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1 outcome expectation - Measuring self-efficacy expectations for the self-management of cystic fibrosis

2 outpatient therapy - Criteria for Outpatient Management of Proximal Lower Extremity Deep Venous Thrombosis

3 ovarian carcinoma - Respiratory failure due to interstitial lung metastases of ovarian carcinoma reversed by chemotherapy

4 ovarian hyperstimulation - Dyspnea, cough, and chest pain in a 35-year-old pregnant woman

5 oxidative stress - 8-isoprostane, a marker of oxidative stress, is increased in exhaled breath condensate of patients with obstructive sleep apnea after night and is reduced by continuous positive airway pressure therapy (clinical investigations)

6 oxidative stress - Oxidative stress in obstructive sleep apnea (SLEEP AND BREATHING)

7 oxidative stress - Increased oxidative stress in exudative pleural effusions : a new marker for the differentiation between exudates and transudates(clinical investigations)

8 oxidative stress - Exhaled Carbon Monoxide Levels Elevated in Diabetes and Correlated With Glucose Concentration in Blood()

9 oxidative stress - Oxidative Stress After Lung Resection Therapy()

10 oxidative stress - The oxidative stress hypothesis of congestive heart failure : radical thoughts (reviews)

11 oximeter - Choice of oximeter affects apnea-hypopnea index (clinical investigations)

12 oxitropium bromide - A comparison of the bronchodilating effects of oxitropium bromide and fenoterol in patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease

13 oxygen concentration - Nd-YAG Laser Ignition of Silicone Endobronchial Stents()

14 oxygen consumption - Is a VO2 plateau necessary (on oxygen consumption) (Editorial)

15 oxygen consumption - The dependency of oxygen consumption on oxygen delivery in critically ill postoperative patients is mimicked by variations in sedation

16 oxygen consumption - Correcting data for body size may confound results(Correspondence)(Letter to the Editor)

17 oxygen consumption - The effects of neuromuscular paralysis on systemic and splanchnic oxygen utilization in mechanically ventilated patients

18 oxygen consumption - USE OF CONTINUOUS MONITORING OF OXYGEN CONSUMPTION TO WEAN FROM MECHANICAL VENTILATION(Abstract)

19 oxygen cost - Theophylline improves measurements of respiratory muscle efficiency

20 oxygen cost - PRESSURE SUPPORT VENTILATION REDUCES THE OXYGEN COST OF BREATHING(Abstract)

21 oxygen deficit - Remodeling of the NaH antiport and the cytoskeleton of human pulmonary artery endothelial cells: response to oxygen deficit(Thomas L Petty 40th Annual Aspen Lung Conference: Biology

22 oxygen delivery - A 44-year-old Jehovahs Witness with life-threatening anemia from uterine bleeding (pulmonary and critical care pearls)

23 rcise (obstructive lung diseases)

24 oxygen delivery - Pulsed nasal and transtracheal oxygen delivery

25 oxygen delivery - Oxygen Delivery in Septic Shock(Statistical Data Included)(Letter to the Editor)

26 oxygen delivery - Pathologic dependence of oxygen consumption on oxygen delivery in acute respiratory failure secondary to AIDS-related Pneumocystis carinii pneumonia

27 oxygen desaturation - RESIDUAL VOLUME IN EXCESS OF ALVEOLAR VOLUME AT REST IS A BETTER PREDICTOR OF OXYGEN DESATURATION WITH EXERCISE THAN SINGLE-BREATH DIFFUSING CAPACITY IN CHRONIC OBSTRUCTIVE PULMONARY DISEASE

28 oxygen desaturation - DRIVING-INDUCED OXYGEN DESATURATION IN PATIENTS WITH CHRONIC OBSTRUCTIVE PULMONARY DISEASE (COPD)(Abstract)

29 oxygen desaturation - Predictors of Oxygen Desaturation During Submaximal Exercise in 8,000 Patients()

30 oxygen desaturation - Exercise testing in the consulting room(Letter to the Editor)

31 oxygen saturation - Ambulatory monitoring of oximetry and activity in patients with advanced lung disease: a new approach to optimize long-term oxygen therapy(Prognostic Markers in COPD: 2:30 PM-4:00 PM)

32 oxygen saturation - A chronic pneumothorax and fitness to fly(Pleural Disease: 12:30 PM-2:00 PM)(Brief Article)

33 oxygen saturation - Breathe-5: Bosentan improves hemodynamics and exercise capacity in the first randomized placebo-controlled trial in Eisenmenger physiology(Late-Breaking Science: 12:30 PM-2:00 PM)

34 oxygen saturation - Utility of an implantable right ventricular oxygen saturation-sensing pacemaker for ambulatory cardiopulmonary monitoring

35 oxygen saturation - Short-term effects of postural drainage with clapping vs autogenic drainage on oxygen saturation and sputum recovery in patients with cystic fibrosis

36 oxygen saturation - Hour-to-hour variability of oxygen saturation in sleep apnea

37 oxygen saturation - Snoring and Nocturnal Oxygenation()

38 oxygen saturation - Prospective randomized trial comparing oxygen administration during nasal flexible bronchoscopy : oral vs nasal delivery (bronchoscopy)

39 oxygen supplementation - Acute oxygen supplementation does not relieve the impairment of respiratory muscle strength in hypoxemic COPD(chronic obstructive pulmonary disease)

40 oxygen tension - The effect of norepinephrine and dobutamine on bladder epithelial oxygen tension

41 oxygen therapy - How (why) does oxygen work in advanced COPD(editorials)

42 oxygen therapy - Oxygen therapy, exercise, and cystic fibrosis (Editorial)

43 oxygen therapy - Laser resection of granulation tissue secondary to transtracheal oxygen catheter (Selected Reports)

44 oxygen therapy - Long-term oxygen therapy: when to leave well enough alone (Editorial)

45 oxygen therapy - Increased exercise capacity in hypoxemic patients after long-term oxygen therapy

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47 oxygen therapy - Effect of oxygen therapy on increasing arterial oxygen tension in hypoxemic patients with stable chronic obstructive pulmonary disease while breathing ambient air

48 oxygen therapy - Hemodynamic effects of oxygen therapy in patients with acute exacerbations of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease

49 oxygen therapy - A new oxygen applicator for simultaneous mouth and nose breathing

50 oxygen therapy - Life expectancy in severe COPD (chronic obstructive pulmonary disease) (Editorial)

51 oxygen therapy - Prognosis of severely hypoxemic patients receiving long-term oxygen therapy

52 oxygen therapy - Home oxygen therapy: a comparison of 2- vs 6-month patient reevaluation

53 oxygen therapy - Predictors of survival in patients receiving domiciliary oxygen therapy or mechanical ventilation: a 10-year analysis of ANTADIR Observatory (nationwide database analysis)(Observatory Group of Association Nationale pour le Traitement a Domicile de lInsuffisance Respiratoire Chronique Grave)

54 oxygen therapy - Observation of long-term oxygen therapy at home(Editorial)

55 oxygen therapy - Long-term oxygen therapy at home: compliance with medical prescription and effective use of therapy

56 oxygen therapy - The cost of treating COPD patients with long-term oxygen therapy in a French population (chronic obstructive pulmonary disease)

57 oxygen therapy - Home oxygen therapy in Medicare beneficiaries, 1991 and 1992

58 oxygen therapy - Supportive therapy in COPD(chronic obstructive pulmonary disease)(Mechanisms and Management of COPD)

59 oxygen therapy - Nocturnal Efficiency and Tolerance of a Demand Oxygen Delivery System in COPD Patients With Nocturnal Hypoxemia()

60 oxygen therapy - Home Mechanical Ventilation in COPD

61 oxygen therapy - Home Oxygen Requalification(Letter to the Editor)

62 oxygen therapy - Idiopathic Pulmonary Fibrosis(): Survival as a Function of Oxygen Therapy and Treatment Program(Abstract)

63 oxygen therapy - Refillable oxygen cylinders may be an alternative for ambulatory oxygen therapy in COPD

64 oxygen therapy - Implementation of an oxygen therapy clinic to manage users of long-term oxygen therapy

65 oxygen transport - Discordance between cardiopulmonary physiology and physical therapy: toward a rational basis for practice

66 oxygen uptake - Cardiac rehabilitation in Switzerland: efficacy of the residential approach following bypass surgery

