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A Series of 52 Patients Study objectives: To describe a group of patients who acqui...
Study objectives: Few population-based data regarding the impact of asthma on health-...
Study objectives: Mechanical ventilation (MV) is a life-support measure for patients ...
A 48-year-old woman presented with a 1-month history of left anterior chest wall pain...
A multidisciplinary panel was convened by the American College of Chest Physicians (A...
Study objectives: To determine the test performance characteristics of various modali...
Stage IIIB includes patients with T4, any N, M0, and any T, N3, M0. Surgery may be in...
More years ago than I would care to admit, a class in thermodynamics was required as ...
Study objectives: A blunted hypoxic ventilatory response (HVR) has been observed in s...
Study objectives: To compare clinical efficacy, patient outcomes, and medical costs i...
Castleman disease is an uncommon entity, most often occurring in patients presenting ...
Study objectives: To provide an evidence-based background for developing the American...
Lung cancer is usually suspected in individuals who have abnormal chest radiograph fi...
Stage IV non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC) denotes the presence of metastatic diseas...
Snoring is probably the main reason that patients with sleep-disordered breathing (SD...
Study objectives: The mechanism(s) by which nasal continuous positive airway pressure...
Study objective: To assess health-related quality of life (HRQL) in a low-income popu...
Study objectives: Successful ectopic gene therapy requires the transfection of the ce...
Study objectives: To determine the risk of asthma among patients with occupationally ...
In the United States, lung cancer remains the leading cause of cancer death in both m...
Study objectives: To determine the test performance characteristics of CT scanning, p...
This chapter of the Lung Cancer Guidelines addresses patients with particular forms o...
Over the last 20 years, lung transplantation has emerged as a valid treatment option ...
Study objectives: To describe a 7-year follow-up (1992 to 2000) of patients who were ...
Background: Specific respiratory muscle training can improve respiratory muscle funct...
Interferons (IFNs) are a family of cytokine mediators that are critically involved in...
A patient came to medical attention because of recurrent bronchopulmonary infections....
Study objectives: To describe empiric research related to lung cancer prevention stra...
Correctly staging lung cancer is extremely important because the treatment options an...
Among patients with lung cancers, the proportion of those with small cell lung cancer...
How do we die? Where do we die? Who decides the answers to these questions? These que...
Study objective: The breath-to-breath variability of respiratory parameters changes w...
Background: The morbidity of surgical tracheostomy performed in critically ill patien...
Spontaneous pneumothorax is a common complication in patients with cystic fibrosis (C...
Empyema is one of the potential complications of lower respiratory tract infections. ...
Lung carcinogenesis is a chronic and multi-step process resulting in malignant lung t...
Study objectives: To determine the test performance characteristics of transbronchial...
The following two distinctly different issues should be taken into account when plann...
Bernstein et al (1) were the first to recognize cardiac sarcoidosis. Gozo and associa...
Study objectives: The functional somatic syndromes are associated with a variety of s...
Objective: To compare a new transport ventilator to manual ventilation in terms of ma...
We present a two-part review of the English-language literature pertaining to drug th...
Background: Several recent studies discuss bronchoscopic techniques for treating endo...
Study objectives: To review the available data on the early detection of lung cancer,...
A variety of invasive staging tests are available, including mediastinoscopy, thoraco...
The majority of patients who acquire lung cancer will have troublesome symptoms at so...
Context: Guidelines for managing cystic fibrosis (CF) patients have been widely circu...
Objective: To provide reference values for pulse oximeter saturation (Sp[O.sub.2]) in...
Study objectives: To characterize patients who acquired postoperative respiratory fai...
We present a review of the English-language literature from 1972 through 2000 pertain...
Microscopic polyangiitis (MPA) is one of the vasculitides that is included in the pul...
In the October 2002 issue, the article, "Effects of Short-term Pressure-Controlled Ve...
Although virtually all individuals with advanced lung cancer succumb to the disease, ...
