Slide Presentations:

Aleksander Kania, Ewa Nizankowska, Grazyna Bochenek, and Andrzej Szczeklik

EICOSANOIDS IN INDUCED SPUTUM (IS) IN ASPIRIN-TOLERANT (ATA) AND ASPIRIN-INTOLERANT ASTHMATICS (AIA)
Chest 2006 130: 83S. [Abstract] [PDF]  

Modrykamien Ariel, Luis Chug, Brandfield Julie, Lori Tartell, and Mary M. O Sullivan

A RETROSPECTIVE ANALYSIS OF THE EFFECT OF ENVIRONMENTAL IMPROVEMENT BROUGHT ABOUT BY LEGAL INTERVENTIONS IN POORLY CONTROLLED INNER-CITY ASTHMATICS
Chest 2006 130: 83S. [Abstract] [PDF]  

Harold Nelson, Steve Yancey, Ken Kral, Laura Sutton, and Courtney Crim

SMART AND ASTHMA-RELATED MORTALITY: EXTRAPOLATIONS BASED UPON U.S. ASTHMA DEATH RATE
Chest 2006 130: 83S. [Abstract] [PDF]  

Kourtney Davis, Rachael DiSantostefano, Steve Yancey, Laura Sutton, and Courtney Crim

ECOLOGIC ANALYSIS OF TRENDS IN SALES OF INHALED CORTICOSTEROIDS AND SALMETEROL-CONTAINING PRODUCTS AND RATES OF SERIOUS ASTHMA EVENTS
Chest 2006 130: 83S-84S. [Abstract] [PDF]  

David M. Mannino, Sonia Buist, and William Vollmer

CHRONIC OBSTRUCTIVE PULMONARY DISEASE (COPD) IN THE OLDER ADULT: WHAT BEST DEFINES ABNORMAL LUNG FUNCTION?
Chest 2006 130: 84S. [Abstract] [PDF]  

L. Boulanger, B. Syat, R. Rosiello, J.P. Marton, S. Emani, S. Migausky, and J. Menzin

GENDER-BASED DIFFERENCES IN HOSPITALIZATION RATES FOR CHRONIC OBSTRUCTIVE PULMONARY DISEASE: FINDINGS FROM A DISEASE MANAGEMENT PROGRAM
Chest 2006 130: 84S. [Abstract] [PDF]  

Robert A. Cohen, Diana Hackbarth, Jeanine Solinski, Rhonda Williams, Christa McKee, Kristen Donnelly, Lori Younker, Yuanhe Li, and Chalonda Hill

PREVALENCE OF COPD DETECTED IN A COMMUNITY SPIROMETRY SCREENING PROGRAM
Chest 2006 130: 84S. [Abstract] [PDF]  

Takeshi Nawa, Suzushi Kusano, Toru Nakagawa, Masataka Irokawa, and Yuji Oka

LONGITUDINAL, QUANTITATIVE EVALUATION OF EMPHYSEMATOUS CHANGES AS SHOWN BY LOW-DOSE SPIRAL CT SCREENING IMAGES AMONG SMOKERS
Chest 2006 130: 85S. [Abstract] [PDF]  

Nitin Mehrotra, Elizabeth A. Tolley, Douglas C. Bauer, Tamara B. Harris, Anne B. Newman, Stephen B. Kritchevsky, and Bernd Meibohm

PREDICTORS OF MORTALITY IN ELDERLY SUBJECTS WITH OBSTRUCTIVE AIRWAY DISEASE: THE PILE SCORE
Chest 2006 130: 85S. [Abstract] [PDF]  

Harpreet Toor, Hildegarde Paz-Diaz, Maninder Paul S. Bains, Bartolome R. Celli, and Victor Pinto-Plata

RESPIRATORY MECHANICS AND OXYGEN UPTAKE (VO2) DURING EXERCISE IN PATIENTS WITH COPD AND CONTROL POPULATION: CHANGES OVER TIME
Chest 2006 130: 85S. [Abstract] [PDF]  

Istvan Vadasz, Laura A. Dada, Emilia Lecuona, Arturo Briva, Lynn C. Welch, Jiwang Chen, and JacobI. Sznajder

HYPERCAPNIA IMPAIRS ALVEOLAR FLUID CLEARANCE VIA PROTEIN KINASE CASCADE SIGNALING
Chest 2006 130: 85S-86S. [Abstract] [PDF]  

Anita J. Reddy, Jacqui Marzec, Wes Gladwell, and Steven Kleeberger

NAD(P)H:QUINONE OXIDOREDUCTASE AND SUSCEPTIBILITY TO ACUTE LUNG INJURY
Chest 2006 130: 86S. [Abstract] [PDF]  

Guoming Wu and Zhi Xu

HYPOXIA INDUCES INTERLEUKIN-1-BETA EXPRESSION IN RAT MONOCYTES INVOLVING IN PKC/RAF-1/MAPK/NF-B PATHWAY
Chest 2006 130: 86S. [Abstract] [PDF]  

Jason D. Christie, A Russell Localio, Scarlett Bellamy, Robert Gallop, Mark Eisner, Marek Ancukiewicz, David Schoenfeld, and PaulN. Lanken

A SIMPLE CLINICAL PREDICTIVE INDEX FOR OBJECTIVE ESTIMATES OF MORTALITY IN ACUTE LUNG INJURY (ALI)
Chest 2006 130: 86S. [Abstract] [PDF]  

David E. Ost, Fernando Frutos-Vivar, Steven Chang, Alan Fein, Andreas Kyprianou, Lawrence Shulman, Andrés Esteban, and Antonio Anzueto

RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN LUNG INJURY, POSITIVE-END EXPIRATORY PRESSURE, AND RISK OF VENTILATOR-ASSOCIATED PNEUMONIA
Chest 2006 130: 87S. [Abstract] [PDF]  

Colin K. Grissom, Alan H. Morris, Paul N. Lanken, Marek Ancukiewicz, James Orme, Jr., David A. Schoenfeld, and B T. Thompson

CORRELATION OF CLINICAL EXAM FINDINGS AND CARDIAC INDEX IN PATIENTS WITH THE ACUTE RESPIRATORY DISTRESS SYNDROME
Chest 2006 130: 87S. [Abstract] [PDF]  

Alpesh Amin, Stephen A. Stemkowski, Jay Lin, and Guiping Yang

THROMBOPROPHYLAXIS COMPLIANCE IN U.S. HOSPITALS: ADHERENCE TO THE SIXTH AMERICAN COLLEGE OF CHEST PHYSICIAN’S RECOMMENDATIONS FOR AT-RISK MEDICAL PATIENTS
Chest 2006 130: 87S. [Abstract] [PDF]  

Robert L. Levine, Georgene W. Hergenroeder, and John L. Francis

PREVALENCE OF HEPARIN-PLATELET FACTOR 4 ANTIBODIES IN SURGICAL AND MEDICAL INTENSIVE CARE UNITS
Chest 2006 130: 87S-88S. [Abstract] [PDF]  

Christian H. Butcher, Ronald Mudry, William A. Wade, Luis Teba, John E. Parker, and Harakh V. Dedhia

EARLY OUTCOMES OF PERCUTANEOUS TRACHEOSTOMY IN NON-OBESE, OBESE, AND MORBIDLY OBESE PATIENTS WHEN PERFORMED AT THE BEDSIDE BY MEDICAL INTENSIVISTS
Chest 2006 130: 88S. [Abstract] [PDF]  

Adam S. Akers, Ramesh Venkataraman, and Lakshmipathi Chelluri

AIRWAY MANAGEMENT OUTSIDE OF THE OPERATING ROOM: A SURVEY OF CRITICAL CARE MEDICINE PROGRAM DIRECTORS
Chest 2006 130: 88S. [Abstract] [PDF]  

J. Matthew Brennan, John E. Blair, Chetan Hamphole, Samip Vasaiwala, Sascha Goonewardena, Dipak Shah, Kirk Spencer, and Gregory A. Schmidt

RESPIRATORY CHANGE IN BRACHIAL BLOOD VELOCITY AS A NONINVASIVE, BEDSIDE CORRELATE TO PULSE PRESSURE VARIATION IN THE VENTILATED PATIENT
Chest 2006 130: 88S. [Abstract] [PDF]  

Mari Adachi, Crescens M. Pellecchia, Vanessa Ribaudo, Marnie Rosenthal, and Paul H. Mayo

SCENARIO-BASED TRAINING (SBT) USING A COMPUTERIZED PATIENT SIMULATOR (CPS) RESULTS OF A PROJECT DESIGNED TO IMPROVE CHEST COMPRESSION TIME DURING INHOSPITAL CARDIOPULMONARY RESUSCITATION (IHCPR)
Chest 2006 130: 89S. [Abstract] [PDF]  

Jean Luc Breton, Jean Louis Pujol, Radj Gervais, M. L. Tanguy, Elisabeth Quoix, P. David, H. Janicot, Alain Depierre, Sophie Gameroff, and D. Maraninchi

A RANDOMIZED PHASE III STUDY OF THALIDOMIDE VERSUS PLACEBO IN EXTENDED-DISEASE (ED) SMALL CELL LUNG CANCER (SCLC) PATIENTS AFTER RESPONSE TO CHEMOTHERAPY (CT)
Chest 2006 130: 89S. [Abstract] [PDF]  

Philip A. Curry, David Vass, John Butler, and Alan Kirk

SYNCHRONOUS AND METACHRONOUS LUNG CANCERS:CLINICAL CHARACTERISTICS AND SURGICAL MANAGEMENT
Chest 2006 130: 89S. [Abstract] [PDF]  

Vitezslav Kolek, Ivona Grygarkova, Marian Hajduch, Jiri Klein, and Cestmir Neoral

COMBINATION OF NEOADJUVANT AND ADJUVANT CHEMOTHERAPY IN NONSMALL CELL LUNG CANCER: IS IT POSSIBLE AND EFFECTIVE?
Chest 2006 130: 89S-90S. [Abstract] [PDF]  

Brian T. Collins, Kelly Erickson, Sean P. Collins, Gregory Gagnon, Sonja Dieterich, Cristina Reichner, MohamedA. Elsawaf, David Earl-Graef, Carlos Jamis-Dow, Filip Banovac, Shakun Malik, and Eric D. Anderson

CYBERKNIFE® FRAMELESS, IMAGE-GUIDED, HIGH-DOSE, FRACTIONATED, STEREOTACTIC, RADIOSURGERY SYSTEM WITH THE SYNCHRONY^TM MOTION TRACKING MODULE IN THE TREATMENT OF SMALL PERIPHERAL INOPERABLE LUNG TUMORS
Chest 2006 130: 90S. [Abstract] [PDF]  

Gregory M. Videtic, Toufik Djemiel, and Edward Clouser

IMRT-BASED STEREOTACTIC BODY RADIOTHERAPY FOR MEDICALLY INOPERABLE EARLY STAGE LUNG CANCER: EXCELLENT LOCAL CONTROL
Chest 2006 130: 90S. [Abstract] [PDF]  

David C. Rice, Zhongxing Liao, Ara Vaporciyan, W. R. Smythe, Kenneth Forster, Helen Liu, Thomas Guerrero, Ritsuko Komaki, James Cox, and Craig Stevens

QUANITY OF RADIATION RECEIVED BY THE CONTRALATERAL LUNG PREDICTS FATAL PULMONARY EVENTS AFTER INTENSITY MODULATED RADIATION THERAPY FOLLOWING EXTRAPLEURAL PNEUMONECTOMY FOR MESOTHELIOMA
Chest 2006 130: 90S-91S. [Abstract] [PDF]  

NataliaI. Moguillansky, Diego Moguillansky, and Steven Goldberg

VALUE OF THE 12-LEAD ELECTROCARDIOGRAM AND TROPONIN IN THE EVALUATION OF RIGHT VENTRICULAR DYSFUNCTION IN THE SETTING OF ACUTE PULMONARY EMBOLISM
Chest 2006 130: 91S. [Abstract] [PDF]  

Nimrita Dhanjal, Maritza L. Groth, Peter Spiegler, and Adam N. Hurewitz

CENTRAL PULMONARY EMBOLISM: TO LYSE OR NOT TO LYSE?
Chest 2006 130: 91S. [Abstract] [PDF]  

Joseph G. Cheatham, Aaron B. Holley, Todd C. Villines, Lisa K. Moores, and Stephen J. Welka

NOVEL QUANTITATIVE ECHOCARDIOGRAPHIC PARAMETERS IN ACUTE PULMONARY EMBOLISM
Chest 2006 130: 91S-92S. [Abstract] [PDF]  

Julio A. Chirinos, Gustavo A. Heresi, Hermes Velasquez, Lawrence Horstman, Joaquin J. Jimenez, Wenche Jy, Eduardo D. Marchena, and Yeon S. Ahn

ENDOTHELIAL MICROPARTICLE BINDING TO LEUKOCYTES AS A DETERMINANT OF LEUKOCYTE ACTIVATION AND NITRIC OXIDE EXPRESSION IN ACUTE VENOUS THROMBOEMBOLISM
Chest 2006 130: 92S. [Abstract] [PDF]  

Steven A. Baroletti, John Fanikos, Jennifer Cina, Karen Fiumara, Kristin Munz, and Samuel Z. Goldhaber

PROPHYLAXIS USE INCREASES WITH ELECTRONIC ALERTS FOR PATIENTS AT HIGH VENOUS THROMBOEMBOLISM RISK
Chest 2006 130: 92S. [Abstract] [PDF]  

V.K. Vijayan and K. Patial

PREVALENCE OF OBSTRUCTIVE SLEEP APNEA SYNDROME (OSAS) IN DELHI, INDIA
Chest 2006 130: 92S. [Abstract] [PDF]  

Salim R. Surani, Raymond Aguillar, Maqsood Ahmed, Joseph Varon, and Shyamsunder Subramanian

TO ASSESS THE SLEEPINESS AMONG MEDICAL RESIDENTS USING MULTIPLE SLEEP LATENCY TEST AS OBJECTIVE ASSESSMENT TOOL
Chest 2006 130: 93S. [Abstract] [PDF]  

Rishi Sukhija, Wilbert S. Aronow, Rasham Sandhu, Priyanka Kakar, George P. Maguire, Chul Ahn, and Stuart G. Lehrman

PREVALENCE OF LEFT VENTRICULAR HYPERTROPHY IN PERSONS WITH AND WITHOUT OBSTRUCTIVE SLEEP APNEA
Chest 2006 130: 93S. [Abstract] [PDF]  

Basma Ricaurte, Omar Minai, Joseph A. Golish, and Carmen Giannini

OSA IN PATIENTS WITH PULMONARY HYPERTENSION
Chest 2006 130: 93S. [Abstract] [PDF]  

Yanbin Zhou, Canmao Xie, Haipeng Xiao, Yingshuo Yan, Rengao Ye, and Yubiao Guo

THE RELATIONSHIP AMONG OBESITY-ASSOCIATED OBSTRUCTIVE SLEEP APNEA, INSULIN RESISTANCE AND HYPERINSULINEMIA
Chest 2006 130: 93S. [Abstract] [PDF]  

Bharat Bhushan, Randeep Guleria, Anoop Misra, Naval K. Vikram, Ravinder M. Pandey, and Kalpana Luthra

RELATIONSHIP OF SUBCLINICAL INFLAMMATION WITH OBSTRUCTIVE SLEEP APNEA IN OBESE ASIAN INDIANS
Chest 2006 130: 94S. [Abstract] [PDF]  

Gibson S. Kibiki, Clement F. Kalambo, Suzanne E. Stroup, and Eric R. Houpt

LOCAL IMMUNE RESPONSES IN ATYPICAL AULMONARY TUBERCULOSIS AMONG TANZANIAN AIDS PATIENTS
Chest 2006 130: 94S. [Abstract] [PDF]  

Leila Antonangelo, Francisco S. Vargas, Viviane R. Figueiredo, Milena M. Acencio, Lisete R. Teixeira, Roberta K. Sales, and Marcia Seiscento

INTERFERON-GAMMA AND ADENOSINE DEAMINASE IN THE BRONCHOALVEOLAR LAVAGE (BAL) OF PATIENTS WITH PULMONARY TUBERCULOSIS (PT) AND NEGATIVE SPUTUM
Chest 2006 130: 94S. [Abstract] [PDF]  

Rafael Laniado-Laborin, Graham Bothamley, Alein Boyd, Victoria Dalay, Theodore Ganiats, Erik Groessl, Phung Lam, Savita Rao, Adrian Rendon, Maria Piedad Natividad, Andrew Sarkin, and Antonino Catanzaro

ARE THREE SPUTUM SPECIMENS NECESSARY TO DIAGNOSIS PULMONARY TUBERCULOSIS?
Chest 2006 130: 94S-95S. [Abstract] [PDF]  

Lewis R. Mooney, Margaret J. Oxtoby, John C. Grabau, and Edwin M. Rodriguez

SUCCESS OF A TARGETED TUBERCULOSIS TESTING AND TREATMENT PROGRAM IN A FOREIGN-BORN POPULATION, 2000-2004
Chest 2006 130: 95S. [Abstract] [PDF]  

Sudhir K. Agarwal and Deependra Kumar

SAFETY AND EFFICACY OF LINEZOLID AND AZITHROMYCIN IN THE TREATMENT OF MULTIDRUG-RESISTANT TUBERCULOSIS
Chest 2006 130: 95S. [Abstract] [PDF]  

Inderpal S. Grover, Jaswant Rai, Nirmal C. Kajal, and Bharat Bhushan

EFFECT OF LIQUORICE [GLYCYRRHIZA GLABRA LINN.] AS AN ADJUVANT IN NEWLY DIAGNOSED SPUTUM SMEAR-POSITIVE PATIENTS OF PULMONARY TUBERCULOSIS ON DIRECTLY OBSERVED TREATMENT SHORT COURSE (DOTS)THERAPY
Chest 2006 130: 95S. [Abstract] [PDF]  

Hubert Chen, Paul D. Blanc, Tripthi Kamath, June H. Lee, and Sean D. Sullivan

ASSESSING THE IMPACT OF ASTHMA CONTROL ON QUALITY OF LIFE IN PATIENTS WITH SEVERE OR DIFFICULT-TO-TREAT ASTHMA
Chest 2006 130: 95S-96S. [Abstract] [PDF]  

Caroline Koch, Alan Kaplan, John Sampalis, Eliofotisti Psaradellis, and Andrew McIvor

SYMPTOM CONTROL, PATIENT SATISFACTION, AND TREATMENT COMPLIANCE IN PATIENTS WITH MILD ASTHMA PRESCRIBED LOW-DOSE INHALED CORTICOSTEROIDS
Chest 2006 130: 96S. [Abstract] [PDF]  

Nazima Nisar, Randeep Guleria, Sanjay Kumar, Tirlok C. Chawla, Niranjan Nayak, Arvind K. Singh, and Nihar R. Biswas

SERO-PREVALENCE OF MYCOPLASMA PNEUMONIAE IN ASTHMATICS: CORRELATION WITH INTERLEUKIN-5 LEVELS
Chest 2006 130: 96S. [Abstract] [PDF]  

Ching-Chi Lin and Shwu-Fang Liaw

PULMONARY FUNCTION CHANGES AND IMMUNOMODULATION OF CYTOKINE EXPRESSION BY ERYTHROMYCIN AFTER SENSITIZATION AND ALLERGEN CHALLENGE IN BROWN NORWAY RATS
Chest 2006 130: 96S-97S. [Abstract] [PDF]  

Chirag Mehta, Christina Migliore, Fariborz Rezai, Lopa Patel, Thiruvengadam Anandarangam, and Monroe Karetzky

OVERDIAGNOSIS OF ASTHMA AND ITS RELATIONSHIP TO BODY MASS INDEX
Chest 2006 130: 97S. [Abstract] [PDF]  

David S. Trochtenberg, Catrina Chambers, and Rhonda Belue

DYSPNEA PERCEPTION SCALE FOR AFRICAN-AMERICAN ASTHMATICS
Chest 2006 130: 97S. [Abstract] [PDF]  

Todd A. Lee, Chao-Yu Gao, Bob Walter, George T. O’Connor, Sean D. Sullivan, A. Sonia Buist, and Kevin B. Weiss

RATE OF DISEASE PROGRESSION IN PATIENTS WITH COPD IN THE FRAMINGHAM HEART STUDY COHORT
Chest 2006 130: 97S. [Abstract] [PDF]  

Surya Prakash Bhatt, Anant Mohan, Charu Mohan, Sneh Arora, and Randeep Guleria

PREDICTORS OF IN-HOSPITAL MORTALITY AND MORBIDITY IN PATIENTS WITH ACUTE EXACERBATION OF CHRONIC OBSTRUCTIVE PULMONARY DISEASE
Chest 2006 130: 97S-98S. [Abstract] [PDF]  

Shirley F. Jones, Jeffrey S. Reid, Mark T. Dransfield, Kevin J. Leon, Sara J. Pereira, James K. Kirklin, David C. McGiffin, K. R. Young, and Keith M. Wille

THE INSPIRATORY-TO-TOTAL LUNG CAPACITY RATIO (IC/TLC) PREDICTS SURVIVAL AFTER LUNG TRANSPLANTATION FOR COPD
Chest 2006 130: 98S. [Abstract] [PDF]  

Frank Sciurba, Jacqueline Carranza Rosenzweig, William Bailey, Nicola Hanania, Joseph Zibrak, James Donohue, Amir Sharafkhaneh, Garry Ferguson, Phil Marcus, Kathleen Rosa, Gretchen Marcucci, Elizabeth Piault, and Fernando Martinez

DEVELOPMENT AND VALIDATION OF A PATIENT-BASED MEASURE OF COPD STABILITY
Chest 2006 130: 98S. [Abstract] [PDF]  

Sholu Varghese, Miriam D. Cohen, Ravindra Mehta, and Michael Cutaia

"DIPPER OR PERSISTER?" DURATION OF DESATURATION IS MORE RELEVANT THAN SEVERITY FOR FUNCTIONAL PERFORMANCE IN COPD
Chest 2006 130: 98S-99S. [Abstract] [PDF]  

Gautham Ravipati, Wilbert S. Aronow, Chul Ahn, Venu Channamsetty, and Vishal Sekhri

REDUCTION OF MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION OR STROKE OR ALL-CAUSE MORTALITY IN PATIENTS WITH CAROTID ARTERIAL DISEASE TREATED WITH STATINS
Chest 2006 130: 99S. [Abstract] [PDF]  

Mohammad-Reza Movahed and Yuji Saito

BODY MASS INDEX IS NOT CORRELATED WITH LEFT VENTRICULAR SYSTOLIC FUNCTION BUT IS ASSOCIATED WITH PARAMETERS OF DIASTOLIC DYSFUNCTION
Chest 2006 130: 99S. [Abstract] [PDF]  

Hajime Kataoka

RELATION OF BODY FLUID STATUS TO BRAIN NATRIURETIC PEPTIDE LEVELS IN CHRONIC HEART FAILURE PATIENTS DURING LONG-TERM FOLLOW-UP
Chest 2006 130: 99S. [Abstract] [PDF]  

Roma Kapoor, Muhammad H. Shibli, and Thomas Pinder

PLASMA BRAIN NATRIURETIC PEPTIDE LEVELS IN RIGHT AND LEFT VENTRICULAR DYSFUNCTION
Chest 2006 130: 99S-100S. [Abstract] [PDF]  

Alexander Butkevich, Naushad Shaik, Greogory M. Giesler, Mihai M. Croitoru, and Stefano Sdringola

DIASTOLIC DYSFUNCTION MAY CONTRIBUTE TO THE DEVELOPMENT OF PULMONARY HYPERTENSION BY CAUSING ELEVATED LEFT ATRIAL PRESSURE
Chest 2006 130: 100S. [Abstract] [PDF]  

Kathy Hebert, Lee M. Arcement, and Ron Horswell

PHARMACEUTICAL-SPONSORED MEDICATION ASSISTANCE PROGRAM UTILIZATION BY AN INDIGENT RURAL HEART FAILURE DISEASE MANAGEMENT CLINIC: MAGNITUDE AND POTENTIAL IMPACT OF MEDICARE, PART D
Chest 2006 130: 100S. [Abstract] [PDF]  

Andrew F. Shorr, Maria Bodi, Alejandro Rodriguez, Jorge Sole-Violan, Jose Garnacho-Montero, and Jordi Rello

IMPACT OF ANTIBIOTIC GUIDELINE COMPLIANCE ON DURATION OF MECHANICAL VENTILATION IN CRITICALLY ILL PATIENTS WITH COMMUNITY-ACQUIRED PNEUMONIA
Chest 2006 130: 100S-101S. [Abstract] [PDF]  

Lee E. Morrow, Mark A. Malesker, and Kristi L. Farrington

DIAGNOSTIC CRITERIA AND INTENSITY OF SURVEILLANCE AFFECT REPORTABLE VENTILATOR-ASSOCIATED PNEUMONIA RATES
Chest 2006 130: 101S. [Abstract] [PDF]  

John G. Gums

ANTIBIOTIC SUSCEPTIBILITY OF PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA AND STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS ISOLATES FROM US HOSPITAL INTENSIVE CARE UNITS (ICUS): RESULTS OF THE ANTIMICROBIAL RESISTANCE MANAGEMENT (ARM) PROGRAM, 1997-2005
Chest 2006 130: 101S. [Abstract] [PDF]  

Pratik Doshi and Bruno DiGiovine

EFFECTS OF EARLY ENTERAL FEEDING ON THE OUTCOME OF CRITICALLY ILL MECHANICALLY VENTILATED MEDICAL PATIENTS ON VASOPRESSORS
Chest 2006 130: 101S-102S. [Abstract] [PDF]  

Brian A. Youn

UTILIZING ROBOTS AND AN ICU TELEMEDICINE PROGRAM TO PROVIDE INTENSIVIST SUPPORT FOR RAPID RESPONSE TEAMS
Chest 2006 130: 102S. [Abstract] [PDF]  

John R. Handy, Jr, James Asaph, Amy Manning, Kelly Denniston, E. Charles Douville, Gary Ott, and Andrew Tsen

MINIMALLY INVASIVE PULMONARY LOBECTOMY: IS IT ANY BETTER?
Chest 2006 130: 102S. [Abstract] [PDF]  

David E. Ost

PREDICTION MODELS FOR RECURRENCE AND SURVIVAL FOLLOWING SURGERY IN STAGE IA AND IB NON-SMALL CELL LUNG CANCER
Chest 2006 130: 102S. [Abstract] [PDF]  

Pier P. Brega-Massone, Franca Ferro, Barbara Magnani, Giuseppe Sala, and Fabio Presicci

COMPLETION PNEUMONECTOMY FOR LUNG CANCER: ANALYSIS OF RESULTS AND LONG-TERM PROGNOSIS
Chest 2006 130: 103S. [Abstract] [PDF]  

Erich Hecker, Katrin Welcker, Friederich Schumm, and Bettina Schlolaut

STANDARDIZED BRONCHIAL STUMP PROTECTION AFTER PNEUMONECTOMY FOR NSCLC: A PROSPECTIVE STUDY
Chest 2006 130: 103S. [Abstract] [PDF]  

Choonhee Son, Dookyung Yang, Soo-Keol Lee, Mee-Sook Roh, Pil-Jo Choi, Ki-Nam Kim, and Ki-Nam Lee

FOLLOW-UP PLAN AFTER LUNG CANCER OPERATION SHOULD BE INDIVIDUALIZED
Chest 2006 130: 103S. [Abstract] [PDF]  

Joseph S. Friedberg, Meliisa J. Culligan, Debbie Smith, James P. Stevenson, and Stephen M. Hahn

PATTERNS OF RECURRENCE AND SURVIVAL FOLLOWING SURGICAL RESECTION AND INTRAOPERATIVE PHOTODYNAMIC THERAPY(PDT) FOR STAGE IIIB NON-SMALL CELL LUNG CANCER
Chest 2006 130: 103S-104S. [Abstract] [PDF]  

Huseyin Yildirim, Muzaffer Metintas, Guntulu Ak, Sinan Erginel, Emel Kurt, Fusun Alatas, and Irfan Ucgun

EFFICACY AND SAFETY OF TALC PLEURODESIS IN PATIENTS WITH MALIGNANT PLEURAL EFFUSIONS
Chest 2006 130: 104S. [Abstract] [PDF]  

Masashi Kobayashi, Shinji Sasada, Yasushi Otani, Naoko Kitai, Hidekazu Suzuki, Norio Okamoto, Tomonori Hirashima, Kaoru Matsui, Kunimitsu Kawahara, and Ichiro Kawase

MEDICAL THORACOSCOPY FOR THE DIAGNOSIS OF PLEURAL EFFUSION: AN EXPERIENCE OF THE OLYMPUS LTF-240 SEMI-FLEXIBLE SCOPE
Chest 2006 130: 104S. [Abstract] [PDF]  

Wah Shing Leung, Kay Yan Tsang, Veronica Lee Chan, Alsa Lin, and Chung Ming Chu

ADHERENCE TO ACCP GUIDELINE IMPROVES OUTCOMES IN COMPLICATED PARAPNEUMONIC EFFUSION AND EMPYEMA THORACIS
Chest 2006 130: 104S. [Abstract] [PDF]  

George Thommi, Wilbert S. Aronow, Chandra K. Nair, Christopher Shehan, Patrick Meyers, and Mathew Mcleay

EFFICACY AND SAFETY OF INTRAPLEURAL INSTILLATION OF ALTEPLASE IN THE MANAGEMENT OF COMPLICATED PLEURAL EFFUSION OR EMPYEMA
Chest 2006 130: 104S-105S. [Abstract] [PDF]  

Masateru Kawabata, Hisashi Takaya, Atsushi Miyamoto, Sususmu Sakamoto, Kazuma Kishi, Eiyasu Tsuboi, and Kunihiko Yoshimura

VALIDATION STUDY OF THE SEVERITY INDEX IN THE REVISED JAPANESE RESPIRATORY SOCIETY GUIDELINES FOR THE MANAGEMENT OF COMMUNITY-ACQUIRED PNEUMONIA IN ADULTS
Chest 2006 130: 105S. [Abstract] [PDF]  

Michael S. Tripp, James Prahl, Christopher Stafford, and Dennis Amundson

CONVENTIONAL COMMUNITY-ACQUIRED PNEUMONIA SEVERITY PREDICTION TOOLS DO NOT PREDICT DISEASE SEVERITY IN YOUNG ADULTS
Chest 2006 130: 105S. [Abstract] [PDF]  

Naricha Chirakalwasan, Ming T. Maa, Jonathan Gold, and Thomas Aldrich

REEVALUATING THE PNEUMONIA SEVERITY SCORE (PSI) IN FRAIL ELDERLY PATIENTS
Chest 2006 130: 105S-106S. [Abstract] [PDF]  

Mohammed Shubair, Nagwa Hafez, Mourad Ismail, Muzamil Sheikh, and M. A. Khan

NON-VALUE OF BLOOD CULTURES IN PATIENTS HOSPITALIZED FOR COMMUNITY-ACQUIRED PNEUMONIA (CAP) WITH MODERATE TO HIGH PNEUMONIA SEVERITY INDEX (PSI)
Chest 2006 130: 106S. [Abstract] [PDF]  

Maria Charisse Y. Lim and Albert L. Rafanan

ADHERENCE TO LOCAL PHILIPPINE GUIDELINES ON THE MANAGEMENT OF COMMUNITY-ACQUIRED PNEUMONIA IMPROVES OUTCOME
Chest 2006 130: 106S. [Abstract] [PDF]  

Chaicharn Pothirat, Ratapum Champunot, and Juthamas Inchai

THE OPTIMAL DURATION OF ANTIBIOTIC TREATMENT FOR HOSPITAL-ACQUIRED PNEUMONIA: A COMPARATIVE STUDY BETWEEN THE TWO-ANTIBIOTIC DISCONTINUATION POLICIES
Chest 2006 130: 106S. [Abstract] [PDF]  

Vamsidhar Velcheti, Avinash K. Viswanathan, Neeraj Badhey, Feng Gao, Kevin Peifer, Steven Edmundowicz, Dayna Early, Ramaswamy Govindan, and Riad Azar

