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A diagnosis of superior vena cava obstruction (SVCO) generally is made on clinical gr...
To the Editor: In reviews of the treatment of venous thromboembolism, Hyers and col...
Objective: To compare asthma-related health-care utilization and expenditures for pat...
Study objective: To evaluate the capability of the stair climbing test to predict car...
Study objective: To assess the value of Aspergillus polymerase chain reaction (PCR) t...
Study objectives: To evaluate new and already known biological markers of activity in...
Study objectives: To document the current practice of occupational asthma (OA) diagno...
Hypertrophic pulmonary osteoarthropathy (HPOA) may complicate the advanced lung disea...
Obstructive sleep apnea (OSA) has in recent years assumed a somewhat more notorious p...
Study objectives: To investigate the progression and mechanism(s) for fixed maximum e...
Objectives: To report our experience with bronchial arteriography and bronchial arter...
Background: [beta]-Adrenoeeptor agonists ([beta]-agonists) are commonly used to treat...
Purpose: To use Doppler ultrasound velocimetry to detect and compare the postoperativ...
Primary pulmonary choriocarcinoma is an extremely rare tumor in men, with 13 cases re...
In the October 2001, the article, "Prognostic Power of Dobutamine Echocardiography Af...
Key words: candidate genes; genetics; idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis; sarcoidosis; sin...
Abbreviation: PNX = pneumonectomy Tumor cell metastasis is the leading cause of mor...
Abbreviation: EGTA = ethylene glycol-bis([beta]-aminoethyl-ether)-N,N,N',N'-tetra-ace...
Lymphangioleiomyomatosis (LAM) is a disease of unknown etiology that is characterized...
Abbreviations: IL = interleukin; Th2 = T-helper type 2 Patients with allergic asthm...
Abbreviations: bp = base pair; VEGF-D = vascular endothelial growth factor D Chroni...
Abbreviations: CF = cystic fibrosis; HMDM = human monocyte-derived macrophage; SP = s...
Abbreviations: [alpha]1AT = [[alpha].sub.1]-antitrypsin; AAV = adeno- associated viru...
Blastomyces dermatitidis is one of the dimorphic fungi known to cause disease primari...
Study objectives: To exclude genetic linkage between the [[beta].sub.2]-adrenoceptor ...
Study objectives: Hemoptysis is a common complication in patients with cystic fibrosi...
Objective: To determine the concentration of parathyroid hormone-related protein (PTH...
Study objective: Opinions regarding do-not-resuscitate (DNR) decisions differ between...
Surgical treatment of recurrent achalasia includes esophagectomy with gastric pull-up...
Abbreviations: ILD = interstitial lung disease; SP-C = surfactant protein C The mol...
Abbreviations: COX = cyclo-oxgenase; IGF = insulin-like growth factor; IGFBP= insulin...
Abbreviations: AT-I = alveolar type I; AT-II = alveolar type II The alveolar epithe...
Abbreviations: LAM = lymphangioleiomyomatosis; TSC = tuberous sclerosis Lymphangiol...
Hypoxia can induce pulmonary vasoconstriction and pulmonary hypertension. Increased v...
Abbreviations: PPH = primary pulmonary hypertension; BMP = bone morphogenic protein; ...
Abbreviations: SMC = smooth muscle cell; TN-C = tenascin-C Prx1 and Prx2 genes enco...
In this issue of CHEST (see page 858), Smulders et al describe the results from their...
Objective: Leukotrienes (LTs) are involved in airway eosinophilic inflammation in pat...
Purpose: This study attempts to determine the incidence of established acute pulmonar...
Objective: To study the effect of subglottic secretions drainage on the incidence of ...
Key words: hypertension, secondary to renal disease; renal ischemia Abbreviations: ...
Abbreviations: FGF = fibroblast growth factor; QTL = quantitative trait locus; TNF = ...
Abbreviation: PF = pulmonary fibrosis The purpose of this study is to describe the ...
Abbreviations: CF = cystic fibrosis; CFTR = cystic fibrosis transmembrane conductance...
Abbreviations: EC = endothelial cell; PH = pulmonary hypertension; SPH = sporadic pul...
