the...
Asthma is a common disease causing substantial morbidity and mortality, despite major...
Study objectives: To compare bone mineral density (BMD) outcomes of patients who rece...
Study objective: Pneumothorax remains the most common complication of percutaneous CT...
Study objective: Lipoprotein(a) (Lp[a]) level is a risk factor for ischemic heart dis...
This article focuses on reducing the barriers to effectively applying what is known a...
Foreign body aspiration in adults has a variety of clinical presentations and often g...
Some patients with COPD are prone to frequent exacerbations, which are an important d...
Chronic bronchitis is in part characterized by mucus hypersecretion and the inability...
Study objectives: Acupuncture traditionally has been used to treat asthma. Neverthele...
Objective: Focal ground-glass opacity (GGO) has been detected increasingly by low-dos...
Study objectives: Patients with femoral venous catheters are commonly believed to be ...
Study objectives: To assess the safety of frequent pressure-volume (PV) curve measure...
We contend that the presence of concomitant allergic fungal sinusitis (AFS) and aller...
We present the case of an elderly patient who died of fulminant hepatic failure in th...
Neutrophils are recognized as major cellular mediators of inflammation. They contain ...
COPD is associated with a progressive, irreversible decline in pulmonary function. Th...
Study objective: Several studies have demonstrated the superiority of salmeterol and ...
Study objectives: To determine whether an association exists between aortic calcifica...
Study objectives: To compare upper airway collapsibility during sleep between patient...
Study objectives: To describe the risk factors for the development of and mortality r...
Study objectives: Unlike thoracocentesis and closed pleural biopsy (CPB), medical tho...
We report an unusual case of a patient with a bronchopleural-subcutaneous fistula tha...
Key words: [[alpha].sub.1]-antitrypsin deficiency; chemoattractant; COPD; elastase; e...
Study objectives: To determine the efficacy of albuterol by metered-dose inhaler (MDI...
Background: Eosinophils contain granule proteins such as eosinophil cationic protein ...
Aim of study: To evaluate patient profiles, diagnostic approaches, and treatment stra...
Objective: To test the hypothesis that passive leg raising (PLR) induces changes in a...
Our current understanding of the pathogenesis of sepsis suggests that bacteria as wel...
Four cases of giant cell arteritis causing severe aortic regurgitation secondary to a...
Objectives: Current criteria use FE[V.sub.1] to assess bronchodilator responsiveness,...
Study objectives: Cystic fibrosis (CF) patients prefer exercise to most other forms o...
Objectives: We intended to investigate whether ischemic preconditioning (IP) enhances...
Study objectives: To describe the characteristics and outcomes of patients admitted t...
The rapid growth of clinical trials sponsored by the pharmaceutical industry and cond...
Paragonimiasis is an important cause of pulmonary disease worldwide. It results from ...
Transthoracic fine-needle aspiration biopsy of pulmonary lesions is a well-establishe...
Study objectives: Diagnosing asthma is not always easy, and there are times when obje...
Study objective: To psychometrically evaluate a cough-specific quality-of-life questi...
Study objectives: Cardiopulmonary bypass (CPB) represents a specific risk factor for ...
Study objectives: To determine the relationship between d-dimer (DD) and both proinfl...
The patient is a 30-year-old man with cystic fibrosis who suffered from pulmonary as ...
The impact of the World Wide Web (WWW) on patient information gathering has been prof...
Study objective: To compare the efficacy, tolerability, and safety of therapy with fo...
Background: While medical therapy may fail to improve cough due to gastroesophageal r...
Study objectives: We evaluated whether interleukin (IL)-6 is produced in the pulmonar...
Postoperative lung injury is one of the most frequent complications of cardiac surger...
A 39-year-old man presented with progressive shortness of breath and a 1-day history ...
Determining the prognosis in each patient with idiopathic dilated cardiomyopathy (IDC...
Study objectives: To assess the effect of megestrol acetate (MA), a progestational ap...
Objective: To confirm the hypothesis that the ventilatory response to hypoxia (VRH) m...
Background: The incidence of supraventricular arrhythmias remains high following open...
A number of studies have shown a high incidence of lung cancer in patients with idiop...
Study objectives: To assess the utility of nasopharyngeal tube insertion in the manag...
Burton Zweiman and Lawrence B. Schwartz, eds. New York, NY: Marcel Dekker, 2002; 581 ...
In this issue of CHEST (see page 1337), Miller and Shorr examine the ethics of clinic...
Aim: Exercise limitation in patients with COPD has been attributed to impaired ventil...
Objective: We have reported previously on the use of noninvasive positive-pressure ve...
Background: Controversy exists regarding inhibition of ischemic preconditioning in hy...
There are a number of difficulties in the conduct of randomized trials in the critica...
Bronchial stenosis (BS) consequent to iron pill aspiration (IPA) has been observed in...
Generally, hypoxemia is very common with diagnostic fiberoptic bronchoscopy. Hypoxemi...
Study objectives: To compare the effectiveness of two forms of exercise training in p...
Study objectives: To assess the treatments received and outcomes of patients with ear...
Study objectives: Dobutamine echocardiography is widely used for the evaluation of my...
Study objectives: To measure the accessibility and quality of currently available ast...
A 46-year-old woman presented with a 1-year history of progressive left-arm numbness....
The heart and lungs are intimately related. Not only do they share the same blood flo...
Study objectives: Several validated instruments are used to measure outcomes, such as...
Objectives: To evaluate the efficacy of simple aspiration of air from the pleural spa...
Background: In our area, inhaling heroin mixed with cocaine vaporized on aluminum foi...
The prevalence of allergic respiratory diseases, asthma and allergic rhinoconjunctivi...
We describe a case of a 55-year-old man presenting with a metastatic malignant amelob...
Despite the strong association between the two conditions, few topics in medicine are...
Study objectives: To compare the peak exercise response and determine the limits of a...
Study objectives: Primary assessment of mediastinal lymph nodes (N2 or N3) for stagin...
Study objective: To evaluate BAL cells obtained from habitual users of alkaloidal ("c...