Stories Collection
- Background: Sulfur dioxide ([SO.sub.2]) gas may induce acute asthmatic responses when...
- Study objectives: To determine if transcatheter embolotherapy is safe and effective f...
- Study objectives: To identify the typical duration of postoperative mechanical ventil...
- (CHEST 2001; 119:618-621)
A 13-year-old boy was admitted for cardiac catheterizatio...
- We report three cases of benign mediastinal lymphadenopathy revealed by chest radiogr...
- In the process of evolation, bacteria have acquired well-developed mechanisms of resi...
- Background: Positron emission tomography (PET) scanning is used increasingly to detec...
- Objective: We conducted a retrospective study to determine the relationship between g...
- Study objectives: To identify the risk of thromboembolism after withholding or revers...
- Study objectives: To describe the pharmacoepidemiology of psychotropic medication pre...
- Pulmonary tumor embolism as a presenting feature of hepatocellular carcinoma is rare....
- Objectives: Malignant pleural effusions develop frequently in patients with non-small...
- Study objective: To investigate the acute effect of mannitol on the clearance of mucu...
- Relationship With Pulmonary Venous Flow and ECG Fibrillatory Wave Amplitude
Objecti...
- Study objectives: To determine the significance of serotonin in the pathogenesis of i...
- Problems of Management
(CHEST 2001; 119:628-631)
Key Word: Atrial fibrillation
...
- Three Vignettes and a Critique
To the Editor:
The recently published article in C...
- Trends Over the Past Few Years
Multiple surveillance studies have demonstrated that...
- Study objectives: COPD affects millions of people in the United States. The purpose o...
- Study objective: We hypothesized that the use of inhaled alkaloidal ("crack") cocaine...
- A Single-Center Experience and Literature Review
Background: While coronary dissect...
- Background: Positive-pressure ventilators are equipped with low-inspiratory-pressure ...
- Background and objective: Preoperative detection of non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC...
- Antimicrobial resistance has emerged as a major public health issue in recent years. ...
- In the last year, CHEST has encountered more ethical problems than in the first 6 yea...
- Objective: We conducted a systematic overview of randomized controlled trials (RCTs) ...
- Study objectives: The etiology of cryptogenic fibrosing alveolitis (CFA) remains larg...
- IV Combination of Diltiazem and Digoxin vs IV Diltiazem Alone
Objective: To analyze...
- Objective: To test the hypothesis that chronic hypercapnia changes the composition of...
- Case Report and Review
This case report documents an uncommon cause of bilateral di...
- Hospital-acquired pneumonia (HAP) is associated with high morbidity and mortality. Ea...
- For a variety of reasons, scientific articles contain more and more abbreviations. Pa...
- Study objectives: To analyze the influence of a hospital-based home-care program (HCP...
- Clinical, Spirometric, and Exercise Parameters
Background: The purpose of this stud...
- Objective: To assess, by systematic review, the efficacy and safety of recombinant ti...
- Several studies have shown that funeral directors have an increased risk of tuberculo...
- To the Editor:
To label me or my viewpoints as "pessimistic," "naysayer," "nihilist...
- Cytokines and Host Defense
Effective host defense against bacterial infection is de...
- "The Gyanousa Am Loose!"
H.L. Mencken has recounted how traveling carnival shows in...
- Effect on Airway Responsiveness to Methacholine and Adenosine 5'-Monophosphate and To...
- Spectrum of Flow-Related Events
Objectives: The use of nasal prongs connected to a ...
- Objective: Clinical observation has identified cases in which the negative pressures ...
- Background: We studied patients of a hospitalist teaching service and patients receiv...
- We present a ease of Wegener's granulomatosis (WG) that responded to antituberculous ...
- Is There an Effect on Antimicrobial Resistance?
The antimicrobial resistance proble...
- Objectives: To compare the distribution of lung volume at total lung capacity (TLC) a...
- Background: Breathing in patients with obstructive sleep apnea (OSA) is frequently in...
- Objective: To assess the pulmonary and systemic distribution and elimination of perfl...
- Two siblings presented with typical clinical features of congenital pulmonary alveola...
- It's Time to Reverse the Trend
Abbreviations: ESBL = extended-spectrum [Beta]-lacta...