CLINICAL UTILITY OF ROUTINELY ADDING POSITRON EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY (PET) TO COMPUTER TOMOGRAPHY (CT) AND ENDOSCOPIC ULTRASOUND (EUS) IN THE INITIAL STAGING OF ESOPHAGEAL CARCINOMA: THE WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY IN ST. LOUIS EXPERIENCE
Chest 2006 130: 107S. [Abstract] [PDF]  

Jeremiah T. Martin, John A. Federico, Alicia A. McKelvey, Kristina Spate, and Thomas Fabian

MINIMALLY INVASIVE ESOPHAGECTOMY: EXPERIENCE AT A COMMUNITY HOSPITAL
Chest 2006 130: 107S. [Abstract] [PDF]  

Pier P. Brega-Massone, Franca Ferro, Barbara Magnani, Giuseppe Sala, Fabio Presicci, and Cosimo Lequaglie

THE CONTROL OF AEROSTASIS AND HAEMOSTASIS IN ITERATIVE THORACIC SURGER: THE USE OF FIBRIN GLUE VERSUS STANDARD TECHNIQUES IN A SERIES OF 150 PATIENTS
Chest 2006 130: 107S. [Abstract] [PDF]  

John R. Doty, Jean H. Flores, and Donald B. Doty

LONG-TERM RESULTS OF STERNAL EVERSION FOR REPAIR OF PECTUS EXCAVATUM IN ADULTS
Chest 2006 130: 107S-108S. [Abstract] [PDF]  

Inger F. Oey, Mike D. Morgan, and David A. Waller

SPREADING THE BENEFIT OF LUNG VOLUME REDUCTION SURGERY: ONE STAGE BILATERAL VERSUS A STAGED UNILATERAL APPROACH DETERMINED BY THE PATIENT
Chest 2006 130: 108S. [Abstract] [PDF]  

Rita A. Mangold, Gary Salzman, and John Ma

INTERVENTION TO REDUCE EMERGENCY DEPARTMENT VISITS AND IMPROVE FOLLOW-UP CARE FOR ASTHMA IN AN INNER-CITY COMMUNITY HOSPITAL
Chest 2006 130: 108S. [Abstract] [PDF]  

Amit Gupta, Kenneth Rosenman, Sarah Lyon-Callo, and Elizabeth Hanna

IS IT BEING USED THE RIGHT WAY? HOME NEBULIZER USE AMONG CHILDREN AND YOUNG ADULTS DYING FROM ASTHMA, MICHIGAN, 2002-2004
Chest 2006 130: 108S. [Abstract] [PDF]  

Michel Laviolette, Adalberto Rubin, Neil Thomson, Robert Niven, Paul Corris, Hans Siersted, Ron Olivenstein, Ian Pavord, David McCormack, John Miller, and Gerard Cox

REDUCTION IN MILD EXACERBATION RATES AND IMPROVEMENT IN ASTHMA STATUS FOLLOWING BRONCHIAL THERMOPLASTY
Chest 2006 130: 109S. [Abstract] [PDF]  

Marc Massanari, Robert J. Maykut, Robert K. Zeldin, Farid Kianifard, and Gregory P. Geba

ADDITION OF OMALIZUMAB IMPROVES LUNG FUNCTION AND TREATMENT EFFECTIVENESS IN PATIENTS WITH MODERATE-SEVERE PERSISTENT ALLERGIC ASTHMA INADEQUATELY CONTROLLED WITH INHALED STEROIDS AND LONG-ACTING BETA-AGONISTS
Chest 2006 130: 109S. [Abstract] [PDF]  

Joe W. Ramsdell, Anjuli S. Nayak, and George W. Bensch

EFFICACY OF TREATMENT WITH ONCE-DAILY EVENING DOSING OF MOMETASONE FUROATE DRY POWDER INHALER 200 MICROGRAMS IN ASTHMA STRATIFIED BY BASELINE SEVERITY
Chest 2006 130: 109S. [Abstract] [PDF]  

Pratibha Dogra, Nirmal C. Kajal, Bharat Bhushan, A.P. Kansal, and Jorawar Singh

TO STUDY THE EFFECT OF INHALED FLUTICASONE VERSES MONTELUKAST AS TREATMENT OF PERSISTENT ASTHMA
Chest 2006 130: 109S-110S. [Abstract] [PDF]  

Daniel H. Sterman, Atul C. Mehta, Douglas E. Wood, Praveen Mathur, Robert McKenna, David Ost, Philip Diaz, Momen M. Wahidi, and Jonathon Truit

A MULTICENTER TRIAL WITH THE IBV VALVE FOR TREATMENT OF SEVERE EMPHYSEMA
Chest 2006 130: 110S. [Abstract] [PDF]  

Ray W. Shepherd, Carla Lamb, and John F. Beamis

CLINICAL EXPERIENCE OF THE POLYFLEX[TM] STENT IN BENIGN AND MALIGNANT CENTRAL AIRWAY OBSTRUCTION
Chest 2006 130: 110S. [Abstract] [PDF]  

Hideo Saka, Masahide Oki, Chiyoe Kitagawa, Mihoko Sugishita, Yoshihito Kogure, Tomoya Shimokata, and Yoshihiro Kawata

ULTRATHIN BRONCHOSCOPE IN THE DIAGNOSIS OF PERIPHERAL LUNG LESIONS
Chest 2006 130: 110S-111S. [Abstract] [PDF]  

Susan K. Garwood, Mostafa Fraig, Peter Doelken, Terrill Huggins, and Marc A. Judson

DIAGNOSIS OF PULMONARY SARCOIDOSIS USING ENDOBRONCHIAL ULTRASONOGRAPHY WITH TRANSBRONCHIAL NEEDLE ASPIRATION (EBUS-TBNA) AS A PRIMARY DIAGNOSTIC MODALITY
Chest 2006 130: 111S. [Abstract] [PDF]  

Heinrich D. Becker and Wolfgang Harms

NAVIGATED BRONCHOSCOPY AND ENDOBRONCHIAL ULTRASOUND FOR BRACHYTHERAPY OF INOPERABLE PERIPHERAL LUNG CANCER: A FEASIBILITY AND SAFETY STUDY
Chest 2006 130: 111S. [Abstract] [PDF]  

Dee W. Ford, Brian Zeno, and Amanda Barnhorst

ACLS TRAINING DOES NOT PREDICT PERFORMANCE IN CODE SIMULATIONS
Chest 2006 130: 111S. [Abstract] [PDF]  

Cristina Reichner, Tunay Kuru, and Allen H. Roberts, II

IMPLEMENTATION OF A STRUCTURED CURRICULUM IN CRITICAL CARE MEDICINE FOR RESIDENTS: IMPACT OF A STANDARD LECTURE SERIES AND SCHEDULED READINGS ON PRE- AND POST-TEST SCORES
Chest 2006 130: 111S-112S. [Abstract] [PDF]  

Benjamin A. Kohl

THE EFFECT OF INSTITUTING AN ICU ELECTRONIC MEDICAL RECORD ON BILLING AND COMPLIANCE
Chest 2006 130: 112S. [Abstract] [PDF]  

Manish Joshi, Zia Agha, Tasleem Raza, William O’Neil, Stephen Dolan, Basil Varkey, and Ralph M. Schapira

ANALYSIS OF TELEPULMONARY PATIENTS AT MILWAUKEE VA MEDICAL CENTER OVER 7 YEARS PERIOD (1998-2004)
Chest 2006 130: 112S. [Abstract] [PDF]  

Saadia A. Faiz, Mirza R. Baig, Liza Weavind, Rosa Estrada-y-Martin, and Bela Patel

TEMPORAL VARIABILITY OF REMOTE ELECTRONIC TELEMONITORING UNIT INTERVENTIONS BETWEEN WEEKDAYS AND WEEKENDS
Chest 2006 130: 112S-113S. [Abstract] [PDF]  

Saadia A. Faiz, Anthony Zachria, Liza Weavind, and Bela Patel

FELLOWSHIP EDUCATION IN REMOTE TELEMONITORING UNITS
Chest 2006 130: 113S. [Abstract] [PDF]  

Marcin Golec, Rolf Ziesche, Christopher Lambers, Elisabeth Hofbauer, Silvana Geleff, and Lutz-Henning Block

COMBINED ASSESSMENT OF PCR-BASED TRANSCRIPTION ANALYSIS AND LUNG FUNCTION IN PULMONARY FIBROSIS
Chest 2006 130: 113S. [Abstract] [PDF]  

Osman N. Ozes, Jena Derrick, Sarah K. Stevens, Tsukahara Takuma, Milton Taylor, and Lawrence M. Blatt

THE COMBINATION OF INTERFERON GAMMA-1B AND PIRFENIDONE INHIBITS TRANSFORMING GROWTH FACTOR–BETA-INDUCED GENE INDUCTION IN CELLULAR MODELS OF LUNG FIBROSIS
Chest 2006 130: 113S-114S. [Abstract] [PDF]  

Krishna M. Sundar, David Nielsen, Michael J. Pearce, and William T. Alward

CLINICAL PROFILE OF PATIENTS WITH UIP EXACERBATIONS
Chest 2006 130: 114S. [Abstract] [PDF]  

Osman N. Ozes, Sarah K. Stevens, Roderick J. Phillips, and Lawrence M. Blatt

PIRFENIDONE ATTENUATES TRANSFORMING GROWTH FACTOR-BETA-INDUCED ACTIVATION OF P38-ALPHA AND P38-GAMMA MITOGEN–ACTIVATED PROTEIN KINASES IN HUMAN LUNG FIBROBLASTS: IMPLICATIONS FOR TREATMENT OF FIBROTIC LUNG DISEASES
Chest 2006 130: 114S. [Abstract] [PDF]  

Maurizio V. Infante, Lutman R. Fabio, Silvio Cavuto, Giorgio Brambilla, Giuseppe Chiesa, Eliseo Passera, Umberto Cariboni, Marco Alloisio, Anna Destro, Maurizio Chiarenza, Massimo Roncalli, Aranzulla Giuseppe, Angeli Enzo, and Ravasi Gianni

DANTE: A RANDOMIZED STUDY ON LUNG CANCER SCREENING WITH LOW-DOSE SPIRAL CT (LDCT): END OF ACCRUAL AND PRELIMINARY RESULTS
Chest 2006 130: 114S-115S. [Abstract] [PDF]  

Vijayvel Jayaprakash, Gregory M. Loewen, Ravi Menezes, Machare Delgado, and Mary Reid

SPIROMETRIC SURVEILLANCE FOR INTRAEPITHELIAL NEOPLASIA
Chest 2006 130: 115S. [Abstract] [PDF]  

Chirag M. Pandya and Peter Mazzone

CAN THE MODERN PRESENTATION OF LUNG CANCER GUIDE THE SELECTION OF POPULATIONS TO SCREEN?
Chest 2006 130: 115S. [Abstract] [PDF]  

Mark Krasnik, Armin Ernst, Ralf Eberhardt, K. Yasufuku, and Felix Herth

EBUS-TBNA FOR MEDIASTINAL RESTAGING
Chest 2006 130: 115S. [Abstract] [PDF]  

Brad D. Vincent, Mostafa Fraig, and Gerard A. Silvestri

NARROW BAND IMAGING COMPARED TO WHITE LIGHT BRONCHOSCOPY FOR EVALUATION OF NORMAL, PRE-MALIGNANT AND MALIGNANT AIRWAYS DISEASE
Chest 2006 130: 115S-116S. [Abstract] [PDF]  

Mark Krasnik, Peter Vilmann, Birgit G. Skov, Armin Ernst, Ralf Eberhardt, and Felix Herth

COMBINED ENDOSCOPIC TRANSBRONCHIAL AND TRANSESOPHAGEAL ULTRASOUND-GUIDED BIOPSY OF CENTRALLY LOCATED LUNG TUMOURS FOLLOWING A NONDIAGNOSTIC BRONCHOSCOPY
Chest 2006 130: 116S. [Abstract] [PDF]  

Robert Evangelidis, Michael Czervinske, Timothy Dwyer, and Steven Q. Simpson

THORACOSTOMY TUBE FLOW AND PRESSURE IN A SIMULATED PLEURAL SPACE
Chest 2006 130: 116S. [Abstract] [PDF]  

Michael Chalhoub, Rabih Maroun, Kassem Harris, and Michael Castellano

THE USE OF DENVER CATHETER IN NONMALIGNANT PLEURAL EFFUSIONS
Chest 2006 130: 116S. [Abstract] [PDF]  

Ashwini D. Mhatre, Georgie A. Eapen, Rodolfo C. Morice, and Carlos A. Jimenez

USE OF INDWELLING PLEURAL CATHETER IN RECURRENT CHYLOTHORACES ASSOCIATED WITH CANCER
Chest 2006 130: 116S-117S. [Abstract] [PDF]  

Alain Tremblay, Cindy Mason, and Gaetane Michaud

USE OF TUNNELED PLEURAL CATHETERS IN PATIENTS OTHERWISE CANDIDATES FOR PLEURODESIS
Chest 2006 130: 117S. [Abstract] [PDF]  

Katie S. Nason, Margaret Murray, Annette Macias-Hoag, and Tracey L. Weigel

BEDSIDE PLACEMENT OF PLEUR-X CATHETER FOR MALIGNANT PLEURAL EFFUSION IS COST-EFFECTIVE, SAFE, AND PATIENT-FRIENDLY
Chest 2006 130: 117S. [Abstract] [PDF]  

Yaron R. Goldman, Armin Ernst, Simon Ashiku, Malcolm Decamp, Sidhu Gangadharan, Renee Andwood, Jed Gorden, Arthur Sung, and David Feller-Kopman

RAPID PLEURODESIS FOR PATIENTS WITH MALIGNANT PLEURAL EFFUSIONS USING A COMBINATION OF THORACOSCOPIC TALC POUDRAGE AND AN INDWELLING TUNNELED CATHETER
Chest 2006 130: 117S-118S. [Abstract] [PDF]  

Avi Shupak, Ofir Ertracht, Paltiel Wiener, Amir Abramovich, Yoav Keynan, and Yochai Adir

RESPIRATORY MUSCLE TRAINING IN OXYGEN DIVERS: REDUCED DYSPNEA AND INCREASED ENDURANCE
Chest 2006 130: 118S. [Abstract] [PDF]  

Veeta M. Vaughn, Stuart Roop, David Dorsey, Greg Tardie, Bruce Greenberg, Jennifer Wink, Lisa Zacher, J. Sobieraj, L. Contreras, and A. Pennathur

MEASURING FACTORS THAT LIMIT EXERTION PERFORMANCE IN HEALTHY INDIVIDUALS WHILE WEARING CHEMICAL PROTECTIVE GEAR
Chest 2006 130: 118S. [Abstract] [PDF]  

Noah Greenspan, Marion Mackles, Julie Tobin, Tiana Long, and Ross Arena

AEROBIC EXERCISE AND STRENGTH TRAINING IN ELDERLY PATIENTS WITH CHRONIC OBSTRUCTIVE PULMONARY DISEASE
Chest 2006 130: 118S. [Abstract] [PDF]  

Avinash M. Srikanth, George A. D'souza, Vishwanathan Devaraj, and Anupa Lucas

REFERENCE EQUATIONS FOR THE SIX-MINUTE WALK DISTANCE IN THE INDIAN POPULATION
Chest 2006 130: 119S. [Abstract] [PDF]  

Octavian C. Ioachimescu, Kevin McCarthy, and James K. Stoller

ALTERNATIVE MEASUREMENTS TO AID INTERPRETATION OF SPIROMETRY: THE ROLE OF AREA-UNDER-THE-EXPIRATORY FLOW-VOLUME CURVE
Chest 2006 130: 119S. [Abstract] [PDF]  

Samuel E. Burkett and David G. Bell

THE EFFECT OF RACE/ETHNIC-SPECIFIC REFERENCE VALUES ON PHYSICIAN INTERPRETATION OF SPIROMETRY
Chest 2006 130: 119S. [Abstract] [PDF]  

Kala K. Davis, David E. Lilienfeld, and Ramona L. Doyle

INCREASED MORTALITY IN BLACK WOMEN WITH IDIOPATHIC PULMONARY HYPERTENSION
Chest 2006 130: 119S-120S. [Abstract] [PDF]  

Francisco J. Soto, Priyank Jain, James Kleczka, Ronald Siegel, Timothy Woods, David Marks, and Kenneth Presberg

CLINICAL AND HEMODYNAMIC IMPACT OF SUBCUTANEOUS (SQ) TREPROSTINIL (REMODULIN®) IN THE MANAGEMENT OF PULMONARY ARTERIAL HYPERTENSION (PAH): SINGLE-CENTER EXPERIENCE
Chest 2006 130: 120S. [Abstract] [PDF]  

Sushmita Pamidi and Sanjay Mehta

RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN THE SIX-MINUTE WALK TEST AND CARDIOPULMONARY EXERCISE TEST PARAMETERS IN CONNECTIVE TISSUE DISEASE-ASSOCIATED PULMONARY ARTERIAL HYPERTENSION
Chest 2006 130: 120S. [Abstract] [PDF]  

Stephen C. Mathai, Paul R. Forfia, Micah R. Fisher, Traci Housten-Harris, Reda E. Girgis, and Paul M. Hassoun

TRICUSPID ANNULAR PLANE SYSTOLIC EXCURSION PREDICTS MORTALITY IN PULMONARY ARTERIAL HYPERTENSION ASSOCIATED WITH SCLERODERMA
Chest 2006 130: 120S. [Abstract] [PDF]  

Ronald J. Oudiz, Fernando Torres, Adaani E. Frost, David B. Badesch, Horst Olschewski, Nazzareno Galie, Michael D. McGoon, Vallerie McLaughlin, and Lewis J. Rubin

ARIES-1: A PLACEBO-CONTROLLED, EFFICACY AND SAFETY STUDY OF AMBRISENTAN IN PATIENTS WITH PULMONARY ARTERIAL HYPERTENSION
Chest 2006 130: 121S. [Abstract] [PDF]  

Victor Pinto Plata, John Reilly, Yael Rafaely, V.A.M. Duurkens, Jennifer Brooks, Bartolome Celli, and Robert L. Berger

BIOLOGIC LUNG VOLUME REDUCTION FOR ADVANCED EMPHYSEMA
Chest 2006 130: 121S. [Abstract] [PDF]  

Bernhard Burian, Storka Angela, Beatrice Nadler, Ventzislav Petkov, and Lutz H. Block

INHALED VASOACTIVE INTESTINAL PEPTIDE (VIP) IMPROVES THE 6-MINUTE WALK TEST AND QUALITY OF LIFE IN PATIENTS WITH COPD: THE VIP/COPD-TRIAL
Chest 2006 130: 121S. [Abstract] [PDF]  

Sarika S. Ogale, Todd A. Lee, and Sean D. Sullivan

THE RISK OF CARDIOVASCULAR EVENTS ASSOCIATED WITH INHALED LONG-ACTING BETA-2-ADRENORECEPTOR AGONISTS IN PATIENTS WITH CHRONIC OBSTRUCTIVE PULMONARY DISEASE
Chest 2006 130: 121S-122S. [Abstract] [PDF]  

Peter M. Calverley, Bartolome Celli, Julie A. Anderson, Gary T. Ferguson, Christine Jenkins, Paul W. Jones, Jorgen Vestbo, Julie C. Yates, and Neil Pride

THE TOWARDS A REVOLUTION IN COPD HEALTH (TORCH) STUDY: FLUTICASONE PROPIONATE/SALMETEROL IMPROVES SURVIVAL IN COPD OVER THREE YEARS
Chest 2006 130: 122S. [Abstract] [PDF]  

Niv Ad, Alan M. Speir, Nelson A. Burton, Lucas R. Collazo, and Scott D. Barnett

THE PERFORMANCE OF THE EUROSCORE AND THE SOCIETY OF THORACIC SURGEONS MORTALITY RISK SCORE: THE GENDER FACTOR
Chest 2006 130: 122S. [Abstract] [PDF]  

Tomasz Hrapkowicz, Gianluigi Bisleri, Roman Przybylski, Arkadiusz Farmas, Jerzy Pacholewicz, Bartomiej Zych, Krzysztof Kubacki, and Marian Zembala

DOES TOTAL OCCLUSION OF THE LEFT ANTERIOR DESCENDING ARTERY AFFECT EARLY OUTCOME AND PATENCY RATE FOLLOWING MINIMALLY INVASIVE CORONARY SURGERY?
Chest 2006 130: 122S-123S. [Abstract] [PDF]  

Mehmet Ates, Ahmet U. Gullu, Abdurrahman Ekinci, Mehmet Kizilay, Ahmet Arnaz, Murat Akcar, and Ibrahim Yekeler

WHICH TECHNIQUE IS BETTER WHILE HARVESTING INTERNAL THORACIC ARTERY IN TERMS OF RESPIRATORY FUNCTIONS: OPENING THE PLEURAL CAVITY OR SHOULD IT BE AVOIDED?
Chest 2006 130: 123S. [Abstract] [PDF]  

Ahmet T. Gurbuz, Feyza Bilgin, Orhan Findik, and Ahmet S. Mercan

INTRAOPERATIVE TRANSESOPHAGEAL ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY MODIFIES SURGICAL STRATEGY AND MAY IMPROVE EARLY OUTCOME AFTER OFF-PUMP CORONARY ARTERY BYPASS GRAFT SURGERY
Chest 2006 130: 123S. [Abstract] [PDF]  

Grayson H. Wheatley, III, James Williams, Venkatesh G. Ramaiah, Julio A. Rodriguez-Lopez, Dawn Olsen, and Edward B. Diethrich

PULMONARY DYSFUNCTION FOLLOWING ENDOVASCULAR REPAIR OF THE DESCENDING THORACIC AORTA: INCIDENCE AND RISK FACTORS
Chest 2006 130: 123S-124S. [Abstract] [PDF]  

Hitoshi Hirose, Indergit S. Gill, Mani Kavuru, Kevin McCarthy, Feng Jingyuan, and Eugene H. Blackstone

PULMONARY FUNCTION PARAMETERS AND OUTCOMES AFTER CARDIAC SURGERY
Chest 2006 130: 124S. [Abstract] [PDF]  

Kathy Hebert, Bradford H. Gray, and Lee M. Arcement

HOSPITALS AND CRITICAL CARE UNITS IN AN URBAN DISASTER: THE IMPLICATIONS OF THE KATRINA EXPERIENCE FOR HEALTH POLICY
Chest 2006 130: 124S. [Abstract] [PDF]  

Anthony Zachria and Bela Patel

DEATHS RELATED TO HURRICANE RITA AND MASS EVACUATION
Chest 2006 130: 124S. [Abstract] [PDF]  

Marta L. Render, Ron Freyberg, Stephen Timmons, Rachael Hasselbeck, Suzanne Brungs, and Peter Almenoff

DEVELOPING A NATIONAL SYSTEM TO MEASURE AND IMPROVE CRITICAL CARE
Chest 2006 130: 125S. [Abstract] [PDF]  

Lisa Rho, Scott Lorin, David M. Nierman, and Juan P. Wisnivesky

IS THE USE OF STANDARDIZED FAMILY MEMBER NECESSARY TO TEACH ICU COMMUNICATION SKILLS TO FOURTH YEAR MEDICAL STUDENTS?
Chest 2006 130: 125S. [Abstract] [PDF]  

Wayneinder S. Anand, Richard A. Mularski, Allison Dark, Will H. Shrank, J. R. Curtis, Linda Ganzini, and Molly L. Osborne

POOR COMMUNICATION FOR DYING PATIENTS IN THE ICU IS ASSOCIATED WITH LOWER RATINGS OF QUALITY OF LIFE AND THE ICU AS A PLACE OF DEATH
Chest 2006 130: 125S. [Abstract] [PDF]  

Loutfi S. Aboussouan, Chris D. Lattin, and Jeffrey L. Kline

DETERMINANTS OF LONG-TERM MORTALITY AFTER ADMISSION TO A SPECIALIZED RESPIRATORY CARE UNIT
Chest 2006 130: 125S-126S. [Abstract] [PDF]  

Lusine Melik-Adamyan, Vladimir Sabayev, Vasilios Sierros, Melvin Hochman, and Terence Brady

C-REACTIVE PROTEIN AS A MARKER OF ADVERSE OUTCOME IN PATIENTS WITH SEVERE COMMUNITY AND HEALTHCARE-ACQUIRED PNEUMONIA
Chest 2006 130: 126S. [Abstract] [PDF]  

Kumiko Hiramatsu, Francis Castiller, Martin Feuerman, and Michael S. Niederman

WHY DOES HEALTHCARE-ASSOCIATED PNEUMONIA LEAD TO WORSE OUTCOMES THAN COMMUNITY-AQUIRED PNEUMONIA?
Chest 2006 130: 126S. [Abstract] [PDF]  

Nick Patel, S. Davidoff, L.C. Wann, D. Recchia, N. Shakir, N. Kohn, P. Berkowski, B.E. Hirsch, S.L. Merwin, A.M. Fein, and Arunabh Talwar

LONG-TERM QUALITY OF HEALTH POSTDISCHARGE IN AN ELDERLY COHORT ADMITTED WITH COMMUNITY-ACQUIRED PNEUMONIA
Chest 2006 130: 126S-127S. [Abstract] [PDF]  

Sharon Ngan, Rani Kumaran, Ashok Prasad, Anthony Saleh, Liziamma George, and Suhail Raoof

TRUE INCIDENCE OF COMMUNITY-ACQUIRED PNEUMONIA IN HOSPITALIZED PATIENTS
Chest 2006 130: 127S. [Abstract] [PDF]  

Carl Asche, Lisa Mucha, and Brian Seal

INITIAL ANTIBIOTIC TREATMENT AND ASSOCIATED COSTS FOR COMMUNITY-ACQUIRED PNEUMONIA
Chest 2006 130: 127S. [Abstract] [PDF]  

Eva M. Carmona and Andrew H. Limper

SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION PATHWAYS LEADING TO IL-8 SECRETION BY PNEUMOCYSTIS CELL WALL BETA-GLUCAN-STIMULATED HUMAN AIRWAY EPITHELIAL CELLS
Chest 2006 130: 127S. [Abstract] [PDF]  

Josef Mahac, Ping Lu, Michael Iannuzzi, Maria L. Padilla, Cynthia Caracta, and Alvin S. Teirstein

TOTAL BODY FDG PET SCANS IN SARCOIDOSIS
Chest 2006 130: 127S-128S. [Abstract] [PDF]  

Violeta Vucinic, Snezana Filipovic, and Vladimir Zugic

HEALTH-RELATED QUALITY OF LIFE HRQL) IN PATIENTS WITH SARCOIDOSIS: PULMONARY VS EXTRAPULMONARY DISEASE–SARCOIDOSIS HEALTH QUESTIONNAIRE
Chest 2006 130: 128S. [Abstract] [PDF]  

Surinder K. Jindal, Akashdeep Singh, Kusum Joshi, and Dheeraj Gupta

IS TOBACCO SMOKING PREVENTIVE FOR SARCOIDOSIS?
Chest 2006 130: 128S. [Abstract] [PDF]  

Khalil J. Diab, Jay Bhatt, David S. Wilkes, Chadi A. Hage, and Kenneth S. Knox

CLINICAL MANIFESTATIONS, DIAGNOSIS, AND TREATMENT OF NEUROSARCOIDOSIS: A REVIEW OF 39 PATIENTS
Chest 2006 130: 128S. [Abstract] [PDF]  

Ainapurapu B. Babu, Randeep G. Guleria, Rajesh S. Sharma, and R. L. Lakshmi

BRONCHOALVEOLAR LAVAGE( BAL) FLUID ENZYMES IN ASSESSING ACTIVITY AND SEVERITY OF SARCOIDOSIS
Chest 2006 130: 128S-129S. [Abstract] [PDF]  

Violeta Vucinic, Lukas Rasulic, Jelica Videnovic, Snezana Filipovic, and Vladimir Zugic

METHOTREXATE AND THE TREATMENT OF NEUROSARCOIDOSIS
Chest 2006 130: 129S. [Abstract] [PDF]  

Agnieszka E. Petersen, Elizabeth Mc Carthy, Yaw Amoateng-Adjepong, and Anupama Upadya

PRESTUDY CONTINUOUS POSITIVE AIRWAY PRESSURE ACCLIMATIZATION TO IMPROVE COMPLIANCE IN OBSTRUCTIVE SLEEP APNEA PATIENTS
Chest 2006 130: 129S. [Abstract] [PDF]  

Tarek A. Dernaika, Maroun M. Tawk, Walid G. Younis, and Gary T. Kinasewitz

OUTCOME OF CPAP-RELATED CENTRAL SLEEP APNEA (CSA): A PILOT STUDY
Chest 2006 130: 129S. [Abstract] [PDF]  

Neil T. Feldman and Charles F. George

SLEEP ARCHITECTURE EFFECTS OF SODIUM OXYBATE TREATMENT IN SUBJECTS WITH SLEEP-DISORDERED BREATHING
Chest 2006 130: 130S. [Abstract] [PDF]  

Akram Khan, Faisal Latif, Beau Hawkins, Maroun Tawk, Chittur A. Sivaram, and Gary Kinasewitz

EFFECTS OF TREATMENT OF OBSTRUCTIVE SLEEP APNEA ON BLOOD PRESSURE AND LEFT ATRIAL VOLUME
Chest 2006 130: 130S. [Abstract] [PDF]  

Zhang Xilong and Yin Kaisheng

EFFECT OF CONTINUOUS POSITIVE AIRWAY PRESSURE TREATMENT ON SERUM ADIPONECTIN LEVEL AND MEAN ARTERIAL PRESSURE IN MALE PATIENTS WITH OBSTRUCTIVE SLEEP APNEA SYNDROME
Chest 2006 130: 130S. [Abstract] [PDF]  

Semaan G. Kosseifi, Alan Peiris, Beth Bailey, Robert Price, Thomas M. Roy, and Ryland P. Byrd

THE ASSOCIATION BETWEEN OBSTRUCTIVE SLEEP APNEA SYNDROME AND THE COMPLICATIONS OF DIABETES MELLITUS
Chest 2006 130: 130S-131S. [Abstract] [PDF]  

Thomas P. Graeter, Matthias Lenk, Elger Utta, Hasanli Bugdajev, and Victor Haas

MIDTERM RESULTS OF VENA CAVA SUPERIOR RESECTION IN PATIENTS WITH NON-SMALL CELL LUNG CANCER
Chest 2006 130: 131S. [Abstract] [PDF]  

Joseph S. Friedberg, Melissa J. Culligan, Debbie Smith, Jo Buyske, and Stephen M. Hahn

INVASIVE STAGING FOR MESOTHELIOMA REVEALS RADIOGRAPHICALLY OCCULT DISTANT METASTATIC DISEASE
Chest 2006 130: 131S. [Abstract] [PDF]  

Paul Vaughan, Assad Qureshi, Apostolos Nakas, John Edwards, and David A. Waller

IS EXTRA-PLEURAL PNEUMONECTOMY(EPP) FOR MALIGNANT PLEURAL MESOTHELIOMA THAT MUCH WORSE THAN PNEUMONECTOMY FOR NON-SMALL CELL LUNG CANCER(NSCLC)?
Chest 2006 130: 131S. [Abstract] [PDF]  

John G. Edwards, Antonio E. Martin-Ucar, Apostolos Nakas, Duncan J. Stewart, and David A. Waller

SHOULD RIGHT EXTRAPLEURAL PNEUMONECTOMY FOR MALIGNANT MESOTHELIOMA BE PERFORMED VIA MEDIAN STERNOTOMY OR THORACOTOMY?
Chest 2006 130: 131S-132S. [Abstract] [PDF]  

Michael Lanuti, Subba R. Digumarthy, Amita Sharma, Joanne Martino, Jo-Anne O. Shepard, and Douglas J. Mathisen

RADIOFREQUENCY ABLATION FOR CURE OF INOPERABLE LUNG CANCER: A SINGLE INSTITUTION EXPERIENCE
Chest 2006 130: 132S. [Abstract] [PDF]  

Marco J. Grootenboers, Jeroen M. Hendriks, Wim J. van Boven, Paul E. Van Schil, and Franz M. Schramel

EFFECTS OF ISOLATED LUNG PERFUSION WITH MELPHALAN FOLLOWED BY PULMONARY METASTASECTOMY ON PULMONARY FUNCTION ASSESSMENTS
Chest 2006 130: 132S. [Abstract] [PDF]  

