Stories Collection

1. Although in SLE pericarditis is common, cardiac tamponade is rare and its usual treat...
2. Idiopathic central alveolar hypoventilation, uncommonly seen in middle-aged adults, h...
3. In this issue of Chest (p 984), Gross and colleagues report that the absolute amount ...
4. Several lines of evidence indicate that synthetic progestins are relatively strong lo...
5. It is believed that GER can trigger asthma by the stimulation of acid-sensitive recep...
6. Nodular opacities are a well-known pulmonary manifestation of rheumatoid arthritis (R...
7. We have previously shown that in some subjects with occupational asthma caused by var...
8. Bronchial hyperactivity is a recognized hallmark of asthma, characterized by an exagg...
9. Symptom-limited supine bicycle exercise with radionuclide mitral regurgitation (who w...
10. In order to analyze the mechanisms involved in the decreased collagenolytic activity ...
11. Airway hyperresponsiveness can be defined as exaggerated airway narrowing in response...
12. A 26-year-old man had endobronchial tuberculosis diagnosed on bronchoscopy. He was t...
13. While cocaine-induced myocardial infarction has been frequently documented, the diffe...
14. We present a case of OPCA with severe respiratory failure due to vocal cord dyskinesi...
15. This new edition of a very useful map of the roads to be followed in interpreting blo...
16. Since its introduction into the United States almost 20 years ago, flexible bronchosc...
17. The use of anticholinergic bronchodilators in COPD is based on the reversal of cholin...
18. Definition of Characteristic Clinical Profiles in a Series of 16 Patients Bronchiol...
19. Thirty-six patients with significant coronary artery stenosis and no previous myocard...
20. A reduction in the Dco has been reported among "free-base" cocaine smokers. We revie...
21. Twelve healthy men were studied to determine the effect of ventilatory stimulation wi...
22. Care of ventilator-dependent patients requires considerable resources, yet the long-t...
23. The potential for significant interaction between PEEP and the peripheral microcircul...
24. DIAGNOSIS OF VENOUS THROMBOSIS Dr. Green: Most physicians are aware that venous th...
25. Although the technique of washing the lung with physiologic saline solution to remove...
26. A 69-year-old woman diagnosed as having Charcot-Marie-Tooth disease (CMT) for 30 year...
27. A 23-year-old white woman presented with severe status asthmaticus requiring prolonge...
28. This comprehensive literature review in two slim volumes contains a discriminating ma...
29. Medroxyprogesterone (MPA) is well recognized as a respiratory stimulant. In normal m...
30. Adult Population Estimates Obtained from Measurements of Chest Roentgenograms from th...
31. William R. Cook, M.D., F.C.C.P.; Joseph J. Benich, D.B.A.; and sally A. Wooten, M.D. ...
32. Andrew L. Ries, M.D., F.C.C.P.; Lela M. Prewitt; and Jeffery J. Johnson Measurement...
33. Clare O'Connor, Ph.D.; Kevin Ward, M.D.; Alex van Breda, B.Sc.; Ann McIlgorm, B.Sc.;...
34. Mark E. Astiz, M.D., F.C.C.P.; Eric C. Rackow, M.D., F.C.C.P.; Paul Haydon, M.D.; Geo...
35. Shashi Aggarwal, M.D.;[unkeyable] Narender K. Arora, M.D.;[unkeyable] Ragini Koyyana,...
36. Marshall I. Hertz, M.D.;([unkeyable]) Robert S. Bonser, F.R.C.S.;([unkeyable]) Stuart...
37. Scott A. Kolander, M.D.;([unkeyable]) Charles C. Nydegger, M.D.;([unkeyable]) and R. ...
38. Kam-Yung Lau, M.D., F.C.C.P.([unkeyable]) Tuberculous pleural effusions are charact...
39. One of the more exciting recent developments in fiberoptic bronchoscopy has been tran...
40. Theodore L. Schreiber, M.D.;([unkeyable]) Jeffrey Fisher, M.D., F.C.C.P.;([unkeyable]...
