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1,200 | 2,167 | Appropriate and inappropriate neuroendocrine products in pulmonary tumourlets.
Pulmonary tumourlets are focal aggregates of neuroendocrine cells that occur in the periphery of the lung and may be associated with chronic inflammation and scarring.
Six such lesions were seen in five lungs from a series of 35 pairs of l... | C08 |
1,201 | 9,193 | Role of systemic therapy in advanced non-small-cell lung cancer.
Increasing evidence supports the investigation of chemotherapy in patients with non-small-cell lung cancer (NSCLC).
Randomized studies in patients with stage IV disease have shown increased survival in chemotherapy-treated patients compared to best supp... | C08 |
1,202 | 7,009 | Diffusing capacity of the lung and nifedipine in systemic sclerosis.
Lung involvement in systemic sclerosis may be due in part to a functional abnormality of the pulmonary vasculature.
To investigate the possible role of a pulmonary vasospastic process in this disorder, 21 non-smoking patients who had no evidence of ... | C08 |
1,203 | 8,680 | Nasal valve malfunction resulting from resection of cancer.
Following cancer resection of the nasal unit, nasal valve malfunction is manifested by the symptoms of nasal stuffiness or difficulty getting air into the nostril.
These symptoms occur in cases in which the resection is in the alar crease at the junction wit... | C08 |
1,204 | 7,728 | Visualization of acute pulmonary emboli by transesophageal echocardiography.
This report describes a patient who became hypoxic and hypotensive while awaiting cardiac surgery.
An urgent transesophageal echocardiogram in the operating room showed a mass at the junction of the main and right pulmonary arteries consiste... | C08 |
1,205 | 5,340 | Disseminated histoplasmosis in the acquired immune deficiency syndrome: clinical findings, diagnosis and treatment, and review of the literature.
Histoplasmosis is a serious opportunistic infection in patients with AIDS, often representing the first manifestation of the syndrome.
Most infections occurring within the ... | C08 |
1,206 | 940 | Repeated exposure of asthmatic airways to inhaled adenosine 5'-monophosphate attenuates bronchoconstriction provoked by exercise.
Inhaled adenosine 5'-monophosphate (AMP) induces bronchoconstriction in subjects with asthma, probably caused by histamine release from airway mast cells, and repeated AMP bronchial challen... | C08 |
1,207 | 6,969 | Lower extremity weakness as the initial manifestation of lung cancer [published erratum appears in Arch Phys Med Rehabil 1991 Jan;72(1):61]
A 55-year-old woman had progressive lower extremity weakness.
She had an 80-pack-per-year history of cigarette smoking.
Electromyographic findings were consistent with the Lambe... | C08 |
1,208 | 9,936 | Microscopic Wegener's disease: a particular form of Wegener's granulomatosis.
We describe a case of Wegener's granulomatosis in which the disease was manifested with crescentic glomerulonephritis, upper airway ulcerations, and microangiopathic hemolytic anemia with consumptive coagulopathy.
No granuloma was identifie... | C08 |
1,209 | 9,184 | Hospitalization decision in patients with community-acquired pneumonia: a prospective cohort study.
PURPOSE: To identify a low-risk subset of patients with community-acquired pneumonia that could safely be treated in the ambulatory setting; and to assess how clinicians make the hospitalization decision.
PATIENTS AND ... | C08 |
1,210 | 6,271 | Effects of common illnesses on infants' energy intakes from breast milk and other foods during longitudinal community-based studies in Huascar (Lima), Peru.
To assess the effects of common infections on dietary intake, 131 Peruvian infants were observed longitudinally.
Home surveillance for illness symptoms was compl... | C08 |
1,211 | 7,438 | Surgical treatment for secondary retracted nose.
This surgical technique is presented to correct nasal tip retraction, which is frequently associated with other surgical sequelae that can be corrected simultaneously.
It is based on the use of a shield, an anchor, or half an anchor of otocartilage, with one or two pos... | C08 |
1,212 | 378 | Aspiration and the elderly.
Aspiration is prevalent in the elderly but its association with impairment of oral intake and gastroesophageal reflux is often misunderstood.
This paper describes the causes, pathophysiology, and consequences of aspiration and their unique features in aged persons.
