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Lung transplantation is an accepted therapeutic option for patients who have a number...
Study objectives: Obstructive sleep apnea (OSA) is characterized by repeated episodes...
Background: Although it is defined as cough and sputum production for at least 3 mont...
Objectives: This study evaluated the concurrent treatment of chemoradiation followed ...
Background: Patients hospitalized in medical ICUs (MICUs) with acute noncardiac illne...
Key words: acute cor pulmonale; pulmonary embolism; pulmonary infarction; venous thro...
The objectives of the study were to describe a novel presentation of tetanus and to r...
Study objectives: Lung transplantation continues to be limited by the development of ...
Background: The association between emphysema and weight loss is well known. Severe [...
Study objectives: To evaluate cost, outcome, and functional status of octogenarians a...
Study objectives: To determine the patency of standard and modified Portex tracheosto...
Key words: insomnia; obstructive sleep apnea: periodic limb movements in sleep; polys...
Exacerbations of COPD are a major cause of morbidity and mortality in patients with C...
Study objectives: To test the efficacy of a tailored telephone-based intervention con...
Study objectives: First, to determine the relationships among chronic sputum expector...
Study objectives: This study was conducted to evaluate the value of serum troponin T,...
Study objectives: The potential clinical benefits of pressure-controlled ventilation ...
Study objectives: The present study was performed to determine whether the risk of bl...
Study objective: To demonstrate an association between saprophytic fungal infections ...
Background: Recent studies have suggested a relationship between asthma and obesity. ...
Background: Growing evidence suggests that no-reflow reperfusion after direct percuta...
Study objective: To investigate the role of oropharyngeal and cutaneous commensal mic...
A 70-year-old woman presented with a 1-month history of increasing dyspnea and a nonp...
In the April 2002 issue, the article, "Prolonged Endurance Challenge at Moderate Alti...
Study objectives: To investigate the nature and extent of the alteration in autonomic...
Study objective: To describe and compare the background, clinical manifestations, dis...
Background: Prognostic parameters in patients with congestive heart failure (CHF) are...
Objective: Obstructive sleep apnea (OSA) is caused by episodes of upper airway (UA) o...
Purpose: Advances in CT scanning have presented physicians with the challenge of diag...
Objectives: To compare BP response to 3 weeks of nasal continuous positive airway pre...
Objectives: To determine the benefit of IV [[beta].sub.2]-agonists for severe acute a...
Study objective: To conduct a cost-effectiveness analysis of IV-to-oral regimens of a...
Objective: To evaluate left atrial functional reserve in patients with chronic heart ...
Background: Vitamin A plays an important role in airways epithelial repair and differ...
Objective: The purpose of the present study was to determine the symptomatology, diag...
Study objectives: Conflicting results have been reported regarding the effects of obs...
Objective: To investigate whether, after 48 h of IV treatment with corticosteroids, t...
Study objectives: To assess the role of contrast-enhanced dynamic CT in the diagnosis...
Objectives: This study analyzes the causal role of hepatitis C virus (HCV) in patient...
Study objectives: We compared the myocardial lesions caused by the long-term inhibiti...
Percutaneous stenting of the pulmonary arteries (PAs) represents a potential option i...
Objective: To find a parameter that would discriminate between the patients with idio...
Objective: To assess the prevalence of sleep-disordered breathing (SDB), continuous p...
Study objectives: To develop and validate a patient-based outcome measure to evaluate...
Objective: To assess whether the respiratory rate to tidal volume ratio (RVR) measure...
Clinical and experimental observations prove that heparin-neutralizing doses of prota...
Background: Little is known about lung injury caused by fludarabine therapy. Object...
Study objectives: To assess the quality of life (QOL) in patients with severe obstruc...
Objectives: This randomized, double-blind, cross-over study evaluated the risk of bro...
Study objectives: To evaluate the diagnostic accuracy and safety of transbronchial ne...