Kelvin K. Shiu, Paul H. Mayo, and Mark J. Rosen

SAFETY ANALYSIS OF AN ENDOTRACHEAL INTUBATION PROTOCOL USED IN THE INTENSIVE CARE UNIT (ICU)
Chest 2006 130: 132S-133S. [Abstract] [PDF]  

Abhijith Hegde, Frank Acerra, Mari Adachi, Samuel Acquah, and Paul H. Mayo

IMPROVING SAFETY OF TRACHEAL INTUBATION (TI) IN CRITICALLY ILL PATIENTS USING SCENARIO-BASED TRAINING (SBT) WITH A COMPUTERISED PATIENT SIMULATOR (CPS): RESULTS OF A QUALITY IMPROVEMENT PROGRAM
Chest 2006 130: 133S. [Abstract] [PDF]  

Rick Harrell, Ken Burgman, Cindy Grimes, Rhonda Anderson, Ken Hurwitz, Todd Horiuchi, and Bruce Fleegler

BENCHMARKED COMMUNITY HOSPITAL VENTILATOR MANAGEMENT: THE EFFECT OF MULTIDISCIPLINARY PROTOCOLS ON VENTILATORY DAYS IN AN OPEN MEDICAL/SURGICAL INTENSIVE CARE UNIT
Chest 2006 130: 133S. [Abstract] [PDF]  

Carl W. Peters, S Bonett, A. Gabrielli, N. R. Euliano, A. J. Layon, D. Martin, and M. J. Banner

INAPPROPRIATE RESPIRATORY MUSCLE UNLOADING WHEN USING CONVENTIONAL METHOD FOR SETTING PRESSURE SUPPORT VENTILATION (PSV)
Chest 2006 130: 133S. [Abstract] [PDF]  

Roberto F. Casal, Robert F. Lodato, Liza Weavind, and Bela Patel

UTILIZATION OF LOW TIDAL VOLUME STRATEGY IN PATIENTS WITH VARIOUS INDICATIONS FOR MECHANICAL VEMTILATION AND IN DIFFERENT ICU SETTINGS ASSESSED BY REMOTE TELEMONITORING
Chest 2006 130: 134S. [Abstract] [PDF]  

Jason C. Graff, Gary A. Salzman, and Stephanie L. Thomas

AIRWAY PRESSURE RELEASE VENTILATION: PRELIMINARY EXPERIENCE IN A MEDICAL INTENSIVE CARE UNIT
Chest 2006 130: 134S. [Abstract] [PDF]  

Matthew T. Rondina, Hansjorg Schwertz, Estelle Harris, Guy A. Zimmerman, and Andrew S. Weyrich

MATURE TISSUE FACTOR MRNA IS EXPRESSED IN VIVO BY PLATELETS ISOLATED FROM PATIENTS WITH SEPSIS
Chest 2006 130: 134S. [Abstract] [PDF]  

John J. Mullon, Sanjay Subramanian, Luis Haro, Timothy Wallerich, Laura Evenson, Bekele Afessa, and Ognjen Gajic

SEPSIS ORDER SET IMPROVES ADHERENCE TO EVIDENCE-BASED PRACTICES
Chest 2006 130: 134S-135S. [Abstract] [PDF]  

Eric Mortensen, Marcos Restrepo, Laurel Copeland, Antonio Anzueto, Jacqueline Pugh, and Mary Jo Pugh

IMPACT OF STATIN AND ANGIOTENSIN II RECEPTOR BLOCKER USE ON MORTALITY FOR PATIENTS HOSPITALIZED WITH SEPSIS
Chest 2006 130: 135S. [Abstract] [PDF]  

Marcos I. Restrepo, Eric M. Mortensen, Grant Waterer, Richard G. Wunderink, Jacqueline J. Coalson, and Antonio Anzueto

THE IMPACT OF MACROLIDE THERAPY ON 30- AND 90-DAY MORTALITY FOR PATIENTS WITH SEVERE SEPSIS DUE TO COMMUNITY-ACQUIRED PNEUMONIA
Chest 2006 130: 135S. [Abstract] [PDF]  

Xingsheng Wang

THE ROLE OF CD14 GENE EXPRESSION IN PATHOGENESIS OF MULTIPLE ORGAN DYSFUNCTION SYNDROME IN THE ELDERLY RATS
Chest 2006 130: 135S. [Abstract] [PDF]  

Matthew Lissauer, Steven Johnson, Thomas Scalea, Carinda Feild, Craig Whiteford, James Garrett, and Richard Moore

POLYCYTHEMIA RUBRA VERA-1 GENE EXPRESSION DIFFERENCES BETWEEN SEPSIS AND UNINFECTED INFLAMMATION
Chest 2006 130: 136S. [Abstract] [PDF]  

Christopher L. Carroll, Petronella J. Stoltz, Neviana Raykov, Sharon R. Smith, and Aaron R. Zucker

CHILDHOOD OBESITY INCREASES HOSPITAL ADMISSION FOR ASTHMA
Chest 2006 130: 136S. [Abstract] [PDF]  

Meredith C. McCormack, Patrick N. Breysse, Peyton A. Eggleston, Elizabeth C. Matsui, Nadia N. Hansel, Cynthia S. Rand, Jean Curtin-Brosnan, Emily Tonorezos, and Gregory B. Diette

INDOOR PARTICULATE MATTER AND ASTHMA MORBIDITY IN PRESCHOOL-AGE CHILDREN
Chest 2006 130: 136S. [Abstract] [PDF]  

James E. Lynch, David Loran, Jill Chernin, and Joseph Zwischenberger

PUMPLESS ARTERIAL-TO-VENOUS CO2 REMOVAL IN THE TREATMENT OF STATUS ASTHMATICUS
Chest 2006 130: 136S-137S. [Abstract] [PDF]  

Laura J. Miske, Eileen M. Hickey, Joe McDonough, Daniel J. Weiner, and Howard B. Panitch

CHANGES IN ABDOMINAL PRESSURE AND VOLUME WITH USE OF THE MECHANICAL IN-EXSUFFLATOR
Chest 2006 130: 137S. [Abstract] [PDF]  

Mina M. Chowdhury, Ribena Akhter, Paul D. Dixon, and Parviz Habibi

HELIOX-DRIVEN CPAP MAY BE MORE EFFECTIVE THAN CONVENTIONAL CPAP IN REDUCING WORK OF BREATHING AND IMPROVING TIDAL VOLUMES IN INFANT RESPIRATORY DISTRESS
Chest 2006 130: 137S. [Abstract] [PDF]  

Edith P. Allen, Maria Martinez, Roxann Wallace, Lilia Parra-Roide, and Barbara Stewart

COMPARISON OF PEAK EXPIRATORY FLOW TO PULMONARY FUNCTION TESTS IN PEDIATRIC PATIENTS
Chest 2006 130: 137S-138S. [Abstract] [PDF]  

Theodore G. Liou, Frederick R. Adler, and Barbara C. Cahill

LUNG TRANSPLANTATION OF CHILDREN WITH CYSTIC FIBROSIS FAILS TO IMPROVE SURVIVAL
Chest 2006 130: 138S. [Abstract] [PDF]  

Maskit Bar-Meir, Manu Jain, Susanna McColley, John King, Joanne Cullina, Eileen Potter, Catherine Powers, Ram Yogev, and Alan R. Hauser

HETEROGENEITY IN ANTIBIOTIC SUSCEPTIBILITIES OF PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA RESPIRATORY ISOLATES FROM INDIVIDUALS WITH CYSTIC FIBROSIS
Chest 2006 130: 138S. [Abstract] [PDF]  

Richard J. Brilli, Dan Wells, and Julie Shaw

IMPLEMENTATION OF A PEDIATRIC SPECIFIC VAP BUNDLE RESULTS IN NEAR ELIMINATION OF VENTILATOR-ASSOCIATED PNEUMONIA (VAP) IN A TERTIARY PEDIATRIC ICU
Chest 2006 130: 138S-139S. [Abstract] [PDF]  

Edward R. Carter, Weiya Zhang, and John Waldhausen

MANAGMENT OF EMPYEMA IN CHILDREN: ARE PLEURAL FLUID DRAINAGE PROCEDURES ALWAYS NECESSARY?
Chest 2006 130: 139S. [Abstract] [PDF]  

Meenu Singh, Nidhi Anil, Arvind Rajwanshi, and Harpreet Vohra

DYSREGULATON OF CYTOKINES BY GAMMA DELTA T CELLS IN CHILDREN WITH CYSTIC FIBROSIS AND ITS CORRELATON WITH DISEASE STATE
Chest 2006 130: 139S. [Abstract] [PDF]  

Dolors Mariscal, Montserrat Bosque, Xavier Pomares, Pilar Ferreros, Irene García, Concepción Montón, and Miguel Gallego

COMBINATION BACTERICIDAL ANTIBIOTIC TESTING TO MULTIRESISTANT STRAINS OF PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA, CEPACIA, AND STENOTROPHOMONAS MALTOPHILIA ISOLATED FROM PATIENTS WITH CYSTIC FIBROSIS (CF)
Chest 2006 130: 139S. [Abstract] [PDF]  

Ellie L. Hirshberg, Gitte Larsen, and Al Jepson

HYPOGLYCEMIA AND ITS ASSOCIATION WITH INSULIN THERAPY IN CRITICALLY ILL, NONDIABETIC PEDIATRIC PATIENTS
Chest 2006 130: 139S-140S. [Abstract] [PDF]  

Grace Paul, Garey Noritz, and David Birnkrant

BENEFIT OF THE PEDIATRIC INTENSIVE CARE UNIT TO INITIATE LONG-TERM NONINVASIVE VENTILATION IN PATIENTS WITH MUSCULAR DYSTROPHY: AN EXAMPLE OF FORWARD-DIRECTED ICU CARE (FDIC)
Chest 2006 130: 140S. [Abstract] [PDF]  

Jose D. Quitain, III, Arsenia M. Asuncion, Ivona Sediva, Sunday Bankole, and Shonola S. Dasilva

THE UTILITY OF THE BISPECTRAL INDEX MONITOR IN THE PEDIATRIC INTENSIVE CARE UNITS
Chest 2006 130: 140S. [Abstract] [PDF]  

Kseniya V. Danilko, Ramilya Z. Bogdanova, Albina I. Fatyihova, Tatyana V. Victorova, and Vitaly V. Victorov

ANGIOTENSIN CONVERTING ENZYME INSERTION/DELETION POLYMORPHISM IS ASSOCIATED WITH CONGENITAL PNEUMONIA SUSCEPTIBILITY
Chest 2006 130: 140S-141S. [Abstract] [PDF]  

Ashrith Guha, Venkata Bandi, Matthias Loebe, George Noon, and William Lunn

PLEURAL EFFUSION ASSOCIATED WITH VENTRICULAR ASSIST DEVICE (VAD) PLACEMENT
Chest 2006 130: 141S. [Abstract] [PDF]  

Adel K. Ayed and Murugan Sukumar

PATHOLOGIC FINDINGS IN SURGICALLY TREATED PRIMARY SPONTANEOUS PNEUMOTHORAX
Chest 2006 130: 141S. [Abstract] [PDF]  

Leila Antonangelo, Francisco S. Vargas, Milena M. Acencio, Lisete R. Teixeira, Roberta K. Sales, Viviane R. Figueiredo, and Mrcia Seiscento

IMPORTANCE OF INTERFERON-GAMMA IN THE DIAGNOSIS OF TUBERCULOSIS IN PATIENTS WITH HIGH ADENOSINE DEAMINASE LEVELS AND LYMPHOCYTIC PLEURAL FLUIDS
Chest 2006 130: 141S. [Abstract] [PDF]  

George A. Schoonover

RISK OF BLEEDING DURING THORACENTESIS IN ANTICOAGULATED PATIENTS
Chest 2006 130: 141S-142S. [Abstract] [PDF]  

Kyungchan Kim, YoungJune Jeon, Jong-Wook Park, and Chang-Ho Jeon

DIAGNOSTIC UTILITY OF MAGE EXPRESSION IN PATIENTS WITH EXUDATIVE PLEURAL EFFUSION
Chest 2006 130: 142S. [Abstract] [PDF]  

Chi-Li Chung, Ching-Yu Yeh, Joen-Rong Sheu, Yi-Chu Chen, and Shi-Chuan Chang

FIBRINOGENESIS INDUCED BY REPEATED THORACENTESES IN PLEURAL TRANSUDATES
Chest 2006 130: 142S. [Abstract] [PDF]  

Ghulam Khaleeq, A. Matin, A. Hirani, P. Garcha, G. Sheraz, and Herbert Patrick

THE USE OF INFLIXIMAB THERAPY IN REFRACTORY SARCOIDOSIS
Chest 2006 130: 142S-143S. [Abstract] [PDF]  

Roberto G. Carbone, Vito Privitera, Fabio Montanaro, Assaf Monselise, and Riccardo Ghio

PULMONARY HYPERTENSION ASSOCIATED WITH SARCOIDOSIS: PREVALENCE IN A NONSELECTED CASE SERIES AND CORRELATION WITH RADIOGRAPHIC AND OCTREOTIDE SCINTIGRAPHY FINDINGS
Chest 2006 130: 143S. [Abstract] [PDF]  

Demondes Haynes, Marcy F. Petrini, Guy D. Campbell, and Rajesh Bhagat

AIRFLOW LIMITATION IN BLACK VERSUS WHITE PATIENTS WITH SARCOIDOSIS
Chest 2006 130: 143S. [Abstract] [PDF]  

Violeta Vucinic, Jelica Videnovic, and Snezana Filipovic

HEALTH-RELATED QUALITY OF LIFE (HRQL) IN SARCOIDOSIS: SARCOIDOSIS HEALTH QUESTIONNAIRE (SHQ) AND CORRELATION WITH CLINICAL COURSE OF SARCOIDOSIS
Chest 2006 130: 143S. [Abstract] [PDF]  

Vinay K. Sharma, Karim Djekidel, Marian Haber, and Alan D. Haber

INCIDENCE OF POLARIZING FOREIGN BODIES IN LUNG BIOPSIES OF PATIENTS WITH PULMONARY SARCOIDOSIS
Chest 2006 130: 143S-144S. [Abstract] [PDF]  

Priyan Samarakoon, Swapna Parikh, Wassim Younes, Nasser El-Haj, and Lobelia Samavati

HEALTH-RELATED QUALITY OF LIFE (HRQL) AMONG PATIENTS WITH SARCOIDOSIS AND ITS RELATIONSHIP TO THE PATIENT FUNCTIONAL STATUS
Chest 2006 130: 144S. [Abstract] [PDF]  

Kathy A. Garrett-Szymanski, Peter R. Smith, Jeanne McCabe, Rosemarie Samuels, Chiquita Willis, Iram Nawaz, Latoya Fyffe, and Ricardo Mosquero

IMPACT OF AN INPATIENT SMOKING CESSATION PROGRAM (ISCP)
Chest 2006 130: 144S. [Abstract] [PDF]  

Virginia C. Reichert, Patricia Folan, Dan Jacobsen, Diane Bartscherer, Nina Kohn, Christine Metz, and Arunabh Talwar

IMPACT OF SMOKERS' PERCEPTIONS OF ‘STRESSFUL EVENTS’ OCCURRING DURING TREATMENT FOR TOBACCO DEPENDENCE
Chest 2006 130: 144S. [Abstract] [PDF]  

Diana Hackbarth, Robert A. Cohen, Lynda Preckwinkel, Lori Younker, Christa McKee, Jeanine Solinski, Rhonda Williams, Kristen Donnelly, Diane Ernst, and Cynthya Campbell

SPIROMETRY SCREENING AND AN INVITATION TO QUIT FROM A STATE TOBACCO QUIT LINE AS MOTIVATORS FOR SMOKING CESSATION AMONG COMMUNITY DWELLING ADULTS
Chest 2006 130: 145S. [Abstract] [PDF]  

Virginia C. Reichert, Patricia Folan, Dan Jacobsen, Diane Bartscherer, Nina Kohn, Christine Metz, and Arunabh Talwar

‘WEIGHT GAIN CONCERNS’ OF SMOKERS BEING TREATED FOR TOBACCO DEPENDENCE
Chest 2006 130: 145S. [Abstract] [PDF]  

Ralf H. Zwick, Phillip Mutzbacher, Natasa Dovjak, Cornelia Heinzle, Otto C. Burghuber, and Hartmut Zwick

EXERCISE IN ADDITION TO NICOTINE REPLACEMENT THERAPY IMPROVES SUCCESS RATES IN SMOKING CESSATION
Chest 2006 130: 145S. [Abstract] [PDF]  

Kirk G. Voelker

SAFETY AND EFFICACY OF AN INTRAMUSCULAR ANTICHOLINERGIC INJECTION IN SMOKING CESSATION
Chest 2006 130: 145S-146S. [Abstract] [PDF]  

Felix J. Herth, Ralf Eberhardt, and Armin Ernst

NARROW BAND IMAGING (NBI) FOR EARLY LUNG CANCER DETECTION
Chest 2006 130: 146S. [Abstract] [PDF]  

Yuka M. Miyazu, Atsuko Ishida, Miho Nakamura, Huzuki Ishikawa, Takeo Inoue, Noriaki Kurimoto, Masayuki Takagi, and Teruomi Miyazawa

POSSIBLE CLINICAL APPLICATIONS OF HIGH MAGNIFICATION BRONCHOSCPY COMBINED WITH NARROW BAND IMAGING
Chest 2006 130: 146S. [Abstract] [PDF]  

Philippe E. Pierard, Jean Faber, Olivier Bauwens, Thierry Prigogine, Bich Nguyen, Michelle Dusart, and Vincent Ninane

EVALUATION OF A NEW TOOL IN MEDIASTINAL STAGING OF LUNG CANCER: REAL-TIME GUIDED NEEDLE ASPIRATION USING ENDOBRONCHIAL ULTRASOUND (EBUS-NA)
Chest 2006 130: 146S. [Abstract] [PDF]  

Nadim G. Haddad

EUS-GUIDED PLACEMENT OF FIDUCIALS FOR CYBERKNIFE THERAPY: A NEW AND SAFE METHOD TO PLACE FIDUCIALS IN THE MEDIASTINAL AND ABDOMINAL TUMORS
Chest 2006 130: 146S-147S. [Abstract] [PDF]  

Eric D. Anderson, Brian T. Collins, Gregory Gagnon, Sean Collins, Carlos Jamis-Dow, Filip Banovac, Shakun Malik, Nadim Haddad, Marc Margolis, and Cristina Reichner

FIDUCIAL PLACEMENT FOR CYBERKNIFE® STEREOTACTIC RADIOSURGERY USING FLEXIBLE BRONCHOSCOPY AND A MODIFIED TRANSBRONCHIAL ASPIRATION NEEDLE TECHNIQUE
Chest 2006 130: 147S. [Abstract] [PDF]  

Eric L. Flenaugh, Marshaleen N. Henriques, Seraj El-Oshar, Ananka Myrie, and Gloria E. Westney

TRANSBRONCHIAL NEEDLE ASPIRATION: IS POOLED CELL BLOCK, CYTOLOGY SLIDES, OR BOTH NEEDED TO IMPROVE DIAGNOSTIC YIELD?
Chest 2006 130: 147S. [Abstract] [PDF]  

Jonathon D. Truwit, James F. Orme, Jr, Ellie Hirshberg, Jay Steingrub, Mark Tisdell, Kang H. Lee, David A. Schoenfeld, B. T. Thompson, Roy G. Brower, and Alan H. Morris

BEDSIDE ELECTRONIC GLUCOSE PROTOCOL (EPROTOCOL-INSULIN) PEFORMANCE
Chest 2006 130: 147S-148S. [Abstract] [PDF]  

Jay M. Nfonoyim, Joseph Ng, and Irina Petrenko

USING A DIABETIC KETOACIDOSIS SEVERITY OF ILLNESS SCORE FOR ICU ADMISSIONS
Chest 2006 130: 148S. [Abstract] [PDF]  

Russell A. Acevedo, Daniel J. Polacek, David M. Landsberg, and Mary E. Greco

IMPLEMENTATION OF TIGHT GLYCEMIC CONTROL IN THE INTENSIVE CARE UNIT
Chest 2006 130: 148S. [Abstract] [PDF]  

Ellie L. Hirshberg, Gitte Larsen, Kathy Sward, Dean Sorenson, Vijay Srinivasan, Arno Zaritsky, Neal Thomas, Alan Morris, and James Orme

CREATION AND REFINEMENT OF A COMPUTERIZED INSULIN INFUSION PROTOCOL FOR CONTROLLING BLOOD SUGARS IN BOTH ADULT AND PEDIATRIC CRITICALLY ILL PATIENTS
Chest 2006 130: 148S. [Abstract] [PDF]  

Alan Morris, Ellie Hirshberg, Kang H. Lee, Jonathon Truwit, Larry Jefferson, Gitte Larsen, Arno Zaritsky, Douglas Willson, Taylor Thompson, Dean Sorenson, Kathy Sward, and James Orme

LINKING PEDIATRIC AND ADULT CRITICAL CARE RESEARCH WITH COMPUTERIZED PROTOCOLS (FOR THE REENGINEERING CLINICAL RESEARCH IN CRITICAL CARE GROUP)
Chest 2006 130: 148S-149S. [Abstract] [PDF]  

Rick Carlson, James F. Orme, Samuel Abatte, Margaret Baldwin, Joylyn Call, Richard Cox, Nathan Grossman, Angela Jenson, and Keyvan Jones

TRANSITION FROM A CONTINUOUS INTRAVENOUS INFUSION TO A SUBCUTANEOUS INSULIN REGIMEN IN CRITICALLY ILL PATIENTS
Chest 2006 130: 149S. [Abstract] [PDF]  

Mitchell Levy, Andrew Shorr, Mark Williams, Jonathan Janes, Dazhe Wang, and Frank Booth

INCIDENCE OF VENOUS THROMBOEMBOLISM IN SEVERE SEPSIS TREATED WITH DROTRECOGIN ALFA (ACTIVATED) WITH OR WITHOUT PROPHYLACTIC-DOSE HEPARIN
Chest 2006 130: 149S. [Abstract] [PDF]  

Joss J. Thomas, Mark Tidswell, Archan Shah, Raul Octaviani, Krystal Kozikowski, Thomas Higgins, Brian Nathanson, and Jay Steingrub

INITIATION OF DROTRECOGIN ALFA (ACTIVATED) [DTAA] VERSUS PLACEBO INFUSION ACUTELY IMPROVES HEMODYNAMICS IN PATIENTS WITH SEPTIC SHOCK
Chest 2006 130: 149S-150S. [Abstract] [PDF]  

Jaime J. Simon Grahe, Serene Shashaa, Gourang P. Patel, Ellen Elpern, and Robert A. Balk

INCIDENCE AND OUTCOME OF VASOPRESSOR RESISTANCE IN SEPTIC SHOCK
Chest 2006 130: 150S. [Abstract] [PDF]  

Sharon Ngan, Liziamma George, Alexey Amchentsev, Anthony Saleh, and Suhail Raoof

VASOPRESSIN IN SEPTIC SHOCK: IS IT FOR EVERY PATIENT?
Chest 2006 130: 150S. [Abstract] [PDF]  

Sanjay Subramanian, Hasrat Khan, Christopher Farmer, and Ognjen Gajic

CORRELATION BETWEEN NONINVASIVE AND INVASIVE BLOOD PRESSURE MEASUREMENTS IN EARLY SEPTIC SHOCK
Chest 2006 130: 150S. [Abstract] [PDF]  

Nathan Lidsky, Aaron M. Joffe, Rosa Mak, Farhan Farooqui, and Tudy Hodgman

THE DECISION TO TREAT PATIENTS AT HIGH RISK OF DEATH FROM SEPTIC SHOCK WITH EARLY GOAL-DIRECTED THERAPY CANNOT BE MADE BY AGE, PRESENCE OF COMORBIDITIES, OR SEVERITY OF ILLNESS
Chest 2006 130: 150S-151S. [Abstract] [PDF]  

Andrew F. Shorr, Cindy Cors, Christopher J. Lettieri, and Steven D. Nathan

SEVERE PULMONARY HYPERTENSION IN IDIOPATHIC PULMONARY FIBROSIS
Chest 2006 130: 151S. [Abstract] [PDF]  

Sevin Baser, Sibel Cubukcu, Sibel Ozkurt, Nuran Sabir, Beyza Akdag, and Erdal Diri

PULMONARY INVOLVEMENT STARTS IN EARLY STAGE OF ANKYLOSING SPONDYLITIS
Chest 2006 130: 151S. [Abstract] [PDF]  

Kevin K. Brown, Juergen Behr, Ron M. du Bois, Ganesh Raghu, and Tamadge E. King

EFFECTS OF BOSENTAN ON OXYGEN PULSE OXIMETRY (SPO2) DURING EXERCISE IN IDIOPATHIC PULMONARY FIBROSIS (IPF) PATIENTS: THE BUILD 1 STUDY
Chest 2006 130: 151S-152S. [Abstract] [PDF]  

Evans R. Fernandez-Perez, Hussam Jenad, Craig E. Daniels, Jay H. Ryu, and Ognjen Gajic

VENTILATOR SETTINGS AND OUTCOME IN PATIENTS WITH INTERSTITIAL LUNG DISEASE REQUIRING MECHANICAL VENTILATION IN THE INTENSIVE CARE UNIT
Chest 2006 130: 152S. [Abstract] [PDF]  

Jennifer A. Svetlecic, Agostino Molteni, Tim Quinn, and Betty Herndon

PULMONARY GELATINASES IN THE REMODELING OF BRONCHIOLITIS OBLITERANS
Chest 2006 130: 152S. [Abstract] [PDF]  

Christopher H. Wigfield, Joshua D. Lindsey, James Anderson, Glen Leverson, Dilip S. Nath, and Robert B. Love

ORGAN PROCUREMENT DATA EVALUATION OF REJECTED MARGINAL DONORS IN LUNG TRANSPLANTATION
Chest 2006 130: 152S-153S. [Abstract] [PDF]  

Jeff S. Reid, Shirley F. Jones, Mark T. Dransfield, Kevin J. Leon, Sara J. Pereira, James K. Kirklin, David C. McGiffin, K. R. Young, and Keith M. Wille

THE BODE INDEX PREDICTS SURVIVAL AFTER LUNG TRANSPLANTATION FOR CHRONIC OBSTRUCTIVE PULMONARY DISEASE
Chest 2006 130: 153S. [Abstract] [PDF]  

Cesar A. Keller, David B. Erasmus, Javier F. Aduen, Jefreey A. Shalev, and Francisco G. Alvarez

PULMONARY EMBOLISM FOLLOWING LUNG TRANSPLANTATION: EXPERIENCE AFTER 100 CONSECUTIVE TRANSPLANTS
Chest 2006 130: 153S. [Abstract] [PDF]  

Wael Batobara, Wayne Kepron, and Zoheir Bshouty

EFFECT OF AZITHROMYCIN ON CHRONIC REJECTION IN LUNG TRANSPLANT PATIENTS
Chest 2006 130: 153S. [Abstract] [PDF]  

Jeffrey Chapman, Marie Budev, Keith Stevens, Atul Mehta, Andrew N. Githaiga, Omar Minai, Marcus Haug, Holli Blazey, Tracy Evans-Walker, Mike Cwalina, Joan Alster, Brian Stephany, Bashar Al-Alao, Lara Danziger-Isakov, Gosta Pettersson, Sherif Mossad, and Robin Avery

VALGANCICLOVIR-ASSOCIATED NEUTROPENIA IN LUNG TRANSPLANT RECIPIENTS
Chest 2006 130: 153S-154S. [Abstract] [PDF]  

Leysan Akhmadishina, Gulnaz Korytina, Dilara Yanbaeva, Svetlana Mingazova, Ahat Bakirov, and Tatyana Victorova

GENETIC SUSCEPTIBILITY TO OCCUPATIONAL CHRONIC BRONCHITIS
Chest 2006 130: 154S. [Abstract] [PDF]  

Gisela Banauch, Ganesha Santhyadka, Robert Chavko, Gabriel Izbicki, David Prezant, and Sun Xiwu

ALPHA-1 ANTITRYPSIN DEFICIENCY ACCELERATES PULMONARY FUNCTION DECLINE AFTER 09/11/2001 IN NEW YORK CITY FIRE DEPARTMENT RESCUE WORKERS
Chest 2006 130: 154S. [Abstract] [PDF]  

Kelly Kreuter, David Mukai, Jangwoen Lee, Shuguang Guo, Lillian Tseng, Sari Mahon, Zhongping Chen, and Matthew Brenner

NONINVASIVE DETECTION OF AIRWAY EDEMA USING OPTICAL COHERENCE TOMOGRAPHY IN A SMOKE INHALATION ANIMAL MODEL
Chest 2006 130: 154S-155S. [Abstract] [PDF]  

Daniel R. Ricciuto, Maya Obadia, Gary M. Liss, and Susan M. Tarlo

THE EFFECTS OF WORKPLACE SAFETY TRAINING PRACTICES AND COMPREHENSION ON THE INCIDENCE OF OCCUPATIONAL ASTHMA AMONG INDOOR CLEANERS
Chest 2006 130: 155S. [Abstract] [PDF]  

Venu Kandala, Subhakar Kandi, Vamsi Gopal Doddapaneni, and Narender Methuku

EXHALED BREATH CARBON MONOXIDE IN TRAFFIC POLICE AND ITS RELATION TO VEHICULAR POLLUTION AND SMOKING
Chest 2006 130: 155S. [Abstract] [PDF]  

Dominique Lauwers, Joel Thimpont, Jean-Pol Quarre, Olivier Gilbert, and Philippe E. Pierard

OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE TO CRYSTALLINE SILICA AND LUNG CANCER
Chest 2006 130: 155S. [Abstract] [PDF]  

D. D. Ivy, Aimee K. Doran, Donna K. Parker, Lori R. Claussen, Kelly Smith, George Mallory, and Steven H. Abman

ACUTE AND CHRONIC EFFECTS OF INHALED ILOPROST THERAPY IN CHILDREN WITH PULMONARY ARTERIAL HYPERTENSION
Chest 2006 130: 156S. [Abstract] [PDF]  

Kelly J. Smith, George B. Mallory, Steven H. Abman, and Dunbar D. Ivy

AIRWAY HYPERREACTIVITY AFTER ILOPROST INHALATION IN PEDIATRIC PATIENTS WITH PULMONARY ARTERIAL HYPERTENSION
Chest 2006 130: 156S. [Abstract] [PDF]  

Minh L. Doan, Haibin Zhang, Okan Elidemir, Philip G. Black, Dion M. Roberts, Robin R. Deterding, and Leland L. Fan

SERUM KL-6 LEVELS IN CHILDREN WITH INBORN ERRORS OF SURFACTANT METABOLISM AND NEUROENDOCRINE CELL HYPERPLASIA OF INFANCY
Chest 2006 130: 156S. [Abstract] [PDF]  

Khoulood F. Fakhoury, Charles Seller, Susan Pilney, and Julie Katkin

A THREE-YEAR LONGITUDINAL FOLLOW-UP STUDY OF A COHORT OF CHILDREN WITH BRONCHOPULMONARY DYSPLASIA (BPD)
Chest 2006 130: 156S-157S. [Abstract] [PDF]  

Kenny Nguyen, Garey Noritz, and David Birnkrant

MAJOR NONCARDIOPULMONARY COMPLICATIONS AMONG PATIENTS WITH DUCHENNE MUSCULAR DYSTROPHY WHO EXPERIENCE PROLONGED SURVIVAL THROUGH ASSISTED VENTILATION
Chest 2006 130: 157S. [Abstract] [PDF]  

Nisha Rathi and Sajid A. Haque

CLINICALLY DIFFERENTIATING OBSTRUCTIVE SLEEP APNEA FROM PRIMARY SNORING DISORDER IN THE PEDIATRIC POPULATION
Chest 2006 130: 157S. [Abstract] [PDF]  

Mark B. Berger, Wendy Sullivan, and Ross Owen

A CORPORATE-DRIVEN SLEEP APNEA DETECTION AND TREATMENT PROGRAM
Chest 2006 130: 157S. [Abstract] [PDF]  

