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1,300 | 9,244 | Perioperative blood transfusion adversely affects prognosis of patients with stage I non-small-cell lung cancer.
It has been speculated that blood transfusion might adversely affect prognosis in cancer patients by immunosuppression.
To avoid the confounding affect of advanced disease, we tested this hypothesis in 117... | C08 |
1,301 | 5,646 | Transbronchial biopsies in children after heart-lung transplantation.
Sixty transbronchial biopsies have been performed in eight children after heart-lung transplantation.
The selection of fiber-optic bronchoscope or a small (4 mm; 30 cm) rigid bronchoscope was made according to the size of endotracheal tube required... | C08 |
1,302 | 2,800 | Timing of corticosteroid treatment. Effect of lung lymph dynamics in air injury in awake sheep.
In paired experiments, we studied the effects of high-dose methylprednisolone on the acute pulmonary injury caused by 4 h of venous air embolization in 19 chronically instrumented, unanesthetized sheep with lung lymph fistu... | C08 |
1,303 | 9,620 | The role of indium-labelled leukocyte imaging in pyrexia of unknown origin.
Indium-111-labeled white blood cell scanning is often used in the investigation of pyrexia of unknown origin (PUO) to locate an otherwise occult source of sepsis.
From a series of 166 white blood cell studies performed for sepsis, 28 cases of... | C08 |
1,304 | 6,792 | Systems architecture for quantification of dynamic myoelectric and kinematic activity of the human vocal tract.
This paper describes a systems architecture useful for scientific investigations that require the acquisition and analysis of multiple, time-synchronous signals in large volume.
The architecture has recentl... | C08 |
1,305 | 230 | Immunocytochemical characterization of lung tumors in fine-needle aspiration. The use of cytokeratin monoclonal antibodies for the differential diagnosis of squamous cell carcinoma and adenocarcinoma.
In the current study, immunocytochemical typing of intermediate filaments was used for a differential diagnosis of hum... | C08 |
1,306 | 8,272 | Improved outcome at 28 days of age for very low birth weight infants treated with a single dose of a synthetic surfactant
Two identical double-blind, controlled, randomized trials were initiated to determine whether the administration of a single 5 ml/kg dose of a synthetic surfactant (Exosurf Neonatal), soon after t... | C08 |
1,307 | 7,184 | Transforming growth factor-beta activity in sheep lung lymph during the development of pulmonary hypertension.
Chronic pulmonary hypertension is associated with extensive structural remodeling of the pulmonary arterial bed.
The structural changes in the arterial walls include increased production of extracellular mat... | C08 |
1,308 | 90 | Reproduction of transfusion-related acute lung injury in an ex vivo lung model
Leukoagglutinins are implicated in transfusion-related acute lung injury (TRALI).
In the present study, severe lung vascular leakage was reproduced by application of a leukoagglutinating antibody of anti-5b specificity in an ex vivo lung ... | C08 |
1,309 | 5,627 | Thrombocytosis after pneumonia with empyema and other bacterial infections in children.
Thrombocytosis is seen in association with many conditions, including infectious diseases.
We studied thrombocytosis after severe bacterial infections, particularly pneumonia with empyema in children.
A systematic survey of the p... | C08 |
1,310 | 5,943 | Virologic and pathogenetic aspects of cytomegalovirus infection.
Cytomegalovirus (CMV) is a ubiquitous agent that rarely causes disease in immunocompetent humans but is an important cause of morbidity and mortality in the immunocompromised.
A number of host and viral factors are associated with pathology following CM... | C08 |
1,311 | 3,585 | Peak flow nasal patency indices and self-assessment in septoplasty.
The present study evaluates the results of septoplasty monitored by the objective peak flow nasal patency indices and the subjective patient self-assessment scores of nasal obstruction.
Mini-Wright peak flow meters were used.
The peak flow nasal pat... | C08 |
1,312 | 6,890 | Long-term results of operation for non-small cell lung cancer in the elderly.
We surgically treated 185 patients with non-small cell lung cancer who were 70 years old or older.
The operative mortality rate was 3%, and the 5-year survival rate was 48%.