It also explains how vi... | C08 |
1,213 | 8,504 | Bronchoalveolar lavage via a modified stomach tube in intubated patients with the acquired immunodeficiency syndrome and diffuse pneumonia.
A simple non-bronchoscopic bronchoalveolar lavage method was used in 30 patients with the acquired immunodeficiency syndrome undergoing assisted ventilation for respiratory failur... | C08 |
1,214 | 9,282 | Decreased ventilation and hypoxic ventilatory responsiveness are not reversed by naloxone in Lhasa residents with chronic mountain sickness.
Persons with chronic mountain sickness (CMS) hypoventilate and are more hypoxemic than normal individuals, but the cause of the hypoventilation is unclear.
Studies of 14 patient... | C08 |
1,215 | 2,795 | The relationship between respiratory impairment and asbestos-related pleural abnormality in an active work force
With the general improvement in environmental controls in workplaces where asbestos is used, an increasing number of workers are seen who exhibit isolated pleural plaques.
The question as to whether these... | C08 |
1,216 | 7,617 | Cardiogenic hepatorenal syndrome.
A variant of hepatorenal syndrome occurring in patients with chronic congestive heart failure following an episode of cardiogenic pulmonary edema, and in the absence of hypotension, is described.
This was observed in 13 patients during an eleven-year period.
The clinical picture is ... | C08 |
1,217 | 6,709 | Persistent lower respiratory tract inflammation associated with interstitial lung disease in patients with tropical pulmonary eosinophilia following conventional treatment with diethylcarbamazine.
Tropical pulmonary eosinophilia (TPE) presents as an acute syndrome with dyspnea, fluffy infiltrates, and rounded opacitie... | C08 |
1,218 | 381 | Transient neuromuscular impairment resulting from prolonged inhalation of halothane and enflurane.
Inhalation anesthesia first with halothane followed by enflurane relieved a patient with status asthmaticus who was refractory to conventional therapy including mechanical ventilation.
After 13 days of anesthesia while ... | C08 |
1,219 | 3,749 | Determinants of cell type in patients with cancer of the lungs.
In order to evaluate the determinants of cell type in patients with primary lung cancer, we compared smoking characteristics in 1,939 patients (1,474 men and 465 women).
Patients with squamous cell carcinomas, adenocarcinomas, or small-cell carcinomas we... | C08 |
1,220 | 4,802 | Treatment of small-cell lung cancer with an alternating chemotherapy regimen given at weekly intervals: a Southwest Oncology Group pilot study.
We designed an intensive, weekly treatment regimen for patients with small-cell lung cancer (SCLC) using six of the most active chemotherapeutic agents for this disease (doxor... | C08 |
1,221 | 2,803 | Ciliary motility in two patients with yellow nail syndrome and recurrent sinopulmonary infections.
The yellow nail syndrome (YNS) is described as a combination of yellow nails, chronic lymphedema, pleural effusions, and recurrent sinopulmonary infections, but all these features need not be present for the diagnosis.
... | C08 |
1,222 | 3,449 | Unusual case of pacemaker lead migration.
Pulmonary artery migration of pacemaker lead is rare and may result in pulmonary emboli originating from the thrombus around the infected catheter and causing multiple pulmonary infarcts.
We report an unusual case of pacemaker lead migration to the right pulmonary artery with... | C08 |
1,223 | 223 | Human T-cell leukemia virus type 1 associated with small cell lung cancer.
A patient with small cell lung cancer (SCLC) whose serum contained high levels of soluble interleukin-2 receptors is reported.
Soluble interleukin-2 receptors in the supernatant of cultured SCLC cells obtained from the patient's pleural effusi... | C08 |
1,224 | 9,751 | An adherent subline of a unique small-cell lung cancer cell line downregulates antigens of the neural cell adhesion molecule.
Small-cell lung cancer (SCLC) lines are distinguished from non-small-cell lung cancer (NSCLC) lines by their growth in floating aggregates, in contrast to the adherent monolayers formed by NSCL... | C08 |
1,225 | 5,245 | Diagnosis of malignant cardiac disease by endomyocardial biopsy
Among oncology patients, endomyocardial biopsy has been used primarily for the evaluation of anthracycline cardiotoxicity.