Debra Repasky, Darius Rhodes Zoroufy, Ralph Pascualy, Paul Doyle, and Brooke Brown

IMPLEMENTATION OF A SLEEP APNEA SCREENING PROTOCOL IN AN INPATIENT POPULATION
Chest 2006 130: 158S. [Abstract] [PDF]  

Adil Imran, Connie Hannah, and Sairam Parthasarathy

CAN ALTERNATIVE MANAGEMENT STRATEGIES FOR SLEEP APNEA IMPROVE ACCESS TO CARE AND SAVE COSTS IN VETERANS?
Chest 2006 130: 158S. [Abstract] [PDF]  

Reena Mehra, Susan Redline, Sonia Ancoli-Israel, and Katie L. Stone

PREVALENCE AND PREDICTORS OF SLEEP-DISORDERED BREATHING IN OLDER MEN:THE OUTCOMES OF SLEEP DISORDERS IN OLDER MEN SLEEP STUDY
Chest 2006 130: 158S. [Abstract] [PDF]  

Javaad Khan, Ziad Shaman, and Dennis Auckley

ADVERSE EVENTS DURING NOCTURNAL POLYSOMNOGRAPHY
Chest 2006 130: 158S-159S. [Abstract] [PDF]  

Mark H. Sanders, Rachel J. Givelber, Jigme M. Sethi, Augustine M. Choi, Valerian Kagan, Yingze Zhang, Lynnette Robinson, Christopher P. O'Donnell, and David E. Kelley

EFFECT OF SLEEP FRAGMENTATION ON OVERNIGHT OXIDATIVE STRESS, INSULIN, AND GLUCOSE
Chest 2006 130: 159S. [Abstract] [PDF]  

Poster Presentations:

Laercio M. Valenca, Guilherme Benevenuto, Rodolfo S. Coelho, Antonio V. Vasconcelos, Thomas E. Osterne, and Jesian C. Aguiar

ASTHMA CONTROL TEST (ACT) COMPARED WITH SPIROMETRY IN THE ASSESSMENT OF PATIENTS WITH ASTHMA
Chest 2006 130: 160S. [Abstract] [PDF]  

James B. Ladesich, Rita Mangold, Gary Salzman, and Daniel Barnes

IMPROVEMENT OF ASTHMA SYMPTOMS AFTER REFERRAL TO ASTHMA CLINIC
Chest 2006 130: 160S. [Abstract] [PDF]  

Mohammad-Reza Movahed, Mehrtash Hashemzadeh, and M Mazen Jamal

INCREASED PREVALENCE OF ASTHMA IN PATIENTS WITH TYPE II DIABETES MELLITUS
Chest 2006 130: 160S. [Abstract] [PDF]  

Roberto W. Dal Negro, Paola Turco, Claudio Micheletto, Claudio Turati Associate Massimo Guerriero Associate

PIKO-1: A DEVICE HANDY AND SUITABLE FOR PATIENTS’ PEFR AND FEV1 PERSONAL LONG-TERM MONITORING
Chest 2006 130: 160S. [Abstract] [PDF]  

Michael D. Goldman, James Lemert, Jafar Vossoughi, Arthur Johnson, Nischom Silverman, and Constantine K. Saadeh

AIRFLOW PERTURBATION DEVICE REFLECTS FORCED OSCILLATION INDICES OF PERIPHERAL AIRWAY OBSTRUCTION
Chest 2006 130: 160S-161S. [Abstract] [PDF]  

Shiman Wu and J. Mark Fitzgerald

THERAPEUTIC INTERVENTIONS FOR AIRWAY REMODELING IN PATIENTS WITH ASTHMA: EVALUATION WITH HRCT SYSTEMATIC REVIEW WITH METAANALYSIS
Chest 2006 130: 161S. [Abstract] [PDF]  

Laercio M. Valenca, Maria M. Zembrzuski, Rodrigo P. Junqueira, and Heloisa Glass

EFFECT OF BODY POSTURE ON EXPIRATORY AIRFLOW IN ASTHMA
Chest 2006 130: 161S. [Abstract] [PDF]  

Iyad A. Bou Mehdi and Hani M. Lababidi

ASTHMA CARE PERCEPTIONS AND PRACTICES AMONG GENERAL PRACTITIONERS IN LEBANON
Chest 2006 130: 161S-162S. [Abstract] [PDF]  

Irina V. Liverko

MORPHOFUNCTIONAL CHARACTERISTICS OF ERYTHROCYTES IN PATIENTS WITH BRONCHIAL ASTHMA WITH ASSOCIATED DISTURBANCES OF CARBOHYDRATE METABOLISM
Chest 2006 130: 162S. [Abstract] [PDF]  

Adalberto Rubin, Michel Laviolette, Neil Thomson, Robert Niven, Paul Corris, Hans Siersted, Ron Olivenstein, Ian Pavord, David McCormack, Gerard Cox, and John Miller

BRONCHIAL THERMOPLASTY IMPROVES ASTHMA STATUS OF MODERATE-TO-SEVERE PERSISTENT ASTHMATICS OVER AND ABOVE CURRENT STANDARD-OF-CARE
Chest 2006 130: 162S. [Abstract] [PDF]  

Leonard Bielory, Monica Massaro, and Jonathan Corren

SAFETY OF ZILEUTON CONTROLLED-RELEASE TABLETS GIVEN TWICE DAILY FOR THE TREATMENT OF ASTHMA: A PLACEBO-CONTROLLED STUDY
Chest 2006 130: 162S. [Abstract] [PDF]  

Arthur F. Gelb, Colleen F. Taylor, and Chris Shinar

ADDITIVE ROLE OF ZILEUTON ON TOTAL EXHALED, BRONCHIAL, AND ALVEOLAR NITRIC OXIDE IN CLINICALLY STABLE, NONATOPIC, MODERATE AND SEVERE, PERSISTENT, ADULT ASTHMATICS ON SALMETEROL 250/FLUTICASONE 50
Chest 2006 130: 163S. [Abstract] [PDF]  

Branislav Gvozdenovic, Vladimir Zugic, and Mira Vukovic

SEVERITY OF ASTHMA EXACERBATIONS AND SATISFACTION WITH INHALED MEDICATION
Chest 2006 130: 163S. [Abstract] [PDF]  

Kurt Nikander and Lauren R. Ziegler

AN IN VITRO COMPARISON OF THE IMPACT OF JET NEBULIZER DESIGN ON THE AEROSOL CHARACTERISTICS OF ALBUTEROL, IPRATROPIUM BROMIDE, AND BUDESONIDE
Chest 2006 130: 163S. [Abstract] [PDF]  

D. S. Pearlman, W. Rees, H. Huang, K. Schaefer, and W. T. Andrews

AN EVALUATION OF LEVALBUTEROL HFA IN THE PREVENTION OF EXERCISE-INDUCED BRONCHOSPASM
Chest 2006 130: 163S-164S. [Abstract] [PDF]  

Dominic Coppolo, Jolyon Mitchell, Kimberly Wiersema, Cathy Dolyle, and Mark Nagel

IMPACT OF DELAYED INHALATION ON PERFORMANCE OF VALVED HOLDING CHAMBERS (VHCS) FOR THE DELIVERY OF A BETA-2 AGONIST FORMULATION: DELIVERY TO THE UNCOORDINATED USER
Chest 2006 130: 164S. [Abstract] [PDF]  

M. V. Parsey, A. D. D'Urzo, M. G. Marcus, K. Tripp, W. K. McVicar, and R. A. Baumgartner

LONG-TERM SAFETY OF LEVALBUTEROL ADMINISTERED VIA METERED-DOSE INHALER IN PATIENTS WITH ASTHMA
Chest 2006 130: 164S. [Abstract] [PDF]  

Paul D. Blanc, Hubert Chen, Patricia P. Katz, Edward H. Yelin, Irene H. Yen, Umesh Masharani, Laura Trupin, and Mark D. Eisner

COMPLEMENTARY AND ALTERNATIVE MEDICINE PRACTICES AMONG ADULTS WITH ASTHMA AND RHINITIS: RELATION TO PHYSICAL HEALTH STATUS IN PROSPECTIVE FOLLOW-UP
Chest 2006 130: 164S-165S. [Abstract] [PDF]  

Monica Fletcher, Jane Coomber, Margaret Lester, Karin Yeatts, and Samantha Walker

ALLIED HEALTH PRACTITIONER EDUCATION AND PATIENT MEDICATION REGIMENS
Chest 2006 130: 165S. [Abstract] [PDF]  

Carl V. Asche, Diana Brixner, and Qayyim Said

ASSESSMENT OF ASTHMA/CHRONIC OBSTRUCTIVE PULMONARY DISEASE (COPD) OUTCOMES VIA DATABASES
Chest 2006 130: 165S. [Abstract] [PDF]  

Rosa M. Estrada-Y-Martin and Ruckshanda Majid

RAPID ON-SITE EVALUATION OF TRANSBRONCHIAL NEEDLE ASPIRATION DECREASES DELAY OF DIAGNOSIS AND DECREASES COST TO THE HEALTH MEDICAL SYSTEM
Chest 2006 130: 165S. [Abstract] [PDF]  

Felix J. Herth, Ralf Eberhardt, and Armin Ernst

ENDOBRONCHIAL ULTRASOUND CONTROLLED LYMPHNODE BIOPSIES IN MEDIASTINAL MASSES
Chest 2006 130: 165S-166S. [Abstract] [PDF]  

Bich Nguyen, Gilles Gariepy, and Anand V. Sahai

ENDOSCOPIC ULTRASOUND-GUIDED FINE NEEDLE ASPIRATION OF MEDIASTINAL LESIONS IN PATIENTS WITHOUT SUSPECTED OR PROVEN LUNG CANCER: FINDINGS AND CLINICAL OUTCOMES IN 62 PATIENTS
Chest 2006 130: 166S. [Abstract] [PDF]  

Mohsen Davoudi, Katherine Osann, Septimiu Murgu, and Henri Colt

SYSTEMATIC VALIDATION OF TWO INSTRUMENTS TO EVALUATE TECHNICAL SKILLS IN FLEXIBLE BRONCHOSCOPY USING A VIRTUAL REALITY SIMULATOR
Chest 2006 130: 166S. [Abstract] [PDF]  

Martin L. Mayse, Parag J. Parikh, Amir Chaudhari, Kristen M. Lechleiter, Steve Dimmer, Roger Hildwein, Mia Park, Daniel Low, and Jefferey Bradley

BRONCHOSCOPIC IMPLANTATION OF ELECTROMAGNETIC TRANSPONDERS IN THE CANINE LUNG
Chest 2006 130: 166S. [Abstract] [PDF]  

Ralf Eberhardt and Felix J. Herth

ELECTROMAGNETIC NAVIGATION: A NEW APPROACH IN DIAGNOSING PERIPHERAL LUNG LESIONS–EVALUATION OF THE LEARNING CURVE
Chest 2006 130: 167S. [Abstract] [PDF]  

Gurpreet S. Sandhu

APPLICATION OF A LUMEN-SIZING DEVICE IN THE TREATMENT OF TRACHEAL STENOSIS
Chest 2006 130: 167S. [Abstract] [PDF]  

Silvia Quadrelli, Mohsen Davoudi, and Henri Colt

SURVEYED OPINIONS OF THE ESSENTIAL BRONCHOSCOPIST© AS A LEARNING MODALITY IN MOZAMBIQUE AND MAURITANIA
Chest 2006 130: 167S. [Abstract] [PDF]  

Daniel R. Ouellette

THE SAFETY OF BRONCHOSCOPY IN A PULMONARY FELLOWSHIP PROGRAM
Chest 2006 130: 167S. [Abstract] [PDF]  

Michael L. Scharf, Caroline Panichello, and David M. Murphy

ROUTINE USE OF TRANSTRACHEAL ANAESTHETIC BLOCK DURING FLEXIBLE FIBEROPTIC BRONCHOSCOPY: AN EVALUATION OF SAFETY AND EFFECT ON MODERATE SEDATION USE
Chest 2006 130: 168S. [Abstract] [PDF]  

Giuseppe E. Anzalone, Ilaria D'Amico, Maria C. Truglia, Andrea Gori, and Rita Ottanelli

DIAGNOSTIC YIELD OF TRANSBRONCHIAL BIOPSY (TBX) UNDER THE GUIDE OF A DIGITAL RADIOGRAPH SYSTEM FOR THE DIAGNOSIS OF PERIPHERAL LUNG LESIONS
Chest 2006 130: 168S. [Abstract] [PDF]  

Rex C. Yung, Enid C. Neptune, C. Haponik, Karen C. Carroll, Richard C. Jones, Stephen C. Yang, Fred C. Askins, and Lesia C. Dropulic

A STANDARDIZED DIAGNOSTIC BRONCHOSCOPY PROTOCOL IS VALUABLE IN THE MULTIDISCIPLINARY EVALUATION AND MANAGEMENT OF HEMATOPOETIC STEM CELL TRANSPLANT (HSCT) PATIENTS WITH PULMONARY INFILTRATES
Chest 2006 130: 168S. [Abstract] [PDF]  

Arthur W. Sung, Jed Gorden, David Trentham, Phillip Boiselle, David Feller-Kopman, and Armin Ernst

AIRWAY MANIFESTATIONS OF RELAPSING POLYCHONDRITIS
Chest 2006 130: 168S-169S. [Abstract] [PDF]  

Septimiu D. Murgu and Henri Colt

A MULTIDIMENSIONAL CLASSIFICATION (FEMOS) FOR PATIENTS WITH EXPIRATORY CENTRAL AIRWAY COLLAPSE
Chest 2006 130: 169S. [Abstract] [PDF]  

Soo-Taek Uh, Jae J. Shim, Yang-ki Kim, and Ki-up Kim

A DETECTION OF ENDOBRONCHIAL OBSTRUCTION USING A NEW VIBRATION RESPONSE IMAGING (VRI) TECHNOLOGY
Chest 2006 130: 169S. [Abstract] [PDF]  

Heinrich D. Becker

VIBRATION RESPONSE IMAGING (VRI) AS A TOOL BEFORE AND AFTER BRONCHOSCOPIC INTERVENTIONS
Chest 2006 130: 169S. [Abstract] [PDF]  

Duncan M. Geddes, Toby Maher, and Athol Wells

REPRODUCIBILITY OF RELATIVE REGIONAL ASSESSMENT USING THE VIBRATION RESPONSE IMAGING DEVICE
Chest 2006 130: 169S-170S. [Abstract] [PDF]  

J. Menzin, J.S. Brown, L. Guadagno, M. Friedman, B. Kitch, J.P. Marton, C. Best, L. Boulanger, and J. Xuan

CARE-SEEKING BEHAVIOR AMONG SUBJECTS WITH EARLY CHRONIC OBSTRUCTIVE LUNG DISEASE IDENTIFIED THROUGH A COMMUNITY SPIROMETRY SCREENING PROGRAM: FINDINGS FROM THE RESPIRATORY HEALTH PROMOTION STUDY (RHPS)
Chest 2006 130: 170S. [Abstract] [PDF]  

Mohammad-Reza Movahed and Norah Milne

CHRONIC OBSTRUCTIVE PULMONARY DISEASE DOES NOT EFFECT LEFT OR RIGHT VENTRICULAR EJECTION FRACTIONS
Chest 2006 130: 170S. [Abstract] [PDF]  

Alexander E. Makarevich and Dmitry L. Ivashkevich

DYNAMICS OF INTERMEDIATE SUBSTRATES OF CARBOHYDRATES METABOLISM IN EXHALED BREATH CONDENSATE DURING COPD DEVELOPMENT
Chest 2006 130: 170S. [Abstract] [PDF]  

Inoka A. Devapriya and Ravi T. Chandran

CHRONIC OBSTRUCTIVE PULMONARY DISEASE AND COR PULMONALE
Chest 2006 130: 171S. [Abstract] [PDF]  

Ubair Ahmed, Roberto D. Remedios, and Peter Spiro

SEXUAL DYSFUNCTION AND CHRONIC OBSTRUCTIVE PULMONARY DISEASE: IS THE SEVERITY OF ERECTILE DYSFUNCTION RELATED TO PULMONARY FUNCTIONS AND BODY MASS INDEX?
Chest 2006 130: 171S. [Abstract] [PDF]  

Jae Hee Jeong, Sang Bong Choi, Moo Suk Park, Young Sam Kim, Se Kyu Kim, Chul Min Ahn, Joon Chang, and Sung Kyu Kim

CLINICAL CHARACTERISTICS OF MILD COPD IN KOREA
Chest 2006 130: 171S. [Abstract] [PDF]  

Irina Zolotarevskaya, Robert A. Fleming, and Terence Brady

PHYSICIAN PRACTICE PATTERNS AFTER GOLD GUIDELINES IN PATIENTS ADMITTED WITH ACUTE EXACERBATION OF CHRONIC OBSTRUCTIVE PULMONARY DISEASE (COPD)
Chest 2006 130: 171S-172S. [Abstract] [PDF]  

Ramakrishna R. Madakala, Vijaya Bhaskar, and Vijai R. Kumar

ACUTE EXACERBATION OF CHRONIC OBSTRUCTIVE PULMONARY DISEASE: PREDICTORS OF OUTCOME–SINGLE-CENTER PROSPECTIVE STUDY FROM INDIA
Chest 2006 130: 172S. [Abstract] [PDF]  

Alexander E. Makarevich, Valentina E. Valevich, and Alexander J. Pochtavcev

DETECTION OF PULMONARY HYPERTENSION IN COPD PATIENTS WITH DIABETES TYPE 2 (DM2)
Chest 2006 130: 172S. [Abstract] [PDF]  

Perlat Kapisyzi and Dhimiter Argjiri

ACUTE EXACERBATION OF CHRONIC OBSTRUCTIVE PULMONARY DISEASE: CLINICAL CHARACTERISTICS AND PREDICTORS OF EXACERBATIONS RATE
Chest 2006 130: 172S. [Abstract] [PDF]  

Xavier P. Bocca, Oscar Laudanno, Patricia Sorroche, and Mark Brantly

ALPHA-1 ANTITRYPSIN PHENOTYPE AND GENOTYPE IN PATIENTS WITH CHRONIC OBSTRUCTIVE PULMONARY DISEASE (COPD)
Chest 2006 130: 172S-173S. [Abstract] [PDF]  

Ljiljana Corkovic, Nada Kostic, Dragana Begovic, Vladana Miloskovic, Momira Obradovic, Ratko Garovic, Milena Bojic, Snezana Ignjatovic, and Dr Dragisa Misovic

VIP (VASOACTIVE INTESTINAL POLYPEPTIDE) AND VITAMIN C IN THE SERUM OF COPD PATIENTS BEFORE AND AFTER THERAPY
Chest 2006 130: 173S. [Abstract] [PDF]  

Johannes Stadlmann, Alfred Weber, Peter L. Turecek, Hans P. Schwarz, Raimundas Sakalauskas, Friedrich Altmann, and Daniel Kolarich

GLYCO-PROTEOMIC ASSESSMENT OF IGG AND ALPHA1-PROTEINASE INHIBITOR (A1PI) FROM A CHRONIC OBSTRUCTIVE PULMONARY DISEASE (COPD) PATIENT IN PLASMA AND BRONCHOALVEOLAR LAVAGE FLUID
Chest 2006 130: 173S. [Abstract] [PDF]  

Alfred Weber, Andrea Engelmaier, Peter L. Turecek, and Hans P. Schwarz

DIRECT SENSITIVE ISOELECTRIC FOCUSING (IEF) IMMUNOBLOTTING METHOD FOR THE DETECTION OF THE ALPHA1-PROTEINASE INHIBITOR (A1PI) ISOFORM PATTERN IN DILUTE SOLUTIONS
Chest 2006 130: 173S-174S. [Abstract] [PDF]  

Jim Carney, Nina Garrett, Todd Willis, and Amy McGrath

A SIMPLE FINGER STICK, POINT-OF-CARE, ASSAY FOR IDENTIFYING PATIENTS AT RISK FOR ALPHA-1 ANTITRYPSIN (A1AT) DEFICIENCY
Chest 2006 130: 174S. [Abstract] [PDF]  

Frank T. Grassi and Christopher Stafford

THE USE OF SPIROMETRY TO SCREEN PATIENTS WITH CHRONIC OBSTRUCTIVE PULMONARY DISEASE RISK FACTORS AT A MILITARY TREATMENT FACILITY
Chest 2006 130: 174S. [Abstract] [PDF]  

Zorica M. Lazic, Ljiljana A. Novkovic, and Olgica M. Gajovic

BRONCHODILATATOR RESPONSIVENESS IN COPD
Chest 2006 130: 174S. [Abstract] [PDF]  

Elie Fiss, Selma D. Squassoni, Nadine C. Machado, Viviane Natali, Roberto R. Junior, and Tatiana Rosov

SIX-MINUTE WALK TEST AND SPIROMETRIC PARAMETER CORRELATIONS IN THE CHRONIC OBSTRUCTIVE PULMONARY DISEASE PATIENT
Chest 2006 130: 174S-175S. [Abstract] [PDF]  

Mohammad-Reza Movahed and Norah Milne

THE EFFECT OF SECOND HAND SMOKING ON CHRONIC COUGH AND SPUTUM PRODUCTION
Chest 2006 130: 175S. [Abstract] [PDF]  

Carl V. Asche, Diana I. Brixner, Craig S. Conoscenti, David C. Young, Hemal Shah, and Phillips Amy

ASSESSMENT OF PHYSICIAN PRESCRIBING FOR PRIMARY CARE PATIENTS WITH CHRONIC OBSTRUCTIVE PULMONARY DISEASE (COPD) IN A NATIONAL ELECTRONIC MEDICAL RECORD (EMR) RESEARCH DATABASE
Chest 2006 130: 175S. [Abstract] [PDF]  

Paul M. Van Den Brande, Pieter Koopman, and Marc Decramer

MRSA: IMPORTANCE OF THROAT SCREENING AND RECONTAMINATION IN COPD PATIENTS
Chest 2006 130: 175S. [Abstract] [PDF]  

Tesfaye Madebo, Birgitte Langevol, and Garpestad Oddveig

THE PATTERN OF APPLICATION OF BILEVEL POSITIVE AIRWAY PRESSURE (BIPAP) TREATMENT FOR PATIENT ADMITTED WITH ACUTE TYPE II RESPIRATORY FAILURE AT PULMONARY UNIT OF STAVANGER UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL IN NORWAY
Chest 2006 130: 176S. [Abstract] [PDF]  

Abdalla A. Hussein, Hazem El kashef, Mohamed A. El Nadi, and Abdel Rehiem Ads

EVALUATION OF THE EFFICACY AND SAFETY OF MOXIFLOXACIN IN THE TREATMENT OF CHRONIC OBSTRUCTIVE PULMONARY DISEASES
Chest 2006 130: 176S. [Abstract] [PDF]  

Napoleon Karagiannidis, Filia Diamantea, Emmanouil Kastanakis, Eustratios Panselinas, Alexadra Nakou, Eugenia Milioni, Maria Kanellopoulou, Nikoletta Skarmoutsou, Eyaggelos Papafragas, and Vlasios Polychronopoulos

RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN BACTERIOLOGIC ETIOLOGY IN SPUTUM, PULMONARY FUNCTION, AND CLINICAL AND LABORATORY PARAMETERS IN PATIENTS WITH ACUTE EXACERBATIONS OF COPD
Chest 2006 130: 176S. [Abstract] [PDF]  

Michelle Cao, Hideki Tsurugaya, Janos Porszasz, Brian J. Whipp, and Richard Casaburi

EFFECT OF DOPAMINE AND SUPPLEMENTAL OXYGEN ON EXERCISE VENTILATORY RESPONSE AND ENDURANCE IN COPD PATIENTS
Chest 2006 130: 176S-177S. [Abstract] [PDF]  

Bartolome Celli, Peter M. Calverley, Julie A. Anderson, Gary T. Ferguson, Christine Jenkins, Paul W. Jones, Jorgen Vestbo, Julie C. Yates, and Neil Pride

THE TOWARDS A REVOLUTION IN COPD HEALTH (TORCH) STUDY: FLUTICASONE PROPIONATE/SALMETEROL REDUCES THE RATE OF EXACERBATIONS OVER 3 YEARS
Chest 2006 130: 177S. [Abstract] [PDF]  

Snezana V. Raljevic

FOOD FREQUENCY IN PATIENTS WITH SEVERE CHRONIC OBSTRUCTIVE PULMONARY DISEASE AND CHRONIC RESPIRATORY FAILURE
Chest 2006 130: 177S. [Abstract] [PDF]  

Paul W. Jones, Peter M. Calverley, Bartolome Celli, Julie A. Anderson, Gary T. Ferguson, Christine Jenkins, Michael D. Spencer, Jorgen Vestbo, Julie C. Yates, and Neil Pride

THE TOWARDS A REVOLUTION IN COPD HEALTH (TORCH) STUDY: FLUTICASONE PROPIONATE/SALMETEROL IMPROVES AND SUSTAINS HEALTH STATUS IN COPD OVER 3 YEARS
Chest 2006 130: 177S-178S. [Abstract] [PDF]  

Gary T. Ferguson, Peter M. Calverley, Julie A. Anderson, Bartolome Celli, Christine Jenkins, Paul W. Jones, Jorgen Vestbo, Julie C. Yates, and Neil Pride

THE TOWARDS A REVOLUTION IN COPD HEALTH (TORCH) STUDY: FLUTICASONE PROPIONATE/SALMETEROL IS WELL TOLERATED IN PATIENTS WITH COPD OVER 3 YEARS
Chest 2006 130: 178S. [Abstract] [PDF]  

Heleen Rietema, Sebastiaan Holverda, Harm-Jan Bogaard, Anco Boonstra, Pieter E Postmus, and Anton Vonk-Noordegraaf

ACUTE EFFECTS OF INHALED NITRIC OXIDE AND SILDENAFIL ON PULMONARY VASCULAR HEMODYNAMICS IN COPD
Chest 2006 130: 178S. [Abstract] [PDF]  

William D. Marino and Pedro Granville

THE EFFECT OF ILOPROST INHALATION ON GAS EXCHANGE IN PATIENTS WITH COPD
Chest 2006 130: 178S-179S. [Abstract] [PDF]  

Steven Kesten, Mark Plautz, Craig Piquette, Michael Habib, and Dennis E. Niewoehner

PREMATURE DISCONTINUATION OF PATIENTS MOST AFFECTED BY THE DISEASE UNDER STUDY: A POTENTIAL BIAS IN COPD CLINICAL TRIALS
Chest 2006 130: 179S. [Abstract] [PDF]  

Todd A. Lee, Don D. Sin, and Sean D. Sullivan

COST-EFFECTIVENESS OF INHALED CORTICOSTEROIDS IN COPD: RESULTS FROM THE BOLD ECONOMIC MODEL USING ISEEC RESULTS
Chest 2006 130: 179S. [Abstract] [PDF]  

Joseph C. Seaman and Ralph J. Panos

ADHERENCE TO THE GLOBAL INITIATIVE IN OBSTRUCTIVE LUNG DISEASE TREATMENT GUIDELINES DOES NOT REDUCE AMBULATORY PATIENT VISITS
Chest 2006 130: 179S. [Abstract] [PDF]  

Yi Ming Yuan and Ying Wang

EFFECTS OF NEBULIZED BUDESONIDE ON EXHALED BIOMARKERS IN PATIENTS WITH ACUTE EXACERBATIONS OF CHRONIC OBSTRUCTIVE PULMONARY DISEASE
Chest 2006 130: 179S-180S. [Abstract] [PDF]  

Sandra G. Adams, Tamara Simpson, Patrick F. Allan, Shuko Lee, Gilbert Vipraio, Paulla K. Smith, Antonio Anzueto, Jacqueline A. Pugh, and Lisa Kearney

COGNITIVE BEHAVIORAL GROUP THERAPY IMPROVES QUALITY OF LIFE MORE THAN GENERAL HEALTH EDUCATION FOR ANXIETY IN SEVERE CHRONIC OBSTRUCTIVE PULMONARY DISEASE
Chest 2006 130: 180S. [Abstract] [PDF]  

George R. Washko, Stephen H. Loring, and John J. Reilly

PHYSIOLOGICAL ANALYSIS OF RESPONSE TO BRONCHOSCOPIC LUNG VOLUME REDUCTION VIA TISSUE ENGINEERING IN HUMANS
Chest 2006 130: 180S. [Abstract] [PDF]  

Walid G. Younis, Elie A. Chbeir, Nadim N. Daher, Tarek A. Dernaika, Gary T. Kinasewitz, and Jean I. Keddissi

STATINS PROTECT SMOKERS FROM LUNG DISEASE
Chest 2006 130: 180S. [Abstract] [PDF]  

Douglas W. Mapel, Leila S. Nelson, Eva Lydick, Joan Soriano, and Kourtney J. Davis

SURVIVAL AMONG CHRONIC OBSTRUCTIVE PULMONARY DISEASE PATIENTS USING FLUTICASONE AND SALMETEROL IN COMBINATION VS OTHER INHALED STEROIDS AND LONG-ACTING BRONCHODILATORS ALONE
Chest 2006 130: 181S. [Abstract] [PDF]  

James F. Donohue, Nicola A. Hanania, Ronald L. Ciubotaru, Nadine Barry, Raymond Claus, and William T. Andrews

PHARMACOECONOMIC OUTCOMES OF LEVALBUTEROL AND RACEMIC ALBUTEROL IN INPATIENTS REQUIRING NEBULIZATION (POLARIS)
Chest 2006 130: 181S. [Abstract] [PDF]  

J. P. Hanrahan, W. B. Smith, K. Sciarappa, W. K. McVicar, and R. A. Baumgartner

EFFICACY AND SAFETY OF NEBULIZED ARFORMOTEROL IN COPD: A PROSPECTIVE, PHASE III CLINICAL TRIAL
Chest 2006 130: 181S. [Abstract] [PDF]  

Jingping Zheng, Nanshan Zhong, Lan Yang, Yamei Wu, Ping Chen, Zhongguang Wen, and Wenjie Huang

THE EFFICACY AND SAFETY OF FLUTICASONE PROPIONATE 500 MG/SALMETEROL 50 MG COMBINED VIA DISKUS®/ACCUHALER IN CHINESE PATIENTS WITH CHRONIC OBSTRUCTIVE PULMONARY DISEASE (COPD)
Chest 2006 130: 182S. [Abstract] [PDF]  

Robert S. Pikarsky, Russell A. Acevedo, Tracey Farrell, and Wendy Fascia

LEVALBUTEROL 1 ML (0.42 MG) Q8H DOSING USING THE AEROECLIPSE BREATH-ACTUATED NEBULIZER IN A COPD INPATIENT POPULATION
Chest 2006 130: 182S. [Abstract] [PDF]  

Friedrich Kueppers, James M. Stocks, Mark Brantly, David Pollock, Alan Barker, Charlie Strange, James F. Donohue, and Robert Sandhaus

ASSESSMENT OF A NEW ALPHA1-ANTITRYPSIN REPLACEMENT THERAPY IN TWO MULTIPLE-DOSE STUDIES: SAFETY AND TOLERABILITY
Chest 2006 130: 182S. [Abstract] [PDF]  

James M. Stocks and Mark Brantly

SAFETY AND TOLERABILITY OF A NEW ALPHA1-PROTEINASE INHIBITOR: COMPARISON OF TWO SINGLE-DOSE STUDIES
Chest 2006 130: 182S-183S. [Abstract] [PDF]  

Alfred Weber, Andrea Engelmaier, Daniel Kolarich, Friedrich Altmann, Raimundas Sakalauskas, Peter L. Turecek, and Hans P. Schwarz

DETECTION OF A NEW ALPHA1-PROTEINASE INHIBITOR ISOFORM MISSING THE C TERMINAL LYSINE IN A HUMAN BRONCHEOALVEOLAR LAVAGE (BAL) SOLUTION
Chest 2006 130: 183S. [Abstract] [PDF]  

Raymond Klein

PATIENT ACCEPTABILITY OF ALPHA1-ANTITRYPSIN THERAPY
Chest 2006 130: 183S. [Abstract] [PDF]  