41. Thomas A. Dillard, M.D., F.C.C.P.; Steven Piantadosi, M.D., Ph.D.;[unkeyable] and Kri...
42. Charles K. Chan, M.D., F.C.C.P.;([unkeyable]) Carolyn K. Wells, M.P.H.;([unkeyable]) ...
43. Robert E. McCabe, M.D.;[unkeyable] Robert G. Brooks, M.D.;[unkeyable] James R. Catter...
44. Christine Lenclud, M.D.;(*1) Paul De Vuyst, M.D.;(*1) Etienne Dupont, M.D.;([unkeyabl...
45. Yumiko Ishizawa, M.D.; and Shuji Dohi, M.D. A significant decrease in [PaO.sub.2] o...
46. Gregor P.M. Mannes, M.D.;(*1) Eric J. van der Jagt, M.D.;([unkeyable]) Bert Wouters, ...
47. Giuseppe Oreto, M.D.,(*1) Antonino Donato, M.D.;(*2) David Blumsohn, M.B., F.C.C.P.;(...
48. Soumya Swaminathan, M.D.; Vincente Gilsanz, M.D.; James Atkinson, M.D.; and Thomas G....
49. Mark Jenkins, M.D.;([unkeyable]) David Tate, M.D.;([unkeyable]) and Avanindra Jain, M...
50. Alan S. Katz, M.D., F.C.C.P.; Leonard Niesenbaum, M.D., F.C.C.P., and Burton Mass, M....
51. Coronary steal is conventionally defined as a fall in absolute coronary perfusion (ml...
52. Reactive airways dysfunction syndrome has been described by Brooks et al[1] as an ast...
53. Carlo Pierli, M.D.;(*1) Bruno Marino, M.D.;([unkeyable]) Sergio Picardo, M.D.;([unkey...
54. James R. Tomilson, M.D., F.C.C.P.;[unkeyable] K. Scott Miller, M.D., F.C.C.P.; Daniel...
55. Bernard A. Hunt, Pharm.D.;([unkeyable]) Timothy H. Self, Pharm.D.;([unkeyable]) Richa...
56. Nancy B. Murray, M.D.; Francis A. Barber, M.D.; and Kevin M. Murray, M.D., F.C.C.P. ...
57. Elisabetta Doria, M.D.; Piergiuseppe Agostoni, M.D., F.C.C.P.; and Cesare Fiorentini,...
58. Myung S. Shin, M.D., F.C.C.P.;(*1) Russel C. Reeves, M.D.;([unkeyable]) and Kang-Jey ...
59. Lawrence Yao, M.D.; and Donald A. Killman, M.D. Three cases of end-stage renal dise...
60. As physicians, scientists, and concerned health professionals we can play an importan...
61. Thorarinn Gislason, M.D., F.C.C.P.; Magnus Almquist, M.D.; Gunnar Boman, M.D.; Carl-E...
62. Scott B. Baron, M.D.;(*1) Shoei K. Stephen Huang, M.D.;([unkeyable]) and Keith A. Com...
63. David S. Prince, M.D., F.C.C.P.;([unkeyable]) John R. Wingard, M.D.; Rein Saral, M.D....
64. Arthur A. Meltzer, M.P.H.; Michael H. Smolensky, Ph.D.; Gilbert E. D'Alonzo, D.O., F....
65. Rolando Berger, M.D., F.C.C.P;[unkeyable] and Linas Adams, M.D.[unkeyable] ORAL ...
66. Denis J. Meerdink, Ph.D; Robert D. Okada, M.D. F.C.C.P.;([unkeyable]) and Jeffrey A. ...
67. Steve A. Vaganos, M.D.; Kevin R. Fox, M.D.; and James G. Kitchen, III, M.D. A woman...
68. Yasunobu Dazai M.D.; Toshikazu Katoh M.D.; Ichijiro Katoh M.D.; Shouzo Sueda M.D.; an...
69. Christopher Pison, M.D.;(*1) Jean-Luc Malo, M.D.;(*2) Jean-Lucien Rouleau, M.D.;([unk...
70. Tapani Salmi, M.D.;(*1) Tiina Telakivi, M.D.;([unkeyable]) and Markku Partinen, M.D.(...
71. Allan R. Glanville, M.B.B.S; Genevieve M. Gabb, M.B.B.S.; James Theodore, M.D., F.C.C...
72. S.T. Chiang, M.D., F.C.C.P.; J. Green, M.A., R.R.T.; W.F. Wang, B.S.; Y.J. Yang, B.S....
73. Joseph H. Kuei, M.D.;([unkeyable]) Donald P. Tashkin, M.D., F.C. C.P.;([unkeyable]) a...
74. Leif Eriksson, M.B.; Per Wollmer, M.D.; Carl-Gustav Olsson, M.D.; Ulf Albrechtsson, M...
75. Col. Michael F. Tenholder, M.D., F.C.C.P.; and Maj. Jeannette E. South-Paul, M.D. ...
76. Saroja Bharati, M.D., F.C.C.P.; Vijay V. Joshi, M.D.; Edward M. Connor, M.D.; James M...
77. John D. Rozich, M.D.; Jackie Kaiser R.D.M.S.; and Douglas L. Mann, M.D. A 59-year-o...
78. Laurence Cunningham, D.O.;([unkeyable]) Gary Wendell, M.D.;([unkeyable]) Leonard Berk...
79. Robert S. Wright, M.D.;(*1) Tony Feuerman, M.D.;([unkeyable]) and Julie Brown, R.N.([...
80. Bronchodilator responses to both nebulized albuterol (salbutamol) and ipratropium bro...
