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Study objectives: We report on the long-term safety and efficacy of bosentan treatmen...
Study objectives: Vascular endothelial growth factor (VEGF) signaling may be required...
Study objectives: To identify which tests would be useful in selecting patients for a...
To the Editor: We read with interest the article by Fraticelli et al (1) and its ed...
Our understanding of the mechanisms of diseases that result in impaired functional ca...
Study objectives: Children from poor families are much more likely to have emergency ...
Study objectives: To investigate differences in drainage amounts and early clinical o...
Background: Tumor necrosis factor (TNF)-[alpha] is produced by macrophages and other ...
Study objectives: Systemic rheumatic diseases impair the vasculature in lungs. The ai...
Community-acquired pneumonia (CAP) is a major cause of morbidity and mortality in the...
Objective: To describe the perspectives of family members to the care provided to cri...
By Phillip M. Boiselle and Charles S. White, eds. New York, NY: Marcel Dekker, 2002; ...
I recall the first case that I "scrubbed on" as an eager medical student in 1973 at a...
Study objectives: Inhaled corticosteroids (ICS) are widely used in the treatment of C...
Study objectives: To determine the type of infections occurring in hospitalized patie...
Objectives: To date, insufficient evidence is available to recommend serum soluble in...
Background: Semiobjective methods of quantifying cough strength and endotracheal secr...
Study objectives: The potential benefits of noninvasive positive pressure ventilation...
Hydrocarbon pneumonitis, known also as fire-eater pneumonia, always develops after as...
By Kathryn Schroeter, RN, MS, MA; Arthur Derse, JD, MD; Charles Junkerman, MD; and Da...
Yesterday I evaluated a new patient with sarcoidosis who asked whether the disease wa...
Study objective: The ratio between forced expiratory flow between 25% and 75% of vita...
Study objectives: (1) To define clinical factors that could justify hospital admissio...
Study objectives: The Tucson Children's Assessment of Sleep Apnea (TuCASA) study is d...
Objectives: To evaluate changes in oxygenation index (OI) in pediatric patients with ...
Fiberoptic bronchoscopy has become a commonplace procedure in ICUs. Despite the fact ...
We report the case of a severely mentally handicapped 30-year-old woman with Sturge-W...
Objective: To review three prospective, randomized, placebo-controlled, double-blind ...
Objectives: Congenital cysts of the mediastinum are an uncommon but important diagnos...
Study objectives: To study the prevalence, risk factors, and gender differences in sy...
Objective: To determine the cost-effectiveness of the newer antiseptic and antibiotic...
Background: Aerosolized iloprost is used as an alternative to IV prostacyclin in pati...
A 39-year-old female patient, an ex-smoker with an 8-pack-year smoking history and se...
Heyland and colleagues deserve congratulations for their study, "Dying in the Intensi...
Study objective: This study was designed to investigate the extent of clinical muscle...
Background: Nontoxic goiters can cause extrathoracic upper airway obstruction and, if...
Study objectives: The aims of this study were to comprehensively evaluate the cephalo...
Study objectives: Lipid emulsions have been suspected of inducing certain modificatio...
Study objectives: To evaluate the efficiency and reproducibility of pulmonary deliver...
A 49-year-old man with cirrhosis due to hepatitis C virus developed interstitial pneu...
Severe acute respiratory syndrome (SARS) is an emerging infectious disease with a for...
Background: The mechanisms leading to muscle wasting in patients with COPD are still ...
Study objectives: To determine whether the new classification system for thymic carci...
Objective: The diagnosis of right ventricular myocardial infarction (RVMI) accompanie...
Study objective: To compare the effects of active limb mobilization (ALM) with or wit...
Key words: drug therapy; granuloma; histoplasmosis; Kveim; sarcoidosis; tuberculosis ...
To the Editor: The article by Viaro et al (1) (September 2002) provides important a...
Study objective: Inhaled bronchodilators are the first-line pharmacotherapy against C...
