editorials

Steroids in Acute Exacerbation of Asthma : How Do We Grade the Evidence?

Paul E. Marik and Joseph Varon
Chest 1999 116: 273-275. [Full Text] [PDF]  

Pericardiocentesis : Blind No More!

Susan M. Fagan and Kwan-Leung Chan
Chest 1999 116: 275-276. [Full Text] [PDF]  

Office Spirometry : Does Poor Quality Render It Impractical?

John L. Hankinson
Chest 1999 116: 276-277. [Full Text] [PDF]  

Tidal Flow-Volume Analysis of Ventilation During Exercise : A Useful Approach for Diagnosing the Mechanism of Ventilatory Limitation to Exercise During Cardiopulmonary Exercise Testing

Sanford Levine
Chest 1999 116: 277-278. [Full Text] [PDF]  

clinical investigations ASTHMA

A Pathogenic Triad in Chronic Cough: Asthma, Postnasal Drip Syndrome, and Gastroesophageal Reflux Disease

Bruno Carlos Palombini, Carlos Antônio Castilhos Villanova, Elisabeth Araújo, Otávio Leite Gastal, Dayse Carneiro Alt, Daiana Prestes Stolz, and Carlos Oliveira Palombini
Chest 1999 116: 279-284. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Corticosteroids in the Emergency Department Therapy of Acute Adult Asthma: An Evidence-Based Evaluation

Gustavo Rodrigo and Carlos Rodrigo
Chest 1999 116: 285-295. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

The Effect of Heliox in Acute Severe Asthma: A Randomized Controlled Trial

Jonathan E. Kass and Carol A. Terregino
Chest 1999 116: 296-300. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Serum Eosinophil Cationic Protein and Bronchial Responsiveness in Pediatric and Adolescent Asthma Patients

Wilfried Gruber, Ernst Eber, Andreas Pfleger, Manfred Modl, Ingrid Meister, Elisabeth Weinhandl, and Maximilian S. Zach
Chest 1999 116: 301-305. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

clinical investigations COPD

Trends in the Epidemiology of COPD in Canada, 1980 to 1995

Yves Lacasse, Dina Brooks, and Roger S. Goldstein
Chest 1999 116: 306-313. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Ambulatory Oximetry Monitoring in Patients With Severe COPD: A Preliminary Study

Jeffrey Pilling and Michael Cutaia
Chest 1999 116: 314-321. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

clinical investigations CARDIAC SURGERY

Clinical and Echocardiographic Characteristics of Significant Pericardial Effusions Following Cardiothoracic Surgery and Outcomes of Echo-Guided Pericardiocentesis for Management: Mayo Clinic Experience, 1979–1998

Teresa S. M. Tsang, Marion E. Barnes, Sharonne N. Hayes, William K. Freeman, Joseph A. Dearani, Sara L. Osborn Butler, and James B. Seward
Chest 1999 116: 322-331. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Lung Function and Cardiopulmonary Exercise Performance After Heart Transplantation: Influence of Cardiac Allograft Vasculopathy

Martin Schwaiblmair, Wolfgang von Scheidt, Peter Überfuhr, Bruno Reichart, and Claus Vogelmeier
Chest 1999 116: 332-339. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

clinical investigations CARDIOLOGY

Detection and Evaluation of Asymptomatic Myocarditis in Schoolchildren: Report of Four Cases

Masao Nakagawa, Akemi Sato, Hiroto Okagawa, Masanori Kondo, Masahiko Okuno, and Tetsuro Takamatsu
Chest 1999 116: 340-345. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Cardiology or Primary Care for Heart Failure in the Community Setting: Process of Care and Clinical Outcomes

Edward F. Philbin, Henry F. C. Weil, Tara A. Erb, and Paul L. Jenkins
Chest 1999 116: 346-354. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

clinical investigations EXERCISE

Cardiopulmonary Exercise Testing as a Screening Test for Perioperative Management of Major Surgery in the Elderly

Paul Older, Adrian Hall, and Raymond Hader
Chest 1999 116: 355-362. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Reproducibility of Maximal Exercise Ergometer Testing in Patients With Cystic Fibrosis

E. F. McKone, S. C. Barry, M. X. FitzGerald, and C. G. Gallagher
Chest 1999 116: 363-368. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

clinical investigations INFECTION

The Penetration of Ceftibuten Into the Respiratory Tract

Peter Krumpe, Chin-Chung Lin, Elaine Radwanski, Mitchell N. Cayen, and Melton B. Affrime
Chest 1999 116: 369-374. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Proportion of Community-Acquired Pneumonia Cases Attributable to Tobacco Smoking

Jordi Almirall, Carlos A. González, Xavier Balanzó, and Ignasi Bolíbar
Chest 1999 116: 375-379. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

The Clinical Host Response to Microbial Infection in Medical Patients With Fever

Ailko W. J. Bossink, A. B. Johan Groeneveld, C. Erik Hack, and Lambertus G. Thijs
Chest 1999 116: 380-390. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

clinical investigations THE PLEURA

Cisplatin, Mitomycin, and Interferon-2a Combination Chemoimmunotherapy in the Treatment of Diffuse Malignant Pleural Mesothelioma