Abbreviations: PC = Pneumocystis carinii; PCgtp1 = guanosine triphosphate-binding sig...
Abbreviations: ETS=environmental tobacco smoke; SH = spontaneously hypertensive Glo...
Abbreviation: GR = glucocorticoid receptor Glucocorticoid stimulation of the surfac...
Infection and its major consequence, sepsis, are ever-increasing problems in the ICU ...
Study objectives: To evaluate the effects of treatment with a dental appliance or uvu...
Background: The presence of right heart thromboemboli complicating pulmonary thromboe...
Study objectives: To evaluate the influence of silver-coated endotracheal tubes on th...
Study objectives: Inhalation of harmful substances is common in the workplace. The pu...
Abbreviation: LAM = lymphangioleiomyomatosis The 44th Annual Thomas Petty Aspen Lun...
Expression microarrays are a powerful tool that could provide new information about t...
Abbreviations: AEC = alveolar epithelial cell; Cx = connexin; ECM = extracellular mat...
Abbreviations: FITC = fluorescein isothiocyanate; HAE = human airway epithelium; TRAP...
Despite the tremendous interindividual variability in the response to toxins, we simp...
Abbreviation: MTE = mouse tracheal epithelial The ability to create knockout and tr...
Abbreviations: CF = cystic fibrosis; IFN = interferon; IL = interleukin A primary d...
Abbreviation: IL = interleukin The obstruction of small airways by mucus plays a ce...
Life has been described as being, in many ways, a river: "God makes the rivers to flo...
Study objective: To test the validity of two models for prediction of obstructive sle...
Study objectives: Interleukin (IL)-1[alpha], IL-6, and tumor necrosis factor (TNF)-[a...
Background: Prior studies indicate that some devices used to monitor metered-dose inh...
Background: Bronchoscopy-related transmission of Mycobacterium tuberculosis is rarely...
Abbreviations: AAT = [[alpha].sub.1]-antitrypsin; PI = protease inhibitor Although ...
Abbreviations: FIPF = familial idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis; IPF = idiopathic pulmon...
The 129-J (129) and C57BL/6 (C57) strains of mice are commonly used in models of lung...
If we hope to repair damaged lung tissue associated with a variety of acquired and de...
Epithelial repair is likely very important in the pathogenesis of respiratory disorde...
Abbreviations: CAP = community-acquired pneumonia; ICAM = intracellular adhesion mole...
We describe a technology developed for the site-specific correction of a single base ...
Asthma is a chronic, possibly life-threatening disease for which effective treatments...
Study objective: To compare home unattended polysomnography (H-PSG) with polysomnogra...
Study objective: To examine the effectiveness of repeated intrapleural chemotherapy u...
A 62-year-old man was referred to our clinic with a 4- to 6-week history of dyspnea a...
To investigate gene expression profiles associated with cigarette smoking and lung ca...
Key words: genomics; idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis; matrix metalloproteinase; matrix ...
Abbreviation: UIP = usual interstitial pneumonia In order to determine transcriptio...
We would like to think that dyspnea, like pain, serves as an early-warning sign of de...
Objective: Sensitization to an aeroallergen is known to diminish pulmonary function i...
Introduction: Hypertension is common in patients with obstructive sleep apnea (OSA). ...
Objectives: To develop valid and reliable hospital discharge criteria and a scoring s...
Objective: We prospectively studied the agreement between transpulmonary aortic fiber...
Key words: bronchiectasis; bronchoscopy; COPD; hemoptysis; polyps Pulmonary clinici...
To the Editor: We read with interest the recent article in CHEST by Kiryu et al (Ma...
As chest physicians, we evaluate oropharyngeal function in patients in whom we suspec...
Background: Selectins are adhesion molecules that contribute to leukocyte recruitment...
Study objectives: To determine long-term compliance rates to continuous positive airw...
Study objectives: To determine the biochemical characteristics of large pericardial e...
Study objective: The overall physiologic effect of partial liquid ventilation (PLV) i...
A 68-year-old man presents to the emergency department with increasing dyspnea. His m...
Since lack of donor organs remains the limiting factor to the number of lung transpla...
Study objectives: The aim of this study was to examine deglutition in stable patients...