67 oxygen uptake - Comparison of treadmill and bicycle exercise in patients with chronic heart failure

68 oxygen uptake - Effect of residential cardiac rehabilitation following bypass surgery: observations in Switzerland

69 oxygen uptake - Gas Exchange Kinetics in Patients With Cardiovascular Disease

70 oxytoca - Characterization of an Animal Model of Ventilator-Acquired Pneumonia

71 ozone exposure - Effect of ozone exposure on airway responses to inhaled allergen in asthmatic subjects (occupational and environmental lung disease)

72 ozone exposure - Production of reactive oxygen intermediates following exposure to ozone: relative contribution of alveolar macrophages (Session 1)(The Thomas L Petty 38th Annual Aspen Lung Conference: Environmental Lung Disease, Exposures and Mechanisms)

73 p and lt - Predictors of postoperative pneumonia following cardiopulmonary bypass(Cardiac Surgery Variables Affecting Outcomes: 12:30 PM-2:00 PM)

74 p and lt - Compliance in Chinese patients with obstructive sleep apnea syndrome (OSAS): a single nurse-conducted educational session would make a difference(Advances in Obstructive Sleep Apnea: 12:30 PM-2:00 PM)

75 p-cxr - PORTABLE CHEST X-RAY DOES NOT CORRELATE WITH COMPUTERIZED TOMOGRAPHY SCAN OF THE CHEST TO DELINEATE THE ANATOMY OF THE SUPERIOR VENA CAVA

76 p-v curve - Closing Pressure Rather Than Opening Pressure Determines Optimal Positive End-Expiratory Pressure and Avoids Overdistention()

77 p-v curve - The Invaluable Pressure-Volume Curve()

78 p-wave amplitude - Watch the P wave: it can change(editorials)

79 p-wave amplitude - Acute right atrial strain : regression in normal as well as abnormal P-wave amplitudes with treatment of obstructive pulmonary disease

80 p-wave duration - Correlation of left atrial size with P-wave duration in interatrial block (Clinical Investigations)

81 p/g group - Stage of lung cancer in relation to its size : part 1 insights(clinical invsetigations)

82 p/v curve - PRESSUREVOLUME CURVES IN PRONE POSITION IN HEALTHY PIGLETS(Abstract)

83 pa catheterization - Temporal trends and factors associated with pulmonary artery catheterization in patients with acute myocardial infarction

84 pa catheter - Pulmonary artery flotation catheters: a statement by the American College of Chest Physicians and the American Thoracic Society(Editorial)

85 pa patients - PORT ACCESS CORONARY ARTERY BYPASS GRAFTING: EARLY CLINICAL RESULTS AND COMPARISON WITH CONVENTIONAL CABG(Abstract)

86 pa pressures - ACUTE RESPONSE OF PULMONARY ARTERY PRESSURE AFTER LUNG TRANSPLANTATION IN PATIENT WITH PRIMARY OR SECONDARY PULMONARY HYPERTENSION DOES NOT INFLUENCE SHORT OR LONG TERM SURVIVAL(Abstract)

87 pa smcs - Hypoxic growth of bovine pulmonary artery smooth muscle cells: dependence on synergy, heterogeneity, and injury-induced phenotypic change(Thomas L Petty 40th Annual Aspen Lung Conference: Biology

88 pacemaker wire - Candida endocarditis: a treatable form of pacemaker infection

89 pack years - A RETROSPECTIVE STUDY OF THE RELATIONSHIP OF PULMONARY FUNCTION AND SMOKING TO LENGTH-OF-STAY AND COMPLICATIONS IN CARDIOVASCULAR SURGERY(Abstract)

90 packed red - Impact of Blood Transfusions on Inflammatory Mediator Release in Patients Undergoing Cardiac Surgery()

91 paco - Accuracy of end-tidal and transcutaneous PCO2 monitoring during sleep

92 - Use of the pulmonary artery catheter is not associated with worse outcome in the ICU (clinical investigations in critical care)

93 pac - A Kinky Catheter

94 pac - FULL TIME ICU PHYSICIANS DECREASE PULMONARY ARTERY CATHETER USE(Abstract)

95 pac - FIVE-YEAR TRENDS AND OUTCOMES ASSOCIATED WITH PULMONARY ARTERY CATHETERIZATION IN A MEDICAL ICU(Abstract)

96 paecilomyces - Paecilomyces: emerging fungal pathogen(Infectious Disease I: 4:15 PM-5:45 PM)

97 paging system - Differences in the Response Times of Pages Originating From the ICU()

98 pah - Age and risk of pulmonary arterial hypertension in scleroderma

99 pah - Serial measures of pulmonary artery pressures in patients with idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis(Interstitial Lung Disease: 10:30 AM-12:00 PM)

100 pah - Incidence and related outcomes of pulmonary hypertension in idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis(Pulmonary Hypertension in Interstitial Lung Disease: 10:30 AM-12:00PM)

101 pah - Microarray analysis of peripheral blood cells in pulmonary arterial hypertension, surrogate to biopsy

102 pah - Prevalence and outcomes of pulmonary arterial hypertension in advanced idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis (Original Research: INTERSTITIAL LUNG DISEASE)(Clinical report)

103 pain intensity - Pain Location, Distribution, and Intensity After Cardiac Surgery()

104 pain management - Hazards of opiate mismanagement in the ICU(Critical Care: 4:15 PM-5:45 PM)(intensive care units)

105 pain management - Lees Synopsis of Anaesthesia, 11th ed (book reviews)

106 pain management - Choices in Pain Management Following Thoracotomy()

107 pain relief - CRYOANALGESIA FOR RELIEF OF PAIN AFTER VIDEO-ASSISTED THORACIC SURGERY(Abstract)

108 pai - Pulmonary endothelial permeability following lung transplantation

109 pakt group - Phospho-Akt overexpression in non-small cell lung cancer confers significant stage-independent survival disadvantage

110 pall ultipor - Comparing two heat and moisture exchangers with one vaporizing humidifier in patients with minute ventilation greater than 10 Lmin

111 palliative care - Palliative medicine in critical care in an acute care community hospital(Palliative and End of Life Care: 12:30 PM-2:00 PM)

112 palliative care - End-of-life care and eudaemonia(Editorial)

113 palliative care - Impact of a proactive approach to improve end-of-life care in a medical ICU

114 palmar hyperhidrosis - THORACOSCOPIC T-3 SYMPATHICOTOMY FOR PALMAR HYPERHIDROSIS

115 pancreatic islet - End-stage cystic fibrosis: improved diabetes control 2 years after successful isolated pancreatic cell and double-lung transplantation

116 pancreatic pseudocysts - Posterior mediastinal mass in a patient with chest pain

117 pancreatitis - Propofol-Induced Pancreatitis

118 disorder - Psychobiological aspects of asthma and the consequent research implications (Editorial)

119 pao - Alteration of pulmonary oxygenation by pulmonary artery occluded pressure measurements in mechanically ventilated patients

120 pao - Ventilation-perfusion distributions and central hemodynamics in chronic obstructive pulmonary disease: effects of terbutaline administration

121 papillary carcinoma - Pleural effusion resulting from metastatic papillary carcinoma of the thyroid

122 papillary carcinoma - AIRWAY COMPROMISE AND SVC SYNDROME AS A RESULT OF A PAPILLARY CARCINOMA OF THE THYROID COMPLICATED BY SALMONELLA MUENSTER THYROIDITIS(Abstract)

123 papillary fibroelastoma - Aortic valve papillary fibroelastoma: a diagnosis by transthoracic echocardiography

124 pap - Chronic mild dyspnea on exertion and diffuse alveolar infiltrates in a 37-year-old man

125 paradoxic pulse - Decreased paradoxic pulse from increased venous return in severe asthma

126 paradoxical reactions - Paradoxical reactions in HIV and pulmonary TB (tuberculosis)

127 paradoxical reactions - Highly active antiretroviral therapy for HIV with tuberculosis: pardon the granuloma (editorials)(immune response to tuberculosis)

128 paradoxical response - New Pulmonary Lesions During Therapy for Extrapulmonary Tuberculosis()

129 paradoxical vocal - Paradoxical Vocal Cord Movement

130 paradoxical worsening - Paradoxical Worsening of Tuberculosis in HIV-Infected Persons()

