Chest Meeting -- Table of Contents (October 1 2005, 128 [4])

Slide Presentations:

Arturo Briva, Lynn Welch, Jiwang Chen, Pavlos Myrianthefs, Zaher Azzam, Emilia Lecuona, Vidas Dumasius, Daniel Batlle, Yosef Gruenbaum, and Jacob I. Sznajder: ALVEOLAR FLUID REABSORPTION IS IMPAIRED BY HYPERCAPNIA INDEPENDENTLY OF EXTRACELLULAR AND INTRACELLULAR PH
Chest 2005 128: 129S. [Abstract] [PDF]

Evans R. Fernández, Mark T. Keegan, Daniel R. Brown, Francis C. Nichols, Rolf D. Hubmayr, and Ognjen Gajic: INTRAOPERATIVE TIDAL VOLUME AS A RISK FACTOR FOR REPIRATORY FAILURE AFTER PNEUMONECTOMY
Chest 2005 128: 129S. [Abstract] [PDF]

Gianfranco U. Meduri, Emmel Golden, Amado X. Freire, Edwin Taylor, Mohamad Zaman, Stephanie J. Carson, Mary Gibson, and Reba Umberger: METHYLPREDNISOLONE INFUSION IN PATIENTS WITH EARLY ACUTE RESPIRATORY DISTRESS SYNDROME (ARDS) SIGNIFICANTLY IMPROVES LUNG FUNCTION: RESULTS OF A RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL (RCT)
Chest 2005 128: 129S-130S. [Abstract] [PDF]

Rimki Rana, Sameer Rana, Evans R. Fernández, Syed A. Khan, and Ognjen Gajic: TRANSFUSION RELATED PULMONARY EDEMA IN THE INTENSIVE CARE UNIT (ICU)
Chest 2005 128: 130S. [Abstract] [PDF]

Binh T. Nguyen and Gary Riley: THORACIC MANIFESTATIONS OF BLAST INJURY: A WALTER REED EXPERIENCE
Chest 2005 128: 130S-131S. [Abstract] [PDF]

Cindy Grimes, Rhonda Anderson, and Bruce M. Fleegler: CONTINUOUS LATERAL ROTATION THERAPY FOR ACUTE LUNG INJURY: TIMING MATTERS
Chest 2005 128: 131S. [Abstract] [PDF]

Ruzena J. Tkacova, Darina Petrasova, Zuzana Kluchova, Pavol Joppa, Roman Klimcik, and Zuzana Dorkova: LIPID PEROXIDATION AND GLUTATHIONE PEROXIDASE ACTIVITY IN PATIENTS WITH COPD: RELATIONSHIP TO DISEASE SEVERITY
Chest 2005 128: 131S. [Abstract] [PDF]

Donald A. Mahler, Laurie Waterman, Joseph Ward, and John C. Baird: COMPREHENSIVE MEASUREMENT OF BREATHLESSNESS USING THE SELF-ADMINISTERED COMPUTERIZED VERSIONS OF THE BASELINE AND TRANSITION DYSPNEA INDEXES
Chest 2005 128: 131S. [Abstract] [PDF]

Aylin Riedel, Benjamin Chastek, and Rohit D. Borker: HEALTHCARE AND ECONOMIC BURDEN IN UNDIAGNOSED CHRONIC OBSTRUCTIVE PULMONARY DISEASE (COPD) PATIENTS
Chest 2005 128: 132S. [Abstract] [PDF]

E. R. Malone, George Car, and J. M. FitzGerald: THE ROLE OF SCREENING SPIROMETRY IN THE EARLY IDENTIFICATION OF OBSTRUCTIVE LUNG DISEASE IN AN INNER CITY ADULT POPULATION
Chest 2005 128: 132S. [Abstract] [PDF]

Clarice G. Freitas-Santos, Carlos Alberto d. Pereira, and Carlos Alberto d. Viegas: INSPIRATORY CAPACITY, 6 MINUTES WALK TEST AND COPD SEVERITY
Chest 2005 128: 132S. [Abstract] [PDF]

Pieter Zanen, Frans Rutten, Arno W. Hoes, and Jan-Willem J. Lammmers: PREVALENCE OF HYPERINFLATION IN COPD AND CORRELATION WITH FLOW-VOLUME INDICES
Chest 2005 128: 132S-133S. [Abstract] [PDF]

Barbara A. Phillips, Pat Britz, and Wayne Hening: THE NSF 2005 SLEEP IN AMERICAN POLL AND THOSE AT RISK FOR RLS
Chest 2005 128: 133S. [Abstract] [PDF]

David M. Hiestand, Pat Britz, and Barbara Phillips: PREVALENCE OF RISK FACTORS FOR OBSTRUCTIVE SLEEP APNEA IN THE US: RESULTS FROM THE 2005 SLEEP IN AMERICA POLE
Chest 2005 128: 133S. [Abstract] [PDF]

Christopher J. Lettieri, Arn H. Eliasson, Teotimo Andrada, Andrei Khramtsov, Marc Raphaelson, and David A. Kristo: OBSTRUCTIVE SLEEP APNEA SYNDROME: ARE WE MISSING AN AT-RISK POPULATION?
Chest 2005 128: 133S. [Abstract] [PDF]

Richard J. Castriotta, Mark C. Wilde, Jenny M. Lai, Strahil Atanasov, Brent E. Masel, and Samuel T. Kuna: DAYTIME SLEEPINESS AND SLEEP DISORDERS AFTER TRAUMATIC BRAIN INJURY
Chest 2005 128: 134S. [Abstract] [PDF]

Christopher R. Powers and William C. Frey: MAINTENANCE OF WAKEFULNESS TEST IN ACTIVE DUTY SOLDIERS WITH UPPER AIRWAY RESISTANCE SYNDROME AND MILD TO MODERATE OBSTRUCTIVE SLEEP APNEA
Chest 2005 128: 134S. [Abstract] [PDF]

Jasdeep Sidana, Wilbert S. Aronow, Gautham Ravipati, Brian Di Stante, John A. McClung, Robert N. Belkin, and Stuart G. Lehrman: PREVALENCE OF MODERATE OR SEVERE LEFT VENTRICULAR DIASTOLIC DYSFUNCTION IN OBESE PERSONS WITH OBSTRUCTIVE SLEEP APNEA
Chest 2005 128: 134S. [Abstract] [PDF]

Matthew P. Chambers, David A. Kuhl, G. C. Wood, Bradley A. Boucher, and Amado X. Freire: INCREASED SYSTEMIC CANDIDIASIS IN ICU PATIENTS WITH PROLONGED ANTIFUNGAL TREATMENT OF CANDIDURIA
Chest 2005 128: 134S-135S. [Abstract] [PDF]

Heung J. Woo, Cheol H. Kim, Jin K. Kim, Young I. Park, In G. Hyun, and Young M. Ahn: CLINICAL CHARACTERISTICS AND RISK FACTORS OF MORTALITY AMONG SEVERE BURN PATIENTS WITH ISOLATES OF VANCOMYCIN-RESISTANT ENTEROCOCCI
Chest 2005 128: 135S. [Abstract] [PDF]

Andrew F. Shorr, Alex G. Truesdell, Laura A. Pacha, Dennis M. Sarmiento, John D. Betteridge, and Allesa J. Ewell: ACINETOBACTER BUMANNII BACTEREMIA IN CRITICALLY ILL PATIENTS: EPIDEMIOLOGY, OUTCOMES, AND THE IMPACT OF OPERATION IRAQI FREEDOM
Chest 2005 128: 135S. [Abstract] [PDF]

Frew H. Gebreab, Nasser Saad, Liziamma George, Teena Abraham, Imran Aurangzeb, Elias Ashame, Kelly Marion, and Suhail Raoof: EXTENDED-SPECTRUM BETA-LACTAMASES PRODUCING KLEBSIELLA PNEUMONIAE (ESBL-KP) INFECTION, RISK FACTORS, ANTIBIOTIC USE AND BACKGROUND
Chest 2005 128: 136S. [Abstract] [PDF]

Theerasuk Kawamatawong, Patarapong Kamalaporn, Mastorn Shaipanich, Suchart Wiratkapan, Vikrom Jarusdhirakul, Charoen Chotigavanichaya, Ubolrat Pitasawad, Anupan Tantachun, and Teerachai Chantarojanasiri: CLINICAL MANIFESTATIONS AND CAUSATIVE PATHOGENS OF INFECTIOUS COMPLICATIONS AMONG TSUNAMI VICTIMS FROM SOUTH SEA THAILAND: CASES SERIES OF SAMITIVEJ SRINAKARIN HOSPITAL BANGKOK THAILAND
Chest 2005 128: 136S. [Abstract] [PDF]

Terry A. Fortin, C. W. Hargett, and Victor F. Tapson: OBESITY, HYPERTENSION, AND SLEEP APNEA CONFOUND THE DIAGNOSIS OF PULMONARY ARTERIAL HYPERTENSION
Chest 2005 128: 136S-137S. [Abstract] [PDF]

Chirag M. Pandya, Omar A. Minai, J. A. Golish, K. McCarthy, J. Avecillas, and A. C. Arroliga: MEASURES OF PULMONARY HYPERTENSION (PAH) SEVERITY DO NOT IDENTIFY PATIENTS AT RISK FOR SIGNIFICANT NOCTURNAL HYPOXEMIA (NH)
Chest 2005 128: 137S. [Abstract] [PDF]

Francisco J. Soto, Ronald Siegel, David Marks, James Kleczka, Timothy Woods, James P. Maloney, Amina Syed, Amjad Syed, Sonika Gupta, and Kenneth Presberg: PERFORMANCE OF PULMONARY CAPILLARY WEDGE PRESSURE (PCWP) VS. LEFT VENTRICULAR END DIASTOLIC PRESSURE (LVEDP) IN THE DIAGNOSIS/CLASSIFICATION OF PATIENTS WITH SUSPECT PULMONARY ARTERIAL HYPERTENSION (PAH)
Chest 2005 128: 137S. [Abstract] [PDF]

Terry A. Fortin, Abigail Krichman, C. W. Hargett, and Victor F. Tapson: CHARACTERISTICS OF PULMONARY ARTERIAL HYPERTENSION ASSOCIATED WITH ELEVATED PULMONARY CAPILLARY WEDGE PRESSURE
Chest 2005 128: 137S-138S. [Abstract] [PDF]

Zouras K. Wendy, James Kleczka, David Marks, Ronald Siegel, Kenneth Presberg, Timothy Woods, Michael Cinquegrani, Amjad Syed, Amina Syed, and Francisco J. Soto: NITROPRUSSIDE (NTP) IN THE ASSESSMENT OF PULMONARY HYPERTENSION (PH) ASSOCIATED WITH ELEVATED LEFT VENTRICULAR (LV) FILLING PRESSURES DUE TO DIASTOLIC DYSFUNCTION
Chest 2005 128: 138S. [Abstract] [PDF]

Terence K. Trow, Adam Hurewitz, Gregory Ferreira, Mary Bartlett, and Louis Ragolia: CIRCULATING PROSTAGLANDIN D2 SYNTHASE (PGDS)LEVELS IN PULMONARY HYPERTENSION
Chest 2005 128: 138S. [Abstract] [PDF]

Makoto Takahama, Takashi Tojo, Michitaka Kimura, Keiji Kushibe, Takeshi Kawaguchi, and Shigeki Taniguchi: SURGICAL TREATMENT FOR METACHRONOUS LUNG CANCER
Chest 2005 128: 138S-139S. [Abstract] [PDF]

John G. Edwards, Antonio E. Martin-Ucar, Duncan J. Stewart, and David A. Waller: EXTRAPLEURAL PNEUMONECTOMY OR VATS PLEURECTOMY / DECORTICATION FOR EARLY STAGE MALIGNANT MESOTHELIOMA? A CASE CONTROL STUDY
Chest 2005 128: 139S. [Abstract] [PDF]

Gary M. Hochheiser, Maggie C. Oldham, and John R. Roberts: PARENCHYMA-SPARING SURGERY FOR PROXIMAL NSCLC: SLEEVE RESECTIONS RESULT IN EQUIVALENT SURVIVAL AND BETTER PERFORMANCE THAN PNEUMONECTOMIES
Chest 2005 128: 139S. [Abstract] [PDF]

Pier Luigi Filosso, Giovanni Donati, Davide Turello, Fausto Pernazza, and Alberto Oliaro: SURGICAL TREATMENT OF BRONCHIOLOALVEOLAR CARCINOMA
Chest 2005 128: 139S. [Abstract] [PDF]

Sherilyn K. Tay, Antonio E. Martin-Ucar, Ed Black, Lynda Beggs, David Beggs, John P. Duffy, and Ellis Morgan: DOES MICROSCOPIC INVOLVEMENT OF RESECTION MARGINS AFFECT LONG-TERM SURVIVAL AFTER RESECTION OF STAGE I AND II LUNG CANCER?
Chest 2005 128: 139S-140S. [Abstract] [PDF]

Lisa M. Guirguis, Eric C. C. Feliberti, Nicole Tsai, and Frederic W. Grannis: OUTCOMES FOLLOWING LIMITED LUNG RESECTION FOR NON-SMALL CELL LUNG CANCER (NSCLC) IN HIGH RISK PATIENTS
Chest 2005 128: 140S. [Abstract] [PDF]

Jessica A. Reading, Thaddeus L. Miller, and Stephen E. Weis: WHAT IS THE MAGNITUDE AND COST BURDEN OF SUSPECTED TUBERCULOSIS?
Chest 2005 128: 140S-141S. [Abstract] [PDF]

Karthikeyan Kanagarajan, J. Williams, V. Rupanagudi, K. Julliard, G. Gandev, K. Gupta, and P. Krishnan: IS CA-125 A RELIABLE SERUM MARKER FOR DIAGNOSIS OF TUBERCULOSIS?
Chest 2005 128: 141S. [Abstract] [PDF]

Amartya Mukhopadhyay, Ming Guan, Ying H. Chen, Lu Yang, and Keang T. Lim: PROSPECTIVE EVALUATION OF A NEW SEROLOGIC TEST (ASSURE TB RAPID TEST) FOR DIAGNOSIS OF PULMONARY TUBERCULOSIS
Chest 2005 128: 141S. [Abstract] [PDF]

Stylianos A. Michaelides, Dimitris Zachilas, Olga Vartzioti, Julia Vrioni, Aimilia Tsarouha, Georgios Diamantidis, and Ourania Anagnostopoulou: RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN TUBERCULIN HYPERSENSITIVITY AND SERUM ALBUMIN LEVELS IN PATIENTS WITH ACTIVE TUBERCULOSIS
Chest 2005 128: 142S. [Abstract] [PDF]

Jin Hoon Cho, Ki Uk Kim, Yon Seong Kim, Min Ki Lee, Yeong Dae Kim, Yeon Joo Jeong, and Soon Kew Park: CT FINDINGS IMPLY THE BLEEDING SITE COMPARED WITH ANGIOGRAPHY IN TUBERCULOSIS PATIENTS WITH MASSIVE HEMOPTYSIS
Chest 2005 128: 142S. [Abstract] [PDF]

Marin H. Kollef, Kenneth V. Leeper, Antonio Anzueto, Lee E. Morrow, Lisa Benz-Scott, Frank J. Rodino, and Michael S. Niederman: CLINICAL AND TREATMENT PATTERNS AMONG 398 PATIENTS WITH VENTILATOR-ASSOCIATED PNEUMONIA: FINAL RESULTS OF THE ASSESSMENT OF LOCAL ANTIMICROBIAL RESISTANCE MEASURES (ALARM) STUDY
Chest 2005 128: 142S. [Abstract] [PDF]

Lee E. Morrow, Marin H. Kollef, Kenneth V. Leeper, Antonio Anzueto, Lisa Benz-Scott, Frank J. Rodino, and Michael S. Niederman: PREDICTORS OF DEATH AMONG PATIENTS WITH VENTILATOR-ASSOCIATED PNEUMONIA: AN ANALYSIS OF THE ASSESSMENT OF LOCAL ANTIMICROBIAL RESISTANCE MEASURES (ALARM) STUDY DATA
Chest 2005 128: 142S-143S. [Abstract] [PDF]

Cheryl M. Weyers, Seth Clemens, and Kenneth V. Leeper: PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA VENTILATOR-ASSOCIATED PNEUMONIA: A COMPARISON OF CLINICAL OUTCOMES AMONG RESISTANT VERSUS SUSCEPTIBLE ORGANISMS AT EMORY-CRAWFORD LONG HOSPITAL
Chest 2005 128: 143S. [Abstract] [PDF]

Lakshmi Durairaj, Janice Launspach, and Joseph Zabner: TRACHEAL COLONIZATION IN NEWLY INTUBATED PATIENTS
Chest 2005 128: 143S. [Abstract] [PDF]

Flora V. Kontopidou, Evangelos D. Papadomichelakis, Effrosyni D. Manali, Anastasia Antoniadou, Sofia Athanassia, Evangelos Koratzanis, Irini Mavrou, Apostolos Armaganidis, and Helen Giamarellou: COLONIZATION SURVEILLANCE PREDICTS MICROBIAL ETIOLOGY OF INFECTION IN THE CRITICALLY ILL
Chest 2005 128: 143S-144S. [Abstract] [PDF]

Lee E. Morrow, Marin H. Kollef, James B. Bowers, and Thomas B. Casale: PROBIOTIC MANIPULATION OF THE NATIVE FLORA IN CRITICALLY ILL PATIENTS: AN OPPORTUNITY FOR VENTILATOR-ASSOCIATED PNEUMONIA PROPHYLAXIS?
Chest 2005 128: 144S. [Abstract] [PDF]

Robert C. Ashton, Cliff P. Connery, Scott Belsley, Charles Ro, Sanju Balaram, and Joseph J. DeRose: ROBOTIC THORACIC SURGERY: WHERE WE STAND IN 2005
Chest 2005 128: 144S. [Abstract] [PDF]

Ramzi K. Deeik and Robert R. Klingman: APPLICATION OF ROBOTICS IN THE CHEST: INITIAL EXPERIENCE
Chest 2005 128: 144S-145S. [Abstract] [PDF]

John N. Afthinos, Charles Y. Ro, Cliff P. Connery, Karen M. McGinnis, Christopher W. Adams, Maureen Reyes, R. J. A. Nabong, Joseph J. DeRose, Jr., and Robert C. Ashton, Jr.: ADVANCES IN SURGICAL APPROACHES TO MEDIASTINAL MASSES: A THREE-YEAR EXPERIENCE
Chest 2005 128: 145S. [Abstract] [PDF]

Erich Hecker: VIDEO-ASSISTED THYMECTOMY FOR MYASTHENIA GRAVIS
Chest 2005 128: 145S. [Abstract] [PDF]

Kohei Yokoi, Haruhisa Matsuguma, Rie Nakahara, Tetsuro Kondo, Yukari Kamiyama, and Kiyoshi Mori: MULTIDISCIPLINARY TREATMENT FOR ADVANCED INVASIVE THYMOMA WITH CISPLATIN, DOXORUBICIN, AND METHYLPREDNISOLONE
Chest 2005 128: 145S-146S. [Abstract] [PDF]

Cosimo Lequaglie and Gabriella Giudice: STERNAL NEOPLASMS: PROGNOSIS AFTER RESECTION AND REPAIR
Chest 2005 128: 146S. [Abstract] [PDF]

Arthur F. Gelb, Colleen Flynn Taylor, Chris M. Shinar, Carlos Gutierrez, and Noe Zamel: ROLE OF EXHALED NITRIC OXIDE AND SPIROMETRY IN PREDICTING ASTHMA EXACERBATIONS
Chest 2005 128: 146S. [Abstract] [PDF]

Jaspal Singh, John Tomfohr, John S. Sundy, Catherine M. Foss, Erin McElvania-Tekippe, and David A. Schwartz: GENE EXPRESSION AFTER ENDOBRONCHIAL INSTILLATION OF ENDOTOXIN (LPS) AND HOUSE DUST MITE ANTIGEN (HDM) IN ASTHMATIC AND NON-ASTHMATIC SUBJECTS
Chest 2005 128: 146S-147S. [Abstract] [PDF]

Claudio Micheletto, Silvia Tognella, Fiorenza Trevisan, Marilia Visconti, and Roberto W. Dal Negro: EOSINOPHILIC INFLAMMATION AND BASEMENT MEMBRANE THICKNESS (BMT) IN ATOPIC AND IN GER-RELATED ASTHMA
Chest 2005 128: 147S. [Abstract] [PDF]

Anne E. Dixon, David A. Kaminsky, Janet T. Holbrook, Robert A. Wise, David M. Shade, and Charles G. Irvin: THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN ASTHMA AND RHINITIS/RHINOSINUSITIS
Chest 2005 128: 147S. [Abstract] [PDF]

Amira F. Amer, Malaka M. El Mofty, and Iman A. Hatata: CHLAMYDIA PNEUMONIAE INFECTION AND POSSIBLE RELATIONSHIP TO ADULT ONSET ASTHMA
Chest 2005 128: 147S. [Abstract] [PDF]

Nazima Nisar, Randeep Guleria, Arvind K. Singh, Tirlok C. Chawla, Niranjan Nayak, and Nihar R. Biswas: PREVALENCE OF MYCOPLASMA PNEUMONIAE INFECTION IN ASTHMATIC ADULTS IN INDIA
Chest 2005 128: 147S-148S. [Abstract] [PDF]

Bi R. Dong, Yin Xu, Yan L. Zhang, and Ji R. Yue: EFFICACY AND SAFETY OF 23-VALENT PNEUMOCOCCAL POLYSACCHARIDE VACCINE IN PREVENTION OF LOWER RESPIRATORY TRACT INFECTIONS IN THE CHINESE ELDERLY: A PROSPECTIVE CONCURRENT CONTROLLED TRIAL
Chest 2005 128: 148S. [Abstract] [PDF]

Eric Mortensen, Marcos Restrepo, Antonio Anzueto, and Jacqueline Pugh: IMPACT OF GUIDELINE-CONCORDANT ANTIBIOTIC THERAPY ON MORTALITY WITHIN 48 HOURS OF ADMISSION FOR PATIENTS HOSPITALIZED WITH COMMUNITY-ACQUIRED PNEUMONIA
Chest 2005 128: 148S. [Abstract] [PDF]

David S. Hui, Fanny W. Ko, Doris P. Chan, Joan P. Fok, Michael C. Chan, Kin W. To, and Joseph J. Sung: THE LONG-TERM IMPACT OF SEVERE ACUTE RESPIRATORY SYNDROME (SARS) ON PULMONARY FUNCTION, EXERCISE CAPACITY, AND QUALITY OF LIFE IN A COHORT OF SURVIVORS
Chest 2005 128: 148S. [Abstract] [PDF]

Wah S. Leung, Chung M. Chu, Veronica L. Chan, Judy Y. Lam, and Pak L. Ho: FULMINANT COMMUNITY ACQUIRED ACINETOBACTER BAUMANNII PNEUMONIA AS A DISTINCT CLINICAL SYNDROME
Chest 2005 128: 149S. [Abstract] [PDF]

John G. Gums: COMPARISON OF NATIONAL, REGIONAL, AND STATE SUSCEPTIBILITIES OF STREPTOCOCCUS PNEUMONIAE ISOLATES TO CLINDAMYCIN AND ERYTHROMYCIN: RESULTS OF THE ANTIMICROBIAL RESISTANCE MANAGEMENT (ARM) PROGRAM, 1997-2004
Chest 2005 128: 149S. [Abstract] [PDF]

Marcos I. Restrepo, Antonio Anzueto, Eric M. Mortensen, Jacqueline A. Pugh, Mark L. Metersky, Patricio Escalante, Richard G. Wunderink, Bonita T. Mangura on behalf Chest Infections Network: EVALUATION OF ICU ADMISSION CRITERIA FOR PATIENTS WITH COMMUNITY-ACQUIRED PNEUMONIA: CURRENT PRACTICE SURVEY
Chest 2005 128: 149S. [Abstract] [PDF]

Seth Rivera and Tomas Ganz: HEPCIDIN IS THE PRINCIPLE MEDIATOR OF ANEMIA OF INFLAMMATION
Chest 2005 128: 149S-150S. [Abstract] [PDF]

Andrew A. Kramer, Jack E. Zimmerman, Douglas S. McNair, and Fern M. Malila: COMBATING "GRADE INFLATION" IN MEASURING RISK-ADJUSTED MORTALITY: UPDATED APACHE MORTALITY PREDICTIONS
Chest 2005 128: 150S. [Abstract] [PDF]

Thaddeus Golden, Daniel Albrandt, Melissa Means-Markwell, Caitriona Buckley, Tet Wei-Chan, James Morton, Tara Roque, Thomas G. Rainey, and Leo C. Rotello: UTILIZATION OF A NURSE DIRECTED INSULIN DRIP PROTOCOL FOR TIGHT GLUCOSE CONTROL IN THE ICU
Chest 2005 128: 150S. [Abstract] [PDF]

Rim I. Atoui, Sanjeev Bansal, and Sergio Zanotti: POSTOPERATIVE INTENSIVE-CARE INTERVENTIONS IN PATIENTS UNDERGOING CAROTID ENDARTERECTOMY: A FIVE-YEAR RETROSPECTIVE ANALYSIS
Chest 2005 128: 151S. [Abstract] [PDF]

Richard G. Wunderink, Lona Poole, Fang Xie, Pierre-Francois Laterre, and Steven Opal: COAGULATION STATUS AND RESPONSE TO TIFACOGIN IN COMMUNITY-ACQUIRED PNEUMONIA
Chest 2005 128: 151S. [Abstract] [PDF]

Curtis N. Sessler, Marin Kollef, Anne Hamilton, Mary Jo Grap, and Deborah Jefferson: COMPARISON OF DEPTH OF SEDATION MEASURED BY PSA 4000 AND RICHMOND AGITATION-SEDATION SCALE (RASS)
Chest 2005 128: 151S-152S. [Abstract] [PDF]

Christian A. Merlo, Michael P. Boyle, Marie Diener-West, and Noah Lechtzin: INCIDENCE AND RISK FACTORS FOR MULTIPLE ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANT PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA (MARPA) IN CYSTIC FIBROSIS
Chest 2005 128: 152S. [Abstract] [PDF]

Lina Lukinskiene, Joseph Pilewski, and Y.P. Peter Di: AN AIRWAY SPECIFIC ANTIBACTERIAL PROTEIN THAT IS OVER-EXPRESSED IN CYSTIC FIBROSIS
Chest 2005 128: 152S. [Abstract] [PDF]

Marcus P. Kennedy, Raymond D. Coakley, Scott H. Donaldson, Robert M. Aris, Kathy Hohneker, Eric L. Olson, Isabelle P. Neuringer, Peter H. Gilligan, Michael R. Knowles, and James R. Yankaskas: BURKHOLDERIA GLADIOLI: FIVE YEAR EXPERIENCE IN A CYSTIC FIBROSIS REFERRAL AND LUNG TRANSPLANTATION CENTER
Chest 2005 128: 152S. [Abstract] [PDF]

Vaidehi Kaza and Marcia Katz: CORRELATION OF CHEST XRAY FINDINGS, SEX, AND GENOTYPE IN ADULT CYSTIC FIBROSIS PATIENTS: PRELIMINARY SINGLE CENTER REVIEW
Chest 2005 128: 153S. [Abstract] [PDF]

Marcus P. Kennedy, Peadar G. Noone, Paul L. Molina, Andy J. Ghio, John L. Carson, Maimoona Zariwala, Susan L. Minnix, and Michael R. Knowles: LITHOPTYSIS AND PULMONARY CALCIFICATION IN PRIMARY CILIARY DYSKINESIA
Chest 2005 128: 153S. [Abstract] [PDF]

Derek Weycker, John Edelsberg, Gerry Oster, and Gregory Tino: ASSOCIATION BETWEEN RISK OF ACUTE EXACERBATIONS AND AGE IN PATIENTS WITH BRONCHIECTASIS
Chest 2005 128: 153S. [Abstract] [PDF]

Rex C. Yung, David N. Watkins, Vincent C. Daniel, Eric Syphard, Gregory S. Gessel, Stephen Ames, Ed Gabrielson, Paul Flint, David Berman, Malcolm V. Brock, and Craig D. Peacock: SUCCESS OF BRONCHOSCOPICALLY EXTRACTED SMALL CELL LUNG CANCER (SCLC) SAMPLE IN ESTABLISHING PRIMARY SCLC XENOGRAFTS: A PRECLINICAL AERODIGESTIVE CANCER MODEL TO ESTABLISH BIOMARKER PROFILE AND RESPONSE TO NOVEL THERAPIES
Chest 2005 128: 153S-154S. [Abstract] [PDF]

J. R. Brewer, Christopher Spradley, Jeremy L. Nickolai, Richard E. Winn, and George W. Booz: ROLE OF STAT1 IN THE PERMISSIVE EFFECT OF INTERFERON-GAMMA ON FAS-INDUCED APOPTOSIS OF NON-SMALL CELL LUNG CANCER CELLS
Chest 2005 128: 154S. [Abstract] [PDF]

Roger A. Kemp and Bojana Turic: CAN EARLY LUNG CANCER BE DETECTED FROM BUCCAL MUCOSA SCRAPINGS?
Chest 2005 128: 154S. [Abstract] [PDF]

Kuniharu Miyajima, Yasuhiro Suga, Tatsuo Ohira, Masahiro Tsuboi, Norihiko Ikeda, Takashi Hirano, Harubumi Kato, Shinichi Toyooka, Riichiro Maruyama, Makoto Suzuki, Hisayuki Shigematsu, and Adi Gazdar: ABERRANT METHYLATION OF RASSF1A IN SMALL-SIZED LUNG ADENOCARCINOMA AND ITS RELATIONSHIP TO CLINICOPATHOLOGICAL FEATURES
Chest 2005 128: 155S. [Abstract] [PDF]

Michael Westhoff, Patrick Litterst, Lutz Freitag, Vera Ruzsanyi, Sabine Bader, Wolfgang Urfer, and Jörg I. Baumbach: ION MOBILITY SPECTROMETRY: A NEW METHOD FOR THE DETECTION OF LUNG CANCER AND AIRWAY INFECTION IN EXHALED AIR? FIRST RESULTS OF A PILOT STUDY
Chest 2005 128: 155S. [Abstract] [PDF]

Jonathan Heller, John Stults, Shawn Becker, Glenn Rosen, Heather Wakelee, Pierre P. Massion, and William L. Bigbee: DISCOVERY OF SERUM PROTEOMIC PATTERNS FOR LUNG CANCER
Chest 2005 128: 155S. [Abstract] [PDF]

Allan J. Walkey, David Berkowitz, Rabih Bechara, William Lunn, Momen Wahidi, Armin Ernst, and David J. Feller-Kopman: THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN PLEURAL PRESSURE CHANGES AND PATIENT SYMPTOMS DURING THORACENTESIS
Chest 2005 128: 155S-156S. [Abstract] [PDF]

Jay T. Heidecker, John T. Huggins, Peter Doelken, and Steven A. Sahn: IS IT A TRANSUDATE OR AN EXUDATE? DYSYNCHRONY BETWEEN PLEURAL FLUID PROTEIN AND LDH IN 211 INITIAL THORACENTESES
Chest 2005 128: 156S. [Abstract] [PDF]

David M. Berkowitz, Rabih I. Bechara, William Lunn, Momen M. Wahidi, Armin Ernst, and David J. Feller-Kopman: LARGE VOLUME THORACENTESIS AND THE RISK OF RE-EXPANSION PULMONARY EDEMA
Chest 2005 128: 156S. [Abstract] [PDF]

Ahmed S. Al-Halfawy: THORACOSCOPY AND PLACEMENT OF AN INDWELLING CATHETER FOR THE MANAGEMENT OF MALIGNANT PLEURAL EFFUSION: A DAY CASE
Chest 2005 128: 157S. [Abstract] [PDF]

Kelvin K. Shiu, Paul H. Mayo, and Mark J. Rosen: EVALUATION OF INTRAPLEURAL STREPTOKINASE FAILURE CRITERIA USED IN MIST1 FOR THE TREATMENT OF COMPLICATED PLEURAL EFFUSIONS
Chest 2005 128: 157S. [Abstract] [PDF]

John T. Huggins, Jay Heidecker, Peter Doelken, and Steven A. Sahn: CHARACTERISTICS OF TRAPPED LUNG: MANOMETRY, PLEURAL FLUID ANALYSIS, AND AIR-CONTRASTED COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY
Chest 2005 128: 157S. [Abstract] [PDF]

David M. Mannino and Kourtney J. Davis: LUNG FUNCTION DECLINE AND OUTCOMES IN AN ELDERLY POPULATION: FINDINGS FROM THE CARDIOVASCULAR HEALTH STUDY
Chest 2005 128: 158S. [Abstract] [PDF]

Miriam D. Cohen, Sakshi Pawa, Ravindra Mehta, and Michael Cutaia: AMBULATORY MONITORING OF OXIMETRY AND ACTIVITY IN PATIENTS WITH ADVANCED LUNG DISEASE: A NEW APPROACH TO OPTIMIZE LONG-TERM OXYGEN THERAPY
Chest 2005 128: 158S. [Abstract] [PDF]

M.M. Ismail, M. Moammar, H. Aziz, M. Shubair, V. DeBari, and M.A. Khan: BRONCHODILATOR-RESPONSIVENESS AS A PROGNOSTIC FACTOR IN COPD
Chest 2005 128: 158S-159S. [Abstract] [PDF]

Bernard J. Roth and Suzette Gagnon-Bailey: OSTEOPOROSIS IN PATIENTS WITH OBSTRUCTIVE LUNG DISEASE ON INTERMITTENT ORAL STEROIDS
Chest 2005 128: 159S. [Abstract] [PDF]

Jeno P. Marton, Joseph Menzin, Jeffrey S. Brown, Barrett Kitch, Mark Friedman, Lisa Guadagno, and Jianwei Xuan: COMPARISON OF RESPIRATORY DISEASE BURDEN FOR CHRONIC OBSTRUCTIVE LUNG DISEASE VERSUS AN "AT-RISK" GROUP: EARLY FINDINGS FROM THE RESPIRATORY HEALTH PROMOTION STUDY (RHPS)
Chest 2005 128: 159S. [Abstract] [PDF]

George R. Washko, Raul S. Estepar, Carl-Fredrik Westin, Ron Kikinis, Stephen H. Loring, and John J. Reilly: COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHIC MEASUREMENT OF CARTILAGINOUS AIRWAY WALL THICKENING AS A PREDICTOR OF INSPIRATORY FLOW RESISTANCE
Chest 2005 128: 159S-160S. [Abstract] [PDF]

Vallerie V. McLaughlin, Ronald Oudiz, Adaani Frost, Victor Tapson, Srinivas Murali, Richard Channick, David Badesch, Robyn Barst, Henry Hsu, and Lewis Rubin: A RANDOMIZED, DOUBLE-BLIND, PLACEBO-CONTROLLED STUDY OF ILOPROST INHALATION AS ADD-ON THERAPY TO BOSENTAN IN PULMONARY ARTERIAL HYPERTENSION (PAH)
Chest 2005 128: 160S. [Abstract] [PDF]

Vallerie V. McLaughlin, Robyn Barst, Mardi Gomberg-Maitland, Victor Tapson, Abby Krichman, Allison Widlitz, Stuart Rich, and Raymond Benza: ONE YEAR EXPERIENCE WITH INTRAVENOUS TREPROSTINIL IN PULMONARY ARTERIAL HYPERTENSION (PAH) PATIENTS
Chest 2005 128: 160S. [Abstract] [PDF]

David Badesch, Nazzareno Galie, David Langleben, Robert Naeije, Gerald Simonneau, and Robyn Barst: SITAXSENTAN IMPROVES TIME TO CLINICAL WORSENING IN PATIENTS WITH PULMONARY ARTERIAL HYPERTENSION
Chest 2005 128: 160S-161S. [Abstract] [PDF]

Enrique Diaz Guzman Zavala, Omar Minai, Nancy Bair, Svetlana Banjac, and Alejandro Arroliga: LONG-TERM FOLLOW UP AFTER SUCCESSFUL DISCONTINUATION OF PROSTACYCLIN ANALOGUES IN PATIENTS WITH PULMONARY ARTERIAL HYPERTENSION (PAH)
Chest 2005 128: 161S. [Abstract] [PDF]

Joanna Pepke-Zaba, Martin C. Brown, Tamiza Parpia, Claire Gilbert, and Gary Burgess: LONG-TERM BENEFITS OF SILDENAFIL TREATMENT ON HEALTH-RELATED QUALITY OF LIFE IN PATIENTS WITH PULMONARY ARTERIAL HYPERTENSION
Chest 2005 128: 161S. [Abstract] [PDF]

Stephen C. Mathai, Micah R. Fisher, Traci Housten-Harris, Reda E. Girgis, and Paul M. Hassoun: THE ADDITION OF SILDENAFIL TO BOSENTAN THERAPY IN THE TREATMENT OF PULMONARY ARTERIAL HYPERTENSION
Chest 2005 128: 161S-162S. [Abstract] [PDF]

Daniel H. Sterman, Douglas E. Wood, Robert J. Mckenna, Atul C. Mehta, David E. Ost, Xavier Gonzalez, and Steven C. Springmeyer: A MULTI-CENTER TRIAL OF THE INTRABRONCHIAL VALVE FOR TREATMENT OF SEVERE EMPHYSEMA: ONE YEAR RESULTS
Chest 2005 128: 162S. [Abstract] [PDF]

Adnan Majid, Rabih Bechara, Yoshihiro Nakamura, David Feller-Kopman, Simon Ashiku, Malcom Decamp, and Armin Ernst: ENDOSCOPIC AND SURGICAL TREATMENT OF TRACHEOBRONCHIOMALACIA: A PROSPECTIVE OUTCOME ANALYSIS
Chest 2005 128: 162S. [Abstract] [PDF]

Cristina A. Reichner, Brian T. Collins, Gregory J. Gagnon, Shakun Malik, Carlos Jamis-Dow, and Eric D. Anderson: COMPARISON OF FIDUCIAL PLACEMENT FOR CYBERKNIFE® STEREOTACTIC RADIOSURGERY USING CT-GUIDANCE OR FLEXIBLE BRONCHOSCOPY
Chest 2005 128: 162S-163S. [Abstract] [PDF]

Rodolfo C. Morice, Leendert Keus, Carlos A. Jimenez, Georgie A. Eapen, Christopher Nelson, Craig W. Stevens, and George Starkschall: BRONCHOSCOPIC IMPLANTATION OF GOLD FIDUCIALS FOR ESTIMATING LUNG TUMOR MOTION DURING GATED RADIATION THERAPY
Chest 2005 128: 163S. [Abstract] [PDF]

Andre G. Leite, Rogerio Xavier, and José Silva: ANESTHESIA FOR FLEXIBLE BRONCHOSCOPY
Chest 2005 128: 163S-164S. [Abstract] [PDF]

Johann C. Brandes, Loretta Colvin, and Rex Yung: COMPARISON OF AUTOFLUORESCENCE BRONCHOSCOPY WITH VIDEO WHITE LIGHT AND HIGH MAGNIFICATION VIDEO BRONCHOSCOPY FOR THE DETECTION OF BRONCHIAL DYSPLASIA OR INVASIVE LUNG CANCERS
Chest 2005 128: 164S. [Abstract] [PDF]

Graeme P. Currie, Daniel K. Lee, and Prasima Srivastava: EFFECTS OF LONG ACTING BRONCHODILATORS VERSUS LEUKOTRIENE MODIFIERS AS ADD-ON THERAPY TO INHALED CORTICOSTEROIDS IN ASTHMA: A SYSTEMATIC REVIEW
Chest 2005 128: 164S. [Abstract] [PDF]

