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Agents that react with the platelet glycoprotein (GP) IIb/IIIa complex ([alpha]IIb/[b...
Background: Hypocholesterolemia is common among tuberculous patients and is associate...
To the Editor: In a prospective study, in order to examine the relationship between...
For patients with heparin-induced thrombocytopenia (HIT), reexposure to heparin is ge...
Background: Low-grade systemic inflammation is commonly observed in conditions associ...
Study objectives: To evaluate the effect of pentoxifylline treatment on gas exchange ...
Surgical resection is the main therapeutic procedure in the management of most cases ...
Study objectives: Correct detection of bone metastases in patients with non-small cel...
Study objectives: We sought to identify early life factors (ie, first 4 years) associ...
(CHEST 2005; 127:652-654) Key words: activin-receptor-like kinase; bone morphogenet...
To the Editor: I read with great interest the selected report by Puma et al (1) in ...
Background: Elevated urine and blood leukotriene levels have been reported after asce...
This issue of CHEST (see page 455) contains an article by Khanderia et al that descri...
Objective: The study was undertaken to investigate the influence of once-daily treatm...
Abbreviations: FcR = Fc receptor; HIT = heparin-induced thrombocytopenia; HITTS = hep...
A 16-year-old Japanese boy was admitted to the department of internal medicine of our...
To the Editor: In a recent issue of the CHEST (June 2004), Alatas et al (1) measure...
Background: Asthma morbidity and mortality is increased in blacks. Objective: The p...
Lone atrial fibrillation (AF) is AF in the absence of structural heart disease. Persi...
Study objectives: To evaluate the outcome of a hospital discharge statin drug therapy...
Patients with heparin-induced thrombocytopenia (HIT) can have a dramatic presentation...
Theophylline has been shown to have beneficial effects on phrenic nerve and diaphragm...
To the Editor: With great interest, we read the recent review by Roongsritong et al...
Study objectives: To determine the incidence of prolonged mechanical ventilation (PMV...
Introduction: Noninvasive estimates of PaC[O.sub.2] are usually done by measuring exh...
Ventilator-associated pneumonia (VAP) is the major cause of infection in critically i...
Background: Some studies have demonstrated that the function of the growth hormone (G...
A giant venous varix of the azygos arch is a very rare cause of a mediastinal mass. T...
To the Editor: The use of inhaled prostacyclin to enable the safe interhospital hel...
Background: Changes in PaC[O.sub.2] have not been described during thoracoscopy under...
In search for the possible causes of the emerging and persistent increase in the prev...
Objectives: To identify the impact of deep sternal wound infection (DSWI) on long-ter...
Study objective: Inhaled colistin is used for the treatment of Pseudomonas aeruginosa...
Recommendations for transitioning from therapy with heparin or a low-molecular-weight...
Background: Hypersensitivity pneumonitis has been described with exposure to aerosoli...
To the Editor: Litonjua and colleagues (1) (July 2004) examined the association bet...
Aim: Endoluminal stenosis of proximal bronchi (ESPB) is a potentially severe manifest...
Context: Diaphragm pacing in ventilator-dependent tetraplegic subjects is usually ach...
To the Editor: I read with interest the article by Dr. Sato et al (1) regarding the...
Study objective: To assess the clinical effectiveness of pulmonary rehabilitation (PR...
Study objective: To know the incidence, epidemiology, etiology, and outcome of hospit...
Objectives: Tissue remodeling often accompanies diseases such as COPD that are caused...
A 44-year-old man with a history of emphysema presented with 2 days of blood-tinged s...
In this volume of CHEST (see page 89), Johannes et al have examined the risk of nonve...
Background: Lung transplants have been performed worldwide since the early 1980s. Whi...
Study objective: Depressive symptoms and reduced health-related quality of life are c...
Key words: echocardiography; hemodynamic; left ventricular function; monitoring Abb...
Study objectives: To compare the frequency of daytime and nocturnal cardiac arrhythmi...
Aims: We assessed early and long-term pulmonary function changes after percutaneous b...