131 paraesophageal hernia - THE EFFECT OF PARAESOPHAGEAL HERNIA REPAIR ON PULMONARY FUNCTION

132 paraesophageal omental - Diagnosis of paraesophageal omental hiatal hernia by magnetic resonance imaging

133 paraesophageal varices - Retrocardiac mass in a patient with cirrhosis (paraesophageal varices secondary to portal hypertension)

134 paragonimus - North American paragonimiasis : case report of a severe clinical infection (selected reports)

135 paraneoplastic pemphigus - Necrotizing tracheobronchitis with progressive airflow obstruction associated with paraneoplastic pemphigus

136 parapneumonic effusions - Parapneumonic empyema: a pitfall in diagnosis

137 parapneumonic effusions - Immediate drainage is not required for all patients with complicated parapneumonic effusions

138 parapneumonic effusions - Intrapleural fibrinolytic agents for empyema and complicated parapneumonic effusions : a meta-analysis(Clinical report)

139 parapneumonic effusion - Video-assisted thoracoscopic surgery in the treatment of complicated parapneumonic effusions or empyemas : outcome of 234 patients(minimally invasive techniques)

140 paraquat poisoning - Failure of radiotherapy to resolve fatal lung damage due to paraquat poisoning

141 paraquat poisoning - Survival in a case of massive paraquat ingestion

142 paraquat poisoning - Tracheal Injury Caused by Ingested Paraquat()

143 parathyroid hormone - Diffuse pulmonary nodular infiltrates in a renal transplant recipient

144 paravertebral cysts - High prevalence of estrogen and progesterone receptor expression in mediastinal cysts situated in the posterior mediastinum(clinical investigations)

145 parenchymal abnormalities - Characteristics and disease activity of early interstitial lung disease in subjects with true parenchymal abnormalities in the posterior subpleural aspect of the lung

146 parental atopy - Home exposures, parental atopy, and occurrence of asthma symptoms in adulthood in Southern Taiwan

147 parental prompting - Concordance between parental and childrens reports of parental smoking prompts (clinical investigations)

148 parenteral nutrition - Nutrition and the cardiac surgical patient

149 parenteral nutrition - Nutritional support in the critical care setting (part 1)

150 parenteral nutrition - Nutritional support in the critical care setting (part 2)

151 parenteral nutrition - Microvascular Pulmonary Emboli Secondary to Precipitated Crystals in a Patient Receiving Total Parenteral Nutrition()

152 parenteral steroids - A NOVEL APPROACH TO THE TREATMENT OF SEVERE STEROID-RESISTANT PULMONARY SARCOIDOSIS(Abstract)

153 parents - Parents evaluations of wheezing in their children with asthma

154 pari lc - Comparison of breath-enhanced to breath-actuated nebulizers for date, consistency, and efficiency (laboratory and animal investigations)

155 pari lc - Efficiency of pulmonary administration of tobramycin solution for inhalation in cystic fibrosis using an improved drug delivery system

156 parotid gland - Pneumoparotid due to Spirometry()

157 participants - Skin manifestations of inhaled corticosteroids in COPD patients : results from lung health study II

158 participate - Understanding participation in an asthma self-management program (clinical investigations)

159 particle size - Suitability of caspofungin for aerosol delivery : physicochemical profiling and nebulizer choice(laboratory and animal investigations)

160 particle size - A comparison of pulmonary availability between Ventolin (albuterol) nebules and Ventolin (albuterol) respirator solution

161 particle size - The choice of jet nebulizer, nebulizing flow, and addition of albuterol affects the output of tobramycin aerosols

162 particle size - Effects of repetitive use and cleaning techniques of disposable jet nebulizers on aerosol generation

163 particle size - AN EVALUATION OF PARTICLE SIZE DISTRIBUTION ACHIEVED WITH THE NEW MOMETASONE FUROATE DRY POWDER INHALER

164 part - Cardiovascular Response to Exercise (book reviews)

165 pasp response - Primary pulmonary hypertension is predominantly a hereditary disease

166 passive humidifiers - Is a nose just a nose (humidifier use in intensive care situations)(Editorial)

167 passive immunization - The Role of Passive Immunization in HIV-Positive Patients()

168 passive smokers - Respiratory illness in nonsmokers chronically exposed to tobacco smoke in the work place

169 passively sensitized - Preoperative steroid therapy inhibits cytokine production in the lung parenchyma in asthmatic patients

170 pasteurella multocida - A 60-Year-old Man With Septic Arthritis and Hypotension After a Fall()

171 pas - The Effect of Hemodialysis on Cycloserine, Ethionamide, Para-Aminosalicylate, and Clofazimine()

172 patch electrode - Bronchomediastinal fistula caused by implantable cardioverter defibrillator epicardial patch electrode(Airway I: 4:15 PM-5:45 PM)

173 patient admissions - Clinical Course, Prognostic Factors, and Outcome Prediction for HIV Patients in the ICU()

174 patient care - The use of a new presentation format improves patient care and teaching in the ICU(Critical Care: Rapid Response in Delivery of Care: 12:30 PM-2:00 PM)

175 patient care - Revisiting the Libby Zion case (physician negligence) (Editorial)

176 patient care - Translating Practice Guidelines Into Patient Care()

177 patient education - Theories and principals of health education applied to asthma (Canadas First National Conference on Asthma and Education)

178 patient education - Identifying Asthma Patient Education Materials that Support National Heart, Lung and Blood Institute Guidelines()

179 patient education - PATIENT EDUCATION ON THE CORRECT TECHNIQUE OF METERED-DOSE INHALER USE: DOES IT SERVE THE PURPOSE(Abstract)

180 patient management - COMPUTERIZED PATIENT MANAGEMENT SYSTEM IMPROVES COMPLIANCE, EFFICIENCY AND REVENUE IN ANTICOAGULATION CLINIC(Abstract)

181 patient outcome - Prognosis and Risk Assessment in Cardiovascular Disease (book reviews)

182 patient population - POTENTIAL VALUE OF USING PROBABILITY ESTIMATES AND CLINICAL EVENTS TO IDENTIFY PATIENTS AT HIGH RISK FOR HOSPITAL MORTALITY

183 patient satisfaction - The place of patient satisfaction in quality assessment of lung cancer thoracic surgery (clinical investigations)

184 patient survival - RISK FACTORS FOR LONG-TERM OUTCOMES IN PEDIATRIC PATIENTS WITH TRACHEOSTOMY(Abstract)

185 patient-focused care - Patient-focused care : the 2003 American College of Chest Physicians convocation speech(special reports)

186 patient-physician interaction - DETERMINANTS OF PATIENT SATISFACTION IN AN ADULT ASTHMA OUTPATIENT CLINIC(Abstract)

187 patients admitted - Impact of a multidisciplinary team on intensive care unit clinical outcomes in a community hospital(Critical Care: Rapid Response in Delivery of Care: 12:30 PM-2:00 PM)

188 patients admitted - ADDITION OF AN INTENSIVIST IMPROVES ICU OUTCOMES IN A NON-TEACHING COMMUNITY HOSPITAL(Abstract)

189 patients with acute respiratory distress syndrome (ARDS)(Acute Lung Injury and ARDS: 12:30 PM-2:00 PM)

190 patients hospitalized - ADVERSE EVENT PROFILE FOR LINEZOLID, AN OXAZOLIDINONE, IN THE TREATMENT OF PATIENTS HOSPITALIZED WITH COMMUNITY-ACQUIRED PNEUMONIA IS SIMILAR TO CEPHALOSPORIN THERAPY(Abstract)

191 patients meeting - A clincal diagnosis of asthma does not correlate well with ATS FEV1 bronchodilator critera(Asthma Guidelines: 12:30 PM-2:00 PM)

192 patients receiving - Bleeding risk and bronchoscopy: in search of the evidence in evidence-based medicine(editorials)

193 patients receiving - Effects of 24 weeks of lansoprazole therapy on asthma symptoms, exacerbations, quality of life, and pulmonary function in adult asthmatic patients with acid reflux symptoms (clinical investigations)

194 patients receiving - MODAFINIL AS ADJUNCT THERAPY FOR THE TREATMENT OF EXCESSIVE DAYTIME SLEEPINESS IN OBSTRUCTIVE SLEEP APNEA(Abstract)