The mortality and prognosis were similar to those in younger pati... | C08 |
1,313 | 4,854 | Imaging of tumor in patients with indium-111-labeled biotin and streptavidin-conjugated antibodies: preliminary communication
Tumor localization in patients has been achieved through the in vivo use of streptavidin and biotin.
In these preliminary studies, the monoclonal antibody HMFG1 was conjugated with streptavid... | C08 |
1,314 | 8,528 | Asymptomatic rhabdomyolysis of unknown etiology.
A 7-year-old boy developed rhabdomyolysis with a peak creatine phosphokinase level of 261,400 IU/L after his appendectomy.
These abnormalities occurred following a 2-3-day illness consisting of upper respiratory tract symptoms, fever, and abdominal pain mimicking acute... | C08 |
1,315 | 8,334 | Late pulmonary sequelae of bronchopulmonary dysplasia
BACKGROUND.
Bronchopulmonary dysplasia is a chronic lung disease that often develops after mechanical ventilation in prematurely born infants with respiratory failure.
It has become the most common form of chronic lung disease in infants in the United States.
T... | C08 |
1,316 | 8,746 | Rising mortality from cryptogenic fibrosing alveolitis.
OBJECTIVE--To determine the pattern of mortality ascribed to cryptogenic fibrosing alveolitis and to identify factors that might be important in the aetiology of the disease; and to assess the validity of death certification of the disease.
DESIGN--A retrospecti... | C08 |
1,317 | 3,971 | A randomized controlled evaluation of a psychosocial intervention in adults with chronic lung disease.
The effect of a stress management program on morbidity and psychosocial and physical function in patients with chronic lung disease was assessed.
Adults attending either a VA pulmonary clinic or university hospital ... | C08 |
1,318 | 7,896 | Pathologic dependence of oxygen consumption on oxygen delivery in acute respiratory failure secondary to AIDS-related Pneumocystis carinii pneumonia.
Oxygen consumption is pathologically dependent on oxygen delivery in ARDS and sepsis.
We asked whether oxygen consumption is dependent on oxygen delivery in severe acut... | C08 |
1,319 | 7,876 | Acute lobar atelectasis. A comparison of two chest physiotherapy regimens.
Fourteen cases of acute lobar atelectasis were alternately allocated to one of two chest physiotherapy regimens for treatment.
Treatment in group 1 comprised positioning, vibrations, hyperinflation, and suction, and in group 2, treatment consi... | C08 |
1,320 | 7,851 | Swallowing disorders in patients with prolonged orotracheal intubation or tracheostomy tubes.
Eleven patients were tested for swallowing dysfunction after prolonged orotracheal intubation.
Ten had a tracheostomy tube.
Mean duration of orotracheal intubation was 19.9 days, mean age 65 yr, and no patient had a concomi... | C08 |
1,321 | 6,732 | Flexible bronchoscopic removal of radioccult polyurethane foam, with pneumonitis in a hyperventilated lobe.
An intellectually delayed adult ingested and aspirated a large quantity of polyurethane foam, developing acute respiratory failure in association with partial airway obstruction.
The foam was identified by flex... | C08 |
1,322 | 6,843 | Thoracoplasty: current application to the infected pleural space
Thoracoplasty, once commonly used in the management of cavitary pulmonary disease, continues to find application in the obliteration of infected pleural spaces.
This study reports a series of 13 patients receiving thoracoplasty between 1976 and 1989.
... | C08 |
1,323 | 5,651 | Predicting risk for bronchopulmonary dysplasia: selection criteria for clinical trials
Early identification of neonates in whom bronchopulmonary dysplasia is most likely to develop permits appropriate enrollment into clinical trials testing early intervention therapies for the prevention or treatment of bronchopulmon... | C08 |
1,324 | 5,665 | Pulmonary and acid-base assessment.
With increased technology, increased patient longevity, and burgeoning health care knowledge, pulmonary assessment of clients has become more complex, and nurses are now challenged to develop more comprehensive skills.
These include a more focused patient history on selected client... | C08 |
1,325 | 4,706 | Acute upper airway obstruction following Teflon injection of a vocal cord; the value of nebulized adrenaline and a helium/oxygen mixture in its management
A 67-year-old man presented with a 45-year history of a week voice.