The use of video-assisted thoracoscopic surgery (VATS) sometimes leads to additional ...
To the Editor: We read with interest the article by Akashiba et al (February 2002),...
Study objective: To determine the cell profile of BAL from infants with severe recurr...
Study objective: To compare the results of a two-point palatal discrimination respons...
Background: The mortality rate from respiratory syncytial virus (RSV) bronchiolitis h...
Study objectives: Individual comparison of cardiac output via intermittent thermodilu...
Background: Thirty percent of patients with esophageal cancer have malignant involvem...
Idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis (IPF) is a unique type of chronic fibrosing lung diseas...
Objective: Using a model of natural allergen exposure, we examined the effect of regu...
Study objectives: Oral appliances (OAs) are considered to be a treatment option for p...
Study objectives: To determine the effect of cessation of exposure to pollen on airwa...
Study objectives: To assess the respective effects of position and positive end-expir...
An 83-year-old retired biochemistry professor was found by his wife unresponsive in h...
In this issue of CHEST (see page 791), Le Bourgeois and colleagues from Hopital Necke...
Study objectives: To compare the effect of 4 weeks of treatment with fluticasone prop...
Study objectives: Little information exists on the impact of antiretroviral therapies...
Study objective: To determine if distractive auditory stimuli (DAS) in the form of mu...
Objectives: We hypothesized that progressive impairment in diastolic function during ...
A 34-year-old man presented with symptoms of left flank pain, gross hematuria, chills...
Despite the significant contributions of inhaled synthetic sympathomimetic agonists t...
Objective: Methacholine responsiveness is an end point widely used in epidemiologic s...
Study objectives: Although pulmonary mycetoma has been well-described in immunocompet...
Study objectives: Induced sputum is used to investigate pulmonary diseases. Low-outpu...
Objective: Contraction of upper airway (UA) muscles such as the geniohyoids and stern...
Background: Mushroom spores have frequently been associated with respiratory allergy....
Background: None of the existing tests for the diagnosis of asthma are considered to ...
Objective: To investigate both the use of immediate or elective double-balloon perica...
Purpose: To determine the prevalence of proximal deep venous thrombosis (DVT) in a ge...
Background: Cases of acute respiratory failure reported after talc pleurodesis have r...
Objective: The effects of passive smoke exposure on respiratory health are still unde...
No physician in the past 20 years is likely to have escaped the impact of HIV/AIDS in...
Objectives: In California, state law now prohibits smoking in most public places. We ...
Background: Traditional diagnostic tests for pericardial tuberculosis (TB) are insens...
Study objective: With the development of percutaneous inferior vena cava (IVC) filter...
Transesophageal, endoscopic ultrasound (EUS)-guided fine-needle aspiration (FNA) and ...
Despite recent controversies regarding its safety and efficacy, pulmonary artery cath...
Study objectives: To determine whether traditional risk factors for cardiovascular di...
Study objective: Utilizing a comparison group of patients with congestive heart failu...
Study objective: To compare digital to conventional film-screen pulmonary angiography...
Study objectives: To provide a systematic overview of the literature investigating pa...
Treatment options for patients with pulmonary fibrosis associated with rheumatoid dis...
By Fred M. Kusumoto and Nora F. Goldschlager, eds. Philadelphia, PA: Lippincott Willi...
In this issue of CHEST (see page 829), Schafer and colleagues report on a consecutive...
Objectives: We wished to determine the independent contribution of craniofacial dimen...
Study objectives: To determine if an educational intervention targeting emergency dep...
Study objective: To assess the impact of morphologically different central pulmonary ...
One of the more intense areas of research in lung disease in the past 40 years has be...
Pulmonary veno-occlusive disease (PVOD) is a rare but life-threatening disease. Altho...
Objective: The administration of antidepressant drugs was shown to positively affect ...
Study objectives: To quantify thoracoabdominal asynchrony (TAA) in children during an...