81. Pathologic obstruction of the proximal lumen and secondary atrophy of the media of th...
82. The effect of body position (right and left lateral decubitus positions) on arterial ...
83. We compared the antihypertensive effects of the [beta]-blocker atenolol and the conve...
84. Although a variety of long-term, probably immunologically induced pulmonary changes h...
85. Prostaglandin [E.sub.1] ([PGE.sub.1]) was compared to placebo in a 100-patient (50 [P...
86. Previous studies have documented a 75 to 80 percent mortality rate in infants (< 1...
87. Exercise is an important component in the medical management and rehabilitation of pa...
88. To best answer the question how long patients should be intubated before receiving tr...
89. The pulmonary manifestations of AIDS are well described in the medical literature; ho...
90. Serial flow-volume loops obtained in a 66-year-old patient with Parkinson's disease a...
91. A case of broncholithiasis in which both Histoplasma and actinomycotic organisms were...
92. Mitral, aortic, and coronary arterial disease have been described in the various muco...
93. A study was undertaken to compare the cardiac and ventilatory responses to different ...
94. Published reports indicate that HIV is recovered from BAL fluid of patients with AIDS...
95. Amyloid deposits often involve the heart and cause disturbances in conduction and imp...
96. The influence of progressive hypoxia and hypercapnia on respiratory mechanics was eva...
97. Hemodynamic and oxygen transport effects of dopamine and dobutamine were studied in a...
98. Over the past two decades nutritional support has rapidly become an integral part of ...
99. It has long been known that patients with respiratory failure requiring prolonged mec...
100. A 29-year-old black man with HIV infection had an abnormal chest x-ray film with bila...
101. A patient was found to have a large mobile right atrial mass by two-dimensional echoc...
102. The findings in a patient with complete AV block and intra-atrial conduction disturba...
103. Researchers throughout the country are diligently searching for new therapeutic agent...
104. We carried out a study to assess the prevalence of respiratory disease in lead miners...
105. We report the long-term results of surgical repair of gastroesophageal reflux in 44 a...
106. We tested whether there were differences in measures of respiratory muscle endurance ...
107. A double-blind crossover study of the effects of real and placebo acupuncture on bron...
108. APACHE II scoring was obtained retrospectively on patients admitted to the ICU of a u...
109. Case Report This 48-year-old man was in good health until April 1988, when he noted...
110. It has been appreciated for some time that bypassing the upper airway with a tube wil...
111. A 64-year old man with a 30 pack-year history of smoking was admitted with complaints...
112. Thrombocytopenia is occasionally caused by rifampicin, when high-doses are given twic...
113. Synopsis of Clinical Pulmonary Disease is a well written book dealing with the major ...
114. In this excellent book, Drs. Cranefield and Aronson have tackled an enormous topic, a...
115. Gastroesophageal (GE) reflux is an extremely common clinical problem usually manifest...
116. Gallium lung scanning is widely used to evaluate pulmonary inflammation in patients w...
117. The aim of this study was to determine whether the flow dynamics and sound spectra of...
118. Periodic leg movements in sleep are shown to be a common finding in patients with OSA...
119. We discuss three cases of diaphragmatic flutter in patients with extreme polypnea and...
120. Although pneumonias in early childhood may be caused by Staphylococcus aureus, Strept...