Photodynamic therapy (PDT), brachytherapy, electrocautery, cryotherapy, and Nd-YAG la...
Evidence-based practice guidelines for end-of-life care for patients with lung cancer...
Purpose: To assess the follow-up of patients with sarcoidosis and myocardial MRI abno...
Objectives: Inhaled corticosteroids (ICS) are typically associated with a flat dose-r...
Study objectives: To determine whether methacholine challenge testing (MCT) provokes ...
Study objective: QT dispersion (QTd) and late potentials derived from signal-averaged...
Study objectives: This study examines the incidence of malignant pleural mesothelioma...
Objective: To review our experience with bilateral video-assisted thoracoscopic surge...
The pathogenesis of pulmonary fibrosis remains incompletely understood. Studies of as...
Study objectives: The goals of this study were to determine the sensitivity, specific...
Study objective: We evaluated the longitudinal changes in lung function and the facto...
Study objectives: Gastroesophageal reflux (GER) is one of the most common causes of c...
Objective: To compare patient-ventilator interaction and comfort in patients with chr...
Background and objective: Although the pathogenesis of interstitial pneumonia and pul...
A number of hormones, including hypothalamic neuropeptides acting as neurotransmitter...
Key words: plethysmography; pulmonary function tests; spirometry; vocal cords Abbre...
This special issue of CHEST is a compilation of articles provided by the speakers at ...
Pulmonary edema is an important cause of acute respiratory failure in critically ill ...
Objectives: COPD is a common and disabling disease that entails high costs for societ...
Objective: To determine the utility of inhaled hypertonic saline solution to treat am...
Objective: Measurement of extravascular lung water (EVLW) as a clinical tool for the ...
Angiogenesis, defined as the growth of new capillaries from preexisting vessels, is a...
Objectives: COPD has been reported in workers exposed to particulates, and there is i...
Substantial experimental evidence supports the idea that the fibroblast may play a si...
Study objectives: Autofluorescence bronchoscopy (AFB), when used as an adjunct to sta...
Study objectives: The purpose of this study was to investigate the effect of heavy-io...
Study objectives: To assess trends in asthma management and to identify factors assoc...
Study objective: To evaluate the effects of [beta]-blockers on ventilation in heart f...
Nosocomial pneumonia is the second most frequent nosocomial infection and represents ...
Constrictive cardiac physiology typically does not occur in the absence of parietal p...
Damage to the airway epithelium is one prominent feature of chronic asthma. Mucosal d...
In this issue of CHEST (see page 2224), Metintas and coworkers compared the relative ...
Objective: Recurrent upper respiratory tract infections (URTIs) are common illnesses ...
Objectives: To evaluate risk factors for ventilator-associated pneumonia (VAP), as we...
Objectives: Although uncommon, prolonged postoperative air leaks are a troublesome co...
Study objective: Streptococcus pneumoniae is the most frequent causative agent of com...
A 29-year-old man had received a diagnosis of chronic myelogenous leukemia (CML) 6 ye...
Idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis (IPF) is a lung disease that is characterized by epithe...
Clinical studies have demonstrated that chronic alcohol abuse is an independent outco...
Context: Venous thromboembolism (VTE) is the most frequent complication following cra...
Background: A recent study has shown that osteoporosis and vertebral fractures are qu...
Uridine 5'-triphosphate (UTP) is a naturally occurring agonist for P2[Y.sub.2] recept...
Study objectives: Fluid balance concerns occur daily in critically ill patients, comp...
Study objective: To obtain nationally representative estimates of the additional time...
We describe two patients with invasive thymomas who responded to high-dose chemothera...
Asthma and COPD are the most prevalent of lung diseases and contribute an enormous bu...
Background: Bronchoscopy with biopsy and BAL is being performed increasingly in patie...
Study objectives: The purpose of the current trial was to compare the relief of airwa...
Study objective: To describe factors associated with COPD deaths in the United States...