In addition, however, endomyocardial biopsy may be useful for the detection of malignant cardiac neoplasms.
Between 1982 and 1989... | C08 |
1,226 | 7,887 | Elevated prostaglandin E2 levels in bronchoalveolar lavage fluid of patients with bronchogenic carcinoma.
Understanding local pulmonary immunoregulatory mechanism(s) in patients with carcinoma of the lung is an important step towards the development of innovative methods of treatment.
Prostaglandin E2 plays an integr... | C08 |
1,227 | 259 | Epidural morphine for analgesia after caesarean section: a report of 4880 patients
This retrospective study was undertaken to assess the efficacy and safety of epidural morphine in providing analgesia following Caesarean section under epidural anaesthesia.
The morphine was administered as a single bolus, following d... | C08 |
1,228 | 7,488 | Potential usefulness of an artificial neural network for differential diagnosis of interstitial lung diseases: pilot study.
An artificial neural network approach was applied to the differential diagnosis of interstitial lung diseases.
The neural network was designed to distinguish between nine types of interstitial l... | C08 |
1,229 | 8,494 | N-ras 61 oncogene mutations in Hurthle cell tumors.
Mutations of ras oncogenes are believed to play an important role in the initiation or progression of human tumors.
In thyroid tumors the incidence of ras activation by specific point mutations has been reported to range from 33% in follicular adenomas up to 60% in ... | C08 |
1,230 | 8,331 | Reduced allergen-induced nasal congestion and leukotriene synthesis with an orally active 5-lipoxygenase inhibitor
BACKGROUND AND METHODS.
The clinical importance of leukotrienes in human allergy has not been defined, in part because there have been no selective 5-lipoxygenase inhibitors that have been effective and... | C08 |
1,231 | 4,146 | Urinary N tau-methylimidazole acetic acid excretion in respiratory disease.
N tau-methylimidazole acetic acid (N tau-MIAA) is the principal urinary metabolite of histamine.
The basal urinary excretion rate of N tau-MIAA was determined as 0.117 +/- 0.008 (SE) mg/h, with a renal clearance for N tau-MIAA of 273 +/- 27 m... | C08 |
1,232 | 3,715 | Iatrogenic illness in pediatric critical care.
Iatrogenic illness may be an important determinant of the need for pediatric intensive care.
We prospectively evaluated consecutive admissions to a pediatric ICU (PICU) over two time periods totaling 6 months.
Twenty-five (4.6%) admissions were necessitated by iatrogeni... | C08 |
1,233 | 6,720 | Formoterol, a new inhaled beta-2 adrenergic agonist, has a longer blocking effect than albuterol on hyperventilation-induced bronchoconstriction.
The duration of effect of inhaled formoterol (24 micrograms) was compared with that of a placebo and that of inhaled albuterol (200 micrograms) in 12 adult asthmatic subject... | C08 |
1,234 | 2,175 | Use of a fenestrated silicone drain to stent a malignant tracheobronchial stenosis.
An innovative use of a fenestrated silicone drainage tube as an endobronchial stent is reported.
The patient had respiratory obstruction due to a carinal tumour and laser photoresection had failed to restore airway patency. | C08 |
1,235 | 3,398 | Nasal lymphoma. A retrospective analysis of 60 cases.
Sixty cases of nasal lymphomas were reviewed.
There were 42 men and 18 women.
The median age was 49 years.
The histologic types were low grade in four cases, intermediate grade in 33, high grade in seven, and unclassifiable in 16.
Thirteen cases had features of... | C08 |
1,236 | 3,229 | Effect of different rates of infusion of propofol for induction of anaesthesia in elderly patients.
The effect of changing the rate of infusion of propofol for induction of anaesthesia was studied in 60 elderly patients.
Propofol was administered at 300, 600 or 1200 ml h-1 until loss of consciousness (as judged by lo... | C08 |
1,237 | 4,640 | Pneumococcal anticapsular antibodies in patients with chronic cardiovascular and obstructive lung disease in The Netherlands.