121. Since the advent of the high-volume-low-pressure endotracheal tube cuff, serious trac...
122. A man with serologic evidence of HIV infection and a depressed T-helper:suppressor ra...
123. Although infectious mononucleosis is usually a benign illness, life-threatening compl...
124. Immune complex-mediated vasculitis is a well-recognized form of idiosyncratic drug re...
125. As Bernard Shaw observed: "If I refuse to allow my leg to be amputated, it's mortifi...
126. Liebow coined the expression "bronchocentric granulomatosis" in 1973 to describe one ...
127. To determine the effects of prophylactic treatment with EACA for blood loss after car...
128. The presence of DNA aneuploidy (deviation from an exact multiple of the diploid amoun...
129. Idiopathic interstitial pneumonia (diopathic pulmonary fibrosis, cryptogenic fibrosin...
130. We treated 27 patients with regionally advanced non-small-cell lung cancer (NSCLC) wi...
131. The Role of the Type II Cell in Lung Function and Repair Over the past 15 years, i...
132. Tracheotomy is an ancient surgical procedure that was performed as early as 3,000 yea...
133. This report describes an unusual case of severe obstructive sleep apnea and alveolar ...
134. A patient with rheumatoid arthritis developed restrictive lung disease and blood eosi...
135. This book is a very comprehensive treatise on the biology of lung cancer. It consists...
136. Many physicians believe that vasodilator therapy is an accepted approach to the treat...
137. Peter M. Wiest, M.D.; Timothy Flanigan, M.D.; Robert A. Salata, M.D.; David M. Shlaes...
138. Joycelyne Fleury-Feith, M.D., Ph.D;* Jeanne Tran Van Nhieu, M.D;* Catherine Picard, M...
139. Paul C. Stillwell, M.D., F.C.C.P.;[Unkeyable] James D. Quick, B.S., R.R.T.;[Unkeyable...
140. Giovanni Balzano M.D.; Ida Delli Carri M.D.; Ciro Gallo M.D.; Giulio Cocco M.D.; and ...
141. Bahman Venus, M.D., F.C.C.P.; Robert A. Smith, M.S.; Chandrakant Patel, M.D.; and Edm...
142. Peter M. Yellowlees; and R.E. Ruffin, M.D., F.C.C.P. Twenty-five patients who have ...
143. Jay A. Nadel, M.D.; and George H. Caughey, M.D. Mast cells have been implicated in ...
144. Shivraj J. Desai, M.D.;([unkeyable]) Gordon N. Gephardt, M.D., F.C.C.P.([unkeyable]) ...
145. Takayuki Shirakusa, M.D. A 63-year-old man with lung carcinoma underwent a right pn...
146. The author is to be commended for his effort in attempting to provide a useful cardio...
147. How Should They Be Evaluated? Over the past ten years, there has been a recurring i...
148. Timothy Roehrs, Ph.D.; Frank Zorick, M.D.; Robert Wittig, M.D.; William Conway, M.D.,...
149. Bjorn R. Lindgren, M.D., Ph.D.; Ulf Rosenquist, M.D.; Tommy Ekstrom, M.D.; Reidar Gro...
150. Jean-Charles Dalphin, M.D.; Francois Bildstein, M.D.; Didier Pernet, M.D.; Andre Dubi...
151. G. H. Russchen, M.D.; A. J. Limburg, M.D.; and P.E. Postmus, M.D. A 62-year-old man...
152. Jean Lette M.D., F.C.C.P.; Michel Cerino M.D.; Michel Laverdiere M.D.; Jacques Trembl...
153. David Langleben, M.D.;([unkeyable]) Norman Wolkove M.D., F.C.C.P.; Herbert Srolovitz,...
154. Jennifer L. Stotka, M.D.; Chester B. Good, M.D.; William R. Downer, M.D.; and Wishwa ...
155. This short monograph is intended as a guide to inherited lung diseases for students, ...
156. The thin-walled right ventricle (RV) has received little attention in the past compar...
157. Antonio A.B. Lopes, M.D.,[unkeyable] Nair Y. Maeda, M.S.; Munir Ebaid, M.D.,[unkeyabl...
158. Neils Maltbaek, M.D.; P. Garsdal, M.D.; H. Christensen, M.D.; H. Bro, M.D.; and F.V. ...
159. Lewis J. Wesselius, M.D., F.C.C.P.;[Unkeyable] Diana S. Dark, M.D., F.C.C.P;[Unkeyabl...