Background: We evaluated whether dobutamine gated blood pool scintigraphy (DOB-GBP) c...
Context: While respiratory infections are a leading cause of morbidity, there is litt...
Study objectives: The purpose of this study was to quantify the impact of baseline re...
PATIENT 1 A 46-year-old woman with a history of mild, intermittent asthma, hyperten...
Study objectives: We sought to determine the indicators of asthma severity among chil...
Objective: To compare the short-term physiologic effects of mask pressure support ven...
Background: Both pulmonary hypertension and pulmonary overflow are associated with fu...
Study objectives: Consensus guidelines for the empirical treatment of community-acqui...
Study objective: To identify the prognostic factors for pneumothorax in patients in t...
We report three cases of organophosphate (OP) poisoning. One patient was a 19-year-ol...
Study objectives: Alveolar septal cell apoptosis may contribute to the pathogenesis o...
Background: Studies of IV magnesium sulfate as a treatment for acute asthma have had ...
Study objectives: The aim of this study was to examine the influence of sleep-related...
Objectives: To compare the therapeutic ratio of chlorofluorocarbon (CFC) and hydroflu...
Study objectives: To determine the accuracy of a portable magnetometer designed to me...
A case of hypersensitivity pneumonitis (HP) following anthrax vaccination is describe...
The report by Denny and associates in this issue of CHEST (see page 692) provides dra...
Study objective: Weight loss is a common complication of COPD, associated with negati...
Objectives: In some acute-care settings, practitioners are reluctant to institute bro...
Study objectives: To assess the prevalence of occasional snoring in a group of middle...
Objective: To determine the relative adverse symptomatic effects and benefits of ther...
Study objectives: This study assesses how often local US hospitals provide smoking ce...
Pulmonary artery sarcoma is a rare tumor that is frequently misdiagnosed as chronic p...
Increased mortality among smokers as compared to nonsmokers is well known. A 40-year ...
Study objectives: Condition-specific measures of quality of life (QOL) for patients w...
Study objectives: The effect of gastroesophageal reflux (GER) on cough responsiveness...
Background: For the treatment of nonsevere obstructive sleep apnea syndrome (OSAS), m...
Study objectives: To evaluate possible alterations in the diffusing capacity of the l...
Traumatic brain injury (TBI) is a major cause of disability and death in most Western...
Lung volume reduction surgery (LVRS) may improve pulmonary function in patients with ...
Cigarette smoking makes asthma worse. That simple tenet forms one of the most well-kn...
Background: Smoking may induce changes in T-lymphocyte subsets in peripheral blood. A...
Study objectives: To compare the lung deposition of radiolabeled hydrofluoroalkane-13...
Background: The mechanisms responsible for the accumulation of eosinophils in pleural...
Study objectives: Alterations in pulmonary function and interstitial changes in the l...
Key words: antibiotics; mortality; pneumonia Abbreviations: VAP = ventilator-associ...
My name is John Doe, and I have asthma. I am concerned about my health, and I'm not s...
Study objectives: In patients with terminal lung disease who were exercising, we asse...
Background: Non-ICU telemetry monitoring has proven to be a valuable resource for pat...
Study objective: Chemical pleurodesis may be the best available treatment for recurre...
Objective: To determine the association between respiratory disease and panic attacks...
Although there are various treatments for postherpetic neuralgia (PHN), none produces...
To the Editor: Increased nonspecific bronchial hyperresponsiveness to pharmacologic...
Study objectives: To compare, in clinical conditions, the efficacy of refilled oxygen...
Study objectives: To determine the utility of the ECG for predicting clinical status ...
Study objectives: Quality of life (QOL) following video-assisted thoracic surgery (VA...
Study objective: To evaluate the diagnostic accuracy of Hoover sign for detecting obs...
A 26-year-old man with a history of intermittent fever of unknown etiology for the pa...