Paul M. Dorinsky, Susan Wilson, Steve Yancey, Donna Reilly, John Stauffer, Lisa Edwards, Laura Sutton, and Ratko Djukanovic: CONTROL OF AIRWAY INFLAMMATION IS ACHIEVED IN ASTHMA PATIENTS WITH FLUTICASONE PROPIONATE ALONE: ADDING MONTELUKAST PROVIDES NO ADDITIONAL CONTROL OF AIRWAY INFLAMMATION
Chest 2005 128: 164S-165S. [Abstract] [PDF]

Hideto Obata and Kenji Ikeda: HYDROFLUOROALKANE-134A BECLOMETHASONE DIPROPIONATE IS MORE EFFECTIVE THAN DOUBLE DOSE CHLOROFLUOROCARBON BECLOMETHASONE DIPROPIONATE FOR THE TREATMENT OF SEVERE ASTHMA
Chest 2005 128: 165S. [Abstract] [PDF]

Amalia Moreno, Christian Domingo, Ricard Comet, Manel Luján, Miguel Gallego, Elisa Canturri, Ana Galera, and Albert Marín: LONG-TERM TOLERANCE OF METHOTREXATE ADMINISTERED AS A STEROID SPARING AGENT FOR BRONCHIAL ASTHMA: TWELVE YEARS OF EXPERIENCE
Chest 2005 128: 165S. [Abstract] [PDF]

Terry S. LeGrand, Jay I. Peters, and David C. Shelledy: EFFECT OF A RESPIRATORY THERAPIST-DESIGNED ASTHMA MANAGEMENT PROGRAM ON OUTCOMES AND COST OF CARE COMPARED TO A PROGRAM DESIGNED BY NURSES OR STANDARD CARE
Chest 2005 128: 165S. [Abstract] [PDF]

Chantal Lafond, Frédéric Series, and Catherine Lemière: IMPACT OF CONTINUOUS POSITIVE AIRWAY PRESSURE (CPAP) ON AIRWAY RESPONSIVENESS AND ASTHMA QUALITY OF LIFE IN SUBJECTS WITH ASTHMA AND SLEEP APNEA SYNDROM
Chest 2005 128: 165S-166S. [Abstract] [PDF]

Guy A. Richards, Haden White, Heidi Grimmer, C. Ramoroka, Kalavati Channa, Mark Hopley, and Mary Gulumian: DECREASED ANTIOXIDANTS, INCREASED REACTIVE OXIDANTS AND INCREASED LIPID PEROXIDATION IN IRRADIATED TOTAL PARENTERAL SOLUTIONS INCREASE OXIDANT GENERATION IN CRITICALLY ILL PATIENTS
Chest 2005 128: 166S. [Abstract] [PDF]

Victor K. Salloum, Saikat Chakraborty, and Akhil Bidani: EFFECT OF TEMPERATURE ON SUPEROXIDE PRODUCTION BY THP1 MONOCYTES
Chest 2005 128: 166S. [Abstract] [PDF]

Nitin Mahajan, Yatin Mehta, Malcolm Rose, Jacob Shani, and Edgar Lichstein: ELEVATED TROPONIN LEVEL IS NOT SYNONYMOUS WITH MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION
Chest 2005 128: 166S-167S. [Abstract] [PDF]

Stavros G. Memtsoudis, Peter Rosenberger, Michaela Noveva, Holger K. Eltzschig, Annette Mizuguchi, Prem Shekar, Stanton K. Shernan, and John A. Fox: UTILITY OF TRANSESOPHAGEAL ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY DURING INTRAOPERATIVE CARDIAC ARREST
Chest 2005 128: 167S. [Abstract] [PDF]

Cindy Grimes, Rhonda Anderson, Todd Horiuchi, Mauricio Concha, Bruce Fleegler, and Kenneth Hurwitz: RESUSCITATIVE HYPOTHERMIA AFTER CARDIAC ARREST: PERFORMANCE IN A COMMUNITY HOSPITAL
Chest 2005 128: 167S. [Abstract] [PDF]

Walter H. Migotto, Francesco Simeone, and Houman Dahi: EFFECTS OF VASOPRESSIN ON HEMODYNAMICS IN CARDIOGENIC SHOCK
Chest 2005 128: 168S. [Abstract] [PDF]

Steven D. Nathan, Shahzad Ahmad, James Koch, Scott Barnett, Niv Ad, and Nelson Burton: SERIAL MEASURES OF PULMONARY ARTERY PRESSURES IN PATIENTS WITH IDIOPATHIC PULMONARY FIBROSIS
Chest 2005 128: 168S. [Abstract] [PDF]

Mary E. Kreider, Nadia Ahmad, John Hansen-Flaschen, Larry Kaiser, Milton Rossman, John Kucharczuk, and Joseph Shrager: COMPLICATIONS OF VIDEO ASSISTED THORACOSCOPIC LUNG BIOPSY IN PATIENTS WITH INTERSTITIAL LUNG DISEASE
Chest 2005 128: 168S. [Abstract] [PDF]

Susan M. Rohr, Art Heires, and Anthony Floreani: BASAL LEVELS OF NERVE GROWTH FACTOR ARE HIGHER IN CO-CULTURED HUMAN A-549 TYPE II ALVEOLAR EPITHELIAL CELLS WITH HUMAN FIBROBLASTS THAN IN EITHER CELL LINE CULTURED ALONE
Chest 2005 128: 168S-169S. [Abstract] [PDF]

Shi-Chuan Chang, Fang-Chi Lin, and Yi-Chu Chen: INFLAMMATORY MARKERS IN BRONCHOALVEOLAR LAVAGE FLUID OF PATIENTS WITH IDIOPATHIC PULMONARY ALVEOLAR PROTEINOSIS
Chest 2005 128: 169S. [Abstract] [PDF]

Roderick Phillips, Tony Wang, Lawrence M. Blatt, and Scott Seiwert: PIRFENIDONE MEDIATES DIFFERENTIAL EFFECTS ON LIPOPOLYSACCHARIDE-INDUCED CYTOKINE EXPRESSION IN HUMAN PERIPHERAL MONONUCLEAR CELLS
Chest 2005 128: 169S. [Abstract] [PDF]

Spyros A. Papiris, Androniki Kolintza, Effrosyni D. Manali, Marilena Karatza, Josef Milic-Emili, Charis Roussos, and Zoe Daniil: CD8+ T LYMPHOCYTES AND NEUTROPHILS IN BRONCHOALVEOLAR LAVAGE FROM PATIENTS WITH IDIOPATHIC PULMONARY FIBROSIS ARE ASSOCIATED WITH CLINICAL AND FUNCTIONAL PARAMETERS
Chest 2005 128: 169S. [Abstract] [PDF]

Samir Malhotra, Stephen Lam, S.F.P. Man, Wei Q. Gan, and Don D. Sin: THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN LUNG FUNCTION AND NON- SMALL CELL LUNG CANCER IN MEN AND WOMEN
Chest 2005 128: 169S-170S. [Abstract] [PDF]

Juan P. Wisnivesky, Michael Iannuzzi, Thomas G. McGinn, and Ethan A. Halm: GENDER DIFFERENCES IN SURVIVAL OF PATIENTS WITH NON-SMALL CELL LUNG CANCER: DO TUMORS BEHAVE DIFFERENTLY IN WOMEN?
Chest 2005 128: 170S. [Abstract] [PDF]

M. Y. Ersoy, Leendert Keus, Sevin Baser, Carlos A. Jimenez, Georgie A. Eapen, and Rodolfo C. Morice: COMPARING ALGORITHMS FOR THE PREOPERATIVE FUNCTIONAL ASSESSMENT OF PATIENTS WITH LUNG CANCER
Chest 2005 128: 170S. [Abstract] [PDF]

Michael K. Gould and Sharfun Ghaus: HURRY UP AND WAIT: THE EFFECT OF WAIT TIME ON SURVIVAL IN NON-SMALL CELL LUNG CANCER
Chest 2005 128: 170S-171S. [Abstract] [PDF]

Rosemary F. Kelly, Vita V. Sullivan, Douglas B. Nelson, Amy M. Holmstrom, Frank A. Lederle, and Mandeep S. Sawhney: ENDOSCOPIC ULTRASOUND IS MORE ACCURATE THAN POSITRON EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY IN THE STAGING OF NONSMALL CELL LUNG CANCER
Chest 2005 128: 171S. [Abstract] [PDF]

Eun H. Kang, Hojoong Kim, and O. Jung Kwon: ROLE OF BRAIN MR IN STAGING OF ADENOCARCINOMA OF THE LUNG IN NEUROLOGICALLY ASYMPTOMATIC PATIENTS
Chest 2005 128: 171S. [Abstract] [PDF]

Boris I. Medarov, Paul Strachan, and Rubin Cohen: EFFECT OF BODY MASS INDEX ON PULMONARY FUNCTION TESTS
Chest 2005 128: 171S-172S. [Abstract] [PDF]

Mayuko Fukunaga, Eugene J. Kim, Shobharani C. Sundaram, James Sullivan, Patricia Friedmann, and Steve H. Salzman: FORCED EXPIRATORY VOLUME IN 1 SECOND/FORCED EXPIRATORY VOLUME IN 6 SECONDS (FEV1/FEV6) IS A SUBOPTIMAL SURROGATE FOR FEV1/FORCED VITAL CAPACITY (FEV1/FVC) IN THE SPIROMETRIC DIAGNOSIS OF AIRFLOW OBSTRUCTION IN A DIVERSE URBAN POPULATION
Chest 2005 128: 172S. [Abstract] [PDF]

Daiana Stolz, Christian Gysin, David Miedinger, Ryan Tandjung, Christian Surber, Michael Tamm, and Jörg Leuppi: AIRWAY RESPONSIVENESS TO INHALED MANNITOL IS INCREASED IN SMOKERS AND DECREASES AFTER SHORT-TERM SMOKING CESSATION
Chest 2005 128: 172S. [Abstract] [PDF]

Octavian C. Ioachimescu, Kevin McCarthy, Mani Kavuru, and James Stoller: A LOGARITHMIC MODEL OF PREDICTING FVC BASED ON FEV1, FEV2, AND FEV3
Chest 2005 128: 173S. [Abstract] [PDF]

Paul Strachan and Boris I. Medarov: SEASONAL VARIATION IN LUNG FUNCTION
Chest 2005 128: 173S. [Abstract] [PDF]

Eduardo Velez Calderon, Marta Zulik, Naim Aoun, Victor M. Pinto-Plata, and Bartolome R. Celli: CHANGES IN EXERCISE CAPACITY OF MEDICAL INTERNS OVER THEIR FIRST YEAR OF TRAINING
Chest 2005 128: 173S-174S. [Abstract] [PDF]

Terrance Coyne and Richard Dixon: SITAXSENTAN THERAPY IN PULMONARY ARTERIAL HYPERTENSION RESULTS IN SIGNIFICANTLY FEWER LIVER FUNCTION ABNORMALITIES THAN BOSENTAN
Chest 2005 128: 174S. [Abstract] [PDF]

Lalaine M. Corate, Patricio Escalante, Glenna Traiger, Wendy Hill, Rory Hachomavich, and Shelley Shapiro: THE USE OF SILDENAFIL IN THE ACUTE TREATMENT OF PATIENTS WITH SEVERE PULMONARY ARTERIAL HYPERTENSION AND RIGHT HEART FAILURE
Chest 2005 128: 174S. [Abstract] [PDF]

Namita Sood and Gretchen Whitby: SILDENAFIL IN ACUTELY DECOMPENSATED RIGHT HEART FAILURE SECONDARY TO PULMONARY ARTERIAL HYPERTENSION
Chest 2005 128: 174S-175S. [Abstract] [PDF]

Eduardo J. Vasquez, Mark S. Scheetz, Peter Murphy, and Austin B. Thompson: LEVELS OF HYDROGEN PEROXIDE IN EXHALED BREATH CONDENSATE ARE ELEVATED IN PULMONARY ARTERIAL HYPERTENSION COMPARED TO HEALTHY CONTROLS AND CYSTIC FIBROSIS PATIENTS
Chest 2005 128: 175S. [Abstract] [PDF]

Omar A. Minai, Debasis Sahoo, Alejandro C. Arroliga, Kevin McCarthy, and Atul C. Mehta: VASOACTIVE THERAPY CAN HELP IMPROVE FUNCTIONAL CAPACITY IN PATIENTS WITH FIBROTIC LUNG DISEASE AND PULMONARY HYPERTENSION
Chest 2005 128: 175S. [Abstract] [PDF]

Maria Carrillo, Hector Cajigas, Adam Greenbaum, and Kevin M. Chan: PULMONARY HYPERTENSION IN THE ELDERLY: DEMOGRAPHICS AND OUTCOMES FOLLOWING THERAPY WITH BOSENTAN
Chest 2005 128: 175S-176S. [Abstract] [PDF]

Sudhir K. Agarwal: CLINICAL EFFICACY OF LINEZOLID, CLARITHROMYCIN AND CAPREOMYCIN IN THE TREATMENT OF MULTI-DRUG RESISTANT PULMONARY TUBERCULOSIS
Chest 2005 128: 176S. [Abstract] [PDF]

Nirmal Chand, M. S. Parhar, Bharat Bhushan, Satish Duggal, Sandeep Gupta, and Jorawar Singh: SOME OBSERVATIONS ON USE OF RESERVED DRUGS IN RE-TREATMENT OF DRUG FAILURE PULMONARY TUBERCULOSIS PATIENTS
Chest 2005 128: 176S. [Abstract] [PDF]

Lewis R. Mooney, Margaret J. Oxtoby, John C. Grabau, and Edwin M. Rodriguez: EXPERIENCE USING THREE REGIMENS TO TREAT LATENT TUBERCULOSIS INFECTION IN A TARGETED TESTING PROGRAM, 2000-2004
Chest 2005 128: 176S. [Abstract] [PDF]

Rajendra Prasad, S.K. Verma, and A. Jain: EFFICACY AND SAFETY OF KANAMYCIN, ETHIONAMIDE, PAS AND CYCLOSERRINE IN MULTI DRUG RESISTANT PULMONARY TUBERCULOSIS PATIENTS
Chest 2005 128: 176S-177S. [Abstract] [PDF]

Velappan S. Jayaraman, Rajiv Santosham, Roy Santosham, Sasankh, Ravi Santosham, and Rajan Santosham: SURGICAL MANAGEMENT OF PULMONARY TUBERCULOSIS-INDICATIONS AND RESULTS
Chest 2005 128: 177S. [Abstract] [PDF]

Herrmann Tenor, Armin Hatzelmann, Shahin Sanjar, and Christian Schudt: THE EFFECT OF ROFLUMILAST ON HUMAN INFLAMMATORY CELLS RELEVANT TO CHRONIC OBSTRUCTIVE PULMONARY DISEASE AND ASTHMA
Chest 2005 128: 177S. [Abstract] [PDF]

JA Van Noord, J-L Aumann, E Janssens, JJ Smeets, A Mueller, and PJG Cornelissen: COMBINATION THERAPY OF TIOTROPIUM PLUS SALMETEROL (T+S) SUPERIOR TO SINGLE AGENT THERAPY (TIO OR SALM) IN TERMS OF DYSPNEA IMPROVEMENT IN COPD
Chest 2005 128: 177S-178S. [Abstract] [PDF]

D.E. O’Donnell, F. Sciurba, B. Celli, D.A. Mahler, K. Webb, C. Kalberg, G. Crater, and K. Knobil: EFFECT OF FLUTICASONE PROPIONATE/SALMETEROL 250/50 ON LUNG HYPERINFLATION AND EXERCISE ENDURANCE IN PATIENTS WITH COPD
Chest 2005 128: 178S. [Abstract] [PDF]

Thomas Delea, May Hagiwara, Rohit Borker, and Richard Stanford: OBSERVATIONAL STUDY OF THE RISK OF ED VISIT OR HOSPITALIZATION IN COPD PATIENTS RECEIVING MAINTENANCE THERAPIES: A TIME-DEPENDENT ANALYSIS
Chest 2005 128: 178S. [Abstract] [PDF]

David J. Lederer, Patricia A. Jellen, Joshua R. Sonett, John H. Austin, Frances L. Brogan, Mark E. Ginsburg, and Byron M. Thomashow: LUNG VOLUME REDUCTION SURGERY IMPROVES THE BODE INDEX
Chest 2005 128: 178S. [Abstract] [PDF]

Richard A. Mularski, Steven M. Asch, William H. Shrank, Eve A. Kerr, Claude Setodji, John Adams, Joan Keesey, and Elizabeth A. McGlynn: THE QUALITY OF HEALTH CARE DELIVERED TO AMERICANS WITH OBSTRUCTIVE LUNG DISEASE
Chest 2005 128: 179S. [Abstract] [PDF]

Ahmet T. Gurbuz, Ayhan A. Zia, Gursel Ates, Ahmet Sasmazel, and Haiyan Cui: IMPACT OF PREVIOUS PERCUTANEOUS CORONARY INTERVENTION ON SYMPTOM RECURRENCE AND ADVERSE CARDIAC EVENTS FOLLOWING CORONARY ARTERY BYPASS GRAFT SURGERY
Chest 2005 128: 179S-180S. [Abstract] [PDF]

Matthias Thielmann, Parwis Massoudy, Markus Neuhäuser, Stephan Knipp, Ivan Aleksic, Jarowit Piotrowski, Raimund Erbel, and Heinz Jakob: PROGNOSTIC VALUE OF PREOPERATIVE CARDIAC TROPONIN I IN PATIENTS UNDERGOING EMERGENCY CORONARY ARTERY BYPASS RAFTING DUE TO NON-ST VERSUS ST-ELEVATION ACUTE CORONARY SYNDROMES
Chest 2005 128: 180S. [Abstract] [PDF]

Zhandong Zhou, Syed Raza, Joginder Bhayana, Irfan Rizvi, and Adit Suresh: STROKE AFTER AORTIC SURGERY: HISTORY OF CHRONIC OBSTRUCTIVE PULMONARY DISEASE IS A SIGNIFICANT AND INDEPENDENT RISK FACTOR
Chest 2005 128: 180S. [Abstract] [PDF]

Charles E. Oribabor, Naim Mansuroglu, Althea Tinker, Allan Mariano, Ralph Slepian, Frew Gebreab, Larry H. Bernstein, Leonard Lee, and Anthony J. Tortolani: PERIOPERATIVE USE OF AMIODARONE IN CARDIAC SURGERY PATIENTS TO ACHIEVE NORMAL SINUS RHYTHM UPON DISCHARGE
Chest 2005 128: 180S-181S. [Abstract] [PDF]

Gary S. Allen: DOES ADJUNCTIVE TRANSMYOCARDIAL LASER REVASCULARIZATION (TMR) REDUCE POSTOPERATIVE ATRIAL FIBRILLATION IN PATIENTS UNDERGOING CORONARY ARTERY BYPASS GRAFTING?
Chest 2005 128: 181S. [Abstract] [PDF]

Rochelle M. Wynne, Mari Botti, and Donald Esmore: PREDICTORS OF POSTOPERATIVE PNEUMONIA FOLLOWING CARDIOPULMONARY BYPASS
Chest 2005 128: 181S. [Abstract] [PDF]

Avelino Verceles, R. M. Schwarcz, Paul Birnbaum, Praveen Mannam, and Herbert Patrick: S.E.P.S.I.S: SEPSIS EDUCATION PLUS SUCCESSFUL IMPLEMENTATION AND SUSTAINABILITY IN THE ABSENCE OF A RAPID RESPONSE TEAM
Chest 2005 128: 181S-182S. [Abstract] [PDF]

Ian J. Morales, Carlos E. Baleeiro, and David J. Henson: IMPACT OF A MULTIDISCIPLINARY TEAM ON INTENSIVE CARE UNIT CLINICAL OUTCOMES IN A COMMUNITY HOSPITAL
Chest 2005 128: 182S. [Abstract] [PDF]

Mari Adachi, Vanessa Ribaudo, Marnie Rosenthal, Adey Tsegaye, Roslyn Schneider, and Paul H. Mayo: IN-HOSPITAL CARDIOPULMONARY RESUSCITATION (IHCPR): RESULTS OF A PROGRAM TO IMPROVE TEAM LEADER SKILLS USING A COMPUTERIZED PATIENT SIMULATOR (CPS)
Chest 2005 128: 182S. [Abstract] [PDF]

Ian J. Morales, Carlos E. Baleeiro, and David J. Henson: IMPACT OF A MULTIDISCIPLINARY TEAM ON INTENSIVE CARE UNIT CLINICAL OUTCOMES IN A COMMUNITY HOSPITAL
Chest 2005 128: 182S-183S. [Abstract] [PDF]

Sally Stipho, Andrew Artenstein, Susan Potter, Marc Shapiro, Liudvikas Jagminas, Patricia Russo-Magno, and Eleanor Summerhill: BIODEFENSE TRAINING FOR INTERNAL MEDICINE RESIDENTS
Chest 2005 128: 183S. [Abstract] [PDF]

Javid Kamali, Eleana Zamora, and Betty Chang: THE USE OF A NEW PRESENTATION FORMAT IMPROVES PATIENT CARE AND TEACHING IN THE ICU
Chest 2005 128: 183S. [Abstract] [PDF]

Ali A. El Solh, Milapchand Bhora, Lilibeth Pineda, and Rajwinder Dhillon: NOSOCOMIAL PNEUMONIA IN ELDERLY PATIENTS FOLLOWING CARDIAC SURGERY
Chest 2005 128: 184S. [Abstract] [PDF]

Ahmed A. Mahmoud, Mark R. Litzow, Steve G. Peters, Angela Dispenzieri, Ayalew Tefferi, and Bekele Afessa: EARLY INFECTIOUS PULMONARY COMPLICATIONS IN AUTOLOGOUS HEMATOPOIETIC STEM CELL TRANSPLANT (HSCT) RECIPIENTS
Chest 2005 128: 184S. [Abstract] [PDF]

Stefan Sonnet, Carlos Buitrago, Jakob Passweg, and Michael Tamm: DIAGNOSIS OF INVASIVE PULMONARY ASPERGILLOSIS WITH MULTISLICE CT-ANGIOGRAPHY
Chest 2005 128: 184S. [Abstract] [PDF]

Masateru Kawabata, Hisafumi Takaya, Atsushi Miyamoto, Keishi Sugino, Susumu Sakamoto, Kazuma Kishi, Eiyasu Tsuboi, Sakae Homma, and Kunihiko Yoshimura: CT-GUIDED FINE NEEDLE ASPIRATION FOR DIAGNOSIS OF PULMONARY ASPERGILLOSIS
Chest 2005 128: 184S-185S. [Abstract] [PDF]

Sammy C. Campbell and Michael P. Habib: SEROLOGIC STUDIES IN PATIENTS WITH PULMONARY COCCIDIOIDAL NODULES OR MASSES
Chest 2005 128: 185S. [Abstract] [PDF]

Masaru Yanai, Tomoko Suzuki, Hiroshi Kubo, Hidetada Sasaki, and James P. Butler: NEUTROPHILS IN A PATIENT WITH JOB’S SYNDROME ARE LESS VISCOELASTIC THAN THOSE IN NORMAL SUBJECTS
Chest 2005 128: 185S. [Abstract] [PDF]

Antara Mallampalli, Jane Dowling, Marilyn Lederer, and Kalpalatha K. Guntupalli: THE UNMET NEEDS OF CRITICAL CARE FAMILIES AS PERCEIVED BY THE ICU TEAM
Chest 2005 128: 185S. [Abstract] [PDF]

Scott M. Lorin and David M. Nierman: IMPROVING MEDICAL STUDENT INTENSIVE CARE UNIT COMMUNICATION SKILLS: A NOVEL EDUCATIONAL INITIATIVE
Chest 2005 128: 186S. [Abstract] [PDF]

Ronald W. Damant, Justin Weinkauf, Brendan Leier, Barbara Russel, and Paul Byrne: CASE-BASED, FACILITATED SMALL GROUP DISCUSSIONS TO TEACH END-OF-LIFE CARE FOR PATIENTS WITH ADVANCED CHRONIC (RESPIRATORY) DISEASE
Chest 2005 128: 186S. [Abstract] [PDF]

Daniel E. Ray, Cathy Fuhrman, Darryl Arnold, Tamara Masiado, Jack Geracci, Thomas Wasser, Robert Kruklitis, and Lynn Deitrick: CORRELATION OF THE QUALITY OF DYING AND DEATH QUESTIONNAIRE AND THE CRITICAL CARE FAMILY SATISFACTION SURVEY IN A MULTI-SPECIALTY INTENSIVE CARE UNIT
Chest 2005 128: 186S. [Abstract] [PDF]

Jason L. Moore, Rajika Munasinghe, and Lawrence MacDonald: OUTCOME OF NURSING HOME PATIENTS PRESENTING TO AN EMERGENCY DEPARTMENT IN RESPIRATORY FAILURE
Chest 2005 128: 186S-187S. [Abstract] [PDF]

Paul A. Selecky, Debbie Lepman, Molly Hewett, Kirsten Pyle, Herbert Rogove, Cheryl Steffen, Kristyn Sparks, and Don Oliver: PALLIATIVE MEDICINE IN CRITICAL CARE IN AN ACUTE CARE COMMUNITY HOSPITAL
Chest 2005 128: 187S. [Abstract] [PDF]

Lynn B. Gerald, Leslie McClure, Joan Mangan, Linda Gibson, and Roni Grad: REMOVAL OF FINANCIAL AND ACCESS BARRIERS DOES NOT GUARANTEE ADHERENCE TO ASTHMA CONTROLLER THERAPY
Chest 2005 128: 187S. [Abstract] [PDF]

Caroline Pesant, Miriam Santachi, Mario Geoffroy, Theophile Niyonsega, Mario E. Dumas, Jean Paul Praud, and Helen Vlachos: AREA UNDER THE MAXIMUM EXPIRATORY FLOW-VOLUME CURVE: A MEASURE OF LUNG FUNCTION IN PRESCHOOL CHILDREN
Chest 2005 128: 187S-188S. [Abstract] [PDF]

Agnes Angela S. Sanchez, Arnel Gerald Q. Jiao, Christine Q. Sua, Rigmor Dygico, and Ma. Gina Enano: THE RELATIONSHIP OF FORCED EXPIRATORY VOLUME IN ONE SECOND AND MAXIMUM MID-EXPIRATORY FLOW RATE IN THE DIAGNOSIS OF EXERCISE INDUCED ASTHMA
Chest 2005 128: 188S. [Abstract] [PDF]

Khalila Lewis-Brown, Glenn Hildreth, and Kevin D. Maupin: THE ASSOCIATION OF SPIROMETRY WITH IMPULSE OSCILLOMETRY IN PEDIATRIC PATIENTS WITH ASTHMA
Chest 2005 128: 188S. [Abstract] [PDF]

Bruce Ong, Jordan Pinsker, Joseph Forester, and Andre Fallot: DOES INFLUENZA VACCINATION IMPROVE PEDIATRIC ASTHMA OUTCOMES?
Chest 2005 128: 188S. [Abstract] [PDF]

Ronald Allan F. Austria, Arnel Gerald Q. Jiao, Ma. Cecillia C. Nierva, Beatriz Praxedes Apo I. Mandanas, and Celia T. Tardaguila: PROSPECTIVE STUDY COMPARING THE EFFICACY OF ORAL PROCATEROL + LOW DOSE INHALED BUDESONIDE VS HIGH DOSE INHALED BUDESONIDE ALONE IN PREVENTING EXACERBATIONS AMONG MODERATE PERSISTENT ASTHMATICS AGED 7 - 18 YEARS
Chest 2005 128: 189S. [Abstract] [PDF]

Birong Dong and Du J. Zhong: THE PREVENT EFFECT OF STATIN ON PULMONARY ISCHEMIA-REPERFUSION INJURY IN RATS
Chest 2005 128: 189S. [Abstract] [PDF]

Rajan Santosham: SURGERY IN TRACHEAL OBSTRUCTION-MANAGEMENT AND RESULTS
Chest 2005 128: 189S-190S. [Abstract] [PDF]

John R. Roberts and Maggie C. Oldham: THORACOSCOPIC DIAPHRAGMATIC PLICATION FOR PARALYZED DIAPHRAGM
Chest 2005 128: 190S. [Abstract] [PDF]

John R. Roberts and Maggie C. Oldham: THORACOSCOPIC DIAPHRAGMATIC PLICATION FOR PARALYZED DIAPHRAGM
Chest 2005 128: 190S. [Abstract] [PDF]

Francesco Leo, Nicolas Venissac, Daniel Pop, Marylene Anziani, Maria Elena Leon, and Jèrôme Mouroux: WHO DEVELOPS PULMONARY COMPLICATIONS AFTER THORACOTOMY? POSTOPERATIVE IDENTIFICATION OF HIGH RISK PATIENTS BY THE FLAM SCORE
Chest 2005 128: 190S-191S. [Abstract] [PDF]

Evaldo Marchi, Vivian M. Amioka, Tiago S. Santos, Aline I. Barranco, Gabriel L. Palma, and Jose R. Campos: HYPERHIDROSIS: COMPARATIVE EVALUATION OF THE RESULTS BEFORE AND AFTER SYMPATHECTOMY IN 263 PATIENTS
Chest 2005 128: 191S. [Abstract] [PDF]

Christopher S. King, Aaron B. Holley, Andrew F. Shorr, and Lisa K. Moores: META-ANALYSIS: THREE TIMES DAILY SUBCUTANEOUS HEPARIN IS NOT SUPERIOR TO TWICE DAILY THERAPY IN THE PREVENTION OF VENOUS THROMBOEMBOLISM IN MODERATE TO HIGH RISK MEDICAL INPATIENTS
Chest 2005 128: 191S. [Abstract] [PDF]

Mark W. Wurster: ANTICOAGULATION THERAPY: A NEW APPROACH
Chest 2005 128: 191S-192S. [Abstract] [PDF]

Frederick A. Spencer, Cathy Emery, Darleen Lessard, Frederick A. Anderson, Sri Emani, Richard C. Becker, and Robert J. Goldberg: RISK PROFILES AND PROPHYLAXIS HISTORY OF PATIENTS DEVELOPING VENOUS THROMBOEMBOLISM IN THE OUTPATIENT SETTING: THE WORCESTER VENOUS THROMBOEMBOLISM STUDY
Chest 2005 128: 192S. [Abstract] [PDF]

Andrew F. Shorr, William L. Jackson, Brendan M. Weiss, and Lisa K. Moores: LOW-MOLECULAR WEIGHT HEPARIN FOR DEEP VEIN THROMBOSIS PROPHYLAXIS IN HOSPITALIZED MEDICAL PATIENTS: RESULTS FROM A COST-EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS
Chest 2005 128: 192S-193S. [Abstract] [PDF]

Heena Sheth, Jennifer Bonner, Susan Skledar, Amy Seybert, Amit Raina, Christopher N. Faber, and Adele Towers: FAILURE OF HEPARIN DOSING GUIDELINES IN OBESE PATIENTS: TIME FOR REEVALUATION
Chest 2005 128: 193S. [Abstract] [PDF]

Michelle Dylan, Hsing-Ting Yu, Wing Chow, and Robert Dubois: EFFECTIVENESS OF ANTI-THROMBOTIC PROPHYLAXIS IN CURRENT COMMUNITY PRACTICE
Chest 2005 128: 193S. [Abstract] [PDF]

Srinivas B. Chakravarthy, Jonathan Rettmann, Boaz A. Markewitz, Greg Elliott, Mark Sarfati, and Robert Nohavec: PERIPHERALLY INSERTED CENTRAL CATHETER (PICC) ASSOCIATED UPPER EXTREMITY DEEP VENOUS THROMBOSIS (UEDVT) IN CRITICAL CARE SETTING
Chest 2005 128: 193S-194S. [Abstract] [PDF]

Taro Minami, Lewis Eisen, Jeffrey Berger, Mangala Narasimhan, and Paul Mayo: GENDER DISPARITY IN FAILURE RATE FOR ARTERIAL CATHETER ATTEMPTS
Chest 2005 128: 194S. [Abstract] [PDF]

Daniel W. Ziegler, Manuel Lois, David Hess, Jorge Pinilla, and Geno Tellez: CORRELATION OF CONTINUOUS CARDIAC OUTPUT MEASURED BY A PULMONARY ARTERY CATHETER VERSUS IMPEDANCE CARDIOGRAPHY IN VENTILATED PATIENTS
Chest 2005 128: 194S. [Abstract] [PDF]

Theofilus Matheos, Alan Orquiola, Matthias Walz, Janice Adams, and Stephen O. Heard: DURABILITY OF ANTISEPTIC CENTRAL VENOUS CATHETERS AS A FUNCTION OF DURATION OF CATHETERIZATION: SILVER/CARBON/PLATINUM VERSUS MINOCYCLINE/RIFAMPIN
Chest 2005 128: 195S. [Abstract] [PDF]

Hrushikesh U. Vaidya and Peter White: REAL TIME ULTRASOUND GUIDANCE WITH MICROPUNCTURE TECHNIQUE FOR CANNULATION OF THE INTERNAL JUGULAR VEIN IN THE ICU
Chest 2005 128: 195S. [Abstract] [PDF]

Caroline Haegerstrand, Agneta Markström, Pia Söderberg, and Hans Barle: BI-LEVEL POSITIVE AIRWAY PRESSURE VENTILATION MAINTAINS ADEQUATE VENTILATION IN POST-POLIO PATIENTS REQUIRING HOME MECHANICAL VENTILATION
Chest 2005 128: 195S. [Abstract] [PDF]

Cong Y. Stonestreet, Lin Wang, Svetlana Gutierrez, Salam Raslan, Jorge Gonzalez, Gaffar Syed, Nureain Mirza, Yaw Amoateng-Adjepong, Constantine A. Manthous, and Mihai Smina: COUGH STRENGTH AND MENTAL STATUS PREDICT EXTUBATION OUTCOMES
Chest 2005 128: 195S-196S. [Abstract] [PDF]

William D. Marino and Mary O’Connell-Szaniszlo: EVALUATION OF DISCOMFORT CAUSED BY DIFFERENT LEVELS OF SUPPORT PRESSURE DURING MECHANICAL VENTILATION VIA FACE MASK
Chest 2005 128: 196S. [Abstract] [PDF]

Maureen A. Seckel, Billie Speakman, Diane Bradtke, and Gerald O’Brien: UTILIZATION OF A FAILURE MODE EFFECTS ANALYSIS (FMEA) TO EVALUATE THE SAFETY OF VENTILATOR PATIENTS IN A NON-ICU SETTING
Chest 2005 128: 196S. [Abstract] [PDF]

Dashant S. Kavathia and Alan Betensley: SUCCESSFUL WEANING FROM MECHANICAL VENTILATION AFTER FAILING A RESPIRATORY THERAPIST DRIVEN PROTOCOL
Chest 2005 128: 196S-197S. [Abstract] [PDF]

Tristan J. Huie, Kenneth Lyn-Kew, and Allen Roberts, II: REDUCED NEUROMUSCULAR BLOCKADE REQUIREMENTS IN PATIENTS RECEIVING AIRWAY PRESSURE RELEASE VENTILATION
Chest 2005 128: 197S. [Abstract] [PDF]

Frederick A. Spencer, Frederick A. Anderson, Cathy Emery, Darleen Lessard, Jayashri Aragam, Richard C. Becker, Shauna Malone, and Robert J. Goldberg: THE CHANGING LANDSCAPE OF VENOUS THROMBOEMBOLISM: THE WORCESTER VENOUS THROMBOEMBOLISM STUDY
Chest 2005 128: 197S. [Abstract] [PDF]

Shirin Sanal, Wilbert S. Aronow, Gautham Ravipati, George P. Maguire, Robert N. Belkin, and Stuart G. Lehrman: COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHIC PULMONARY ARTERY DIAMETERS IN PREDICTING MODERATE OR SEVERE PULMONARY HYPERTENSION IN PATIENTS WITH ACUTE PULMONARY EMBOLISM
Chest 2005 128: 198S. [Abstract] [PDF]

Tara Keays and Marc A. Rodger: ARTERIAL BLOOD GAS ANALYSIS IN COMBINATION WITH D-DIMER IN THE ASSESSMENT OF ACUTE PULMONARY EMBOLISM
Chest 2005 128: 198S. [Abstract] [PDF]

Kevin Thompson, Gene Colice, Yin Naing, Nitin Seam, and Shirin Shafazand: PREDICTORS OF ADVERSE OUTCOMES IN HOSPITALIZED PATIENTS WITH HEMODYNAMICALLY STABLE PULMONARY EMBOLISM
Chest 2005 128: 198S-199S. [Abstract] [PDF]

Jennifer B. Swisher, Heather N. Follett, and Timothy A. Morris: CLINICAL PROBABILITIES IN PATIENTS WHO SUBSEQUENTLY DIED OF PULMONARY EMBOLISM
Chest 2005 128: 199S. [Abstract] [PDF]

Peter S. Marshall, Mark Siegel, Kevin Johnson, Karin Kelley, Bianca Monteiro, and Yoel Vivas: COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY CAN PREDICT ADVERSE OUTCOMES IN PATIENTS PRESENTING WITH PULMONARY EMBOLUS
Chest 2005 128: 199S-200S. [Abstract] [PDF]

Alpana Chandra, Robert Garofano, Erika B. Rosenzweig, Allison Widlitz, David Prezant, and Robyn J. Barst: EXPIRATORY AIRFLOW LIMITATION DURING EXERCISE AS A CAUSE OF VENTILATORY IMPAIRMENT IN PULMONARY ARTERIAL HYPERTENSION
Chest 2005 128: 200S. [Abstract] [PDF]

Daniele Bendayan, David Shitrit, Ruth Tor, Jaqueline Sulkes, and Mordechai Kramer: N–TERMINAL PRO-B-TYPE NATRIURETIC PEPTIDE AS AN INDICATOR OF DISEASE SEVERITY IN PULMONARY ARTERIAL HYPERTENSION
Chest 2005 128: 200S-201S. [Abstract] [PDF]

Tji-Joong Gan, Christa Boer, Tim Marcus, Pieter Postmus, and Anton Vonk Noordegraaf: CARDIAC ADAPTATION IN PATIENTS WITH RIGHT VENTRICULAR PRESSURE OVERLOAD: IDIOPATHIC PULMONARY ARTERIAL HYPERTENSION COMPARED TO THE EISENMENGER SYNDROME
Chest 2005 128: 201S. [Abstract] [PDF]

Micah R. Fisher, Paul R. Forfia, Ela Chamera, Reda E. Girgis, Mary Corretti, and Paul M. Hassoun: DIFFERENCES IN RIGHT VENTRICULAR FUNCTION AND MORPHOLOGY BETWEEN IDIOPATHIC AND SCLERODERMA RELATED PULMONARY ARTERIAL HYPERTENSION
Chest 2005 128: 201S. [Abstract] [PDF]

Charles W. Hargett, Alicia K. Gerke, Terry A. Fortin, and Victor F. Tapson: CORRELATION OF NT-PROBNP WITH OTHER NONINVASIVE PARAMETERS IN PATIENTS WITH PULMONARY ARTERIAL HYPERTENSION
Chest 2005 128: 201S. [Abstract] [PDF]

Carmine D. Vizza, Claudio Letizia, Roberto Badagliacca, Susanna Sciomer, Roberto Poscia, Roberto Ciuffa, Mariella Montano, Michele D’Alto, Luigi Petramala, Dario Cotesta, and Francesco Fedele: BASELINE VENOUS ENDOTHELIN-1 (ET1) PLASMA LEVELS DOES NOT PREDICT CLINICAL RESPONSE TO BOSENTAN IN PULMONARY ARTERIAL HYPERTENSION
Chest 2005 128: 202S. [Abstract] [PDF]

R. P. Baughman, M. A. Judson, U. Costabel, R. M. duBois, M. Drent, M. Kavuru, K. H. Lo, C. Andresen, R. Schlenker-Herceg, and E. S. Barnathan: RANDOMIZED, DOUBLE-BLIND, PLACEBO-CONTROLLED TRIAL OF INFLIXIMAB IN PATIENTS WITH CHRONIC PULMONARY SARCOIDOSIS
Chest 2005 128: 202S. [Abstract] [PDF]