Objective: A cerebrovascular accident (CVA) is a devastating complication of coronary...
Background: Over the last 25 years, a growing number of clinical trials have evaluate...
Anemia and allogenic RBC transfusions are exceedingly common among critically ill pat...
We describe the ease of a 57-year-old man with severe refractory hypoxemia, despite r...
Study objectives: Pulmonary rehabilitation (PR) that includes exercise training can i...
To the Editor: I read the article by Townsend et al (May 2004) (1) with great inter...
Serum amylase and lipase levels are markers of pancreatic inflammation and are standa...
Objectives: To investigate the effect of dissolving adenosine 5'-monophosphate (AMP) ...
Background: Desquamative interstitial pneumonia (DIP) and respiratory bronchiolitis-a...
Background: No defined cause of bronchiectasis is currently found in approximately 50...
We evaluated a 63-year-old woman who developed dyspnea with a sensation of chest tigh...
Background: Inhaled corticosteroids (ICSs) are an effective treatment of asthma even ...
To the Editor: Recently, Barr and colleagues (April 2004) (1) evaluated the effects...
Objective: To examine nonvertebral fracture risk in relation to inhaled corticosteroi...
Study objectives: Previous spirometric findings among subjects with chronic tetrapleg...
Study objective: To assess the accuracy of chest ultrasonography in predicting pleura...
Idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis (IPF) is a relentlessly progressive and typically fatal...
Background: The proliferation of inhaler devices has resulted in a confusing number o...
Study objectives: The measurement of exhaled nitric oxide (eNO) in asthmatic patients...
To the Editor: Recently, Buffels et al (April 2004) (1) demonstrated that spirometr...
The insertion of central lines is now commonplace due to the increased use of IV feed...
Study objectives: To compare the early outcome in patients who underwent off-pump sin...
Study objectives: To evaluate the frequency of sleep-disordered breathing (SDB) in pa...
Background: Deep inspiration (DI) avoidance and time intervals between inhalation and...
Study objectives: To examine the incidence, risk factors, and sequelae associated wit...
In the August 2004 issue, the article "Decreased Levels of Myeloperoxidase in In...
Sleep-disordered breathing is a common condition affecting up to 9% of middle-aged wo...
Background: The autonomic nervous system plays a primary role in regulating airway ca...
Study objectives: Transtracheal insufflation of oxygen-enriched air at a high flow ra...
Background: Serial measurements of pulmonary function to indicate decreasing respirat...
Background: While prior studies have shown that public and private hospitals differ i...
Study objectives: To assess the impact of inhaled, buffered reduced glutathione (GSH)...
Objective: To determine if serum KL-6, surfactant protein A (SP-A), and surfactant pr...
Background: Idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis (IPF) is a devastating disease, yet validat...
In this issue of CHEST (see page 308), Bishop and colleagues report encouraging resul...
Study objectives: Primary graft failure (PGF) is a severe acute lung injury syndrome ...
Objectives: The aim of the present study was to determine how the pattern and extent ...
Study objective: To measure the prevalence of allergic rhinitis, atopy, and asthma am...
To the Editor: In a recent issue of CHEST (May 2004), Molfino (1) reported that cur...
Objectives: Sarcoidosis is a chronic granulomatous multisystem disease in which arthr...
This dictum pervaded surgery for decades. The explosive success of laparoscopic proce...
Study objective: To determine if comfortably applied, whole-body, periodic accelerati...
Study objectives: Current Medicare guidelines include an apnea-hypopnea index (AHI) [...
Study objectives: To compare the independent and additive data provided by initial an...
A41-year-old man with a history of thymoma resection was admitted to the hospital wit...
To the Editor: The case report by Mimed and colleagues (July 2004) (1) and the acco...
Study objectives: Chest radiographs are required in many institutions by protocol aft...
In this issue of CHEST (see page 66), Skinner and colleagues from New Zealand attempt...
Study objectives: Due to their inherent thrombogenicity, mechanical cardiac valves ne...