Eva M. Muchitsch, Susan M. Kubik, Wilfried Auer, Alfred Weber, Martin Wolfsegger, Peter L. Turecek, Jackie Kunzler, Jerome Gass, and Hans P. Schwarz

PRECLINICAL COMPARISON OF HUMAN ALPHA1-PROTEINASE INHIBITOR FRACTION IV-1 WITH A1PI FROM FRACTION IV-1+4
Chest 2006 130: 183S. [Abstract] [PDF]  

Val Romberg and Alphonse Hubsch

RETROSPECTIVE ANALYSIS OF COPD EXACERBATIONS IN PATIENTS TREATED WITH ALPHA1-PROTEINASE INHIBITOR AUGMENTATION THERAPY
Chest 2006 130: 184S. [Abstract] [PDF]  

Ljiljana Corkovic, Dragana Begovic, Tatjana Milosevic, Vladana Miloskovic, Momira Obradovic, Svetlana Jelic, Ratko Garovic, and Tereza Maksimovic

SERUM VITAMIN C LEVEL IN PATIENTS WITH ACUTE PNEUMONIA AND IN COPD PATIENTS BEFORE AND AFTER THERAPY
Chest 2006 130: 184S. [Abstract] [PDF]  

Gulnaz F. Korytina, Akhmadishina Z. Leysan, Dily G. Yanbaeva, Tatyana V. Victorova, and Shamil Z. Zagidullin

ANTIOXIDANT GENES POLYMORPHISMS IN PATIENTS WITH CHRONIC OBSTRUCTIVE PULMONARY DISEASE AND IN THE HEALTHY POPULATION OF THE REPUBLIC BASHKORTOSTAN
Chest 2006 130: 184S. [Abstract] [PDF]  

Omar Nehme, Jean-Sebastien Rachoin, Madona Azar, Arnaud Bastien, Thaddeus Bartter, and Robin Gross

GLYCEMIC CONTROL DURING INHOSPITAL CORTICOSTEROID TREATMENT FOR EXACERBATIONS OF OBSTRUCTIVE AIRWAY DISEASE
Chest 2006 130: 184S-185S. [Abstract] [PDF]  

Sebastiaan Holverda, Heleen Rietema, Harm Jan Bogaard, Anco Boonstra, Pieter E. Postmus, and Anton Vonk-Noordegraaf

SILDENAFIL AND EXERCISE-INDUCED CHANGES IN PULMONARY HEMODYNAMICS IN COPD
Chest 2006 130: 185S. [Abstract] [PDF]  

Sandra Sulsky, Rose S. Luippold, Monika Raut, and Marya D. Zilberberg

EVALUATION OF LENGTH OF STAY AND CHARGES FOR HOSPITALIZED COPD PATIENTS WITH AND WITHOUT ANEMIA
Chest 2006 130: 185S. [Abstract] [PDF]  

Franco Pasqua, Gian Luca Biscione, Girolmina Crigna, Alessia Resedi, Romana Gargano, and Francesco de Blasio

FUNCTIONAL INDEPENDENCE MEASURE (FIM) SCALE AS A POSSIBLE NEW OUTCOME OF DISABILITY IN SUBJECTS WITH SEVERE RESPIRATORY FAILURE (RF) UNDERGOING INPATIENT PULMONARY REHABILITATION (IPR)
Chest 2006 130: 185S. [Abstract] [PDF]  

Min J. Joo, Todd A. Lee, Brian A. Bartle, and Kevin B. Weiss

HEALTH STATUS AND HEALTH-CARE UTILIZATION IN CHRONIC OBSTRUCTIVE PULMONARY DISEASE BASED ON DISEASE SEVERITY
Chest 2006 130: 186S. [Abstract] [PDF]  

Karen Rascati, Manabu Akazawa, and Richard Stanford

RISK OF HOSPITALIZATIONS AND/OR EMERGENCY DEPARTMENT VISITS FOR MEDICAID PATIENTS WITH COPD: COMPARISON OF CONTROLLERS
Chest 2006 130: 186S. [Abstract] [PDF]  

Roop K. Kaw, Joseph Golish, Shekhar Ghamande, Nancy Foldvary, Richard Burgess, and Esteban Walker

INCREMENTAL RISK OF OBSTRUCTIVE SLEEP APNEA ON CARDIAC SURGICAL OUTCOMES
Chest 2006 130: 186S. [Abstract] [PDF]  

Ioannis B. Platis, Sotirios Prapas, Miltos Vassiliou, Theodosios Dosios, and Panagiotis Behrakis

SPIROMETRIC AND CONTROL OF BREATHING INDICES IN PATIENTS UNDERGOING OFF-PUMP CORONARY ARTERY BYPASS GRAFTING
Chest 2006 130: 186S-187S. [Abstract] [PDF]  

Niv Ad, Alan M. Speir, Sharon Hunt, Edward A. Lefrak, Anthony J. Rongione, and Scott D. Barnett

IS SERUM CREATININE <2.0 MG/DL SENSITIVE ENOUGH TO PREDICT ADVERSE OUTCOMES FOLLOWING CORONARY ARTERY BYPASS GRAFTING? ANOTHER LOOK AT THE ROLE OF GLOMERULAR FILTRATION RATE
Chest 2006 130: 187S. [Abstract] [PDF]  

Andrea Ballotta, Rossella Tavormina, Federica Belloli, Teresa De La Torre, Hassan Kandil, Alfredo Pazzaglia, Chiara Bianchini, Hisham El Baghdady, Fabrizio Bettini, Lorenzo Menicanti, Alessandro Frigiola, and Carmen Bellucci

ACUTE POSTOPERATIVE RENAL FAILURE IN ADULT CARDIAC SURGERY: AN ITALIAN, LARGE-VOLUME, CARDIAC SURGERY CENTER; ONE-YEAR'S EXPERIENCE
Chest 2006 130: 187S. [Abstract] [PDF]  

Keith B. Allen and David A. Heimansohn

ACTIVATED RECOMBINANT FACTOR VII: SAFETY ASSESSMENT IN CARDIOVASCULAR SURGERY PATIENTS AT HIGH RISK FOR POSTOPERATIVE BLEEDING
Chest 2006 130: 187S. [Abstract] [PDF]  

N. Mansuroglu, M. Ali, C. Oribabor, V. Matatov, L. Bernstein, W. Elzomoor, A Tinker, M. Nazares, D Koloyian, L. Y. Lee, and A. J. Tortolani

SERUM CORTISOL LEVEL AND CORONARY ARTERY BYPASS SURGERY PATIENTS
Chest 2006 130: 188S. [Abstract] [PDF]  

Gianluigi Bisleri, Tomasz Hrapkowicz, Jerzy Nozynski, Marian Zembala, and Claudio Muneretto

ENDOSCOPIC RADIAL HARVESTING WITH A NOVEL NANOSCALE-CONTROLLED BIPOLAR RADIOFREQUENCY DEVICE
Chest 2006 130: 188S. [Abstract] [PDF]  

Gonzalo V. Gonzalez-Stawinski, Bruce W. Lytle, and Nicholas G. Smedira

THE IMPACT OF PULMONARY ARTERY THROMBOENDARTERECTOMY ON RIGHT VENTRICULAR STROKE WORK INDEX
Chest 2006 130: 188S. [Abstract] [PDF]  

Louis E. Samuels, Elena C. Holmes, Kevin Hagan, Radha Gopalan, Christopher Droogan, and Francis Ferdinand

THE THORATEC IMPLANTABLE VENTRICULAR ASSIST DEVICE (IVAD): INITIAL CLINICAL EXPERIENCE
Chest 2006 130: 188S. [Abstract] [PDF]  

David J. De La Zerda, Oved Cohen, Jonah Odim, and Hillel Laks

AORTIC VALVE SPARING AND RESTORATION WITH AUTOLOGOUS PERICARDIAL LEAFLET EXTENSION IS AN EFFECTIVE ALTERNATIVE IN ACQUIRED VALVE DISEASE
Chest 2006 130: 189S. [Abstract] [PDF]  

Steven M. Mackay, Suneil R. Ramchandani, John S. Thurber, Michael J. Curran, Thomas J. DeGraba, and Michael A. Ferguson

CRYPTOGENIC ARTERIAL EMBOLI IN PATIENTS WITH PATENT FORAMEN OVALE OR ATRIAL SEPTAL DEFECT ARE ASSOCIATED WITH THE USE OF NONSTEROIDAL ANTIINFLAMMATORY DRUGS
Chest 2006 130: 189S. [Abstract] [PDF]  

Tsung P. Tsai, Siwa Chan, Yi L. Wu, Rong M. Yu, and Yeu S. Tyan

EVALUATION OF GRAFT PATENCY IN MIDCAB PATIENTS BY MULTISLICE CT ANGIOGRAPHY
Chest 2006 130: 189S. [Abstract] [PDF]  

Darin J. Saltzman, John G. Carson, Jae C. Chang, Amir Abolhoda, Richard S. Newman, Jennifer A. Armstrong, and Jeffrey C. Milliken

POSTOPERATIVE THROMBOTIC THROMBOCYTOPENIC PURPURA FOLLOWING OPEN HEART SURGERY
Chest 2006 130: 189S-190S. [Abstract] [PDF]  

Julio A. Chirinos, Eduardo De Marchena, Alex Ferreira, Carlos Alfonso, Anila Veerani, Arley Peter, Rene Parraga, Wenche Jy, Joaquin J. Jimenez, Lawrence Horstman, and Yeon S. Ahn

DIFFERENTIAL ELEVATION OF ENDOTHELIAL MICROPARTICLES AND THEIR BINDING TO LEUKOCYTES IN ACUTE CORONARY SYNDROMES
Chest 2006 130: 190S. [Abstract] [PDF]  

Binita Shah, Nidhi Kumar, Parveen Garg, Eunice Kang, Jeffrey D. Lorin, Arthur Z. Schwartzbard, Ann Danoff, and Steven P. Sedlis

CLINICAL CHARACTERISTICS OF PATIENTS WITH CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE AND METABOLIC SYNDROME TREATED WITH PERCUTANEOUS INTERVENTION
Chest 2006 130: 190S. [Abstract] [PDF]  

Dinesh Pubbi and Anjan Gupta

EARLY-INVASIVE VS LATE-INVASIVE TREATMENT IN PATIENTS WITH NON-ST ELEVATION MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION (NSTEMI) AND RENAL INSUFFICIENCY NOT ON DIALYSIS
Chest 2006 130: 190S. [Abstract] [PDF]  

Linda G. Tan, Lee S. Berk, and Stanley A. Tan

COMBINED EFFECTS OF ROSUVASTATIN AND PIOGLITAZONE IN ATTENUATING INTERFERON GAMMA, TUMOR NECROSIS FACTOR ALPHA, INTERLEUKIN-6, C-REACTIVE PROTEIN, AND INCREASING INTERLEUKIN-4 MAY PROVIDE CARDIOPROTECTION FOR PATIENTS WITH DIABETES
Chest 2006 130: 191S. [Abstract] [PDF]  

Roberta L. Reedy and Nader D. Nader

THE EFFECT OF SEVOFLURANE ON THE INFARCT SIZE FOLLOWING MYOCARDIAL ISCHEMIA REPERFUSION
Chest 2006 130: 191S. [Abstract] [PDF]  

Kwame Akosah, Amit P. Kulkarni, Vicki McHugh, Sharon Barnhart, Michelle Mathiason, and Ana Schaper

METABOLIC SYNDROME AND FUTURE CARDIOVASCULAR EVENTS IN YOUNG-TO-MIDDLE-AGED ADULTS
Chest 2006 130: 191S. [Abstract] [PDF]  

Waqas Ahmed, Saman Zafar, and Martin A. Alpert

PLASMA LEVELS OF B-TYPE NATRIURETIC PEPTIDE IN ACUTE CORONARY SYNDROME: PROGNOSTIC SIGNIFICANCE AND THERAPEUTIC IMPLICATIONS
Chest 2006 130: 191S-192S. [Abstract] [PDF]  

Seth R. Bauer, Benjamin J. Dreesman, Narith N. Ou, Jeffrey J. Armon, Jan A. Anderson, Rajiv K. Pruthi, Rick A. Nishimura, and Lance J. Oyen

INITIATION OF A WEIGHT-BASED UNFRACTIONATED HEPARIN NOMOGRAM WITH AN INITIAL BOLUS IN MEDICAL CARDIAC PATIENTS DOES NOT INCREASE BLEEDING RATE OR PERCENT OF INITIAL APTT VALUES WITHIN GOAL RANGE
Chest 2006 130: 192S. [Abstract] [PDF]  

Mohammad-Reza Movahed and Yuji Saito

MITRAL ANNULUS CALCIFICATION IS SIGNIFICANTLY ASSOCIATED WITH VALVULAR ABNORMALITIES
Chest 2006 130: 192S. [Abstract] [PDF]  

Mohammad-Reza Movahed

PREVALENCE OF VALVULAR ABNORMALITIES IN PATIENTS WHO WERE REFERRED FOR ECHOCARDIOGRAPHIC EXAMINATION WITH A PRIMARY DIAGNOSIS OF HEART MURMUR
Chest 2006 130: 192S. [Abstract] [PDF]  

Mohammad-Reza Movahed and Hepner Hepner

LOW BODY MASS INDEX IS ASSOCIATED WITH MITRAL VALVE PROLAPSE
Chest 2006 130: 192S-193S. [Abstract] [PDF]  

Hitoshi Koito, Keiko Morishima, Chizuko Ukita, Satoshi Morita, and Hiroshi Yutaka

THREE YEARS FOLLOW UP AND EFFECTS OF DOMICILIARY BILEVEL NONINVASIVE POSITIVE PRESSURE VENTILATION ON SLEEP APNEA IN STABLE HEART FAILURE
Chest 2006 130: 193S. [Abstract] [PDF]  

Antonio Castagnaro, Panagiota Tzani, Emilio Marangio, Walter Serra, Raffaele D’Ippolito, Marina Aiello, Dario Olivieri, and Alfredo Chetta

RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN VENTILATORY EQUIVALENT FOR CARBON DIOXIDE AND CLINICAL-FUNCTIONAL FEATURES IN PATIENTS WITH DILATIVE CARDIOMYOPATHY
Chest 2006 130: 193S. [Abstract] [PDF]  

Kathy Hebert, Lee M. Arcement, Maithry Uddaraju, Ron Horswell, and James McKinnie

HEART FAILURE DEVICE THERAPY IN AN INDIGENT RURAL HEART FAILURE DISEASE MANAGEMENT SYSTEM: HEALTH POLICY IMPLICATIONS OF POTENTIAL EXPANDED UTILIZATION
Chest 2006 130: 193S. [Abstract] [PDF]  

Krishnaswami Vijayaraghavan, Leslie Barnett-Avery, Michelle Jeffries, and Sue Eike

ANEMIA PRECLUDES USE OF BETA BLOCKERS IN PATIENTS WITH CHRONIC HEART FAILURE
Chest 2006 130: 193S-194S. [Abstract] [PDF]  

Nobuyuki Anzai

PATIENT KNOWLEDGE AND UNDERSTANDING OF SELF-CARE ACTIVITIES IN MANAGING CONGESTIVE HEART FAILURE
Chest 2006 130: 194S. [Abstract] [PDF]  

Hitoshi Koito, Keiko Morishima, Chizuko Ukita, Satoshi Morita, and Hiroshi Yutaka

PREVALENCE OF SLEEP APNEA AND ACUTE EFFECTS OF OXYGEN, CONTINUOUS POSITIVE AIRWAY PRESSURE, AND BILEVEL NONINVASIVE POSITIVE PRESSURE VENTILATION ON SLEEP APNEA IN PERSISTENT OR PERMANENT ATRIAL FIBRILLATION
Chest 2006 130: 194S. [Abstract] [PDF]  

Pao-Hsien Chu and Shih-Ming Jung

CELL CYCLES IN CARDIAC MYXOMA
Chest 2006 130: 194S-195S. [Abstract] [PDF]  

Katherine A. Thomas, Michael J. Barrett, Mary A. Kuzma, Tyler Seto, Kathleen Ryan, and Arnold Smolen

TEACHING CARDIAC AUSCULTATION IN A VIRTUAL SETTING: IS CLASSROOM INSTRUCTION ANTIQUATED?
Chest 2006 130: 195S. [Abstract] [PDF]  

Fabrizio J. Monge, Ricardo Hernandez, Carlos Alcala, Ari Klapholz, William Dinan, and Rosemarie Carrera

ADMITTING CHEST RADIOGRAPH EVALUATION IN PATIENTS WITH CONGESTIVE HEART FAILURE
Chest 2006 130: 195S. [Abstract] [PDF]  

Jair Munoz Mendoza, Adam Guttentag, Matthew Krasner, Ivan Mendoza, Sherry C. Pomerantz, and Glenn Eiger

UTILITY OF PORTABLE CHEST RADIOGRAPH MEASUREMENTS IN DIFFERENTIATING CONGESTIVE HEART FAILURE FROM OTHER CAUSES OF DYSPNEA IN PATIENTS PRESENTING TO EMERGENCY ROOM
Chest 2006 130: 195S. [Abstract] [PDF]  

Ather Anis, Adnan Rafiq, Samir Abdelhadi, Pierre D. Maldjian, David Manela, Ramzan Zakir, Muhamed Saric, and Marc Klapholz

CORRELATION BETWEEN CHEST RADIOGRAPH AND SERUM BRAIN NATRIURETIC PEPTIDE LEVELS IN PATIENTS PRESENTING WITH DYSPNEA
Chest 2006 130: 195S-196S. [Abstract] [PDF]  

Dipesh Pokharel, Faisal Nabi, Chandra Vasamreddy, and Chittur A. Sivaram

EVALUATION OF APPROPRIATENESS OF ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY IN PATIENTS WITH CEREBROVASCULAR ISCHEMIA IN A TERTIARY CARE TEACHING HOSPITAL
Chest 2006 130: 196S. [Abstract] [PDF]  

Mohammad-Reza Movahed and Norah Milne

POOR CORRELATION BETWEEN LEFT AND RIGHT VENTRICULAR EJECTION IN PATIENTS WITHOUT CARDIOMYOPATHY
Chest 2006 130: 196S. [Abstract] [PDF]  

Julio A. Chirinos, Josefina E. Medina Lezama, Humberto Zea Diaz, Oscar L. Morey Vargas, Juan F. Bolanos, Sheyla Paredez Diaz, Fernando F. Corrales Medina, Zoila D. Valdivia Ascuna, Carolina M. Cuba Bustinza, Mauricio Postigo McDowall, and Julio Chirinos Pacheco

IMPEDANCE CARDIOGRAPHY IDENTIFIES SUBCLINICAL SYSTOLIC DYSFUNCTION ASSOCIATED WITH OBESITY: A POPULATION-BASED STUDY
Chest 2006 130: 196S-197S. [Abstract] [PDF]  

Hajime Kataoka

DIAGNOSTIC UTILITY OF THORACIC ULTRASONOGRAPHY FOR FOLLOWING UP OF CHRONIC HEART FAILURE PATIENTS
Chest 2006 130: 197S. [Abstract] [PDF]  

Absalom D. Hepner, Mastaneh Ahmadi-Kashani, and Mohammad-Reza Movahed

PREVALENCE OF MITRAL VALVE PROLAPSE IN YOUNG ATHLETES
Chest 2006 130: 197S. [Abstract] [PDF]  

Kathy Hebert, Ron Horswell, Zaza Katsarava, and Lee M. Arcement

WHAT IS THE INCIDENCE OF STROKE AMONG RURAL INDIGENT HEART FAILURE PATIENTS ON CURRENT STANDARD MEDICAL THERAPY?
Chest 2006 130: 197S. [Abstract] [PDF]  

Jun R. Chiong, Binu Jacob, Wayne Cheng, Hector P. Sanchez, Robert F. Percy, and Alan B. Miller

DIABETES IS A RISK FACTOR FOR HOSPITALIZATIONS IN CHRONIC HEART FAILURE: DATA FROM THE CLINICAL INFORMATION MANAGER FOR HEART FAILURE (CIM-HF)
Chest 2006 130: 197S-198S. [Abstract] [PDF]  

Lee M. Arcement, Sim Rattan, Monique Fleming, Elaine Scott, Gina Bergeron, Ron Horswell, and Kathy Hebert

VACCINATION RATES IN INDIGENT RURAL PATIENTS IN SOUTH LOUISIANA: IMPACT OF A HEART FAILURE DISEASE MANAGEMENT PROGRAM
Chest 2006 130: 198S. [Abstract] [PDF]  

Ather Anis, Brijesh Patel, Maryanne Williamson, Vivek N. Dhruva, Samir Ahuja, Jason Levine, Muhamed Saric, and Marc Klapholz

INCIDENCE OF OBSTRUCTIVE CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE IN INTENSIVE CARE UNIT PATIENTS ADMITTED WITH CARDIAC AND NONCARDIAC DIAGNOSES WITH MODEST TROPONIN ELEVATION
Chest 2006 130: 198S. [Abstract] [PDF]  

Julio A. Chirinos, Eduardo De Marchena, Anila Veerani, Arley Peter, Nasser Khan, Alan Schob, Alex Ferreira, and Simon Chakko

IS DIABETES A STRONGER PREDICTOR OF RECURRENT CARDIOVASCULAR EVENTS THAN THE ANGIOGRAPHIC SEVERITY OF CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE?
Chest 2006 130: 198S. [Abstract] [PDF]  

Sarah M. Gamble, Leonardo N. Saulle, Wilbert S. Aronow, Rose M. Alappat, Kumar Kalapatapu, Anthony L. Pucillo, Craig E. Monsen, and Melvin B. Weiss

INCIDENCE OF IN-HOSPITAL MORTALITY OR NONFATAL MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION OR NONFATAL STROKE IN 216 DIABETICS AND IN 552 NONDIABETICS UNDERGOING PERCUTANEOUS CORONARY INTERVENTION WITH STENTING
Chest 2006 130: 199S. [Abstract] [PDF]  

Gerard W. Frank and Susan F. Kohler

DYSPHAGIA ASSOCIATED WITH PERSISTENT COUGH
Chest 2006 130: 199S. [Abstract] [PDF]  

Aileen S. David-Wang, Abundio A. Balgos, Renato B. Dantes, Camilo C. Roa, Jr., Ma. Lourdes E. Amarillo, Felix R. Punzalan, and Lenora C. Fernandez

THE MANAGEMENT OF CHRONIC COUGH IN A TERTIARY CARE CENTER: AN ASIAN PERSPECTIVE
Chest 2006 130: 199S. [Abstract] [PDF]  

Anpalaki Ragivan, Cahit Evrensel, and Peter E. Krumpe

AIRFLOW OSCILLATIONS AND THE VISCOELASTITY OF SIMULATED MUCUS DURING EXPERIMENTALLY MODELED COUGH EACH INDEPENDENTLY CONTRIBUTE TO THE DISPLACEMENT OF MUCUS AT SIMILAR COUGH VELOCITIES
Chest 2006 130: 199S-200S. [Abstract] [PDF]  

Vijo Poulose and Imran B. Mohd

DIFFICULT-TO-DIAGNOSE COUGH: OUTCOME OF A DIAGNOSTIC WORKUP
Chest 2006 130: 200S. [Abstract] [PDF]  

Pankaj Sayal, BK Menon, Tulsi Adhikari, and VK Vijayan

CHARACTERIZATION OF LOWER RESPIRATORY TRACT INFLAMMATION AND ITS RELATIONSHIP WITH COMPUTERIZED TOMOGRAPHIC (CT) FINDINGS IN BRONCHIAL ASTHMA
Chest 2006 130: 200S. [Abstract] [PDF]  

Eduardo C. Casalmir

ARE THE BASILIC AND CEPHALIC VEINS EASILY ACCESSIBLE FOR PERIPHERAL VENOUS ACCESS?
Chest 2006 130: 200S. [Abstract] [PDF]  

Lewis A. Eisen, Taro Minami, Hiroshi Sekiguchi, Jeffrey S. Berger, Paul Mayo, and Mangala Narasimhan

ULTRASOUND DEMONSTRATION OF ASYMMETRY BETWEEN THE LEFT AND RIGHT FEMORAL AND RADIAL ARTERIES
Chest 2006 130: 201S. [Abstract] [PDF]  

Taro Minami, Lewis A. Eisen, Hiroshi Sekiguchi, Jeffrey S. Berger, Paul H. Mayo, and Mangala Narasimhan

GENDER DISPARITY IN RADIAL AND FEMORAL ARTERIAL SIZE: AN ULTRASOUND STUDY
Chest 2006 130: 201S. [Abstract] [PDF]  

Andrew A. Pastewski, Kabu Chawla, Yizhak Kupfer, and Sidney Tessler

DIFFICULT CENTRAL VENOUS CATHETER CHANGES: A NOVEL APPROACH TO OVERCOMING RESISTANCE DURING GUIDE WIRE INSERTION
Chest 2006 130: 201S. [Abstract] [PDF]  

Deborah M. Rowlands and Curtis N. Sessler

SERIAL SURVEYS OF CENTRAL VENOUS CATHETER MANAGEMENT BY CRITICAL CARE PRACTITIONERS
Chest 2006 130: 201S-202S. [Abstract] [PDF]  

Matthew T. Rondina, George M. Rodgers, Robert Nohavec, and Boaz A. Markewitz

THE ACCURACY OF ACTIVATED PARTIAL THROMBOPLASTIN TIMES WHEN DRAWN THROUGH A PERIPHERALLY INSERTED CENTRAL CATHETER
Chest 2006 130: 202S. [Abstract] [PDF]  

Marc T. Zubrow, Alison Ellicott, and Maureen Seckel

A SAFETY COMPARISON OF TRADITIONAL TELEMETRY AND FLEXIBLE TELEMETRY
Chest 2006 130: 202S. [Abstract] [PDF]  

Mamatha P. Reddy and Sridhar P. Reddy

ERRONEOUS CARBOXYHEMOGLOBIN MEASUREMENT BY NONINVASIVE SIGNAL EXTRACTION PULSE COOXIMETRY IN THE PRESENCE OF PHENAZOPYRIDINE AND SUBCLINICAL METHEMOGLOBINEMIA
Chest 2006 130: 202S. [Abstract] [PDF]  

Puneet S. Garcha, Avelino Verceles, Amyn Hirani, Han C. Ryoo, and Herbert Patrick

EVALUATION OF TOTAL INTRATHORACIC FLUID MEASUREMENTS BY THORACIC IMPEDANCE VS CHEST RADIOGRAPH
Chest 2006 130: 202S-203S. [Abstract] [PDF]  

Adebola O. Adesanya, Jackie Wiley, and Girish P. Joshi

A COMPARISON OF PATIENT STATE INDEX, BISPECTRAL INDEX, AND MODIFIED RAMSAY SEDATION SCORES IN MECHANICALLY VENTILATED CRITICALLY ILL PATIENTS
Chest 2006 130: 203S. [Abstract] [PDF]  

Saurabh Rastogi, Rajiv Gupta, and Gulshan Sharma

PATTERN OF CARDIAC TROPONIN I RELEASE IN CRITICALLY ILL PATIENTS WITHOUT ACUTE CORONARY SYNDROME
Chest 2006 130: 203S. [Abstract] [PDF]  

Marya D. Zilberbeg, Patrick Lefebvre, Chureen Carter, Monika Raut, Francis Vekeman, Mei S. Duh, and Andrew F. Schorr

TRANSFUSING AT LOWER HEMOGLOBIN TRIGGERS: A MODEL-BASED ESTIMATE OF TRANSFUSION RISK AND UTILIZATION IN UNITED STATES INTENSIVE CARE UNITS
Chest 2006 130: 203S-204S. [Abstract] [PDF]  

Amy Lee and Bekele Afessa

THE SAFETY OF NICOTINE REPLACEMENT THERAPY IN THE INTENSIVE CARE UNIT
Chest 2006 130: 204S. [Abstract] [PDF]  

Namrata Patil and Selwyn O. Rogers, Jr

QUALITATIVE ANALYSIS OF BARRIERS TO EFFECTIVE COMMUNICATION WITH FAMILIES OF CRITICALLY ILL PATIENTS
Chest 2006 130: 204S. [Abstract] [PDF]  

Antonio V. Salud, II, Charlene Weir, Polly Wiessner, and Terry Clemmer

INTERDISCIPLINARY TEAM DISCUSSIONS REGARDING PALLIATIVE CARE/END-OF-LIFE ISSUES DURING ICU ROUNDS
Chest 2006 130: 204S. [Abstract] [PDF]  

Janet M. Shapiro, Brenda Matti, Hassan Khouli, Tricia Dillman, and Rosa Williams

IMPLEMENTATION OF AN END-OF-LIFE CARE PROGRAM FOR DYING PATIENTS RECEIVING MECHANICAL VENTILATION
Chest 2006 130: 204S-205S. [Abstract] [PDF]  

Christopher K. Cook, Stephen D. Surgenor, and Howard L. Corwin

OUTCOMES OF MECHANICALLY VENTILATED PATIENTS WHO REQUIRE READMISSION TO THE INTENSIVE CARE UNIT
Chest 2006 130: 205S. [Abstract] [PDF]  

Ramona O. Hopkins, James F. Orme, Jr., Mary R. Suchyta, Al Jephson, David A. Schoenfeld, and Alan H. Morris

COMPARISON OF BLOOD GLUCOSE VALUES AND VARIABILITY USING THREE GLUCOSE PROTOCOLS IN CRITICALLY ILL PATIENTS
Chest 2006 130: 205S. [Abstract] [PDF]  

Howard L. Saft, David Yi, and Tunay Kuru

UTILIZATION EVALUATION AND QUALITY IMPROVEMENT RELATED TO A CONTINOUS INSULIN INFUSION PROTOCOL FOR ICU PATIENTS USING A HEALTH-CARE PROVIDER SURVEY
Chest 2006 130: 205S. [Abstract] [PDF]  

Efrat Dotan, Michael Dinkels, Jeffrey C. Nascimento, Evin McCabe, Gerald Bahr, and Bushra Mina

THE INCIDENCE OF THROMBOCYTOPENIA WITH CONTINUOUS PARENTERAL PANTOPRAZOLE INFUSION
Chest 2006 130: 206S. [Abstract] [PDF]  

Muhammad H. Shibli, Farzad Malekanian, and Junnette Gibbons

COMPARISON OF INTRAVENOUS PROTON-PUMP INHIBITORS VS INTRAVENOUS H2-BLOCKERS IN PREVENTION OF STRESS ULCER BLEEDING IN CRITICALLY ILL PATIENTS
Chest 2006 130: 206S. [Abstract] [PDF]  

Alina Dulu, Stephen M. Pastores, Nina D. Raoof, Louis Voigt, Elyn R. Riedel, and Neil A. Halpern

PHARMACOLOGICAL THROMBOPROPHYLAXIS IN MECHANICALLY VENTILATED CANCER PATIENTS IN THE INTENSIVE CARE UNIT: LOWER THAN EXPECTED
Chest 2006 130: 206S. [Abstract] [PDF]  

Satoshi Gando, Takashi Kameue, Atsushi Sawamura, Mineji Hayakawa, Hirokatsu Hoshino, Akiko Oshiro, and Nobuhiko Kubota

RESULTS OF TUBERCULIN SKIN TEST IN 1,172 CASES OF BACTIVITY AFTER SUPPLEMENTATION HAVE A PREDICTIVE VALUE IN CRITICALLY ILL PATIENTS
Chest 2006 130: 206S-207S. [Abstract] [PDF]  

Dereje Ayo, Ognjen Gajic, and Bekele Afessa

ANTIBIOTIC UTILIZATION IN SUSPECTED VENTILATOR-ASSOCIATED PNEUMONIA (VAP): CLINICAL PULMONARY INFECTION SCORE (CPIS) VS BRONCHOALVEOLAR LAVAGE (BAL)
Chest 2006 130: 207S. [Abstract] [PDF]  

Jonathan A. Laryea and Michael S. Ajemian

RISK FACTORS FOR PROLONGED SWALLOWING DYSFUNCTION FOLLOWING PROLONGED ENDOTRACHEAL INTUBATION
Chest 2006 130: 207S. [Abstract] [PDF]  

Louise Bezdjian, George E. Thomsen, Larissa Rodriquez, and Ramona O. Hopkins

THE SAFETY AND EFFICACY OF CONTINUOUS FUROSEMIDE INFUSION
Chest 2006 130: 207S. [Abstract] [PDF]  