Highly active antiretroviral therapy (HAART) has changed the landscape of HIV infecti...
Study objectives: To clarify the effects of oxygen on exercise performance and pulmon...
Study objectives: There is a lack of epidemiologic information about duration of QRS ...
Objective: To elaborate a surgically oriented and objective model for classification ...
Objective: Adherence to clinical practice guidelines is highly variable. Our objectiv...
Study objectives: To assess the effect of occupational silica exposure on pulmonary f...
Pneumonia remains a common yet vexing complication of critical illness. While it is t...
Study objectives: We sought to determine whether breathing heliox or using nasal noni...
Study objectives: We sought to assess the incidence of transient U-wave inversion dur...
Study objectives: To assess the restoration of immune responses to tuberculosis, as m...
Study objective: To study the correlation of bacteriology between quantitative cultur...
Background: The increase of work-related respiratory complaints in artificially venti...
Background: Tiotropium, a once-daily anticholinergic, and salmeterol represent two in...
Study objectives: Prior studies have proposed several ECG criteria for identifying th...
Background: Men and women respond differently to asthma. Patients and methods: Maxi...
Study objectives: To determine the influence of initially delayed appropriate antibio...
Phase II cardiac rehabilitation programs are associated with improvements in exercise...
While bleeding remains the most common serious complication of heparin use, heparin i...
Study objectives: This study was conducted to examine the short-term effects of using...
Study objectives: To determine the BP response to the Valsalva maneuver (VM) at basel...
Objectives: To describe clinical, endoscopic, radiographic, and follow-up characteris...
Background: Obstructive sleep apnea (OSA) is a major clinical disorder that is charac...
A case is presented in which significant single-vessel coronary artery disease and se...
Research into and treatment of sickle cell disease (SSD) have been the province large...
Background: Augmentation therapy with pooled human plasma-derived [[alpha].sub.1]-ant...
Study objective: Cysteinyl leukotrienes are important proinflammatory mediators in th...
Objective: Analysis of laryngotracheoscopic findings of the upper airway tract follow...
A 54-year-old African-American woman presented with sore throat and bilateral ear pai...
The development of pulmonary infiltrates in an immunocompromised patient remains a di...
Objectives: To assess and compare the effect of nasal continuous positive airway pres...
Study objectives: To evaluate the effect of adding zatirlukast or low-dose theophylli...
Study objective: Long-term administration of macrolide antibiotics reduces sputum pro...
Background: Since lung cancer is the major cause of death not only in Japan but in ma...
A 49-year-old woman presented with a 3-month history of progressive breathlessness on...
Effective this month, these physicians begin serving a 5-year term on the CHEST Edito...
Study objective: To determine whether an exhalation valve designed to minimize rebrea...
Background: Since the late 1980s, there has been considerable clinical and academic i...
Study objectives: To describe the pharmacokinetics and bioavailability of inhaled tob...
Study objective: Patients with COPD classically have neutrophilic bronchial inflammat...
Objectives: Patients' views of physician skill in providing end-of-life care may vary...
Study objective: To evaluate the feasibility of lung cancer screening using low-dose ...
Study objective: To describe prolongation of survival in patients with amyotrophic la...
Study objectives: The bronchial microcirculation has the potential to contribute to t...
Study objectives: Thalidomide therapy has been shown to modify granulomatous diseases...
Background: Tobacco use remains the most preventable cause of death and disability in...
Study objective: Inhalation of dust in a swine confinement building causes an intense...
Objective: To compare baseline preoperative and 6-month postoperative functional heal...
Rationale: Previous studies have shown that an increase in inspiratory pressure durin...
Objectives: Cytotoxic T-lymphocyte antigen (CTLA)-4 is a homolog of CD28, which is ex...
Study objectives: To describe the population of patients with sarcoidosis listed for ...
The reimbursement of hospital Part A cost by Medicare under the original prospective ...