- An Unanswered Call to Arms
Over half a century of research in hypertension therapy,...
- Study objectives: Upper-airway obstruction (UAO) may be present in patients with Park...
- Objective: To identify potential risk factors for the need for an additional cold or ...
- Study objectives: Evaluate the safety of filgrastim (recombinant methionyl human gran...
- Context: ICU patients are often rendered incapable of making decisions as a result of...
- Two biological sisters working at the same factory for [is greater than] 9 years deve...
- The appropriate microbiological investigation of the patient admitted with community-...
- Objective: Sleep bruxism can have a significant effect on the patient's quality of li...
- Study objectives: The effects of inhaled nitric oxide (NO) on hemodynamics and right ...
- Objectives: To determine if the increased susceptibility to bacterial infection in as...
- Its Role in Modern Medical Practice
Digital echocardiography has evolved rapidly du...
- We present three patients with pulmonary hypertension in Takayasu's arteritis who sho...
- To the Editor:
We wish to compliment Hirose and colleagnes (May 2000)[1] on their e...
- The Evolution From Art to Science
Weaning patients from mechanical ventilatory supp...
- Background: Sleep-disordered breathing (SDB) in Asian populations is being increasing...
- Study objectives: To determine levels of the vascular endothelial growth factor (VEGF...
- Introduction: Since the criteria of Light and colleagues for differentiating transuda...
- Study objective: To investigate the efficacy of video-assisted thoracoscopic steriliz...
- Lung volume reduction surgery (LVRS) has recently been introduced as a palliative tre...
- To the Editor:
By anesthetizing the nasal mucosa, the esophageal Doppler ultrasound...
- Pneumonia, the leading cause of death in 1900, is currently the sixth-leading cause o...
- Study objectives: To determine whether long-term treatment with exercise therapy resu...
- Study objective: To assess the long-term prognostic value of dobutamine stress echoca...
- Study objective: To compare the effect of the prone position (PP) vs supine position ...
- (CHEST 2001; 119:281-284)
A 55-year-old man with diabetes mellitus was in his usual...
- To the Editor:
We read with interest the study in CHEST by Foresi et al[1] (Februar...
- In the August 2000 supplement, "Translating Guidelines Into Practice: Implementation ...
- Digital echocardiography, in its pure form, is the collection and storage of echocard...
- Study objectives: The purpose of this study was to evaluate the effects of a 3-week c...
- Study objectives: To assess the effects of leg-press (LP) exercise performed with a b...
- A Series of Cases With Analysis of the Edema Fluid
Study objectives: To describe th...
- (CHEST 2001; 119:285-286)
A 35-year-old man with no significant medical history was...
- Nasal Symptoms Secondary to the Use of Continuous Positive Airway Pressure in Sleep A...
- Objectives: The purpose of this study is to review our experience with the spectrum o...
- Background: Treatment guidelines recommend concomitant use of ipratropium bromide and...
- Comparison With an Acetylcholine Test
Study objectives: This study was performed to...
- Results and 1-Year Follow-up
Background: Long-term mechanical ventilation is consid...
- (CHEST 2001; 119:287-289)
Key words: angina; angioplasty; coronary artery disease
...
- To the Editor:
The study by Pascual et al (February 2000)[1] is one more step towar...
- An Initial Evaluation
Study objectives: To evaluate the safety and efficacy of smal...
- Study objective: To investigate the distribution of reduction in lean body mass (LBM)...
- Background: A biphasic-plateau pattern in the maximal expiratory flow-volume (MEFV) c...
- Study objective: To determine the cost-effectiveness of continuous subglottic suction...
- Anterior or Right Ventricular Myocardial Infarction?
Isolated acute right ventricul...
- A Small Proportion of Cases in the General Population
To the Editor:
A recent art...
- Study objectives: Strokes and neurocognitive dysfunction have been correlated with ce...
- Background: Orthopnea is a common feature in COPD patients, although its nature is po...
- Case Series and Review of the Literature
Study objectives: (1) To define the incide...
- A Therapist-Implemented Weaning Protocol
Background: Therapist-implemented protocol...
- Dieulafoy's disease is a vascular anomaly characterized by the presence of a dysplast...