This was result of polio which had left him with a right vocal cord palsy.
The patient underw... | C08 |
1,326 | 389 | Cyclosporine and chronic sarcoidosis.
Two patients with progressive sarcoidosis who had poor responses and side effects from corticosteroid therapy were treated with cyclosporine.
Cyclosporine suppressed conventional markers of inflammation and there was clinical improvement in one patient, but the disease recurred w... | C08 |
1,327 | 5,697 | Viral pneumonias. A diagnostic and therapeutic challenge.
Viral pneumonias are both a diagnostic and a therapeutic challenge for primary care physicians.
The illness should be suspected when an upper respiratory tract infection progresses to include dyspnea and cyanosis.
Rapid diagnostic tests are now available to d... | C08 |
1,328 | 2,415 | Brake mechanics, asbestos, and disease risk.
Health risks posed by inhalable asbestos fibers are known to exist in a variety of industrial and nonindustrial settings.
Although early studies described an increased risk of asbestosis, lung cancer, and mesothelioma in asbestos-industry workers, subsequent research revea... | C08 |
1,329 | 7,667 | Clindamycin vs penicillin for anaerobic lung infections. High rate of penicillin failures associated with penicillin-resistant Bacteroides melaninogenicus.
Thirty-seven adult patients with anaerobic lung infections (27 lung abscesses and 10 necrotizing pneumonias) were submitted to transthoracic needle-aspiration and/... | C08 |
1,330 | 276 | Pulmonary edema induced by phagocytosing neutrophils. Protective effect of monoclonal antibody against phagocyte CD18 integrin.
We studied the changes in pulmonary hemodynamics and lung wet weight induced with opsonized zymosan (OZ) in isolated guinea pig lungs perfused with Ringer-albumin solution containing neutroph... | C08 |
1,331 | 2,983 | Spontaneous pneumothorax in patients with acquired immunodeficiency syndrome treated with prophylactic aerosolized pentamidine.
Spontaneous pneumothorax is a known complication of Pneumocystis carinii pneumonia in patients with the acquired immunodeficiency syndrome.
To evaluate the possible pathogenesis and natural ... | C08 |
1,332 | 2,166 | Effects of inflammation and fibrosis on pulmonary function in diffuse lung fibrosis.
To investigate the relation between lung function and inflammation and fibrosis in patients with diffuse lung fibrosis, a study was made of untreated patients without appreciable airway obstruction (14 patients with cryptogenic fibros... | C08 |
1,333 | 6,897 | Pleuropulmonary morbidity: internal thoracic artery versus saphenous vein graft.
Although use of the internal thoracic artery (ITA) for coronary artery bypass grafting results in superior graft patency and improved patient survival, our initial clinical observations suggested an increased incidence of pleuropulmonary ... | C08 |
1,334 | 9,359 | Pulmonary malakoplakia in a patient with the acquired immunodeficiency syndrome. Differential diagnostic considerations.
Malakoplakia is an unusual inflammatory condition characterized histopathologically by accumulations of benign macrophages, or von Hansemann's cells, that are associated with diagnostic intracellula... | C08 |
1,335 | 422 | Mechanical disruption of pulmonary emboli in dogs with a flexible rotating-tip catheter (Kensey catheter).
Pulmonary embolism was induced in 11 dogs by the injection of three- to four-day-old allogeneic blood clots.
The clots were made radiopaque by soaking them in contrast material.
The resulting clots were firm, 3... | C08 |
1,336 | 9,300 | A rat model of prolonged pulmonary infection due to nontypable Haemophilus influenzae.
Pulmonary colonization and infection with nontypable (unencapsulated) Haemophilus influenzae (NTHI) occurs commonly in the setting of chronic lung diseases.
Because the study of NTHI pulmonary infection in animal models has been li... | C08 |
1,337 | 6,613 | Acid aspiration prophylaxis in 288 obstetric anaesthetic departments in the United Kingdom.
The choice of drugs for acid aspiration prophylaxis in 288 obstetric anaesthetic departments in the United Kingdom was determined by questionnaire.