Study objective: Expert consensus recommends testing pleural fluid for pH to assist t...
Study objectives: The purpose of this study was to evaluate the feasibility of simpli...
Background: Diaphragm position and shape on chest radiographs are routinely used as i...
Lung cancer continues to be the leading case of cancer deaths in the United States. I...
Methotrexate has proven to be effective in treating rheumatoid arthritis (PTA), and i...
To the Editor: Pulse oximetry has revolutionized noninvasive oxygen saturation (Sp[...
Over the past several decades, numerous investigators have attempted to predict succe...
Background: Patients with COPD have an increased risk of cardiovascular disease. Desp...
Study objective: To determine the feasibility of rapid pleurodesis in patients with m...
Objectives: Recent studies suggest that myocardial [[beta].sub.2]-adrenoceptors may b...
Objective: To evaluate the following: (1) the intramethod variability of impedance ca...
This review discusses the scientific and clinical evidence for cardiac rehabilitation...
To the Editor: We read with interest the article of Reissig et al (December 2001). ...
In the December 2002 issue, the article "Efficacy and Safety of Beclomethasone Diprop...
Long-term preservation of allograft function remains an elusive goal following lung t...
Background: Obliterative bronchiolitis (OB) is the most important cause of long-term ...
Study objectives: Laboratory-based spirometry is the "gold standard" for the assessme...
Objective: To assess the clinical characteristics and the factors that influenced the...
Study objectives: To determine factors associated with antimicrobial-resistant hospit...
A previously healthy 25-year-old man made a telephone call to our institute 3 h after...
To the Editor: As reported in CHEST (June 2002), several studies (1-4) have suggest...
By Thomas Similowski, William A. Whitelaw, Jean-Philippe Derenne, eds. New York, NY: ...
Pulmonary embolism (PE) encompasses a wide spectrum of illnesses, with diverse progno...
Background: Although lung retransplantation is the only definitive therapeutic option...
Study objective: This study tests the hypothesis that the administration of multiple ...
Study objectives: Recent evidence suggests that chronic or latent viral infection may...
Study objectives: C-reactive protein (CRP) is an acute-phase protein, the blood level...
Study objectives: To evaluate volatile organic compounds (VOCs) in the breath as tumo...
To the Editor: I read with discouragement the article by Markstrom et al (November ...
By Gina Kolata. New York, NY: Simon & Schuster, 1999, 352 pp; $14 Medical topics ar...
Clinical practice guidelines have been developed for numerous clinical scenarios, inc...
Objectives: To determine long-term survival rates of patients who underwent lung volu...
Objectives: To assess how the diagnosis of airflow limitation (AL) combined with advi...
Study objectives: To assess the effects of long-term exposure to aerosolized pentamid...
Study objective: In children with acute lung injury, there is an increase in minute v...
Background: Persulfate salts have been identified as a cause of occupational asthma (...
To the Editor: I have read with great interest the excellent review by Shafazand an...
The past decade has seen notable progress in our understanding of allergic asthma. De...
Background: Patients with severe pulmonary emphysema have a greatly increased oxygen ...
Background. Virtually all the information available on the prevalence of obstructive ...
Study objectives: Although the benefit of pulmonary rehabilitation (PR) has been demo...
Study objectives: Noninvasive ventilation, although effective as treatment for patien...
Cystic fibrosis (CF) is associated with mutation and abnormal function of the cystic ...
To the Editor: We read with interest the article by Shafazand and Weinacker (Novemb...
Whether at international medical forums, within the halls of local hospitals, in medi...
Objectives: Albumin and nonprotein colloids (starches, dextran, and others) are used ...
Objective: To assess whether severe gastroesophageal reflux (GER) is associated with ...
Study objectives: To assess the functional sequelae (FS) of patients with tuberculous...
Objectives: Clinical practice guidelines have been devised to change practitioner per...
A 63-year-old man, a 100-pack-year smoker, presented with a 2-month history of cough,...
To the Editor: I am writing to comment on the article by Davila et al (1) (November...