195 patients requiring - ASSOCIATION OF IL-10 GENE POLYMORPHISM AND MORTALITY FOLLOWING CORONARY ARTERY BYPASS GRAFT SURGERY (CABG)(interleukin-10)(Abstract)

196 patients switched - COST EFFECTIVENESS OF INHALED FLUTICASONE VERSUS ZAFIRLUKAST IN PATIENTS SWITCHED FROM LOW DOSE INHALED CORTICOSTEROIDS(Abstract)

197 patients treated - Tissue plasminogen activator for the treatment of acute pulmonary embolism (a collaborative study by the PIOPED investigators)

198 patients treated - EFFICACY OF GATIFLOXACIN VS LEVOFLOXACIN OR CEFUROXIME AXETIL IN ACUTE BACTERIAL EXACERBATION OF CHRONIC BRONCHITIS AFTER 7 OR 10 DAYS OF TREATMENT(Abstract)

199 patients undergoing - Reoperation, emergency and urgent open cardiac surgery in Jehovahs Witnesses

200 patients undergoing - Should all patients undergoing cardiac catheterization or percutaneous transluminal coronary angioplasty receive oxygen

201 patients undergoing - A comparative study of thoracoscopic vs open removal of benign neurogenic mediastinal tumors

202 patients undergoing - Predicting Postoperative Pulmonary Function in Patients Undergoing Lung Resection

203 patients undergoing - EARLIER RECOVERY WITH BEATING HEART SURGERY: A MATCHED CASE-CONTROLLED STUDY(Abstract)

204 patients underwent - Thoracoscopic diaphragmatic plication for paralyzed diaphragm(Topics in Thoracic Surgery: 12:30 PM-2:00 PM)

205 patients underwent - HIGH YIELD OF TRANSBRONCHIAL NEEDLE ASPIRATION WITH CT FLUOROSCOPY GUIDANCE

206 patients underwent - REPAIR OF PECTUS EXCAVATUM AND CARINATUM IN ADULTS: A 26-YEAR PERSPECTIVE

207 patients - Cilostazol: an intermittent claudication remedy for the management of third-degree AV block (editorials)

208 patients - A prospective evaluation of lung volume reduction surgery in 200 consecutive patients

209 patients - Acute effects of hyperoxia on dyspnea in hypoxemia patients with chronic airway obstruction at rest

210 al correlation (clinical investigations)

211 patients - A rapid staging system for predicting mortality from HIV-associated community-acquired pneumonia

212 patients - Acute myocardial infarction with simultaneous ST-segment elevation in the precordial and inferior leads : evaluation of anatomic lesions and clinical implications (clinical investigations)

213 patients - Need for monitoring nonspecific bronchial hyperresponsiveness before and after isocyanate inhalation challenge

214 patients - Tracheobronchomalacia and tracheal hemorrhage in patients with Duchenne muscular dystrophy receiving long-term ventilation with uncuffed tracheostomies

215 patients - Pulmonary embolism in idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis transplant recipients

216 patients - Practice guidelines for noninvasive positive-pressure ventilation: help or hindrance (editorials)

217 patients - Clinical characteristics of pneumonic-type adenocarcinoma of the lung

218 patients - Triple inhaled drug protocol for the treatment of acute severe asthma

219 patients - The effect of pulmonary rehabilitation in patients with post-tuberculosis lung disorder

220 patients - Functional sequelae of tuberculous pleurisy in patients correctly treated

221 patients - Short-term noninvasive pressure support ventilation prevents ICU admittance in patients with acute cardiogenic pulmonary edema

222 patients - Evaluation of a practice guideline for noninvasive positive-pressure ventilation for acute respiratory failure

223 patients - Cyclooxygenase-2 inhibitors in aspirin-sensitive asthma (communications to the editor)

224 patients - Longitudinal study of near fatal asthma

225 patients - Bronchoscopy with bronchoalveolar lavage in tuberculosis and fungal infections

226 patients - Target-flow inspiratory muscle training during pulmonary rehabilitation in patients with COPD (chronic obstructive pulmonary disease)

227 patients - Pulmonary complications of combination therapy with cyclophosphamide and prednisone

228 patients - Utility of bronchoscopic sampling techniques for cryptococcal disease in AIDS

229 patients - Pulmonary resection in infants for congenital pulmonary malformation

230 patients - Orthopnea and tidal expiratory flow limitation in patients with euthyroid goiter

231 patients - A clinicopathologic study of 12 neuroendocrine tumors arising in the thymus

232 patients - Radioisotope marking under CT guidance and localization using a handheld gamma probe for small or indistinct pulmonary lesions

233 patients - Risk factors affecting the survival of patients with pericardial effusion submitted to subxiphoid pericardiostomy

234 patients - Cough peak flows and extubation outcomes

235 table COPD

236 patients - Bronchoscopy for atelectasis in the ICU : a case report and review of the literature(intense care unit)

237 patients - Cardiotoxicity of interferon: a review of 44 cases

238 patients - Indications for spirometry in outpatients with respiratory disease

239 patients - Mortality and mortality-related factors after hospitalization for acute exacerbation of COPD (clinical investigations)

240 patients - Legionnaires disease and HIV infection (clinical investigations)

241 patients - Low hospital mortality in patients with acute interstitial pneumonia (clinical investigations)

242 patients - Value of F-18 fluorodeoxyglucose positron emission tomography for predicting the clinical outcome of patients with aggressive lymphoma prior to and after autologous stem-cell transplantation (clinical investigations)

243 patients - Benefits of a multidisciplinary pulmonary rehabilitation program: improvements are independent of lung function

244 patients - Medication adherence patterns in chronic obstructive pulmonary disease

245 patients - A controlled trial of long-term bronchodilator therapy in cystic fibrosis

246 patients - Bronchoalveolar lavage cell data in amiodarone-associated pneumonitis: evaluation in 22 patients

247 patients - Medical and surgical treatment of nonallergic asthma associated with gastroesophageal reflux

248 patients - Long-term survival and toxicity in small cell lung cancer: expanded Southwest Oncology Group experience

249 patients - Immune response to Fusobacterium nucleatum and Prevotella intermedia in the sputum of patients with acute exacerbation of chronic bronchitis (clinical investigations)

250 patients - Early mobilization of patients hospitalized with community-acquired pneumonia (clinical investigations)

251 patients - Nocturnal oxygen desaturation correlates with the severity of coronary atherosclerosis in coronary artery disease (clinical investigations)

252 patients - Surgical treatment of superior sulcus tumors : results and prognostic factors(clinical investigations)

253 patients - Catamenial pneumothorax : a prospective study(clinical investigations)

254 patients - Aspirin does not adversely affect survival in patients with stable congestive heart failure treated with angiotensin-converting enzyme inhibitors (clinical investigations)

255 patients - Diagnostic usefulness of carotid pulse tracing in patients with hypertrophic obstructive cardiomyopathy due to midventricular obstruction : a comparison with idiopathic hypertrophic subaortic stenosis(clinical investigations)

256 patients - Oxidative stress in expired breath condensate of patients with COPD (clinical investigations)

257 patients - Surgical treatment of pacemaker and defibrillator lead endocarditis : the impact of electrode lead extraction on outcome(clinical investigations)

258 na-free and hemodynamically stable patients with coronary artery disease (clinical investigations)

259 patients - Left atrial appendage function and abnormal hypercoagulability in patients with atrial flutter

260 patients - A role for anabolic steroids in the rehabilitation of patients with COPD

261 patients - High dose of inhaled fluticasone reduces high levels of urinary leukotriene Esub4 in the early morning in mild and moderate nocturnal asthma

262 patients - Causative and contributive factors to asthma severity and patterns of medication use in patients seeking specialized asthma care

263 patients - Linezolid vs vancomycin : analysis of two double-blind studies of patients with methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus nosocomial pneumonia

264 patients - High relapse-free survival after preoperative and intraoperative radiotherapy and resection for sulcus superior tumors

265 patients - Marked up-regulation of T lymphocytes and expression of interleukin-9 in bronchial biopsies from patients with chronic bronchitis with obstruction (laboratory and animal investigation)

266 patients - Extracranial stereotactic radioablation : results of a phase I study in medically inoperable stage I non-small cell lung cancer(preliminary report)