Objective: To examine the extent of cardiac muscle and sternocleidomastoid muscle (SC...
Objective: To determine the prevalence, associated findings, and consequences of cyto...
Background: Alveolar macrophage (AM)-derived tumor necrosis factor (TNF)-[alpha] play...
The hallmark of idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis (IPF) is relentless and progressive bre...
To the Editor: We read with interest the article by Goulenok et al in a recent issu...
Objective: To analyze the main clinical features, genetic mutations, and outcomes of ...
Study objective: Idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis (IPF) is a chronic, usually fatal lung...
The sophistication and capabilities of modern medicine are, of course, phenomenal. Wh...
Study objectives: To investigate the factors that predict survival after lung resecti...
Study objective: To detect dynamic hyperinflation by comparing reduction in inspirato...
Study objectives: The calcineurin-nuclear factor of activated T-cell (NFAT) signal tr...
A 60-year-old man presented to an outside facility with hypercapnic respiratory failu...
By Mark R. Pressman. Stoneham, MA: Butterworth Heinemann, 2002; 216 pp; $59.00 The ...
Objective: To prospectively assess whether there are any outcome differences between ...
Objectives: (1) To compare the performance of three spirometric algorithms developed ...
Study objective: Measurement of pleural fluid adenosine deaminase (ADA) levels is use...
Objectives: Chronic beryllium disease (CBD) shares many of its characteristics with s...
By Barbara Driscoll, PhD, ed. Clifton, NJ: Humana Press, 2003; Volume I: 566 pp; $149...
Now that they no longer put beryllium phospors in fluorescent light bulbs, we no long...
Study objectives: To describe the results of the 6-min walking test performed on admi...
Study objective: Lymphangioleiomyomatosis (LAM), a disease affecting women and causin...
Objective: To examine the relationship between international normalized ratio (INR) a...
Between 1996 and 2001, we identified five cases of a unique idiopathic pleuroparenchy...
Study objective: To describe the relationship between cigarette smoking and quality o...
Background: The increased expression of matrix metalloproteinases (MMPs) is considere...
Background: Clinical practice guidelines for asthma care emphasize the use of objecti...
Tiotropium bromide is a novel, inhaled, once-daily anticholinergic bronchodilator tha...
Background: Post-transplant lymphoproliferative disorders (PTLDs) are rare complicati...
Study objectives: To develop and validate a model for estimating the risk of lung can...
Study objectives: Sputum induction is increasingly used as a research technique and a...
Study objectives: To develop and evaluate an observer-rated instrument, the Minnesota...
Background: Interleukin (IL)-8 is a chemotactic cytokine that binds with high affinit...
Mediastinal lymph node metastases in patients with non-small cell lung cancer are a c...
How many different ways are there to say that cigarette smoking is bad for you? Smoki...
Study objectives: There are fundamental differences in characteristics between smoker...
Background and aim: COPD leads to a progressive decline of pulmonary function. Family...
Study objective: We compared paired samples of central venous [O.sub.2] saturation (S...
Study objectives: To determine the factors associated with exercise capacity. Design:...
Study objectives: Parapneumonic effusions are common, and measurement of pleural pH i...
We are all painfully aware of the ongoing epidemic of lung cancer throughout the worl...
Study objective: The diagnostic value of tumor markers in pleural fluid is subject to...
Objectives: To review statistics on smoking prevalence and to analyze whether the imp...
Study objective: To use an existing database from a large cohort study with follow-up...
Introduction: Over the last several years, there have been legal decisions and change...
To the Editor: In the didactic case discussed by Dr. Parillo in a recent issue of C...
Patients with pleural effusions are a common occurrence in the practice of pulmonolog...
Introduction: Pleural manometry during large-volume thoracentesis can prevent the dev...
Study objectives: Interleukin (IL)-4, IL-13, and [[beta].sub.2]-adrenoceptor (ADRB2) ...
Objective: To determine if an increase in the third-ICU-day acute physiology score (A...
Key words: bronchoscopy; complications; pregnancy Abbreviations: FB = flexible bron...