Study objective: To evaluate the prognostic value of histopathologic variables and mo...
Objective: To design a spirometry-based algorithm to predict pulmonary restrictive im...
Study objective: Cytokeratin 19 fragment (CYFRA) is a specific tumor marker in patien...
Background: It is well-known that the expression of T helper (Th) type 2 cytokines su...
The incidence of ventricular septal defect (VSD) occurs in up to 4.5% of penetrating ...
To the Editor: Tanaka and colleagues (September 2002) (1) reported that most of the...
Background: To our knowledge, no data have been reported on the effects of exercise t...
Purpose: To analyze diagnostic approaches, survival predictors, and treatment efficac...
Study objectives: Indications for thrombolysis in normotensive patients with pulmonar...
Study objective: Idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis (IPF) is a progressive and fatal lung ...
Background: The particles of a new hydrofluoroalkane-134a (HFA)-beclomethasone diprop...
The antibiotic minocycline, which is used in the treatment of acne, has been associat...
To the Editor: We read with interest the prospective report of Herth et al (October...
Background: Electrical impedance tomography (EIT) is a noninvasive imaging technique ...
Purpose: To determine the prevalence of symptomatic upper extremity deep venous throm...
Study objectives: Patients in a pulmonary clinic have disorders that predispose them ...
Objective: To compare the efficacy of a new intraaortic propeller pump (PP) to provid...
Lobular capillary hemangioma (LCH) is a polypoid form of capillary hemangioma occurri...
To the Editor: The very interesting and original reports in CHEST by Beck et al (Fe...
Chest wall involvement is seen in approximately 5% of patients with newly diagnosed n...
Background: Dysfunction of myocardium as a result of ischemia/reperfusion during coro...
Study objectives: To describe patterns of prescribing augmentation therapy, and types...
Background: Much controversy exists regarding the initial choice of antibiotics and s...
Objectives: This study investigated whether treatment with beraprost sodium (BPS), an...
Purpose: To automatically derive the degree of air trapping in mild cystic fibrosis (...
Pericardiocentesis was introduced during the 19th century, and reached its current le...
To the Editor: Wang et al (1) describe an elegant minimally invasive double-balloon...
The role of corticosteroid therapy in the management of septic shock has been debated...
Many lessons can be drawn from the article by Tashkin and Kesten in this issue of CHE...
Study objective: To determine the respective frequencies, risk factors, and outcomes ...
Background: It is well-known that the homozygous deficiency of [[alpha].sub.1]-antitr...
Study objectives: To determine microbial agents causing community-acquired pneumonia ...
Study objective: To describe the safety and risks of placing pediatric patients in th...
Acute upper viral respiratory infection (VRI) is the number one cause of illness for ...
The objectives of the study were the assessment of the incidence of pulmonary embolis...
To the Editor: Patients with COPD often experience peptic ulcers, sleep problems, a...
The use of corticosteroids as adjunctive therapy for severe sepsis and septic shock h...
For an extremely common disease, the optimal therapy of community-acquired pneumonia ...
Study objectives: This study was conducted to determine the effects of age, gender, c...
Objectives: To determine whether long-term symptomatic improvement occurs in COPD pat...
Objectives: Vascular endothelial growth factor (VEGF) promotes angiogenesis, mediates...
Study objectives: To assess short-term and long-term complications of bronchoscopy-gu...
Pulmonary Langerhans cell histiocytosis (PLCH) is an uncommon disorder of adult smoke...
Few reports of chronic eosinophilic pneumonia (CEP) in the pediatric population can b...
In the March 2003 issue, the article "A Novel Form of Manually Assisted Ventilation" ...
The incidence of candidemia--a common and potentially fatal nosocomial infection--has...
Sarcoidosis is a multiorgan disease in which some patients never require therapy and ...
Study objective: Laboratory testing plays a minor role in the assessment of aortic di...
Background: Acetazolamide and medroxyprogesterone acetate (MPA) are two respiratory s...