The results are compared with a similar survey of anaesthetic departments 5 ye... | C08 |
1,338 | 6,861 | Thoracoscopic treatment of spontaneous pneumothorax using carbon dioxide laser.
In an effort to improve the success rate of the previously described thoracoscopic electrocautery ablation technique of spontaneous pneumothorax, the carbon dioxide laser was evaluated in 12 patients.
The recurrent (5 patients) or persist... | C08 |
1,339 | 6,696 | A family study of the variability of pulmonary function in alpha 1-antitrypsin deficiency. Quantitative phenotypes.
A group of 52 alpha 1-antitrypsin-deficient individuals of phenotype Pi Z and 117 of their relatives underwent a protocol including pulmonary function testing, completion of a questionnaire, and blood do... | C08 |
1,340 | 3,728 | Quality of well-being before and after antibiotic treatment of pulmonary exacerbation in patients with cystic fibrosis.
General quality of life has only recently been measured with an objective tool in patients with cystic fibrosis (CF), and there have been no reported attempts to document changes in patients' overall... | C08 |
1,341 | 3,067 | Metastatic carcinoma to the retina. Clinicopathologic findings in two cases.
Two cases of metastatic carcinoma to the neuroretina are reported.
One patient had an oat cell carcinoma of the lung that was metastatic to the brain and retina; this was confirmed postmortem.
The other patient had metastatic breast carcino... | C08 |
1,342 | 3,326 | Variations in urethral and bladder pressure during stress episodes in healthy women.
Pressure variations in the urethra and bladder during stress episodes and their time separations were investigated in 30 healthy female volunteers.
The pressure was measured by means of a double microtip transducer catheter with the ... | C08 |
1,343 | 8,745 | What causes cryptogenic fibrosing alveolitis? A case-control study of environmental exposure to dust.
OBJECTIVE--To investigate the role of occupational and domestic exposure to dust in the aetiology of cryptogenic fibrosing alveolitis.
DESIGN--Matched case-control study.
SUBJECTS--40 Patients with cryptogenic fibro... | C08 |
1,344 | 3,386 | Identification of somatostatin receptors in human small cell lung carcinoma.
Biopsy specimens obtained from eight patients with lung cancer were tested for content of somatostatin receptors by autoradiography.
Somatostatin receptors were detected in two of three patients with small cell lung cancer (SCLC) but in none... | C08 |
1,345 | 7,486 | Small nodular lesions in the lung periphery: new approach to diagnosis with CT.
To evaluate relationships between lesions in the lung periphery and surrounding structures, particularly vessels and bronchi, axial multiplanar reconstruction (AMPR) computed tomography (CT) was used to study 26 patients who underwent surg... | C08 |
1,346 | 395 | Pulmonary alveolar proteinosis associated with Pneumocystis carinii. Ultrastructural identification in bronchoalveolar lavage in AIDS and immunocompromised non-AIDS patients.
Pneumocystis carinii (PC) has been recognized as frequently responsible for most opportunistic pulmonary infections occurring in immunocompromis... | C08 |
1,347 | 9,309 | Positive and negative regulation of proliferation and differentiation in tracheobronchial epithelial cells.
The lung (in particular the bronchial epithelium) is a major site for tumor formation in humans.
Environmental factors in conjunction with genetic factors are important determinants in this disease.
The acquis... | C08 |
1,348 | 8,689 | Complications of nasotracheal intubation in neonates, infants and children: a review of 4 years' experience in a children's hospital.
A computerized database was set up to study the incidence and outcome of complications of nasotracheal intubation in a paediatric hospital.
We studied 2953 intensive care admissions ov... | C08 |
1,349 | 3,415 | Primary carcinoma of the upper urinary tract. Effect of primary and secondary therapy on survival.
The pathologic material and medical records of 76 patients with primary upper urinary tract carcinomas were reviewed to identify the role of grade and stage in predicting survival; to determine any differences in surviva... | C08 |
1,350 | 3,773 | The malignancy-sarcoidosis syndrome.