To the Editor: We read with interest the article by Uliel et al in a recent issue o...
In this issue of CHEST (see page 1770), Li and colleagues describe their experience u...
Study objectives: Therapeutic drug monitoring (TDM) is the process of obtaining the s...
Study objectives: Extensive airway inflammation and excessive mucus production are im...
Study objectives: Early diastolic mitral annular velocity (E') by tissue Doppler echo...
An 18-year-old male patient from Kasachstan, who had lived in Germany for the previou...
To the Editor: We appreciate the editorial by Dr. Filice (June 2004) (1) that accom...
Tuberculosis (TB) is an ancient disease that remains one of the most serious infectio...
Study objectives: To evaluate the outcomes of a tuberculosis (TB) screening program f...
Background: Previous research indicates that asthma is strongly associated with depre...
Study objective: To investigate the effects of long-term nitric oxide (NO) inhalation...
Study objectives: To quantify clinician knowledge and bias regarding the role of chem...
To the Editor: Aristotle observed "One swallow does not make a summer." S...
A patient with chronic heart failure and chronic respiratory failure (CRF) underwent ...
The patient needed to undergo a closed reduction of a dislocated shoulder in the emer...
Study objectives: Evidence exists that HIV-seropositive individuals may be at increas...
Objective: To compare the efficacy of noninvasive positive pressure ventilation (NPPV...
Study objectives: Poor dental hygiene has been linked to respiratory pathogen coloniz...
Positron emission tomography (PET) imaging is an important tool to refine the diagnos...
A previously unreported ease of a complex congenital cardiac anomaly consisting of co...
Pneumonia and influenza are currently the seventh leading cause of death in the Unite...
Study objectives: Multiple risk factors for mortality in patients with COPD have been...
Study objectives: To evaluate the incidence and clinical significance of delayed pneu...
Introduction: Hospital survival and length of stay are commonly used for the evaluati...
Study objectives: To evaluate the use of a rapid strip test for the quick evaluation ...
A rare, but frequently fatal, side effect of the antipsychotic drug clozapine is myoc...
Total health-care costs in the United States have reached an astonishing $1.4 trillio...
Study objectives: Patients with pulmonary arterial hypertension (PAH) often present w...
Study objectives: Patients with recurrent pleural effusions secondary to malignancy a...
Background: Transesophageal echocardiography (TEE) is often still considered the echo...
Background: Minimal information exists on why malpractice actions are filed against p...
Patients with spinal muscle atrophy (SMA) who survive to adulthood experience a slow,...
What constitutes immunostimulation is a matter of debate. Immunity is a highly comple...
Study objectives: Pulmonary capillary blood volume (Qc), a component of diffusing cap...
Background: Malignant pleural effusion (MPE) may occur in up to 50% of patients with ...
Context: The long-term survival of patients with cirrhosis of the liver admitted to t...
Study objectives: To facilitate marking and to reduce its complications, we performed...
To the Editor: Dr. Tsung O. Cheng's point (1) is well taken. The acronym is derived...
For physicians who desire a better understanding of the current malpractice crisis in...
Background and objectives: There are limited data on the night-to-night variability o...
Background: Raised exhaled nitric oxide (FENO) levels have been associated with asthm...
Objective: To assess the outcome of adult hematopoietic stem cell transplantation (HS...
To the Editor: The excellent article by Zavorsky et al (March 2004) (1) expands our...
In this issue of CHEST (see page 1680), Bendjelid and Pugin have called attention to ...
Study objectives: Tumor necrosis factor (TNF)-[alpha] is involved in the pathogenesis...
Background: Exhaled nitric oxide (NO) levels may be elevated in patients with liver c...
Objective: To determine whether an education initiative could decrease the rate of ca...
To the Editor: We read with interest the article by Zavorsky et al (1) about the re...
To the Editor: We read with great interest the article recently published by Buffel...
Objective: Pericardial involvement is a common feature in different neoplastic diseas...
Context: Acute asthma causes nearly 2 million hospital emergency department (ED) visi...