Objectives: To determine whether certain occupations and occupationally related expos...
Objective: To determine the usefulness of performing routine postprocedure chest radi...
Study objectives: To summarize the available data on COPD prevalence and assess reaso...
We report a case of cardiac fibrosarcoma that was treated with cardiac tumor resectio...
By I. M. Weisman and R. J. Zeballos, eds; C. T. Bollinger, series ed. Vol 32: Progres...
Nosocomial acquisition of microorganisms resistant to multiple antibiotics represents...
Many years ago Hippocrates stated, "In whatever disease sleep is laborious, it is a d...
Purpose: This study was performed to identify morphologic features of cardiac myxomas...
Background: An association between weight depletion and mortality has been demonstrat...
Study objectives: Obstructive sleep apnea (OSA) is an independent risk factor for hyp...
Study objectives: To determine whether there is any difference in diagnostic, therape...
Key words: airways; bronchoscopy; guidelines; interventional pulmonology; pleural dis...
To the Editor: The recent case report by Timmer et al, (1) the August 2002 issue of...
By M. Silverman and C. L. O'Callaghan, eds. London, UK: Arnold Publications, 2001; 30...
In 1976, Piehl and Brown (1) reported for the first time that ventilation in the pron...
Study objectives: The aim of this study was to examine the role of resting pulmonary ...
Study objective: To determine whether ion transport or barrier function across the na...
Study objectives: To determine whether differences in sleep apnea severity between me...
Design: The objectives were to characterize the prognostic factors and evaluate the i...
Non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC) in the United States will continue to be a major p...
To the Editor: We read with interest the article by Akosah et al (1) (September 200...
Despite decades of research, the morbidity and mortality of sepsis and septic shock r...
In 175 AD, Galen inflated the lungs of a dead animal with a bellows, similar to that ...
Objective: The National Emphysema Treatment Trial (NETT) is a randomized, multicenter...
Study objectives: The emergency department (ED) is an important focal point for asthm...
Background: Inhaled C[O.sub.2] has been shown to stabilize the breathing pattern of p...
Study objectives: (1) To determine the incidence of expiratory flow limitation (FL) a...
A 45-year-old man with type 2 diabetes, hypertension, and chronic renal failure was a...
To the Editor: The observation by Murin and Inciardi (June 2001) (1) of increased p...
Inadequate splanchnic perfusion in the critically ill compromises the gut barrier lea...
There is no question that the harmful effects that are produced by smoking cigarettes...
Study objectives: Some respiratory patients exhibit oxygen desaturation during rehabi...
Background: We evaluated the efficacy and safety of low-dose budesonide/formoterol, 8...
Study objective: While previous studies have suggested an association between obstruc...
Study objective: To evaluate the effect of CP-471,474 (Pfizer Global Research and Dev...
Dependence on tobacco, like many other drug dependencies, is a complex behavior with ...
To the Editor: We read with interest the article in CHEST by Barst et al (June 2002...
There is a general consensus that antimicrobial resistance in the hospital setting ha...
Study objectives: The treatment of patients with non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC) t...
The 6-min walk (6MW) test is commonly used to assess exercise capacity in patients wi...
Objectives: To assess left ventricular systolic and diastolic function in adult patie...
Objectives: We prospectively evaluate the spectral characteristics of nocturnal arter...
Study objectives: The purpose of this study was to explore the relationship between c...
Objectives: To screen for respiratory symptoms and lung function impairment in worker...
Controversy exists as to the best means to monitor the critically ill patient and the...
Background: Complete myocardial revascularization with internal thoracic arteries (IT...
Aims: Chronic heart failure (CHF) and COPD are both characterized by muscular impairm...
Study objective: To determine the relationship between the antibiotic susceptibility ...
Background: The aims of this study were to evaluate the incidence of unexplained pulm...
The traditional diagnostic approach in community-acquired pneumonia (CAP) includes th...
Introduction: Systemic steroids have been associated with anergy. Treatment with high...