Frederick C. Beckett, III, Montu Patel, William Dinan, and Ari Klapholz

IMPACT OF BRONCHOSCOPY AND BRONCHOALVEOLAR LAVAGE IN THE USAGE OF ANTIBIOTICS IN MECHANICALLY VENTILATED PATIENTS IN A COMMUNITY TEACHING HOSPITAL
Chest 2006 130: 207S-208S. [Abstract] [PDF]  

Cory M. Yamashita, Amy R. Forbes, Ruud Veldhuizen, and James F. Lewis

PROTECTIVE EFFECT OF ELEVATED ENDOGENOUS SURFACTANT POOLS IN RATS SUBJECTED TO INJURIOUS MECHANICAL VENTILATION
Chest 2006 130: 208S. [Abstract] [PDF]  

David Berkowitz, Pajman A. Danai, Greg S. Martin, and Marc Moss

EFFECT OF ALCOHOL ABUSE ON EXTRAVASCULAR LUNG WATER IN PATIENTS WITH ACUTE LUNG INJURY
Chest 2006 130: 208S. [Abstract] [PDF]  

Shi-Ping Luh, Jia-Yuh Chen, Tsong-Fu Kuo, and Alaoui-Jamali Moulay

EFFECTS OF THERMAL PRECONDITIONING ON THE ISCHEMIA-REPERFUSION-INDUCED ACUTE LUNG INJURY IN MINIPIGS
Chest 2006 130: 208S-209S. [Abstract] [PDF]  

Aliaksandr Y. Skrahin, Aliaksandr S. Smirnou, Anatoli D. Tahanovich, Alena M. Skrahina, and Andrei P. Astrauko

INHALED CORTICOSTEROIDS PREVENT EXHALED BREATH CONDENSATE ACIDIFICATION IN MECHANICALLY VENTILATED COPD PATIENTS
Chest 2006 130: 209S. [Abstract] [PDF]  

Reverly M. John, Ayanna Baptiste, Julian Craig, Alvin Thomas, and Oswaldo Castro

PULMONARY HEMODYNAMICS IN SICKLE CELL PATIENTS WITH ACUTE RESPIRATORY INSUFFICIENCY
Chest 2006 130: 209S. [Abstract] [PDF]  

Xiaojing Liu and FengMing Luo

GHRELIN ATTENUATES LPS-INDUCED ACUTE LUNG INJURY VIA A MECHANISM THAT INVOLVES THE NO PATHWAY
Chest 2006 130: 209S. [Abstract] [PDF]  

Ehab G. Daoud, Paul Yodice, Achal Dhupa, Digvijay Singh, and Bhagwan Dass

AN OUTCOME ANALYSIS OF PULMONARY VS EXTRAPULMONARY FORMS OF ACUTE RESPIRATORY DISTRESS SYNDROME
Chest 2006 130: 210S. [Abstract] [PDF]  

Smith Jean, Ismail Cinel, Susmita Rajanala, Christina Tay, Paige Durflinger, Richard Dellinger, and Joseph Parrillo

INCREASED SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION OF AIRFLOW IN LUNGS WITH LOW-LEVEL PRESSURE SUPPORT VENTILATION VS MAINTENANCE-ASSIST VOLUME CONTROL
Chest 2006 130: 210S. [Abstract] [PDF]  

Yaser Abu El-Sameed and Franklin D. McCool

ULTRASOUND EVALUATION OF DIAPHRAGM THICKENING AND EXTUBATION OUTCOME
Chest 2006 130: 210S. [Abstract] [PDF]  

Andrea Gabrielli, Neil R. Euliano, A. J. Layon, N. MacIntyre, Michael Gentile, Z. Bshouty, J. Wong, and Michael J. Banner

RESPIRATORY MONITOR EMPLOYING A LOAD AND TOLERANCE STRATEGY RECOMMENDS APPROPRIATE PRESSURE SUPPORT VENTILATION SETTINGS: MULTICENTER VALIDATION STUDY
Chest 2006 130: 210S-211S. [Abstract] [PDF]  

Jean Smith, Susmita Rajanala, Ismail Cinel, Zhen Whang, Lynn Ferchau, Kathie Lofland, Richard Dellinger, and Joseph Parrillo

DISTRIBUTION OF VIBRATION ENERGY AMONG DIFFERENT MODES OF MECHANICAL VENTILATION
Chest 2006 130: 211S. [Abstract] [PDF]  

Ismail Cinel, Smith Jean, Susmita Rajanala, Christina Tay, Denise McGingly, Joseph E. Parrillo, and Richard P. Dellinger

VIBRATION RESPONSE IMAGING DURING MECHANICAL VENTILATION: EXPLANATION FOR MERGING OF INSPIRATORY AND EXPIRATORY VIBRATION WAVEFORMS
Chest 2006 130: 211S. [Abstract] [PDF]  

Susmita Rajanala, Tay Christina, Smith Jean, Ismail Cinel, Mary Jo Cimino, Keith Anderson, Richard P. Dellinger, and Joseph E. Parrillo

THE EFFECT OF MECHANICAL VENTILATION MODES ON LUNG VIBRATION ENERGY
Chest 2006 130: 211S-212S. [Abstract] [PDF]  

Andrew F. Shorr, Lee S. Stern, Monika K. Raut, Lisa R. Rosenblatt, Samir Mody, Sarah Hendlish, John J. Doyle, and Marya D. Zilberberg

ANEMIA AND TRANSFUSIONS AMONG CRITICALLY ILL PATIENTS ON PROLONGED MECHANICAL VENTILATION
Chest 2006 130: 212S. [Abstract] [PDF]  

David De Blasio, David Armstrong, Stephen Oswald, Andrew Shorr, and Donald Helman

THE EFFECT OF HEAD OF BED POSITION ON ASPIRATION OF GASTRIC CONTENTS IN PATIENTS RECEIVING MECHANICAL VENTILATION: A COMPARISON OF 30 VS 45 DEGREES
Chest 2006 130: 212S. [Abstract] [PDF]  

Laeeq S. Shamsuddin and Anne E. Dixon

THE INFLUENCE OF OBESITY ON OUTCOMES FROM TRACHEOSTOMY
Chest 2006 130: 212S. [Abstract] [PDF]  

J. Dermot Frengley, John J. Vecchione, Mohammed Billah, Chaudry Ghumman, and Giorgio R. Sansone

FURTHER EVIDENCE THAT THE OUTCOMES OF PROLONGED MECHANICAL VENTILATION ARE DRIVEN BY COMORBIDITIES
Chest 2006 130: 213S. [Abstract] [PDF]  

Giorgio R. Sansone, John J. Vecchione, Chaudry Ghumman, Mohammed Billah, and J. Dermot Frengley

ARE THERE DIFFERENT OUTCOMES BETWEEN PATIENTS WITH PRIMARY CARDIAC OR PULMONARY DIAGNOSES WHO REQUIRE PROLONGED MECHANICAL VENTILATION?
Chest 2006 130: 213S. [Abstract] [PDF]  

Yifeng Luo, Canmao Xie, Mian Zeng, Jianqiang Huang, and Kejing Tang

STUDY OF NONINVASIVE POSITIVE PRESSURE VENTILATION ON PATIENTS WITH CYTOMEGALOVIRAL PNEUMONIA AFTER KIDNEY TRANSPLANTATION
Chest 2006 130: 213S. [Abstract] [PDF]  

Karim H. Abouelenin, Edgar Pierre, and Albert Varon

EARLY APPLICATION OF CONTINOUS POSITIVE AIRWAY PRESSURE (CPAP) IN HYPOXEMIC PATIENTS WITH BLUNT CHEST TRAUMA
Chest 2006 130: 213S-214S. [Abstract] [PDF]  

Andres Carrillo, Juan Alfonso Soler, Antonia Lopez, Antonio Esquinas, Sergio Botias, Ana Renedo, Manuel Parraga, and Gumersindo Gonzalez

FACTORS RELATED TO NONINVASIVE VENTILATORY FAILURE IN ACUTE CHRONIC RESPIRATORY FAILURE PATIENTS
Chest 2006 130: 214S. [Abstract] [PDF]  

Jeffrey C. Nascimento, Sherri Sandel, Gerald Bahr, Murray Rogers, and Bushra Mina

RESIDENT EDUCATION ON NONINVASIVE POSITIVE PRESSURE VENTILATION
Chest 2006 130: 214S. [Abstract] [PDF]  

Yun Seong Kim, Min Ki Lee, Ki Uk Kim, Ji Seok Lee, Hye Kyeong Park, Soon Kew Park, Yeong Dae Kim, and Ho Seok Lee

APPLICATION OF NONINVASIVE POSITIVE PRESSURE VENTILATION IN PATIENTS WITH RESPIRATORY FAILURE
Chest 2006 130: 214S. [Abstract] [PDF]  

Andres Carrillo, Antonio Esquinas, Antonia Lopez, Juan Alfonso Soler, Maria Elena Martinez, Sergio Botias, Manuel Parraga, and Ana Renedo

NONINVASIVE VENTILATION IN ADULT RESPIRATORY DISTRESS SYNDROME
Chest 2006 130: 214S-215S. [Abstract] [PDF]  

Abdulgadir K. Adam and Ayman O. Soubani

OUTCOME AND PROGNOSTIC FACTORS OF LUNG CANCER PATIENTS ADMITTED TO A MEDICAL INTENSIVE CARE UNIT
Chest 2006 130: 215S. [Abstract] [PDF]  

Sucharita Kamdar, Arthur Evans, David Angulo, and Charles I. Ojielo

OUTCOMES OF CARDIOPULMONARY ARREST AT AN URBAN PUBLIC HOSPITAL SERVING DISADVANTAGED MINORITY POPULATIONS
Chest 2006 130: 215S. [Abstract] [PDF]  

Avelino Verceles, Martin Schwarcz, Derrick Raptis, Puneet Garcha, Chetan Naik, Han C. Ryoo, and Herbert Patrick

VARIATIONS IN OUTCOME OF PATIENTS WITH SEVERE SEPSIS: ONSET IN THE COMMUNITY VS HOSPITAL
Chest 2006 130: 215S-216S. [Abstract] [PDF]  

Dipak Chandy, Roger Sy, Wilbert Aronow, George Maguire, and Wei-Nchih Lee

HYPONATREMIA AND CEREBRAL VASOSPASM IN SPONTANEOUS SUBARACHNOID HEMORRHAGE
Chest 2006 130: 216S. [Abstract] [PDF]  

Anna Rudnicki, Ann Cooper, Elvis Pagan, and Raymond Powrie

CHARACTERISTICS OF PREGNANT AND POSTPARTUM PATIENTS REQUIRING INTENSIVE CARE UNIT ADMISSION AT A TERTIARY HOSPITAL
Chest 2006 130: 216S. [Abstract] [PDF]  

Arun K. Devakonda, Adebayo Esan, Liziamma George, Suhail Raoof, and Larry Bernstein

TRANSTHYRETIN AS A MARKER TO ASSESS MALNUTRITION IN CRITICALLY ILL PATIENTS
Chest 2006 130: 216S. [Abstract] [PDF]  

Ramesh Babu Kesavan, S. Arulmurugan, K. Dass, Kumaran R. Obla, and Meenakshi S. Sundaram

SEVERE HYPONATERMIA WITH ENCEPHALOPATHY: CLINICAL FEATURES, PROGNOSIS, AND MANAGEMENT
Chest 2006 130: 216S-217S. [Abstract] [PDF]  

Jinan Abu Daher, Tamima J. Shaar, and Hani M. Lababidi

MICROORGANISMS PROFILE AND ANTIMICROBIAL SUSCEPTIBILITY IN THE INTENSIVE CARE UNIT: THE EMERGENCE OF A RESISTANT PATHOGEN–ACINETOBACTER BAUMANII
Chest 2006 130: 217S. [Abstract] [PDF]  

Rafael Badenes, Marisa García-Pérez, Armando Maruenda, Javier Belda, and Vicente Tarrazona

THE ROLE OF BISPECTRAL INDEX MONITORING AND SEDATION SCALES IN POSTOPERATIVE THORACIC SURGERY PATIENTS
Chest 2006 130: 217S. [Abstract] [PDF]  

Nasim Ahmed and Alfonso Castro

SIGNIFICANT BRADYARRYTHMIAS IN SPINAL CORD INJURY
Chest 2006 130: 217S. [Abstract] [PDF]  

Lawrence Lottenberg, Gretchen M. Brophy, Marc J. Shapiro, Debra Scarlata, and Paul Audhya

EVALUATION OF ERYTHROPOIESIS-STIMULATING PROTEIN USE AMONG HOSPITALIZED SURGICAL PATIENTS: RESULTS FROM THE ASSESS STUDY
Chest 2006 130: 217S-218S. [Abstract] [PDF]  

Kathleen Johnson, Daniel Elliott, Maureen Seckel, Christine Carrico, Jennifer North, Donna Mahoney, Donna Fuerst, Billie Speakman, and Marc T. Zubrow

EVOLUTION AND OUTCOMES OF A RAPID RESPONSE TEAM
Chest 2006 130: 218S. [Abstract] [PDF]  

Thomas L. Higgins, Mark Tidswell, Joss J. Thomas, and Peter Lindenauer

CHANGES IN MEDICATION USE AFTER COMPUTERIZED PHYSICIAN ORDER ENTRY IMPLEMENTATION
Chest 2006 130: 218S. [Abstract] [PDF]  

Ghulam Khaleeq, P. Garcha, A. Hirani, and Herbert Patrick

CLINICAL PULMONARY INFECTION SCORE (CPIS): RELATIONSHIP TO MORTALITY IN PATIENTS WITH VENTILATOR ASSOCIATED PNEUMONIA (VAP)
Chest 2006 130: 218S-219S. [Abstract] [PDF]  

Kathy Hebert, Michael Orieukwu, Xochitl Garcia, Gita Nazmdeh, Ron Horswell, and Lee M. Arcement

U.S. HEALTH-CARE COSTS: RESULTS OF A FACULTY HOUSE OFFICER AND MEDICAL STUDENT’S SURVEY REGARDING COMMON CARDIOPULMONARY DIAGNOSTIC AND THERAPEUTIC HOSPITAL CHARGES COMPARED WITH MEDICARE PAYMENTS
Chest 2006 130: 219S. [Abstract] [PDF]  

Ogee Mer A. Panlaqui and Teresita S. De Guia

MODEL DEVELOPMENT OF MULTIFACTORIAL RISKS INDEX IN PREDICTING POSTOPERATIVE PULMONARY COMPLICATIONS FOLLOWING CARDIAC AND THORACIC SURGERY
Chest 2006 130: 219S. [Abstract] [PDF]  

Joseph Dasta, Samir Mody, Trent McLaughlin, Jaclyn LeBlanc, Yingjia Shen, Marsie Genetti, Monika K. Raut, and Catherine T. Piech

PROGNOSTIC FACTORS ASSOCIATED WITH PACKED RED BLOOD CELL TRANSFUSIONS IN CRITICALLY ILL PATIENTS
Chest 2006 130: 219S-220S. [Abstract] [PDF]  

Vanessa Washington, James F. Orme, Brendon Parker, Suzanne Anderson, John Holmen, Nancy Nelson, Jim Lloyd, Jode Allen, Al Jephson, Kathy Sward, Dean Sorenson, and Terry Clemmer

HYPOGLYCEMIA FACTORS AND CLINICAL SEQUELAE WITH A COMPUTERIZED INTRAVENOUS INSULIN GLUCOSE CONTROL PROTOCOL
Chest 2006 130: 220S. [Abstract] [PDF]  

Luis Carlos Murillo, Alejandro M. Restrepo, Federico Hinestrosa, Craig G. Wood, Marilyn T. Haupt, and Svetolik Djurkovic

OBESITY IS ASSOCIATED WITH IMPROVED SURVIVAL IN CRITICALLY ILL PATIENTS WITH BLOOD STREAM INFECTIONS
Chest 2006 130: 220S. [Abstract] [PDF]  

Ragheb A. Assaly, Robert Habib, Joseph I. Shapiro, Mustafa Azizi, and David Dignam

A NOVEL, DOUBLE FLORESCENCE TECHNIQUE FOR QUANTIFYING INTRAVASCULAR RETENTION OF POLYETHYLENE GLYCOL ALBUMIN 40.000 (PEG-ALB 40.000)
Chest 2006 130: 220S-221S. [Abstract] [PDF]  

Arkady Vaknansky, Elias Pitaras, Yizhak Kupfer, Chanaka Seneviratne, and Sidney Tessler

FACTORS ASSOCIATED WITH SEVERE HYPERGLYCEMIA IN CRITICALLY ILL PATIENTS
Chest 2006 130: 221S. [Abstract] [PDF]  

Alex Morizio, Yizhak Kupfer, William Pascal, and Sidney Tessler

ADRENAL INSUFFICIENCY IS COMMON IN ELDERLY PATIENTS WITH SEPTIC SHOCK
Chest 2006 130: 221S. [Abstract] [PDF]  

Joseph Colombo, William C. Shoemaker, Charles C. Wo, and Howard Belzberg

ROLE OF AUTONOMIC ACTIVITY IN THE HEMODYNAMIC PATTERN OF SEPTIC SHOCK
Chest 2006 130: 221S. [Abstract] [PDF]  

Frank R. Ernst and Baojin Zhu

PATIENTS RECEIVING ICD-9-CM CODE 995.92 COMPARED WITH OTHER PATIENTS WITH SEVERE SEPSIS
Chest 2006 130: 221S-222S. [Abstract] [PDF]  

Jeffrey C. Fried, Priti Gagneja, and Muhammad S. Haq

INSTITUTION OF A SEPSIS PROTOCOL IN A COMMUNITY HOSPITAL AND ITS EFFECT ON MORTALITY IN SEPTIC SHOCK
Chest 2006 130: 222S. [Abstract] [PDF]  

Steven Q. Simpson, Carol Cleek, Timothy Williamson, and Amy O’Brien-Ladner

DAILY ROUTINE SCREENING FOR SIRS IS INEFFICIENT FOR DETECTING SEVERE SEPSIS
Chest 2006 130: 222S. [Abstract] [PDF]  

Muhammad U. Rehman, Thayani Dhayaparan, and Padmanabhan Krishnan

CORRELATION BETWEEN APACHE II SCORE, MORTALITY, AND LENGTH OF STAY IN THE FIRST 24 HOURS OF SHOCK IN INTENSIVE CARE UNIT (ICU) PATIENTS
Chest 2006 130: 222S. [Abstract] [PDF]  

Raymond M. Khan and Charles Carpati

LACTIC ACID CLEARANCE AS A PREDICTOR OF MORTALITY IN CRITICALLY ILL SEPTIC SHOCK PATIENTS
Chest 2006 130: 222S-223S. [Abstract] [PDF]  

Deborah Rowlands, Catherine E. Grossman, Sammy Pedram, Daniel Bechard, Geoffrey Krystal, and Frederick L. Glauser

SERUM VASCULAR ENDOTHELIAL GROWTH FACTOR LEVELS IN INTENSIVE CARE UNIT PATIENTS WITH SYSTEMIC INFLAMMATORY RESPONSE SYNDROME CRITERIA
Chest 2006 130: 223S. [Abstract] [PDF]  

Avelino Verceles, R. M. Schwarcz, Puneet Garcha, Derrick Raptis, Chetan Naik, Han C. Ryoo, and Herbert Patrick

FACTORS INFLUENCING SURVIVAL IN PATIENTS WITH SEVERE SEPSIS TREATED WITH A THERAPEUTIC PATHWAY
Chest 2006 130: 223S. [Abstract] [PDF]  

Jay M. Nfonoyim, Irina Petrenko, and Joseph Ng

SEVERE SEPSIS: CAN FIRST RESPONDERS RECOGNIZE IT?
Chest 2006 130: 223S-224S. [Abstract] [PDF]  

Jean F. Mathieu, Sylvie Boucher, and Georges Arjane

DECREASED LEVELS OF PROTEIN C AND ANTITHROMBIN III ARE ASSOCIATED WITH SEVERE SEPSIS, MULTISYSTEM FAILURE, A POOR PROGNOSIS, AND A HIGHER RATE OF MORTALITY
Chest 2006 130: 224S. [Abstract] [PDF]  

Francis A. Castiller, Maritza Groth, and Allan Wong

FACTORS SUGGESTING THE PRESENCE OF FULMINANT DISEASE AND INCREASED MORTALITY IN C DIFFICLE-ASSOCIATED PANCOLITIS
Chest 2006 130: 224S. [Abstract] [PDF]  

Anas Hadeh, Ashish Patel, Peggy Rahal, Avelino Verceles, and Herbert Patrick

EFFECTS OF ORIENTATION ON RESIDENTS VS NURSES UNDERSTANDING OF ANTIBIOTICS PRIORITY
Chest 2006 130: 224S. [Abstract] [PDF]  

Joseph Colombo, William C. Shoemaker, Charles C. Wo, and Howard Belzberg

GENDER DIFFERENCES OF HEMODYNAMIC AND AUTONOMIC ACTIVITY IN SEPTIC SHOCK
Chest 2006 130: 224S-225S. [Abstract] [PDF]  

Salam S. Salman, Abubakr A. Bajwa, and Bekele Afessa

PAROXYSMAL ATRIAL FIBRILLATION IN PATIENTS WITH SEPSIS ADMITTED TO THE INTENSIVE CARE UNIT (ICU)
Chest 2006 130: 225S. [Abstract] [PDF]  

Carlos Alves, Abdon Karhawi, Gilberto Franco, Wagner Malheiros, Michelli Coelho, Mabel Gallina, Paloma Santos, and Michele Andraus

COMPARISON BETWEEN UNICAMP II MODEL AND APACHE II IN A GENERAL ICU IN BRAZIL
Chest 2006 130: 225S. [Abstract] [PDF]  

Akram Khan, Tarek Dernaika, Katherine Haugland, Steven Trottier, and Gary Kinasewitz

CLINICAL UTILITY OF BISPECTRAL INDEX MONITORING IN THE ICU: A PILOT STUDY
Chest 2006 130: 225S-226S. [Abstract] [PDF]  

Michael L. Aaronson, Edward T. Zawada, Jr, Pat Herr Avera ICU Research Group

ROLE OF A TELEMEDICINE INTENSIVE CARE UNIT PROGRAM (TISP) ON GLYCEMIC CONTROL (GC) IN SERIOUSLY ILL PATIENTS IN A RURAL HEALTH SYSTEM
Chest 2006 130: 226S. [Abstract] [PDF]  

Edward T. Zawada, Jr, Michael L. Aaronson, Pat Herr, David K. Erickson Avera ICU Research Group

RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN LEVELS OF CONSULTATIVE MANAGEMENT AND OUTCOMES IN A TELEMEDICINE INTENSIVIST STAFFING PROGRAM (TISP) IN A RURAL HEALTH SYSTEM
Chest 2006 130: 226S. [Abstract] [PDF]  

Brian A. Youn

ICU PROCESS IMPROVEMENT: USING TELEMEDICINE TO ENHANCE COMPLIANCE AND DOCUMENTATION FOR THE VENTILATOR BUNDLE
Chest 2006 130: 226S. [Abstract] [PDF]  

Abdulaziz H. Alzeer

CARDIAC FUNCTION IN PATIENTS WITH BRONCHIECTASIS
Chest 2006 130: 226S-227S. [Abstract] [PDF]  

Arvind M. Perathur, Damian Compa, Jonathan Rosen, and Scott Beegle

IS LAPAROSCOPIC NISSEN FUNDOPLICATION THE ANSWER FOR GASTROESOPHAGEAL REFLUX DISEASES IN CYSTIC FIBROSIS?
Chest 2006 130: 227S. [Abstract] [PDF]  

Vaidehi Kaza, Adaani Frost, Zeenat Safdar, and Marcia Katz

DIFFUSE BILATERAL LUNG DISEASE: THE COMMONEST CHEST RADIOGRAPH PATTERN IN THE ADULT CYSTIC FIBROSIS AND A POSSIBLE SURVIVAL ADVANTAGE
Chest 2006 130: 227S. [Abstract] [PDF]  

Russell A. Blair, Kamal K. Mubarak, Yanni Zhuang, Robert Pauley, and Ramsey M. Mohammad

EVIDENCE FOR MULTIFACTORIAL PATHWAY OF APOPTOSIS IN HOXB4-INDUCED CELL DEATH
Chest 2006 130: 227S-228S. [Abstract] [PDF]  

Dayna J. Groskreutz Basel, Martha M. Monick, Timor O. Yarovinsky, Linda S. Powers, and Gary W. Hunninghake

RESPIRATORY SYNCYTIAL VIRUS CONTROLS SURVIVAL OF AIRWAY EPITHELIAL CELLS BY MODULATING AMOUNTS OF P53
Chest 2006 130: 228S. [Abstract] [PDF]  

Eva M. Muchitsch, Alfred Weber, Daniel Kolarich, Andrea Engelmaier, Wilfried Auer, Friedrich Altmann, Peter L. Turecek, and Hans P. Schwarz

LYSINE TRUNCATION OF ALPHA1-PROTEINASE INHIBITOR UPON DIFFUSION FROM THE VASCULATURE INTO BRONCHEOALVEOLAR LAVAGE
Chest 2006 130: 228S. [Abstract] [PDF]  

Carlos A. Puyo, Thomas Dahms, and Sally Tricomi

TRACHEA INFLAMMATION DURING ENDOTRACHEAL INTUBATION
Chest 2006 130: 228S. [Abstract] [PDF]  

Yanbin Zhou, You-ji Li, Canmao Xie, Bin Hu, and Yubiao Guo

RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN ACTIVATION OF CD134-CD134L AND THE SYNTHESIS OF RANTES IN LUNG CELLS OF LUPUS-PRONE BXSB MICE
Chest 2006 130: 228S-229S. [Abstract] [PDF]  

M. A. Dimadi, F. P. Kokkinis, R. Trigidou, E. Dimopoulou, O. Chioni, and D. Bouros

LUNG CANCER ASSOCIATED WITH IDIOPATHIC INTERSTITAL PNEUMONIA (IIP)
Chest 2006 130: 229S. [Abstract] [PDF]  

Roderick J. Phillips, Lawrence M. Blatt, and Osman N. Ozes

PIRFENIDONE AND INTERFERON GAMMA-1B INHIBIT THE PROFIBROTIC EFFECTS OF OSTEOPONTIN
Chest 2006 130: 229S. [Abstract] [PDF]  

Mounir Fertikh, Michael Lippmann, and Hakim Ali

BRONCHIOLITIS OBLITERANS ORGANIZING PNEUMONIA (BOOP): A CASE SERIES OF 20 PATIENTS
Chest 2006 130: 229S. [Abstract] [PDF]  

Osman N. Ozes and Lawrence M. Blatt

DEVELOPMENT OF A HIGH THROUGHPUT COLLAGEN ASSAY USING A CELLULAR MODEL OF IDIOPATHIC PULMONARY FIBROSIS
Chest 2006 130: 230S. [Abstract] [PDF]  

Sebastine I. Elendu, Akinloye J. Makanjuola, and Ahmad Jalloul

PATTERNS OF INTERSTITIAL LUNG DISEASE IN POLYMYOSITIS-DERMATOMYOSITIS
Chest 2006 130: 230S. [Abstract] [PDF]  

Sarah K. Stevens, Lawrence M. Blatt, and Osman N. Ozes

PIRFENIDONE IN COMBINATION WITH INTERFERON GAMMA-1B INHIBITS OSTEOPONTIN-INDUCED ALVEOLAR EPITHELIAL CELL PROLIFERATION AND ACTIVATION OF MITOGEN-ACTIVATED PROTEIN KINASES
Chest 2006 130: 230S. [Abstract] [PDF]  

Raymond L. Murphy, Andrey Vyshedskiy, and Dhirendra Bana

CRACKLES IN PATIENTS WITH INTERSTITIAL PULMONARY FIBROSIS
Chest 2006 130: 230S-231S. [Abstract] [PDF]  

Choonhee Son, Dookyung Yang, Soo-Keol Lee, Ki-Nam Lee, Ki-Nam Kim, Pil-Jo Choi, and Mee-Sook Roh

FACTORS INFLUENCING ON DECISION OF THE TREATMENT OF LUNG CANCER
Chest 2006 130: 231S. [Abstract] [PDF]  

Miloslav Marel, Pavla Stranska, Irena Spasova, Otakar Mericka, Frantisek Krejbich, Jiri Homolka, and Milada Zemanova

DETAILED DATA ANALYSIS OF CASE HISTORY, INCLUDING COINCIDENCE WITH COPD, SMOKING STATUS, AND RESECTABILITY IN LUNG CANCER PATIENTS IN THE PULMONARY DEPARTMENT, CHARLES UNIVERSITY, THE 1ST MEDICAL FACULTY IN PRAGUE, CZECH REPUBLIC
Chest 2006 130: 231S. [Abstract] [PDF]  

Srinidhi Reddy High Schoo*, Sanjana Shankar High Schoo, Rudra Pampati High Schoo, Firas Koura, and Mark Dignan

RELATIONSHIP OF LUNG CANCER INCIDENCE AND AGE OF DIAGNOSIS IN EASTERN KENTUCKY
Chest 2006 130: 231S. [Abstract] [PDF]  

Mika Uchiyama, Koji Kawaguchi, Toshiki Okasaka, Shimon Ito, Naohito Sato, Tetsuo Taniguchi, Noriyasu Usami, and Kohei Yokoi

RELATIONSHIP OF TUMOR SIZE TO SURVIVAL IN PATIENTS WITH PN0 NON-SMALL CELL LUNG CANCER
Chest 2006 130: 231S-232S. [Abstract] [PDF]  

Arnold M. Schwartz, Donald E. Henson, and Matthew Tuck

THE RISK RATIO, T1N1/T1N0, CORRELATES WITH TUMOR PROGNOSTIC MARKERS, HOST FACTORS, AND OVERALL SURVIVAL IN BRONCHOGENIC LUNG CANCER: A SEER (SURVEILLANCE, EPIDEMIOLOGY, AND END RESULTS) STUDY
Chest 2006 130: 232S. [Abstract] [PDF]  

Koji Kawaguchi, Yasushi Yatabe, Kohei Yokoi, and Tetsuya Mitsudomi

RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN PROGNOSIS AND NODAL MICROMETASTASIS IN PATIENTS WITH NON-SMALL CELL LUNG CANCER
Chest 2006 130: 232S. [Abstract] [PDF]  

Jin Woo Kim, SungKyoung Kim, Seok Chan Kim, Seung Joon Kim, Chi Hong Kim, Young Kyoon Kim, Kwan Hyoung Kim, Hwa Sik Moon, Jeong Sup Song, and Sung Hak Park

A PHASE II STUDY OF BELOTECAN (CKD-602) CAMTOBELL IN PATINETS WITH SCLC
Chest 2006 130: 232S. [Abstract] [PDF]  

Irena Spasova, Roman Pajdlhauser, Zdenek Skacel, Miloslav Marel, and Jaromir Musil

WEEKLY PACLITAXEL AND CARBOPLATIN CHEMOTHERAPY WITH CONCOMITANT RADIOTHERAPY IN LOCALLY ADVANCED INOPERABLE NON-SMALL CELL LUNG CANCER (NSCLC)
Chest 2006 130: 233S. [Abstract] [PDF]  

Martin L. Mayse, Parag Parikh, Amir Chaudhari, Kristen M. Lechleiter, Steve Dimmer, Roger Hildwein, Mia Park, Daniel Low, and Jeffery Bradley

IMPACT OF CATHETER TIP SHAPE ON THE RISK OF PNEUMOTHORAX ASSOCIATED WITH BRONCHOSCOPIC IMPLANTATION OF FIDUCIAL MARKERS IN THE CANINE LUNG
Chest 2006 130: 233S. [Abstract] [PDF]  

Prashant N. Chhajed, Florent Baty, Miklos Pless, Stephanie Somandin, Michael Tamm, and Martin Brutsche

OUTCOME OF TREATED, ADVANCED, NON-SMALL CELL, LUNG CANCER WITH AND WITHOUT CENTRAL AIRWAY OBSTRUCTION
Chest 2006 130: 233S. [Abstract] [PDF]  