267 patients - Self-expandable metallic airway stents and flexible bronchoscopy: long-term outcomes analysis (bronchos copy)

268 patients - Treatment of corticosteroid-resistant neurosarcoidosis with a short-course cyclophosphamide regimen(selected reports)

269 patients - Outcome after cardiopulmonary resuscitation in a medical intensive care unit

270 patients - Pulmonary cryptococcosis in normal hosts: treat or observe

271 patients - Did the widespread use of long-acting calcium antagonists decrease the occurrence of variant angina

272 patients - Pulmonary hypertension in patients with chronic renal failure : role of parathyroid hormone and pulmonary artery calcifications

273 patients - Initial experience on rifampin and pyrazinamide vs isoniazid in the treatment of latent tuberculosis infection among patients with silicosis in Hong Kong

274 patients - Thoracoscopic appearance of bilateral spontaneous pneumothorax (minimally invasive techniques)

275 patients - To B or not to B It still is the question(editorials)

276 patients - Long-term beneficial effect of coronary artery bypass grafting in patients with COPD (clinical investigations)

277 patients - Diffuse cystic lung diseases : correlation between radiologic and functional status(clinical investigations)

278 patients - Top ten list in interstitial lung disease (literature review)

279 patients - Nebulized morphine: a convenient and safe alternative to dyspnea relief(editorials)

280 patients - Diagnostic value of transbronchial needle aspiration by Wang 22-gauge cytology needle in intrathoracic lymphadenopathy (clinical investigations)

281 patients - The diagnosis of pneumonia in renal transplant recipients using invasive and noninvasive procedures (clinical investigations)

282 patients - Role of flexible bronchoscopy in immunocompromised patients with lung infiltrates (bronchoscopy)

283 patients - Pulmonary manifestations of disseminated cryptococcosis in patients with AIDS

284 patients - Pulmonary complications of leukemia

285 patients - Mediastinal nodal involvement and the prognosis of non-small cell lung cancer

286 patients - Clinical, laboratory, roentgenographic, and electrocardiographic findings in patients with acute pulmonary embolism and no pre-existing cardiac or pulmonary disease

287 patients - Pulmonary embolectomy by catheter device in massive pulmonary embolism

288 patients - Hypokalemia among patients receiving treatment for multidrug-resistant tuberculosis (clinical investigations)

289 patients - Pneumothorax in pulmonary langerhans cell histiocytosis (clinical investigations)

290 patients - Outcome of coal workers pneumoconiosis with acute respiratory failure (clinical investigations in critical care)

291 patients - Prognostic value of stress testing in patients over 75 years of age with chronic angina (exercise and the heart)

292 patients - Pneumothorax with Pneumocystis carinii pneumonia in AIDS: incidence and clinical characteristics

293 patients - Chronic dyspnea unexplained by history, physical examination, chest roentgenogram, and spirometry: analysis of a seven-year experience

294 patients - Percutaneous transluminal mitral valvuloplasty reduces circulating vascular cell adhesion molecule-1 in rheumatic mitral stenosis (clinical investigations)

295 patients - An audit of medical thoracoscopy and talc poudrage for pneumothorax prevention in advanced COPD (clinical investigations)

296 patients - Viral community-acquired pneumonia in nonimmunocompromised adults (clinical investigations)

297 patients - Use of the mechanical in-exsufflator in pediatric patients with neuromuscular disease and impaired cough (clinical investigations)

298 patients - Accuracy and cost-effectiveness of 18F-2-fluoro-deoxy-d-glucose-positron emission tomography scan in potentially resectable non-small cell lung cancer (clinical investigations)

299 patients - Association between lower lobe location and upstaging for early-stage non-small cell lung cancer (clinical investigations)

300 patients - The use of cardiopulmonary bypass during resection of locally advanced thoracic malignancies : a 10-year two-center experience(selected reports)

301 patients - Acute gastroduodenal lesions in patients with venous thromboembolism: identification of patients at risk

302 patients - The safety and efficacy of clarithromycin in patients with legionella pneumonia

303 patients - Aspergillosis in the acquired immunodeficiency syndrome

304 active protein and interleukin-6 levels in patients with acute coronary syndromes (clinical investigations)

305 patients - Dosing practices and risk factors for bleeding in patients receiving enoxaparin for the treatment of an acute coronary syndrome (clinical investigations)

306 patients - The potential impact of primary percutaneous coronary intervention on ventricular septal rupture complicating acute myocardial infarction (clinical investigations)

307 patients - Intensive care in patients with HIV infection in the era of highly active antiretroviral therapy (clinical investigations in critical care)

308 patients - Common causes of troponin elevations in the absence of acute myocardial infarction : incidence and clinical significance(reviews)

309 patients - Preoperative pulmonary consultation at a university hospital(communications to the editor)(Letter to the Editor)

310 patients - SARS, pneumothorax, and our response to epidemics(editorials)(Editorial)

311 patients - Lung density measurements in spontaneous pneumothorax demonstrate airtrapping (clinical investigations)

312 patients - Delayed post-myocardial infarction invasive measures, helpful or harmful

313 patients - Mannose-binding lectin gene polymorphism is a modulating factor in repeated respiratory infections (clinical investigations)

314 patients - The use of noninvasive ventilation in acute respiratory failure at a tertiary care center (clinical investigations in critical care)

315 patients - Transbronchial needle aspiration in diagnosing intrathoracic tuberculous lymphadenitis (bronchoscopy)

316 patients - Video-assisted thoracoscopic surgery using single-lumen endotracheal tube anesthesia (minimally invasive techniques)

317 patients - Airway compromise due to angiotensin-converting enzyme inhibitor-induced angioedema : clinical experience at a large community teaching hospital(clinical investigations)(treatment of vascular disease patients-statistics)

318 patients - Clinical and laboratory features of severe acute respiratory syndrome vis-a-vis onset of fever (clinical investigations in critical care)

319 patients - Which exercise test should be used for patients with symptomatic COPD(editorials)(Editorial)

320 patients - Role of interleukin-8 in the pathogenesis and treatment of COPD(editorials)(Editorial)

321 patients - Cardiac sympathetic nerve activity can detect congestive heart failure sensitively in patients with hypertrophic cardiomyopathy (clinical investigations)

322 patients - Intracoronary verapamil rapidly terminates reperfusion tachyarrhythmias in acute myocardial infarction (clinical investigations)

323 patients - Mitral valve repair in patients with low left ventricular ejection fractions : early and late results(clinical investigations)

324 patients - Effects of mechanical insufflation-exsufflation on respiratory parameters for patients with chronic airway secretion encumbrance (clinical investigations)

325 and treprostinil to the oral endothelin receptor antagonist bosentan in patients with pulmonary hypertension (clinical investigations)

326 patients - Respiratory capacity course in patients with infantile spinal muscular atrophy (clinical investigations)

327 patients - Effectiveness of noninvasive positive pressure ventilation in the treatment of acute respiratory failure in severe acute respiratory syndrome (clinical investigations in critical care)

328 patients - Efficacy and safety of a monoclonal antibody recognizing interleukin-8 in COPD : a pilot study(preliminary reports)

329 patients - Prehospital therapy with the platelet glycoprotein IIbIIIa inhibitor eptifibatide in patients with suspected acute coronary syndromes : the Bochum feasibility study(preliminary reports)

330 patients - Transesophageal echocardiographic findings in patients with orthotopic heart transplantation

331 patients - Aortic pressure during human cardiac arrest: identification of pseudo-electromechanical dissociation (Clinical Investigations)

332 patients - Utility of the peak expiratory flow rate in the differentiation of acute dyspnea: cardiac vs pulmonary origin (Clinical Investigations)

333 patients - Pneumococcal bacteremia with pneumonia: mortality in acquired immunodeficiency syndrome (Clinical Investigations)

334 patients - Etiology and diagnosis of pneumonia requiring ICU admission (intensive care unit) (Clinical Investigations in Critical Care)

335 patients - Blood transfusion and lung function in children with thalassemia major (Clinical Investigations)

336 patients - A prospective study of community-acquired pneumonia in Hong Kong (Clinical Investigations)

337 patients - Bronchoalveolar lavage in alcoholic liver cirrhosis: T-lymphocyte subsets and immunoglobulin concentrations (Clinical Investigations)