M. A. Judson, U. Costabel, M. Drent, M. Kavuru, R. M. duBois, K. H. Lo, R. Schlenker-Herceg, E. S. Barnathan, and R. P. Baughman: ASSESSMENT OF INFLIXIMAB EFFICACY IN EXTRAPULMONARY SARCOIDOSIS USING A NOVEL ASSESSMENT TOOL: RESULTS FROM A RANDOMIZED TRIAL
Chest 2005 128: 202S-203S. [Abstract] [PDF]

M. Kavuru, R. M. duBois, U. Costabel, M. A. Judson, M. Drent, K. H. Lo, C. Andresen, R. Schlenker-Herceg, E. S. Barnathan, R. P. Baughman, and R. T. Shipley: CHEST X-RAY ASSESSMENT USING A DETAILED SCORING METHOD IN A RANDOMIZED TRIAL OF INFLIXIMAB IN SUBJECTS WITH CHRONIC PULMONARY SARCOIDOSIS
Chest 2005 128: 203S. [Abstract] [PDF]

Fang Chi Lin, Geen-Dong Chang, Yi-Chu Chen, and Shi-Chuan Chang: CLINICAL SIGNIFICANCE OF ANTI-GM-CSF ANTIBODIES IN IDIOPATHIC PULMONARY ALVEOLAR PROTEINOSIS
Chest 2005 128: 203S. [Abstract] [PDF]

Andrew F. Shorr, Darcy Davies, Donald L. Helman, Christopher J. Lettieri, and Steven D. Nathan: INTERMEDIATE-TERM OUTCOMES FOLLOWING TRANSPLANT FOR SARCOIDOSIS RELATIVE TO SURVIVAL AFTER TRANSPLANT FOR IDIOPATHIC PULMONARY FIBROSIS
Chest 2005 128: 203S-204S. [Abstract] [PDF]

Osman N. Ozes, Lawrence M. Blatt, and Scott Seiwert: INTERFERON GAMMA-1B INHIBITS INTERLEUKIN-4, ENDOTHELIN-1, AND TRANSFORMING GROWTH FACTOR-BETA-INDUCED UP-REGULATION OF TYPE I COLLAGEN IN CELLULAR MODELS OF LUNG FIBROSIS
Chest 2005 128: 204S. [Abstract] [PDF]

Yves Lacasse, Rejean Lamontagne, Sylvie Martin, and Marie Arsenault: RANDOMIZED TRIAL OF A SMOKING CESSATION INTERVENTION IN PATIENTS HOSPITALIZED IN A CARDIO-RESPIRATORY INSTITUTE
Chest 2005 128: 204S. [Abstract] [PDF]

Virginia C. Reichert, Pat Folan, Colleen DeGaetano, Dan Jacobsen, Lorana Miceli, Nina Kohn, Christine Metz, and Arunabh Talwar: A STUDY OF GENDER DISCREPANCIES AMONGST SMOKERS REGARDING PERCEPTIONS OF CIGARETTE USE
Chest 2005 128: 204S. [Abstract] [PDF]

Kathy Garrett-Szymanski, Peter R. Smith, Jeanne McCabe, Rosemarie Samuels, Latoya Fyffe, and Ute Rosa: IMPACT OF AN INPATIENT SMOKING CESSATION PROGRAM PRELIMINARY OUTCOMES
Chest 2005 128: 204S-205S. [Abstract] [PDF]

Masaru Yanai, Masaaki Abe, Hiroshi Chiba, and Seiichi Kobayashi: SMOKING INCIDENCE AND THE EFFECT OF SMOKEFREE EDUCATION PROGRAMS IN JUVENILES IN ISHINOMAKI DISTRICT (NORTHEAST COASTAL REGION OF JAPAN)
Chest 2005 128: 205S. [Abstract] [PDF]

Manuel Hector Silos, Lenora C. Fernandez, and Lirio Covey: SMOKING CESSATION AND THE USE OF SUSTAINED-RELEASE BUPROPION AS AN AID TO SMOKING CESSATION AMONG FILIPINOS
Chest 2005 128: 205S. [Abstract] [PDF]

Branislav S. Gvozdenovic, Ika Pesic, and Vesna Bjegovic: NICOTINE DEPENDANCE AND PATIENTS’ FUNCTIONAL STATUS
Chest 2005 128: 205S-206S. [Abstract] [PDF]

Stavros G. Memtsoudis, Melanie C. Besculides, Namrata Patil, and Selwyn O. Rogers: TEMPORAL TRENDS IN LUNG RESECTION SURGERY, UNITED STATES, 1988 TO 2002
Chest 2005 128: 206S. [Abstract] [PDF]

Mark D. Williams, David Miller, Ron McGary, and Robert Timmerman: PROSPECTIVE PHASE II PROTOCOL OF STEREOTACTIC BODY RADIOTHERAPY FOR MEDICALLY UNRESECTABLE PATIENTS WITH STAGE 1 NON-SMALL CELL LUNG CANCER
Chest 2005 128: 206S. [Abstract] [PDF]

Yukihito Saito, Tomohiro Maniwa, Hiroyuki Kaneda, Ken-ichiro Minami, and Hiroji Imamura: SINGLE INSTITUTION EXPERIENCE OF INDUCTION THERAPY FOLLOWED BY SURGERY FOR LOCALLY ADVANCED NSCLC IN 102 CONSECUTIVE PATIENTS
Chest 2005 128: 206S-207S. [Abstract] [PDF]

David Heuker, Christian Ngongang, Benoit Lengele, Véronique Delecluse, Birgit Weynand, Philippe Noirhomme, and Alain Poncelet: ANALYSIS OF QUALITY OF LIFE AFTER CHEST WALL RESECTION
Chest 2005 128: 207S. [Abstract] [PDF]

Alina Dulu, Stephen M. Pastores, Bernard Park, Neil A. Halpern, and Valerie Rusch: PREVALENCE AND MORTALITY OF ACUTE LUNG INJURY AND ACUTE RESPIRATORY DISTRESS SYNDROME AFTER LUNG RESECTION
Chest 2005 128: 207S. [Abstract] [PDF]

Roman Melamed, Steven Hanovich, Robert Shapiro, Mark Sprenkle, Valerie Ulstad, and James Leatherman: LIMITED BEDSIDE ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY PERFORMED BY INTENSIVISTS IN THE MEDICAL INTENSIVE CARE UNIT (MICU)
Chest 2005 128: 207S-208S. [Abstract] [PDF]

Marleen E. Graat, Esther K. Wolthuis, Goda Choi, Johanna C. Korevaar, and Marcus J. Schultz: THE VALUE OF ROUTINE CHEST X-RAY (CXR) IN MECHANICALLY VENTILATED INTENSIVE CARE UNIT (ICU) PATIENTS
Chest 2005 128: 208S. [Abstract] [PDF]

Pervaiz Iqbal, Arshad Ali, Francis M. Schmidt, J. Quist, Gerald Posner, Pranjal Agrawal, M. Zahir, and S. Natarajan: CORRELATION OF THORACIC COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY AND PORTABLE CHEST RADIOGRAPHS IN INTENSIVE CARE UNIT PATIENTS
Chest 2005 128: 208S. [Abstract] [PDF]

Seema G. Naik, Alexandra Ionescu, Stephen Yang, Sotir Polena, and Rick Conetta: YIELD OF SPIRAL CT: A FREQUENT ALTERNATIVE DIAGNOSES IN PATIENTS UNDERGOING CT-PA FOR SUSPECTED PULMONARY EMBOLISM
Chest 2005 128: 208S. [Abstract] [PDF]

Vipin Malik, Harish Bhaskar, William Pascal, Kabu Chawla, Yizhak Kupfer, and Sidney Tessler: BEDSIDE CANNULATION OF THE AXILLARY VEIN UNDER ULTRASOUND GUIDANCE
Chest 2005 128: 209S. [Abstract] [PDF]

Felix J. Herth, Ralf Eberhardt, Heinrich D. Becker, and Armin Ernst: RELIEF OF MALIGNANT AIRWAY OBSTRUCTION: A PROSPECTIVE AND RANDOMISED COMPARISON OF FIVE DIFFERENT ENDOSCOPIC TECHNIQUES
Chest 2005 128: 209S. [Abstract] [PDF]

William Lunn, Matthias Loebe, Rabih Bechara, Simon Ashiku, Malcom DeCamp, David Feller-Kopman, and Armin Ernst: FURTHER EXPERIENCE WITH MICRODEBRIDER BRONCHOSCOPY: A NEW TOOL FOR TREATING CENTRAL AIRWAY OBSTRUCTION
Chest 2005 128: 209S. [Abstract] [PDF]

Prashant N. Chhajed, Ralf Eberhardt, Hendrik Dieneman, Heinrich D. Becker, Andrea Azzola, Martin H. Brutsche, Michael Tamm, and Felix J. Herth: INTERVENTIONAL BRONCHOSCOPY PERMITS PARENCHYMA SPARING SURGERY IN PATIENTS WITH LUNG CANCER
Chest 2005 128: 210S. [Abstract] [PDF]

Kayvan Amjadi, Yves Cruysberghs, Roel Lemmens, and Marc Noppen: IMPACT OF INTERVENTIONAL BRONCHOSCOPY ON QUALITY OF LIFE OF PATIENTS WITH ADVANCED SYMPTOMATIC MALIGNANT AIRWAY OBSTRUCTION: A PROSPECTIVE PILOT STUDY
Chest 2005 128: 210S. [Abstract] [PDF]

Pablo Diaz-Jimenez: NEW CUFFLINK-SHAPED SILICON PROSTHESIS FOR THE PALLIATION OF MALIGNANT TRACHEOBRONCHIAL-ESOPHAGEAL FISTULA (MTEF)
Chest 2005 128: 210S-211S. [Abstract] [PDF]

Felix J. Herth, Ralf Eberhardt, Peter Vilmann, Armin Ernst, and Mark Krasnik: EBUS GUIDED BIOPSY FOR THE DIAGNOSIS OF MEDIASTINAL LYMPH NODES IN A RADIOLOGICALLY NORMAL MEDIASTINUM
Chest 2005 128: 211S. [Abstract] [PDF]

Hisashi Sahara, Tsuyoshi Shoji, Ashok Muniappan, Dax A. Guenther, John C. Wain, Stuart L. Houser, Akshat Pujara, Marjory A. Bravard, David H. Sachs, Joren C. Madsen, and James S. Allan: THE INDUCTION OF ROBUST TOLERANCE IN AN MHC-MISMATCHED PORCINE PULMONARY ALLOGRAFT MODEL PREVENTS OBLITERATIVE BRONCHIOLITIS
Chest 2005 128: 211S. [Abstract] [PDF]

Joseph N. Walter, Minh Doan, Haibin Zhang, George B. Mallory, Remzi Bag, Leland L. Fan, and Okan Elidemir: SERUM KL-6 AS A MARKER FOR BRONCHIOLITIS OBLITERANS AFTER LUNG TRANSPLANTATION
Chest 2005 128: 211S-212S. [Abstract] [PDF]

Jennifer A. Svetlecic, YaYan Chen, Agostino Molteni, and Betty Herndon: T-CELL PROFILES IN CONSTRICTIVE BRONCHIOLITIS OBLITERANS MODELS: A SEARCH FOR A DIAGNOSTIC MARKER
Chest 2005 128: 212S. [Abstract] [PDF]

Carlo Banfi, Andrea M. D’Armini, Mauro Rinaldi, Carlo Pellegrini, and Mario Viganò: PULMONARY FIBROSIS: IS LUNG TRANSPLANTATION A VALID AND VIABLE ALTERNATIVE TO MEDICAL THERAPY?
Chest 2005 128: 212S. [Abstract] [PDF]

Francisco G. Alvarez, Cesar A. Keller, Javier Aduen, Octavio E. Pajaro, Jefreey A. Shalev, and Lawrence R. McBride: SHORT TERM OUTCOME AFTER LUNG TRANSPLANTATION IN ELDERLY PATIENTS
Chest 2005 128: 213S. [Abstract] [PDF]

Hina Sahi, Marie Budev, Holli Blazey, and Atul Mehta: OUTCOMES OF LUNG TRANSPLANT RECIPIENTS (LTR) PREVIOUSLY INFECTED WITH HEPATITIS C VIRUS
Chest 2005 128: 213S. [Abstract] [PDF]

Gisela Banauch, Michael Weiden, Charles Hall, Hillel W. Cohen, Thomas K. Aldrich, Nicole Arcentales, Kerry J. Kelly, and David J. Prezant: ACCELERATED PULMONARY FUNCTION DECLINE AFTER WORLD TRADE CENTER PARTICULATE EXPOSURE IN THE NEW YORK CITY FIRE DEPARTMENT WORKFORCE
Chest 2005 128: 213S. [Abstract] [PDF]

Robert E. Glenn, Paul W. Kalish, and Fred Krutz: SILICOSIS: EXPLAINING THE INCONSISTENCY BETWEEN DECLINING PUBLIC HEALTH STATISTICS AND THE EPIDEMIC IN LITIGATION
Chest 2005 128: 214S. [Abstract] [PDF]

Abbas Nemati, Ali Moghimi, Mahdi Rahmati, Farshad Najafipour, and Homayoun Eftekhari: LONG-TERM RESPIRATORY DISORDERS IN CLAIMERS WITH EXPOSURE TO CHEMICAL WARFARE AGENTS (CWA): REVIEW OF BRONCHOSOPIC FINDINGS
Chest 2005 128: 214S-215S. [Abstract] [PDF]

Andrzej J. Krzywiecki, Liwia Starczewska-Dymek, Maciej K. Krzywiecki, Michal Szydlowski, Dariusz I. Ziora, Dariusz Jastrzebski, and Jerzy F. Kozielski: SPIROMETRY PARAMETERS AND QUALITY OF LIFE IN MINERS WITH LUNG BURN INJURY AFTER METHANE EXPLOSURE
Chest 2005 128: 215S. [Abstract] [PDF]

Marc Meysman, Bart Keymeulen, Erik Eeckhout, Marc Noppen, and Walter Vincken: SPIROMETRIC CHANGES AT HIGH ALTITUDE: THE SHISAPANGMA EXPERIENCE
Chest 2005 128: 215S. [Abstract] [PDF]

Kristina L. Bailey, Jane L. Meza, Lynette M. Smith, Susanna G. Von Essen, Holly DeSpiegelaere, and Debra J. Romberger: AGRICULTURAL EXPOSURES IN PATIENTS WITH COPD IN HEALTH SYSTEMS SERVING RURAL AREAS
Chest 2005 128: 215S. [Abstract] [PDF]

Haibin Zhang, Kristin N. Van Hook, Leland L. Fan, George B. Mallory, and Okan Elidemir: IMMUNOCYTOCHEMICAL DETECTION OF PEPSIN IN ALVEOLAR MACROPHAGES AS A MARKER OF REFLUX ASSOCIATED ASPIRATION
Chest 2005 128: 215S-216S. [Abstract] [PDF]

Kristin N. Van Hook, Haibin Zhang, Leland L. Fan, George B. Mallory, and Okan Elidemir: DETECTION AND QUANTIFICATION OF PEPSIN IN BRONCHOALVEOLAR LAVAGE FLUID AS A MARKER OF REFLUX ASSOCIATED ASPIRATION
Chest 2005 128: 216S. [Abstract] [PDF]

Isabelle Rochat and Denis Berubé: MANAGEMENT OF BRONCHIOLITIS IN QUEBEC: COMPARISON BETWEEN FIRST-TIME AND RECURRENT EPISODES
Chest 2005 128: 216S. [Abstract] [PDF]

Princess Dionisia M. Nazareno, Ana Maria A. Reyes, Maria Nerissa A. De Leon, Milagros S. Bautista, and Teresita S. De Guia: EFFECT ON TUBERCULOSIS AWARENESS AMONG HIGHSCHOOL STUDENTS IN SELECTED SCHOOLS IN METRO MANILA AFTER USING EDUCATIONAL INTERVENTION
Chest 2005 128: 216S-217S. [Abstract] [PDF]

Eliotte L. Hirshberg, Stacey Knight, and Gitte Y. Larsen: HYPERGLYCEMIA IN A HETEROGENEOUS POPULATION OF CRITICALLY ILL CHILDREN
Chest 2005 128: 217S. [Abstract] [PDF]

Jennifer Miller, David Josey, Jr, and Vatsala Ramprasad: INNOVATIVE TREATMENT OF OBSTRUCTIVE SLEEP APNEA IN DOWN SYNDROME
Chest 2005 128: 217S. [Abstract] [PDF]

Christopher J. Lettieri, Andrew F. Shorr, Scott Barnett, Shahzad Ahmad, and Steven D. Nathan: INCIDENCE AND RELATED OUTCOMES OF PULMONARY HYPERTENSION IN IDIOPATHIC PULMONARY FIBROSIS
Chest 2005 128: 217S-218S. [Abstract] [PDF]

Reda E. Girgis, Adaani Frost, Nick Hill, David Langleben, Vallerie McLaughlin, Ron Oudiz, and Terrance Coyne: LONG-TERM TREATMENT WITH SITAXSENTAN IN PATIENTS WITH PULMONARY ARTERIAL HYPERTENSION ASSOCIATED WITH CONNECTIVE TISSUE DISEASE (PAH-CTD)
Chest 2005 128: 218S. [Abstract] [PDF]

Andrew F. Shorr, Cindy Cors, Christopher J. Lettieri, Donald L. Helman, and Steven D. Nathan: PULMONARY HYPERTENSION IN IDIOPATHIC PULMONARY FIBROSIS: EPIDEMIOLOGY AND CLINICAL CORRELATES
Chest 2005 128: 218S. [Abstract] [PDF]

Ganesh Raghu, Jennifer Hayes, Carolyn Spada, Jeffrey Moniz, and Steve Yang: LONG TERM EXPERIENCE WITH BOSENTAN IN PATIENTS WITH PULMONARY ARTERIAL HYPERTENSION (PAH) ASSOCIATED WITH ADVANCED IDIOPATHIC PULMONARY FIBROSIS (IPF) AND INTERSTITIAL LUNG DISEASE (ILD): A RETROSPECTIVE CASE SERIES
Chest 2005 128: 218S-219S. [Abstract] [PDF]

James Seibold, David Badesch, Nazzareno Galie, David Langleben, Robert Naeije, Gerald Simonneau, and Robyn Barst: SITAXSENTAN, A SELECTIVE ENDOTHELIN-A RECEPTOR ANTAGONIST, IMPROVES EXERCISE CAPACITY IN PULMONARY ARTERIAL HYPERTENSION (PAH) ASSOCIATED WITH CONNECTIVE TISSUE DISEASE (CTD)
Chest 2005 128: 219S. [Abstract] [PDF]

Shiromino Hearth, Edward L. Salerno, Naomi Rothfield, W. D. Hager, and Raymond Foley: BRAIN NATRIURETIC PEPTIDE LEVELS CORRELATE WITH SIX MINUTE WALK DISTANCE AND WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION FUNCTIONAL CLASSIFICATION IN PATENTS WITH CONNECTIVE TISSUE DISEASE -ASSOCIATED PULMONARY ARTERIAL HYPERTENSION
Chest 2005 128: 219S. [Abstract] [PDF]

Jaime J. Simon Grahe, Gourang P. Patel, Ellen Elpern, and Robert A. Balk: THE SAFETY OF DOPAMINE VERSUS NOREPINEPHRINE AS VASOPRESSOR THERAPY IN SEPTIC SHOCK
Chest 2005 128: 219S-220S. [Abstract] [PDF]

Srinivas B. Chakravarthy, Boaz A. Markewitz, Chris Lehman, and James F. Orme: ACCURACY OF GLUCOSE MEASUREMENT IN CRITICALLY ILL PATIENTS IN SHOCK
Chest 2005 128: 220S. [Abstract] [PDF]

Srinivas B. Chakravarthy, Boaz A. Markewitz, Chris Lehman, and James F. Orme: GLUCOSE DETERMINATION FROM DIFFERENT VASCULAR COMPARTMENTS BY POINT-OF-CARE TESTING IN CRITICALLY ILL PATIENTS
Chest 2005 128: 220S-221S. [Abstract] [PDF]

Steven B. Johnson, Grant Bochicchio, Carl Shanholtz, Alan Cross, Jeff Hasday, Michael Townes, Richard Moore, and Thomas Scalea: UNINFECTED SYSTEMIC INFLAMMATORY RESPONSE SYNDROME (SIRS) OR FUTURE SEPSIS? DIFFERENCES IN EXTRACELLULAR MATRIX MODULATORS PRIOR TO ONSET OF CLINICAL SEPSIS
Chest 2005 128: 221S. [Abstract] [PDF]

Robert Levine, Stephen Lowry, Jean-Francois Dhainaut, Pierre-Francois Laterre, Greg Beilman, I. A. Fein, Luiz Poli de Figueiredo, Jonathan Janes, David Nelson, Joan Bailey, Frank Booth, and Michael Cobas Meyer: THE SAFETY OF DROTRECOGIN ALFA (ACTIVATED): INDEPTH DATA ANALYSIS SUGGESTS SURVIVAL BENEFIT INDEPENDENT OF SERIOUS ADVERSE EVENT OCCURRENCES
Chest 2005 128: 221S-222S. [Abstract] [PDF]

Anthony Manasia, Dragos Cucu, John Oropello, Rosanna DelGiudice, Jerry Hufanda, and Ernest Benjamin: CLINICAL IMPACT OF EARLY GOAL-DIRECTED ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY IN SHOCK PATIENTS PERFORMED BY NON-CARDIOLOGIST INTENSIVISTS
Chest 2005 128: 222S. [Abstract] [PDF]

John G. Park, Timothy I. Morgenthaler, and Eric J. Olson: IMPACT OF UPPER AIRWAY RESISTANCE SYNDROME IN BARIATRIC SURGERY
Chest 2005 128: 222S. [Abstract] [PDF]

Osama Elkhouli, Norman Wolkove, and Marc Baltzan: PREDICTORS OF CONTINUOUS POSITIVE AIRWAY PRESSURE (CPAP) COMPLIANCE AND SATISFACTION AFTER SPLIT-NIGHT PROTOCOL
Chest 2005 128: 222S. [Abstract] [PDF]

Tanveer Ahmed, Joe G. Zein, Walid G. Younis, Fazal Ali, Maroun M. Tawk, and Gary T. Kinasewitz: LONG-TERM EFFECT OF CPAP THERAPY ON BLOOD PRESSURE CONTROL IN PATIENTS WITH OBSTRUCTIVE SLEEP APNEA (OSA)
Chest 2005 128: 223S. [Abstract] [PDF]

Fitzgerald E. Drummond, Peter Doelken, and Michael D. Frye: EMPIRIC TREATMENT OF CLINICALLY DIAGNOSED OBSTRUCTIVE SLEEP APNEA USING AUTO-TITRATING CONTINUOUS POSITIVE AIRWAY PRESSURE
Chest 2005 128: 223S. [Abstract] [PDF]

Luc G. Morris, Omar E. Burschtin, S. J. Setlur, and Kelvin C. Lee: TOLERANCE OF NASAL CONTINUOUS POSITIVE AIRWAY PRESSURE (NCPAP) CORRELATES WITH NASAL AIRWAY ANATOMY, BUT NOT WITH CPAP PRESSURE OR SLEEP STUDY FINDINGS
Chest 2005 128: 223S-224S. [Abstract] [PDF]

Maninder Kalra, David Bernstein, Ameet Daftary, Harpinder K. Kalra, and Grace LeMasters: PREVALENCE OF SNORING AMONG YOUNG ADULT FEMALES WITH ATOPY
Chest 2005 128: 224S. [Abstract] [PDF]

Poster Presentations:

Makoto Sugita, Zheng Wang, Sumiko Maeda, Motoyasu Sagawa, Jin Xu, Toshishige Shibamoto, and Tsutomu Sakuma: INTERLEUKIN 2 INCREASES ALVEOLAR FLUID CLEARANCE IN ISOLATED RAT LUNGS
Chest 2005 128: 225S. [Abstract] [PDF]

Daisuke Okutani, Bing Han, Marco Mura, Thomas K. Waddell, Shaf Keshavjee, and Mingyao Liu: LONG PENTRAXIN 3, A NEW INFLAMMATORY MEDIATOR IN ACUTE LUNG INJURY
Chest 2005 128: 225S. [Abstract] [PDF]

Elamin M. Elamin, Larry F. Hughes, and Diane Drew: EFFECT OF ENTERAL NUTRITION WITH EICOSAPENTAENOIC ACID (EPA), GAMMA-LINOLENIC ACID (GLA), AND ANTIOXIDANTS REDUCES ALVEOLAR INFLAMMATORY MEDIATORS AND PROTEIN INFLUX IN PATIENTS WITH ACUTE RESPIRATORY DISTRESS SYNDROME (ARDS)
Chest 2005 128: 225S. [Abstract] [PDF]

Chin-Pyng Wu, Kun-Lun Huang, Wann-Cherng Perng, Hung Chang, Chien-Wen Chen, Chien-Ling Su, Hsien-Liang Chuang, Horng-Chin Yan, and Yuh-Chin Huang: OPTIMIZATION OF VENTILATION-PERFUSION MATCHING DURING PROTECTIVE LUNG VENTILATION
Chest 2005 128: 225S-226S. [Abstract] [PDF]

Sameer Rana, Milie M. Tolentino, Rolf D. Hubmayr, Peter C. Gay, and Ognjen Gajic: RISK FACTORS FOR FAILURE OF NON-INVASIVE VENTILATION IN PATIENTS WITH ACUTE LUNG INJURY
Chest 2005 128: 226S. [Abstract] [PDF]

Yannick Poulin, Marc-Andre LeClair, and Olivier Lesur: A MULTICENTER RETROSPECTIVE STUDY OF THE IMPACT OF THE 2000 ARDS NETWORK TRIAL ON MECHANICAL VENTILATOR SETTING IN QUEBEC ICUS
Chest 2005 128: 226S. [Abstract] [PDF]

Santiago M. Herrero, Joseph Varon, and Robert E. Fromm: LOW VS HIGH TIDAL VOLUME THROUGH EXTRA-TRACHEAL CONTINUOUS GAS INSUFFLATION + NITRIC OXIDE IN PATIENTS WITH ACUTE RESPIRATORY DISTRESS SYNDROME AND REFRACTORY HIPOXEMIA
Chest 2005 128: 226S-227S. [Abstract] [PDF]

Gregory H. Howell, Mark Yagan, and Betty Herndon: LACTATE DEHYDROGENASE ISOZYMES AS A MARKER OF VENTILATOR-RELATED LUNG INJURY
Chest 2005 128: 227S. [Abstract] [PDF]

Satomi Shiota, Stephen E. Lapinsky, Rod MacDonald, Robert Fowler, Sangeeta Mehta, and Thomas E. Stewart: FACTORS AFFECTING SUCCESSFUL TRANSITION FROM HIGH FREQUENCY OSCILLATION TO CONVENTIONAL MECHANICAL VENTILATION IN ADULT PATIENTS
Chest 2005 128: 227S. [Abstract] [PDF]

Cedrin S. Law, Ravi Taneja, Lefeng Wang, El-Bdaoui Haddad, George DeSanctis, David G. McCormack, and Sanjay Mehta: THE EFFECTS OF INOS ON PULMONARY CHEMOKINE PRODUCTION AND POLYMORPHONUCLEAR LEUKOCYTE SURFACE EXPRESSION OF ADHESION MOLECULES DURING SEPSIS
Chest 2005 128: 227S. [Abstract] [PDF]

Esther K. Wolthuis, Rogier M. Determann, and Marcus J. Schultz: APPLICATION OF LUNG PROTECTIVE MECHANICAL VENTILATION (USING LOWER TIDAL VOLUMES) MANDATES THE USE OF PREDICTED BODY WEIGHT INSTEAD OF ACTUAL BODY WEIGHT
Chest 2005 128: 227S-228S. [Abstract] [PDF]

William D. Marino and Mary O’Connell-Szaniszlo: SHORT TERM ANALYSIS OF PULMONARY MECHANICS DURING MECHANICAL VENTILATION FOR ARDS
Chest 2005 128: 228S. [Abstract] [PDF]

Colleen Lynch, Jeremy Simpson, and Steve Iscoe: REPETITIVE INSPIRATORY OCCLUSIONS ACUTELY IMPAIR MYOCARDIAL CONTRACTILITY
Chest 2005 128: 228S. [Abstract] [PDF]

Richard K. Bogan, Jo Anne Turner, Alex Novodvorets, Koby Todros, and Baruch Levy: FUNDAMENTAL FREQUENCY MEASURES WITH MORPHEUS OF HUMAN SLEEP ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY(EEG) IN SEVERE SLEEP APNEA WITH EARLY INTERVENTION OF CONTINUOUS POSITIVE AIRWAY PRESSURE (CPAP)
Chest 2005 128: 228S-229S. [Abstract] [PDF]

Pierre Mayer, Vincent Jobin, and François Bellemare: CLINICAL UTILITY OF BIOELECTRIC SIGNALS IN THE DIAGNOSIS OF OBSTRUCTIVE SLEEP APNEA (OSA) IN UNATTENDED SETTINGS
Chest 2005 128: 229S. [Abstract] [PDF]

Florence M. Sekito and Lucas N. Lemes: EVALUATION OF ANATOMIC BREATHING PATTERNS RELATED TO OBSTRUCTION AT NASOPHARYNX AND OROPHARYNX
Chest 2005 128: 229S. [Abstract] [PDF]

Rajendra Prasad, Rajiv Garg, Ram K. Verma, S. P. Agarwal, and R. C. Ahuja: A STUDY ON PREVALENCE ESTIMATES OF OBSTRUCTIVE SLEEP APNEA IN INDIAN POPULATION
Chest 2005 128: 229S-230S. [Abstract] [PDF]

Majid M. Mughal, Joseph Golish, Mani Kavuru, Oluranti Aladesanmi, Nancy Ivansek, and Daniel A. Culver: SLEEP APNEA IN SARCOIDOSIS
Chest 2005 128: 230S. [Abstract] [PDF]

Hisashi Takaya: THE ACCURACY OF NON-RESTRICTIVE SENSING SYSTEM FOR EVALUATING SLEEP APNEA SYNDROME UNDER THREE-DIMENSIONAL FIBER-GRATING SENSORS
Chest 2005 128: 230S. [Abstract] [PDF]

Michael Chalhoub, Marwan Elia, Mohammed Zgheib, and Theodore Maniatis: THE INCIDENCE OF POSSIBLE OBSTRUCTIVE SLEEP APNEA SYNDROME IN SUBJECTS WITH ACUTE MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION AND NORMAL CORONARY ANGIOGRAPHY
Chest 2005 128: 230S. [Abstract] [PDF]

Clifford G. Risk: THE IMPACT OF SLEEP DISORDERS ON THE ATTENTION DEFICIT DISORDER IN THE ADULT PART I: THE PATIENT WITH OBSTRUCTIVE SLEEP APNEA
Chest 2005 128: 231S. [Abstract] [PDF]

Ammar Ghanem and Syed Mahmood: IS OBSTRUCTIVE SLEEP APNEA (OSA) IN NON-OBESE PATIENTS A LESS SERIOUS DISEASE THAN IN OBESE PATIENTS?
Chest 2005 128: 231S. [Abstract] [PDF]

Farooq Sattar, Alex Duarte, Luigi Terminella, and Gulshan Sharma: OBESITY HYPOVENTILATION SYNDROME: AN UNDERRECOGNIZED ENTITY
Chest 2005 128: 231S. [Abstract] [PDF]

John D. Roehrs, Anselmo Garcia, and Cynthia K. Scott: USE OF A SIX POINT QUESTIONNAIRE TO CATEGORIZE STABLE HEART FAILURE PATIENTS TO HIGH AND LOW RISK FOR SLEEP DISORDERED BREATHING
Chest 2005 128: 231S-232S. [Abstract] [PDF]

Asegid M. Kebede, Amao Olusegun, and Samir Fahmy: THE IMPACT OF PHYSICAL CHARACTERISTICS AND POLYSOMNOGRAPHIC FINDINGS TO HEALTH RELATED QUALITY OF LIFE (QOL) IN A PATIENT WITH OBSTRUCTIVE SLEEP APNEA (OSA)
Chest 2005 128: 232S. [Abstract] [PDF]

Georg Nilius, Ulrike Domanski, Karl-Josef Franke, and Kral-Heinz Ruhle: EFFECTS OF A HEATED TUBE ON SLEEP QUALITY, WITH ACTIVE HEATED HUMIDIFICATION DURING CPAP THERAPY IN A COOL SLEEPING ENVIRONMENT
Chest 2005 128: 232S. [Abstract] [PDF]

John F. Feenstra, Kelli Rixon, and Craig Hukins: A RANDOMISED SINGLE-BLINDED CROSS-OVER TRIAL OF SESAME OIL ("NOZOIL^TM") FOR THE TREATMENT OF NASAL SYMPTOMS ASSOCIATED WITH CPAP
Chest 2005 128: 232S-233S. [Abstract] [PDF]

Octavian C. Ioachimescu, Joseph Lamont, Charles Bae, Nancy Foldvary-Schaefer, and Joseph Golish: DETERMINANTS OF THE EFFECTIVE LEVEL OF CONTINUOUS POSITIVE AIRWAY PRESSURE (CPAP) IN OBSTRUCTIVE SLEEP APNEA (OSA)
Chest 2005 128: 233S. [Abstract] [PDF]

Marcel A. Baltzan, Osama Elkhouli, Laura Creti, Sally Bailes, Catherine Fichten, Norman Wolkove, and Eva Libman: PREDICTORS OF IMPROVEMENT WITH CONTINUOUS POSITIVE AIRWAY PRESSURE (CPAP) IN PATIENTS WITH CHRONIC FATIGUE SYNDROME AND OBSTRUCTIVE SLEEP APNEA
Chest 2005 128: 233S. [Abstract] [PDF]

Maggie P. Lit, C.K. Ng, W.H. O, H.W. She, W.L. Law, Samuel Lee, and Johnny W. Chan: COMPLIANCE IN CHINESE PATIENTS WITH OBSTRUCTIVE SLEEP APNEA SYNDROME (OSAS): A SINGLE NURSE-CONDUCTED EDUCATIONAL SESSION WOULD MAKE A DIFFERENCE
Chest 2005 128: 233S-234S. [Abstract] [PDF]

Ching C. Lin: EFFECT OF TREATMENT BY UVULOPALATOPHARYNGOPLASTY ON CARDIOPULMONARY EXERCISE TEST IN OBSTRUCTIVE SLEEP APNEA SYNDROME
Chest 2005 128: 234S. [Abstract] [PDF]

Vidya Krishnan, Steven C. Scherr, and Nancy A. Collop: ORAL APPLIANCE THERAPY FOR OBSTRUCTIVE SLEEP APNEA
Chest 2005 128: 234S. [Abstract] [PDF]

Hitoshi Koito, Keiko Kohna, Satoshi Morita, and Hiroshi Yutaka: LONG-TERM EFFECTS OF BILEVEL NONINVASIVE POSITIVE PRESSURE VENTILATION ON SLEEP APNEA AND HEART RATE VARIABILITY IN STABLE CONGESTIVE HEART FAILURE
Chest 2005 128: 234S. [Abstract] [PDF]

Jamie C. Lam, Sidney C. Tam, Clara S. Yan, Agnes Lai, Karen S. Lam, and Mary S. Ip: EFFECT OF OBSTRUCTIVE SLEEP APNEA ON LIPID PROFILE IN CHINESE SUBJECTS
Chest 2005 128: 234S-235S. [Abstract] [PDF]

Cynthia R. Crowder, Houman Dahi, Narong Simakajornboon, and Denise Sharon: SUBJECTIVE SLEEP PERCEPTIONS FROM POST-TEST QUESTIONNAIRE AND OBJECTIVE SLEEP PARAMETERS AMONG AFRICAN AMERICAN AND CAUCASIAN POPULATION WITH OBSTRUCTIVE SLEEP APNEA
Chest 2005 128: 235S. [Abstract] [PDF]

Prakash B. Patel and Richard B. Berry: EFFECT OF ZOLPIDEM ON THE EFFICACY OF NASAL CONTINUOUS POSITIVE AIRWAY PRESSURE AS TREATMENT OF OBSTRUCTIVE SLEEP APNEA
Chest 2005 128: 235S. [Abstract] [PDF]

Jeffrey A. Mikita and Joseph Parker: COMPARISON OF MEDICAL UTILIZATION IN THE YEAR PRECEDING AND ANTECEDING LARYNGOSCOPIC DIAGNOSIS OF VOCAL CORD DYSFUNCTION
Chest 2005 128: 236S. [Abstract] [PDF]

Luke C. Short and Thorsten Benter: REAL-TIME ANALYSIS OF EXHALED BREATH WITH MPLI-MS: OBSERVED NITRIC OXIDE PROFILE
Chest 2005 128: 236S. [Abstract] [PDF]

Antonio Castagnaro, Alfredo Chetta, Emilio Marangio, Panagiota Tzani, Marina Aiello, Raffaele D’ippolito, Nicola Sverzellati, Maurizio Zompatori, and Dario Olivieri: HIGH RESOLUTION COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY EVALUATION OF AIRWAY DISTENSIBILITY IN ASTHMATIC AND HEALTHY SUBJECTS
Chest 2005 128: 236S-237S. [Abstract] [PDF]

Jonathan S. Ilowite and Mary Bartlett: EXHALED NITRIC OXIDE IS INCREASED IN RESPONSE TO STRESS IN ADULT ASTHMATICS
Chest 2005 128: 237S. [Abstract] [PDF]

Celia Maxwell, Reverly M. John, and Alicia Thomas: THE DIFFERENCES IN ASTHMA SEVERITY BETWEEN PREMENOPAUSAL AND POSTMENOPAUSAL AFRICAN AMERICAN WOMEN
Chest 2005 128: 237S. [Abstract] [PDF]

Esra Uzaslan, Oktay Gozu, Funda Coskun, Dane Ediger, Mehmet Karadag, and Ercument Ege: DOES BODY MASS INDEX OF PATIENTS EFFECTS SEVERITY OF DISEASE IN HOSPITALIZED ASTHMATICS?
Chest 2005 128: 237S. [Abstract] [PDF]

Ramon Figueroa-Lebron: RHINOSINUSITIS CONTROL DECREASES SEVERITY OF ASTHMA
Chest 2005 128: 237S-238S. [Abstract] [PDF]

Christine C. Johnson, M Maliarik, SL Haystad, DR Ownby, EL Peterson, G Wegienka, LK Williams, M McCabe, EM Zoratti, and CL Joseph: TOTAL IGE AND STIMULATED T CELL CYTOKINE PRODUCTION IN A COHORT OF ETHNICALLY DIVERSE PREGNANT WOMEN BY ASTHMA HISTORY
Chest 2005 128: 238S. [Abstract] [PDF]

Lee Lan Phoa, Lathy Prabhakaran, Wee Yang Pek, Seow Yian Tay, Eillyne Seow, and Alan W. Ng: CHARACTERISTICS OF PATIENTS WITH REPEAT ATTENDANCE AT EMERGENCY DEPARTMENT FOR ASTHMA EXACERBATIONS
Chest 2005 128: 238S. [Abstract] [PDF]

Esra Uzaslan, Funda Coskun, Dane Ediger, Mehmet Karadag, and Oktay Gozu: DOES OBESITY EFFECTS ASTHMA OUTCOMES IN FEMALE ASTHMATIC PATIENTS?
Chest 2005 128: 238S. [Abstract] [PDF]

Wendy A. Lopez: GENDER AND ASTHMA: WHAT DO WE KNOW? (A SURVEY)
Chest 2005 128: 238S-239S. [Abstract] [PDF]

Jamson S. Lwebuga-Mukasa, Paulette M. Wydro, and Tiffany Kolniak: COMPARISON BETWEEN 3.5 LITER SINGLE BREATH COLLECTIONAND DEAD-SPACE DISCARD TECHNIQUES IN MEASUREMENT OF EXHALED NITRIC OXIDE IN ADULTS
Chest 2005 128: 239S. [Abstract] [PDF]