Study objectives: To determine which respiratory function tests best predicted diaphr...
Objectives: To determine the relationship between spontaneous echocardiographic contr...
Study objective: Neutrophils are involved in acute lung injury during ARDS via severa...
Subcutaneous emphysema often presents a management dilemma. Rarely, subcutaneous emph...
In contrast with COPD patients, patients with obstructive sleep apnea (OSA) have a pr...
Background: Previous studies have documented the prognostic value of low body weight ...
Study objective: To verify whether autonomic neuropathy (AN) complicating type I, ins...
Background: The aim of this study was to investigate the left ventricular (LV) remode...
Study objectives: Pre-elafin, also known as trappin-2, is an elastase-specific inhibi...
A 36-year-old woman (height, 157 cm; weight, 117 kg; body mass index, 47.5) received ...
The modern era of mechanical ventilation began during the poliomyelitis epidemics of ...
Study objective: To evaluate whether the discontinuation of furosemide treatment resu...
Background and study objectives: Measurement of twitch transdiaphragmatic pressure (T...
Background/rationale: Doppler echocardiography and invasive hemodynamic parameters re...
Study and objectives: (Na + K)-adenosine triphosphatase (ATPase) activity, oxidative ...
We report two cases of septic pulmonary embolism associated with periodontitis. Chest...
Pressures measured at the various boundaries of the respiratory system include the pr...
Study objectives: Effects of chronic metabolic alkalosis and acidosis and their relat...
Study objectives: Respiratory failure is found in many neuromuscular diseases, even w...
Study objectives: To investigate the role of neutrophil peptides named [alpha]-defens...
One of the major goals of bronchodilator therapy in patients with COPD is to decrease...
A 42-year-old woman with choriocarcinoma required emergency pulmonary embolectomy und...
The Desktop Guide to Complementary and Alternative Medicine: An Evidence-Based Approa...
In this issue of CHEST (see page 539), Sirio et al compare critical care outcomes in ...
Study objectives: The slow oxygen uptake (V[O.sub.2]) kinetics observed in COPD patie...
Study objectives: To characterize the biochemical and cytologic constituents of pleur...
Objectives: To evaluate the yield and safety of transthoracic fine-needle aspiration ...
Osteoporosis, with resulting fractures, is a significant problem in patients with adv...
Pulmonary arterial hypertension (PAH) is commonly associated with the CREST (calcinos...
Background: A life-threatening asthma attack is still of major concern. One of the ma...
Study objectives: The purpose of this study was to determine the impact of a pretrans...
Study objectives: To describe the causes and relative frequency of amylase-rich pleur...
Study objectives: To determine whether the change in bladder pressure (Pblad) and cen...
We propose that abnormal calcium handling by the airway smooth muscle may be an impor...
Diffuse panbronchiolitis (DPB) is a progressive inflammatory disease, well recognized...
Background: The efficacy of a new pharmacologic agent for asthma, in this instance th...
Background: Many lung transplant programs employ lengthy regimens of IV ganciclovir t...
Objectives: To compare the rapid shallow breathing index (RSBI) under different venti...
Objective: To compare the utilization and outcomes of critical care services in a coh...
Study objectives: The prevalence of gastroesophageal reflux disease (GERD) is higher ...
Study objective: To investigate which cells are the main source of hydrogen peroxide ...
Study objective: To identify the determinants of chronic hypercapnia (ie, PaC[O.sub.2...
Study objectives: No established curative treatment is available for pleural thymoma ...
Study objectives: To describe the 2-month mortality and functional status of adult pa...
We report what we believe to be the first case of video-assisted sleeve lobectomy in ...
To the Editor: We have read with great interest the article by Drs. Jones and O'Dri...
It is generally accepted that sleep represents a period of abnormal or unstable respi...
Study objectives: The association between genotype and phenotype in cystic fibrosis (...
Objectives: Treatment with inhaled corticosteroids reduces bronchial hyperresponsiven...
Study objective: To determine if the administration of systemic corticosteroids dimin...
We treated a 23-year-old aboriginal woman with drug-resistant pulmonary tuberculosis ...
To the Editor: The published supplement (January 2001) (1) by the American College ...