Muzaffer Metintas, Necla Özdemir, Irfan Ucgun, Osman Elbek, Mustafa Kolsuz, Sevda Mutlu, and Selma Metintas
Chest 1999 116: 391-398. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Modification of Pleural Fluid pH by Local Anesthesia

David Jiménez Castro, Gema Díaz, Esteban Pérez-Rodríguez, Edgardo Prieto, and Roger D. Yusen
Chest 1999 116: 399-402. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

clinical investigations SLEEP AND BREATHING

Effects of Humidification on Nasal Symptoms and Compliance in Sleep Apnea Patients Using Continuous Positive Airway Pressure

Clifford A. Massie, Robert W. Hart, Kathleen Peralez, and Glenn N. Richards
Chest 1999 116: 403-408. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Neural Network Prediction of Obstructive Sleep Apnea From Clinical Criteria

Simon D. Kirby, P Eng, Wayne Danter, Charles F. P. George, Tanya Francovic, Ralph R. F. Ruby, and Kathleen A. Ferguson
Chest 1999 116: 409-415. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

clinical investigations MISCELLANEOUS

Spirometry in Primary Care Practice: The Importance of Quality Assurance and the Impact of Spirometry Workshops

Tam Eaton, Steve Withy, Jeffrey E. Garrett, Jill Mercer, Robert M. L. Whitlock, and Harry H. Rea
Chest 1999 116: 416-423. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Oral Prednisolone Followed by Inhaled Budesonide in Newly Diagnosed Pulmonary Sarcoidosis: A Double-Blind, Placebo-Controlled Multicenter Study

Anne Pietinalho, Pentti Tukiainen, Tari Haahtela, Tore Persson, and Olof Selroos
Chest 1999 116: 424-431. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Pulmonary Arteriovenous Malformations: Screening Procedures and Pulmonary Angiography in Patients With Hereditary Hemorrhagic Telangiectasia

Anette Drøhse Kjeldsen, H. Oxhøj, P. E. Andersen, B. Elle, J. P. Jacobsen, and P. Vase
Chest 1999 116: 432-439. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

clinical investigations in critical care

High-frequency Percussive Ventilation Improves Oxygenation in Patients With ARDS

George C. Velmahos, Linda S. Chan, Raymond Tatevossian, Edward E. Cornwell, William R. Dougherty, Joe Escudero, and Demetrios Demetriades
Chest 1999 116: 440-446. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Four-Year Experience With a Unit for Long-term Ventilation (Respiratory Special Care Unit) at the Cleveland Clinic Foundation

Asok Dasgupta, Richard Rice, Edward Mascha, David Litaker, and James K. Stoller
Chest 1999 116: 447-455. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Predicting 3-Day and 7-Day Outcomes of Weaning From Mechanical Ventilation

Bekele Afessa, Lamont Hogans, and Ronald Murphy
Chest 1999 116: 456-461. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Role of Different Routes of Tracheal Colonization in the Development of Pneumonia in Patients Receiving Mechanical Ventilation

José Antonio Cardeñosa Cendrero, Jorge Solé-Violán, Ana Bordes Benítez, Javier Noguera Catalán, Javier Arroyo Fernández, Pedro Saavedra Santana, and Felipe Rodríguez de Castro
Chest 1999 116: 462-470. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Hyperlactatemia and Pulmonary Lactate Production in Patients With Fulminant Hepatic Failure

Timothy S. Walsh, Stuart McLellan, Simon J. Mackenzie, and Alistair Lee
Chest 1999 116: 471-476. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

laboratory and animal investigations

Proliferation of Type II Pneumocytes and Alteration in Their Apical Surface Membrane Antigenicity in Pulmonary Sarcoidosis

Muneharu Hayasaka, Takayuki Honda, Keishi Kubo, and Morie Sekiguchi
Chest 1999 116: 477-483. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Captopril Lowers Coronary Venous Free Radical Concentration After Direct Current Cardiac Shocks

Luis A. Pagan-Carlo, Lawrence A. Garcia, Joseph L. Hutchison, Garry R. Buettner, and Richard E. Kerber
Chest 1999 116: 484-487. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

reviews

Emerging Concepts in the Evaluation of Ventilatory Limitation During Exercise: The Exercise Tidal Flow-Volume Loop

Bruce D. Johnson, Idelle M. Weisman, R. Jorge Zeballos, and Ken C. Beck
Chest 1999 116: 488-503. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Advances in the Treatment of Malignant Pleural Mesothelioma

Daniel H. Sterman, Larry R. Kaiser, and Steven M. Albelda
Chest 1999 116: 504-520. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

consensus conference

Clinical Indications for Noninvasive Positive Pressure Ventilation in Chronic Respiratory Failure Due to Restrictive Lung Disease, COPD, and Nocturnal Hypoventilation—A Consensus Conference Report

Chest 1999 116: 521-534. [Full Text] [PDF]  

opinions/hypotheses

The Significance of Serum vs Tissue Levels of Antibiotics in the Treatment of Penicillin-Resistant Streptococcus pneumoniae and Community-Acquired Pneumonia: Are We Looking in the Wrong Place?