Zdenka Hajduková, Daniela Pelclová, and Milena Menzlová: COAL-DUST EXPOSURE AND THE PREVALENCE OF ASTHMA, ALLERGIC DISEASES AND ATOPY
Chest 2005 128: 239S. [Abstract] [PDF]

Thorsten Stein, Mohamed Abdel-Aziz, Inge Wissen-Siegert, Christine Eidner, and Hans L. Hahn: MORPHOLOGY OF TISSUES USED FOR CILIARY STUDIES
Chest 2005 128: 239S. [Abstract] [PDF]

Natalia Gorovenko, Mohammad Ebrahimi, and Svetlana Podolskaya: GENETIC POLYMORPHISM OF GLUTATHIONE-S-TRANSFERASE M1,T1 AND SUSCEPTIBILITY TO PREMENSTRUAL ASTHMA IN UKRAINIAN POPULATION
Chest 2005 128: 239S-240S. [Abstract] [PDF]

Andrew R. Mc Ivor and Laureen Rance: DO RESTRICTIVE REIMBURSEMENT PROCESSES INHIBIT PHYSICIANS FROM ADOPTING AND IMPLEMENTING GUIDELINES INTO THEIR PRACTICE: THE CANADIAN ASTHMA EXPERIENCE
Chest 2005 128: 240S. [Abstract] [PDF]

Andrew R. Mc Ivor, Mark Greenwald, Melva Bellefountaine, and Meyer Balter: THE 2005 ASTHMA ACTION STUDY IN CANADA
Chest 2005 128: 240S. [Abstract] [PDF]

Hani M. Lababidi and Mazen AbuAkl: ASTHMA CARE PERCEPTIONS AND PRACTICES AMONG ASTHMA SPECIALISTS IN LEBANON
Chest 2005 128: 240S-241S. [Abstract] [PDF]

Esra Uzaslan, Esref Erdem, Funda Coskun, Beril Erdogan, Dane Ediger, Mehmet Karadag, and Oktay Gozu: DOES ASTHMA KNOWLEDGE OF INTERNSHIP YEAR STUDENTS DIFFER THAN PHYSICIANS IN SPECIALIZATION TRAINING?
Chest 2005 128: 241S. [Abstract] [PDF]

Ogee Mer A. Panlaqui and Eloisa S. De Guia: HOSPITAL-BASED PHYSICIAN ASSESSMENT OF KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES AND PRACTICE IN THE DIAGNOSIS AND MANAGEMENT OF ASTHMA GUIDELINES
Chest 2005 128: 241S. [Abstract] [PDF]

John A. Gjevre, Thomas S. Hurst, Regina M. Taylor-Gjevre, and Donald W. Cockcroft: A CLINCAL DIAGNOSIS OF ASTHMA DOES NOT CORRELATE WELL WITH ATS FEV1 BRONCHODILATOR CRITERA
Chest 2005 128: 242S. [Abstract] [PDF]

Paul M. Dorinsky, Steve Yancey, John Stauffer, Amanda Emmett, and Laura Sutton: CLASSIFICATION OF ASTHMA SEVERITY AMONG STEROID-NAIVE ADULT SUBJECTS PREVIOUSLY RECEIVING SHORT-ACTING BETA2-AGONISTS: IS MILD REALLY MILD?
Chest 2005 128: 242S. [Abstract] [PDF]

Jamson S. Lwebuga-Mukasa, Tiffany Kolniak, and Paulette M. Wydro: RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN MEASURED LUNG FUNCTION AND SELF-REPORTED SYMPTOMS
Chest 2005 128: 242S. [Abstract] [PDF]

Daniel K. Lee, Prashant S. Borade, Graeme P. Currie, and D. A. Promnitz: A SECONDARY CARE PERSPECTIVE ON THE STEPPING-DOWN OF INHALED CORTICOSTEROID THERAPY IN PATIENTS WITH STABLE ASTHMA
Chest 2005 128: 242S-243S. [Abstract] [PDF]

Ramon E. Figueroa-Lebron: NO HISPANIC ASTHMATIC LEFT BEHIND
Chest 2005 128: 243S. [Abstract] [PDF]

Robert J. Maykut, Marc Massanari, Farid Kianifard, Yamo Deniz, Colin Reisner, Robert Zeldin, and Gregory P. Geba: OMALIZUMAB IMPROVES SYMPTOMS AND REDUCES RESCUE BETA-AGONIST USE IN OLDER PATIENTS WITH UNCONTROLLED ASTHMA
Chest 2005 128: 243S. [Abstract] [PDF]

Clifford G. Risk and John L. Ohman, Jr: PILOT STUDY OF ANTI-IGE ANTIBODY IN THE TREATMENT OF SEVERE OBSTRUCTIVE PULMONARY DISEASE: UPDATE AFTER ONE YEAR
Chest 2005 128: 243S. [Abstract] [PDF]

Irvin Mayers, Arto Ohinmaa, Dilini Vethanayagam, Heather M. Sharpe, Cindy O’Hara, Carina Majaesic, and Philip Jacobs: THE VIRTUAL ASTHMA CLINIC: MANAGING ASTHMA PATIENTS ONLINE
Chest 2005 128: 244S. [Abstract] [PDF]

Geert N. Rootmensen, Anton R. van Keimpema, Elske E. Looysen, Letty van der Schaaf, Rob J. de Haan, and Henk M. Jansen: THE EFFECTS OF ADDITIONAL CARE BY A PULMONARY NURSE FOR ASTHMA AND COPD PATIENTS AT AN OUTPATIENT CLINIC: RESULTS FROM A DOUBLE BLIND, RANDOMIZED TRIAL
Chest 2005 128: 244S. [Abstract] [PDF]

Sudhir K. Agarwal: CLINICAL EFFICACY OF AEROSOLIZED FLUTICASONE THERAPY IN THE EARLY MANAGEMENT OF ACUTE MODERATE EXACERBATIONS OF ASTHMA BY PMDI AND ZERO STAT ‘V’ SPACER
Chest 2005 128: 244S. [Abstract] [PDF]

William Berger, Daniel J. Stechschulte, and Karen Walton-Bowen: ZILEUTON PROVIDED SIGNIFICANT IMPROVEMENT IN PULMONARY FUNCTION COMPARED TO PLACEBO IN MODERATE AND SEVERE ASTHMATICS
Chest 2005 128: 245S. [Abstract] [PDF]

Mark C. Liu, Malcolm N. Blumenthal, and Karen Walton-Bowen: ZILEUTON PROVIDED CLINICALLY RELEVANT REDUCTIONS IN THE NEED FOR RESCUE MEDICATION AND ORAL CORTICOSTEROIDS COMPARED TO PLACEBO IN MODERATE AND SEVERE ASTHMATICS
Chest 2005 128: 245S. [Abstract] [PDF]

Esra Uzaslan, Funda N. Coskun, Dane Ediger, Erkan Rodoplu, Mehmet Karadag, Ercument Ege, and Oktay Gozu: EVALUATION OF POST-TREATMENT EFFECTS OF LEUKOTRIENE RECEPTOR ANTAGONISTS
Chest 2005 128: 245S. [Abstract] [PDF]

Emad H. Ibrahim and Ahmed Yousery: ELECTROLYTES DISTURBANCE: THE EFFECT OF DIFFERENT FORMS OF B-STIMULANTS
Chest 2005 128: 246S. [Abstract] [PDF]

David M. Schreck and Stephen Babin: HOSPITAL ECONOMIC IMPACT IN THE TREATMENT OF ACUTE ASTHMA: A COMPARISON OF RACEMIC ALBUTEROL VERSUS LEVALBUTEROL
Chest 2005 128: 246S. [Abstract] [PDF]

Dominic Coppolo, Jolyon Mitchell, Kimberly Wiersema, Valentina Avvakoumova, and Mark Nagel: COMPARATIVE EVALUATION OF CARDBOARD VERSUS RIGID SMALL VOLUME VALVED HOLDING CHAMBERS FOR THE DELIVERY OF A BETA-2 AGONIST FORMULATION: DELIVERY TO THE UNCOORDINATED USER
Chest 2005 128: 246S. [Abstract] [PDF]

Umit Yegen, Denise Till, and Gregory P. Geba: A SINGLE DOSE OF FORADIL PROVIDES SIGNIFICANTLY GREATER BRONCHODILATION THAT MULTIPLE DOSES OF ALBUTEROL OVER 12 HOURS IN OLDER ASTHMATICS
Chest 2005 128: 246S-247S. [Abstract] [PDF]

Juan A. Mazzei, Nancy Tateosian, Paulo Maffia, Catalina K. Wilson, and Eduardo Chuluyan: ANALYSIS OF TH1 AND TH2 CYTOKINES IN EXHALED BREATH CONDENSATE OF EXACERBATED CHRONIC OBSTRUCTIVE PULMONARY DISEASE PATIENTS
Chest 2005 128: 247S. [Abstract] [PDF]

Yi Ming Yuan, Yang Hu Jiang, and Xiao Jing Liu: UBIQUITIN EXPRESSION IS UP-REGULATED IN PERIPERAL MUSCLE IN PATIENTS WITH CHRONIC OBSTRUCTIVE PULMONARY DISEASE
Chest 2005 128: 247S. [Abstract] [PDF]

Shirley F. Jones, John A. Cooper, and Mark T. Dransfield: SINGLE MEASUREMENTS OF INSPIRATORY CAPACITY ARE NOT BETTER THAN FEV1 IN PREDICTING SYMPTOM SCORES IN COPD
Chest 2005 128: 247S-248S. [Abstract] [PDF]

Ashok K. Janmeja and Kiran Jit: DETECTION OF CHRONIC OBSTRUCTIVE PULMONARY DISEASE BY SPIROMETRIC SCREENING
Chest 2005 128: 248S. [Abstract] [PDF]

Sundeep S. Salvi, Liesel D’Silva, Sushmeeta Chhowala, Bill Brashier, Trupti Bal, and Jaideep Gogtay: USE OF SPIROMETRY IN CLINICAL PRACTICE FOR OBSTRUCTIVE AIRWAYS DISEASE IN INDIA
Chest 2005 128: 248S. [Abstract] [PDF]

G. Gandev, K. Gupta, J. Williams, and K. Kanagarajan: COMPARISON OF BRONCHODILATOR RESPONSE IN PATIENTS WITH CHRONIC OBSTRUCTIVE PULMONARY DISEASE AND BRONCHIAL ASTHMA
Chest 2005 128: 248S. [Abstract] [PDF]

Yaling Zhu, Haoyan Wang, and Xiaohong Chang: CHANGES OF DIFFUSION CAPACITY IN PATIENTS WITH CHRONIC OBSTRUCTIVE PULMONARY DISEASES (COPD)
Chest 2005 128: 248S-249S. [Abstract] [PDF]

Arul Vigg, Ajit Vigg, Avanti Vigg, and Sumanth Mantri: PREVALENCE OF CHRONIC OBSTRUCTIVE PULMONARY DISEASE IN PATIENTS ATTENDING CHEST CLINIC IN A TERTIARY CARE HOSPITAL
Chest 2005 128: 249S. [Abstract] [PDF]

Tarek A. Dernaika, Jean I. Keddissi, Walid G. Younis, and Gary T. Kinasewitz: RADIOGRAPHIC ABNORMALITIES PREDICT FUNCTIONAL IMPAIRMENT IN PATIENTS WITH CHRONIC OBSTRUCTIVE PULMONARY DISEASE
Chest 2005 128: 249S. [Abstract] [PDF]

Steven Kesten and Shailendra Menjoge: PATIENT-REPORTED SYMPTOMS OF CHRONIC OBSTRUCTIVE PULMONARY DISEASE (COPD) IN CLINICAL TRIALS
Chest 2005 128: 249S-250S. [Abstract] [PDF]

Thomas B. Zanders, David G. Bell, and Ethan E. Emmons: RELATIONSHIP OF SPIROMETRY RESULTS AND REASON FOR MECHANICAL VENTILATION (MV) TO HOSPITAL SURVIVAL IN PATIENTS WITH CHRONIC OBSTRUCTIVE PULMONARY DISEASE (COPD)
Chest 2005 128: 250S. [Abstract] [PDF]

Raymond L. Murphy, Andrey Vyshedskiy, Ruqayyah M. Alhashem, Rozanne Paciej, and Margo Ebril: MECHANISM OF EXPIRATORY CRACKLES
Chest 2005 128: 250S. [Abstract] [PDF]

Raymond L. Murphy, Andrey Vyshedskiy, Rozanne Paciej, Anna Wong-Tse, and Dhirendra Bana: PROLONGATION OF THE EXPIRATORY PHASE IN CHRONIC OBSTRUCTIVE LUNG DISEASE
Chest 2005 128: 251S. [Abstract] [PDF]

Rohit D. Borker, Michael Watkins, Kate Knobil, Amanda Emmett, and Chris Kalberg: USING DISTRIBUTION-BASED STANDARD ERROR OF MEASUREMENT (SEM) METHOD TO DETERMINE MINIMAL IMPORTANT DIFFERENCE (MID) FOR THE SYMPTOM STATUS INDEX (SSI)
Chest 2005 128: 251S. [Abstract] [PDF]

Jee-Hong Yoo, Myung Jae Park, and Hong Mo Kang: FACTORS THAT REFLECT CLINICAL STABILITY OF COPD PATIENTS
Chest 2005 128: 251S. [Abstract] [PDF]

Meltem M. Tor, Tacettin Ornek, Hakan Tanriverdi, Muhammed E. Akkoyunlu, and Yalcin Dutkun: WORLD COPD DAY EXPERIENCE IN ZONGULDAK PROVINCE OF TURKEY
Chest 2005 128: 251S-252S. [Abstract] [PDF]

Diane L. Kachel, Cynthia S. Davey, Timothy C. Kennedy, Victor L. Marchione, Mark W. Rolfe, and Mark J. Rumbak: UTILITY OF A HIGH-FREQUENCY CHEST WALL OSCILLATION (HFCWO) TRIAL PERIOD TO ASSESS TREATMENT SATISFACTION, ADHERENCE AND BENEFIT IN PATIENTS WITH COPD
Chest 2005 128: 252S. [Abstract] [PDF]

Kayomi Matsumoto, Hajime Kurosawa, Yuko Sano, Naoki Mori, Yoko Goto, and Masahiro Kohzuki: CHEST PHYSIOTHERAPY CHANGED VENTILATORY MECHANICS IN PATIENTS WITH SEVERE COPD
Chest 2005 128: 252S. [Abstract] [PDF]

Manon Labrecque, Khalil Raby, and Marcel Julien: SELF-MANAGEMENT EDUCATION PROGRAM FOR PATIENTS WITH CHRONIC OBSTRUCTIVE PULMONARY DISEASE HAS LONG TERM EFFECT ON QUALITY OF LIFE IMPROVEMENT
Chest 2005 128: 252S-253S. [Abstract] [PDF]

Sasa Lucic, Francesco Prato, Daniela Lugli, Barbara Serri, Giuseppe Cirelli, Manuela Nobile, and Enrico M. Clini: EFFECTIVENESS OF A REHABILITATION PROGRAM IN MORBIDLY OBESE SUBJECTS WITH SLEEP DISTURBANCIES
Chest 2005 128: 253S. [Abstract] [PDF]

Vernon R. Pertelle and James Dudley: DOES COPD DISEASE STATE EDUCATION BY A HOMECARE PROVIDER [RESPIRATORY THERAPIST] AND EARLY IDENTIFICATION OF NEED FOR LONG-TERM OXYGEN THERAPY (LTOT) REDUCE RELAPSES OF EARLY STAGE COPD PATIENTS? A MEASUREMENT OF SHORT-TERM CHANGES IN DYSPNEA AND DISEASE
Chest 2005 128: 253S. [Abstract] [PDF]

Mary K. Hart, Cheri A. Duncan, Lucy A. Aguirre-Kelley, Ana M. Lotshaw, and Mark W. Millard: IMPROVEMENT IN PHYSICAL PERFORMANCE COINCIDES WITH IMPROVEMENT IN ACTIVITIES OF DAILY LIVING PERFORMANCE FOLLOWING PULMONARY REHABILITATION
Chest 2005 128: 253S. [Abstract] [PDF]

Ogee Mer A. Panlaqui, Teresita O. Aquino, and Celestino S. Dalisay: TOLERANCE AND QUALITY OF LIFE IMPROVEMENT FOLLOWING AEROBIC AND STRENGTH TRAINING EXERCISE IN PATIENTS WITH CHRONIC OBSTRUCTIVE PULMONARY DISEASE
Chest 2005 128: 253S-254S. [Abstract] [PDF]

Epaminondas N. Kosmas, Helen Vey, Maria-Konstantina Fraggou, Irene Papaneofytou, Zoi Athanassa, Antonia Koutsoukou, Ioannis Vogiatzis, Olga Georgiadou, Nikolaos Koulouris, Dora Orfanidou, and Charis Roussos: EFFECTS OF PULMONARY REHABILITATION ON EXACERBATION RATE, HOSPITALIZATIONS, LENGTH OF HOSPITAL STAY AND PUBLIC HEALTH ECONOMICS IN PATIENTS WITH MODERATE-TO-SEVERE CHRONIC OBSTRUCTIVE PULMONARY DISEASE
Chest 2005 128: 254S. [Abstract] [PDF]

Gordon H. Guyatt, Mika L. Nonoyama, Christina Lacchetti, Ron Goeree, Diane Heels-Ansdell, and Roger Goldstein: A RANDOMIZED TRIAL OF STRATEGIES FOR ASSESSING ELIGIBILITY FOR LONG-TERM DOMICILIARY OXYGEN THERAPY
Chest 2005 128: 254S. [Abstract] [PDF]

Gunnar N. Hillerdal and Kerstin Strom: VOLUME-REDUCING SURGERY FOR DIFFUSE EMPHYSEMA: EFFECT OF WAITING WITH OPERATION
Chest 2005 128: 255S. [Abstract] [PDF]

Yoko Goto, Hajime Kurosawa, Nobuyoshi Mori, and Masahiro Kohzuki: QUALITY OF LIFE FOR 5 YEARS AFTER LUNG VOLUME REDUCTION SURGERY IN PATIENTS WITH SEVERE COPD
Chest 2005 128: 255S. [Abstract] [PDF]

Jai Kishan, Ashish C hawla, and Bal K. Kapoor: COPARATIVE STUDY OF MANAGEMENT OF CHRONIC OBSTRUCTIVE PULMONARY DISEASE (COPD) AS PER GLOBAL INITIATIVE ON OBSTUVTIVE LUNG DISEASE (GOLD) GUIDELINES AND ALTERNATE SYMPTOMS/DYSPNEA BASED STRATEGY
Chest 2005 128: 255S. [Abstract] [PDF]

Snezana V. Raljevic, Marija M. Mitic-Milikic, and Ljudmila Nagorni-Obradovic: GASTRO ESOPHAGEAL REFLUX SYMPTOMS IN PATIENTS WITH CHRONIC RESPIRATORY FAILURE DUE TO CHRONIC OBSTRUCTIVE PULMONARY DISEASE
Chest 2005 128: 256S. [Abstract] [PDF]

Avanti Vigg, Ajit Vigg, Arul Vigg, and Sumanth Mantri: CLINICAL OUTCOME OF PATIENTS ADMITED WITH ACUTE EXACERBATION OF COPD
Chest 2005 128: 256S. [Abstract] [PDF]

Kwok Yim, En-chia J. Liu, Robert A. Fleming, and Terence Brady: OUTCOME AND SURVIVAL IN HYPERCARBIC RESPIRATORY FAILURE FROM COPD TREATED WITH NON-INVASIVE VENTILATION (NIV)
Chest 2005 128: 256S. [Abstract] [PDF]

Meltem M. Tor, Suna Akbulut, Levent Kart, Remzi Altin, Figen Atalay, and Muhammed E. Akkoyunlu: PREDICTORS OF SUCCESS AND OUTCOME OF NONINVASIVE VENTILATION IN ACUTE EXACERBATIONS OF COPD AT A UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL IN TURKEY
Chest 2005 128: 256S. [Abstract] [PDF]

Sandra G. Adams, Paulla K. Smith, John E. Cornell, Antonio Anzueto, and Jacqueline A. Pugh: SYSTEMATIC REVIEW OF DISEASE MANAGEMENT IN CHRONIC OBSTRUCTIVE PULMONARY DISEASE
Chest 2005 128: 257S. [Abstract] [PDF]

Michael T. Halpern, Jordana K. Schmier, Marya Zilberberg, and Edmund Lau: EVALUATION OF HEALTHCARE RESOURCE UTILIZATION (HRU) AND COSTS OF ANEMIA AMONG CHRONIC OBSTRUCTIVE PULMONARY DISEASE (COPD) PATIENTS
Chest 2005 128: 257S. [Abstract] [PDF]

Rohit D. Borker, Cortney Hayflinger, and Richard Stanford: RISK OF HOSPITALIZATION/EMERGENCY VISIT IN PATIENTS WITH CHRONIC OBSTRUCTIVE PULMONARY DISEASE BY INITIAL MEDICATION REGIMEN
Chest 2005 128: 257S. [Abstract] [PDF]

Steven Kesten, Michele Jara, Charles Wentworth, and Stephan Lanes: POOLED CLINICAL TRIAL ANALYSIS OF THE SAFETY OF TIOTROPIUM
Chest 2005 128: 257S-258S. [Abstract] [PDF]

Bill Brashier, Ashwini Jantikar, Manisha Maganji, Anchala Raghupathy, Sapna Valsa, Partha Gokhale, Purnima Mahadik, Jaideep Gogtay, and Sundeep S. Salvi: ADDITION OF FORMOTEROL TO TIOTROPIUM PRODUCES BETTER FEV1 AND FVC RESPONSES WHEN MEASURED OVER 24 HOURS FOLLOWING SINGLE-DOSE ADMINISTRATION IN SUBJECTS WITH MODERATE-TO-SEVERE COPD
Chest 2005 128: 258S. [Abstract] [PDF]

Courtney Crim, William R. Lincourt, Nickolas W. Locantore, and J. R. Carranza-Rosenzweig: HANDLING PERFORMANCE AND PATIENT SATISFACTION OF A METERED DOSE INHALER(MDI) WITH INTEGRATED DOSE COUNTER IN PATIENTS WITH COPD
Chest 2005 128: 258S. [Abstract] [PDF]

J.A. van Noord, J-L Aumann, E. Janssens, J.J. Smeets, A. Mueller, and P.J.G. Cornelissen: IMPROVEMENT OF DYSPNEA IN COPD PATIENTS BY COMBINATION THERAPY WITH TIOTROPIUM PLUS SALMETEROL (T+S) IN RESPONDERS AS WELL AS POOR RESPONDERS TO SALBUTAMOL
Chest 2005 128: 258S-259S. [Abstract] [PDF]

Robert S. Pikarsky, Russell A. Acevedo, Tracey Farrell, and Wendy Fascia: BREAKTHROUGH TREATMENTS RATES DURING A CONVERSION TO LEVALBUTEROL, TIOTROPIUM AND BREATH ACTUATED NEBULIZERS
Chest 2005 128: 259S. [Abstract] [PDF]

Robert S. Pikarsky, Russell A. Acevedo, Tracey Farrell, and Wendy Fascia: ECONOMIC IMPACT RESULTING FROM A CONVERSION TO LEVALBUTEROL EVERY SIX TO EIGHT HOURS
Chest 2005 128: 259S. [Abstract] [PDF]

James F. Donohue, Merdad Parsey, Charles Andrews, Tony D. D’Urzo, Satyendra Sharma, Kendyl Schaefer, Raymond Claus, and Rudolf Baumgartner: LEVALBUTEROL IN THE TREATMENT OF PATIENTS WITH CHRONIC OBSTRUCTIVE PULMONARY DISEASE
Chest 2005 128: 260S. [Abstract] [PDF]

Umit Yegen, Denise Till, and Gregory P. Geba: BRONCHODILATION IN ELDERLY PATIENTS WITH COPD: A SUB-GROUP ANALYSIS OF TWO RANDOMIZED CLINICAL TRIALS
Chest 2005 128: 260S. [Abstract] [PDF]

Stuart Stoloff, Steven Samuels, Sidney Braman, Christy Brown, Donna Kerney, and Michael Cicale: HIGH SATISFACTION WITH FLUTICASONE PROPIONATE/SALMETEROL VIA DISKUS REPORTED DURING EXPERIENCE PROGRAM IN PATIENTS WITH COPD
Chest 2005 128: 260S. [Abstract] [PDF]

Yaling Zhu, Haoyan Wang, and Xiaohong Chang: EFFECT OF THE BRONCHODILATOR INHALATION ON DIFFUSION CAPACITY IN PATIENTS WITH CHRONIC OBSTRUCTIVE PULMONARY DISEASES (COPD)
Chest 2005 128: 261S. [Abstract] [PDF]

L. T. Spencer, David P. Pollock, James M. Stocks, and Mark L. Brantly: LOWER RESPIRATORY TRACT BIOCHEMICAL EFFICACY OF INTRAVENOUS ADMINISTRATION OF A NEW FORM OF HIGHLY PURIFIED ALPHA1-ANTITRYPSIN
Chest 2005 128: 261S. [Abstract] [PDF]

James M. Stocks, Mark Brantly, Alan Barker, Friedrich Kueppers, Charlie Strange, James F. Donohue, and Robert Sandhaus: COMPARABLE PHARMACOKINETIC PROPERTIES OF TWO ALPHA1-PROTEINASE INHIBITORS AFTER SINGLE THERAPEUTIC DOSES
Chest 2005 128: 261S. [Abstract] [PDF]

Karen C. Chung, Matthew E. Borrego, Jennifer Short, Loretta Kristofek, Nancye Buelow, and David M. Gelmont: HEALTH-RELATED QUALITY OF LIFE (HRQOL) IN PATIENTS WITH ALPHA1-ANTITRYPSIN (AAT) DEFICIENCY AND EFFECT OF AUGMENTATION THERAPY: PRELIMINARY RESULTS
Chest 2005 128: 261S-262S. [Abstract] [PDF]

Friedrich Kueppers and Utpal Patel: DIFFERENCES IN MICROHETEROGENEITY AND NON-THERAPEUTIC PROTEIN CONTENT OF THREE COMMERCIAL PREPARATIONS OF PURIFIED HUMAN ALPHA1-PROTEINASE INHIBITOR
Chest 2005 128: 262S. [Abstract] [PDF]

Changzheng Wang, Yunxi Song, Xuiqing Liao, Qi Li, Jingping Wang, and Zhiqiang Zhao: EFFICACY AND ANTI-INFLAMMATION ACTIVITY OF A SELECTIVE PHOSPHODIESTERASE-4 INHIBITOR CILOMILAST IN TREATMENT OF COPD
Chest 2005 128: 262S. [Abstract] [PDF]

Prashant S. Borade and Daniel K. Lee: NOSOCOMIAL INFECTIONS AND CHRONIC OBSTRUCTIVE PULMONARY DISEASE
Chest 2005 128: 262S-263S. [Abstract] [PDF]

Vasiliy Pyankov and Yulia Chuyasova: DOPPLER TISSUE IMAGING IN THE EVALUATION OF RIGHT VENTRICULAR FAILURE IN PATIENTS WITH CHRONIC OBSTRUCTIVE PULMONARY DISEASE
Chest 2005 128: 263S. [Abstract] [PDF]

Nestor J. Angomachalelis, Eva Serasli, Alex Hourzamanis, John N. Angomachalelis, and Nikos Salem: CHRONIC OBSTRUCTIVE PULMONARY DISEASE INDUCED RIGHT VENTRICULAR DIASTOLIC DYSFUNCTION AND/OR FAILURE: FACT, FICTION OR A DILEMMA FOR NEW THERAPEUTIC INTERVENTIONS?
Chest 2005 128: 263S. [Abstract] [PDF]

Parthasarathi Bhattacharyya, Sushmita RoyChowdhury, Dipabali Ghosh (Acharya), Saikat Nag, and Dipankar Sarkar: PREVALENCE AND RISK FACTORS OF LEFT VENTRICULAR DIASTOLIC DYSFUNCTION IN COPD PATIENTS
Chest 2005 128: 263S. [Abstract] [PDF]

Marya Zilberberg and Michele Pisano: INTENSIVISTS’ PERCEPTIONS OF ANEMIA IN INTENSIVE CARE UNIT (ICU) PATIENTS WITH CHRONIC OBSTRUCTIVE PULMONARY DISEASE (COPD): A SURVEY
Chest 2005 128: 263S-264S. [Abstract] [PDF]

Marya Zilberberg, Claudia Cote, Samir H. Mody, and Bartolome Celli: ANEMIA IN CHRONIC OBSTRUCTIVE PULMONARY DISEASE (COPD): ASSOCIATION WITH SUPPLEMENTAL O2 USE AND HOSPITALIZATIONS
Chest 2005 128: 264S. [Abstract] [PDF]

Claudia Cote, Marya Zilberberg, Samir H. Mody, and Bartolome Celli: THE PREVALENCE OF POLYCYTHEMIA IN A CHRONIC OBSTRUCTIVE PULMONARY DISEASE (COPD) COHORT
Chest 2005 128: 264S. [Abstract] [PDF]

Laura J. Carney, Suzanne Sheppard, and Karen F. Laframboise: THE PENETRATION/ASPIRATION RISK IN PATIENTS PRESENTING WITH AN ACUTE EXACERBATION OF CHRONIC OBSTRUCTIVE PULMONARY DISEASE (COPD)
Chest 2005 128: 265S. [Abstract] [PDF]

Catherine Laurin, Kim L. Lavoie, Simon Bacon, Philippe R. Stébenne, Gilles Dupuis, André Cartier, Guillaume Lacoste, M Julien, and Manon Labrecque: SEX DIFFERENCES IN THE PREVALENCE OF PSYCHIATRIC DISORDERS AND PSYCHOLOGICAL DISTRESS IN PATIENTS WITH CHRONIC OBSTRUCTIVE PULMONARY DISEASE IN A CANADIAN SAMPLE
Chest 2005 128: 265S. [Abstract] [PDF]

Dmitry Lvovsky, Ashok Fulambarker, Mark E. Cohen, Sinan A. Copur, and Sunita Kumar: INDEPENDENT CONTRIBUTIONS OF CHRONIC OBSTRUCTIVE PULMONARY DISEASE AND ABDOMINAL AORTIC ANEURYSM TO MORTALITY RISK
Chest 2005 128: 265S. [Abstract] [PDF]

Thomas Waldow, Wolfgang Witt, Elvis Weber, Michael Knaut, and Klaus Matschke: NITRIC OXIDE DONOR-INDUCED, PERSISTENT INHIBITION OF CELL ADHESION MOLECULE EXPRESSION AND NUCLEAR FACTOR KAPPAB ACTIVATION IN ENDOTHELIAL CELLS
Chest 2005 128: 266S. [Abstract] [PDF]

Parwis Massoudy, Matthias Thielmann, Julia Schäfer, Eva Assenmacher, Christian Lösch, Axel Schmermund, Ivan Aleksic, Jarowit A. Piotrowski, Walter O. Schüler, Peter Kienbaum, Raimund Erbel, and Heinz Jakob: OFF-PUMP CORONARY ARTERY BYPASS SURGERY IN A LOW CASE LOAD CENTER: MID-TERM FOLLOW-UP OF THE FIRST 107 PATIENTS
Chest 2005 128: 266S. [Abstract] [PDF]

Hitoshi Hirose and Atsushi Amano: CORONARY ARTERY BYPASS GRAFTING USING SKELETONIZATION OF THE RADIAL ARTERY: EXPERIENCE OF 500 CASES
Chest 2005 128: 266S. [Abstract] [PDF]

Li Zhang, Kathleen Petro, Peter Hill, Elizabeth Haile, Jorge Garcia, Ammar Bafi, Steven Boyce, and Paul Corso: POSTOPERATIVE CREATINE KINASE MB LEVEL IS ASSOCIATED WITH IN-HOSPITAL MORTALITY AFTER CORONARY SURGERY
Chest 2005 128: 266S-267S. [Abstract] [PDF]

Matthias Thielmann, Guenter Marggraf, Parwis Massoudy, Markus Neuhäuser, Stephan Knipp, Markus Kamler, Jarowit Piotrowski, and Heinz Jakob: C1-ESTERASE INHIBITOR TREATMENT DURING EMERGENCY CORONARY ARTERY BYPASS SURGERY IN PATIENTS WITH ACUTE ST-ELEVATION MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION
Chest 2005 128: 267S-268S. [Abstract] [PDF]

Matthias Thielmann, Parwis Massoudy, Guenter Marggraf, Ivan Aleksic, Markus Kamler, Ulf Herold, Jarowit Piotrowski, and Heinz Jakob: RISK STRATIFICATION AND CLINICAL OUTCOME IN PATIENTS WITH ACUTE ST-ELEVATION MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION UNDERGOING CORONARY ARTERY BYPASS SURGERY
Chest 2005 128: 268S. [Abstract] [PDF]

Jean-Louis Mariage, Pierre Bulpa, Isabelle Michaux, Manuel Gonzalez, Jacques Jamart, Etienne Installé, and Patrick Evrard: IMPACT OF MYOCARDIAL HYPERTROPHY AND PREOPERATIVE LEFT VENTRICULAR EJECTION FRACTION ON POST OPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS AFTER AORTIC VALVE REPLACEMENT FOR AORTIC STENOSIS
Chest 2005 128: 268S. [Abstract] [PDF]

Gonzalo V. Gonzalez-Stawinski, Arash Salemi, Albert S. Chang, Delos M. Cosgrove, Bruce W. Lytle, and Nicholas G. Smedira: SURGICAL OUTCOMES FOR THE MANAGEMENT OF CHRONIC PULMONARY THROMBOEMBOLIC DISEASE
Chest 2005 128: 268S. [Abstract] [PDF]

Douglas C. Miller, Timothy H. Trotter, and Mary Lane: SHORT TERM OUTCOMES FOR THE ST. JUDE AORTIC CONNECTORS: A REVIEW OF 348 IMPLANTS
Chest 2005 128: 269S. [Abstract] [PDF]

Prashant C. Shah, Mikhail Vaynblat, Murali Pagala, Dinesh Bhaskaran, and Joseph N. Cunningham, Jr: FACTORS INFLUENCING THE OUTCOME OF RESUSCITATION AFTER POSTOPERATIVE ARREST IN CARDIAC SURGERY PATIENTS
Chest 2005 128: 269S. [Abstract] [PDF]

Xavier M. Mueller, David Greentree, Dominique Dorion, Marcel Martin, Raymond Duperval, Dominique Bérard, Michel Nguyen, and Serge Lepage: RIGHT VENTRICULAR BLEEDING ASSOCIATED WITH MEDIASTINITIS: A NEW RISK FACTOR
Chest 2005 128: 269S. [Abstract] [PDF]

Pierre-Marc Chagnon, André-Yves Denault, Pierre Couture, Sylvie Lévesque, Jean-Claude Tardif, and Michel Carrier: COMPARISON BETWEEN "SWAN-GANZ" DERIVED AND ECHOCARDIOGRAPHIC VARIABLES IN THE PREDICTION OF HEMODYNAMIC COMPLICATIONS FOLLOWING CARDIAC SURGERY
Chest 2005 128: 269S-270S. [Abstract] [PDF]

Tom J. Overend, Cathy M. Anderson, Jennifer Jackson-Lee, S Deborah Lucy, Monique Prendergast, and Susanne Sinclair: PERIOPERATIVE PHYSICAL THERAPY MANAGEMENT FOLLOWING CARDIAC SURGERY: A SYSTEMATIC REVIEW
Chest 2005 128: 270S. [Abstract] [PDF]

Mark Ruzmetov, Palasniswamy Vijay, Mark D. Rodefeld, Mark W. Turrentine, and John W. Brown: SURGICAL TREATMENT IN NEONATES WITH AORTIC ARCH OBSTRUCTION OR INTERRUPTION WITH FUNCTIONAL SINGLE VENTRICLE
Chest 2005 128: 270S. [Abstract] [PDF]

Mark Ruzmetov, Palaniswamy Vijay, Mark D. Rodefeld, Mark W. Turrentine, and John W. Brown: SURGICAL MANAGEMENT OF SUBAORTIC OBSTRUCTION IN CHILDREN WITH SINGLE VENTRICLE PHYSIOLOGY
Chest 2005 128: 270S-271S. [Abstract] [PDF]

Pavel Karakozov, Iscander Baibekov, and Valeri Chekanov: DYNAMIC ATRIODIAPHRAGMOPLASTY WITH AUTOLOGICAL BIOLOGICAL VALVE: A NEW METHOD FOR FONTAN REPAIR
Chest 2005 128: 271S. [Abstract] [PDF]

Frank Manetta, Darren I. Rohan, and L M. Graver: MANAGEMENT OF ANOMALOUS LEFT CORONARY ARTERY ARISING FROM THE PULMONARY ARTERY IN THE ADULT: CASE REPORT AND REVIEW OF THE LITERATURE
Chest 2005 128: 271S. [Abstract] [PDF]

Pao-Hsien Chu, Yu-Sheng Chang, and Jaw-Ji Chu: CARDIAC RELEASE OF B-TYPE NATRIURETIC PEPTIDE, CYTOKINES, AND INFLAMMATORY MARKERS IN CONGENITAL HEART DISEASE: PERIOPERATIVE SETTING UNDERGOING CARDIAC SURGERY WITH CARDIOPULMONARY BYPASS
Chest 2005 128: 271S. [Abstract] [PDF]

Annette Santiago, Enrique Carrion, and Cid Quintana: OUTCOME OF PALLIATIVE SURGICAL CORRECTION FOR SINGLE VENTRICLE PHYSIOLOGY WITH ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY AS THE ONLY PREOPERATIVE ASSESSMENT TOOL
Chest 2005 128: 271S-272S. [Abstract] [PDF]

Yatin Mehta, Satish Kumar, Altaf Bukhari, Mayank Vats, and Naresh Trehan: SAFETY AND EFFICACY OF IMMEDIATE POSTOPERATIVE ASPIRIN IN OFF PUMP CORONARY ARTERY BYPASS GRAFTING PATIENTS
Chest 2005 128: 272S. [Abstract] [PDF]

Alexandre R. Felipe, Renato V. Gomes, Pedro M. Nogueira, Marco Aurélio d. Fernandes, Jorge Sabino, Fernando G. Aranha, Luiz Antonio d. Campos, and Hans Fernando d. Dohmann: CAN B-TYPE NATRIURETIC PEPTIDE LEVELS PREDICT THE OCCURRENCE OF ATRIAL FIBRILLATION IN THE POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD OF CARDIAC SURGERY?
Chest 2005 128: 272S. [Abstract] [PDF]

Simon Maltais, Karine Tetreault, and Quoc-Bao Do: EFFECTS OF CLOPIDOGREL IN OFF-PUMP BEATING HEART SURGERY
Chest 2005 128: 273S. [Abstract] [PDF]

Rakesh K. Chaturvedi: USE OF A NEGATIVE PRESSURE CUIRASS TO IMPROVE HEMODYNAMICS FOLLOWING CARDIAC SURGERY
Chest 2005 128: 273S. [Abstract] [PDF]

Charles E. Oribabor, Naim Mansuroglu, Felix Khusid, Anthony Patten, Mary Suleiman, Jessica Primiano, Leonard Lee, and Anthony Tortolani: LOW EXTUBATION TIMES IN CARDIAC SURGERY PATIENTS USING THE RAPID SHALLOW BREATHING INDEX
Chest 2005 128: 273S. [Abstract] [PDF]

Thomas Waldow, Gunter Schumann, Volker Schmidt, Oliver Tiebel, Gabriele Siegert, Michael Knaut, and Klaus Matschke: DIFFERENT HEART-LUNG MACHINE CONCEPTS INFLUENCE PLATELET AND MONOCYTE SURFACE-MARKER EXPRESSION DURING CORONARY ARTERY SURGERY
Chest 2005 128: 273S-274S. [Abstract] [PDF]