- To the Editor:
In a recent issue of CHEST (April 2000), Patuzzo et al[1] demonstrat...
- Despite the many advances made in cardiac surgery over the past decades, postoperativ...
- Objective: The occurrence of a systemic inflammatory reaction during cardiac surgery ...
- Study objectives: Eosinophils and neutrophils play major roles, respectively, in the ...
- Study objective: To characterize pulmonary and extrapulmonary Mycobacterium tuberculo...
- Study objectives: Evaluation of a newly available rapid (15 min) immunochromatographi...
- Attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) is a common childhood illness with a ...
- To the Editor:
Regional variation in medical practice gets a lot of press. I first ...
- It has been known since the early experience with cardiac surgery using cardiopulmona...
- Study objective: To study the spectrum of inspiratory flow signal shapes in patients ...
- A 10-year Retrospective Study at Yale-New Haven Hospital
Study objectives: To compa...
- Study objective: To assess the value of the initial microbiological studies (MBS), co...
- Study objectives: To develop practical ways of nebulizing colistin by determining the...
- Objectives: To switch patients with severe pulmonary hypertension and previous life-t...
- To the Editor:
We read with interest the experience of Slonim and Ognibene, publish...
- A Global Perspective
Recently, two well-designed studies by researchers from the Un...
- Background: Obstructive sleep apnea syndrome (OSAS) is characterized by recurrent apn...
- Study objective: To examine the baseline factors influencing the occurrence and magni...
- Study objectives: Comparison of the efficacy and safety of moxifloxacin vs amoxicilli...
- Objective: To perform a qualitative systematic overview of the measurement properties...
- A 20-year-old female Ethiopian refugee presented with a 6-month history of cough and ...
- To the Editor:
Lung cancer is the leading cause of cancer-related death in both men...
- Mediastinal Mass From Pericarditis
Pseudomediastinal mass as a result of bacterial ...
- Unusual Appearances
Objective: To study the CT features of pulmonary hydatid diseas...
- The life-preserving benefits of long-term oxygen therapy (LTOT) were established near...
- Dynamic Loading Challenge Using Medical Antishock Trousers
Study objective: We hypo...
- X' Descent vs the X Descent and Trough
Irrational nomenclature and concentrating on...
- Study objectives: To determine the 1-year efficacy of noninvasive positive pressure v...
- Cricothyroidotomy can be a life-saving procedure for the "can't intubate, can't venti...
- Study objectives: Cystic fibrosis (CF) is one of the most common inherited diseases a...
- Study objectives: The influence of bronchiolitis obliterans syndrome (BOS) on costs a...
- Spiraling Out of Control
Pharmacologic treatments improve survival and quality of l...
- Objectives: This study evaluated the morbid results of prolonged intubation after cor...
- Study objective: Patients with cystic fibrosis (CF) frequently require recurrent cour...
- A Longitudinal Study in Lung Transplant Recipients
Study objectives: Cytomegaloviru...
- What Is the Clinical Significance of Pathogenic Bacteria in Sputum Cultures?
Acute ...
- Study objective: Evaluation of the performance of the APACHE (acute physiology and ch...
- Towards an Evidence-Based Practice
(CHEST 2000; 118:1801-I 81,3)
Key words: criti...
- Sex-Associated Differences in Survival of Patients Undergoing Resection for Lung Canc...
- Study objectives: Although impairment of the diffusing capacity of the lung for carbo...
- Do We Know When and How To Use It?
In the end stage of COPD, chronic respiratory fa...
- Positivity of BAL Culture Under Antibiotic Therapy
Background: Pneumonia is respons...
- (CHEST 2000; 118:1814-1816)
A 37-year-old white man presented with a productive cou...
- The accompanying Figure 1 is a montage from an overnight sleep study in which each ve...
- To the Editor:
I was perplexed to find that Tambouret and colleagues[1] (April 2000...
- Study objective: Positron emission tomography (PET) can contribute to diagnosing and ...
- Study objectives: The aim of this study was to describe our experience at one institu...
- Second Primary Lung Cancers
Most patients with non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC) p...
- Background: Recent studies have demonstrated high levels of vascular endothelial grow...
- Study objectives: To investigate the potential for mometasone furoate (MF) to exert s...