Sridhar K. Prasad and Steven M. Dubinett

LOVASTATIN BUT NOT ERLOTINIB REDUCES THE PROLIFERATION OF IMMORTALIZED BRONCHIAL EPITHELIAL CELLS WITH K-RAS MUTATIONS
Chest 2006 130: 233S-234S. [Abstract] [PDF]  

Takayo Maekawa, Yoshimasa Maniwa, Masahiro Yoshimura, Takefumi Doi, Yoshitake Hayashi, and Yutaka Okita

THE ROLE OF FOXO1(FKHR) IN APOPTOSIS OF NON-SMALL CELL LUNG CANCER (NSCLC)
Chest 2006 130: 234S. [Abstract] [PDF]  

Masahiko Takata

CHEMOSENSITIVITY OF LUNG CANCER: DIFFERENCE BETWEEN PRIMARY TUMOR AND METASTATIC LYMPH NODE
Chest 2006 130: 234S. [Abstract] [PDF]  

M. Y. Li, Johnson Yip, T. W. Lee, A. P. Yim, and George G. Chen

THE PROLIFERATION OF NON-SMALL LUNG CANCER INDUCED 4-(N-METHYL-N-NITROSAMINO)-1-(3-PYRIDYL)-1-BUTANONE (NNK) CAN BE OFFSET BY TROGLITAZONE, A LIGAND OF PEROXISOME PROLIFERATOR-ACTIVATED RECEPTOR GAMMA
Chest 2006 130: 234S. [Abstract] [PDF]  

Euntaik Jeong, Hakryul Kim, and Seihoon Yang

HEME OXYGENASE-1 VIA TRANSCRIPTIONAL ACTIVATION OF NRF2 ATTENUATES APOPTOSIS IN A549 LUNG CANCER CELLS
Chest 2006 130: 234S-235S. [Abstract] [PDF]  

Rodrigo Machuca, Irene Tami, Talamo Carlos, Maine Rodriguez, and Jose M. Lopez

USELFULNESS OF TUMORAL MARKERS IN BRONCHOALVEOLAR LAVAGE (BAL) AND SERUM FOR THE DIAGNOSIS OF PERIPHERAL LUNG CANCER
Chest 2006 130: 235S. [Abstract] [PDF]  

Minh L. Doan, Joseph N. Walter, Haibin Zhang, Leland L. Fan, George B. Mallory, and Okan Elidemir

SERUM KL-6 DURING ACUTE REJECTION EPISODES AFTER LUNG TRANSPLANTATION
Chest 2006 130: 235S. [Abstract] [PDF]  

Minh L. Doan, Haibin Zhang, Joseph N. Walter, Leland L. Fan, George B. Mallory, and Okan Elidemir

ELEVATION OF SERUM KL-6 CAN PREDICT DEVELOPMENT OF BRONCHIOLITIS OBLITERANS SYNDROME IN LUNG TRANSPLANT RECIPIENTS
Chest 2006 130: 235S. [Abstract] [PDF]  

Nancy R. Porhownik and Zoheir Bshouty

DROP IN MIDEXPIRATORY FLOWS AS A PREDICTOR OF PROGRESSION TO CHRONIC REJECTION IN LUNG TRANSPLANT PATIENTS
Chest 2006 130: 235S-236S. [Abstract] [PDF]  

Sonia S. Shah, Demet Karnak, Omar Minai, Marie M. Budev, David Mason, Sudish Murthy, Gosta Pettersson, and Atul C. Mehta

SYMPTOMATIC NARROWING OR ATRESIA OF BRONCHUS INTERMEDIUS FOLLOWING LUNG TRANSPLANTATION VANISHING BRONCHUS INTERMEDIUS SYNDROME (VBIS)
Chest 2006 130: 236S. [Abstract] [PDF]  

David B. Erasmus, Francisco Alvarez, Lawrence McBride, Octavio Pajaro, Javier Aduen, and Cesar Keller

ENDOBRONCHIAL STENT PLACEMENT IN PATIENTS REQUIRING LUNG TRANSPLANTATION AT MAYO CLINIC, JACKSONVILLE, FROM 2002 TO 2006
Chest 2006 130: 236S. [Abstract] [PDF]  

Carla P. Venegas, Javier F. Aduen, Francisco Alvarez, Salvador Alvarez, David Erasmus, Octavio E. Pajaro, Lawrence R. McBride, and Cesar A. Keller

ETIOLOGY OF LEUKOCYTOSIS IN THE EARLY POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD AFTER LUNG TRANSPLANTATION
Chest 2006 130: 236S-237S. [Abstract] [PDF]  

Gabriel Ortiz and Roger Menendez

CHURG-STRAUSS SYNDROME IN A 12-YEAR-OLD ASTHMATIC GIRL
Chest 2006 130: 237S. [Abstract] [PDF]  

Jamson S. Lwebuga-Mukasa and Paulette M. Niewczyk

CRUDE ASTHMA INCIDENCE RATES AMONG BUFFALO, NY, CHILDREN
Chest 2006 130: 237S. [Abstract] [PDF]  

Rachael L. DiSantostefano, Kourtney J. Davis, Jennifer R. Frytak, Steve W. Yancey, and Theresa W. Guilbert

VARIABILITY OF ASTHMA SYMPTOM BURDEN AMONG CHILDREN: AN OBSERVATIONAL STUDY
Chest 2006 130: 237S. [Abstract] [PDF]  

Amr Salama, SawSan M. Al Yousef, and Amal Kona

ACUTE PEDIATRIC ASTHMA EXACERBATION MANAGEMENT IN THE EMERGENCY DEPARTMENT AND FOLLOWING DISCHARGE FROM THE EMERGENCY DEPARTMENT
Chest 2006 130: 237S-238S. [Abstract] [PDF]  

Jean Marie E. Jamero, Nerissa De Leon, Milagros Bautista, and Teresita De Guia

CONGENITAL CYSTIC MALFORMATION OF THE LUNG: A 30-YEAR REVIEW OF CASES AT THE PHILIPPINE HEART CENTER (1975-2005)
Chest 2006 130: 238S. [Abstract] [PDF]  

Diego Moguillansky, Natalia I. Moguillansky, Adele Schneider, and Tanya M. Bardakjian

CONGENITAL HEART DISEASE HAS A HIGH INCIDENCE IN PATIENTS WITH ANOPHTHALMIA/MICROPHTHALMIA/COLOBOMA (MAC) AND MAY PREDICT THE PRESENCE OF OTHER MALFORMATIONS
Chest 2006 130: 238S. [Abstract] [PDF]  

Chris Landon

AMBULATORY PHYSIOLOGIC MONITORING IN HOME ASSESSMENT OF NEUROMUSCULAR DISEASE
Chest 2006 130: 238S-239S. [Abstract] [PDF]  

Kelly J. Smith and George B. Mallory

SUCCESSFUL TRANSITION FROM PARENTERAL TO INHALED PROSTANOID THERAPY IN PULMONARY ARTERIAL HYPERTENSION
Chest 2006 130: 239S. [Abstract] [PDF]  

Barbara A. Stewart and Maria Martinez

INCIDENCE OF HEMOSIDERIN-LADEN MACROPHAGES IN CHILDREN WITH CILIARY DYSKINESIA
Chest 2006 130: 239S. [Abstract] [PDF]  

Nabil E. Hassan, Kim Winterhalter, Yasser El-Borai, John Winters, and Diann Reischman

ANEMIA, TRANSFUSIONS, AND BLOOD CONSERVATION IN PEDIATRIC PARAPNEUMONIC EFFUSION
Chest 2006 130: 239S. [Abstract] [PDF]  

Alfredo L. Bongo, Milagros S. Bautista, Nerissa A. De Leon, and Teresita S. De Guia

EPIDEMIOLOGY OF NOSOCOMIAL PNEUMONIA AMONG INFANTS, CHILDREN, AND ADOLESCENTS AFTER CARDIAC SURGERY AT PHILIPPINE HEART CENTER
Chest 2006 130: 239S-240S. [Abstract] [PDF]  

Rodrigo Ordaz Verde, Antonino Cibella, Gloria Mora, María Robertis, Dianora Navarro, Jose V. Franco Soto, Domingo Samsone, and Gemzel A. Hernandez

EMPIRIC THERAPY OF COMMUNITY-ACQUIRED PNEUMONIA IN CHILDREN: ANY CHANGE IN CLINICAL PRESENTATION AND RESPONSE?
Chest 2006 130: 240S. [Abstract] [PDF]  

Rodrigo Ordaz Verde, Tatiana Gomez Maya, Gloria Mora, Antonino Cibella, María Robertis, Dianora Navarro, Jose V. Franco Soto, Domingo Samsone, Omar Rodriguez, Alonso Adrianza, and Gemzel A. Hernandez

REAL-LIFE SETTING, CLINICAL EXPERIENCE USING SULTAMICILLIN FOR RESPIRATORY TRACT INFECTIONS IN CHILDREN
Chest 2006 130: 240S. [Abstract] [PDF]  

Rodrigo Ordaz-Verde, Tatiana Gomez-Maya, Gloria Mora, Antonino Cibella, Maria Robertis, Jose V. Franco Soto, Maribel García Lamogglia, Domingo Samsone, Omar Rodríguez, Alonso Adrianza, Tony Manrique, and Gemzel A. Hernandez

RESPIRATORY TRACT INFECTIONS AND ALLERGIC DISEASES: COINCIDENCE OR REALITY?
Chest 2006 130: 240S-241S. [Abstract] [PDF]  

Jan Sulc, Jitka Radvanska, Jiri Radvansky, Krystof Slaby, and Marcela Safarova

LUNG FUNCTION IN PATIENTS IN LONG-TERM REMISSION OF WILMS TUMOR: PILOT STUDY
Chest 2006 130: 241S. [Abstract] [PDF]  

Joje B. Undar, Anna Marie Concepcio S. Putulin, and Anthony P. Calibo

LUNG FUNCTION AMONG EARLY ADOLESCENTS DELIVERED TERM WITH LOW BIRTH WEIGHT
Chest 2006 130: 241S. [Abstract] [PDF]  

James Lemert, Michael D. Goldman, Arthur Johnson, Jafar Vossoughi, Nischom Silverman, and Constantine K. Saadeh

PORTABLE HANDHELD AIRFLOW PERTURBATION DEVICE REFLECTS FORCED OSCILLATION RESISTANCE IN CHILDREN WITH ASTHMA
Chest 2006 130: 241S. [Abstract] [PDF]  

Paul K. Nolan, Deborah Goodman, Marjorie Chrysler, Gary Phillips, and Lee Rusakow

SPIROMETRY COUPLED WITH PULSE OXIMETRY IN THE EMERGENCY DEPARTMENT TO RULE OUT STATUS ASTHMATICUS AND SUGGEST VOCAL CORD DYSFUNCTION
Chest 2006 130: 241S-242S. [Abstract] [PDF]  

Christopher L. Carroll and Aaron R. Zucker

POSITIVE PRESSURE AND THE DEVELOPMENT OF EXTRAPULMONARY AIR LEAKS IN PEDIATRIC STATUS ASTHMATICUS
Chest 2006 130: 242S. [Abstract] [PDF]  

Christopher L. Carroll and Aaron R. Zucker

COMPLICATIONS ASSOCIATED WITH INCREASED DURATION OF MECHANICAL VENTILATION AND INCREASED COSTS IN PEDIATRIC STATUS ASTHMATICUS
Chest 2006 130: 242S. [Abstract] [PDF]  

Abolfazl Shirinzadeh dastgiri, Mohammadreza Miri, Amrullah Bayat, Ashraf Fakhajou, Vahid Montazeri, and Mohsen Sokooty

EARLY DIAGNOSIS OF TUBERCULOUS PLEURAL EFFUSIONS AND ITS EFFECT ON PREVENTION OF OMINOUS RESULTS
Chest 2006 130: 242S. [Abstract] [PDF]  

Marcia Seiscento, Francisco S. Vargas, Leila Antonangelo, Milena M. Acencio, Sidney Bombarda, Vera L. Capelozzi, and Lisete R. Teixeira

TRANSFORMING GROWTH FACTOR-BETA 1 IN TUBERCULOUS PLEURISY
Chest 2006 130: 243S. [Abstract] [PDF]  

An Chang Hyeok, Y.J. Kim, S.Y. Kyung, S.P. Lee, J.W. Park, and S.H. Jung

RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN RESIDUAL PLEURAL THICKENING AND METALLOPROTEINASES AND TISSUE INHIBITORS OF METALLOPROTEINASES IN EXUDATIVE PLEURAL EFFUSIONS
Chest 2006 130: 243S. [Abstract] [PDF]  

Nader Rezaie

EVALUATION OF EFFICACY OF DISCRIMINATION OF PLEURAL TRANSUDATES AND EXUDATES BY MEASURING SPECIFIC GRAVITY OF PLEURAL EFFUSION USING REFRACTOMETER
Chest 2006 130: 243S. [Abstract] [PDF]  

Steven L. Leh, Stephen Ryan, and Martin L. Mayse

DETERMINATION OF THE ACOUSTIC ATTENUATION COEFFICIENT OF ALBUMIN SOLUTIONS
Chest 2006 130: 243S-244S. [Abstract] [PDF]  

Mubarak Alajmi, Jennifer Wilson, Frank Ryan, A. Tremblay, C. Michaud, J. Granton, and Mark Fitzgerald

A SURVEY OF CURRENT CANADIAN MANAGEMENT OF PLEURAL DISEASE
Chest 2006 130: 244S. [Abstract] [PDF]  

Jay T. Heidecker, John T. Huggins, Peter Doelken, James Ravenel, and Steven A. Sahn

PRE- AND POSTTHORACENTESIS CHEST RADIOGRAPHIC FINDINGS DO NOT PREDICT ABNORMAL PLEURAL ELASTANCE
Chest 2006 130: 244S. [Abstract] [PDF]  

Jaime Signes-Costa, Monica Llombart, Eusebi Chiner, Esther Pastor, Ada Luz Andreu, Elia Gomez-Merino, Cristina Senent, Ana Camarasa, Juan Manuel Arriero, and Juan Marco

PLEURODESIS IN PATIENTS WITH MALIGNANT PLEURAL EFFUSIONS: EFFICACY OF DOXYCYCLINE
Chest 2006 130: 244S. [Abstract] [PDF]  

Charlene D. Fell, Alain Tremblay, Gaetane Michaud, Douglas Helmersen, Naushad Hirani, Kristin Fraser, and Bryan C. Young

OUTPATIENT MANAGEMENT OF PRIMARY SPONTANEOUS PNEUMOTHORAX: A PILOT STUDY
Chest 2006 130: 244S-245S. [Abstract] [PDF]  

Gregory N. Foust and Michael D. Wilons

NOVEL, OFF-LABEL USE OF DUAL LUMEN NASAL CANNULA IN THE MANAGEMENT OF REFRACTORY HYPOXEMIA IN THE HOME CARE SETTING
Chest 2006 130: 245S. [Abstract] [PDF]  

Sevin Baser, Goksel Kiter, Murat Kavas, Aylin Moray, Beyza Akdag, Fatma Evyapan, and Sibel Ozkurt

COMPARISON OF BINASAL CANNULA WITH THE FACE MASK FOR OXYGEN THERAPY IN CHRONIC PULMONARY DISEASES
Chest 2006 130: 245S. [Abstract] [PDF]  

Chian-Min Loo, Cindy Ng, and Peter Lim

CORRELATION BETWEEN DIFFERENT OUTCOMES AFTER A SHORT 18-SESSION INTENSIVE INPATIENT PULMONARY REHABILITATION FOR OBSTRUCTIVE LUNG DISEASE
Chest 2006 130: 245S-246S. [Abstract] [PDF]  

Zhiping Li, Yun Zhong, Yubiao Guo, Jianqiang Huang, Lihong Peng, Xiaoli Yao, and Cheng Zhang

LUNG FUNCTION IMPAIRMENT AND REHABILITATION STRATEGY FOR PATIENTS WITH MUSCULAR DYSTROPHY
Chest 2006 130: 246S. [Abstract] [PDF]  

Olivier Castagna, Eric Nussbaum, Louis Marqueste, and Alain Boussuges

ARTERIAL STIFFNESS CONTRIBUTES TO PHYSICAL EXERCISE CAPACITY IMPAIRMENT IN COPD PATIENTS
Chest 2006 130: 246S. [Abstract] [PDF]  

Nodira I. Zoirova

FATIGUE OF INSPIRATORY RESPIRATORY MUSCULATURE IN PATIENTS WITH COPD AND POTENTIAL METHODS FOR REVERSAL
Chest 2006 130: 246S. [Abstract] [PDF]  

Nisar A. Rao

NORMAL VALUES OF 6-MINUTE WALKING DISTANCE IN PAKISTANI ADULTS
Chest 2006 130: 246S-247S. [Abstract] [PDF]  

Roberto B. Dos Remedios and Ria Gripaldo

UTILIZING THE FEV1/FEV6 AS A SURROGATE FOR FEV1/FVC TO DETECT OBSTRUCTION IN AN INNER-CITY HOSPITAL POPULATION
Chest 2006 130: 247S. [Abstract] [PDF]  

Robert A. Cohen, David Angulo, Diana Hackbarth, Jeanine Solinski, Rhonda Williams, Christa McKee, Lori Younker, Yuanhe Li, Kristen Donnelly, and John H. Stroger, Jr.

INTERPRETABILITY OF SPIROMETRY IN COMMUNITY-BASED STUDIES
Chest 2006 130: 247S. [Abstract] [PDF]  

Janette D. Foster, Larisa V. Buyantseva, Erik B. Lehman, Zhengmin Qian, Robert L. Vender, Arthur J. Roberts, and Rebecca Bascom

REFERENCE VALUES FOR PULMONARY FUNCTION OF RETIRED PROFESSIONAL AMERICAN FOOTBALL PLAYERS
Chest 2006 130: 247S. [Abstract] [PDF]  

Fidel Barrantes, Pavan Kumar Gona, Marisa Jupiter, Richard L. Petrillo, and Zev Carrey

IS INADEQUATE-PATIENT-EFFORT A FACTOR IN ABNORMAL PULMONARY FUNCTION TESTS AMONG INCARCERATED PATIENTS?
Chest 2006 130: 248S. [Abstract] [PDF]  

Hanan Abdel-Monem, Todd Officer, and Amir Sharafkhaneh

MOUTH PRESSURE MAY OVERESTIMATE LUNG VOLUME IN PATIENTS WITH EXPIRATORY FLOW LIMITATION
Chest 2006 130: 248S. [Abstract] [PDF]  

Ishwar C. Malav, Randeep Guleria, Arun K. Gupta, Jitendra N. Pande, Surendra K. Sharma, and Anoop Misra

DOES MALNUTRITION AFFECT THE STRENGTH AND THICKNESS OF THE DIAPHRAGM IN ASYMPTOMATIC HEALTHY INDIVIDUALS?
Chest 2006 130: 248S. [Abstract] [PDF]  

Devasahayam J. Christopher, Nazia Tabassum, and Visalakshi Jeyaseelan

PREDICTION EQUATIONS FOR MAXIMAL RESPIRATORY PRESSURES IN INDIAN ADULTS
Chest 2006 130: 248S-249S. [Abstract] [PDF]  

Javaad Khan, Mary Skowronski, Albert Coreno, and E.R. McFadden, Jr.

OBESITY AND EXHALED NITRIC OXIDE
Chest 2006 130: 249S. [Abstract] [PDF]  

Daniel H. Winter, Denis Milanello, Luis C. Losso, Valdir Fialkovski, Mario C. Ghefter, and Hassan A. Yassine Neto

A NEW METHOD FOR DETERMINING THE LUNG DENSITY ON COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY: STUDY OF THE CORRELATION BETWEEN TOMOGRAPHY AND PLETHYSMOGRAPHY FOR ESTIMATING LUNG VOLUMES
Chest 2006 130: 249S. [Abstract] [PDF]  

Ljiljana Corkovic, Tatjana Milosevic, Svetlana Jelic, Dragana Begovic, Vladana Miloskovic, Momira Obradovic, Ljudmila Nagorni-Obradovic, and Milena Bojic

THE EFFECT OF ANTIHYPERTENSIVE DRUGS ON LUNG FUNCTION IN HYPERTENSIVE PATIENTS WITH AND WITHOUT CLINICAL SIGNS OF LEFT HEART FAILURE
Chest 2006 130: 249S-250S. [Abstract] [PDF]  

Hakim A. Ali, Uday Mundathaje, Ganesan Murali, and Steven Goldberg

COMPARISON OF PULMONARY FUNCTION PATTERNS BETWEEN HEPATITIS C AND NON-HEPATITIS C RELATED LIVER DISEASE PATIENTS
Chest 2006 130: 250S. [Abstract] [PDF]  

Bracciale B. Pietro

PULMONARY ARTERY HYPERTENSION AND ENDOTHELIN LEVELS IN DIFFERENT STAGES OF COPD
Chest 2006 130: 250S. [Abstract] [PDF]  

Rajeev Saggar, Sandee Lombardi, Johanna Van Dijk, and Richard N. Channick

SAFETY AND BENEFIT OF INHALED ILOPROST IN THREE PATIENTS WITH PULMONARY VENOOCCLUSIVE DISEASE
Chest 2006 130: 250S. [Abstract] [PDF]  

Michael S. Gough and R. J. White

SILDENAFIL REDUCES PULMONARY VASCULAR RESISTANCE ALLOWING FOR ORTHOTOPIC LIVER TRANSPLANTATION IN PATIENTS WITH PORTOPULMONARY HYPERTENSION: AN OPEN-LABEL, SINGLE-CENTER REPORT
Chest 2006 130: 250S-251S. [Abstract] [PDF]  

Jonathan H. Li and Charles Burger

PULMONARY HYPERTENSION AND THYROID DISEASE
Chest 2006 130: 251S. [Abstract] [PDF]  

Steven D. Nathan, Oksana Shlobin, Shahzad Ahmad, Tonya Kraus, Siobhan Hourigan, Nelson Burton, and Scott Barnett

COMPARISON OF SERIAL CHANGE IN PULMONARY ARTERY PRESSURES IN VARIOUS FORMS OF ADVANCED LUNG DISEASE
Chest 2006 130: 251S. [Abstract] [PDF]  

Donn Wynn, Nick Patel, S. Dedopoulos, B. Babchyck, Rakesh Shah, D. Margouleff, and Arunabh Talwar

PREDICTING PULMONARY HYPERTENSION USING CAT SCAN OF THE CHEST IN PATIENTS WITH COLLAGEN VASCULAR DISORDERS
Chest 2006 130: 251S-252S. [Abstract] [PDF]  

Franz Rischard, Stuart Quan, John Bloom, and Steve Knoper

ASSOCIATION BETWEEN RIGHT HEART ENLARGEMENT AND RESTRICTIVE LUNG PATTERN IN PATIENTS WITH PULMONARY ARTERIAL HYPERTENSION
Chest 2006 130: 252S. [Abstract] [PDF]  

Arthur Filusch, Ekkehardt Gruenig, Boris Ivandic, Palma Schoene, Benjamin Meder, Hugo A. Katus, and Joachim Meyer

ELEVATED HOMOCYSTEINE PLASMA LEVELS AND RELATION TO RIGHT VENTRICULAR SIZE AND FUNCTION IN PATIENTS WITH PULMONARY ARTERIAL HYPERTENSION
Chest 2006 130: 252S. [Abstract] [PDF]  

Arthur Filusch, Palma Schoene, Berthold Fohr, Katharina Kapadocha, Hugo A. Katus, and Franz J. Meyer

LOW T3-SYNDROME AND RESPIRATORY MUSCLE DYSFUNCTION IN PATIENTS WITH PULMONARY ARTERIAL HYPERTENSION
Chest 2006 130: 252S. [Abstract] [PDF]  

Donna Coffin, Karine Duval, Simon Martel, John Granton, Marie-Claude Lefebvre, David M. Meads, and Stephen P. McKenna

ADAPTATION OF THE CAMBRIDGE PULMONARY HYPERTENSION OUTCOME REVIEW (CAMPHOR) TO FRENCH CANADIAN AND ENGLISH CANADIAN
Chest 2006 130: 252S-253S. [Abstract] [PDF]  

Nada S. Nasser, M. Frances Schmidt, Azzam Bittar, Danilo Enriquez, Joseph Quist, and Adekunle Adekola

CORRELATION BETWEEN RADIOGRAPHIC AND ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHIC FINDINGS IN THE DIAGNOSIS OF PULMONARY HYPERTENSION
Chest 2006 130: 253S. [Abstract] [PDF]  

M Haris U. Usman, Sanjay Sangwan, Humaira N. Adenwalla, Kishan Jasti, Fahd Rahman, Subhashini Thota, Stephen Castorino, Imran Ahmad, Deepa Sangwan, Tasbir U. Islam, Ali Akbar, Fazle Noor, Annirudha Palya, Sanjay Garg, Manzoor Rather, and Arnold Eiser

PREVALENCE OF PULMONARY HYPERTENSION IN PATIENTS WITH RENAL INSUFFICIENCY AND OBESITY
Chest 2006 130: 253S. [Abstract] [PDF]  

Adekunle L. Adekola, M. F. Schmidt, Joseph Quist, Danilo Enriquez, Nada Nasser, Arshad Ali, Theophilus Ogungbamigbe, Pervaiz Iqbal, and Mehjabin Zahir

PULMONARY HYPERTENSION (PAH) IN PATIENTS WITH ESRD
Chest 2006 130: 253S. [Abstract] [PDF]  

Michael D. McGoon, Adaani E. Frost, Ronald J. Oudiz, David B. Badesch, Nazzareno Galie, Horst Olschewski, Vallerie V. McLaughlin, and Lewis J. Rubin

AMBRISENTAN RESCUE THERAPY IN PATIENTS WITH PULMONARY ARTERIAL HYPERTENSION WHO DISCONTINUED BOSENTAN OR SITAXSENTAN DUE TO LIVER FUNCTION ABNORMALITIES
Chest 2006 130: 254S. [Abstract] [PDF]  

Rebecca E. Wrishko, Jasper Dingemanse, Albert Yu, Christelle Darstein, Diane L. Phillips, and Malcolm I. Mitchell

PHARMACOKINETIC INTERACTION BETWEEN TADALAFIL AND BOSENTAN IN HEALTHY MALE SUBJECTS
Chest 2006 130: 254S. [Abstract] [PDF]  

Christopher Dufton, Michael J. Gerber, Ophelia Yin, Christine Brandquist, and Hossein A. Ghofrani

NO CLINICALLY RELEVANT PHARMACOKINETIC INTERACTION BETWEEN AMBRISENTAN AND SILDENAFIL
Chest 2006 130: 254S. [Abstract] [PDF]  

Nazzareno Galie, Lewis J. Rubin, Marius M. Hoeper, Andjela Kusic-Pajic, Eleonora Chiossi, and Gerald Simonneau

CORRELATION OF WHO FUNCTIONAL CLASS AND INDICES OF DISEASE SEVERITY IN IDIOPATHIC PULMONARY ARTERIAL HYPERTENSION: INSIGHTS FROM EARLY, BREATHE-1 AND 351 STUDIES
Chest 2006 130: 254S-255S. [Abstract] [PDF]  

Abubakr A. Bajwa, Pablo Calvo, Javier Aduen, Cesar Keller, and Charles D. Burger

A CLINICAL EXPERIENCE WITH BOSENTAN IN A HETEROGENEOUS PULMONARY HYPERTENSION POPULATION
Chest 2006 130: 255S. [Abstract] [PDF]  

Dianne L. Zwicke, Don Lobacz, and Mohammad E. Mortada

IMPROVED RIGHT-HEART FUNCTION MEASURED BY ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY WITH LONG-TERM SITAXSENTAN THERAPY IN PATIENTS WITH PULMONARY ARTERIAL HYPERTENSION (PAH)
Chest 2006 130: 255S. [Abstract] [PDF]  

Hassan Al-Sharif and Zoheir Bshouty

COMBINATION THERAPY WITH BOSENTAN AND SILDENAFIL COMPARED WITH BOSENTAN ALONE IN PATIENTS WITH PULMONARY ARTERIAL HYPERTENSION
Chest 2006 130: 255S-256S. [Abstract] [PDF]  

Uma M. Mohanasundaram, Roham Zamanian, and Ramona Doyle

ROLE OF ENDOTHELIN RECEPTOR ANTAGONIST IN PULMONARY HYPERTENSION ASSOCIATED WITH DIET PILLS AND/OR STIMULANTS
Chest 2006 130: 256S. [Abstract] [PDF]  

Michael J. Gerber, Christopher Dufton, Helen Pentikis, Li Zhu, and Hossein A. Ghofrani

AMBRISENTAN HAS NO CLINICALLY RELEVANT EFFECT ON THE PHARMACOKINETICS OR PHARMACODYNAMICS OF WARFARIN
Chest 2006 130: 256S. [Abstract] [PDF]  

Orlando D. Rodriguez, Mayra Sanchez, Laurie A. Lawler, Aaron B. Waxman, Monica Colvin-Adams, and Shirin Shafazand

TREATMENT OF PORTOPULMONARY HYPERTENSION: EXPERIENCE WITH SILDENAFIL
Chest 2006 130: 256S. [Abstract] [PDF]  

Ramagopal J. Tumuluri

TRANSITION FROM INTRAVENOUS PROSTONOID TO INHALED (ILLOPROST) PROSTAGLANDIN
Chest 2006 130: 257S. [Abstract] [PDF]  

John W. McConnell, Kimberly A. Hobbs, and Chris Holtman

MULTIPLE TRANSITIONS FROM EPOPROSTENOL INFUSION TO INHALED ILOPROST IN A PATIENT WITH PRIMARY PULMONARY HYPERTENSION
Chest 2006 130: 257S. [Abstract] [PDF]  

Rajeev Saggar, Nick H. Kim, Sandee Lombardi, Johanna Van Dijk, and Richard N. Channick

SAFETY OF INHALED ILOPROST TAKEN LESS THAN SIX TIMES PER DAY IN PULMONARY ARTERIAL HYPERTENSION PATIENTS ON CONCOMINANT ORAL THERAPY
Chest 2006 130: 257S. [Abstract] [PDF]  

Rajeev Saggar, Roxana Sulica, Timothy Williamson, Nick H. Kim, and Richard N. Channick

TRANSITIONING FROM IV/SQ PROSTANOIDS TO INHALED ILOPROST IN PATIENTS WITH PULMONARY ARTERIAL HYPERTENSION
Chest 2006 130: 257S-258S. [Abstract] [PDF]  

Melvyn Rubenfire, Vallerie McLaughlin, Roblee Allen, Gregory Elliott, Myung Park, Michael Wade, and Robert J. Schilz

TRANSITION FROM EPOPROSTENOL TO TREPROSTINIL IN PULMONARY ARTERIAL HYPERTENSION: A CONTROLLED TRIAL
Chest 2006 130: 258S. [Abstract] [PDF]  

Adaani Frost and Zeenat Safdar

ENLARGED LEFT ATRIUM ON COMPUTED AXIAL TOMOGRAPHY OF CHEST AS A DETERMINANT OF LEFT HEART DYSFUNCTION
Chest 2006 130: 258S. [Abstract] [PDF]  

Anitha Angan, Archana Naran, Karthik Kanagarajan, Ritul Shah, and Padmanabhan Krishnan

CAN CT PULMONARY ANGIOGRAPHY PREDICT RIGHT VENTRICULAR DYSFUNCTION (RVD) IN THE SETTING OF ACUTE PULMONARY EMBOLISM (PE)?
Chest 2006 130: 258S. [Abstract] [PDF]  

Muhammad H. Shibli, Syed M. Ahmad, and Anastasia Gyftopoulos

RIGHT VENTRICULAR DYSFUNCTION IN PULMONARY EMBOLISM AS A PREDICTOR OF MORTALITY AND IMPACT OF VARIOUS TREATMENT MODALITIES ON OUTCOME
Chest 2006 130: 259S. [Abstract] [PDF]  

Andrew F. Shorr, Louis Kwong, Nikita Mody-Patel, Richard H. Stanford, and Matthew Sarnes