Ajay K. Dhadwal, Mikhail Vaynblat, Shyama Balasubramanya, Murali Pagala, Nancy Schulhoff, Joshua H. Burack, and Joseph N. Cunningham, Jr: CIRCADIAN RHYTHM HAS NO EFFECT ON MORTALITY IN CORONARY ARTERY BYPASS SURGERY
Chest 2005 128: 274S. [Abstract] [PDF]

Matthias Thielmann, Parwis Massoudy, Guenter Marggraf, Beate Jaeger, Stefan Sack, Raimund Erbel, and Heinz Jakob: RESCUE PERCUTANEOUS CORONARY INTERVENTION, REOPERATION, OR CONSERVATIVE TREATMENT IN ACUTE PERIOPERATIVE GRAFT FAILURE AFTER CORONARY ARTERY BYPASS SURGERY
Chest 2005 128: 274S. [Abstract] [PDF]

A. Salemi, G. Gonzalez-Stawinski, B. W. Lytle, D. M. Cosgrove, G. Pettersson, and N. G. Smedira: SURGICAL INTERVENTION FOR ACUTE PULMONARY EMBOLISM
Chest 2005 128: 274S-275S. [Abstract] [PDF]

Alexandre R. Felipe, Renato V. Gomes, Pedro M. Nogueira, Marco Aurelio d. Fernandes, Gustavo Rodrigues, Fernando G. Aranha, Luiz Antonio d. Campos, and Hans Fernando d. Dohmann: INFLUENCE OF THE USE OF VASOACTIVE AMINES ON B-TYPE NATRIURETIC PEPTIDE LEVELS MEASURED IN PATIENTS UNDERGOING CARDIAC SURGERY
Chest 2005 128: 275S. [Abstract] [PDF]

Pedro Miguel d. Nogueira, Alexandre R. Felipe, Renato V. Gomes, Marco Aurélio d. Fernandes, Leonardo d. Pinto, Luiz Antonio d. Campos, José Rodolfo Rocco, and Hans Fernando d. Dohmann: IN-HOSPITAL EVOLUTION OF PATIENTS WITH AN CENTRAL VENOUS OXYGEN SATURATION GREATER THAN OR EQUAL TO 70% IN THE POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD OF CARDIAC SURGERY
Chest 2005 128: 275S. [Abstract] [PDF]

Tsung P. Tsai, Shyh M. Tsao, Yi L. Wu, Jung M. Yu, Kuei C. Chan, and Kwo C. Ueng: MANAGING LIFE THREATENING VIRAL MYOCARDITIS WITH DILATED CARDIOMYOPATHY BY DROTRECOGIN ALFA AND CIRCULATORY ASSISTED DEVICES
Chest 2005 128: 275S. [Abstract] [PDF]

Vimesh K. Mithani, Padmaja Akkineni, Anuj Agarwal, and Mahesh Bikkina: COMPLAINCE TO ANTIPLATELET THERAPY AFTER SIROLIMUS-ELUTING STENT IMPLANTATION IN VARIOUS SOCIOECONOMIC POPULATION
Chest 2005 128: 275S-276S. [Abstract] [PDF]

Long X. Le and Patricia J. Sime: PERMANENT RIGHT PHRENIC NERVE PARALYSIS FOLLOWING CATHETER RADIOFREQUENCY (RF) ABLATION FOR PAROXYSMAL ATRIAL FIBRILLATION (PAF)
Chest 2005 128: 276S. [Abstract] [PDF]

Long X. Le and Patricia J. Sime: PERMANENT RIGHT PHRENIC NERVE PARALYSIS FOLLOWING CATHETER RADIOFREQUENCY (RF) ABLATION FOR PAROXYSMAL ATRIAL FIBRILLATION (PAF)
Chest 2005 128: 276S-277S. [Abstract] [PDF]

Pramod M. Deshmukh, Vera Hackett, Sharad Chandrika, and Elizabeth Miller: DOFETILIDE THERAPY: IN PATIENTS WITH ATRIAL FIBRILLATION AND PACEMAKERS/DEFIBRILLATORS
Chest 2005 128: 277S. [Abstract] [PDF]

Stavros E. Mountantonakis, Dimitrios A. Moutzouris, and Craig McPherson: THE IMPACT OF STRESS ON HEART RATE VARIABILITY OF ON-CALL PHYSICIANS
Chest 2005 128: 277S. [Abstract] [PDF]

Pramod M. Deshmukh, Sailatha Padmanabhan, Sudhakar Sattur, Mary Romanyshyn, and Steven Alexander: INCORPORATION OF MEDICAL ADVANCES IN CLINICAL PRACTICE WITHIN GUTHRIE HEALTHCARE SYSTEM
Chest 2005 128: 277S-278S. [Abstract] [PDF]

Huseyin Uyarel, Sennur Unal, Hulya Kasikcioglu, Zeynep Tartan, Bulent Uzunlar, Hasan Samur, Ahmet Karabulut, Ertan Okmen, and Nese Cam: ANXIETY AND P-WAVE DISPERSION IN HEALTHY YOUNG POPULATION
Chest 2005 128: 278S. [Abstract] [PDF]

Vijay Shetty, Nitin Mahajan, Deepak Thekkoott, Jacob Shani, Gerald Hollander, Edgar Lichstein, Alvin Greengart, Joshua Kerstein, and Bilal Malik: NUCLEAR STRESS TESTS IN ISOLATED AND SIGNIFICANT LEFT MAIN CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE: THERE IS NO UNIQUE PATTERN OF PERFUSION DEFICIT AND ABSENCE OF PERFUSION DEFICITS DOES NOT RULE OUT THE DIAGNOSIS
Chest 2005 128: 278S. [Abstract] [PDF]

Narpinder Singh, Abdul Kani, and Augustin DeLago: TECHNICAL FEASIBILITY BASED ON LMCA STENOSIS CLASSIFICATION AND SHORT TERM CLINICAL OUTCOMES AFTER UNPROTECTED LMCA PERCUTANEOUS INTERVENTIONS WITH DRUG ELUTING STENTS: A SINGLE CENTER EXPERIENCE
Chest 2005 128: 278S-279S. [Abstract] [PDF]

Daniel Donohue and Mohammad-Reza Movahed: META-ANAYLSIS OF TRANSIENT LEFT VENTRICULAR APICAL BALLOONING SYNDROME BASED ON GENDER AND RACE
Chest 2005 128: 279S. [Abstract] [PDF]

Muhammad U. Rehman, Vijay Rupanagudi, Umang Patel, Raju Ailiani, Javeria Shakil, S. Banuru, S. Niranjan, and P. Krishnan: ACUTE MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION WITH NORMAL EPICARDIAL CORONARY ARTERIES ON ANGIOGRAM: HOW REAL IS IT?
Chest 2005 128: 279S. [Abstract] [PDF]

Gautham Ravipati, Wilbert S. Aronow, Albert J. De Luca, Tamana Walia, John A. McClung, and Robert N. Belkin: PREVALENCE OF MODERATE OR SEVERE LEFT VENTRICULAR DIASTOLIC DYSFUNCTION IN PERSONS WITH SUSPECTED MYOCARDIAL ISCHEMIA WITH AND WITHOUT AN ABNORMAL ADENOSINE OR EXERCISE SESTAMIBI STRESS TEST OR PRIOR CORONARY REVASCULARIZATION
Chest 2005 128: 279S-280S. [Abstract] [PDF]

Daniel Donohue, Chowdhury Ahsan, and Mohammad-Reza Movahed: STRESS-INDUCED APICAL BALLOONING SYNDROME CAN BE SUSPECTED BASED ON CLASSIC ECHOCARDIOGRAPHIC FINDINGS AND CLINICAL PRESENTATION
Chest 2005 128: 280S. [Abstract] [PDF]

Nitin Mahajan, Deepak Thekkoott, Gerald Hollander, Bilal Malik, Sunil Abrol, Jacob Shani, and Edgar Lichstein: ISOLATED AND SIGNIFICANT LEFT MAIN CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE: DEMOGRAPHICS, HEMODYNAMICS AND ANGIOGRAPHIC FEATURES
Chest 2005 128: 280S-281S. [Abstract] [PDF]

Ghaith M. Mulki, Pamela Cianci, and Marc A. Silver: THE PROGNOSTIC VALUE OF HIGH SENSITIVITY C-REACTIVE PROTEIN LEVEL IN PATIENTS WITH CHRONIC HEART FAILURE
Chest 2005 128: 281S. [Abstract] [PDF]

Nobuyuki Anzai, Hiroko Anzai, Rieko Mitobe, Makiko Anzai, and Sadako Furuya: HYPERKALEMIA AND RENAL DYSFUNCTION IN CONGESTIVE HEART FAILURE PATIENTS WITH CONCOMITANT USE OF SPIRONOLACTONE AND FUROSEMIDE
Chest 2005 128: 281S. [Abstract] [PDF]

Smitha G. Agadi, Helen Lonergan-Thomas, Sharon Brennan, Pamela Cianci, Mark Slaughter, and Marc Silver: IMPACT OF LEFT VENTRICULAR ASSIST DEVICE DESTINATION THERAPY ON VENTRICULAR RE-SYNCHRONIZATION
Chest 2005 128: 281S-282S. [Abstract] [PDF]

Shahnaz Begum, Xiaoqian Zhang, Louis Salciccioli, Arash Gohari, and Jason M. Lazar: CHEST RADIOGRAPHIC CORRELATES OF SERUM BNP LEVELS
Chest 2005 128: 282S. [Abstract] [PDF]

Tanya Menard, Louis Salciccioli, Luther Clark, and Jason M. Lazar: DETERMINANTS OF EXERCISE CAPACITY AND PERCEIVED EXERTION IN PATIENTS WITH PRESERVED LEFT VENTRICULAR SYSTOLIC FUNCTION
Chest 2005 128: 282S. [Abstract] [PDF]

Justin E. Trivax, Michael J. Gallagher, Daniel V. Alexander, Adam T. deJong, Gopi Kasturi, Keisha R. Sandberg, Syed M. Jafri, Kevin R. Krause, David L. Chengelis, Jason Moy, Barry A. Franklin, and Peter A. McCullough: POOR AEROBIC FITNESS PREDICTS COMPLICATIONS ASSOCIATED WITH BARIATRIC SURGERY
Chest 2005 128: 282S-283S. [Abstract] [PDF]

Chandra K. Nair, Xuedong Shen, Huagui Li, Dhanunjay Lakkireddy, Senthil Thambidorai, David Cloutier, Mark J. Holmberg, Aryan N. Mooss, and Syed M. Mohiuddin: DOES THE AORTIC ATHEROSCLEROTIC PLAQUES SEVERITY CORELLATE WITH EMBOLIC EVENTS?
Chest 2005 128: 283S. [Abstract] [PDF]

Xuedong Shen, Chandra K. Nair, Huagui Li, Tom Hee, Dhanunjay Lakkireddy, Mark J. Holmberg, David Cloutier, Karen Rovang, Aryan N. Mooss, and Syed M. Mohiuddin: DOES MITRAL REGURGITATION PROVIDE PROTECTION AGAINST THE FORMATION OF LEFT ATRIAL THROMBUS AND EMBOLIC CEREBRAL VASCULAR ACCIDENT IN PATIENTS WITH ATRIAL FIBRILLATION?
Chest 2005 128: 283S. [Abstract] [PDF]

Angel Lopez-Candales, Kaoru Dohi, Raveen Bazaz, and Kathy Edelman: RIGHT VENTRICULAR MECHANICAL DELAY AND GLOBAL VENTRICULAR DYSFUNCTION
Chest 2005 128: 283S-284S. [Abstract] [PDF]

Ana M. Schaper, Vicki L. McHugh, Sharon I. Barnhart, Michelle A. Mathiason, and Kwame O. Akosah: SCREENING FOR ATHEROSCLEROSIS: INITIATING SECONDARY PREVENTION FOR HIGH-RISK YOUNG TO MIDDLE-AGED ADULTS
Chest 2005 128: 284S. [Abstract] [PDF]

David M. Schreck: THE EIGENVALUES OF THE ELECTROCARDIOGRAM: A NEW ELECTRICAL CARDIAC MARKER FOR ACUTE MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION
Chest 2005 128: 284S. [Abstract] [PDF]

Mohammad-Reza Movahed, Mehrtash Hashemzadeh, and M. Mazen Jamal: TYPE II DIABETES MELLITUS IS INDEPENDENTLY ASSOCIATED WITH NON-RHEUMATIC AORTIC VALVE STENOSIS OR REGURGITATION
Chest 2005 128: 284S-285S. [Abstract] [PDF]

Anselmo De La Fuente, Maria Jose Saez, Ana Insausti, Ignacio Pascual, and Ricardo Insausti: ANATOMICAL BASIS OF CARDIOTHORACIC NEUROSTIMULATION
Chest 2005 128: 285S. [Abstract] [PDF]

Layla A. Mammo, Tanya M. Saou’r, Atia W. Sheereen, M. Shoukri, and Jalal N. Saour: COAGULATION STUDIES IN PATIENTS WITH THROMBOSED PROSTHETIC HEART VALVES AND INTRACARDIAC CLOTS
Chest 2005 128: 285S. [Abstract] [PDF]

M. Shubair, N. Jallad, H. Aziz, M. Ismail, and M.A. Khan: THE USE OF RADIOLOGICAL IMAGING IN THE INITIAL WORKUP OF SYNCOPE
Chest 2005 128: 285S. [Abstract] [PDF]

Ralf H. Zwick, Gert Klug, Matthias Frick, Michael Schocke, Christian Wolf, Werner Jaschke, Otmar Pachinger, and Bernhard Metzler: CORRELATION OF CARDIOVASCULAR RISK SCORES WITH MYOCARDIAL HIGH-ENERGY PHOSPHATE METABOLISM
Chest 2005 128: 285S-286S. [Abstract] [PDF]

Angel Lopez-Candales, Kaoru Dohi, Anca Iliescu, Ross C. Peterson, Kathy Edelman, and Raveen Bazaz: AN ABNORMAL RIGHT VENTRICULAR APICAL ANGLE IS INDICATIVE OF COMPROMISED RIGHT VENTRICULAR FUNCTION
Chest 2005 128: 286S. [Abstract] [PDF]

Michael J. Barrett, Katherine A. Thomas, and Maryann Kuzma: TEACHING CARDIAC AUSCULTATION VIA THE INTERNET: THEORY BECOMES REALITY
Chest 2005 128: 286S. [Abstract] [PDF]

Mohammad-Reza Movahed, Absalam Hepner, Paul Lazotte, and Norah Milne: INTERVENTRICULAR SEPTAL FLATTENING OBSERVED ON THE MYOCARDIAL PERFUSION IMAGES STRONGLY CORRELATE WITH RIGHT VENTRICULAR OVERLOAD
Chest 2005 128: 286S-287S. [Abstract] [PDF]

Kian Keong Poh, Mark Y. Chan, Hong Yang, and Lieng H. Ling: LISTENING TO THE AORTIC VALVE: NOVEL ACOUSTIC ANALYSIS PREDICTS AORTIC VALVE CALCIFICATION AND CARDIOVASCULAR EVENTS
Chest 2005 128: 287S. [Abstract] [PDF]

Hossein Sharafkhaneh, Max Hirshkowitz, Biykem Bozkurt, and Amir Sharafkhaneh: VASCULAR FUNCTION IS ABNORMAL IN PATIENTS WITH OBSTRUCTIVE SLEEP APNEA
Chest 2005 128: 287S. [Abstract] [PDF]

José I. Fragata, Emanuel Monteiro, Mariana Alves-Pereira, and Nuno A. Castelo-Branco: THE NEW PERICARDIAL STRUCTURE IN VIBROACOUSTIC DISEASE
Chest 2005 128: 287S-288S. [Abstract] [PDF]

Mariana Alves-Pereira, José I. Fragata, Emanuel Monteiro, and Nuno A. Castelo-Branco: MECHANOTRANSDUCTION IN PERICARDIAL TISSUE OF VIBROACOUSTIC DISEASE PATIENTS
Chest 2005 128: 288S. [Abstract] [PDF]

Timothy D. Woods and Suresh Ramamurthy: SMALL PULMONARY ARTERIOVENOUS MALFORMATIONS IDENTIFIED BY SALINE CONTRAST ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY ARE ASSOCIATED WITH MIGRAINE HEADACHE
Chest 2005 128: 288S. [Abstract] [PDF]

Divina S. Oliveira-Marques, Manoel F. Canesin, Claudio J. Fuganti, and Antonio C. Pereira-Barretto: EVALUATION OF ASYMPTOMATIC PATIENTS WITH CRONIC CHAGAS DISEASE TRHOUGH THE ANALISYS OF DYNAMIC ELECTROCARDIOGRAM, ECHOCARDIOGRAM AND B-TYPE NATRIURETIC PEPTIDES
Chest 2005 128: 288S. [Abstract] [PDF]

Mohammad-Reza Movahed, Mastaneh Ahmadi-Kashani, Babak Kasravi, and Ali Ghorbani: GENDER SPECIFIC ECHOCARDIOGRAPHIC PREVALENCE OF VALVULAR HEART DISEASE IN A DATABASE OF 24,265 PATIENTS
Chest 2005 128: 289S. [Abstract] [PDF]

Ricardo Castillo, Louis Salciccioli, and Jason M. Lazar: DENTITION AND AORTIC ATHEROSCLEROSIS; A TRANSESOPAHAGEAL ECHOCARDIOGRAPHIC STUDY
Chest 2005 128: 289S. [Abstract] [PDF]

Manisha Das, Wilbert S. Aronow, Michael Langiulli, Pierre Salomon, John A. McClung, Leona Kim-Schluger, David Wolf, and Robert N. Belkin: PREVALENCE AND PROGNOSIS OF INTRAPULMONARY SHUNTS IN PATIENTS WITH HEPATIC CIRRHOSIS
Chest 2005 128: 289S. [Abstract] [PDF]

Amilcar Araújo, Joaquim Carranca, Élia Batista, and Nuno A. Castelo-Branco: ECHO-IMAGING FEATURES IN CARDIOVASCULAR STRUCTURES IN VAD PATIENTS
Chest 2005 128: 289S-290S. [Abstract] [PDF]

Massimiliano Guglielmi, Sergio Zanotti, Walker Tracy, Magali Zanotti, Felicitas Ross, Joseph E. Parrillo, and Steven M. Hollenberg: IMPORTANCE OF EARLY FLUIDS RESUSCITATION IN MURINE SEPSIS: ECHOCARDIOGRAPHIC STUDY
Chest 2005 128: 290S. [Abstract] [PDF]

Kathy Hebert, Ron Horswell, and Lee Arcement: SURVIVAL BENEFIT ASSOCIATED WITH DISEASE MANAGEMENT IN RURAL INDIGENT SYSTOLIC HEART FAILURE PATIENTS
Chest 2005 128: 290S. [Abstract] [PDF]

Vimesh K. Mithani, Fayez Shamoon, Sanjeev M. Patel, Dulce De Guzman, Phillip John, Emlata Tarnate, and Irvin Goldfarb: EXERCISE INDUCED DIASTOLIC DYSFUNCTION
Chest 2005 128: 290S. [Abstract] [PDF]

Jun R. Chiong, Binu Jacob, Robert F. Percy, Hector P. Sanchez, Anabel C. Castro, and Alan B. Miller: THE IMPACT OF RENAL DYSFUNCTION IN OUTPATIENTS WITH SYSTOLIC HEART FAILURE
Chest 2005 128: 291S. [Abstract] [PDF]

Jason M. Lazar, Biana Trost, Louis Salciccioli, and Kathryn Anastos: LEFT VENTRICULAR SYSTOLIC AND DIASTOLIC FUNCTION IN HIV INFECTED RWANDANS: A PILOT STUDY
Chest 2005 128: 291S. [Abstract] [PDF]

Jun R. Chiong, Robert F. Percy, Binu Jacob, Hector P. Sanchez, Anabel C. Castro, and Alan B. Miller: CLINICAL CHARACTERISTICS OF OBESE AND NORMAL WEIGHT HEART FAILURE PATIENTS
Chest 2005 128: 291S-292S. [Abstract] [PDF]

Darren B. Taichman, Jennifer Shin, Laryssa Hudd, Christine Archer-Chicko, Sandra Kaplan, Robert Gallop, Jason Christie, John Hansen-Flaschen, and Harold Palevsky: HEALTH-RELATED QUALITY OF LIFE IN PATIENTS WITH PULMONARY ARTERIAL HYPERTENSION
Chest 2005 128: 292S. [Abstract] [PDF]

Lee M. Arcement, Ron Horswell, Richy Lee, and Kathy Hebert: PREVALENCE AND IMPACT OF ANEMIA ON SURVIVAL IN INDIGENT SYSTOLIC HEART FAILURE PATIENTS RECEIVING STANDARD MEDICAL THERAPY
Chest 2005 128: 292S. [Abstract] [PDF]

Norah Milne, June Herman, Daniel Stobbe, Kenneth P. Lyons, and Mohammad-Reza Movahed: DIABETES IS INDEPENDENTLY ASSOCIATED WITH DECREASE LEFT AND RIGHT VENTRICULAR FUNCTION
Chest 2005 128: 292S-293S. [Abstract] [PDF]

Shun Kohsaka, Kimberly Albright, Reynolds M. Delgado, III, Biswajit Kar, and Frank W. Smart: VALUE OF SERUM CREATININE LEVELS IN CARDIORENAL PATIENTS REFERRED FOR CARDIAC TRANSPLANTATION
Chest 2005 128: 293S. [Abstract] [PDF]

Gautham Ravipati, Wilbert S. Aronow, Jasdeep Sidana, George P. Maguire, John A. McClung, Robert N. Belkin, and Stuart G. Lehrman: ASSOCIATION OF REDUCED CARBON MONOXIDE DIFFUSING CAPACITY WITH MODERATE OR SEVERE LEFT VENTRICULAR DIASTOLIC DYSFUNCTION IN OBESE PERSONS
Chest 2005 128: 293S. [Abstract] [PDF]

Clifford G. Risk and Nadine Y. Smith: EVALUATION AND TREATMENT OF PATIENTS WITH LARYNGEAL DYSFUNCTION IN A PULMONARY PRACTICE
Chest 2005 128: 293S. [Abstract] [PDF]

Lee L. Phoa and Wee Yang Pek: EPIDEMIOLOGY OF CHRONIC COUGH IN A SPECIALIST COUGH CLINIC
Chest 2005 128: 293S-294S. [Abstract] [PDF]

Viktor Hanak, Thomas Hartman, and Jay Ryu: COUGH-INDUCED RIB FRACTURES: REVIEW OF 54 CASES
Chest 2005 128: 294S. [Abstract] [PDF]

Timothy I. Morgenthaler, Ashok Patel, and Kaiser G. Lim: SINUS CT FINDINGS IN THE EVALUATION OF 702 CONSECUTIVE PATIENTS WITH CHRONIC COUGH
Chest 2005 128: 294S. [Abstract] [PDF]

Kaiser G. Lim, Ashok Patel, and Timothy I. Morgenthaler: A SURVEY OF PATIENT’S PERCEPTION OF DISEASE BURDEN IN CHRONIC COUGH
Chest 2005 128: 294S. [Abstract] [PDF]

D. A. Sams, Thomas Truncale, and Stuart M. Brooks: THE EFFECTS OF AGING ON THE HUMAN COUGH REFLEX
Chest 2005 128: 294S-295S. [Abstract] [PDF]

Maya Juarez, Petey Laohaburanakit, and Ken Y. Yoneda: UTILITY OF BRONCHOSCOPY IN MECHANICALLY VENTIALTED PATIENTS WHO DEVELOPED HEMOPTYSIS IN THE INTENSIVE CARE UNIT
Chest 2005 128: 295S. [Abstract] [PDF]

Ali A. El Solh, Alan T. Aquilina, Lilibeth Pineda, and Eileen Berbary: EMPIRIC USE OF NOCTURNAL CONTINUOUS POSITIVE AIRWAY PRESSURE IN MORBIDLY OBESE PATIENTS POST EXTUBATION
Chest 2005 128: 295S. [Abstract] [PDF]

Scott Newbrough, Nikki Freeman, Brian J. Daley, Dana Taylor, and Ed Varnadoe: PROSPECTIVE APPLICATION OF A CLINICAL GUIDELINE TO DIAGNOSE AND TREAT VENTILATOR ASSOCIATED PNEUMONIA IN TRAUMA PATIENTS IMPROVES OUTCOMES
Chest 2005 128: 295S-296S. [Abstract] [PDF]

Marleen E. Graat, Peter E. Spronk, and Marcus J. Schultz: CURRENT PRACTICE OF CHEST RADIOGRAPHY IN CRITICALLY ILL PATIENTS IN THE NETHERLANDS: A POSTAL SURVEY
Chest 2005 128: 296S. [Abstract] [PDF]

Tara Roque, JulieAnne Thompson, and Tunay Kuru: A CLINICAL TRIAL TO COMPARE THROMBOPROPHYLAXIS OPTIONS IN THE MEDICAL ICU: CHALLENGES TO TREATMENT
Chest 2005 128: 296S. [Abstract] [PDF]

Bangarulingam Sujay, Javier F. Aduen, Rolland C. Dickson, Wolf H. Stapelfeldt, Denise M. Harnois, Jeffery . L. Steers, and David J. Kramer: LIVER TRANSPLANTATION IN PATIENTS OVER SEVENTY YEARS OF AGE
Chest 2005 128: 296S-297S. [Abstract] [PDF]

Jack E. Zimmerman, Andrew A. Kramer, Douglas S. McNair, and Fern M. Malila: ACUTE PHYSIOLOGY AND CHRONIC HEALTH EVALUATION (APACHE)IV ICU LENGTH OF STAY BENCHMARKS FOR TODAY’S CRITICALLY ILL PATIENTS
Chest 2005 128: 297S. [Abstract] [PDF]

Vijo Poulose, Siau Chuin, Alvin Ng, and Chong-Hiok Tan: HIGH TROPONIN LEVELS IN CRITICALLY ILL PATIENTS WITH RENAL FAILURE AND NO ACUTE CORONARY SYNDROME: INCIDENCE AND IMPACT ON MORTALITY
Chest 2005 128: 297S. [Abstract] [PDF]

Nohra E. Beltran Vargas, Gustavo Sanchez-Miranda, Montserrat Godínez, Ursina Díaz, and Emilio Sacristan: GASTRIC IMPEDANCE SPECTROSCOPY AND HEMODYNAMIC VARIABLES BEHAVIOR IN DIFFERENT OUTCOMES AFTER CARDIAC SURGERY
Chest 2005 128: 297S-298S. [Abstract] [PDF]

Raquel Nahra, Christa Schorr, and David R. Gerber: PRE–INTENSIVE CARE UNIT LENGTH OF STAY AND OUTCOME IN CRITICALLY ILL PATIENTS
Chest 2005 128: 298S. [Abstract] [PDF]

Avanti Vigg, Arul Vigg, and Ajit Vigg: STUDY OF BACTEREMIA IN ICU PATIENTS
Chest 2005 128: 298S-299S. [Abstract] [PDF]

Diane K. Schuetze and Rajesh R. Gandhi: IMPACT OF A SEDATION PROTOCOL ON TRAUMA PATIENT’S CRITICAL CARE LENGTH OF STAY
Chest 2005 128: 299S. [Abstract] [PDF]

Ali H. Debek, Hani Lababidi, Pierre K. Bou-Khalil, Othman Itani, and Anas Mugharbil: THROMBOCYTOPENIA IN A COMMUNITY HOSPITAL ICU IN LEBANON
Chest 2005 128: 299S. [Abstract] [PDF]

Cheol H. Kim, Jin K. Kim, Heung J. Woo, Young I. Park, In G. Hyun, Jung W. Shim, and Young M. Ahn: THE EFFECT OF THE SEVERITY OF INHALATION SEVERITY ACCORDING TO BURN SIZE ON EARLY MORTALITY IN SEVERELY BURNED PATIENTS
Chest 2005 128: 299S. [Abstract] [PDF]

Ousama Dabbagh, Hussam Jabri, Haifa M. Malaika, Sofia Junaid, Yaseen Arabi, and Abdullah Al Shimemeri: MAGNESIUM LEVEL PATTERNS AMONG CRITICALLY ILL TRAUMATIC AND NON TRAUMATIC BRAIN INJURY PATIENTS
Chest 2005 128: 299S-300S. [Abstract] [PDF]

Murtaza Y. Dawood, Zubair A. Hashmi, and Uday K. Dasika: IS ULTRA-SLOW INTRAVENOUS VITAMIN K ADMINISTRATION SUPERIOR TO FRESH FROZEN PLASMA FOR ACUTE REVERSAL OF ELEVATED INR?
Chest 2005 128: 300S. [Abstract] [PDF]

Nina D. Raoof, Mark Knott, Stephen M. Pastores, Louis P. Voigt, and Neil A. Halpern: CHEMOTHERAPY ADMINISTRATION IN THE ICU: A 5-YEAR RETROSPECTIVE ANALYSIS
Chest 2005 128: 300S-301S. [Abstract] [PDF]

K. Kreuter, J. Lee, D. Mukai, S. Mahon, T. Waddington, J. Armstrong, A. Cerussi, B. Tromberg, and M. Brenner: DIFFUSE OPTICAL SPECTROSCOPY MONITORING OF CYANIDE TOXICITY AND TREATMENT USING HYDROXOCOBALAMIN IN AN ANIMAL MODEL
Chest 2005 128: 301S. [Abstract] [PDF]

K. Kreuter, J. Lee, D. Mukai, S. Mahon, T. Waddington, J. Armstrong, A. Cerussi, B. Tromberg, and M. Brenner: DIFFUSE OPTICAL SPECTROSCOPY MONITORING OF CYANIDE TOXICITY AND TREATMENT USING HYDROXOCOBALAMIN IN AN ANIMAL MODEL
Chest 2005 128: 301S. [Abstract] [PDF]

Frank R. Ernst, Shankar Viswanathan, Ganesh Vedarajan, Jason Reynolds, and Bob Kohli: IMPROVED OUTCOMES AMONG PATIENTS WITH HIGHEST LIKELIHOOD OF HAVING SEVERE SEPSIS WHO ARE TREATED EARLIER WITH DROTRECOGIN ALFA (ACTIVATED)
Chest 2005 128: 301S-302S. [Abstract] [PDF]

Rammohan Marla, Douglas Oberly, Kevin P. Keating, and Frederick Knauft: UTILITY OF INHALED NITRIC OXIDE IN ADULT POSTOPERATIVE CARDIAC PATIENTS WITH RIGHT VENTRICULAR FAILURE
Chest 2005 128: 302S. [Abstract] [PDF]

Sonja D. Bartolome, Steven Q. Simpson, Steve Flaherty, Amy R. O’Brien-Ladner, Timothy Dwyer, and Timothy Williamson: THREE YEAR EXPERIENCE WITH A DROTRECOGIN-ALPHA PROTOCOL FOR SEVERE SEPSIS: ANALYSIS OF USE, COST, AND MORBIDITY IN A UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL
Chest 2005 128: 302S. [Abstract] [PDF]

Nicole Weimert, Brian R. Zeno, Joseph Mazur, and Alice Boylan: RESIDENTS’ KNOWLEDGE AND LEARNING OF CRITICAL CARE PHARMACOTHERAPY: EVALUATION OF A FORMALIZED WEB-BASED EDUCATIONAL MODEL
Chest 2005 128: 302S-303S. [Abstract] [PDF]

Terry Fagan: DEATH: A ONE-COMPARTMENT DRUG MODEL EQUATION
Chest 2005 128: 303S. [Abstract] [PDF]

JiYeon Choi, Leslie A. Hoffman, and Jigme M. Sethi: DAILY MEASUREMENT OF NASAL NITRIC OXIDE (NO) IN HEALTHY NON-SMOKERS AND TRACHEOTOMIZED MECHANICALLY VENTILATED PATIENTS
Chest 2005 128: 303S. [Abstract] [PDF]

Boaz A. Markewitz, Jeanmarie Mayer, Dwayne Westenskow, and Stephanie Richardson: USE OF AN INCLINOMETER-DATA LOGGER TOOL FOR CONTINUOUS RECORDING OF HEAD OF BED POSITION IN PATIENTS UNDERGOING MECHANICAL VENTILATION
Chest 2005 128: 303S. [Abstract] [PDF]

Rachna Sahityani, Lawrence DeLorenzo, Safdar Khan, Wilbert Aronow, and Dipak Chandy: ROLE OF KINETIC BEDS IN THE PREVENTION OF ATELECTASIS IN MECHANICALLY VENTILATED PATIENTS
Chest 2005 128: 304S. [Abstract] [PDF]

Nasir Awan, Chanaka Seneviratne, Zenia Ceniza, Taek S. Yoon, Yizhak Kupfer, and Sidney Tessler: ACCURACY OF CLINICAL EVALUATION OF HEAD OF BED ELEVATION
Chest 2005 128: 304S. [Abstract] [PDF]

Antonio M. Raimondi and Jose L. Amaral: EFFECT OF THE PERIOPERATIVE METHYLPREDNISOLONE ADMINISTRATION IN THE PAO2/FIO2 RELATION AFTER ESOPHAGEAL RESECTION FOR ESOPHAGUS CARCINOMA
Chest 2005 128: 304S. [Abstract] [PDF]

Denise P. Veelo, Marleen E. Graat, Peter E. Spronk, and Marcus J. Schultz: CURRENT PRACTICE OF TRACHEOTOMY IN EUROPE: A POSTAL SURVEY IN THE NETHERLANDS
Chest 2005 128: 304S-305S. [Abstract] [PDF]

Francis J. Podbielski, Peter H. Bagley, Ann E. Connolly, and Patrick H. Bagley: PERCUTANEOUS TRACHEOSTOMY EXPERIENCE AT A SINGLE INSTITUTION
Chest 2005 128: 305S. [Abstract] [PDF]

John R. Roberts and Gary K. Lovelady: IS PERCUTANEOUS TRACHEOSTOMY MORE LIKELY TO CAUSE TRACHEAL STRICTURE THAN OPEN TRACHEOSTOMY?
Chest 2005 128: 305S. [Abstract] [PDF]

John P. Kepros, Jim Chalk, Emmett McGuire, Lisbeth Harris, David Bar Or, Michael Craun, and Kate Wilmes: IMPLEMENTATION OF AN INTENSIVE INSULIN THERAPY PROTOCOL IN MECHANICALLY VENTILATED TRAUMA PATIENTS
Chest 2005 128: 305S. [Abstract] [PDF]

Donna D. Gardner, David L. Vines, Richard B. Wettstein, Juan Garcia, and Jay I. Peters: THE EFFECTIVENESS OF THE MISTY-OX HIGH FRACTION OF INSPIRED OXYGEN (FIO2)-HIGH FLOW NEBULIZER AND THE THERA MIST AIR ENTRAINMENT NEBULIZER IN DELIVERING HIGH OXYGEN CONCENTRATIONS
Chest 2005 128: 305S-306S. [Abstract] [PDF]

Ousama Dabbagh, Yaseen Arabi, Ziad Memish, Samir Haddad, Salim Baharoon, Sofia Junaid, Hema Giridhar, Craig Grant, Riette Brits, Monica Pillay, Salim Kahoul, and Abdullah Al Shimemeri: EFFICACY OF INTENSIVE INSULIN PROTOCOL AMONG CRITICALLY ILL MEDICAL AND SURGICAL PATIENTS
Chest 2005 128: 306S. [Abstract] [PDF]

Jay M. Nfonoyim, Joseph Ng, Igor Berengolts, and Fasika Weldearegay: INTENSIVIST DIRECTED PROTOCOL REDUCES ICU ADMISSIONS FOR PATIENTS IN DIABETIC KETOACIDOSIS
Chest 2005 128: 306S. [Abstract] [PDF]

Vinay K. Sharma, Salim Harianawala, Olukunle Ajagbe, Sohail Khan, and Alan D. Haber: VALIDATION OF AN INSULIN INFUSION PROTOCOL IN DIABETIC PATIENTS UNDERGOING CARDIAC SURGERY
Chest 2005 128: 307S. [Abstract] [PDF]

Srinivas B. Chakravarthy, James F. Orme, Boaz A. Markewitz, and Chris Lehman: COMPUTERIZED PROTOCOLS FOR INTENSIVE INSULIN THERAPY: VARIATIONS IN RECOMMENDATIONS BASED ON DIFFERENT METHODS OF GLUCOSE MEASUREMENT
Chest 2005 128: 307S. [Abstract] [PDF]

José Hofhuis, Jan Bakker, Marcus J. Schultz, Johannes H. Rommes, and Peter E. Spronk: NON-SUCCESSFUL INTENSIVE INSULIN THERAPY IN ICU PATIENTS IS NOT ASSOCIATED WITH CHANGES IN QUALITY OF LIFE
Chest 2005 128: 307S-308S. [Abstract] [PDF]

Thomas A. Brown, Geoffrey M. Graeber, Michael F. Szwerc, and Gordon F. Murray: SUPERIOR MANAGEMENT OF ESOPHAGEAL PERFORATIONS: AN EMPHASIS ON DIVERSION AND DRAINAGE
Chest 2005 128: 308S. [Abstract] [PDF]

Pao-Hsien Chu and Shih-Ming Jung: THE EFFECT OF IMMUNOSTAINING WITH ANTI-OCT4 ANTIBODIES ON THE EXPRESSION OF OCT4 IN MEDIASTINAL GERM CELL TUMORS
Chest 2005 128: 308S. [Abstract] [PDF]

Kalpaj R. Parekh, Timothy L. Van Natta, Joan Ricks-McGillin, Kelley McLaughlin, and Mark D. Iannettoni: UTILITY OF OPEN LUNG BIOPSY IN CRITICALLY ILL PATIENTS
Chest 2005 128: 308S. [Abstract] [PDF]

Noriyasu Usami and Kohei Yokoi: VIDEO-ASSISTED THORACOSCOPIC LUNG BIOPSY FOR THE DIAGNOSIS OF DIFFUSE INTERSTITIAL LUNG DISEASE
Chest 2005 128: 308S-309S. [Abstract] [PDF]

Bhanumathi Lakshminarayanan, Antonio E. Martin-Ucar, Michael F. Maguire, Lynda Beggs, David Beggs, John P. Duffy, and Ellis Morgan: DOES VARIATION ON SURGICAL TECHNIQUES ALTER OUTCOME OF LUNG BIOPSY FOR INTERSTITIAL LUNG DISEASE?
Chest 2005 128: 309S. [Abstract] [PDF]

Toshihiko Sato, Seiki Hasegawa, Teruhisa Takuwa, and Yoshitomo Okumura: THREE DIMENSIONAL IMAGE GUIDING SYSTEM FOR THE THORACOSCOPIC SURGERY
Chest 2005 128: 309S. [Abstract] [PDF]

Douglas M. Downey, Michael Michel, Joseph G. Harre, and Jerry W. Pratt: FUNCTIONAL ASSESSMENT OF A NEW STAPLE LINE REINFORCEMENT IN LUNG RESECTION
Chest 2005 128: 310S. [Abstract] [PDF]

Lindsey Clemson, James Lynch, Eric Walser, Joseph Zwischenberger, and Thomas Black: MINIMALLY INVASIVE CLOSURE TECHNIQUES FOR RECALCITRANT BRONCHOPLEURAL FISTULAS
Chest 2005 128: 310S. [Abstract] [PDF]

Robin Varghese, Richard I. Inculet, Dalilah Fortin, and Richard A. Malthaner: THE CHEST WINDOW IN THE TREATMENT OF COMPLEX INTRA-THORACIC INFECTIONS
Chest 2005 128: 310S. [Abstract] [PDF]