Differences in pneumococcal anticapsular antibody concentrations were assessed among patients with various chronic disorders and among young (25-35 years of age) and older adults (55-65 years).... | C08 |
1,238 | 8,060 | Altered function of pulmonary surfactant in fatty acid lung injury.
To determine whether acute fatty acid lung injury impairs pulmonary surfactant function, we studied anesthetized ventilated rabbits given oleic acid (55 mg/kg iv, n = 11) or an equivalent volume of saline (n = 8).
Measurements of pulmonary mechanics ... | C08 |
1,239 | 2,788 | Doppler assessment of pulmonary hypertension induced by hypoxic breathing in subjects susceptible to high altitude pulmonary edema.
To verify the abnormal pulmonary vascular response implicated in the pathogenesis of high altitude pulmonary edema (HAPE), we examined the hemodynamic responses to hypoxia in HAPE-suscept... | C08 |
1,240 | 2,987 | Acute renal failure due to ciprofloxacin.
Acute renal failure developed in three patients within a few days of starting ciprofloxacin hydrochloride therapy.
An allergic interstitial nephritis was suggested by fever and eosinophiluria in one patient and by erythema multiforme in another.
A kidney biopsy specimen conf... | C08 |
1,241 | 2,911 | How curable is relapsed Wilms' tumour? The United Kingdom Children's Cancer Study Group.
Three hundred and eighty one children with Wilms' tumour were treated on the United Kingdom Children's Cancer Study Group WT1 Study (1980/6).
Seventy one patients relapsed during or after treatment, which included surgery and che... | C08 |
1,242 | 7,907 | Adult respiratory distress syndrome due to blastomycosis during pregnancy.
A 23-year-old healthy woman in her third trimester of pregnancy developed adult respiratory distress syndrome secondary to Blastomyces dermatitides.
Pregnancy-related immunosuppression was believed to be responsible for the fungal infection.
... | C08 |
1,243 | 5,836 | Breathing exercises for the medical patient: the art and the science.
The art of breathing exercises can be traced to the late 1800s.
In the past 10 years, the increased demand for treatment for respiratory muscle failure of dysfunction has resulted in numerous studies evaluating methods of treatment or training.
Th... | C08 |
1,244 | 9,278 | The effect of corticosteroid or methotrexate therapy on lung lymphocytes and macrophages in sarcoidosis.
Methotrexate appears to be an effective alternative to corticosteroid therapy for some patients with sarcoidosis.
The mechanism of action of methotrexate as an immunosuppressive is unknown.
Patients with symptoma... | C08 |
1,245 | 2,917 | An unusual cause of thoracic mass.
A previously well 10 year old boy presented with scoliosis, a mass in the chest wall, and a pleural effusion.
Chest radiography showed the triad of chronic consolidation, pleural effusion, and rib periostitis.
Investigations confirmed thoracic actinomycosis.
Tissue spread was eval... | C08 |
1,246 | 6,656 | Local and global function of the right ventricle in a canine model of pulmonary microembolism and oleic acid edema: influence of ventilation with PEEP.
Right ventricular (RV) dysfunction may occur due to increased RV afterload and, hence, might also contribute to the decrease in cardiac output following institution of... | C08 |
1,247 | 6,707 | Determination of serum concentrations of type III procollagen peptide in mechanically ventilated patients. Pronounced augmented concentrations in the adult respiratory distress syndrome.
Type III procollagen peptide (PCP) is a byproduct of type III collagen synthesis and a potential marker of collagen secretion.
In c... | C08 |
1,248 | 2,943 | Tracheal and main bronchial disruptions after blunt chest trauma: presentation and management
Tracheobronchial disruption is one of the less common injuries associated with blunt thoracic trauma.
This injury can be life threatening, however, and failure to diagnose it early can lead to disastrous acute or delayed co... | C08 |
1,249 | 5,341 | Coccidioidomycosis during human immunodeficiency virus infection. A review of 77 patients.
Through a retrospective review, we identified 77 previously unreported cases of coccidioidomycosis during HIV infection.
Patients were classified into 1 of 6 categories based on their primary clinical presentation: 20 had focal... | C08 |
1,250 | 9,308 | The beta-type transforming growth factor. Mediators of cell regulation in the lung.
An increased interest in the role of growth factors in the regulation of processes concerning normal and pathologic lung physiology has spurred a flurry of research in this area.