VENOUS THROMBOEMBOLISM FOLLOWING HIP FRACTURE SURGERY: OUTCOMES AS A FUNCTION OF PHARMACOLOGIC PROPHYLAXIS
Chest 2006 130: 259S. [Abstract] [PDF]  

Aron Rubin, William Dinan, Ari Klapholz, and Edgardo Soto

ASSESMENT OF ADEQUACY OF DEEP VENOUS THROMBOSIS (DVT) PROPHYLAXIS IN PATIENTS WITH HOSPITAL-AQUIRED DVT IN A COMMUNITY TEACHING HOSPITAL
Chest 2006 130: 259S. [Abstract] [PDF]  

Adil Shujaat, Janet M. Shapiro, and Edward Eden

UTILIZATION OF CT PULMONARY ANGIOGRAPHY IN THE EVALUATION OF SUSPECTED PULMONARY EMBOLISM IN A MAJOR URBAN EMERGENCY DEPARTMENT
Chest 2006 130: 259S-260S. [Abstract] [PDF]  

Alex Spyropoulos and Jay Lin

HOSPITAL READMISSION AND ECONOMIC BURDEN OF VENOUS THROMBOEMBOLISM: FROM A HEALTH PLAN PERSPECTIVE
Chest 2006 130: 260S. [Abstract] [PDF]  

Andrew F. Shorr, William L. Jackson, Lisa K. Moores, and Theodore E. Warkentin

MINIMIZING COSTS FOR TREATING DEEP VEIN THROMBOSIS: THE ROLE FOR FONDAPARINUX
Chest 2006 130: 260S. [Abstract] [PDF]  

Daniel H. Winter, Luis C. Losso, Wallace N. Scott, Jr, Mario C. Ghefter, and Hassan A. Yassine Neto

ARE THE THROMBOEMBOLIC VENOUS DISEASE PROPHYLAXIS GUIDELINES AND CONSENSUS RECOMMENDATIONS BEING ACTUALLY FOLLOWED BY PHYSICIANS AT GENERAL HOSPITALS?
Chest 2006 130: 260S. [Abstract] [PDF]  

Yelena Kogan, Blou R. Mileur, Hunter K. Hamrik, Stacey E. Baker, Maria L. Carlton, Sharon B. Boyer, and Jonathon D. Truwit

MANDATORY CPOE SCREENS IMPROVE CLINICIAN COMPLIANCE WITH ACCEPTED VTE PROPHYLAXIS REGIMEN
Chest 2006 130: 261S. [Abstract] [PDF]  

Elias Skaf, Paul D. Stein, Afzal Beemath, Julia Sanchez, and Ronald E. Olson

FATAL PULMONARY EMBOLISM AND STROKE
Chest 2006 130: 261S. [Abstract] [PDF]  

Daniel Schwed, Ganesan Murali, and Clemente Brito

DESCRIPTIVE STUDY ON PULMONARY EMBOLISM IN AN URBAN-TEACHING HOSPITAL
Chest 2006 130: 261S. [Abstract] [PDF]  

Afzal Beemath, Elias Skaf, and Paul D. Stein

PULMONARY EMBOLISM AS A CAUSE OF DEATH IN ADULTS WHO DIED WITH CONGESTIVE HEART FAILURE
Chest 2006 130: 261S-262S. [Abstract] [PDF]  

Xiaoqin Zhou, Dongfang Wang, Claudia Y. Castro, Hal K. Hawkins, Scott D. Lick, and Joseph B. Zwischenberger

SEVERE CHRONIC PULMONARY HYPERTENSION SHEEP MODEL INDUCED BY CONTINUOUS PULMONARY AIR EMBOLIZATION
Chest 2006 130: 262S. [Abstract] [PDF]  

Aileen Michelle D. Vidal and Albert L. Rafanan

THE EPIDEMIOLOGY OF VENTILATOR-ASSOCIATED PNEUMONIA OF AN INTENSIVE CARE AND CORONARY CARE UNIT IN PHILIPPINES
Chest 2006 130: 262S. [Abstract] [PDF]  

Hady Jurdak, Rima Moghnieh, and Hani M. Lababidi

NOSOCOMIAL PNEUMONIA DUE TO ACINETOBACTER BAUMANII IN THE INTENSIVE CARE UNIT
Chest 2006 130: 262S. [Abstract] [PDF]  

Mamoon Zihlif, Karim Djekidel, Vosudesh K. Pai, Vinay K. Sharma, and Alan D. Haber

THE APPROPRIATENESS OF ANTIBIOTIC USE AT A SINGLE INSTITUTION
Chest 2006 130: 263S. [Abstract] [PDF]  

Reynaldo Quagliato, Jr, Thiago A. Grangeia, Reinaldo A. Massucio, Silvio M. Rezende, Eduardo M. De Capitani, and Alipio B. Balthazar

THE ASSOCIATION AND MISDIAGNOSIS OF TUBERCULOSIS AND PARACOCCIDIOIDOMYCOSIS
Chest 2006 130: 263S. [Abstract] [PDF]  

Mohamed Y. Zeater, Sammy C. Campbell, and Stuart F. Quan

CHRONIC PULMONARY COCCIDIOIDOMYCOSIS
Chest 2006 130: 263S. [Abstract] [PDF]  

Alexandru M. Botianu and Petre V. Botianu

TREATMENT OF PULMONARY ABSCESSES THROUGH APPLICATION-PLICATION
Chest 2006 130: 263S. [Abstract] [PDF]  

Semaan G. Kosseifi, Thomas M. Roy, and Ryland P. Byrd

HOME SLEEP STUDIES: THE UTILITY AND REFERRAL PATTERN IN A VA POPULATION
Chest 2006 130: 263S-264S. [Abstract] [PDF]  

Richard K. Bogan and Jo Anne Turner

COMPARISON OF HOME AUTO-ADJUST POSITIVE AIRWAY PRESSURE TITRATION WITH INPATIENT SLEEP LAB TITRATION
Chest 2006 130: 264S. [Abstract] [PDF]  

Dominic J. Valentino, III and Anne E. O’Donnell

REASONS AND REFERRALS FOR SLEEP MEDICINE CONSULTATION IN OBSTRUCTIVE SLEEP APNEA
Chest 2006 130: 264S. [Abstract] [PDF]  

Ranju Chandrashekariah and Dennis Auckley

THE IMPACT OF UPPER AIRWAY SURGERY ON CPAP COMPLIANCE IN DIFFICULT-TO-MANAGE OBSTRUCTIVE SLEEP APNEA
Chest 2006 130: 264S. [Abstract] [PDF]  

Aslama M. Alauya-Lamping, Manuel C. Jorge, Lenora C. Fernandez, and Virginia S. De los Reyes

THE PREVALENCE OF OBSTRUCTIVE SLEEP APNEA SYMPTOMS AMONG PATIENTS WITH STABLE CHRONIC OBSTRUCTIVE PULMONARY DISEASE AND ITS IMPACT ON THEIR QUALITY OF LIFE
Chest 2006 130: 265S. [Abstract] [PDF]  

Iyad Asaad, Shadi Badin, Ammar Ghanem, Todd W. Gress, and Imran Khawaja

INFLUENCE OF GENDER ON THE CLINICAL PRESENTATION AND POLYSOMNOGRAPHIC (PSG) PROFILE OF PATIENTS DIAGNOSED WITH MILD OBSTRUCTIVE SLEEP APNEA SYNDROME
Chest 2006 130: 265S. [Abstract] [PDF]  

Sanjeev Sinha, S.K. Sharma, and C. Vasudev

VALIDATION OF THE MODIFIED BERLIN QUESTIONNAIRE TO IDENTIFY PATIENTS AT RISK FOR OBSTRUCTIVE SLEEP APNEA SYNDROME IN NORTH INDIANS
Chest 2006 130: 265S. [Abstract] [PDF]  

Imran H. Iftikhar, Dima K. AbdelMannan, Basma Ricaurte, and Mansoor Ahmed

BODY MASS INDEX AND THE INCIDENCE OF HYPERTENSION IN OBSTRUCTIVE SLEEP APNEA PATIENTS
Chest 2006 130: 265S-266S. [Abstract] [PDF]  

Colin Drummond

PRELIMINARY FINDINGS: COMFORT AND CONSTANT PRESSURE IN THE TREATMENT OF SLEEP APNEA
Chest 2006 130: 266S. [Abstract] [PDF]  

Anwar Wassel, Arvine Ponnambalam, Andre El-Hajj, George Nassif, and Samir Fahmy

IS THE COMPLIANCE RATE OF CONTINUOUS POSITIVE AIRWAY PRESSURE THERAPY AFFECTED BY THE PHYSICIAN’S SPECIALTY?
Chest 2006 130: 266S. [Abstract] [PDF]  

Salim R. Surani, Harsh Babbar, Raymond Aguillar, Jane Murphy, and Shyamsunder Subramanian

TO ASSESS SLEEPINESS AMONG REGISTERED NURSES
Chest 2006 130: 266S. [Abstract] [PDF]  

Eleanor A. Dominguez, Ricardo Salonga, Manuel Jorge, and Jun Terencio

SLEEPINESS AND SLEEPING PATTERNS AMONG AIR TRAFFIC CONTROLLERS AND COMMUNICATORS
Chest 2006 130: 266S-267S. [Abstract] [PDF]  

Layola Lunghar, Sumit Mohan, Helen C. Daniel, Manasvi Jaitly, John S. Schicchi, and Jen-Tse Cheng

SLEEP DISORDERS IN PATIENTS ON CHRONIC HEMODIALYSIS IN CENTRAL HARLEM
Chest 2006 130: 267S. [Abstract] [PDF]  

Sally Ibrahim, Darryl Thornton, Ranju Chandrashekariah, and Dennis Auckley

SELF-REPORTED SLEEP DURATION AND OBESITY IN A POPULATION REFERRED FOR SLEEP EVALUATION
Chest 2006 130: 267S. [Abstract] [PDF]  

Sunad Rangarajan, George A. D’souza, and Avinash M. Srikanth

A STUDY OF RESTLESS LEGS SYNDROME IN PATIENTS HAVING IRON DEFICIENCY ANEMIA IN A TERTIARY CARE HOSPITAL
Chest 2006 130: 267S. [Abstract] [PDF]  

Gautham Ravipati, Baba Limann, Arun T. Koshy, Wilbert S. Aronow, Chul Ahn, George P. Maguire, and Stuart G. Lehrman

ASSOCIATION OF PERCENT EXPIRATORY RESERVE VOLUME WITH AVERAGE OXYGEN SATURATION IN OBESE PERSONS
Chest 2006 130: 268S. [Abstract] [PDF]  

Dorian Gomez, Victor Feliz, William Dinan, Damary Gonzalez, and Ari Klapholz

THE RELATIONSHIP OF BODY MASS INDEX AND THE TIME OF DEATH IN THE POSTOPERATIVE SETTING
Chest 2006 130: 268S. [Abstract] [PDF]  

Ritesh Agarwal, Ashutosh N. Aggarwal, and Surinder Jindal

EFFECTS OF ACTIVE SMOKING AND ENVIRONMENTAL TOBACCO SMOKE ON PULMONARY TUBERCULOSIS
Chest 2006 130: 268S. [Abstract] [PDF]  

Kathy A. Garrett-Szymanski, Peter R. Smith, Jeanne McCabe, Rosemarie Samuels, Chiquita Willis, Iram Nawaz, Margaret Rafferty, and Katherine Matthews

INPATIENT SMOKING CESSATION PROGRAMS (ISCPS) APPROACHES TO PROMPT IDENTIFICATION OF HOSPITALIZED SMOKERS
Chest 2006 130: 268S-269S. [Abstract] [PDF]  

Chiharu Yoshii, Masato Kano, Yukiko Kawanami, Sung Kyu Kim, and Masamitsu Kido

THE KANO TEST FOR SOCIAL NICOTINE DEPENDENCE (KTSND) IN SAMPLES FROM THREE HOSPITALS
Chest 2006 130: 269S. [Abstract] [PDF]  

Hamid Hemmati and Abbas D. Sareb

THE COMPARISON OF THE EFFICACY AND SAFETY OF TUBE THORACOSTOMY INSERTION VIA 2ND AND 5TH INTERCOSTAL SPACES FOR THE TREATMENT OF STAB WOUND PNEUMOTHORAX
Chest 2006 130: 269S. [Abstract] [PDF]  

Shi-Ping Luh

VIDEO-ASSISTED THORACIC SURGERY FOR SPONTANEOUS HEMOPNEUMOTHORAX
Chest 2006 130: 269S. [Abstract] [PDF]  

Ross K. Morgan, Can C. Erdem, Brian Lucey, Christine C. Reardon, Ben D. Daly, and Hiran C. Fernando

OPTIMAL MANAGEMENT OF EMPYEMA IN AN INNER-CITY HOSPITAL: VATS VS INTRAPLEURAL THROMBOLYSIS
Chest 2006 130: 269S-270S. [Abstract] [PDF]  

Michael K. Hsin, Innes Y. Wan, Tak W. Lee, Kin H. Thung, Norihisha Shigemura, Iskander Al-Githmi, Calvin S. Ng, and Anthony P. Yim

MANAGEMENT OF DESCENDING NECROTIZING MEDIASTINITIS WITH VIDEO-ASSISTED THORACOSCOPIC SURGICAL APPROACH
Chest 2006 130: 270S. [Abstract] [PDF]  

Manuel Caceres, Francis H. Cole, and Darryl Weiman

CLINICAL PEARLS IN NONPENETRATING PNEUMOMEDIASTINUM
Chest 2006 130: 270S. [Abstract] [PDF]  

Reza Bagheri and Ziaolla Haghi

SURGICAL MANAGEMENT OF BRONCHOLITHIASIS DUE TO TUBERCULOSIS WITH HEMOPTYSIS
Chest 2006 130: 270S-271S. [Abstract] [PDF]  

Nazanin Parsaei, Reza Khodaverdian, Alicia A. Mckelvey, John A. Federico, and Thomas Fabian

USE OF LONG-TERM INDWELLING TUNNELED PLEURAL CATHETER FOR THE MANAGEMENT OF BENIGN PLEURAL EFFUSION
Chest 2006 130: 271S. [Abstract] [PDF]  

Sarah S. Dunn, James E. Lynch, Amanjit S. Gill, and Joseph B. Zwischenberger

MODIFIED DUMON STENT FOR RECURRENT POSTPNEUMONECTOMY BRONCHOPLEURAL FISTULA
Chest 2006 130: 271S. [Abstract] [PDF]  

Hamid Hemmati, Mohammad Bagher Rahim, and Sayed Ali Emami

COMPARISON OF THE EFFICACY OF EXTRA PLURAL PARA VERTEBRAL CATHETER ANALGESIA WITH THORACIC EPIDURAL ANALGESIA AND SYSTEMIC ADMINISTRATION OF MORPHINE IN POSTTHORACOTOMY PAIN
Chest 2006 130: 271S. [Abstract] [PDF]  

Erich Hecker, Katrin Welcker, Friedrich Schumm, and Bettina Schlolaut

VIDEO-ASSISTED LOBECTOMY FOR NON-SMALL CELL LUNG CANCER (NSCLC) STAGE I AND II
Chest 2006 130: 271S-272S. [Abstract] [PDF]  

Henrik J. Hansen

INTRODUCTION OF VATS LOBECTOMY: LESSONS FROM THE FIRST 125 CASES
Chest 2006 130: 272S. [Abstract] [PDF]  

Cosimo Lequaglie and Gabiella Giudice

NEW TECHNIQUES FOR LUNG VOLUME REDUCTION IN LUNG CANCER RESECTION
Chest 2006 130: 272S. [Abstract] [PDF]  

Amir Abolhoda, Trung Bui, Henri Colt, Mark Kobayashi, and Jeffery Milliken

ROUTINE USE OF PEDICLED LATISSIMUS DORSI MUSCLE FALP IN HIGH RISK THORACIC SURGERY PROCEDURES
Chest 2006 130: 272S. [Abstract] [PDF]  

Rajan Santosham, Sasankh Sasankh, Ravi Santosham, Roy Santosham, Rajiv Santosham, and Sami Jayaraman

BRONCHIAL SLEEVE RESECTION
Chest 2006 130: 273S. [Abstract] [PDF]  

Masanori Kaneda, Fumiaki Watanabe, Tomohito Tarukawa, and Takashi Sakai

CLINICAL FEATURES OF PRIMARY LUNG CANCER ADJOINING PULMONARY BULLA
Chest 2006 130: 273S. [Abstract] [PDF]  

Jeffrey B. Rubins, Amy M. Holmstrom, and Rosemary F. Kelly

TEMPORAL TRENDS IN THE PREVALENCE OF MALIGNANCY IN RESECTED PULMONARY LESIONS
Chest 2006 130: 273S. [Abstract] [PDF]  

Edward Black, Mohamad Israr, Paul Vaughan, Georgette Oni, Apostalos Nakas, and David Waller

POSTOPERATIVE SURVIVAL WITH OCCULT N2 LUNG CANCER IS NO DIFFERENT TO N1 IN THE ERA OF ROUTINE CT-PET SCANNING
Chest 2006 130: 273S-274S. [Abstract] [PDF]  

Jozsef Furak, Judit Moldvay, Imre Trojan, Tamas Szoke, Laszlo Agocs, Attila Csekeo, Jozsef Kas, Egon Svastics, and Gyorgy Lazar

LUNG CANCER AND ITS CEREBRAL METASTASES
Chest 2006 130: 274S. [Abstract] [PDF]  

Simon Itoh, Tsuneo Imai, Koji Kawaguchi, Toshiki Okasaka, Naohito Sato, Tetsuo Taniguchi, Mika Uchiyama, Noriyasu Usami, and Kohei Yokoi

SURGICAL TREATMENT FOR ADRENAL METASTASIS FROM LUNG CANCER
Chest 2006 130: 274S. [Abstract] [PDF]  

Jari Räsänen, Jarmo Salo, Paula Maasilta, Eero Sihvo, Martti Färkkilä, and Ulla-Stina Salminen

IMMUNOHISTOCHEMICAL EXPRESSION OF C-REACTIVE PROTEIN IN BARRETT’S ESOPHAGUS AND ESOPHAGEAL ADENOCARCINOMA
Chest 2006 130: 274S. [Abstract] [PDF]  

Charles Feldman, Anne von Gottberg, Willem Sturm, Alan Karstaedt, Nelesh Govender, Andrew Whitelaw, Linda de Gouveia, and Keith Klugman

NOSOCOMIAL INVASIVE PNEUMOCOCCAL DISEASE (IPD)
Chest 2006 130: 274S-275S. [Abstract] [PDF]  

Jiri Homolka and Frantisek Krejbich

RESULTS OF TUBERCULIN SKIN TEST IN 1,172 CASES OF BACTERIOLOGICALLY CONFIRMED TUBERCULOSIS
Chest 2006 130: 275S. [Abstract] [PDF]  

Pablo Herscovici, Timothy J. Harkin, David P. Naidich, William N. Rom, and Doreen J. Addrizzo-Harris

TRANSBRONCHIAL NEEDLE ASPIRATION IN HIV-INFECTED PATIENTS WITH INTRATHORACIC ADENOPATHY: A 15-YEAR EXPERIENCE AT A MAJOR TEACHING HOSPITAL
Chest 2006 130: 275S. [Abstract] [PDF]  

Timothy A. Morris, David J. Macfarlane, Paul R. Eisenberg, Richard C. Smart, and Michael Gerometta

CLINICAL DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING OF PULMONARY EMBOLI USING RADIOLABELED ANTICROSSLINKED FIBRIN ANTIBODIES (THROMBOVIEW®)
Chest 2006 130: 275S-276S. [Abstract] [PDF]  

Rebecca L. Legg, Camille Haycock, and Carla Clark

MEDICAL EMERGENCY TEAM TRIGGERS: OBJECTIVE CRITERIA MET AND THE NEED FOR CRITICAL CARE
Chest 2006 130: 276S. [Abstract] [PDF]  

Milena M. Acencio, Francisco S. Vargas, Gabriela G. Carnevale, Carlos S. Silva, Lisete R. Teixeira, Leila Antonangelo, and Evaldo Marchi

PLEURAL PDGF EXPRESSION IN MICE EXPOSED TO ASBESTOS FIBERS
Chest 2006 130: 276S. [Abstract] [PDF]  

Kevin K. Chung, Daniel F. McLaughlin, Edward E. Horvath, Michael C. Albrecht, Lorne H. Blackbourne, David J. Barillo, Steven E. Wolf, and John B. Holcomb

NASAL CANNULA O2 DELIVERY SYSTEM IMPROVES OXYGENATION AND VENTILATION IN ADULT BURN PATIENTS
Chest 2006 130: 276S. [Abstract] [PDF]  

Salim R. Surani, Patrick Clements, Elizabeth Elizondo, William Burgin, and Shyamsunder Subramanian

EFFECTIVENESS OF PEEP VALVE IN LIBERATING TRACHEOSTOMY PATIENTS OFF THE VENTILATOR
Chest 2006 130: 276S-277S. [Abstract] [PDF]  

Erich Hecker, Katrin Welcker, Friedrich Schumm, and Bettina Schlolaut

VIDEO-ASSISTED THORACOSCOPY (VATS) FOR THE MANAGEMENT OF TRAUMATIC HEMOTHORAX
Chest 2006 130: 277S. [Abstract] [PDF]  

Karin Giebels, Sheila V. Jacob, and Jean-Guy Lapierre

THE EFFECTS OF COMPRESSIVE JACKETS ON PULMONARY FUNCTION OF INFANTS WITH THORACIC BURN SCARS
Chest 2006 130: 277S. [Abstract] [PDF]  

Dominic J. Valentino, III, Raymond E. Litten, and Sharon R. O’Brien

EVALUATION OF CUFF-LEAK VOLUME VS AUDIBLE CUFF LEAK AS A PREDICTOR FOR SUCCESSFUL EXTUBATION IN ENDOTRACHEALLY INTUBATED PATIENTS
Chest 2006 130: 277S. [Abstract] [PDF]  

Yi Ming Yuan, Xiao Jing Liu, and Jian Wei Li

THE ASSOCIATION OF MATRIX METALLOPROTEINASE-9 GENE POLYMORPHISM WITH CHRONIC OBSTRUCTIVE PULMONARY DISEASE SUSCEPTIBILITY IN HAN NATIONALITY OF SOUTHWESTERN CHINA
Chest 2006 130: 277S. [Abstract] [PDF]  

Jin Wook Moon, Yun Su Sim, Jin Hwa Lee, Jung Hyeon Jang, Yon Ju Ryu, Eun Mee Cheon, Joon Chang, and Sung Kyu Kim

SENSITIVITY OF POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION FOR PLEURAL TUBERCULOSIS ACCORDING TO THE AMOUNT OF PLEURAL EFFUSION SPECIMENS
Chest 2006 130: 278S. [Abstract] [PDF]  

Babith J. Mankidy, Harish Seethamraju, Yavuz S. Silay, Said Soubra, Charlie Lan, Geoffrey Land, Arthur Bracey, Matthias Loebe, George Noon, Scott Scheinin, Javier LaFuente, and Remzi Bag

MULTIPLE MODALITY ANTIBODY REDUCTION IN HIGHLY SENSITIZED LUNG TRANSPLANT CANDIDATES
Chest 2006 130: 278S. [Abstract] [PDF]  

Keith M. Rose, Dennis McCool, and David Nierman

ULTRASOUND DETERMINATION OF DIAPHRAGM THICKNESS IN MECHANICALLY VENTILATED, ACUTELY CRITICALLY ILL PATIENTS
Chest 2006 130: 278S. [Abstract] [PDF]  

Leander L. Simpao, Jubert Benedicto, and Rodolfo Pagcatipunan

UTILITY OF MULTIPLE SPUTUM ACID-FAST BACILLI SMEAR SPECIMENS IN THE DIAGNOSIS OF PULMONARY TUBERCULOSIS IN A NATIONAL TUBERCULOSIS PROGRAM ACCREDITED DIRECTLY OBSERVED THERAPY SHORT COURSE FACILITY
Chest 2006 130: 278S-279S. [Abstract] [PDF]  

Yan-bin Zhou, Ren-gao Ye, You-ji Li, Can-mao Xie, Bin Hu, and Yubiao Guo

EFFECT OF LUPUS RECIPE ON GENE EXPRESSION OF CD134, CD134L, AND RANTES FROM LUNG TISSUE OF LUPUS-PRONE BXSB MICE
Chest 2006 130: 279S. [Abstract] [PDF]  

Marilyn G. Foreman, Dawn L. DeMeo, John J. Reilly, Scott T. Weiss, and Edwin K. Silverman

PREDICTORS OF CHRONIC OBSTRUCTIVE PULMONARY DISEASE EXACERBATIONS IN THE BOSTON EARLY-ONSET CHRONIC OBSTRUCTIVE PULMONARY DISEASE STUDY
Chest 2006 130: 279S. [Abstract] [PDF]  

Jay I. Peters, Marilu Vazquez, Steve Inscore, Brad Smith, Pam Wood, Andre Fallot, Robert Ellis, and A.D. Galbreath

BASELINE CHARACTERISTICS OF A LARGE PROSPECTIVE TRIAL COMPARING USUAL CARE WITH DISEASE MANAGEMENT IN ASTHMATIC PATIENTS
Chest 2006 130: 279S. [Abstract] [PDF]  

Miguel Gallego, Enrique Casado, Rafael Valls, Cristian Domingo, Marta Larrosa, Isabel Rey, Carmen Veigas, Albert Marín, and Jordi Gratacós

PREVALENCE OF OSTEOPOROSIS AND VERTEBRAL FRACTURES IN COPD MALES: RISK FACTORS FOR OSTEOPOROSIS AND VERTEBRAL FRACTURES
Chest 2006 130: 280S. [Abstract] [PDF]  

Alexander E. Makarevich, Julia J. Pancratova, and Valerij V. Kirkovsky

THE CORRECTION OF IMBALANCE IN OXYDANT-ANTIOXIDANT AND PROTEASE-ANTIPROTEASE SYSTEMS BY EFFERENT DETOXICATION METHODS IN COMMUNITY-ACQUIRED PNEUMONIA
Chest 2006 130: 280S. [Abstract] [PDF]  

Xie Can-mao

THE EFFECTS OF SYSTEMIC GLUCOCORTICOIDS ON TUBERCULOUS PLEURAL EFFUSIONS IN RAT MODEL
Chest 2006 130: 280S. [Abstract] [PDF]  

Chad E. Miller, Shirley F. Jones, William C. Bailey, and Mark T. Dransfield

UNDERDIAGNOSIS OF COPD IN THE NATIONAL LUNG SCREENING TRIAL
Chest 2006 130: 280S-281S. [Abstract] [PDF]  

Ashok K. Janmeja

SCREENING OF SMOKERS BY SPIROMETRY FOR EARLY DIAGNOSIS OF CHRONIC OBSTRUCTIVE PULMONARY DISEASE (COPD) IN INDIA
Chest 2006 130: 281S. [Abstract] [PDF]  

Anjanette R. de Leon, Percival Punzal, Nerissa A. De Leon, Milagros S. Bautista, and Teresita S. De Guia

OUTCOME MEASURES IN PEDIATRIC PULMONARY REHABILITATION
Chest 2006 130: 281S. [Abstract] [PDF]  

Julio A. Chirinos, Aurelio Castrellon, Wenche Jy, Lawrence L. Horstman, Joaquin J. Jimenez, Anila Veerani, Agustin Castellanos, Robert J. Myerburg, Howard J. Willens, and Yeon S. Ahn

ENDOTHELIAL MICROPARTICLES, PLATELET, AND LEUKOCYTE ACTIVATION AND CELLULAR INTERACTIONS IN PATIENTS WITH NONVALVULAR ATRIAL FIBRILLATION
Chest 2006 130: 281S. [Abstract] [PDF]  

Jeff Swigris, Juergen Behr, Kevin Brown, Ron duBois, Talmadge King, Jr, and Ganesh Raghu

LONGITUDINAL TRENDS IN DYSPNEA IN PATIENTS WITH IDIOPATHIC PULMONARY FIBROSIS (IPF): THE BUILD 1 STUDY
Chest 2006 130: 282S. [Abstract] [PDF]  

Pyng Lee, Sun Li, Constance Lo, and Swee Eng Aw

TALC FOR MALIGNANT PLEURAL EFFUSION: DOES IT CAUSE APOPTOSIS OF CANCER CELLS IN VITRO?
Chest 2006 130: 282S. [Abstract] [PDF]  

Samir Johna, Nina Bowman, and David T. Wong

THE ROLE OF URINARY BLADDER PRESSURES IN THE DIAGNOSIS OF ABDOMINAL COMPARTMENT SYNDROME: A PROSPECTIVE STUDY IN TRAUMA PATIENTS
Chest 2006 130: 282S. [Abstract] [PDF]  

Dawn E. Jaroszewski and Eric W. Fonkalsrud

PECTUS DEFORMITY IN THE ADULT PATIENT: CARDIOPULMONARY SYMPTOMS AS AN INDICATION FOR REPAIR
Chest 2006 130: 282S-283S. [Abstract] [PDF]  

Arshad Ali, M. F. Schmidt, J. Quist, D. Enriquez, Mohammad Gondal, Mirela Sam, Adekule Adekola, and Eric A. Jaffe

RADIOGRAPHIC PATTERNS OF PULMONARY TUBERCULOSIS (PTB): A COMPARISON OF PATIENTS WITH HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS POSITIVE (HIV+) AND NEGATIVE (HIV-) IN AN AFRICAN-AMERICAN POPULATION (AAP)
Chest 2006 130: 283S. [Abstract] [PDF]  

Sanjeev K. Verma, Sanjay K. Verma, Rajendra Prasad, Surya Kant, and Santosh Kumar

A 5-YEAR, FOLLOW-UP STUDY OF REVISED NATIONAL TUBERCULOSIS CONTROL PROGRAMME (RNTCP) IN LUCKNOW
Chest 2006 130: 283S. [Abstract] [PDF]  

Byoung H. Lee, Sang H. Kim, and Youngsoo Ahn

PARADOXICAL RESPONSES DURING ANTITUBERCULOUS TREATMENT IN PATIENTS WITH RESPIRATORY TUBERCULOSIS AND RELATIVE ADRENAL INSUFFICIENCY
Chest 2006 130: 283S. [Abstract] [PDF]  

Alena Skrahina, Vladimir Zmatchinski, Andrei Astrauko, Pavel Mitskevich, and Aliaksandr Skrahin

PULMONARY TUBERCULOSIS AFTER HIGH-DOSE CHEMOTHERAPY FOLLOWED BY AUTOLOGUS STEM CELLS TRANSPLANTATION
Chest 2006 130: 283S-284S. [Abstract] [PDF]  

Dina Martinez Mendoza, Miguel Angel Salzar Lezama, Enrique Lopez Segundo, Alfredo Torres Cruz, Manuel de JesusCastillejos Lopez, and Cecilia Garcia Sancho

ANTITUBERCULOSIS TREATMENT OUTCOMES IN PATIENTS WITH PREVIOUS TREATMENT AT NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF RESPIRATORY DISEASES, MEXICO
Chest 2006 130: 284S. [Abstract] [PDF]  

Rajendra Prasad, Salik Raza, Sanjeev K. Verma, R.A.S. Kushwaha, Rajiv Garg, and Amita Jain

A STUDY ON CHRONIC CASES (CAT IV) UNDER REVISED NATIONAL TUBERCULOSIS CONTROL PROGRAMME (RNTCP) IN INDIA
Chest 2006 130: 284S. [Abstract] [PDF]  

Theerasuk Kawamatawong, Chitlada Meechoonuk, and Teerachai Chantarojanasiri

FACTORS AFFECTING TREATMENT ADHERENCE OF TUBERCULOSIS PATIENTS AT SAMITIVEJ SRINAKARIN HOSPITAL
Chest 2006 130: 284S. [Abstract] [PDF]  

Jialian Xu, Haili Hu, Hua Sun, Zhongshun Zhang, Linhai Zen, Li Liang, Wei Sha, and Lin Fan

THE EFFECTS AND ASSOCIATED FACTORS OF BRONCHOFIBROSCOPIC MICROWAVE IN THE TREATMENT OF BRONCHIAL TUBERCULOSIS
Chest 2006 130: 284S-285S. [Abstract] [PDF]