338 patients - Management of bacterial pneumonia in ventilated patients: protected bronchoalveolar lavage as a diagnostic tool (Clinical Investigations in Critical Care)

339 patients - Nocturnal nasal intermittent positive pressure ventilation with bi-level positive airway pressure (BiPAP) in respiratory failure (Clinical Investigations in Critical Care)

340 patients - Microbial etiology of acute pneumonia in hospitalized patients

341 patients - Acute effects of oxygen administration on transmural pulmonary artery pressure in obstructive sleep apnea

342 patients - Prevention of venous thromboembolism(The Seventh ACCP Conference on Antithrombotic and Thrombolytic Therapy)

343 patients - Antithrombotic therapy in valvular heart disease--native and prosthetic(The Seventh ACCP Conference on Antithrombotic and Thrombolytic Therapy)

344 patients - Antithrombotic and thrombolytic therapy for ischemic stroke(The Seventh ACCP Conference on Antithrombotic and Thrombolytic Therapy)

345 patients - Antithrombotic therapy for coronary artery disease(The Seventh ACCP Conference on Antithrombotic and Thrombolytic Therapy)

346 heral arterial occlusive disease(The Seventh ACCP Conference on Antithrombotic and Thrombolytic Therapy)

347 patients - Acute exacerbations in severe COLD patients: treatment using positive pressure ventilation by nasal mask (chronic obstructive lung disease)

348 patients - The utility of spirometry in the diagnosis of reversible airways obstruction

349 patients - Prevalence of high hematocrits in patients with interstitial lung disease in Mexico City

350 patients - Noninvasive imaging modalities in coarctation of the aorta(editorials)

351 patients - The effects of high-flow vs low-flow oxygen on exercise in advanced obstructive airways disease

352 patients - Fast Tracking After Ivor Lewis Esophagogastrectomy

353 patients - Clinical manifestations of cystic fibrosis among patients with diagnosis in adulthood

354 patients - Tracheobronchomalacia and noninvasive ventilation revisited(Letter to the Editor)

355 patients - Long-term results of intrapericardial chemotherapeutic treatment of malignant pericardial effusions with thiotepa (clinical investigations)

356 patients - Levels and values of serum high-sensitivity C-reactive protein within 6 hours after the onset of acute myocardial infarction (clinical investigations)

357 patients - Health-related quality of life in patients with pulmonary arterial hypertension (clinical investigations)

358 patients - Oximetry and indications for tracheotomy for amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (clinical investigations)

359 patients - Intrapleural staphylococcal superantigen induces resolution of malignant pleural effusions and a survival benefit in non-small cell lung cancer (clinical investigations)

360 patients - Source of exhaled nitric oxide in primary biliary cirrhosis (clinical investigations)

361 patients - Outcomes of COPD lung transplant recipients after lung volume reduction surgery (clinical investigations)

362 patients - Outcome and prognostic factors of hematopoietic stem cell transplantation recipients admitted to a medical ICU (clinical investigations in critical care)

363 patients - Scintigraphy with J001 macrophage targeting glycolipopeptide: a new approach for sarcoidosis imaging

364 patients - Deep venous thrombosis and the risk of pulmonary embolism: a systemic study

365 patients - Short- and long-term hemodynamic effects of oral nifedipine in patients with pulmonary hypertension secondary to COPD and lung fibrosis: deleterious effects in patients with restrictive disease (obstructive lung diseases)

366 patients - Dont get run over by the bandwagon (Editorial)

367 patients - The diagnosis of acute pulmonary embolism in patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease

368 patients - The effect of short-term nasal CPAP on Cheyne-Stokes respiration in congestive heart failure (continuous positive airway pressure)

369 tended left ventricular assistance

370 patients - Correlation of bronchoalveolar lavage findings to severity of Pneumocystis carinii pneumonia in AIDS: evidence for the development of high-permeability pulmonary edema

371 patients - Spontaneous clinical and hemodynamic improvement in patients on waiting list for heart transplantation

372 patients - The role of bronchoscopy in the diagnosis of pulmonary tuberculosis in patients at risk for HIV infection

373 patients - Survival of patients with severe thoracic spine deformities receiving domiciliary oxygen therapy

374 patients - Polysomnography in acutely ill intensive care unit patients

375 patients - Cryptogenic organizing pneumonitis: the North American experience (Proceedings of the International Congress on Bronchiolitis Obliterans Organizing Pneumonia)

376 patients - Adult Respiratory Distress Syndrome (book reviews)

377 patients - Results of coronary angioplasty in patients aged 756 years and older

378 patients - Bilateral pneumothoraces hasten mortality in AIDS patients receiving secondary prophylaxis with aerosolized pentamidine: association with a lower Dco prior to receiving aerosolized pentamidine (single breath carbon monoxide diffusion capacity)

379 patients - Acute myopathy during treatment of status asthmaticus with corticosteroids and steroidal muscle relaxants

380 patients - A reevaluation of sputum microscopy and culture in the diagnosis of pulmonary tuberculosis

381 patients - Effects of oral terbutaline in chronic airflow limitation

382 patients - Psychological defenses and coping styles in patients following a life-threatening attack of asthma

383 patients - Exercise responses during incremental and high intensity and low intensity steady state exercise in patients with obstructive lung disease and normal control subjects

384 patients - Flow cytometric evaluation of bronchoscopic washings and lavage fluid for DNA aneuploidy as an adjunct in the diagnosis of lung cancer and tumors metastatic to the lung

385 patients - Treatment by pacemaker in familial amyloid polyneuropathy

386 patients - Use of therapeutic drug monitoring in tuberculosis patients(editorials)

387 patients - Evaluation of changes in forgoing life-sustaining treatment in Israeli ICU patients (ethics in cardiopulmonary medicine)

388 patients - Primum non nocere(communications to the editor)(Letter to the Editor)

389 patients - Open lung biopsy in patients with non-Hodgkins lymphoma and pulmonary infiltrates

390 patients - Diagnosis of pulmonary embolism based upon alveolar dead space analysis

391 patients - Multidrug resistant Mycobacterium tuberculosis in patients with human immunodeficiency virus infection

392 patients - Effects of inhaled platelet activating factor on bronchial responsiveness in patients with symptomatic and asymptomatic pulmonary embolism

393 patients - Corticosteroids for Pneumocystis carinii pneumonia with acute respiratory failure: experience with rescue therapy

394 patients - Amiodarone pneumonitis: bronchoalveolar lavage findings in 15 patients and review of the literature

395 patients - Does achalasia predispose to cancer of the esophagus

396 patients - Endobronchial irradiation with 192Ir in the treatment of malignant endobronchial obstruction

397 patients - Use of intermittent, intravenous cyclophosphamide for idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis

398 patients - Pulmonary lymphangitic metastasis from breast cancer: lymphocytic alveolitis is associated with favorable prognosis

399 patients - Analysis of induced sputum for the diagnosis of recurrent Pneumocystis carinii pneumonia

400 patients - Antithrombotic therapy in valvular heart disease (Third ACCP Consensus Conference on Antithrombotic Therapy)

401 patients - Dyspnea and pulmonary function in the L-tryptophan-associated eosinophilia-myalgia syndrome

402 patients - Radioaerosol assessment of lung improvement in cystic fibrosis patients treated for acute pulmonary exacerbations

403 patients - Oxygen transport during incremental exercise load as a predictor of operative risk in lung cancer patients

404 patients - Determinants of elevated creatine kinase activity and creatine kinase MB-fraction following cardiopulmonary resuscitation

405 patients - Accuracy of monitoring for sleep-breathing disorders in the coronary care unit (clinical investigations)

406 patients - The French Congenital Central Hypoventilation Syndrome Registry : general data, phenotype, and genotype(clinical investigations)

407 patients - Length and clinical effectiveness of pulmonary rehabilitation in outpatients with chronic airway obstruction (clinical investigations)

408 patients - Desquamative interstitial pneumonia and respiratory bronchiolitis-associated interstitial lung disease (clinical investigations)

409 patients - Multicenter study of hospital-acquired pneumonia in non-ICU patients (clinical investigations)

410 patients - Clinical significance of increased lipase levels on admission to the ICU (clinical investigations in critical care)

411 patients - Postoperative pleural and pulmonary abnormalities in patients undergoing coronary artery bypass grafts (Editorial)