Peptide growth factors are known to control not only ce... | C08 |
1,251 | 2,790 | Endogenous opioids modulate the increase in ventilatory output and dyspnea during severe acute bronchoconstriction.
The aim of this study was to evaluate whether endogenous opioids are involved in the regulation of breathing pattern and respiratory drive during bronchoconstriction induced by methacholine (MCh).
We st... | C08 |
1,252 | 9,303 | Bombesin stimulation of mitogenesis. Specific receptors, signal transduction, and early events.
Quiescent cultures of Swiss 3T3 cells can be stimulated to recommence DNA synthesis by polypeptide growth factors, neuropeptides, and various pharmacologic agents that act via multiple signal transduction pathways.
Neurope... | C08 |
1,253 | 8,500 | Role of small calibre chest tube drainage for iatrogenic pneumothorax.
A 2 mm Teflon catheter was used as a chest tube in 28 patients with iatrogenic pneumothorax.
Frequent aspirations through the catheter were performed in 16 of the patients.
In the remaining 12 patients the catheter was connected to a one way flut... | C08 |
1,254 | 8,296 | Utility of frozen-section evaluation of lymph nodes in the staging of bronchogenic carcinoma at mediastinoscopy and thoracotomy.
We conducted a retrospective analysis of the utility of frozen-section diagnoses in determining lymph node status at mediastinoscopy in 122 consecutive patients with bronchogenic carcinoma.
... | C08 |
1,255 | 7,487 | Search and nonsearch protocols for radiographic consultation.
Six radiologists, acting as radiograph reviewers, used two different consultation protocols to differentiate among 292 ambiguous chest radiographic findings: 120 simulated nodules and 172 normal findings (previous readers' false-positive reports of nodules)... | C08 |
1,256 | 5,285 | Computed tomography staging of the paranasal sinuses in chronic hyperplastic rhinosinusitis.
In this study, the computed tomography scans of 100 patients with chronic hyperplastic rhinosinusitis were reviewed to establish a clinical staging system.
Fourteen percent of the patients were classified as Stage I (single-f... | C08 |
1,257 | 4,714 | Multiple primary malignancies in patients with malignant tumours of the nasal cavities and paranasal sinuses.
The incidence of multiple primary malignancies (MPM) was analysed in 1297 patients with malignant tumours of the nasal cavities and paranasal sinuses.
The patients were followed for a minimum of six years or ... | C08 |
1,258 | 4,467 | Platelet-activating factor- and leukotriene B4-induced release of lactoferrin from blood neutrophils of atopic and nonatopic individuals.
We found increased accumulation of neutrophils and their components, lactoferrin (Lf) and elastase, as well as platelet-activating factor (PAF) and leukotriene B4 (LTB4) at sites of... | C08 |
1,259 | 400 | Differential therapy with calcium antagonists in pulmonary hypertension secondary to COPD. Hemodynamic effects of nifedipine, diltiazem, and verapamil.
In 53 patients with COPD and precapillary pulmonary hypertension, we investigated the effect of three typical calcium antagonists on hemodynamics at rest and during bi... | C08 |
1,260 | 4,697 | Smoking cessation in chronic Reinke's oedema.
In evaluating the long term results of surgical treatment of Reinke's oedema, there has been found to be a high incidence of recurrence.
The recurrence rate is significantly lower amongst those patients who gave up smoking after treatment.
A group of patients with chroni... | C08 |
1,261 | 9,364 | Extramedullary hematopoiesis in a bronchial carcinoid tumor. An unusual complication of agnogenic myeloid metaplasia.
A case of bronchial carcinoid tumor with foci of extramedullary hematopoiesis is presented.
The patient had a 6-year history of agnogenic myeloid metaplasia and hepatosplenomegaly.
All three hematopo... | C08 |
1,262 | 3,220 | Critical volume for pulmonary acid aspiration: reappraisal in a primate model.
We have studied, in the monkey, the critical volume for the production of severe pneumonitis following pulmonary aspiration of gastric contents.