Philippe Morand, Isabelle Fresard, Christian Chanson, Gunter Rager, and Lukas Krähenbühl: ENDOSCOPIC AND THORACOSCOPIC TRAINING ON THIEL HUMAN CADAVERS: A MODEL TO TEACH ADVANCED PROCEDURES
Chest 2005 128: 310S-311S. [Abstract] [PDF]

Koji Chihara, Daisuke Nakajima, Akihiko Yamashina, Masanao Nakai, Hisashi Sahara, Toru Tsuda, Tomoya Kono, Akihiro Osumi, Akihiro Aoyama, Fenshi Chen, Noritaka Isowa, and Shotaro Iwakiri: EARLY AND LONG-TERM RESULTS OF LUNG VOLUME REDUCTION IN PATIENTS WITH EMPHYSEMA
Chest 2005 128: 311S. [Abstract] [PDF]

Alexandru M. Botianu and Petre A. Botianu: EMERGENCY LUNG RESECTIONS FOR LIFE-THREATENING MASSIVE HEMOPTYSIS
Chest 2005 128: 311S. [Abstract] [PDF]

Petre V. Botianu and Alexandru A. Botianu: USE OF RECOMBINANT FACTOR VII ACTIVATED IN SURGERY FOR PLEURAL EMPYEMA
Chest 2005 128: 311S. [Abstract] [PDF]

Thomas Black, James E. Lynch, and Joseph Zwischenberger: TISSUE SEALANTS: THE ROLE OF ALBUMIN/GLUTARALDEHYDE IN THORACIC SURGERY
Chest 2005 128: 311S-312S. [Abstract] [PDF]

W J. Petty, Konstantin H. Dragnev, Vincent A. Memoli, James R. Rigas, David Johnstone, and Ethan Dmitrovsky: PROOF-OF-PRINCIPLE CLINICAL TRIAL OF BEXAROTENE FOR THE TREATMENT OF NON-SMALL CELL LUNG CANCER
Chest 2005 128: 312S. [Abstract] [PDF]

Euntaik Jeong and Hakryul Kim: ADJUVANT CHEMOTHERAPY AFTER SURGICAL RESECTION FOR SMALL-CELL CARCINOMA OF LUNG
Chest 2005 128: 312S. [Abstract] [PDF]

Federico L. Ampil, Shawn Milligan, Glenn M. Mills, and Gloria Caldito: RADIOTHERAPY FOR NON-SMALL CELL LUNG CANCER IN PATIENTS WITH COMPROMISED HEARTS
Chest 2005 128: 312S. [Abstract] [PDF]

Edwin Van Velzen: PROGNOSTIC FACTORS AND SURVIVAL IN PRE- AND PEROPERATIVE DETECTED AND RESECTED N2 NON-SMALL CELL LUNG CANCER
Chest 2005 128: 312S-313S. [Abstract] [PDF]

Siyamek Neragi-Miandoab, Luis M. Argote-Greene, William G. Richards, Lambros Zellos, Raphael Bueno, David J. Sugarbaker, and Michael T. Jaklitsch: PREDICTIVE VALUE OF POSITIVE CYTOLOGY IN VIDEO-ASSISTED THORACIC SURGERY (VATS) PERICARDIAL WINDOW
Chest 2005 128: 313S. [Abstract] [PDF]

Dragan R. Subotic, Dragan V. Mandarich, Nikola D. Atanasiadis, and Ljiljana V. Andrich: SLEEVE-PNEUMONECTOMY FOR LUNG CANCER: FOR WHICH PATIENTS?
Chest 2005 128: 313S. [Abstract] [PDF]

Siyamek Neragi-Miandoab, Luis M. Argote-Greene, William G. Richards, Lambros Zellos, Raphael Bueno, David J. Sugarbaker, and Michael T. Jaklitsch: PREDICTIVE VALUE OF POSITIVE CYTOLOGY IN VIDEO-ASSISTED THORACIC SURGERY (VATS) PERICARDIAL WINDOW
Chest 2005 128: 313S-314S. [Abstract] [PDF]

Wickii T. Vigneswaran: COMPUTER ASSISTED STAPLE RESECTION: UTILIZATION OF A NEW TECHNIQUE FOR MAJOR PULMONARY RESECTION DURING MINIMAL ACCESS THORACIC SURGERY
Chest 2005 128: 314S. [Abstract] [PDF]

Jennifer Knight, Laurie Gutmann, Michael Szwerc, and Geoffrey M. Graeber: EXTENDED THYMECTOMY BENEFITS PATIENTS WITH MYASTHENIA GRAVIS
Chest 2005 128: 314S. [Abstract] [PDF]

Michelle R. Aerni, Robert Vassallo, and Jay H. Ryu: FOLLICULAR BRONCHIOLITIS: ANALYSIS OF 12 CASES
Chest 2005 128: 315S. [Abstract] [PDF]

Ronaldo A. Kairalla, Marcelo J. Rocha, and Carlos R. Carvalho: LUNG FUNCTION IMPROVEMENTS WITH TIOTROPIUM BROMIDE IN CONSTRICTIVE BRONCHIOLITIS
Chest 2005 128: 315S. [Abstract] [PDF]

Li Xia: INFLUENCE OF INHALED DEXAMETHASONE ON THE BLEOMYCIN-INDUCED LUNG FIBROSIS IN RATS
Chest 2005 128: 315S. [Abstract] [PDF]

Haiqing Chu, Tao Gui, Shengxiang Ren, Jingpo Zhang, Huiping Li, and Guojun He: SACOIDOSIS IN CHINA: A REVIEW OF HOSPITAL BASED COHORT
Chest 2005 128: 315S. [Abstract] [PDF]

Navasuma Havaligi, Adarsh Bhimraj, Robert T. Ownbey, Han C. Ryoo, Frank Patrick, and Herbert Patrick: THE SIGNIFICANCE OF PARTICULATE MATTER DETECTED IN SARCOID GRANULOMAS USING POLARIZING LIGHT MICROSCOPY
Chest 2005 128: 316S. [Abstract] [PDF]

M. Drent, M. A. Judson, U. Costabel, R. M. duBois, M. Kavuru, K. H. Lo, C. Andresen, R. Schlenker-Herceg, E. S. Barnathan, and R. P. Baughman: RESPONDER ANALYSES IN PATIENTS RECEIVING INFLIXIMAB FOR CHRONIC SARCOIDOSIS WITH PULMONARY INVOLVEMENT
Chest 2005 128: 316S. [Abstract] [PDF]

Ganesh Raghu, Steve T. Yang, Carolyn Spada, Jennifer Hayes, and Carlos Pelligrini: TREATMENT OF IDIOPATHIC PULMONARY FIBROSIS SOLELY WITH ANTI-ACID GASTRO-ESOPHAGEAL REFLUX THERAPY: A CASE SERIES OF FOUR PATIENTS WITH LONG-TERM FOLLOW-UP
Chest 2005 128: 316S-317S. [Abstract] [PDF]

Hooman Mobassery, Rany Condos, and Gerald C. Smaldone: AEROSOLIZED INTERFERON GAMMA: A NOVEL APPROACH TO THERAPY IN IDIOPATHIC PULMONARY FIBROSIS?
Chest 2005 128: 317S. [Abstract] [PDF]

Susumu Sakamoto, Sakae Homma, Hisashi Takaya, Atsushi Miyamoto, Masateru Kawabata, Kazuma Kishi, Eiyasu Tsuboi, and Kunihiko Yoshimura: CYCLOSPORIN A TREATMENT FOR ACUTE EXACERBATION OF IDIOPATHIC PULMONARY FIBROSIS
Chest 2005 128: 317S. [Abstract] [PDF]

Joseph G. Parambil, Jeffrey L. Myers, and Jay H. Ryu: ACUTE EXACERBATION AS PRESENTING OR COMPLICATING FEATURE OF IDIOPATHIC PULMONARY FIBROSIS
Chest 2005 128: 317S-318S. [Abstract] [PDF]

Li Xia: NONSPECIFIC INTERSTITIAL PNEUMONIA: COMPARISON OF THE CLINICOPATHOLOGIC FEATURES AND PROGNOSIS WITH USUAL INTERSTITIAL PNEUMONIA
Chest 2005 128: 318S. [Abstract] [PDF]

Moon Jun Na, Huai Liao, Charalampos Moschos, Oner Dikensoy, Wonder Drake, Kirk B. Lane, and Richard W. Light: TISSUE PLASMINOGEN ACTIVATOR INCREASES THE VOLUME OF PLEURAL FLUID BY INFLAMMATORY RESPONSES IN RABBITS WITH EMPYEMA
Chest 2005 128: 318S. [Abstract] [PDF]

Renam U. Bumlai, Francisco S. Vargas, Milena M. Acencio, Leila Antonangelo, Gabriela G. Carnevale, Evaldo Marchi, and Lisete R. Teixeira: EXPERIMENTAL PLEURODESIS: INTRAPLEURAL INJECTION OF AZYTHROMYCIN, CLARITHROMYCIN OR LEVOFLOXACIN
Chest 2005 128: 318S. [Abstract] [PDF]

Oner Dikensoy, Moon J. Na, Zhiwen Zhu, Wonder Drake, Edwin O. Donnelly, and Richard W. Light: INTRAPLEURAL HEPARIN OR HEPARIN COMBINED WITH HUMAN RECOMBINANT DNAASE IS NOT EFFECTIVE IN THE TREATMENT OF EMPYEMA IN A RABBIT MODEL
Chest 2005 128: 318S-319S. [Abstract] [PDF]

Evaldo Marchi, Francisco S. Vargas, Milena M. Acencio, Gabriela G. Carnevale, Leila Antonangelo, Eduardo H. Genofre, and Lisete R. Teixeira: A NEW, RELIABLE MODEL OF EXPERIMENTAL PLEURODESIS IN MICE
Chest 2005 128: 319S. [Abstract] [PDF]

Sara Freitas, Jessica Cemlyn-Jones, Carlos R. Cordeiro, Luis C. Oliveira, and Manuel F. Baganha: PLEURODESIS WITH TETRACYCLINE OR WITH TALC-VARIABLES MEASURED IN TERMS OF EFFECTIVENESS
Chest 2005 128: 319S. [Abstract] [PDF]

George Thommi, Michelle Christensen, Patrick Meyers, Chris Shehan, and Mathew McLeay: EFFICACY OF TALC PLEURODESIS DEPENDING ON THE AMOUNT OF PLEURAL FLUID DRAINAGE AND CHEST XRAY FINDINGS PRIOR TO THERAPY
Chest 2005 128: 319S-320S. [Abstract] [PDF]

Marios E. Froudarakis, Maria Klimathianaki, and Mihalis Pougounias: THORACOSCOPIC TALC POUDRAGE INDUCES FEVER AND SYSTEMIC INFLAMMATION
Chest 2005 128: 320S. [Abstract] [PDF]

Marios E. Froudarakis, Maria Klimathianaki, Mihalis Pougounias, and Helen A. Papadaki: THORACOSCOPY TALC POUDRAGE INDUCES T-LYMPHOPENIA IN THE PERIPHERAL BLOOD
Chest 2005 128: 320S. [Abstract] [PDF]

Beth Y. Besecker, Lindsay Pell, Maria Lucarelli, and Mary Beth Shirk: INTRAPLEURAL ALTEPLASE FOR THE COMPLICATED PARAPNEUMONIC EFFUSION
Chest 2005 128: 320S. [Abstract] [PDF]

Atsuko Ishida, Teruomi Miyazawa, Yuka Miyazu, Yasuo Iwamoto, Koji Kanoh, Mika Zaima, and Takeo Inoue: MEDICAL THORACOSCOPY USING A FLEXIRIGID THORACOSCOPE IN THE DIAGNOSIS OF PLEURAL EFFUSION OF UNKNOWN CAUSE
Chest 2005 128: 320S-321S. [Abstract] [PDF]

Maria Cirino, Jennifer Greenheck, and Kevin L. Kovitz: A MODIFIED SIMPLE TECHNIQUE FOR CHRONIC INTRAPLEURAL CATHETER PLACEMENT IN THE MANAGEMENT OF MALIGNANT PLEURAL EFFUSIONS
Chest 2005 128: 321S. [Abstract] [PDF]

Alain Tremblay and Gaetane C. Michaud: SINGLE CENTER EXPERIENCE WITH 250 TUNNELLED PLEURAL CATHETER INSERTIONS FOR MALIGNANT PLEURAL EFFUSION
Chest 2005 128: 321S. [Abstract] [PDF]

Shaheen U. Islam, Carla Lamb, Fredric Gordon, John Beamis, and Richard Palladino: ROLE OF INDWELLING TUNNELED PLEURAL CATHETER IN TREATMENT OF HEPATIC HYDROTHORAX
Chest 2005 128: 321S-322S. [Abstract] [PDF]

Kelvin K. Shiu, Mark J. Rosen, and Paul Mayo: A SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS OF TUBE THORACOSTOMY FAILURE IN PLEURAL EFFUSION APPLICATIONS
Chest 2005 128: 322S. [Abstract] [PDF]

Evaldo Marchi, Andre L. Casarim, and Arianne C. Pereira: RESULTS OF A SIMPLE METHOD IN PREDICTING THE THERAPEUTIC DECISION FOR THE MANAGEMENT OF PARAPNEUMONIC PLEURAL EFFUSIONS
Chest 2005 128: 322S. [Abstract] [PDF]

Eric L. Flenaugh, Sadia Habib, Nneka Okafor, and Nitin Puri: SYNCHRONOUS LESIONS IN THE AIRWAYS OF AFRICAN AMERICAN MEN DIAGNOSED WITH LUNG CANCER
Chest 2005 128: 322S. [Abstract] [PDF]

Javier Kelly-García, Favio Martinez-Flores, Marco Antonio Fernandez-Corzo, Silvia Colmenero-Zubiate, Eric Marco Garcia-Bazan, and David Zamora-Lemus: INCIDENCE OF ENDOBRONCHIAL MESTASTASES IN A NATIONAL REFERRAL ONCOLOGY THORACIC SERVICE
Chest 2005 128: 322S-323S. [Abstract] [PDF]

Emad H. Ibrahim and Ahmed Mehalal: THE CORRELATION BETWEEN BRONCHOSCOPIC AND RADIOGRAPHICAL CHANGES OF ENDOBRONCHIAL LESIONS TREATED BY ELECTROCAUTERY
Chest 2005 128: 323S. [Abstract] [PDF]

Su-Ying Low and Philip Eng: ARGON PLASMA COAGULATION FOR THE MANAGEMENT OF ENDOBRONCHIAL LESIONS VIA FLEXIBLE BRONCHOSCOPY
Chest 2005 128: 323S. [Abstract] [PDF]

Mark Krasnik, Felix Herth, Peter Vilmann, Birgit G. Skov, and Søren S. Larsen: A COMPARISON OF ENDOBRONCHIAL ULTRASOUND GUIDED BIOPSY AND POSITRON EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY WITH INTEGRATEDCOMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY IN LUNG CANCER STAGING
Chest 2005 128: 323S. [Abstract] [PDF]

Noriaki Kurimoto, Hiroaki Osada, Teruomi Miyazawa, Yuka Miyazu, and Atsuko Ishida: WHICH AREA IN A METASTATIC LYMPH NODE OF LUNG CANCER SHOULD WE PUNCTURE BY ENDOBRONCHIAL ULTRASONOGRAPHY GUIDED TRANSBRONCHIAL NEEDLE ASPIRATION?
Chest 2005 128: 323S-324S. [Abstract] [PDF]

Philippe E. Pierard, Gavin Plat, Jean Faber, Thierry Prigogine, and Vincent Ninane: ASSESSMENT OF POSITRON EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY POSITIVE LYMPH NODES: ULTRASOUND-GUIDED TRANSBRONCHIAL NEEDLE ASPIRATION OR MEDIASTINOSCOPY?
Chest 2005 128: 324S. [Abstract] [PDF]

Rogerio G. Xavier, Marcelo Gazzana, Pierangelo Baglio, Roger Rodrigues, Fábio Svartman, Sabrina Garcia, Ronaldo Costa, and Hugo Oliveira: STAGING PATIENTS FOR CARCINOMA OF ESOPHAGUS WITH FLEXIBLE BRONCHOSCOPY
Chest 2005 128: 324S. [Abstract] [PDF]

Sari B. Mahon, David S. Mukai, Tuqiang Xie, Zhongping Chen, and Matthew Brenner: FIBER BUNDLE OPTICAL COHERENCE TOMOGRAPHY SYSTEM FOR ENDOSCOPIC AIRWAY IMAGING
Chest 2005 128: 324S-325S. [Abstract] [PDF]

Rex C. Yung, Jack Hill, Loretta Colvin, Michael Drummond, and Eric Schmidt: A THIN 4MM VIDEOBRONCHOSCOPE WITH A 2MM OPERATING CHANNEL IS USEFUL IN BYPASSING CENTRAL AIRWAYS OBSTRUCTION AND IN PROVIDING DIAGNOSTIC ACCESS TO PERIPHERAL PULMONARY LESIONS
Chest 2005 128: 325S. [Abstract] [PDF]

Andrew C. Chang, Allan Pickens, and Mark B. Orringer: AWAKE TRACHEOBRONCHIAL DILATATION WITHOUT THE USE OF RIGID BRONCHOSCOPY
Chest 2005 128: 325S. [Abstract] [PDF]

David Ost, Justin P. Smith, Xavier Gonzalez, Steven C. Springmeyer, and Robert McKenna: CT-SCAN DETERMINATION OF ADVANCED, HETEROGENEOUS UPPER LOBE EMPHYSEMA AT SITES PARTICIPATING IN A MULTICENTER TRIAL OF THE INTRABRONCHIAL VALVE DO NOT REQUIRE A CENTRAL CORE LAB FOR CONFIRMATION
Chest 2005 128: 325S. [Abstract] [PDF]

Rabih I. Bechara, Armin Ernst, Simon Ashiku, Robert Garland, and David Feller-Kopman: USE OF ENDOBRONCHIAL VALVE FOR THE TREATMENT OF POSTPNEUMONECTOMY BRONCHOPLEURAL FISTULA COMPLICATED BY EMPYEMA
Chest 2005 128: 326S. [Abstract] [PDF]

Faisal Khan, Elamin M. Elamin, and Mansura Ghani: HEMODYNAMIC IMPACTS OF EXPIRATORY DYNAMIC COLLAPSE OF THE TRACHEA
Chest 2005 128: 326S. [Abstract] [PDF]

Adnan Majid, Rabih Bechara, Yoshihiro Nakamura, David Feller-Kopman, Simon Ashiku, Malcom DeCamp, and Armin Ernst: SILICONE AIRWAY STENTS IN THE TREATMENT OF PATIENTS WITH DIFFUSE TRACHEOBRONCHOMALACIA
Chest 2005 128: 326S. [Abstract] [PDF]

Yonju Ryu, Eun Hae Kang, Won-Jung Koh, Gee Young Suh, Man Pyo Chung, O. Jung Kwon, and Hojoong Kim: USE OF SILICONE STENTS IN THE MANAGEMENT OF TRACHEOBRONCHIAL STENOSIS DUE TO TUBERCULOSIS
Chest 2005 128: 326S-327S. [Abstract] [PDF]

Hiroshi Natori, Hirotsugu Takabatake, Masaki Mori, Hiroyuki Koba, Kensaku Mori, Takayuki Kitasaka, and Yasuhito Suenaga: VIRTUAL NAVIGATION OF CENTRAL AND PERIPHERAL AIRWAYS
Chest 2005 128: 327S. [Abstract] [PDF]

Heinrich D. Becker and Wolfgang Harms: NAVIGATED BRONCHOSCOPY AND ENDOBRONCHIAL ULTRASOUND FOR BRACHYTHERAPY OF INOPERABLE PERIPHERAL LUNG CANCER: A FEASIBILITY STUDY
Chest 2005 128: 327S. [Abstract] [PDF]

Mark Krasnik, Peter Vilmann, Birgit G. Skov, and Felix Herth: EBUS TBNA IN DIAGNOSING HILLAR AND MEDIASTINAL LESIONS
Chest 2005 128: 327S. [Abstract] [PDF]

Jae J. Choi, Eric D. Anderson, Kevin Cleary, and Seong K. Mun: REAL-TIME VIRTUAL ASSISTANCE FOR TRANSBRONCHIAL NEEDLE ASPIRATION: FEASIBILITY STUDY
Chest 2005 128: 327S-328S. [Abstract] [PDF]

Alisa Johnson, Jeffrey S. Klein, and Santiago Miro: CT-GUIDED TRANSTHORACIC NEEDLE BIOPSY OF SARCOIDOSIS
Chest 2005 128: 328S. [Abstract] [PDF]

Mario Polverino: THE EFFECTS OF THE AGE DURING FLEXIBLE BRONCHOSCOPY: PREDICTORS OF COMPLICATIONS
Chest 2005 128: 328S. [Abstract] [PDF]

Theophilus T. Ogungbamigbe, Kennedy Eneh, Marie F. Schmidt, Sharon Ngan, Sekar Natarajan, Danilo Enriquez, and Joseph Quist: RISK OF CANDIDEMIA IN PATIENTS WITH CANDIDA IN THE BRONCHIOALVEOLAR LAVAGE
Chest 2005 128: 328S. [Abstract] [PDF]

Mayank Vats, Rakesh C. Gupta, Deepa V. Khandelwal, Neeraj Gupta, Maheep Saluja, and Mukesh Tailor: DO OXYGEN SUPPLEMENTATION REQUIRED DURING FIBEROPTIC BRONCHOSCOPY
Chest 2005 128: 328S-329S. [Abstract] [PDF]

E. A. Maldonado-Ortiz, Hector Herrera, and Julia Ramirez: FLEXIBLE BRONCHOSCOPY PROCEDURES AT HIGH ALTITUDE AND INDICATION FOR ADDITIONAL OXYGEN SUPPORT: THE MORELIA MULTICENTER EXPERIENCE
Chest 2005 128: 329S. [Abstract] [PDF]

Makoto Sugita, Sumiko Maeda, Motoyasu Sagawa, Miyako Shimasaki, Yoshimichi Ueda, and Tsutomu Sakuma: EXPRESSION OF AQP1, AQP3 AND AQP5 IN THE HUMAN LUNG CANCER TISSUE
Chest 2005 128: 329S. [Abstract] [PDF]

Jin Wook Moon, Yoon Soo Chang, Young Sam Kim, Chang Hoon Han, Shin Myung Kang, Moo Suk Park, Sung Kyu Kim, Joon Chang, Se Kyu Kim, and Chul Min Ahn: PROMOTER -202 A/C POLYMORPHISM OF INSULIN-LIKE GROWTH FACTOR BINDING PROTEIN-3 GENE AND NON-SMALL CELL LUNG CANCER RISK
Chest 2005 128: 329S. [Abstract] [PDF]

Lea-Isabelle Proulx, Annie Spahr, and Elyse Y. Bissonnette: CIGARETTE SMOKE EXTRACT INHIBITS ALVEOLAR MACROPHAGE CYTOTOXICITY AGAINST TUMORAL CELLS
Chest 2005 128: 330S. [Abstract] [PDF]

Mehrnoosh Doroudchi, Hossein Golmoghaddam, Seid Mohammad A. Ghayoomi, and Abbas A. Ghaderi: CD1 GENOTYPES IN LUNG CANCER PATIENTS
Chest 2005 128: 330S. [Abstract] [PDF]

George G. Chen, Tak W. Lee, Hu Xu, Johnson H. Yip, and Anthony P. Yim: LIPID PEROXIDATION AND PROSTAGLANDINS IN HUMAN LUNG CARCINOMA
Chest 2005 128: 330S. [Abstract] [PDF]

Mohammad A. Ghayumi, Mehrnoosh Doroodchi, and Kambiz Aghasadeghi: SOLUBLE HER-2/NEU OVEREXPRESSION IN PATIENTS WITH LUNG CANCER
Chest 2005 128: 330S. [Abstract] [PDF]

Kamal K. Mubarak, Robert J. Pauley, Yanni Zhuang, Larry Tait, Amro Aboukameel, and Ramzi M. Mohammad: HOXB4-INDUCED APOPTOSIS IN REH CELLS IS NOT MEDIATED VIA THE INTRINSIC CASPASE-9 PATHWAY
Chest 2005 128: 331S. [Abstract] [PDF]

Mehrnoosh Doroudchi, Seid Mohammad A. Ghayoomi, Abdulmohammad Pezeshki, Mohammad J. Fattahi, and Abbas A. Ghaderi: P53 CODON 72 POLYMORPHISM IN IRANIAN LUNG CANCER PATIENTS
Chest 2005 128: 331S. [Abstract] [PDF]

Yasuhiro Suga, Kuniharu Miyajima, Hidetoshi Honda, Jitsuo Usuda, Tatsuo Ohira, Masahiro Tsuboi, Norihiko Ikeda, Takashi Hirano, and Harubumi Kato: USEFULNESS OF DETECTION OF P16 PROMOTER METHYLATION OF TUMOR SUPPRESSOR GENES IN SERUM DNA FROM NON-SMALL CELL LUNG CANCER PATIENTS USING REAL-TIME PCR
Chest 2005 128: 331S. [Abstract] [PDF]

Aliae A. Mohamed and Nagla T. Elmelegy: TISSUE LEVELS OF PLATELET-DERIVED ENDOTHELIAL CELL GROWTH FACTOR/ THYMIDINE PHOSPHORYLASE, VASCULAR ENDOTHELIAL GROWTH FACTOR AND CATHEPSIN-D IN LUNG CANCER PATIENTS
Chest 2005 128: 331S-332S. [Abstract] [PDF]

Sükran Atikcan, Ebru Ünsal, Funda Demirag, Deniz Köksal, and Aydin Yilmaz: CORRELATION BETWEEN SURVIVIN EXPRESSION AND PROGNOSIS IN NON-SMALL CELL LUNG CANCER
Chest 2005 128: 332S. [Abstract] [PDF]

Bojana Turic and Roger A. Kemp: MANAGEMENT OF PATIENTS AT RISK OF LUNG CANCER USING CYTOMETRIC ASSAYS
Chest 2005 128: 332S. [Abstract] [PDF]

Joon H. Yim, Lee C. Zhu, and Andre Moreira: LUNG ADENOCARCINOMAS WITH MIXED SUBTYPES: A DISTINCT BIOLOGIC ENTITY?
Chest 2005 128: 333S. [Abstract] [PDF]

Gunnar N. Hillerdal: PLEURAL PLAQUES AND RISK OF LUNG CANCER: A PROSPECTIVE FOLLOW-UP STUDY
Chest 2005 128: 333S. [Abstract] [PDF]

Rosemary F. Kelly, Vita V. Sullivan, Robert A. Kratzke, Amy M. Holmstrom, Frank A. Lederle, Douglas B. Nelson, and Mandeep S. Sawhney: ENDOSCOPIC ULTRASOUND WITH FINE NEEDLE ASPIRATION FOR THE DIAGNOSIS AND STAGING OF ADVANCED LUNG CANCER
Chest 2005 128: 333S. [Abstract] [PDF]

Lynn Huffman, Prakash Pandalai, Michael F. Reed, Jeffery Neu, Elsira Pina, Kevin Redmond, Abdul-Rahman Jazieh, Christopher Meyer, Ralph Shipley, and John Howington: EARLY RESULTS FROM LUNG CANCER SCREENING USING SPIRAL CT OF HIGH-RISK INDIVIDUALS
Chest 2005 128: 334S. [Abstract] [PDF]

Sevin Baser, Georgie A. Eapen, Carlos A. Jimenez, Amir Onn, Vickie R. Shannon, Leendert Keus, Rodolfo C. Morice, and E. Lin: EFFECT OF SMOKING CESSATION AFTER DIAGNOSIS OF LUNG CANCER ON PERFORMANCE STATUS AND SURVIVAL
Chest 2005 128: 334S. [Abstract] [PDF]

H. Aziz, A. Blamoun, M. Shubair, M.M. Ismail, and M.A. Khan: CORRELATION BETWEEN LUNG MASS SIZE IN NON-SMALL CELL LUNG CANCER (NSCLC) AND BRAIN METASTASES
Chest 2005 128: 334S. [Abstract] [PDF]

Sevin Baser, Vickie R. Shannon, Georgie A. Eapen, Carlos A. Jimenez, Amir Onn, Leendert Keus, Rodolfo C. Morice, and E. Lin: IMPACT OF PULMONARY DYSFUNCTION AS A CAUSE OF INOPERABILITY FOR PATIENTS WITH NON-SMALL CELL LUNG CANCER
Chest 2005 128: 334S-335S. [Abstract] [PDF]

Jeong-Seon Ryu, Hun-Jae Lee, Jae-Hwa Cho, Seung-Min Kwak, Hong-Lyeol Lee, Tai-Hoon Moon, and Jae-Kap Lee: THE PULMONARY FUNCTION LOSS TO SMOKING PACK-YEAR IS AN INDEPENDENT PROGNOSTIC FACTOR IN NON-SMALL CELL LUNG CANCER PATIENTS HAVING SMOKING HISTORY
Chest 2005 128: 335S. [Abstract] [PDF]

Sevin Baser, Amir Onn, Carlos A. Jimenez, Georgie A. Eapen, Vickie R. Shannon, Leendert Keus, Rodolfo C. Morice, and E. Lin: EFFECT OF PULMONARY DYSFUNCTION ON SURVIVAL AND PERFORMANCE IN PATIENTS WITH NON-SMALL CELL LUNG CANCER
Chest 2005 128: 335S. [Abstract] [PDF]

Anant Mohan, Abha Goyal, Preet P. Singh, Siddharth Singh, R. M. Pandey, Ashutosh K. Pathak, Manisha Bhutani, and Randeep Guleria: IMPACT OF PRE-TREATMENT SYMPTOM BURDEN, RESPONSE TO TREATMENT, AND LABORATORY PARAMETERS ON SURVIVAL IN SMALL CELL LUNG CANCER
Chest 2005 128: 335S. [Abstract] [PDF]

Anant Mohan, Preet P. Singh, Siddharth Singh, Abha Goyal, Manisha Bhutani, Ashutosh K. Pathak, and Randeep Guleria: UTILITY OF SYMPTOMS AND RESPIRATORY STATUS IN THE ASSESSMENT OF QUALITY OF LIFE IN PATIENTS WITH LUNG CANCER
Chest 2005 128: 336S. [Abstract] [PDF]

Ramakant Dixit and Sidharth Sharma: PATTERN AND DETERMINANTS OF SURVIVAL AMONG LUNG CANCER PATIENTS IN WESTERN PART OF INDIA
Chest 2005 128: 336S. [Abstract] [PDF]

Naim Y. Aoun, Eduardo Velez, and Katherine P. Hendra: IMPLEMENTATION OF GUIDELINES: PREOPERATIVE ASSESSMENT OF PATIENTS UNDERGOING LUNG RESECTION SURGERY FOR LUNG CARCINOMA; A CASE STUDY
Chest 2005 128: 336S-337S. [Abstract] [PDF]

Jeng-Shing Wang: EFFECT OF LUNG RESECTION ON EXERCISE CAPACITY AND ON CO DIFFUSING CAPACITY DURING EXERCISE
Chest 2005 128: 337S. [Abstract] [PDF]

Yoshinori Nagamatsu: IMPORTANCE OF EXERCISE TESTING IN DETERMINING EARLY RETURN TO WORK AFTER THE LUNG RESECTION
Chest 2005 128: 337S. [Abstract] [PDF]

Wai Ming M. Yung, Y.W. T. Mok, S.O. Ling, Y.N. Poon, K.C. Wong, and C.W. Yim: DOES PREOPERATIVE INTERVENTION PROGRAM IMPROVE POSTOPERATIVE OUTCOME IN HIGH-RISK PATIENTS UNDERGOING THORACIC SURGERY?
Chest 2005 128: 337S-338S. [Abstract] [PDF]

Cliff P. Connery, Louis Harrision, Karen McGinnis, Maureen Reyes, Andy Nabong, and Robert C. Ashton: ANEMIA AFFECTS OUTCOME AFTER SURGICAL RESECTION FOR EARLY STAGE LUNG CANCER
Chest 2005 128: 338S. [Abstract] [PDF]

Amit V. Patel, Brian Collins, Shakun Malik, Carlos Jamis-Dow, David Earl-Graef, Gregory Gagnon, and Eric D. Anderson: EFFICACY OF CYBERKNIFER STEREOTACTIC RADIOSURGERY WITH SYNCHRONYTM MOTION TRACKING MODULE FOR TREATMENT OF MALIGNANCIES IN THE THORAX
Chest 2005 128: 338S. [Abstract] [PDF]

Dennis J. Rassias, Alexander Kraev, John Vetto, Mikhail Torosoff, Adebambo Kadri, Pasala Ravichandran, Christina Clement, and Riivo Ilves: WEDGE VERSUS LOBECTOMY: COMPARING SURVIVAL IN STAGE I NON-SMALL CELL LUNG CANCER
Chest 2005 128: 338S-339S. [Abstract] [PDF]

Adebambo M. Kadri, Dennis Rassias, and Riivo Ilves: PROGNOSIS AND SURVIVAL FOLLOWING SURGICAL RESECTION FOR LUNG CANCER WITH N2 INVOLVEMENT OF THE MEDIASTINUM
Chest 2005 128: 339S. [Abstract] [PDF]

Pier Luigi Filosso, Davide Turello, Giovanni Donati, Fausto Pernazza, Ottavio Rena, Caterina Casadio, Enrico Ruffini, and Alberto Oliaro: PRIMARY LUNG CANCERS DISCOVERED AS SOLITARY PULMONARY NODULE: REVIEW OF 209 CASES
Chest 2005 128: 339S. [Abstract] [PDF]

Adebambo M. Kadri and Riivo Ilves: DEATH HAZARDS FOLLOWING SURGICAL RESECTION FOR NON SMALL CELL PRIMARY BRONCHIAL CANCER: A STUDY ON THE POSSIBLE CURABILITY OF THE DISEASE
Chest 2005 128: 339S-340S. [Abstract] [PDF]

Mordechai R. Kramer, Yael Raviv, Ruth Hardoff, Merav Gat, and Igal Kushnir: ASSESSING REGIONAL LUNG FUNCTION IN SINGLE LUNG TRANSPLANT (SLT) RECIPIENTS USING A NEW VIBRATION RESPONSE IMAGING (VRI*) TECHNOLOGY
Chest 2005 128: 340S. [Abstract] [PDF]

Janet R. Maurer, Jar-Chi Lee, Gerald Beck, Kevin K. Brown, Joel Moss, and Jay H. Ryu: ROLE OF LUNG TRANSPLANTATION IN THE MANAGEMENT OF PATIENTS WITH LAM: BASELINE DATA FROM THE NIH LAM REGISTRY
Chest 2005 128: 340S. [Abstract] [PDF]

Deborah J. Levine, Luis Angel, Sako Edward, and Stephanie Levine: READMISSION TO AN INTENSIVE CARE UNIT AFTER LUNG TRANSPLANTATION: EXPERIENCE OF A SINGLE CENTER
Chest 2005 128: 340S-341S. [Abstract] [PDF]

Forest H. Mealey, Kevin McCarthy, and Jeffrey Chapman: BRONCHODILATOR RESPONSE AS A PREDICTOR OF BRONCHIOLITIS OBLITERANS SYNDROME IN SINGLE AND DOUBLE LUNG TRANSPLANTS
Chest 2005 128: 341S. [Abstract] [PDF]

Leonardo Seoane, Denise Fuchs, Gisele A. Lombard, Stephanie G. Laplace, David E. Taylor, and Vincent G. Valentine: MYCOBACTERIA ABSCESSUS IN LUNG ALLOGRAFT RECIPIENTS
Chest 2005 128: 341S. [Abstract] [PDF]

Amit Gaggar, Keith Wille, Kevin Leon, Katherine Hart, Susan Kerkhof, David McGiffin, and K. R. Young: LONG-TERM OUTCOME FOLLOWING LUNG TRANSPLANTATION FOR PATIENTS WITH SARCOIDOSIS
Chest 2005 128: 341S-342S. [Abstract] [PDF]

Cesar A. Keller, Debra Boswell, Javier Aduen, Heidy David-Robinson, Jefreey Shalev, and Francisco Alvarez: EFFECT OF OBESITY IN THE OUTCOMES OF LUNG TRANSPLANT RECIPIENTS
Chest 2005 128: 342S. [Abstract] [PDF]

John H. Sherner, Scott Barnett, Shahzad Ahmad, Nelson Burton, Mary Schmidt, and Steven Nathan: VORICONAZOLE VERSUS ITRACONAZOLE FOR FUNGAL PROPHYLAXIS AFTER LUNG TRANSPLANTATION
Chest 2005 128: 342S. [Abstract] [PDF]

Leonardo Seoane, Valerie Schacter, Connie E. Thonpson, LaPlace G. Stephanie, David E. Taylor, and Vincent G. Valentine: DIFFERENCES IN QUALITY OF LIFE AMONG PATIENTS LISTED FOR LUNG TRANSPLANTATION
Chest 2005 128: 342S. [Abstract] [PDF]

Deborah J. Levine, Luis Angel, Andres Pelaez, Scott Johnson, John Calhoon, and Stephanie Levine: INCIDENCE OF UNDETECTED LUNG NEOPLASMS IN EXPLANTS OF LUNG TRANSPLANT RECIPIENTS: EXPERIENCE OF A SINGLE CENTER
Chest 2005 128: 342S-343S. [Abstract] [PDF]

Dale C. Lien, Justin G. Weinkauf, Kathleen B. Jackson, Pam Brown, Andrea Taskinen, and Neil Skjodt: SURVIVAL AFTER WEST NILE VIRUS MENINGOENCEPHALITIS IN A LUNG TRANSPLANT RECIPIENT
Chest 2005 128: 343S. [Abstract] [PDF]

Lewis A. Eisen, Abhijith Hegde, Jeffrey S. Berger, Mangala Narasimhan, and Roslyn F. Schneider: COMPETENCY IN CHEST RADIOGRAPHY: A COMPARISON OF MEDICAL STUDENTS, RESIDENTS AND FELLOWS
Chest 2005 128: 343S-344S. [Abstract] [PDF]

Richard I. Hall and Cecilia DeAntueno: PUBLICATION OF RESEARCH UNDERTAKEN IN A CANADIAN TEACHING CENTRE: A REVIEW BY A RESEARCH ETHICS BOARD
Chest 2005 128: 344S. [Abstract] [PDF]

Maria R. Lucarelli, Catherine Lucey, and John Mastronarde: SURVEY OF CURRENT PRACTICES IN PULMONARY AND CRITICAL CARE FELLOWSHIP ORIENTATION PROCEDURES
Chest 2005 128: 344S. [Abstract] [PDF]

Jason M. Golbin, Robert Bruno, Gerald Bahr, and Bushra Mina: QUALITY OF EDUCATION IN THE INTENSIVE CARE UNIT: A SUBSET ANALYSIS
Chest 2005 128: 344S. [Abstract] [PDF]

Banwari Lal Meel and Ruchika MEEL: THE DEGREE OF CO-MORBIDITY OF SILICOSIS AND PULMONARY TUBERCULOSIS AMONG EX-MINEWORKERS OF THE FORMER HOMELAND OF TRANSKEI, SOUTH AFRICA. AN X-RAY BASED STUDY
Chest 2005 128: 345S. [Abstract] [PDF]

Banwari L. Meel and Ruchika Meel: PREVALENCE OF ASBESTOS EXPOSURE OF THE MINE-WORKFORCE FROM TRANSKEI, SOUTH AFRICA
Chest 2005 128: 345S. [Abstract] [PDF]

Daniela Pelclova, Zdenka Fenclova, Petr Kacer, Marek Kuzma, Jindriska Lebedova, Pavlina Klusackova, Marie Balikova, and Tomas Navratil: EXHALED BREATH CONDENSATE IN ASBESTOS EXPOSURE
Chest 2005 128: 345S-346S. [Abstract] [PDF]