In that portion of the Hippocratic Corpus called the "Art," physicians were warned no...
Study objectives: To determine the concentration of exhaled [H.sub.2][O.sub.2] in pat...
Study objective: To estimate the possible association between reported symptoms of ga...
Hospices are organized programs of support services for patients in the advanced stag...
We report the successful application of high-frequency oscillatory ventilation in a p...
Objectives: To compare the time course of resumption of mechanical performance of the...
Study objectives: Although there has been tremendous attention on endogenous nitric o...
Background. Patients with obstructive sleep apnea syndrome (OSAS) use health-care res...
Because many antihypertensive drugs can affect airway function, the treatment of hype...
Chronic thromboembolic pulmonary hypertension (CTEPH) is considered to be an extreme ...
Objectives: The interaction between amiodarone and warfarin has only been described i...
Study objectives: The management of life-threatening hemoptysis frequently poses a th...
Introduction: Acute exposure to altitude changes increases the risk of decompression ...
Study objective: To evaluate the 5-year prognosis of patients with stage I and stage ...
Study objectives: Perioperative myocardial infarction (PMI) during coronary artery by...
Study objectives: To assess the impact of routine thoracentesis on diagnostic assessm...
Study objectives: A new tip for the electroablation of pneumocysts was examined clini...
Hemoptysis is a common respiratory symptom causing a great deal of anxiety. The cause...
Study objectives: To compare the sarcoidosis mortality in referral settings (RS) and ...
Study objective: The details of lobar lymph node metastases at the root of nonprimary...
Study objective: To report the outcome of patients with autologous peripheral blood s...
(CHEST 2002; 121:256-260) A 35-year-old white woman with a history of asthma since ...
A 19-year-old woman presented with purpura fulminans and septic shock; subsequently, ...
Atrial fibrillation (AF) is the most common persistent and intermittent arrhythmia se...
Study objectives: Nasal polyps frequently appear in patients with cystic fibrosis (CF...
Study objective: To characterize clinical, radiographic, and CT findings of chronic n...
Study objectives: Evaluation of the effectiveness of negative-pressure ventilation (N...
(CHEST 2002; 121:261-263) A 76-year-old woman was admitted to the hospital because of...
We report a case of a 32-year-old woman who, after passage of broncholiths, developed...
Sarcoidosis, an immunopathogenic inflammatory disease of unproven etiology and univer...
Background: Iron deficiency (ID) is common in patients with cystic fibrosis (CF) and ...
Background: Lung transplantation has become an acceptable treatment option for many e...
Background: Continuous positive airway pressure (CPAP) is widely applied as a home tr...
Objective: To estimate the number of annual deaths, as well as the direct and indirec...
To further elucidate the etiology of spontaneous pneumothorax (SP), a study was made ...
Aspergillus is a ubiquitous fungus found in soil, water, and decaying matter. It is r...
Study objective: To determine the effect of long-term suppression of Pseudomonas aeru...
Study objectives: The contribution of atopy to childhood asthma has been debated. We ...
Objectives: There is intense interest in lung volume reduction surgery (LVRS) for tre...
Introduction: Inhabitants of Metsovo in northwest Greece have been exposed to asbesto...
In the January 2001 supplement Sixth ACCP Consensus Conference on Antithrombotic Ther...
Objective: To compare the health-related quality of life (HRQOL) of people with cysti...
Background: Leukotrienes (LTs) are important in asthma, and LT modifiers modulate ant...
Study objectives: The diaphragm adapts to its shortened state in experimental emphyse...
(CHEST 2002; 121:279-280) You are called urgently to the general medical ward to se...
In the current issue of CHEST (see page 2021), Guthrie has provided a broad and usefu...
Study objectives: To evaluate the cost-effectiveness of inhaled fluticasone propionat...
Study objectives: To evaluate early and late lung function abnormalities and their pr...
Study objectives: (1) To determine physician preferences in the management of warfari...
A 73-year-old man presented to the emergency department with a productive cough, shor...
Key words: mechanical ventilation; meta-analysis; methodology; systematic reviews; we...
A review of the largest observational studies on post-ICU weaning from prolonged mech...