In a retrospective review of six patients with malignancy preceding sarcoidosis, we found four cases of malignant lymphoproliferative disease (LD) and one case each of ovarian cancer and breast cancer.
The median interval from onset or relapse of malignancy to sarcoidosis was nine... | C08 |
1,351 | 8,667 | Crohn's disease of the lung
Two years after developing colonic Crohn's disease, a 17 year old boy presented with focal pulmonary consolidation.
A lung biopsy specimen showed areas of non-caseating epithelioid granuloma.
Although some respiratory abnormalities appear to be associated with inflammatory bowel disease,... | C08 |
1,352 | 9,275 | Intact epithelial barrier function is critical for the resolution of alveolar edema in humans
Within 15 min of endotracheal intubation, the resolution of pulmonary edema was studied over the next 12 h in 34 mechanically ventilated patients by (1) serial measurements of the alveolar-arterial oxygen difference, (2) the... | C08 |
1,353 | 5,631 | Immunoglobulin G subclass deficiency and predisposition to infection in Down's syndrome.
Serum immunoglobulins and IgG subclasses were measured in 26 children with Down's syndrome using an enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay and monoclonal antibodies.
Eighteen (69%) of the children had increased susceptibility to infec... | C08 |
1,354 | 5,488 | Aspiration in bilateral stroke patients.
Seventy patients with bilateral strokes underwent neurologic and videofluoroscopic barium swallowing examinations; 34 (48.6%) aspirated.
Patients with aspiration were more likely to have posterior circulation strokes, abnormal cough, abnormal gag, and dysphonia.
However, pati... | C08 |
1,355 | 8,502 | Intraluminal irradiation for the palliation of lung cancer with the high dose rate micro-Selectron.
Fifty patients with inoperable, symptomatic endobronchial carcinoma were treated by a single exposure of intraluminal radiotherapy.
A high dose rate afterloading system (the micro-Selectron-HDR) was used to minimise ra... | C08 |
1,356 | 4,705 | Infectious mononucleosis complicated by lingual tonsillitis.
Although upper airway obstruction and superimposed infection are well-known complications of infectious mononucleosis, lingual tonsillitis in this context has not been mentioned in the literature.
We describe a case of acute bacterial lingual tonsillitis wi... | C08 |
1,357 | 4,948 | Early ribavirin treatment of respiratory syncytial viral infection in high-risk children.
A 3-year prospective, blinded, multicenter study was done to assess the efficacy of early ribavirin intervention in mild respiratory syncytial virus illness in children with bronchopulmonary dysplasia or with congenital heart dis... | C08 |
1,358 | 4,785 | Lambert Eaton syndrome: autonomic neuropathy and inappropriate antidiuretic hormone secretion in a patient with small cell carcinoma of the lung.
A patient with small cell carcinoma of the lung developed asymptomatic autonomic neuropathy, inappropriate antidiuretic hormone (ADH) secretion and Lambert Eaton myasthenic ... | C08 |
1,359 | 9,272 | Isolated lung transplantation for pulmonary fibrosis.
The peri-operative anaesthetic management of 11 patients with pulmonary fibrosis undergoing single-lung transplantation is presented.
Intra-operative problems, the early postoperative phase of recovery and intensive care, and other incidents in which general anaes... | C08 |
1,360 | 5,295 | Flexible Nd:YAG laser palliation of obstructive tracheal metastatic malignancies.
Flexible Nd:YAG endoscopic laser surgery may become an effective new modality for palliation in patients with obstructive endotracheal metastatic malignancies.
We report the results of the treatment of two patients with severely obstruc... | C08 |
1,361 | 2,857 | A clinical triad to diagnose paraneoplastic retinopathy.
Two elderly men developed photosensitivity and light-induced glare, transient visual symptoms, and progressive visual loss several months before small cell carcinoma of the lung was discovered.
Both patients had impaired visual acuity and color vision, ring sco... | C08 |
1,362 | 5,640 | Study design considerations for ribavirin: efficacy studies.
Five placebo-controlled double-blind studies, each including approximately 30 subjects, have addressed the question of the effect of aerosolized ribavirin on the course of RSV lower respiratory infection in infancy.