Background: Little is known about the clinical features and outcome of patients with ...
Study objective: To compare the lung damage caused by intrapleural silver nitrate (SN...
Background: Current asthma guidelines suggest a series of criteria to assess if asthm...
A 29-year-old white man presented with a 2-day history of progressive dyspnea and che...
Mitral valve endocarditis typically results in mitral regurgitation. However, endocar...
Primary pulmonary hypertension (PPH) is a serious pulmonary vascular disease occurrin...
ARDS is a disease process that is characterized by diffuse inflammation in the lung p...
Pulmonary fibrosis is a component of over 200 interstitial lung diseases. Some have k...
Study objective: To correlate the internal structure of peripheral pulmonary lesions,...
Background: Serum levels of cardiac troponins after external cardioversion (ECV) for ...
Lymphoid interstitial pneumonia (LIP) is regarded as both a disease and a nonneoplast...
This new 2003 version of the comprehensive electronic textbook of sleep medicine is a...
Chronic ventilatory failure (CVF) is a devastating condition that recognizes multiple...
Background: Beclomethasone dipropionate (BDP) has been formulated as an extrafine aer...
Study objectives: To validate the Hong Kong Chinese version of the St. George Respira...
Study objective: The clinical usefulness of varying inspiratory flow waveforms during...
Cell death by apoptosis has fundamental significance in both normal lung homeostasis ...
Objectives: To review the animal models of COPD, and to compare these data to those f...
Study objectives: To determine if the diagnosis of pleural malignancy is dependent on...
Study objectives: To determine if Asian immigrants to the United States present with ...
Objectives: Pleural effusions due to congestive heart failure (CHF) typically are tra...
Study objectives: To determine whether a correlation exists between markers for persi...
Study objective: This study was designed to determine whether different desaturation ...
Study objectives: To investigate the incidence of aspiration and type of aspiration (...
Study objectives: [[alpha].sub.1]-antitrypsin (AAT) deficiency is a genetic disease t...
Objectives: The usefulness of biochemical criteria to separate pleural transudates fr...
Study objectives: To determine the frequency and type of interstitial lung disease (I...
Study objectives: To evaluate the initial benefits of establishing an oxygen therapy ...
Sepsis is a common cause of morbidity and death in critically ill patients, and blood...
Study objectives: To test a novel semirigid pleuroscope to be used by pulmonologists ...
Background: Pulmonary tuberculosis (PTB) infection in children is difficult to diagno...
Study objectives: An association between thyroid disease and pulmonary arterial hyper...
Study objective: Many reports have shown that talc is the most effective and least ex...
(CHEST 2002; 122:183 7-1839) A 50-year-old ex-smoker has been complaining of a 5-mo...
To the Editor: We read with great interest the article by Schouwink et al (October ...
At the end of 19th century, Starling and Tubby, (1) in a landmark study, interpreted ...
Study objective: To assess factors associated with initiating therapy and compliance ...
Background: D-dimer, a degradation product of fibrin, has been increasingly used as a...
Introduction: The current invasive and noninvasive methods for delivering long-term v...
(CHEST 2002; 122:1840-1843) A 38-year-old man with AIDS and a prior episode A of Pn...
Correctly categorizing pleural fluid of uncertain etiology as an exudate increases cl...
Background: Asthma is associated with remodeling of the extracellular matrix (ECM) an...
Background: A surprisingly low number (< 20%) of relevant (> 75%) restenoses oc...
Study objectives: To determine the short-term and long-term impacts of continuous pos...
Study objectives: The dysregulation of apoptosis and the expression of apoptosis-rela...
Study objectives: Video-assisted thoracic surgery (VATS) has gained a prominent role ...
At the present time, talc is the agent for pleurodesis that is preferred by the major...
Objective: The aim of the study was to determine whether allergen inhalation modulate...
Study objectives: To clarify whether structural changes of the airway wall impair res...