Aspiration of 0.4 ml kg-1 and 0.6 ml kg-1 at pH1 produced mild to moderate clinical and radiol... | C08 |
1,263 | 4,443 | A placebo-controlled trial of immunotherapy with two extracts of Dermatophagoides pteronyssinus in allergic rhinitis, comparing clinical outcome with changes in antigen-specific IgE, IgG, and IgG subclasses.
A double-blind, placebo-controlled trial of immunotherapy was conducted in patients with Dermatophagoides ptero... | C08 |
1,264 | 9,954 | Endotoxin requirements for alveolar macrophage stimulation.
Acute pulmonary failure or ARDS in severely injured patients continues to be a significant problem.
The most important clinical risk factor identified is sepsis syndrome.
Sepsis syndrome is the clinical correlate of a malignant systemic inflammatory process... | C08 |
1,265 | 5,920 | Early treatment with acyclovir for varicella pneumonia in otherwise healthy adults: retrospective controlled study and review.
The effect of early acyclovir therapy on the course of varicella pneumonia in previously healthy adults was assessed.
Medical records from five university-affiliated medical centers were retr... | C08 |
1,266 | 5,915 | Resolution of lung abscess due to Pseudomonas aeruginosa with oral ciprofloxacin: case report.
A case of lung abscess due to Pseudomonas aeruginosa is presented that did not resolve with the use of conventional antipseudomonal antibiotics, including tobramycin with ticarcillin-clavulanate and ceftazidime with gentamic... | C08 |
1,267 | 391 | Resolution of the adult respiratory distress syndrome following colectomy and liver transplantation.
A 32-year-old woman with liver failure from end-stage cirrhosis and ulcerative colitis developed septicemia and severe ARDS.
Subtotal colectomy and a successful liver transplantation resulted in complete resolution of... | C08 |
1,268 | 8,851 | Effects of a multidisciplinary management program on neurologically impaired patients with dysphagia.
Dysphagia is a major problem in patients with neurologic disorders.
Aspiration pneumonia and impaired nutritional status are consequences of dysphagia that result in high morbidity and mortality rates.
Assessment an... | C08 |
1,269 | 8,224 | Radiological diagnosis of aspirated foreign bodies in children: review of 343 cases.
In our series of 400 Chinese children with foreign body aspiration (FBA), 343 cases were evaluated by fluoroscopy and/or plain chest X-rays before endoscopic removal of the foreign bodies.
The majority of the foreign bodies (FBs) wer... | C08 |
1,270 | 6,661 | Manual translaryngeal jet ventilation and the risk of aspiration in a canine model.
STUDY OBJECTIVES: Manual translaryngeal jet ventilation (TLJV) is a safe and effective method of maintaining normal ventilation in apneic subjects.
Little data exist on the amount of airway protection afforded with this technique of a... | C08 |
1,271 | 3,011 | Pulmonary blastoma with malignant melanoma component.
Pulmonary blastomas are rare primary tumors that consist of tubular or glandular structures embedded in an undifferentiated mesenchymal stroma.
Focal cartilage, bone, and skeletal muscle as well as squamous differentiation have been described in these tumors.
We ... | C08 |
1,272 | 3,713 | Tracheostomy in children with Guillain Barre syndrome
During the 10-yr period beginning January 1979, 59 infants and children with Guillain Barre syndrome (GBS) were admitted to our hospital.
Tracheostomies were performed in 15 patients and their records were reviewed.
Fourteen patients were recalled for assessment... | C08 |
1,273 | 4,293 | Thyroiditis as the presenting manifestation of disseminated extrapulmonary Pneumocystis carinii infection.
A 38-yr-old male with acquired immunodeficiency syndrome developed neck pain in association with mild hyperthyroidism and a diffusely enlarged thyroid gland.
Radioactive iodine scanning was consistent with thyro... | C08 |
1,274 | 6,168 | HIV disease: a review for the family physician. Part II. Secondary infections, malignancy and experimental therapy.
The first part of this two-part article included recommendations for the initial evaluation of patients suspected of having HIV infection, the Centers for Disease Control's classification scheme for HIV ... | C08 |
1,275 | 6,734 | The rise of tuberculosis in America before 1820.