Robert E. Siegel
Chest 1999 116: 535-538. [Full Text] [PDF]  

Is Meta-Analysis Really Meta-Physics?

Mitchell Machtay, Larry R. Kaiser, and Eli Glatstein
Chest 1999 116: 539-542. [Full Text] [PDF]  

preliminary report

Aerosol-Derived Airway Morphometry and Aerosol Bolus Dispersion in Patients With Lung Fibrosis and Lung Emphysema

Peter Brand, Martin Kohlhäufl, Thomas Meyer, Titus Selzer, Joachim Heyder, and Karl Häußinger
Chest 1999 116: 543-548. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

clinical problems in cardiopulmonary disease

Clinical Conference on Management Dilemmas: Bullous Hand Pustules in a Patient Treated for Lung Cancer

Jeff Schnader, Shamim A. Khan, Robert M. Smith, Dorothy A. White, and J. Walton Tomford
Chest 1999 116: 549-556. [Full Text] [PDF]  

roentgenogram of the month

A 27-Year-Old Woman With Cough, Dyspnea, and Wheezing

M. Farrell, H. Page McAdams, and Jeremy J. Erasmus
Chest 1999 116: 557-559. [Full Text] [PDF]  

pulmonary and critical care pearls

Pulmonary Hypertension in a 45-Year-Old Woman With Recurrent Deep Venous Thromboses

Jeana D. O'Brien and Craig K. Reiss
Chest 1999 116: 560-563. [Full Text] [PDF]  

selected reports

Anastomotic Pulmonary Hypertension After Lung Transplantation for Primary Pulmonary Hypertension: Report of Surgical Correction

Cynthia M. Soriano, Sean P. Gaine, John V. Conte, R. Paul Fairman, Charles White, and Lewis J. Rubin
Chest 1999 116: 564-566. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Development of Nonspecific Interstitial Pneumonitis Associated With Long-term Treatment of Primary Pulmonary Hypertension With Prostacyclin

Steven Kesten, John Dainauskas, Vallerie McLaughlin, and Stuart Rich
Chest 1999 116: 566-569. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Interferon- Therapy Associated With the Development of Sarcoidosis

Anthony Pietropaoli, Joseph Modrak, and Mark Utell
Chest 1999 116: 569-572. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Disseminated Pseudallescheria boydii Infection in a Nonimmunocompromised Host

Abid Khurshid, V. Theodore Barnett, Marin Sekosan, Alan S. Ginzburg, and Ergün Önal
Chest 1999 116: 572-574. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Myocardial Bridging as a Cause of Acute Transient Left Heart Dysfunction

Gérald Roul, Philippe Sens, Philippe Germain, and Pierre Bareiss
Chest 1999 116: 574-580. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

communications to the editor

Insulin by Inhalation?

Mark Mecikalski
Chest 1999 116: 581. [Full Text] [PDF]  

Pulmonary Administration of Insulin as an Aerosol

Ken-ichiro Inoue Keiji Yoshioka, Beth L. Laube, G. William Benedict, and Adrian S. Dobs
Chest 1999 116: 581-582. [Full Text] [PDF]  

Herbalism for the Treatment of Asthma

Satoshi Yoshida and Edzard Ernst
Chest 1999 116: 582. [Full Text] [PDF]  

Sialyl Lewis X-i Antigen in Pleural Effusion

Hiroaki Satoh, Hiroichi Ishikawa, Yuko T. Yamashita, Yu-Chin Lee, Shi-Chuan Chang, and Jia-Haur Chern
Chest 1999 116: 582-583. [Full Text] [PDF]  

Fungal ß-Glucan Can Yield False-Positive Results With the Limulus Amebocyte Lysate Endotoxin Assay

Robert Vassallo, Andrew H. Limper, and Lewis J. Wesselius
Chest 1999 116: 583-584. [Full Text] [PDF]  

Pleurodural Fistulas and Neurologic Manifestations

Frederick A. Zeller, Jaber Monla-Hassan, and Robert Hyzy
Chest 1999 116: 584-585. [Full Text] [PDF]  

Research in Developing Countries

Raúl Cicero
Chest 1999 116: 585. [Full Text] [PDF]  

Low- vs High-Dose Inhaled Albuterol for the Treatment of Acute Asthma

Michael J. Asmus, Leslie Hendeles, and Charles L. Emerman
Chest 1999 116: 585-586. [Full Text] [PDF]  

Intentional Carbon Monoxide Poisoning

Neil B. Hampson
Chest 1999 116: 586-587. [Full Text] [PDF]  

"Diagnostic" Pulmonary Function Tests

Mitchell L. Margolis
Chest 1999 116: 587. [Full Text] [PDF]  

Streptokinase for Endobronchial Blood Clots

Arvind Bansal and Robert D. Brandstetter
Chest 1999 116: 587. [Full Text] [PDF]  

Reversible Unilateral Diaphragmatic Paralysis in Pulmonary Embolism

Katharina Pils, Raimund Märk, and Peter Pils
Chest 1999 116: 587-588. [Full Text] [PDF]  

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