- Promising New Therapy for Congestive Heart Failure
(CHEST 2000; 118: 1819-1821)
A...
- Background: The use of hetastarch during coronary bypass surgery has been limited due...
- Study objectives: To assess whether IV methylprednisolone exerts a specific early eff...
- Human T-cell lymphotropic virus type 1 (HTLV-1) is the causative agent of adult T-cel...
- A Prospective Cohort Study About Characteristics and Response to Emergency Department...
- Study objectives: Plasma homocysteine level is a risk factor for coronary events, str...
- Objective: Devices that reduce technical difficulty and anastigmatic time when repair...
- Prolonged use of prednisone is associated with serious side effects, such as osteopor...
- High Correlation of a Handheld Unit to a Traditional Tabletop Blood Gas Analyzer
St...
- Study objectives: Previous studies have reported that magnesium (Mg) deficiency is as...
- Objectives: To evaluate the prognosis of left ventricular (LV) aneurysms with normal ...
- A Growing Vascular Mass in the Chest
(CHEST 2000; 118:1769-1775)
Key words: coron...
- Study objectives: The etiologic role of bacterial pathogens isolated from sputum cult...
- Malassezia furfur is a lipophilic yeast known to colonize indwelling catheters. Altho...
- Background: Bronchoscopy with transbronchial needle aspiration (TBNA) is valuable to ...
- A Transesophageal Echocardiographic Evaluation of Mobile Plaque Motion
Study object...
- Study objectives: We performed a clinical trial of laser-induced fluorescence endosco...
- Study objective: To assess the effects of emphysema on the apex-to-base gradient of l...
- We successfully used argon plasma coagulation (APC) and tranilast to treat granulatio...
- Background: Most studies of the rate of decline in ventilatory capacity in normal sub...
- Analysis of the Medical Literature From 1966 to 1998
Study objective: To assess the...
- A Comparison of Two Image Registration Methods
Study objectives: To compare two dif...
- Background: [[Beta].sub.2]-Agonists and corticosteroids or theophylline can interact ...
- Use of CT Morphometry
Study objective: To determine how the volume and severity of ...
- Study objectives: To clarify the pathophysiologic features of the relation between as...
- Background: Patients with chronic bird fancier's lung (BFL) can be classified into tw...
- Study objective: In the present study, we evaluated the leukocyte esterase (LE) area ...
- Study objective: Using the negative expiratory pressure (NEP) method, we have previou...
- Study objective: To evaluate the effects of a respiratory muscle aid protocol on hosp...
- Study objectives: To determine whether routine scheduling of surveillance flexible fi...
- A Misleading Clinical Sign
We report on a 66-year-old man with severe hemoptysis fo...
- A Cause of Flow Oscillations on the Flow-Volume Loop
To the Editor:
The visual in...
- Background: Pressure to expand the donor pool has required the use of lungs from olde...
- Study objective: To examine whether atopy influences exhaled nitric oxide (NO) levels...
- Objectives: We administered aerosolized histamine to 32 subjects with tetraplegia to ...
- Study objective: To determine the effect of an aerobic conditioning program on fitnes...
- Dematiaceous fungi are increasingly recognized as pathogens in immunocompromised pati...
- An Example of Porous Diaphragm Syndromes
To the Editor:
I would like to comment o...
- A Comprehensive Analysis of Incidence and Possible Risk Factors
Study objectives: T...
- Study objectives: Repeated episodes of upper-airway occlusion are the main characteri...
- Distinct Role in Peripheral Deep Venous Thrombosis and Pulmonary Embolism
Study obj...
- Aspirin is not only one of the best-documented medicines in the world, but also one o...
- Elevated Serum Surfactant Protein D Levels
This is a report on two patients with oc...
- Study objectives: To study the validity of a recently developed community-acquired pn...
- Study objectives: Tracheostomy is one of the most commonly performed procedures in th...
- (CHEST 2000; 118:1477-1479)
Key words: angioplasty; angiotensin-converting enzyme i...
- A 17-year-old man, who had received a diagnosis of juvenile polymyositis (PM) at the ...
- Initially, it seemed a paradox that the surgical removal of lung tissue in patients w...
- Study objectives: The clinical outcomes and health-care costs of a cohort of 413 pati...