412 patients - Safety of interventional rigid bronchoscopy using intravenous anesthesia and spontaneous assisted ventilation: a prospective study

413 patients - Transesophageal echocardiography and staging in lung cancer a view from the rear window(editorials)

414 patients - Endoluminal stenosis of proximal bronchi in sarcoidosis : bronchoscopy, function, and evolution(clinical investigations)

415 patients - Management of asthma and chronic airflow limitation: are methylxanthines obsolete

416 patients - Sleep in postpolio syndrome

417 patients - Chronic illness care in Russia : a pilot project to improve asthma care in a closed city(clinical investigations)

418 patients - Importance of a comprehensive geriatric assessment in prediction of complications following thoracic surgery in elderly patients (clinical investigations)

419 patients - Soft-tissue sarcomas of the chest wall : prognostic factors(clinical investigations)

420 patients - Incidence and impact of organ dysfunctions associated with sepsis (clinical investigations in critical care)

421 patients - Lung transplantation : disease-specific considerations for referral

422 patients - Second Primary tumors involving non-small cell lung cancer : prevalence and its influence on survival(clinical invsetigations)

423 patients - Cardiopulmonary exercise tests and lung cancer surgical outcome (clinical invsetigations)

424 patients - Sensitization to Aspergillus antigens and occurrence of allergic bronchopulmonary aspergillosis in patients with asthma (clinical invsetigations)

425 patients - Intrathoracic lymphadenopathy in hospitalized patients with pneumococcal pneumonia (clinical invsetigations)

426 patients - Adverse events and treatment completion for latent tuberculosis in jail inmates and homeless persons (clinical invsetigations)

427 patients - Stable patients receiving prolonged mechanical ventilation have a high alveolar burden of bacteria (cliical investigations in critical care)

428 patients - Long-term performance of a simple algorithm for early discharge after ruling out acute coronary syndrome : a prospective multicenter trial(exercise and the heart)

429 patients - There are other ways to manage spinal muscular atrophy type 1(communications to the editor)

430 patients - Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease: current concepts and therapeutic approaches (Diagnosis and Treatment of Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease)

431 patients - Changes in ventilatory muscle function with negative pressure ventilation in patients with severe COPD (chronic obstructive pulmonary disease)

432 patients - Efficacy of oral mexiletine therapy at a 12-h dosage interval

433 patients - Early predictors of mortality for hospitalized patients suffering cardiopulmonary arrest

434 patients - Are low tidal volumes safe (low airway pressure)

435 patients - What is the current role of nuclear cardiology in clinical medicine (Reviews)

436 patients - Alterations in serum creatine kinase and lactate dehydrogenase: association with abdominal aortic surgery, myocardial infarction and bowel necrosis

437 patients - Recurrent bleeding after arterial embolization in patients with hemoptysis

438 patients - Diagnostic fiberoptic bronchoscopy and protected brush culture in patients with community-acquired pneumonia

439 patients - Tracheostomy ventilation: a study of efficacy with deflated cuffs and cuffless tubes

440 ure following shunting of pleural effusions

441 patients - Neutrophilia in bronchoalveolar lavage fluid of diffuse panbronchiolitis

442 patients - Lactate levels as predictors of the relationship between oxygen delivery and consumption in ARDS (acute respiratory distress syndrome)

443 patients - Fibroproliferative phase of ARDS: clinical findings and effects of corticosteroids (adult respiratory distress syndrome)

444 patients - Prognosis of resected well-differentiated neuroendocrine carcinoma of the lung

445 patients - Bronchoscopically induced bleeding: a summary of nine years Cleveland Clinic experience and review of the literature

446 patients - Bed rest or ambulation in the initial treatment of patients with acute deep vein thrombosis or pulmonary embolism : findings from the RIETE registry(PULMONARY EMBOLISM)

447 patients - Prevalence and reversibility of pulmonary dysfunction in refractory systemic lupus : improvement correlates with disease remission following hematopoietic stem cell transplantation(LABORATORY MEASUREMENTS)

448 patients - Difficult-to-control asthma: contributing factors and outcome of a systematic management protocol

449 patients - Long-term reproducibility of respiratory gas exchange measurements during exercise in patients with stable cardiac failure

450 patients - Management of chronic alveolar hypoventilation by nasal ventilation

451 patients - Yield of percutaneous needle lung aspiration in lung abscess

452 patients - The efficacy of an oscillating bed in the prevention of lower respiratory tract infection in critically ill victims of blunt trauma: a prospective study

453 patients - Immunopathogenetic aspects of infective endocarditis

454 patients - Early changes of cardiac structure and function in COPD patients with mild hypoxemia (clinical investigations)(chronic obstructive pulmonary disease)

455 patients - Lung resection in patients with preoperative FEVsub1

456 patients - Cryosurgery for malignant endobronchial tumors : analysis of outcome(clinical investigations)

457 patients - Histopathologic pattern and clinical features of rheumatoid arthritis-associated interstitial lung disease (clinical investigations)

458 patients - Familial idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis : clinical features and outcome(clinical investigations)

459 patients - Thoracentesis in patients with hematologic malignancy : yield and safety(clinical investigations)

460 patients - Postbronchoscopy fever in patients with nontuberculous mycobacterial lung disease(communications to the editor)

461 patients - Large pericardial effusions in the acquired immunodeficiency syndrome

462 patients - Oscillatory mechanics of the respiratory system in neuromuscular disease

463 patients - Exercise testing, 6-min walk, and stair climb in the evaluation of patients at high risk for pulmonary resection

464 patients - Diagnostic value of hemosiderin-containing macrophages in bronchoalveolar lavage

465 patients - Progestins and ventilatory stimulation (Editorial)

466 patients - Esophageal acid perfusion, airway function, and symptoms in asthmatic patients with marked bronchial hyperreactivity

467 patients - Idiopathic bronchiolitis obliterans organizing pneumonia: definition of characteristic clinical profiles in a series of 16 patients

468 patients - Assessment of left ventricular function using radionuclide angiography after dipyridamole infusion

469 patients - Hypothyroidism: a reversible cause of diaphragmatic dysfunction

470 patients - Hemodynamic disturbance and VAQ matching in hypoxemic cirrhotic patients

471 patients - Preoperative examination to detect distant metastasis is not advocated for asymptomatic patients with stages 1 and 2 non-small cell lung cancer: preoperative examination for lung cancer

472 patients - Platelet-specific alpha-granule proteins and thrombospondin in bronchoalveolar lavage in the adult respiratory distress syndrome

473 patients - Pulmonary arterial hypertension and cor pulmonale associated with chronic domestic woodsmoke inhalation

474 patients - Chronic eosinophilic pneumonia: a long-term follow-up of 12 patients

475 patients - Primary pulmonary lymphomas: a clinical study of 70 cases in nonimmunocompromised patients

476 patients - Intrapleural recombinant IL-2 in passive immunotherapy for malignant pleural effusion (interleukin 2)

477 patients - Latissimus dorsi cardiomyoplasty: perioperative management and postoperative evolution

478 patients - A reappraisal of blind bronchial sampling in the microbiologic diagnosis of nosocomial bronchopneumonia: a comparative study in ventilated patients

479 patients - Protected specimen brush in the assessment of ventilator-associated pneumonia: selection of a certain lung segment for bronchoscopic sampling is unnecessary

480 patients - Computed tomography in the etiologic assessment of idiopathic spontaneous pneumothorax

481 patients - The radiographic appearance of pulmonary nocardiosis associated with AIDS

482 patients - Airway carcinoembryonic antigen concentrations in patients with central lung cancer or chronic bronchitis

483 patients - Pulmonary disease associated with L-tryptophan-induced eosinophilic myalgia syndrome: clinical and pathologic features

484 patients - Expanded possibilities for surgical treatment of lung cancer: survival in stage IIIa disease

485 patients - Upper-limb and lower-limb exercise training in patients with chronic airflow obstruction

486 patients - Improved survival in ARDS patients associated with a reduction in pulmonary capillary wedge pressure

487 patients - Bronchial artery embolization for severe hemoptysis in cystic fibrosis

488 ry sarcoidosis assessed at two University medical centers in the Netherlands (clinical investigations)

489 patients - Control of asthma under specialist care : is it achieved(clinical investigations)