Bills of mortality, newspaper and gazette articles, journals, and other records with specific references to "consumption," "phthisis," and other terms for tuberculosis were reviewed to determine the occurrence and importance of tuberculosis in the American colonies befo... | C08 |
1,276 | 2,805 | Differential roles of opioid receptors in respiration, respiratory disease, and opiate-induced respiratory depression.
In summary, these findings indicate the importance of designing future experiments that delineate between opioid and nonopioid forms of respiratory disease and dysfunction, and the need to identify me... | C08 |
1,277 | 7,536 | Aqueductal (pencil) glioma presenting as neurogenic pulmonary edema: a case report.
A case of neurogenic pulmonary edema due to hydrocephalus, without initial neurological deficit, is described.
Computed tomography demonstrated a ring enhancing lesion in the tectum of the mesencephalon obstructing the aqueduct of Syl... | C08 |
1,278 | 411 | Neutrophilia in bronchoalveolar lavage fluid of diffuse panbronchiolitis.
The clinical and pathologic features of diffuse panbronchiolitis (DPB) have been well reported to date, although its pathogenesis remains unknown.
In the present study, we performed bronchoalveolar lavage (BAL) on three patients with biopsy spe... | C08 |
1,279 | 258 | Low-dose sufentanil in major surgery.
The purpose of this study was to assess the efficacy of sufentanil 1 micrograms.kg-1 during N2O-O2 and intermittent isoflurane anaesthesia in major non-cardiac surgery.
Thirty-one patients (18 females, 13 males; mean age 47 yr), undergoing cholecystectomy received a 1 microgram.k... | C08 |
1,280 | 7,880 | Systemic hypertension in sleep apnea syndrome. Relationship with sleep architecture and breathing abnormalities.
To examine the possible relationship between systemic HT and SAS we compared 21 hypertensive (HT+) and 29 normotensive (HT-) patients for morphologic characteristics, sleep disturbances and respiratory even... | C08 |
1,281 | 6,688 | Atypical presentation of pulmonary embolism.
Today we have discussed an interesting patient with an atypical presentation of pulmonary embolism.
We have outlined a suggested algorithm to aid in the diagnosis and management of this disease.
References 8 through 24 in the reference section are suggested readings that ... | C08 |
1,282 | 2,174 | Pulmonary disease following intravesical BCG treatment.
Bacillus Calmette-Guerin (BCG) is an attenuated strain of Mycobacterium bovis that has been used in the treatment of malignant disease for over 20 years and for the treatment of bladder cancer since 1976.
Major complications of this treatment are infrequent.
We... | C08 |
1,283 | 9,310 | Genetic strategies of tumor suppression.
The evaluation of the cancer cell is a complex multigene process.
Tumor suppressor genes that are lost or inactivated, as well as genes that are overexpressed, play key roles in tumor progression.
The identification of overexpressed genes has been expedited by the presence of... | C08 |
1,284 | 8,329 | Inhibition of exercise-induced bronchoconstriction by MK-571, a potent leukotriene D4-receptor antagonist
BACKGROUND.
Exercise is a common stimulus of bronchoconstriction in subjects with asthma, who also have bronchoconstriction after inhaling the sulfidopeptide leukotriene D4 (LTD4).
The purpose of this study was... | C08 |
1,285 | 4,637 | A randomized controlled trial of glucocorticoid prophylaxis against experimental rhinovirus infection.
The effects of combined intranasal and systemic glucocorticoid steroids on the local inflammatory response, and symptoms due to experimental rhinovirus infection were studied in 45 adults randomized to prophylaxis wi... | C08 |
1,286 | 4,723 | Inter-arytenoid glottic bar following intubation.
Inter-arytenoid glottic bar is a rare complication of prolonged endotracheal intubation.
We present two such cases and their treatment.
The aetiology of this complication is multifactorial and involves local factors--local trauma, movement of the endotracheal tube wi... | C08 |
1,287 | 4,984 | Auto-PEEP in the multisystem injured patient: an elusive complication.
Auto-PEEP (A-PEEP), unrecognized alveolar positive and expiratory pressure during mechanical ventilation, is an acknowledged hazard in patients with chronic obstructive lung disease.
We evaluated 50 consecutive trauma patients for the presence of ... | C08 |
1,288 | 4,220 | Parathyroid hormone-like peptide in normal and neoplastic human endocrine tissues.