Study objective: Although the overnight increase in urinary uric acid/creatinine rati...
This review discusses real-time pulmonary ultrasonography (US) for the practicing pul...
(CHEST 2002; 122:1848-1851) A 25-year-old African-American woman presented to the a...
To the Editor: As a professional couple with one half in the world of human subject...
Continued exposure to inhaled aeroallergens is associated with increased morbidity in...
Study objective: To study the existence of bronchial disease among rhinitis patients....
Study objectives: Accurate prediction of the effect of atmospheric changes, including...
Background: Home mechanical ventilation (HMV) is known to be a successful therapy for...
Lung diffusing capacity (DL) for carbon monoxide (DLCO), nitric oxide (DLNO) or oxyge...
Walking is the most common aerobic training modality utilized in cardiac rehabilitati...
In the September 2002 issue, the book review of Cancer of the Lung: From Molecular Bi...
One argument casting doubt on the validity of early epidemiologic studies associating...
Study objectives: Antileukotriene drugs are widely used in patients with bronchial as...
Study objectives: To investigate whether psychological factors predict outcome after ...
Study objectives: Previous studies with short recall periods have suggested that info...
Stress from many sources, including pain, fever, and hypotension, activates the hypot...
Noninvasive positive-pressure ventilation (NIPPV) is widely used to treat acute respi...
The use of videolaryngoscopic recording techniques to examine the larynges of patient...
Objectives: We describe the system of asthma care in Hartford, CT, an urban, minority...
Study objectives: To explore the diagnostic performance of MRI for the diagnosis of a...
Study objectives: To describe the outcome of patients with status asthmaticus (SA) tr...
(CHEST 2002; 122:1797-1800) Key words: ARDS; COPD; mechanical ventilation; noninvas...
Etanercept is the first anticytokine drug approved to treat rheumatoid arthritis. Sid...
By Richard C. Becker, MD, Dan J. Fintel, MD, and David Green, MD, PhD. Caddo, 014. Pr...
Direct administration of fresh gas or oxygen into the trachea has been employed in se...
Study objectives: To test the hypothesis that the presence of sensitization to indoor...
Objective: To examine the reports on cardiac Munchausen syndrome for clinical charact...
Objective: Measurement of the indocyanine green plasma disappearance rate (ICG-PDR) h...
(CHEST 2002; 122:1801-1817) Key words: acute cor pulmonale; pulmonary embolism; pul...
We describe two patients with posterior myocardial infarction (PMI) with unusually at...
Study objective: The aim of this article was to identify the most common sites of obs...
Background: Many children with asthma go into long-term clinical remission at adolesc...
Objectives: We investigated the shifts of T4/T8 lymphocytes from BAL fluid (BALF) and...
Objective: To determine if topical 4% amethocaine gel can reduce the pain associated ...
Study objectives: To determine the different effects of interleukin (IL)-2, IL-4, IL-...
Thy current mainstay of treatment for pulmonary alveolar proteinosis (PAP) is whole-l...
Study objectives: BP normally drops (or "dips") by approximately 10% at nighttime; ho...
Study objectives: To compare the trends of asthma mortality and place of death in you...
Objectives: To determine the completion rate and tolerability of short-course rifamyc...
Background: Preliminary studies have shown that [sup.99m]Tc-hexakis-2-methoxyisobutyl...
New biomarkers, such as cardiac troponins, have a major role to play for cost-effecti...
We present the case of a 55-year-old man with advanced esophageal cancer who was succ...
The current survival rates for lung transplant recipients are 72%, 56%, and 43%, resp...
Objective: To determine the clinical utility of a limited sleep-recording device used...
Background: Disease-specific health status measures are characterized by higher respo...
Study objectives: It is recommended that the PPD Mantoux tuberculin test be read at 4...
Study objectives: No recommendation currently exists for grading the severity of airw...
A 26-year-old woman with no significant medical history presented with visual changes...