490 patients - Isoniazid hepatotoxicity associated with treatment of latent tuberculosis infection : a 7-year evaluation from a public health tuberculosis clinic(clinical investigations)

491 patients - Septic pulmonary embolism : presenting features and clinical course of 14 patients(clinical investigations)

492 patients - Surgical treatment of thoracic empyema in HIV-infected patients : severity and treatment modality is associated with CD4 count status(clinical investigations)

493 patients - Respiratory microbiology patterns within the first 24 h of ARDS diagnosis: influence on outcome(critical investigations in critical care)

494 patients - Contribution of blinded, protected quantitative specimens to the diagnostic and therapeutic management of ventilator-associated pneumonia (clinical investigations on critical care)

495 patients - Acute respiratory failure due to pneumocystis pneumonia in patients without human immunodeficiency virus infection : outcome and associated features(clinical investigations in critical care)

496 patients - Short-term and long-term effects of nasal intermittent positive pressure ventilation in patients with obesity-hypoventilation syndrome(clinical investigations in critical care)

497 patients - Mortality in obstructive sleep apnea-hypopnea patients treated with positive airway pressure (clinical investigations)

498 patients - Outcome of patients with stable COPD receiving controlled noninvasive positive pressure ventilation aimed at a maximal reduction of PaCOsub2 (clinical investigations)(Chronic obstructive lung disease)

499 patients - Prospective randomized trial of silver nitrate vs talc slurry in pleurodesis for symptomatic malignant pleural effusions (clinical investigations)

500 patients - Revascularization of left anterior descending coronary artery in patients with single and multivessel disease : comparison between off-pump internal thoracic artery and drug-eluting stent(clinical investigations)

501 patients - Outcome of coronary artery bypass operations in patients with renal insufficiency with and without renal transplantation (clinical investigation)

502 patients - Advance directives for truth disclosure (ethics in cardiopulmonary medicine)

503 patients - Expiratory flow limitation is associated with orthopnea and reversed by vasodilators and diuretics in left heart failure (selected reports)

504 patients - Etanercept for refractory ocular sarcoidosis : results of a double-blind randomized trial(selected reports)

505 patients - Pneumothorax: results of thoracoscopy and pleurodesis with talc poudrage and thoracotomy

506 patients - Control of ventilation, respiratory muscle strength, and granulomatous involvement of skeletal muscle in patients with sarcoidosis

507 d by computed tomography of the lungs

508 patients - Mechanisms of impaired arterial oxygenation in patients with liver cirrhosis and severe respiratory insufficiency: effects of indomethacin

509 patients - Evaluation of clinical judgment in the identification and treatment of nosocomial pneumonia in ventilated patients

510 patients - Serum cytokine levels in human septic shock: relation to multiple-system organ failure and mortality

511 patients - Diuretic-induced severe hyponatremia: review and analysis of 129 reported patients

512 patients - Epidemiology, treatment, and outcomes of nosocomial bacteremic Staphylococcus aureus pneumonia (clinical investigations)

513 patients - Distinctive clinical, radiographic, and functional characteristics of patients with sarcoidosis-related pulmonary hypertension (clinical investigations)

514 patients - The effect of thoracic epidural analgesia on the occurrence of late postoperative hypoxemia in patients undergoing elective coronary bypass surgery : a randomized controlled trial(clinical investigations)

515 patients - Deep venous thrombosis in patients with acute pulmonary embolism : prevalence, risk factors, and clinical significance(clinical investigations)

516 patients - The additional value of gadolinium-enhanced MRI to standard assessment for cardiac involvement in patients with pulmonary sarcoidosis (clinical investigations)

517 patients - Impact of ventilator-associated pneumonia on outcome in patients with COPD (clinical investigations in critical care)

518 patients - Catecholamines and blood pressure in obstructive sleep apnea syndrome

519 patients - One negative polysomnogram does not exclude obstructive sleep apnea

520 patients - Effects of buspirone on anxiety levels and exercise tolerance in patients with chronic airflow obstruction and mild anxiety

521 patients - Occult cancer in patients with acute pulmonary embolism: a prospective study

522 patients - Altered mental status, hypoxemia, and a rash in a 32-year-old man (Pulmonary and Critical Care Pearls)

523 patients - Serum concentration of soluble interleukin 2 receptors in asthma: correlation with disease activity

524 patients - Staging of the mediastinum: role of mediastinoscopy and computed tomography (Multimodality Therapy of Chest Malignancies - Proceedings of a Harvard Medical School Symposium)

525 patients - Multimodality therapy for esophageal carcinoma - update (Multimodality Therapy of Chest Malignancies: Proceedings of a Harvard Medical School Symposium)

526 patients - The restaging of responding patients with limited small cell lung cancer: is it really useful

527 patients - Diagnostic fiberoptic bronchoscopy in patients with community-acquired pneumonia: comparison between bronchoalveolar lavage and telescoping plugged catheter cultures

528 patients - Antibodies to collagen in patients with idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis

529 mia in single vessel coronary artery disease associated with Q wave infarction: assessment by thallium 201 single-photon emission computed tomography

530 patients - Five-day telithromycin once daily is as effective as 10-day clarithromycin twice daily for the treatment of acute exacerbations of chronic bronchitis and is associated with reduced health-care resource utilization (Clinical Investigations)

531 patients - Elective surgery for giant bullous emphysema : a 5-year clinical and functional follow-up(Clinical Investigations)

532 patients - Pharmacodynamics of levofloxacin in patients with acute exacerbation of chronic bronchitis (Clinical Investigations)

533 patients - Mid-arm muscle area is a better predictor of mortality than body mass index in COPD (Clinical Investigations)(Chronic obstructive lung disease)

534 patients - Thoracoscopic lung biopsy is a safe procedure in diagnosing usual interstitial pneumonia (Clinical Investigations)

535 patients - Supported arm training in patients recently weaned from mechanical ventilation(Clinical Investigations)

536 patients - Is routine coronary angiography and revascularization indicated among patients undergoing evaluation for lung transplantation(Clinical Investigations)

537 patients - Plasma N-terminal pro-brain natriuretic peptide as a marker of right ventricular dysfunction in patients with tetralogy of fallot after surgical repair (Clinical Investigations)

538 patients - Incidence and clinical predictors of pulmonary embolism in severe heart failure patients admitted to a coronary care unit (Clinical Investigations)

539 patients - Amino-terminal pro-brain natriuretic peptide predicts ventricular arrhythmogenesis in patients with ischemic cardiomyopathy and implantable cardioverter-defibrillators

540 patients - Tumors of the mediastinum

541 patients - Measures of pulmonary hypertension (PAH) severity do not identify patients at risk for significant nocturnal hypoxemia (NH)(Pulmonary Hypertension Evaluation: 10:30 AM-12:00 PM)

542 patients - A multi-center trial of the intrabronchial valve for treatment of severe emphysema: one year results(Advances in Interventional Bronchoscopy: 10:30 AM-12:00 PM)

543 patients - Some observations on use of reserved drugs in re-treatment of drug failure pulmonary tuberculosis patients(Tuberculosis Treatment Issues: 10:30 AM-12:00 PM)

544 patients - Surgical management of pulmonary tuberculosis-indications and results(Tuberculosis Treatment Issues: 10:30 AM-12:00 PM)

545 patients - Surgery in tracheal obstruction-management and results(Topics in Thoracic Surgery: 12:30 PM-2:00 PM)

546 patients - Oral appliance therapy for obstructive sleep apnea(Advances in Obstructive Sleep Apnea: 12:30 PM-2:00 PM)

547 patients - Effect of zolpidem on the efficacy of nasal continuous positive airway pressure as treatment of obstructive sleep apnea(Advances in Obstructive Sleep Apnea: 12:30 PM-2:00 PM)

548 patients - Does body mass index of patients effects severity of disease in hospitalized asthmatics(Asthma Evaluation I: 12:30 PM-2:00 PM)

549 patients - Does obesity effects asthma outcomes in female asthmatic patients(Asthma Evaluation II: 12:30 PM-2:00 PM)

550 patients - Chest physiotherapy changed ventilatory mechanics in patients with severe COPD(COPD Non-Pharmacologic Treatment and Outcomes: 12:30 PM-2:00 PM)(chronic obstructive pulm