Jindriska Lebedova, Pavlina Klusackova, Petr Kacer, Marek Kuzma, Daniela Pelclova, Tomas Navratil, and Zdenka Fenclova: MARKERS IN BREATH CONDENSATE IN PATIENTS WITH OCCUPATIONAL ASTHMA AND RHINITIS
Chest 2005 128: 346S. [Abstract] [PDF]

Nishard Abdeen, Greg Cron, Albert Cross, Thomas Rand, Steven White, and Giles Santyr: XENON DIFFUSING CAPACITY DETECTS ABNORMAL GAS EXCHANGE IN A RAT MODEL OF PNEUMONITIS CAUSED BY STACHYBOTRYS CHARTARUM SPORE INHALATION
Chest 2005 128: 346S. [Abstract] [PDF]

Abbas Nemati, Mahdi Rahmati, and Ali Moghimi: LONG-TERM RESPIRATORY DISORDERS IN CLAIMERS WITH EXPOSURE TO CHEMICAL WARFARE AGENTS (CWA): REVIEW OF METHACHOLINE CHALLENGE TEST (MCT) RESULTS
Chest 2005 128: 346S. [Abstract] [PDF]

Pedro F. Lucero, Patrick Perkins, and Michael J. Morris: DOES PROTECTIVE MASK (M40) INCREASE REACTIVE AIRWAY DISEASE IN MILITARY ACTIVE DUTY WITH EXERCISE INDUCED BRONCHOSPASM
Chest 2005 128: 347S. [Abstract] [PDF]

Rachna B. Reddy, Elizabeth Busdicker, and Sridhar P. Reddy: AIR POLLUTION IN A SMALL MICHIGAN COMMUNITY
Chest 2005 128: 347S. [Abstract] [PDF]

Viktor Hanak, Jay Ryu, and Thomas Hartman: RADIOLOGIC PATTERN OF PULMONARY DISEASE ASSOCIATED WITH MYCOBACTERIUM INTRACELLULARE-AVIUM IN HOT TUB USERS (HOT TUB LUNG)
Chest 2005 128: 347S. [Abstract] [PDF]

Carl A. Kaplan, Michael S. Plisco, and Ashok Palagiri: ANTI-GLOMERULAR BASEMENT MEMBRANE ANTIBODY-NEGATIVE, GOODPASTURE-LIKE ALVEOLAR HEMORRHAGE SYNDROME IN YOUNG WOMEN WITH METHAMPHETAMINE USE AND MANUFACTURE
Chest 2005 128: 347S-348S. [Abstract] [PDF]

Thomas L. Higgins, Daniel Teres, Wayne Copes, Brian Nathanson, Maureen Stark, and Andrew Kramer: UPDATED MORTALITY PROBABILITY MODEL (MPM -III)
Chest 2005 128: 348S. [Abstract] [PDF]

Brian Nathanson, Wayne Copes, Maureen Stark, Andrew Kramer, Daniel Teres, and Thomas L. Higgins: MORTALITY PROBABILITY MODELS (MPM0-III) FOR SPECIALIZED PATIENT POPULATIONS
Chest 2005 128: 349S. [Abstract] [PDF]

Michaël De Cubber, Marta Trabbach, Francesca Garcia Lizana, Christian Mélot, and Jean-Louis Vincent: THE ICU DISCHARGE SCORE TO EVALUATE THE RISK OF READMISSION
Chest 2005 128: 349S. [Abstract] [PDF]

Patricia B. Cerrito and Dave Pecoraro: DATA MINING THE ELECTRONIC MEDICAL RECORD TO EXAMINE OUTCOMES IN THE EMERGENCY DEPARTMENT
Chest 2005 128: 349S-350S. [Abstract] [PDF]

Meurant Francois: ASSESSMENT OF ACUTE PHYSIOLOGIC AND CHRONIC HEALTH EVALUATION AND THE SIMPLIDIED PHYSIOLOGIC SCORES IN A POST-TRAUMATIC SURGICAL INTENSIVE CARE UNIT
Chest 2005 128: 350S. [Abstract] [PDF]

Dean Edell, Douglas Savino, and Vikram Khoshoo: EFFECTS OF PREVENTION OF ASPIRATION DURING RSV BRONCHIOLITIS
Chest 2005 128: 350S. [Abstract] [PDF]

Heather Huxol, Kimberly Kim, Ron Morton, and Nemr S. Eid: EPIDEMIOLOGY OF WHEEZING INFANTS REFERRED TO A TERTIARY MEDICAL CENTER
Chest 2005 128: 350S. [Abstract] [PDF]

Alfredo A. Yap and Olivia C. Go: THE 24-HOUR TUBERCULIN TEST: A COMPARISON WITH THE 48-HOUR AND 72-HOUR READINGS AND ITS PREDICTIVE VALUE
Chest 2005 128: 350S-351S. [Abstract] [PDF]

Myrna B. Dolovich, David Millar, Lori Sterling, Rod Rhem, Andrew P. Bosco, and Haresh Kirpalani: LUNG DEPOSITION OF QVAR (HFA134A-BDP) IN NEWBORN INFANTS WITH BRONCHOPULMONARY DYSPLASIA (BPD)
Chest 2005 128: 351S. [Abstract] [PDF]

Jan Sulc, Jan Bruthans, Karel Dlask, Karel Cvachovec, Michal Andrlik, and Jiri Kofranek: SERIAL EVALUATION OF PULMONARY FUNCTION LONG-TERM AFTER LUNG CONTUSION
Chest 2005 128: 351S. [Abstract] [PDF]

Fatima B. Pogoy and Teresita S. de Guia: LUNG FUNCTION TEST OF TOLUENE ABUSERS AMONG URBAN STREET CHILDREN AGES 7 TO 18 YEARS OLD
Chest 2005 128: 351S. [Abstract] [PDF]

Christopher L. Carroll, Anita Bhandari, Aaron R. Zucker, and Craig M. Schramm: CHRONIC INHALED CORTICOSTEROIDS DO NOT AFFECT SEVERE ACUTE ASTHMA EXACERBATIONS IN CHILDREN
Chest 2005 128: 351S-352S. [Abstract] [PDF]

Bradley Chipps, Joseph Spahn, Christine Sorkness, Amanda Emmett, Laura Sutton, and Paul M. Dorinsky: CLASSIFICATION OF ASTHMA SEVERITY AMONG STEROID-NAÏVE PEDIATRIC SUBJECTS PREVIOUSLY RECEIVING SHORT-ACTING BETA2-AGONISTS: DO THE GUIDELINES NEED REVISITING?
Chest 2005 128: 352S. [Abstract] [PDF]

Jeff McQuade, Andrew Braude, and Lily Yang: ROUTINE TRACHEAL ASPIRATES: ROLE IN THE MANAGEMENT OF RESPIRATORY TRACT INFECTIONS
Chest 2005 128: 352S. [Abstract] [PDF]

Wish Banhiran, Chulaluck Techakittiroj, Teeradej Kuptanon, and Narong Simakajornboon: THE EFFECT OF APNEA ON SLEEP ARCHITECTURE IN INFANTS WITH GENETIC OR METABOLIC DISEASE
Chest 2005 128: 352S-353S. [Abstract] [PDF]

Shannon Boudreaux, Khalilah Lewis-Brown, Glenn Hildreth, and Kevin D. Maupin: THE USE OF SPIROMETRY AND IMPULSE OSCILLOMETRY IN THE DIAGNOSIS OF VOCAL CORD DYSFUNCTION IN THE PEDIATRIC PATIENT
Chest 2005 128: 353S. [Abstract] [PDF]

Cristiane C. Coelho, Dorcas C. Almeida, Gisele C. Oliveira, Roberta C. Pinto, Ivana M. Oliveira, and Evanirso S. Aquino: PHYSIOLOGICAL RESPONSES COMPARATION AND REPRODUCTIBILITY OF SIX MINUTE WALKING TEST IN CYSTIC FIBROSIS AND NORMAL CHILDREN
Chest 2005 128: 353S. [Abstract] [PDF]

Nathalie Samson, François Moreau-Bussière, Joelle Rouillard-Lafond, and Jean-Paul Praud: ELECTRICAL ACTIVITY OF THE LARYNGEAL CONSTRICTOR AND DILATOR MUSCLES DURING CENTRAL APNEAS IN THE NEWBORN LAMB
Chest 2005 128: 353S. [Abstract] [PDF]

Cristiane Cenachi-Coelho, Lídia M. Barreto, Maria Fernanda F. Correa, Rose A. Miranda Figueira, and Evanirso S. Aquino: COMPARISON OF DIFFERENT PROTOCOLS OF INSPIRATORY MUSCLES INCREMENTAL TEST IN NORMAL CHILDREN
Chest 2005 128: 353S-354S. [Abstract] [PDF]

Francis Robicsek, Alexander A. Fokin, Peter N. Kane, and Chad R. Swan: NIL NOCERE: ACQUIRED RESTRICTIVE THORACIC DYSTROPHY
Chest 2005 128: 354S. [Abstract] [PDF]

Penny M. Overgaard and Peggy J. Radford: HIGH FREQUENCY CHEST WALL OSCILLATION IMPROVES OUTCOMES IN CHILDREN WITH CEREBRAL PALSY
Chest 2005 128: 354S. [Abstract] [PDF]

Rupali Bansal, Narong Simakajornboon, Salvador Cangiamella, Robert C. Beckerman, and Michael Kiernan: THE MEASUREMENT OF RESPIRATORY MUSCLE FUNCTION IN ADOLESCENT IDIOPATHIC SCOLIOSIS
Chest 2005 128: 354S-355S. [Abstract] [PDF]

Naoki Mori, Hajime Kurosawa, Azuma Hiramoto, Kayomi Matumoto, Yuko Sano, Emiko Fukuda, Hiromi Fujii, and Masahiro Kohzuki: RELATIONSHIPS BETWEEN RESPIRATORY FUNCTION AND SPINAL CHARACTERISTICS IN PATIENTS WITH SEVERE MOTOR AND INTELLECTUAL DISABILITIES SYNDROME
Chest 2005 128: 355S. [Abstract] [PDF]

Alden H. Kirk, Giorgio M. Aru, and Fermin Romero: DELAYED SLEEVE RESECTION OF DISTAL LEFT MAIN BRONCHUS CRUSHING INJURY IN A CHILD AFTER SHORT COURSE OF STEROIDAL TREATMENT: CASE REPORT
Chest 2005 128: 355S. [Abstract] [PDF]

Rita Troini: CONTINUUM OF CARE: THE ROLE OF TEACHING PROGRAMS IN THE PROVISION OF CARE TO VENTILATOR-ASSISTED INDIVIDUALS IN URBAN AND RURAL REGIONS OF QUEBEC
Chest 2005 128: 355S. [Abstract] [PDF]

Raquel J. Consunji-Araneta, Karen Wachnian, and Diane Lauder: THE EVOLUTION AND CURRENT STATUS OF RESPIRATORY TECHNOLOGY DEPENDENT CHILDREN IN MANITOBA
Chest 2005 128: 355S-356S. [Abstract] [PDF]

Michael P. Miller and Mayer Sagy: LUNG PROTECTIVE STRATEGY DURING MECHANICAL VENTILATION OF PEDIATRIC PATIETNS WITH ARDS IS ASSOCIATED WITH REDUCED INCIDENCE OF CHEST TUBES INSERTION FOR PNEUMOTHORACES BUT WITH INCREASED INCIDENCE OF CHEST TUBES INSERTION FOR PLEURAL EFFUSIONS
Chest 2005 128: 356S. [Abstract] [PDF]

Zhiping Li, Yubiao Guo, Xiaoli Yao, Cheng Zhang, and Canmao Xie: SIGNIFICANT IMPROVEMENT IN SPIROMETRY AFTER STEM CELL TRANSPLANTATION IN ONE DUCHENNE MUSCULAR DYSTROPHY PATIENT
Chest 2005 128: 356S. [Abstract] [PDF]

Susie N. FitzHarris, Khalilah Lewis-Brown, and Kevin D. Maupin: THE BENEFIT OF ROUTINE CHEST RADIOGRAPHY IN THE PEDIATRIC PATIENT AFTER FLEXIBLE FIBEROPTIC BRONCHOSCOPY
Chest 2005 128: 357S. [Abstract] [PDF]

Charles Duvareille, Philippe Reix, Carole Langlois, Julie Arsenault, Patrick Létourneau, Théophile Niyonsenga, Nathalie Samson, and Jean-Paul Praud: C-FIBER BLOCKADE INFLUENCE NON-NUTRITIVE SWALLOWING IN NEWBORN LAMBS
Chest 2005 128: 357S. [Abstract] [PDF]

Graeme P. Currie, Annie Kennedy, Ed Paterson, and Stephen Watt: A CHRONIC PNEUMOTHORAX AND FITNESS TO FLY
Chest 2005 128: 357S. [Abstract] [PDF]

Kayvan Amjadi, Eef Vanderhelst, Brigitte Velkeniers, and Marc Noppen: PREVALENCE OF EMPHYSEMA-LIKE CHANGES OF THE LUNGS AMONG YOUNG HEALTHY ADULTS, AND AMONG THOSE WITH SIMILAR PHYSIOGNOMY TO PATIENTS WITH PRIMARY SPONTANEOUS PNEUMOTHORAX: A THORACOSCOPIC EVALUATION
Chest 2005 128: 357S. [Abstract] [PDF]

Samrad Mehrabi, Mohammad Ali Ghayyumi, Abbas Ghaderi, and Mehrnoush Doroudchi: DIAGNOSTIC VALUE OF TUMOR MARKERS CEA, CA 125, CA 15-3 AND NSE LEVEL DETERMINATION IN THE SERA AND PLEURAL FLUIDS IN PATIENTS WITH MALIGNANT PLEURAL EFFUSIONS
Chest 2005 128: 358S. [Abstract] [PDF]

Basil Varkey and Manish Joshi: ANALYSIS OF 112 CONSECUTIVE CASES OF THORACIC EMPYEMA OVER A 19-YEAR PERIOD
Chest 2005 128: 358S. [Abstract] [PDF]

Glena Cheng and Janine R. Vintch: A RETROSPECTIVE ANALYSIS OF THE MANAGEMENT OF PARAPNEUMONIC EMPYEMAS IN A COUNTY TEACHING FACILITY FROM 1992-2004
Chest 2005 128: 358S-359S. [Abstract] [PDF]

Leila Antonangelo, Francisco S. Vargas, Eduardo H. Genofre, Lisete R. Teixeira, Milena M. Acencio, Márcia Seiscento, Evaldo Marchi, and Roberta K. Sales: PROTEIC PROFILE OF PLEURAL EFFUSIONS SECONDARY TO TUBERCULOSIS AND MALIGNANCY
Chest 2005 128: 359S. [Abstract] [PDF]

Ali H. Debek, Mohammad Khatib, Ghassan Jamaleddine, Ahmad Husari, and Pierre Bou-Khalil: CORRELATION OF WHITE BLOOD CELLS (WBC) WITH PLEURAL FLUID PH VALUES COLLECTED IN HEPARINIZED AND NON-HEPARINIZED SYRINGES
Chest 2005 128: 359S. [Abstract] [PDF]

Ali H. Debek, Pierre Bou-Khalil, Ghassan Jamaleddine, Nadim Kanj, and Mohammad Khatib: COMPARISON BETWEEN PLEURAL FLUID PH MEASUREMENTS OF SPECIMENS COLLECTED IN HEPARINIZED VERSUS NON-HEPARINIZED SYRINGES
Chest 2005 128: 359S-360S. [Abstract] [PDF]

Leila Antonangelo, Francisco S. Vargas, Luciana P. Almeida, Milena M. Acencio, Fabrício D. Gomes, Roberta K. Sales, Márcia Seiscento, and Lisete R. Teixeira: DOES STORAGE TIME AND TEMPERATURE INTERFERE IN THE ADENOSINE DEAMINASE MEASUREMENT IN PLEURAL EFFUSIONS?
Chest 2005 128: 360S. [Abstract] [PDF]

An Chang Hyeok, Kim Yu Jin, Kyung Sun Young, Lee Sang Pyo, Park Jeong Woong, and Jeong Seong Hwan: RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN METALLOPROTEINASE AND EXUDATIVE PLEURAL EFFUSIONS
Chest 2005 128: 360S. [Abstract] [PDF]

Ram Mor, Tatiana Boikaner, Avi Man, Zipi Yemini, Igal Kushnir, and Joel Greif: VIBRATION RESPONSE IMAGING (VRI): A NEW MODALITY FOR EVALUATION AND FOLLOW-UP OF PLEURAL EFFUSION (PE)
Chest 2005 128: 360S. [Abstract] [PDF]

Vijay A. Rupanagudi, Ashwini Sahni, Karthikeyan Kanagarajan, Hima Kona, Daniel Contractor, and Padmanabhan Krishnan: CAN PLEURAL FLUID DENSITY MEASURED BY HOUNSFIELD UNITS(HU) ON CHEST CT BE USED TO DIFFERENTIATE BETWEEN TRANSUDATE AND EXUDATE?
Chest 2005 128: 361S. [Abstract] [PDF]

Marcelo A. Vaz, Daniela B. Mont’alverne, Maria I. Feltrim, Lisete R. Teixeira, and Francisco S. Vargas: ACUTE PLEURAL-PULMONARY ALTERATIONS AFTER CABG (CORONARY ARTERY BYPASS GRAFT)
Chest 2005 128: 361S-362S. [Abstract] [PDF]

William W. Stringer, Mallory D. Witt, Michelle Cao, Rose Sandoval, and Kathy E. Sietsema: EXERCISE CAPACITY IN CLINICALLY STABLE HIV PATIENTS AS A FUNCTION OF HIGHLY ACTIVE ANTIRETROVIRAL THERAPY
Chest 2005 128: 362S. [Abstract] [PDF]

Bohdan M. Pichurko, J. Trosell, D. Luneack, C. Rubner, and A. Pichurko: THE VALUE OF CARDIO-PULMONARY EXERCISE TESTING (CPET) IN THE DETECTION OF CARDIAC DISEASE IN RESPIRATORY IMPAIRED (RI) PATIENTS
Chest 2005 128: 362S. [Abstract] [PDF]

Edgar G. Bautista, Ma. Luisa M. Guerra, Tomás Pulido, Efrén Santos, Silvio A. Ñamendys, José L. Sandoval, Gerardo Rojas, David Mendoza, and Julio Sandoval: GAS EXCHANGE ASSESSMENT AT REST AND DURING EXERCISE IN PATIENTS WITH EISENMENGER SYNDROME
Chest 2005 128: 362S-363S. [Abstract] [PDF]

Matjaz Flezar, Mitja Kosnik, and Marjan Bilban: EXERCISE PERFORMANCE AND VENTILATION IN CO₂–RICH ATMOSPHERE IN COAL MINE
Chest 2005 128: 363S. [Abstract] [PDF]

Castagna Olivier: ARM EXERCISE AND LOWER LIMB EXERCISE CAPACITIES ARE SIMILAR IN PATIENT WITH SEVERE COPD
Chest 2005 128: 363S. [Abstract] [PDF]

Nenad Ponorac, Amela Matavulj, Nikola Grujic, Zvezdana Rajkovaca, and Pedja Kovacevic: PARAMETERS OF RESPIRATORY FUNCTION AS INDICATORS OF AEROBIC CAPACITY ATHLETE’S
Chest 2005 128: 363S-364S. [Abstract] [PDF]

Hubert Chen, Mark D. Eisner, Carla M. Teehankee, Paul D. Blanc, and Teresa De Marco: ENVIRONMENTAL TOBACCO SMOKE AND HEALTH STATUS IN PATIENTS WITH PULMONARY ARTERIAL HYPERTENSION
Chest 2005 128: 364S. [Abstract] [PDF]

Frances De Man, Brechje van Beek-Harmsen, Anton Vonk-Noordegraaf, and Willem van der Laarse: FUNCTIONAL CHANGES OF RESPIRATORY MUSCLES IN PULMONARY HYPERTENSIVE RATS
Chest 2005 128: 364S. [Abstract] [PDF]

William T. Mansfield, Linda Allred, Thomas E. Van der Kloot, and Joel A. Wirth: PULMONARY VENO-OCCLUSIVE DISEASE IN ASSOCIATION WITH CREST SYNDROME (LIMITED SCLERODERMA): CLINICAL, RADIOLOGIC, HEMODYNAMIC AND PATHOLOGIC CHARACTERIZATION
Chest 2005 128: 364S-365S. [Abstract] [PDF]

Sotir Polena, Eirene Mamakos, Anwar Hague, Christos Iakovou, Rick Conetta, and Rajen Maniar: SECONDARY PULMONARY HYPERTENSION IN GERIATRIC POPULATION
Chest 2005 128: 365S. [Abstract] [PDF]

Claire Gilbert, Martin C. Brown, Joseph C. Cappelleri, Tamiza Parpia, and Stephen P. McKenna: ESTABLISHING A MINIMALLY IMPORTANT DIFFERENCE IN 6-MINUTE WALK DISTANCE AND SF-36 AMONG PATIENTS WITH PULMONARY ARTERIAL HYPERTENSION
Chest 2005 128: 365S. [Abstract] [PDF]

Vinay K. Sharma and Karim Djekidel: OUTCOMES OF INVESTIGATING PULMONARY ARTERY HYPERTENSION
Chest 2005 128: 365S. [Abstract] [PDF]

Michele D’Alto, Berardo Sarubbi, Carmine D. Vizza, Emanuele Romeo, Giuseppe Santoro, Paola Argiento, Maria G. Russo, and Raffaele Calabrò: BOSENTAN THERAPY IN PATIENTS WITH PULMONARY HYPERTENSION SECONDARY TO CONGENITAL HEART DISEASE (EISENMENGER PHYSIOLOGY)
Chest 2005 128: 366S. [Abstract] [PDF]

Maria Carrillo, Cheryl A. Szymanski, Sandy K. Truesdell, Lisa D. Stagner, and Kevin M. Chan: EFFICACY AND SAFETY OF PULMONARY REHABILITATION IN PATIENTS WITH PULMONARY HYPERTENSION: PRELIMINARY RESULTS
Chest 2005 128: 366S. [Abstract] [PDF]

Terrance Coyne and Richard Dixon: WARFARIN MANAGEMENT IN PULMONARY ARTERIAL HYPERTENSION IS SIMILAR BETWEEN BOSENTAN, PLACEBO, AND SITAXSENTAN
Chest 2005 128: 366S. [Abstract] [PDF]

Zoheir Bshouty: RESPONSE OF PATIENTS WITH PULMONARY ARTERIAL HYPERTENSION THAT DO NOT QUALIFY FOR TREATMENT WITH BOSENTAN TO TREATMENT WITH BOSENTAN
Chest 2005 128: 367S. [Abstract] [PDF]

Shiraz A. Daud and Murali M. Chakinala: TREATMENT OF PORTOPULMONARY HYPERTENSION WITH ORAL SILDENAFIL
Chest 2005 128: 367S. [Abstract] [PDF]

Satyendra Sharma, Roger Philipp, and Tarik Kashour: TREATMENT OF SECONDARY PULMONARY ARTERIAL HYPERTENSION WITH ENDOTHELIN RECEPTOR BLOCKADE
Chest 2005 128: 367S-368S. [Abstract] [PDF]

Linda L. Wolfenden, Grant T. Anderson, Nancy E. Clardy, Nancy V. Murrah, and Emir Veledar: FACTORS ASSOCIATED WITH FAVORABLE LTACH DISCHARGE OUTCOMES
Chest 2005 128: 368S. [Abstract] [PDF]

Fung J. Lin, Chang-Yi Lin, Pei-Jan Chen, and Hsu-Tah Kuo: OUTCOME OF CHRONIC VENTILATED PATIENTS TRANSFERRD TO A STEP-DOWN RESPIRATORY CARE CENTER IN TAIWAN
Chest 2005 128: 368S-369S. [Abstract] [PDF]

Debapriya Datta and Paul Scalise: FACTORS AFFECTING WEANING AND SURVIVAL OUTCOMES IN PATIENTS ON PROLONGED MECHANICAL VENTILATION
Chest 2005 128: 369S. [Abstract] [PDF]

Leslie A. Hoffman, JiYeon Choi, Thomas H. Miller, Keiko Kobayashi, Thomas G. Zullo, and Michael P. Donahoe: PREDICTORS OF ABILITY TO WEAN FROM PROLONGED MECHANICAL VENTILATION SIX MONTHS AFTER DISCHARGE FROM A MEDICAL INTENSIVE CARE UNIT
Chest 2005 128: 369S. [Abstract] [PDF]

Denise P. Veelo, Dave A. Dongelmans, Johanna C. Korevaar, and Marcus J. Schultz: TIME TO WEAN AFTER TRACHEOTOMY IN CRITICALLY ILL PATIENTS
Chest 2005 128: 369S-370S. [Abstract] [PDF]

Christopher R. Powers and Daniel R. Ouellette: MEASUREMENT OF BRAIN NATRIURETIC PEPTIDE LEVELS IN PATIENTS WITH RESPIRATORY FAILURE DUE TO CHRONIC OBSTRUCTIVE PULMONARY DISEASE
Chest 2005 128: 370S. [Abstract] [PDF]

Anish A. Desai, U. Venkatesan, G S. Kadam, Ashish S. Gawde, and Vidyagauri P. Baliga: COMPARATIVE EVALUATION OF THE EFFICACY, SAFETY AND TOLERABILITY OF EXTENDED-RELEASE (ER) CEFUROXIME AXETIL TABLETS 500 MG (ONCE DAILY) AND CEFIXIME TABLETS 200 MG (TWICE DAILY) IN PATIENTS WITH ACUTE TONSILLOPHARYNGITIS: A PILOT STUDY
Chest 2005 128: 370S. [Abstract] [PDF]

Anish A. Desai, A B. Mishra, G. Bhatia, R. S. Murlidaharn, G. S. Kadam, Ashish S. Gawde, and Vidyagauri P. Baliga: ASSESSMENT OF THE EFFICACY AND SAFETY OF SINGLE-DOSE EXTENDED-RELEASE (ER) CEFUROXIME AXETIL IN ADULT INDIAN PATIENTS WITH ACUTE EXACERBATIONS OF CHRONIC BRONCHITIS (AECB)
Chest 2005 128: 370S. [Abstract] [PDF]

I. Morrissey, T.M. File, Jr, L.A. Mandell, and G.S. Tillotson: THE EFFECT OF DISEASE SEVERITY ON CLINICAL OUTCOME WITH ACUTE EXACERBATION OF CHRONIC BRONCHITIS PATIENTS TREATED WITH GEMIFLOXACIN
Chest 2005 128: 371S. [Abstract] [PDF]

Kathryn Wood, Allyson Mirabella, and Jonathan Gottlieb: THE EFFECT OF COMPUTERIZED ORDER SETS ON QUALITY INDICATORS FOR HOSPITALIZED PATIENTS WITH COMMUNITY ACQUIRED PNEUMONIA
Chest 2005 128: 371S. [Abstract] [PDF]

Antonio Anzueto, Daniel Haverstock, Frank Kruesmann, and Shurjeel Choudhri: COMPARATIVE EFFICACY OF ORAL AND SEQUENTIAL INTRAVENOUS/ORAL MOXIFLOXACIN IN THE TREATMENT OF COMMUNITY ACQUIRED PNEUMONIA (CAP) IN THE VERY ELDERLY (AGE >=75 YEARS)
Chest 2005 128: 371S. [Abstract] [PDF]

Ian Morrissey, Thomas File, Lionel Mandell, and Glenn S. Tillotson: RESISTANCE PHENOTYPES OF STREPTOCOCCUS PNEUMONIAE AND CLINICAL OUTCOME OF RESPIRATORY TRACT INFECTIONS TREATED WITH GEMIFLOXACIN
Chest 2005 128: 371S-372S. [Abstract] [PDF]

Maysah S. El-Deen, Abdalla A. Abu Hussein, Gamal A. El-Kholy, and Amany Abouzeid: DOES TELITHROMYCIN EXHIBIT IMMUNOMODULATORY PROPERTIES IN CHRONIC AIRWAY INFLAMMATION?
Chest 2005 128: 372S. [Abstract] [PDF]

I. Morrissey, T.M. File, Jr, L.A. Mandell, and G.S. Tillotson: PATIENT RISK FACTORS IN COMMUNITY-ACQUIRED PNEUMONIA INFECTIONS OUTCOME FOLLOWING TREATMENT WITH GEMIFLOXACIN
Chest 2005 128: 372S. [Abstract] [PDF]

I. Morrisey, T.M. File, Jr., L.A. Mandell, and G.S. Tillotson: CARDIO-PULMONARY MEDICAL HISTORY AND THE EFFECT ON CLINICAL OUTCOME OF COMMUNITY-ACQUIRED PNEUMONIA INFECTIONS TREATED WITH GEMIFLOXACIN
Chest 2005 128: 372S-373S. [Abstract] [PDF]

Cosimo Lequaglie and Gabriella Giudice: FLUOROQUINOLONE AS 2ND CHOICE THERAPY IN NOSOCOMIAL PULMONARY COMPLICATIONS AFTER RESECTION FOR LUNG CANCER
Chest 2005 128: 373S. [Abstract] [PDF]

Cosimo Lequaglie, Franco Fraschini, Germana Demartini, and Franco Scaglione: PENETRATION OF AMPHOTERICIN B IN HUMAN LUNG TISSUE AFTER SINGLE LIPOSOMAL AMPHOTERICIN B INFUSION
Chest 2005 128: 373S. [Abstract] [PDF]

Talaat A. Al Shuqairat: RESPONSE TO ITRACONAZOLE IN PATIENTS WITH MEDIASTINAL GRANULOMA
Chest 2005 128: 373S. [Abstract] [PDF]

Robert P. Baughman: MICROORGANISMS RESPONSIBLE FOR FAILURE OF MACROLIDE TREATMENT OF ACUTE EXACERBATION OF CHRONIC BRONCHITIS: RESULTS OF BRONCHOSCOPIC CULTURES
Chest 2005 128: 373S-374S. [Abstract] [PDF]

Prashant S. Borade and Daniel K. Lee: NOSOCOMIAL PNEUMONIA AND ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE
Chest 2005 128: 374S. [Abstract] [PDF]

Lawrence J. Wheat, Ann M. Le Monte, Chadi Hage, Kenneth S. Knox, Debra Blue-Hnidy, and Thomas E. Davis: DETECTION OF HISTOPLASMA CAPSULATUM ANTIGEN IN BRONCHIAL ALVEOLAR LAVAGE SPECIMENS BY IMPROVED ANTIGEN DETECTION ENZYME-LINKED IMMUNOASSAY
Chest 2005 128: 374S. [Abstract] [PDF]

Doyun Kim, Yoonsu Chang, Hyungjung Kim, and Chulmin Ahn: ENDOBRONCHIAL ASPERGILLOMA: A RETROSPECTIVE CASE REVIEW
Chest 2005 128: 374S-375S. [Abstract] [PDF]

Howard S. Weiss, Peter Spiegler, and Maritza L. Groth: CYTOPATHIC CHANGES OF HERPES SIMPLEX VIRUS IN MECHANICALLY VENTILATED PATIENTS: WHAT DOES IT MEAN?
Chest 2005 128: 375S. [Abstract] [PDF]

Woo J. Kim, Jong Seol Yuk, Se-Hui Jung, Ji Hyun Sung, Sung Joon Lee, Seung-Joon Lee, and Kwon-Soo Ha: DEVELOPMENT OF SURFACE OF PROTEIN CHIP FOR CHLAMYDIA PNEUMONIAE
Chest 2005 128: 375S. [Abstract] [PDF]

Pattrick Litterst, Michael Westhoff, Lutz Freitag, Vera Ruzsanyi, and Jörg I. Baumbach: BACTERIAL DIFFERENTIATION BY ION MOBILITY SPECTROMETRY: FIRST RESULTS OF A PILOT STUDY
Chest 2005 128: 375S. [Abstract] [PDF]

Marcos I. Restrepo, Antonio Anzueto, Eric M. Mortensen, Jacqueline A. Pugh, Mark L. Metersky, Patricio Escalante, Richard G. Wunderink, and Bonita T. Mangura: CURRENT KNOWLEDGE AND PRACTICE TO DIAGNOSE PATIENTS WITH SEVERE COMMUNITY-ACQUIRED PNEUMONIA ADMITTED TO THE ICU
Chest 2005 128: 376S. [Abstract] [PDF]

Umashankar Mishra and Gandharva Ray: PULMONARY MANIFESTATIONS IN MALARIA
Chest 2005 128: 376S. [Abstract] [PDF]

Peter E. Spronk, Daniël F. Faber, and Johannes H. Rommes: EFFECTS OF AUTOTRANSFUSION ON MICROVASCULAR PERFUSION USING PASSIVE LEG-RAISING IN PATIENTS WITH SEPTIC SHOCK
Chest 2005 128: 376S. [Abstract] [PDF]

Manoj L. Karwa and Kaye Hale: USE OF VASOPRESSIN FOR SEPTIC SHOCK IN A NONMONITORED SETTING
Chest 2005 128: 376S-377S. [Abstract] [PDF]

Sonja D. Bartolome, Alan J. Casillan, John G. Wood, Steven Q. Simpson, and Amy R. O’Brien-Ladner: ACTIVATED PROTEIN C INFUSION MIMICS ANTIOXIDANT EFFECTS ON HYPOXIA-INDUCED MICROVASCULAR INJURY
Chest 2005 128: 377S. [Abstract] [PDF]

Konrad Reinhart, Jean-Louis Vincent, Graham Ramsay, Claudio Martin, Eliezer Silva, Richard Beale, Frank M. Brunkhorst, Mitchell Levy, Gregory Martin, Mary Ann Turlo, Samiha Sarwat, and Jonathan Janes: DATA FROM THE TOP TEN ENROLLING COUNTRIES CONTAINED IN THE PROGRESS (PROMOTING GLOBAL RESEARCH EXCELLENCE IN SEVERE SEPSIS) REGISTRY DEMONSTRATES VARIATIONS IN TREATMENT AND HIGH MORTALITY RATES
Chest 2005 128: 377S. [Abstract] [PDF]

Maria I. Rudis, Kathy L. Rowland, Jill M. Hara, Philip Bretsky, Mark Hollinger, Kathryn Challoner, and Ed Newton: EVALUATION OF THE MANAGEMENT OF SEPSIS IN THE EMERGENCY DEPARTMENT
Chest 2005 128: 377S-378S. [Abstract] [PDF]

Darell Heiselman, Stephen Lowry, Jean-Francois Dhainaut, Pierre-Francois Laterre, Roland Schein, Michael Seneff, Jean-Pierre Sollet, Antonio Artigas, Jonathan Janes, Frank Booth, Andreas Sashegyi, and Michael Cobas Meyer: INDEPTH DATABASE OF SEVERE SEPSIS PATIENTS SHOWS FEWER CARDIAC EVENTS IN DROTRECOGIN ALFA (ACTIVATED) PATIENTS VS PLACEBO PATIENTS
Chest 2005 128: 378S. [Abstract] [PDF]

William C. Shoemaker, Adam Colombo, and Joseph Colombo: AUTONOMIC NERVOUS SYSTEM-BASED EARLY GOAL DIRECTED THERAPY IN THE TREATMENT OF SEVERE SEPSIS AND SEPTIC SHOCK: PRELIMINARY EVIDENCE
Chest 2005 128: 378S. [Abstract] [PDF]

David A. Hasselbacher, David M. Mannino, and Rolando Berger: PATIENTS WITH CHRONIC OBSTRUCTIVE PULMONARY DISEASE ARE AT HIGHER RISK OF SEPSIS
Chest 2005 128: 378S-379S. [Abstract] [PDF]

Alix Ashare, Timur Yarovinsky, Martha Monick, and Gary Hunninghake: SEVERE SEPSIS IS ASSOCIATED WITH AN APOPTOSIS-MEDIATED DECREASE IN HEPATIC BACTERIAL CLEARANCE
Chest 2005 128: 379S. [Abstract] [PDF]

William C. Shoemaker, Charles C. Wo, Payman Fathizadeh, and Joseph Colombo: AUTONOMIC AND HEMODYNAMIC ACTIVITY IN SEPSIS
Chest 2005 128: 379S. [Abstract] [PDF]

Stephen B. Heitner, Glenn Eiger, Robert Fischer, Emma C. Scott, and Aba Somers: RISK FACTORS FOR CANDIDEMIA: COMPARISON BETWEEN MEDICAL AND SURGICAL INTENSIVE CARE UNIT PATIENTS
Chest 2005 128: 379S-380S. [Abstract] [PDF]

Raquel Nahra, Sergio L. Zanotti-Cavazzoni, and Anand Kumar: MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS AN UNUSUAL YET HIGHLY FATAL CAUSE OF SEPTIC SHOCK
Chest 2005 128: 380S. [Abstract] [PDF]

Allen J. Blaivas, Rajeshri Patel, Kenneth Antigua, David Hom, and Hormoz Ashtyani: QUANTIFYING MICROSLEEP TO ASSESS SLEEPINESS
Chest 2005 128: 380S. [Abstract] [PDF]

Joe G. Zein, Maroun M. Tawk, Tarek Dernaika, Gary T. Kinasewitz, and William C. Orr: THE CLINICAL SIGNIFICANCE OF SPONTANEOUS AROUSALS INDEX (SAI) DURING POLYSOMNOGRAPHY
Chest 2005 128: 380S-381S. [Abstract] [PDF]

Richard K. Bogan, Jo Anne Turner, Alex Novodvorets, Koby Todros, and Baruch Levy: ADVANCED AUTOMATED ANALYSIS OF HUMAN ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY (EEG) USING MULTIDIMENSIONAL MATHEMATICAL ANALYSES OF FREQUENCY CHANGES COMPARED TO TRADITIONAL RECHTSCHAFFEN AND KALES (R&K) SCORING OF A KNOWN BIOLOGICAL SLEEP SIGNAL
Chest 2005 128: 381S. [Abstract] [PDF]

Juliana C. Rajter, Sigmund G. Jenssen, Han C. Ryoo, and Siva K. Ramachandran: DOES SLEEP SPINDLE FREQUENCY AND DENSITY DISCRIMINATE BETWEEN THE VARIOUS TYPES OF EPILEPSY?
Chest 2005 128: 381S. [Abstract] [PDF]

Richard K. Bogan, Jo Anne Turner, Alex Novodvorets, Koby Todros, and Baruch Levy: ADVANCED AUTOMATED ANALYSIS OF HUMAN ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY (EEG) USING MULTIDIMENSIONAL MATHEMATICAL ANALYSES OF FREQUENCY CHANGES COMPARED TO TRADITIONAL RECHTSCHAFFEN AND KALES (R&K) SCORING OF A KNOWN BIOLOGICAL SLEEP SIGNAL
Chest 2005 128: 381S-382S. [Abstract] [PDF]

Prashant N. Chhajed, Simone Gehrer, Trupti P. Chhajed, Ingrid Strobel, Martin Brutsche, Michael Tamm, and Werner Strobel: OPTIMIZATION OF NON-INVASIVE VENTILATION PRESSURES USING COMBINED OXIMETRY AND CUTANEOUS CARBON DIOXIDE TENSION MONITORING
Chest 2005 128: 382S. [Abstract] [PDF]

Norman Wolkove, Osama Elkhouli, Marc Baltzan, Richard Dabrusin, and Mark Palayew: SLEEP-RELATED DESATURATION IN PATIENTS WITH UNILATERAL DIAPHRAGMATIC DYSFUNCTION
Chest 2005 128: 382S. [Abstract] [PDF]

Chirag M. Pandya, Omar A. Minai, J. A. Golish, and K. McCarthy: PATIENTS WITH PULMONARY ARTERIAL HYPERTENSION (PAH) HAVE POOR SLEEP QUALITY
Chest 2005 128: 382S-383S. [Abstract] [PDF]

Arn H. Eliasson: PNEUMATIC COMPRESSION DEVICES FOR TREATMENT OF RESTLESS LEGS SYNDROME
Chest 2005 128: 383S. [Abstract] [PDF]