PTH-like peptide (PLP) is produced by tumors commonly associated with hypercalcemia as well as nonneoplastic tissues and several endocrine glands and tumors.
To characterize the distribution of PLP in human endocrine tissues and tumors... | C08 |
1,289 | 6,695 | Distinguishable types of dyspnea in patients with shortness of breath.
Dyspnea frequently accompanies a variety of cardiopulmonary abnormalities.
Although dyspnea is often considered a single sensation, alternatively it may encompass multiple sensations that are not well explained by a single physiologic mechanism.
... | C08 |
1,290 | 6,735 | Six-month isoniazid-rifampin treatment for pulmonary tuberculosis in children.
One hundred and seventeen children with pulmonary tuberculosis underwent treatment with a 6-month daily regimen of rifampin (15 mg/kg/day) and isoniazid (10 mg/kg/day).
The criteria for the diagnosis of pulmonary tuberculosis were (1) clin... | C08 |
1,291 | 3,771 | Kyphoscoliosis and respiratory failure. A patient treated with assisted ventilation for 27 years.
A 62-year-old woman had had kyphoscoliosis since age 12 years.
Respiratory failure developed at age 35 years following a respiratory infection.
A tracheostomy was done and she required assisted ventilation using a respi... | C08 |
1,292 | 7,767 | Combined modality therapy for locally advanced non-small cell lung carcinoma.
Multi-modality treatment consisting of cisplatin, VP-16, and 5-fluorouracil chemotherapy given concomitantly with external beam radiation was used to treat 64 patients with locally advanced Stage III non-small cell lung carcinoma.
This regi... | C08 |
1,293 | 7,630 | Masqueraders in clinical allergy: laryngeal dysfunction causing dyspnea [published erratum appears in Ann Allergy 1991 Jan;66(1):22]
The allergist may be called upon to evaluate patients with dyspnea that is labeled "refractory asthma." In some patients, the site of origin of their dyspnea is the larynx.
The diagnosi... | C08 |
1,294 | 7,911 | Ear involvement in the yellow nail syndrome.
Recognized features of the yellow nail syndrome include yellow nails, lymphedema, and pleural effusions.
We report a patient with the additional feature of keratosis obturans, which may be a manifestation of this syndrome in the external ear. | C08 |
1,295 | 3,706 | Community-acquired pneumonia: evidence of functional inactivation of alpha 1 proteinase inhibitor.
Quantitative and qualitative elastase inhibitory capacity (EIC) alpha 1 proteinase inhibitor (alpha 1 PI) was measured in pulmonary arterial and systemic arterial blood of patients with community-acquired pneumonia (CAP)... | C08 |
1,296 | 7,994 | Enteric neuronal autoantibodies in pseudoobstruction with small-cell lung carcinoma.
Severe gastrointestinal dysmotility is a newly recognized paraneoplastic syndrome that occurs with small-cell lung carcinoma.
Thirty-four patients with small-cell carcinoma, of whom 5 had chronic intestinal pseudoobstruction and 29 h... | C08 |
1,297 | 6,729 | Computerized tomography in the evaluation of allergic bronchopulmonary aspergillosis.
Allergic bronchopulmonary aspergillosis (ABPA) is a destructive disease of the lung characteristically associated with central bronchiectasis.
This study was designed to determine if high-resolution computerized tomography (CT) coul... | C08 |
1,298 | 6,528 | Prevalence of chronic bronchitis among US Hispanics from the Hispanic Health and Nutrition Examination Survey, 1982-84.
In the Hispanic Health and Nutrition Examination Survey (HHANES), Puerto Ricans had a higher age-adjusted prevalence of self-reported chronic bronchitis (2.9 percent, 95% CI = 2.2, 3.6) than Mexican ... | C08 |
1,299 | 6,845 | Strategy for lymphadenectomy in lung cancer three centimeters or less in diameter
We have surgically treated 221 patients with a primary lung cancer 3.0 cm or less in diameter.
There were 8 patients with a tumor 1.0 cm or less in diameter (group A), 84 with a tumor 1.1 to 2.0 cm in diameter (group B), and 129 with a... | C08 |
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