Tag: CHEST

A 38-year-old male with a prior diagnosis of severe OSA (apnea-hypopnea index [AHI] 99/h) presented for transfer of care. He was successfully titrated to CPAP of 10 cm H2O at an […]

A 59-year-old man presented to the ED with a chief complaint of shortness of breath. His past medical history was significant for end-stage renal disease secondary to lithium toxicity, immunosuppression […]

A 64-year-old man presented for consideration for lung transplant. He had a history of previous tobacco use, OSA on CPAP therapy, and gastroesophageal reflux disease. He worked as a design […]

A 78-year-old man with asthma and COPD presented with shortness of breath, cough, and severe malaise for 4 days. Upon arrival, the patient was conscious and body temperature was 37.5°C. Arterial […]

The patient is a 37-year-old hospital employee and current smoker with a 10 pack-year smoking history, who presented with dyspnea, chest pain, and weight loss. She was in her usual […]

COPD is a heterogeneous syndrome. Many COPD subtypes have been proposed, but there is not yet consensus on how many COPD subtypes there are and how they should be defined. […]

The differential risk of pneumonia among inhaled corticosteroids (ICSs) in patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) requires more investigation, especially for beclomethasone-containing inhalers. This study aimed to compare the […]

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The etiology of idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis (IPF) is unknown. Because it shares genetic, histopathologic and radiographic features with the fibrosing interstitial lung disease seen in rheumatoid arthritis (RA), we sought […]

Veno-arterial extra-corporeal membrane oxygenation therapy (VA-ECMO) following refractory cardiogenic shock (r-CS) or cardiac arrest (r-CA) has significant morbidity and mortality. Early outcome prediction is crucial in this setting, but data […]

Accurate diagnosis is crucial for improving treatment and prognosis of respiratory disease, especially lung cancer. Tumors and lesions located deep in the lung are directly accessible via dendritic tracheal bronchus, […]

Sleep health is a multidimensional construct that includes adequate duration, quality and appropriately timed sleep, that may be influenced by environmental factors. In this review, we focus on how an […]

Sleep is important to health and well-being and studies in healthy adults have demonstrated that sleep deprivation impacts respiratory, immune and cognitive function. Historically, due to the nature of critical […]

Bronchoscopy is the gold standard for evaluating tracheomalacia; however, reliance on an invasive procedure limits understanding of normal airway dynamics. Self-gated ultrashort echo-time magnetic resonance imaging (UTE MRI) can assess […]

Each year, over 1.5 million Americans are diagnosed with an incidentally-detected lung nodule. Practice guidelines attempt to balance the benefit of early detection of lung cancer with the risks of […]

Neighborhood circumstances have an influence on multiple health outcomes, but the association between neighborhood conditions and lung cancer incidence has not been studied in sufficient detail. We sought to understand […]

Regional and/or national severe asthma registries provide valuable country-specific information. However, they are often limited in scope within the broader definitions of severe asthma, have insufficient statistical power to answer […]

A 38-year-old Jamaican man with no medical history presented with worsening right-sided weakness. He developed an ascending hemiparesis that began in the right lower extremity 3 months ago and progressed to […]

A 60-year-old Chinese man was admitted to our hospital with chronic cough for > 2 months. His cough was paroxysmal and nonirritating, occasionally productive with some small amounts of white phlegm. […]

A 65-year-old man was referred for evaluation of several years of chest congestion and cough productive of yellow sputum as well as recently noted abnormalities on chest imaging. He denied […]

A man in his 20s presented to the ED after several months of progressive dyspnea, dry cough, and night sweats. He had no chest pain, fevers, weight loss, or sick […]

An 80-year-old man was admitted to our hospital with 24 hours of epigastric pain. The pain was described as sharp, episodic, nonradiating, and without an identifiable provoking factor. Associated symptoms […]

Stroke prevention in elderly patients with atrial fibrillation (AF) can be challenging, requiring a balance between thromboembolism prevention and serious bleeding. Comparisons of non-vitamin K antagonist oral anticoagulants (NOACs) and […]

Established reference standards for the ventilatory threshold (VT) are lacking. The aim of this study was to develop reference standards for the VT derived from cardiopulmonary exercise testing (CPX) using […]

High-resolution chest CT (HRCT) is recommended after PAVM embolotherapy to assess for PAVM persistence and untreated PAVM growth. Graded transthoracic contrast echocardiography (TTCE) predicts need for embolotherapy in PAVM screening. […]

There are concerns that starting nicotine replacement therapy (NRT) in the immediate perioperative period may negatively impact wound healing. We investigated the association of NRT with postoperative outcomes among smokers […]

Mortality has long been used as a primary endpoint for randomized controlled trials in critical care. Recently, a plurality of trials targeting mortality endpoints as their primary outcome have failed […]

As the population ages, and more patients with chronic pulmonary diseases become frail and functionally impaired, the prevalence of homebound patients grows. Homebound patients have higher disease burden, inpatient utilization […]