The fact that each was able to establish ... | C08 |
1,363 | 4,685 | Effect of fasting on the lung glutathione redox cycle in air- and oxygen-exposed mice: beneficial effects of sugar.
Fasting increases susceptibility to hyperoxic lung damage in mice, at least in part, by decreasing lung glutathione level.
To determine whether fasting alters other components of the glutathione redox c... | C08 |
1,364 | 53 | Hyponatraemia secondary to an inappropriately high release of antidiuretic hormone in cardiac tamponade.
A spontaneous intrapericardial haemorrhage caused cardiac tamponade in a 29 year old paraplegic man who was being treated with warfarin.
The associated persistent hyponatraemia, which was believed to be caused by ... | C08 |
1,365 | 3,750 | Real and pseudo late asthmatic reactions after submaximal exercise challenge in patients with bronchial asthma. A new definition for late asthmatic responses after exercise challenge.
The late asthmatic reaction after exercise challenge remains a controversial issue.
In this study, 21 patients recorded peak expirator... | C08 |
1,366 | 3,739 | Hyperresponsiveness of the extrathoracic airway in patients with captopril-induced cough
It has been suggested that cough from captopril may originate from an increased sensitivity of receptors in the extrathoracic airway (EA).
To explore this hypothesis, we assessed the responsiveness of EA and bronchi and the coug... | C08 |
1,367 | 9,038 | Congenital abnormalities of the lymphatic system: a new clinical classification.
The numerous clinical presentations of congenital abnormalities of the lymphatic system in children and the confusing terminology used to describe their pathologic diagnoses impede the physician's understanding of the condition.
The clin... | C08 |
1,368 | 6,708 | Effect of pentoxifylline on hemodynamics, alveolar fluid reabsorption, and pulmonary edema in a model of acute lung injury.
We investigated the effect of pentoxifylline (PTX) on the development of pulmonary edema in a model of adult respiratory distress syndrome in rabbits.
Lung injury was induced by repeated saline ... | C08 |
1,369 | 3,741 | The entrainment of low frequency breathing periodicity.
It has been predicted by mathematical models of the respiratory control system that the delay between the lung and the respiratory controller may determine the cycle time found in periodic breathing.
We examined cycle time of periodic breathing and circulation t... | C08 |
1,370 | 7,687 | Barotrauma associated with high-frequency jet ventilation for hypoxic salvage.
Most reports describe reduction in proximal airway pressures with high-frequency jet ventilation.
This led us to speculate that high-frequency jet ventilation might reduce barotrauma by providing alveolar ventilation at lower airway pressu... | C08 |
1,371 | 6,301 | Survey of histologic specimens of human cancer for human papillomavirus types 6/11/16/18 by filter in situ hybridization.
Histologic specimens (317) of genital and nongenital cancers and normal tissue were analyzed for the presence of the DNA of human papillomavirus (HPV) 6, 11, 16, and 18 by filter in situ hybridizat... | C08 |
1,372 | 6,298 | Inflammatory myofibroblastic tumor (plasma cell granuloma). Clinicopathologic study of 20 cases with immunohistochemical and ultrastructural observations.
Twenty cases of inflammatory myofibroblastic tumor (IMT) were studied; 19 involved the lung and 1 the esophagus only.
The patients' ages ranged from 3 to 72 years.... | C08 |
1,373 | 9,842 | The electrocardiogram in chronic obstructive pulmonary disease.
The electrocardiogram is often abnormal in patients who have chronic obstructive pulmonary disease.
The most frequent abnormalities are a rightward P-wave axis (greater than or equal to 70 degrees) and a rightward QRS axis (greater than or equal to 90 de... | C08 |
1,374 | 9,835 | Leukocyte larceny: spurious hypoxemia confirmed with pulse oximetry
Leukemic patients with extremely high white blood counts may exhibit the phenomenon of leukocyte larceny, in which white blood cells metabolize plasma oxygen in arterial blood gas samples (ABG) producing a spuriously low oxygen tension.
We report th... | C08 |
1,375 | 7,908 | Phrenomediastinal echinococcosis.