160. Willem O. Schreuder, M.D.; Anton J. Schneider, M.D.; Ph.D.; A.B. Johan Groeneveld, M....
161. John T. Coppola, M.D.; Emanuel M. Shaoulian, M.D.; and Peter Rentrop, M.D. Treatmen...
162. Mark R. Angle, M.D.; David W. Molloy M.D.; Brian penner, M.D.; Don Jones, B.Sc.; and ...
163. Vijay Chechani, M.D.; Muhammad K. Zaman, M.D.; and Peter J. P. Finch, M.D., F. C.C.P ...
164. Kiyoshi Ishii, M.D.; Yasunori Koga, M.D.; Kaoru Iwamoto, M.D.; Toshio Onitsuka, M.D.;...
165. This text can be a valuable resource for introducing health care professionals to ele...
166. Natalie C. Klein, M.D., Ph.D.[Unkeyable] Frederick P. Duncanson, M.D.;[Unkeyable] The...
167. Masaru Iwata, M.D., Ph.D.;* Masao Tano, M.D., Ph.D.,* Satoru Sugiyama, M.D., Ph.D.;[u...
168. Roy C. Parish, Pharm. D.;[unkeyable] Jeanne R. Terrell, Pharm.D.;[unkeyable] and Walt...
169. Evelyn H. Schlenker, Ph.D.; Rodney R. Parry, M.D., F.C.C.P; and Michael J. McMillin, ...
170. Christian Richard, M.D.; Christian Thuillez, M.D., Ph.D.; Michel Pezzano, M.D.; Gille...
171. John F. Beamis, Jr., M.D., F.C.C.P.; Stanley M. Shapshay, M.D., F.C.C.P.; Suzanne Set...
172. David A. Schwartz, M.D. A 34-year-old man with chronic myelogenous leukemia develop...
173. Gail L. Woods, M.D.;([unkeyable]) and Jonathan C. Goldsmith, M.D.([unkeyable]) A 27...
174. This book is another in the ambitious Current Therapy Series published by BC Decker i...
175. Accurate or Not? In the recent editorial[1] on the diagnosis of emphysema, referrin...
176. Howard Levy, M.D., F.C.C.P.; Charles Feldman, M.D., F.C.C.P.; Howard Sacho, M.D.; Her...
177. Konrad Reinhart, M.D.; Tobias Rudolph, M.D.; Donald L. Bredle, Ph.d.; Lutz Hannemann....
178. Sunil K. Chhabra, M.D.; and Shailendra N. Gaur, M.D., F.C.C.P. Several studies in t...
179. Yasutaka Ina, M.D.; Katsutoshi Takada, M.D.; [unkeyable] Masahiko Yamamoto, M.D., F.C...
180. Takanari Kitazono, M.D.; Tsutomu Imaizumi, M.D.; Shuhei Imayama, M.D.; Hiroshi Shinka...
181. L. Chelluri, M.D., F.C.C.P.; Jonathan Warren, M.D., F.C.C.P; and Michael S. Jastremsk...
182. Robert B. Fick, Jr., M.D.; and Paul C. Stillwell, M.D., F.C.C.P. Cystic fibrosis is...
183. Arlen G. Fleisher, M.D.; G. Frank O. Tyers, M.D.; Glen T. Manning, M.D.; and Bill Nel...
184. A. David Slutzker, M.D.; Robert Kinn, M.D.; and Sami I. Said, M.D. A 49-year-old ma...
185. Serpil C. Erzurum, M.D.; Gregory A. Underwood, M.D.; Daniel L. Hamilos, M.D.; and Jam...
186. Do Hemodynamic Responses to the Valsalva Maneuver Reflect Myocardial Dysfunction? A...
187. Arterial Oxygen Desaturation during Sleep in Interstitial Pulmonary Disease (*1) Ma...
188. De novo Circumscribed Pulmonary Lobar Cystic Lymphatic Anomaly in a Young Boy Diffu...
189. Hypersensitivity Pneumonitis Due to Mushroom (Pholiota nameko) Spores (*1) Hypersen...
190. Kissing Balloon Angioplasty of a Circumflex Artery Bifurcation Lesion (*1) In the i...
191. Massive Epistaxis from Nasal CPAP Therapy Nasal CPAP has become a standard form of ...
192. Atrial Natriuretic Factor in the Pleural Fluid of Congestive Heart Failure Patients (...
193. Sensitivity and Specificity of Electrocardiographic ST-T Changes as Markers of Neopla...
194. Comparison of Ultrasonically Nebulized Distilled Water and Cold-air Hyperventilation ...
195. Aspergilloma in an Open Chest Cavity Aspergillus is a ubiquitous organism that is a...
196. The Etiology of Tumor Plop in a Patient with Huge Right Atrial Myxoma Right atrial ...
197. Massive Hemoptysis during Catheterization of the Internal Jugular Vein Cannulation ...
198. Hoarseness Secondary to Left Atrial Myxoma (*1) Left atrial myxomas are benign tumo...
199. Midazolam as Intravenous Sedative for Electrocardioversion Electrical cardioversion...