A patient with the rare presentation of posterior mediastinal echinococcosis is reported.
Magnetic resonance imaging (MR) demonstrated the extension of a primary retroperitoneal cyst into the posterior mediastinum which was subsequently confirmed surgically to be of echinococcal orig... | C08 |
1,376 | 6,902 | Congenital tracheoesophageal fistula associated with carcinoma of the lung in an adult.
A rare case of adult congenital H-type tracheoesophageal fistula was diagnosed.
Subsequently, at operation, large cell, undifferentiated carcinoma of the right middle lobe with extension to the right lobe and adherence to the diap... | C08 |
1,377 | 4,652 | Adverse effects of aspirin, acetaminophen, and ibuprofen on immune function, viral shedding, and clinical status in rhinovirus-infected volunteers.
A double-blind, placebo-controlled trial was conducted to study the effects of over-the-counter analgesic/antipyretic medications on virus shedding, immune response, and c... | C08 |
1,378 | 4,144 | Lung overexpansion increases pulmonary microvascular protein permeability in young lambs.
To study the effects of inflation pressure and tidal volume (VT) on protein permeability in the neonatal pulmonary microcirculation, we measured lung vascular pressures, blood flow, lymph flow (QL), and concentrations of protein ... | C08 |
1,379 | 8,812 | Clinical and prognostic assessment of patients with resected small peripheral lung cancer lesions.
One hundred fifteen patients with small (less than or equal to 2 cm in diameter) peripheral lung cancer lesions underwent surgical treatment in the Department of Surgery, The Research Institute for Chest Diseases and Can... | C08 |
1,380 | 6,906 | Left recurrent laryngeal nerve paralysis: an unusual presentation of histoplasmosis.
A case of histoplasmosis seen as left recurrent laryngeal nerve paralysis in a 49-year-old man is described.
The patient had roentgenographic findings of a solitary, noncalcified left upper lobe mass and mediastinal adenopathy.
Tiss... | C08 |
1,381 | 710 | Changes in self-concept during pulmonary rehabilitation, Part 1.
The purpose of this two-part study was to describe changes in self-concept during and after a formal pulmonary rehabilitation program.
A 20-item semantic meaning differential scale was administered to 37 patients with severe chronic obstructive pulmonar... | C08 |
1,382 | 2,263 | Pleuropulmonary manifestations of hepatic amebiasis
Pleuropulmonary manifestations of hepatic amebiasis occurred in 30 patients; 18 (60%) presented with at least 1 pulmonary complaint and 10 (33%) had multiple pulmonary symptoms.
In 14 patients (47%), abnormalities were found on examination of the chest.
In 16 ches... | C08 |
1,383 | 3,717 | High-frequency oscillation during simulated altitude exposure.
Ventilatory requirements using high-frequency oscillation (HFO) during simulated altitude exposure were investigated in control dogs and animals with oleic acid-induced lung injury.
FIO2 values of 0.21 and 1.0 were supplied by bias flow to the normal and ... | C08 |
1,384 | 9,288 | The South Karelia Air Pollution Study. The effects of malodorous sulfur compounds from pulp mills on respiratory and other symptoms.
The paper mills in South Karelia, the southeast part of Finland, are responsible for releasing a substantial amount of malodorous sulfur compounds such as hydrogen sulfide (H2S), methyl ... | C08 |
1,385 | 8,212 | Effects of prostaglandin E1 on platelet attenuation of oxidant-induced edema in isolated rabbit lungs.
Numerous studies suggest that platelets may contribute to preservation of normal endothelial cell permeability in models of lung injury.
We have previously shown that washed human platelets prevent xanthine oxidase-... | C08 |
1,386 | 4,454 | The role of histamine in allergic rhinitis.
Studies using nasal provocation followed by nasal lavage have demonstrated that histamine plays an important role in the mediation of allergic rhinitis but not of rhinovirus infection.
The response to antigen challenge is often biphasic.
During the early response, increase... | C08 |
1,387 | 7,904 | Tracheal stenosis and failure to wean from mechanical ventilation due to herpetic tracheitis.
A 64-year-old man with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease presented with pneumococcal pneumonia that progressed to respiratory failure within one week, requiring mechanical ventilation.
Despite a low minute ventilation an... | C08 |
1,388 | 8,645 | Capillary haemangioma presenting as a lung pseudocyst.
A girl who developed a lung cyst at 24 hours of age during gentle ventilation for respiratory distress syndrome is reported.
Instead of resolving as expected of a pseudocyst it continued to expand.
Resection at 1 year of age showed a cyst entirely surrounded by ... | C08 |
1,389 | 7,664 | The association of selected cancers with service in the US military in Vietnam. III. Hodgkin's disease, nasal cancer, nasopharyngeal cancer, and primary liver cancer. The Selected Cancers Cooperative Study Group
As part of a series of investigations into the health of Vietnam veterans, we conducted case-control studi... | C08 |
1,390 | 5,951 | Cytomegalovirus infections in bone marrow transplant recipients given intensive cytoreductive therapy.
Cytomegalovirus (CMV) infections were studied in 785 bone marrow transplant recipients given intensive cytoreductive therapy.
CMV excretion occurred in 24%, viremia in 9%, seroconversion in 40%, and overall active i... | C08 |
1,391 | 2,953 | Intraoperative bronchial aspiration of ruptured pulmonary hydatid cysts.
Ruptured pulmonary hydatid cysts are seen clinically and radiologically as persistent cavitary lesions of the lung.
Bronchi opening into the pericyst cavity allow for discharge of fluid matter but not the escape of solid remnants of the collapse... | C08 |
1,392 | 5,650 | Dexamethasone effects on the hospital course of infants with bronchopulmonary dysplasia who are dependent on artificial ventilation.
A randomized double-blind placebo-controlled trial was conducted to evaluate the effects of enterally administered dexamethasone on the hospital course of infants with bronchopulmonary d... | C08 |
1,393 | 3,680 | Does alternate-day cloprednol therapy prevent bone loss? A longitudinal double-blind, controlled clinical study.
Osteoporosis is a serious side effect of systemic treatment with steroids.
Cloprednol, a synthetic glucocorticoid with an anti-inflammatory potency twice that of prednisone, causes less calcium and nitroge... | C08 |
1,394 | 7,489 | Pulmonary masses: contrast enhancement.
Radiographic studies to discriminate benign from malignant pulmonary masses have previously focused on the morphologic and, more recently, the computed tomographic (CT) attenuation characteristics of the lung mass.
Experience with the use of an intravenously administered iodina... | C08 |
1,395 | 2,935 | Relief of tracheal compression by aortopexy.
We have performed aortopexy in 12 children with tracheal compression.
Six infants had compression secondary to a vascular anomaly (group 1), and the other 6 had previous repair of esophageal atresia (group 2).
Eleven of the 12 children are alive after a mean follow-up of ... | C08 |
1,396 | 8,846 | The adult respiratory distress syndrome.
The adult respiratory distress syndrome remains an enigmatic disorder with a high mortality rate, although it can sometimes be managed effectively.
Recognizing the conditions with which it is associated is the first step in preventing its occurrence.
Decreasing the risk facto... | C08 |
1,397 | 8,271 | High-frequency oscillatory ventilation compared with conventional intermittent mechanical ventilation in the treatment of respiratory failure in preterm infants: neurodevelopmental status at 16 to 24 months of postterm age. The HIFI Study Group.
The High-Frequency Intervention Trial was a 10-center randomized clinical... | C08 |
1,398 | 8,223 | The effect of rifampicin on rhinoscleroma: an electron microscopic study.
Twenty-five cases suffering from rhinoscleroma were divided into two groups.
The first group consisted of 15 patients treated with rifampicin systemically.
The other group consisted of 10 patients treated locally with rifampicin in the form of... | C08 |
1,399 | 4,670 | Transmission of Chlamydia pneumoniae in young children in a Japanese family.
Chlamydia pneumoniae strain TWAR was isolated from the respiratory tract of a 5-year-old girl suffering from pneumonia.
The IgM and IgG antibody titers to TWAR were 1:32 and 1:128, respectively.
Cultures and serology for other common bacter... | C08 |
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