Khalil Ansarin, Jafar Shabanpour, Hasan Argani, and Hormoz Airomlou: RESTLESS LEGS SYNDROME IN PATIENTS WITH CHRONIC RENAL FAILURE IS NOT RELATED TO SERUM FERRITIN OR SERUM IRON LEVELS
Chest 2005 128: 383S. [Abstract] [PDF]

Jose C. Yataco, Joseph Golish, Marie Budev, and Omar Minai: RESTLESS LEGS SYNDROME IN LUNG TRANSPLANT RECIPIENTS
Chest 2005 128: 383S-384S. [Abstract] [PDF]

Clifford G. Risk and Nadine Y. Smith: THE IMPACT OF SLEEP DISORDERS ON THE ATTENTION DEFICIT DISORDER IN THE ADULTPART II: THE NON-OSA PATIENT
Chest 2005 128: 384S. [Abstract] [PDF]

Khalil Ansarin, Mariam Nobari Tabrizi, Jamal Ghaemmagami, AliReza Ostadrahimi, and Mehrnoush Toufan: RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN BODY FAT CONTENT AND ARTERIAL OXYGEN TENSION IN MILD-MODERATE OBESITY
Chest 2005 128: 384S. [Abstract] [PDF]

Clifford G. Risk and Nadine Y. Smith: THE IMPACT OF THE ATTENTION DEFICIT, MOOD, LEARNING AND PRAGMATIC DISORDERS ON THE PRESENTATION OF AN INSOMNIA DISORDER IN THE ADOLESCENT
Chest 2005 128: 384S. [Abstract] [PDF]

Florence M. Sekito and Lucas N. Lemes: ARE OROFACIAL PAIN PATIENTS PRONE TO OROPHARYNX RELATIONSHIP MODIFICATIONS, ALTERED RESPIRATORY PATTERNS OR SLEEP DISORDERS?
Chest 2005 128: 385S. [Abstract] [PDF]

Gur Y. Levy, Julio Castro, Juan A. Cardenas, Benito Rodriguez, Dolores Moreno, Ismenia Chaustre, Arnoldo Soto, Guillermo Isturiz, and Jose M. Lopez: SLEEP HABITS IN VENEZUELA AND ITS CORRELATION WITH HEART AND LUNG DISEASE
Chest 2005 128: 385S. [Abstract] [PDF]

Jeanne McCabe, Peter R. Smith, Kathy A. Garrett-Szymanski, Rosemarie Samuels, Latoya Fyffe, and Michael Bergman: INITIATING AN INPATIENT SMOKING CESSATION PROGRAM
Chest 2005 128: 385S-386S. [Abstract] [PDF]

Ashrafjit S. Chahal, Jai Kishan, and Anmol Dhillon: A COMPARATIVE STUDY OF THE ROLE OF PHYSICIAN ADVICE AND NICOTINE REPLACEMENT THERAPY IN SMOKING CESSATION
Chest 2005 128: 386S. [Abstract] [PDF]

Dominique Lauwers, Jacques LeComte, Jean-Pol Quarre, Anne Hoyez, and Philippe E. Pierard: DOES INTENSIVE SPORT AT SCHOOL HAVE AN IMPACT ON SMOKING IN ADOLESCENTS?
Chest 2005 128: 386S. [Abstract] [PDF]

Daiana Stolz, Anja Meyer, Martin Brutsche, Jörg Leuppi, Karl Fagerström, and Michael Tamm: SMOKING CESSATION: WHO DESERVES BEHAVIORAL AND PHARMACOLOGICAL ASSISTANCE?
Chest 2005 128: 386S. [Abstract] [PDF]

Marija M. Mitic Milikic, Miodrag D. Vukcevic, Snezana Stojanovic-Ristic, and Milan M. Grujic: HABIT AND STIMULATION: ARE THESE IMPORTANT FACTORS OF SMOKING DEPENDENCY IN YOUNG PEOPLE?
Chest 2005 128: 386S-387S. [Abstract] [PDF]

Kirk G. Voelker: EFFICACY OF A COUNTY GOVERNMENT EMPLOYEE BENEFITS SMOKING CESSATION PROGRAM UTILIZING AN ANTICHOLINERGIC INTRAMUSCULAR INJECTION COMBINED WITH COUNSELING
Chest 2005 128: 387S. [Abstract] [PDF]

Chiharu Yoshii, Masato Kano, Yukiko Kawanami, and Masamitsu Kido: THE KANO TEST FOR SOCIAL NICOTINE DEPENDENCE (KTSND) IN SAMPLES FROM A PHARMACEUTICAL COMPANY
Chest 2005 128: 387S. [Abstract] [PDF]

Jeremy A. Simpson and Steve Iscoe: INSPIRATORY RESISTIVE LOAD-INDUCED MODIFICATION OF TROPONIN T IN RAT DIAPHRAGM
Chest 2005 128: 387S. [Abstract] [PDF]

Steven G. Smith, Sandra G. Vincent, Valerie F. Barrette, and John T. Fisher: THE CARDIOPULMONARY EFFECTS OF A CANNABINOID 1 RECEPTOR (CB1) AGONIST IS MEDIATED BY THE TRANSIENT RECEPTOR POTENTIAL VANILLOID 1 (TRPV1) CHANNEL
Chest 2005 128: 387S-388S. [Abstract] [PDF]

Yuko Sano, Hajime Kurosawa, Yukio Katori, Toshimitsu Kobayashi, Kayomi Matsumoto, Naoki Mori, and Masahiro Kohzuki: RESPIRATORY SYSTEM IMPEDANCE AND NASOPHARYNGEAL CLOSURE DURING PURSED-LIP BREATHING
Chest 2005 128: 388S. [Abstract] [PDF]

Gabi Mueller, Claudio Perret, Pius Hofer, Markus Berger, and Franz Michel: COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY TO ASSESS RESPIRATORY MECHANICS IN TETRAPLEGIC PATIENTS
Chest 2005 128: 388S. [Abstract] [PDF]

Fayez Bader, Peter R. Smith, Muhammed Baig, Jason Akulian, Veronica Brito, Siddarth Shah, Michael Bergman, and Antonio Alfonso: POSTOPERATIVE PULMONARY COMPLICATIONS AFTER ABDOMINAL SURGERY
Chest 2005 128: 388S-389S. [Abstract] [PDF]

Evanirso S. Aquino, Fernanda M. e Castro, Isabel B. Lopes, Thaís M. Peres, Cristiane Cenachi-Coelho, and Inácio T. Cunha Filho: CORRELATION ANALYSIS BETWEEN SIX MINUTES WALK DISTANCE AND RESPIRATORY MUSCLES STRENGH AND RESPIRATORY MUSCLES INCREMENTAL TEST IN COPD PATIENTS
Chest 2005 128: 389S. [Abstract] [PDF]

Evanirso S. Aquino, Fernanda de M. Resgalla e Castro, Isabel B. Vasconcellos Lopes, Thaís M. Peres, and Inácio T. Cunha Filho: CORRELATION BETWEEN INDIRECT METHODS OF THE CORPORAL COMPOSITION ASSESSMENT AND RESPIRATORY MUSCLES STRENGTH AND ENDURANCE IN COPD PATIENTS
Chest 2005 128: 389S. [Abstract] [PDF]

Juan A. Garcia, Donna Gardner, David Vines, David Shelledy, Richard Wettstein, and Jay Peters: THE OXYGEN CONCENTRATIONS DELIVERED BY DIFFERENT OXYGEN THERAPY SYSTEMS
Chest 2005 128: 389S-390S. [Abstract] [PDF]

Elisa Canturri, Christian Domingo, Manel Luján, Miguel Gallego, Amalia Moreno, Humildad Espuelas, Mercè Giménez, and Albert Marín: TRANSCUTANEOUS CARBON DIOXIDE TENSION AND OXYGEN SATURATION MONITORING VERSUS ARTERIAL BLOOD GAS MEASUREMENT
Chest 2005 128: 390S. [Abstract] [PDF]

Deborah L. Cullen*: THE OXYGEN ADHERENCE MODEL: IMPROVING HOME OXYGEN USAGE
Chest 2005 128: 390S. [Abstract] [PDF]

Brigitte Fillion: STANDARDIZATION AND ENHANCED SAFETY OF EXTERNAL BATTERY SYSTEMS USED TO OPERATE PORTABLE VENTILATORS IN THE HOME CARE SETTING OF THE PROVINCE OF QUEBEC
Chest 2005 128: 390S-391S. [Abstract] [PDF]

James E. Hansen, Xing Guo Sun, and Karlman Wasserman: RELATIVE SENSITIVITY AND LOWER LIMITS OF NORMAL FOR SPIROGRAPHIC MARKERS OF AIRWAY OBSTRUCTION
Chest 2005 128: 391S. [Abstract] [PDF]

Johnny W. Chan, Sai-On Ling, Daniel Fong, Agnes Lai, Fanny W. Ko, Kam-Sing Tang, Arthur C. Lau, Kahlin Choo, Wai-Cho Yu, Moira M. Chan-Yeung, and Mary S. Ip: DETERMINING THE LOWER LIMITS OF NORMAL OF SPIROMETRIC REFERENCE VALUES FOR ADULT CHINESE IN HONG KONG
Chest 2005 128: 391S. [Abstract] [PDF]

Lenora C. Fernandez, Camilo C. Roa, and Norman Maghuyop: NORMAL REFERENCE VALUES FOR CARDIOPULMONARY EXERCISE TESTING AMONG FILIPINOS
Chest 2005 128: 391S-392S. [Abstract] [PDF]

Mayuko Fukunaga, Shobharani C. Sundaram, Eugene J. Kim, James Sullivan, and Steve H. Salzman: RELIABILITY OF THE ERROR CODE FROM THE BEST TRIAL AS AN INDICATOR OF SPIROMETRIC TEST QUALITY USING AMERICAN THORACIC SOCIETY (ATS) CRITERIA
Chest 2005 128: 392S. [Abstract] [PDF]

D A. Sams, Thomas Truncale, and Stuart M. Brooks: SAFETY AND ACCURACY OF INHALATION OF CAPSAICIN AEROSOLS IN A NORMAL ADULT POPULATION
Chest 2005 128: 392S. [Abstract] [PDF]

Ahmet S. Copur, Ashok Fulambarker, Mark E. Cohen, Monali Patel, Sanjay Gill, George Chacko, Joseph K. Rosman, and Frank Maldonado: U.S. BORN ASIAN INDIANS HAVE HIGHER PULMONARY FUNCTION VALUES COMPARED TO IMMIGRANT ASIAN INDIANS
Chest 2005 128: 392S-393S. [Abstract] [PDF]

Ali Moghimi, Abbas Nemati, and Mahdi Rahmati: EVALUATION OF THE CORRELATION BETWEEN IMPULSE OSCILLOMETERY (IOS) AND CONVENTIONAL SPIROMETERY PARAMETERS IN PATIENTS WITH POSITIVE METHACHOLIN CHALLENGE TEST (MCT)
Chest 2005 128: 393S. [Abstract] [PDF]

Zoheir Bshouty and Garth Rodgers: GREATER THAN 12% IMPROVEMENT IN FEV1 OR 25% IMPROVEMENT IN FEF25-75 AS PREDICTORS OF A POSITIVE METHACHOLINE CHALLENGE
Chest 2005 128: 393S. [Abstract] [PDF]

Siu Pui Lam, Pui Shan Lam, Wai Woon Ho, and Ho Pui So: THE IMPACT OF CHRONIC LUNG DISEASES ON THE QUALITY OF LIFE OF PATIENTS MEASURED BOTH BY DISEASE SPECIFIC AND GENERIC INSTRUMENTS
Chest 2005 128: 393S-394S. [Abstract] [PDF]

Jason L. Williams and Marcy F. Petrini: THE VALUE OF A GOOD QUALITY FORCED EXPIRED FLOW BETWEEN 25% AND 75% OF THE VOLUME (FEF25-75) IN DETECTING AIRFLOW OBSTRUCTION
Chest 2005 128: 394S. [Abstract] [PDF]

Todd Whitman and David A. Kaminsky: DO WE REALLY NEED TO CORRECT FOR LUNG VOLUME WHEN INTERPRETING THE DIFFUSING CAPACITY?
Chest 2005 128: 394S. [Abstract] [PDF]

Michael E. Perry and Antonio Vila: A SIMPLE MODEL OF PARADOXICAL VENTILATION AND DIFFUSION-LIMITED GAS EXCHANGE
Chest 2005 128: 394S. [Abstract] [PDF]

Marcelo T. Rodrigues, Sergio S. Menna Barreto, and Jussara Fiterman: THE ROLE OF FEF50/0.5 FVC RATIO IN THE DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS OF VENTILATORY DISORDERS
Chest 2005 128: 395S. [Abstract] [PDF]

Hajime Kurosawa, Katsuhiro Maruta, Wataru Hida, Yuko Sano, Kayomi Matsumoto, Maki Yamakawa, Junko Niisato, and Masahiro Kohzuki: AIRWAY RESISTANCE IN PATIENTS WITH AIRFLOW LIMITATION ESTIMATED BY THE INTERRUPTER TECHNIQUE
Chest 2005 128: 395S. [Abstract] [PDF]

Payam Aghassi, J. Mark Madison, and Issahar Ben-Dov: ASSOCIATION BETWEEN FEATURES OF VIBRATION RESPONSE IMAGING (VRI) OF THE LUNGS AND THE RESULTS OF METHACHOLINE INHALATION CHALLENGE TESTING
Chest 2005 128: 395S. [Abstract] [PDF]

Amela E. Matavulj, Pedja Kovacevic, Slavimir Veljkovic, Zvezdana Rajkovaca, Mirjana Djekic-Cadjo, and Nenad Ponorac: PULMONARY FUNCTION IN CHRONIC RENAL FAILURE: EFFECTS OF PERITONEAL DIALYSIS AND HAEMODIALYSIS
Chest 2005 128: 395S-396S. [Abstract] [PDF]

Ali Moghimi, Abbas Nemati, and Mahdi Rahmati: REGRESSION MODEL FOR THE ESTIMATION OF PREDICTED VALUES OF FORCED EXPIRATORY VOLUMES IN FIRST SECOND (FEV1) BY PREDICTED VALUES OF PEAK EXPIRATORY FLOW RATE (PEFR) IN YOUNG MEN
Chest 2005 128: 396S. [Abstract] [PDF]

Maria-Luisa Martínez-Guerra, Luis-Efren Santos-Martinez, Edgar Bautista, Tomas Pulido, Gerardo Rojas, David Mendoza, Sandoval Jose-Luis, Silvio Namendys, Alicia Castañon, and Julio Sandoval: DEEP BREATH MANEUVER ASSESSMENT ON GAS EXCHANGE IN EISENMENGER SYNDROME PATIENTS WITH OBESITY
Chest 2005 128: 396S. [Abstract] [PDF]

Youjeong Sohn, Dookyung Yang, Junghun Huh, Sookeol Lee, Choonhee Son, Minki Lee, Yunsung Kim, Eunju Song, and Chulhun Chang: USEFULNESS OF QUANTIFERON-TB AS A DIAGNOSTIC TOOL TO DETECT PLEURAL TUBERCULOSIS
Chest 2005 128: 396S-397S. [Abstract] [PDF]

Youjeong Sohn, Dookyung Yang, Junghun Huh, Sookeol Lee, Choonhee Son, Minki Lee, Yunsung Kim, Eunju Son, and Chulhun Chang: USEFULNESS OF QUANTIFERON-TB AS A DIAGNOSTIC TOOL FOR ACTIVE TUBERCULOSIS
Chest 2005 128: 397S. [Abstract] [PDF]

S. Ali, N. Chew, P. Manning, N. Noonan, J. Keane, and C. Bergin: THE PREVALENCE OF LATENT PULMONARY TUBERCULOSIS (LTB) IN A NORMAL AND A HIGH RISK POPULATION GROUP
Chest 2005 128: 397S. [Abstract] [PDF]

Kiranjit Kaur, Jai Kishan, Gurdeep K. Bedi, and Rajinderjit S. Ahi: OXIDANTS STRESS AND ANTIOXIDANTS IN PULMONARY TUBERCULOSIS
Chest 2005 128: 397S. [Abstract] [PDF]

Young S. Kim, Jin W. Moon, Chang H. Han, Shin M. Kang, Moo S. Park, Se K. Kim, Joon Chang, and Sung K. Kim: CHANGE OF IL-12 AND TNF-ALPHA PRODUCTIONS MEASURED BY WHOLE BLOOD CULTURE IN TUBERCULOSIS PATIENTS AFTER TREATMENT
Chest 2005 128: 397S-398S. [Abstract] [PDF]

Tapan K. Gayen, Ravindra Hanumaiah, Vijay Rupanagudi, Karthikeyan Kanagarajan, and Santi Dhar: TUBERCULOUS LYMPHADENITIS: CLINICAL CHARACTERISTICS AND OUTCOME IN A COMMUNITY HOSPITAL
Chest 2005 128: 398S. [Abstract] [PDF]

Eun A Eum, Yangjin Jegal, Moo Cheol Shin, Kwang Won Seo, Woon-Jung Kwon, and Jong-Joon Ahn: PULMONARY AND PLEURAL TUBERCULOSIS IN EXTREME ELDERLY
Chest 2005 128: 398S-399S. [Abstract] [PDF]

Ma Cecilia Garcia-Sancho, Enrique L. Segundo, Rafael V. Vazquez, Alfredo Torres, Manuel Castillejos, and Miguel Angel Salazar Lezama: THORACIC COMPLICATIONS IN TUBERCULOSIS AND DIABETES PATIENTS
Chest 2005 128: 399S. [Abstract] [PDF]

Ramakant Dixit and Sidharth Sharma: CLINICO-RADIOLOGICAL PROFILE OF PLUMONARY TUBERCULOSIS IN ALCOHOLICS
Chest 2005 128: 399S. [Abstract] [PDF]

Enrique Lopez Segundo, Rafael Valdez, Ma. Cecilia Garcia Sancho, Manuel Castillejos, Alfredo Torres, and Miguel Angel Salazar: PULMONARY COMPLICATIONS IN PATIENTS WITH TUBERCULOSIS
Chest 2005 128: 399S. [Abstract] [PDF]

Sang-Ha Kim, Won-Yeon Lee, Tae-Won Hong, Nak-Won Lee, Hoon Choi, Suk-Joong Yong, and Kye-Chul Shin: DIAGNOSTIC ROLES OF BRONCHOSCOPY IN PULMONARY TUBERCULOSIS
Chest 2005 128: 399S-400S. [Abstract] [PDF]

Viviane R. Figueiredo, Francisco S. Vargas, Márcia Seiscento, Jorge Kawakama, Milena M. Acencio, César L. Moreira, Evaldo Marchi, and Leila Antonangelo: DIAGNOSIS OF PULMONARY TUBERCULOSIS IN PATIENTS WITH CLINICAL OR RADIOLOGICAL EVIDENCE OF DISEASE AND NEGATIVE SPUTUM
Chest 2005 128: 400S. [Abstract] [PDF]

Leila Antonangelo, Milena M. Acencio, Francisco S. Vargas, Lisete R. Teixeira, Márcia Seiscento, Wilson L. Pedreira, Junior, Gabriela G. Carnevale, and Viviane R. Figueiredo: CITOKYNES IN BRONCHOALVEOLAR LAVAGE FROM PATIENTS WITH PULMONARY TUBERCULOSIS AND NEGATIVE SPUTUM
Chest 2005 128: 400S. [Abstract] [PDF]

Amr A. Darwish, Ahmed A. Abd el Rahman, Wafaa A. Zahraan, Nourane Y. Azab, and Mohammed A. Agha: INDUCED SPUTUM VERSUS FIBEROPTIC BRONCHOSCOPY IN DIAGNOSIS OF PULMONARY TUBERCULOSIS
Chest 2005 128: 400S. [Abstract] [PDF]

Rogerio G. Xavier, Fabricio L. Savegnago, Fernanda Damian, Natália Fernandes, Mônica Rodrigues, Patrícia Passos, Paulo Franciscatto, Pedro Piccinini, and Lucélia Henn: EVALUATING THE DIAGNOSIS OF TUBERCULOSIS IN INDUCED SPUTUM COLLECTION AND BRONCHOALVEOLAR LAVAGE SPECIMENS
Chest 2005 128: 400S-401S. [Abstract] [PDF]

Bernardo D. Briones: ACCURACY OF THE RADIOMETRIC BACTEC IN THE DIAGNOSIS OF TUBERCULOUS PLEURAL EFFUSION COMPARED TO PLEURAL BIOPSY AND CLINICAL COURSE
Chest 2005 128: 401S. [Abstract] [PDF]

Roberta K. Sales, Márcia Seiscento, Francisco S. Vargas, Lisete R. Teixeira, Vera L. Capelozzi, Milena M. Acencio, Marcelo A. Vaz, and Leila Antonangelo: A COST-MINIMIZING DIAGNOSIS MODELS FOR DISCRIMINATION BETWEEN NEOPLASTIC AND TUBERCULOUS PLEURAL EFFUSIONS UTILIZING ROUTINE CLINICAL AND LABORATORY VARIABLES
Chest 2005 128: 401S. [Abstract] [PDF]

Georgios S. Vlachogeorgos, Helen Nicolopoulou, and Stylianos Podaras: A COMPARISON BETWEEN THE INCIDENCE OF TUBERCULOSIS (TBC) IN GREEK POPULATION AND THE POPULATION OF ECONOMICAL EMIGRANTS IN THE COUNTY OF EVIA GREECE
Chest 2005 128: 401S-402S. [Abstract] [PDF]

Mohammad M. Ishaq Khan, Imran Khan, and Sameera M. I: POTT’S DISEASE "THE DILEMMA OF LOW BACK PAIN" HIGH RESOLUTION RADIODIAGNOSIS BY COMPUTERISRD SCAN (CT) & MAGNETIC RESONANCE (MRI) MADE POSSIBLE THE DIAGNOSISTIC ACUURACY IN INCONCLUSIVE CASES
Chest 2005 128: 402S. [Abstract] [PDF]

Jiri Homolka, Frantisek Krejbich, and Pavel Simecek: THE RISK OF TB INFECTION IN MEDICAL STUDENTS OF CHARLES UNIVERSITY
Chest 2005 128: 402S. [Abstract] [PDF]

Abulfazal Shirin Zadeh, Khalil Ansaarin, Vahid Montazery, Samad Mosaddeghi, Mahmoodreza Miri, Ashraf Fakhr Joo, and Mohsen S okooti: PULMONARY RESECTION FOR MULTI DRUG RESISTANT TUBERCULOSIS
Chest 2005 128: 402S-403S. [Abstract] [PDF]

Mariko S. Koh, E-Shyong Tai, Constance Lo, Kenneth P. Chan, and Philip Eng: CYTOKINE CHANGES IN SEVERE PULMONARY TUBERCULOSIS AFTER INITIATION OF TREATMENT: A PILOT STUDY
Chest 2005 128: 403S. [Abstract] [PDF]

Patricia Radilla and Rafael Laniado-Laborin: DOES UNIVERSAL DOT REALLY MAKES A DIFFERENCE IN TUBERCULOSIS TREATMENT?
Chest 2005 128: 403S. [Abstract] [PDF]

Vishal Verma, Jorawar Singh, Nirmal Chand, and J. S. Khalsa: TREATMENT OUTCOME OF TUBERCULOSIS UNDER DIRECTLY OBSERVED TREATMENT SHORT COURSE ( DOTS ) IN PATIENTS PRESENTING AT CHEST & TB HOSPITAL, AMRITSAR
Chest 2005 128: 403S-404S. [Abstract] [PDF]

Mukesh K. Tailor: RELAPSE AT 5 YEARS IN INDIAN REVISED NATIONAL TUBERCULOSIS CONTROL PROGRAMME CAT I DOTS REGIMEN
Chest 2005 128: 404S. [Abstract] [PDF]

J.N. Pande, U.B. Singh, Sanjeev Sinha, R.C. Agarwal, and SPN Singh: EVALUATION OF RISK FACTORS AND PREVALENCE OF DRUG RESISTANT TUBERCULOSIS IN NORTH INDIA
Chest 2005 128: 404S. [Abstract] [PDF]

Marco Ambrosetti, Maurizio Ferrarese, Luigi R. Codecasa, Giorgio Besozzi, Antonio Sarassi, Piero Viggiani, and Giovanni B. Migliori: FREQUENCY OF VENOUS THROMBOEMBOLISM AMONG PATIENTS WITH TUBERCULOSIS DURING SHORT-COURSE CHEMOTHERAPY
Chest 2005 128: 404S. [Abstract] [PDF]

Masanori Kaneda, Fumiaki Watanabe, Tomohito Tarukawa, Toshiya Tokui, and Takashi Sakai: SURGICAL TREATMENT FOR CHRONIC TUBERCULOUS EMPYEMA
Chest 2005 128: 404S-405S. [Abstract] [PDF]

William L. Jackson, Jr, Melanie Guerrero, Kevin K. Chung, Bryan A. Fisk, and Andrew F. Shorr: OBSERVED INCIDENCE OF VENOUS THROMBOEMBOLISM IN SOLDIERS FROM OPERATION IRAQI FREEDOM AND OPERATION ENDURING FREEDOM ADMITTED TO A STATESIDE INTENSIVE CARE UNIT
Chest 2005 128: 405S. [Abstract] [PDF]

Mohammad-Reza Movahed, Mehrtash Hashemzadeh, and M. Mazen Jamal: DIABETES MELLITUS IS SIGNIFICANTLY ASSOCIATED WITH PULMONARY EMBOLISM AND PULMONARY HYPERTENSION
Chest 2005 128: 405S. [Abstract] [PDF]

Linda M. Lam, George Matuschak, and Stephen Trottier: CHARACTERISTICS AND PROGNOSTIC FACTORS OF PULMONARY SADDLE EMBOLUS
Chest 2005 128: 405S. [Abstract] [PDF]

G. Gandev, H. Rao, S. Rashid, K. Kanagarajan, and K. Gupta: COMPARISON BETWEEN PERFUSION LUNG SCAN AND VENTILATION-PERFUSION LUNG SCAN IN PATIENTS WITH PULMONARY EMBOLISM
Chest 2005 128: 406S. [Abstract] [PDF]

Shalin Amin, Tan-Lucien H. Mohammed, and Ruchi Yadav: CARDIOPULMONARY FINDINGS ON CT PULMONARY ANGIOGRAPHY IN PATIENTS WITH SUSPECTED PULMONARY EMBOLISME
Chest 2005 128: 406S. [Abstract] [PDF]

Zothanmawii Khiangte, Martin H. Bluth, Rose Hardin, Emad Kamel, Cathy M. Mueller, Sanjay Chawla, Tamar S. Norowitz, Michael Zenilman, and Matthew Pincus: SERUM ANGIOTENSIN CONVERTING ENZYME (ACE) IN PATIENTS WITH ACUTE PULMONARY THROMBOEMBOLISM
Chest 2005 128: 406S. [Abstract] [PDF]

Samar U. Khan, Maritza L. Groth, and Adam N. Hurewitz: OPTIMAL DOSING OF UNFRACTIONATED HEPARIN IN OBESE PATIENTS WITH VENOUS THROMBOEMBOLISM
Chest 2005 128: 406S-407S. [Abstract] [PDF]

Jaime Tisnado, Malcolm K. Sydnor, and Uma R. Prasad: PLACEMENT OF FILTERS IN THE SUPERIOR VENA CAVA AND AZYGOS SYSTEM. PRELIMINARY EXPERIENCE
Chest 2005 128: 407S. [Abstract] [PDF]

Jaime Tisnado, Muhammad S. Chaudhri, and Ferdinand K. Hui: MASSIVE PULMONARY EMBOLISM: TRANSCATHETER LYSIS WITH RETEPLASE
Chest 2005 128: 407S. [Abstract] [PDF]

Case Reports:

Dominic J. Valentino, III and Anne E. O’Donnell: DISSEMINATED RECURRENT RESPIRATORY PAPILLOMATOSIS IN AN ADULT MALE WITH SARCOIDOSIS
Chest 2005 128: 408S. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]

Karthikeyan Kanagarajan, K. Perumalsamy, V. Rupanagudi, G. Gandev, P. Krishnan, and S. Dhar: ENDOBRONCHIAL METASTATIC DISEASE MASQUERADING AS BRONCHIAL ASTHMA
Chest 2005 128: 408S-409S. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]

Gabor T. Varju, Cynthia D. Brown, Ron Allison, Rosa Cuenca, Claudio Sibata, Jon Moran, and Gordon Downie: PHOTODYNAMIC THERAPY (PDT) FOR GRANULATION TISSUE DESTRUCTION 10 YEARS AFTER STENT PLACEMENT
Chest 2005 128: 409S. [Abstract] [PDF]

James A. Driscoll and Kaharu C. Sumino: BRONCHOMEDIASTINAL FISTULA CAUSED BY IMPLANTABLE CARDIOVERTER DEFIBRILLATOR EPICARDIAL PATCH ELECTRODE
Chest 2005 128: 409S-410S. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]

Ali Hmidi, Louis Voigt, Stephen M. Pastores, Diane L. Carlson, and Neil A. Halpern: UPPER AIRWAY OBSTRUCTION AND RESPIRATORY FAILURE CAUSED BY A PARATRACHEAL FOLLICULAR DENDRITIC CELL TUMOR
Chest 2005 128: 410S. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]

Salim S. Harianawala, Vinay K. Sharma, and Alan D. Haber: PRIMARY MEDIASTINAL YOLK SAC TUMOR IN A 45-YEAR-OLD MAN
Chest 2005 128: 410S-411S. [Abstract] [PDF]

Himanshu Desai, Neelima Chintapalli, Jonathan Glass, and Shawn Milligan: PRIMARY ADRENOCORTICAL CARCINOMA WITH ENDOBRONCHIAL METASTASIS
Chest 2005 128: 411S. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]

Shubhra Ray and Stephen R. Karbowitz: CAVITATING PULMONARY HODGKIN’s DISEASE
Chest 2005 128: 411S-412S. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]

Bryan Barnosky, Lawrence D. Shulman, and Arunabh Talwar: MASSIVE INTRATHORACIC MALIGNANT PERIPHERAL NERVE SHEATH TUMOR: WITH TRACHEOBRONCHIAL OBSTRUCTION
Chest 2005 128: 412S-413S. [Abstract] [PDF]

Matthew C. Exline and Namita Sood: PULMONARY ARTERIAL HYPERTENSION: AN UNUSUAL PRESENTATION OF HODGKIN’S DISEASE
Chest 2005 128: 413S. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]

Carlos R. Vassaux and Katherine Hendra: EXTRASKELETAL MYXOID CHONDROSARCOMA PRESENTING WITH HEMOPTYSIS
Chest 2005 128: 413S-414S. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]

Sameh G. Aziz and Frank W. Ewald, Jr: IATROGENIC AIR EMBOLISM DURING CONTRAST CT OF THE THORAX
Chest 2005 128: 414S-415S. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]

Mazen S. Abu-Fadel, Beau Hawkins, Pedro Lozano, and Chittur A. Sivaram: MID-CAVITY OBSTRUCTION WITH APICAL LEFT VENTRICULAR ANEURYSM: AN UNCOMMON FORM OF HYPERTROPHIC CARDIOMYOPATHY
Chest 2005 128: 415S-416S. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]

Konstantinos E. Paziouros, Stavros Siminelakis, Sokrates Sismanidis, Leonidas Disnitsas, Miltiadis Matsagas, George Papadopoulos, and George M. Palatianos: SUCCESFULL SURGICAL REPAIR OF AN ACCUTE TYPE A DISSECTING AORTIC ANEURYSM ASSOCIATED WITH A RIGHT-SIDED-AORTIC ARCH AND RIGHT SIDED DESCENDING THORACIC AORTA
Chest 2005 128: 416S. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]

Jun R. Chiong, Prithviraj Rai, Carmel Montiero, Sergey Malykh, and Alan B. Miller: SYNCOPE: A CASE OF A VEIN GRAFT RUPTURE
Chest 2005 128: 416S-417S. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]

Svetolik Djurkovic, Louis Voigt, Eileen McAleer, Brandi Ross-Douglas, Stephen M. Pastores, and Neil A. Halpern: COMPLETE HEART BLOCK IN A PATIENT RECEIVING COMBINATION ANTIFUNGAL THERAPY WITH VORICONAZOLE AND CASPOFUNGIN: IS THERE A LINK?
Chest 2005 128: 417S-418S. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]

SimonK. Topalian, Katherine Chiu, Michael Reinig, Steven Werns, Janah Aji, and TobyR. Engel: RIGHT CORONARY ARTERY ANEURYSM: THE LARGEST ANEURYSM REPORTED
Chest 2005 128: 418S. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]

Paul Strachan and Brian Benoff: QUETIAPINE OVERDOSE INDUCED ACUTE RESPIRATORY DISTRESS SYNDROME
Chest 2005 128: 419S. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]

RichardA. Mularski, KarenS. Mularski, and StevenM. Asch: HAZARDS OF OPIATE MISMANAGEMENT IN THE ICU
Chest 2005 128: 419S-420S. [Abstract] [PDF]

LewisA. Eisen, YaJ. Chang, and SamuelO. Acquah: A PATIENT PRESENTING WITH LUNG CAVITIES, ENDOBRONCHIAL NODULES, DIFFUSE ALVEOLAR HEMORRHAGE, MICROTHROMBI AND A POSITIVE C-ANCA
Chest 2005 128: 420S. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]

SamS. Parsia, RobertL. Smith, and KevinJ. Felner: EXTRAGONADAL GERM CELL TUMOR PRESENTING WITH RESPIRATORY FAILURE
Chest 2005 128: 420S-421S. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]

SusanM. Rohr: ACUTE CARDIAC TAMPONADE AFTER REMOVAL FROM SLOW LOW EFFECTIVE DIALYSIS (SLED) IN THE INTENSIVE CARE UNIT
Chest 2005 128: 421S. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]

Aliya Noor, David E. Miller, Patricia A. Smith, and Kenneth S. Knox: HYPEREOSINOPHILIC SYNDROME MIMICKING SEPSIS AND LUNG INJURY: DRAMATIC IMPROVEMENT AFTER ACTIVATED PROTEIN C THERAPY
Chest 2005 128: 421S-422S. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]

MihwaC. Pak and Seth Rivera: NOCARDIOSIS IN AN OTHERWISE IMMUNOCOMPETENT PREGNANT FEMALE
Chest 2005 128: 422S-423S. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]

Jennifer L. Rippon, Lynn L. Horvath, Robert G. Rivard, William C. Conner, and Michael J. Morris: Progressive Cavitary Destruction of the Right Lung
Chest 2005 128: 423S. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]

Scott Shofer, Aimee Zaas, and John Hollingsworth: OCHROCONIS GALLOPAVUM INFECTION IN AN IMMUNOCOMPETENT HOST
Chest 2005 128: 423S-424S. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]

Geneva B. Tatem, Bashar Bash, and Zachary Q. Morris: LEPROSY MISTAKEN AS SARCOIDOSIS IN LARGE REFERRAL SARCOIDOSIS CLINIC
Chest 2005 128: 424S. [Abstract] [PDF]

Catherine E. Grossman and Alpha Fowler: PAECILOMYCES: EMERGING FUNGAL PATHOGEN
Chest 2005 128: 425S. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]

Vanessa A. Ribaudo, Mangala Narasimhan, and Samuel O. Acquah: INFLAMMATORY PSEUDOTUMOR ASSOCIATED WITH MYCOBACTERIUM-AVIUM COMPLEX (MAC) INFECTION
Chest 2005 128: 425S-426S. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]

Maria Carrillo, Mihela Sescioreanu, and Zachary Q. Morris: PULMONARY AMYLOIDOSIS MIMICKING METASTATIC BREAST CANCER IN A PATIENT WITH CONNECTIVE TISSUE DISEASE
Chest 2005 128: 426S. [Abstract] [PDF]

Michelle Cao, Malini Soogoor, and Janine Vintch: LYMPHOCYTIC INTERSTITIAL PNEUMONIA (LIP) AND HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS (HIV) IN THE MODERN ERA
Chest 2005 128: 426S-427S. [Abstract] [PDF]

Antonio V. Salud, II and Nathan Dean: TOO MUCH OF A GOOD THING: ACUTE EOSINOPHILIC PNEUMONIA WITH A "NEW" ANTI-DEPRESSANT
Chest 2005 128: 427S. [Abstract] [PDF]

Rasik V. Shah, Claire Langston, and Scott Schroeder: APPARENT LIFE THREATENING EPISODE: THE EARLIEST PRESENTATION OF NEUROENDOCRINE CELLS HYPERPLASIA
Chest 2005 128: 427S-428S. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]

Michelle R. Aerni, Robert Vassallo, and Jay H. Ryu: SUCCESSFUL TEATMENT OF FOLLICULAR BRONCHIOLITIS WITH MACROLIDE
Chest 2005 128: 428S. [Abstract] [PDF]

Martin A. Valdivia-Arenas, Cynthia M. Magro, Nuovo J. Gerard, Clay B. Marsh, and John G. Mastronarde: ROTAVIRAL RNA IN TYPE II PNEUMOCYTES AND ALVEOLAR MACROPHAGES IN A PATIENT WITH ACUTE INTERSTITIAL PNEUMONIA
Chest 2005 128: 428S-429S. [Abstract] [PDF]

Steven M. Rowe: MYELOMATOUS PLEURAL EFFUSION AND AIRWAY COMPRESSION COMPLICATING MULTIPLE MYELOMA
Chest 2005 128: 429S-430S. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]

Brian R. Zeno and Steven Sahn: TENSION PNEUMOTHORAX FOLLOWING COLONSCOPY
Chest 2005 128: 430S. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]

Shirley F. Jones, Robert I. Garver, Jennifer J. Davis, and Jeffrey Reid: CHYLOTHORAX AND HYPERPLASTIC MESOTHELIAL CELLS ASSOCIATED WITH OVARIAN HYPERSTIMULATION SYNDROME
Chest 2005 128: 430S-431S. [Abstract] [PDF]

Mariam Louis, James Gruber, and Richard Fraser: A CASE OF A PLEURAL EFFUSION, CALCIFIED PLEURAL PLAQUES AND AN ABNORMAL BONE SCAN
Chest 2005 128: 431S. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]

Jaspal Singh and Meg McCormack: ENLARGING PLEURAL NODULES DIAGNOSED NONINVASIVELY AS THORACIC SPLENOSIS
Chest 2005 128: 431S-432S. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]

Raymond Khan, Vasilios Sierros, and Thu Yein: A UNIQUE CASE OF EXOPHTHALMOS IN A PATIENT WITH RECURRENT PLEURAL EFFUSIONS
Chest 2005 128: 432S. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]

Timothy S. Mooring and Victor J. Test: AN UNUSUAL COMPLICATION OF THE ROSS OPERATION CAUSING SYMPTOMATIC PULMONARY HYPERTENSION
Chest 2005 128: 433S. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]

Michael S. Plisco, Linda M. Lam, and George M. Matuschak: 18-YEAR-OLD WITH HYPOXEMIA AND CHEST PAIN
Chest 2005 128: 433S-434S. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]

Amee Patrawalla, Doreen Addrizzo-Harris, and Rany Condos: PULMONARY HYPERTENSION (PHTN) AND ALVEOLAR HEMORRHAGE IN PREGNANCY: A CASE OF MATERNAL PATENT DUCTUS ARTERIOSUS (PDA)
Chest 2005 128: 434S. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]

Caralee E. Caplan-Shaw, Steven M. Kawut, Joshua R. Sonett, Gregory D. Pearson, Anna Rozenshtein, Mark A. Apfelbaum, Selim M. Arcasoy, and Jessie S. Wilt: LEFT MAIN CORONARY ARTERY COMPRESSION BY AN ENLARGED PULMONARY ARTERY IN PULMONARY HYPERTENSION DUE TO DIFFUSE PARENCHYMAL LUNG DISEASE AND SUCCESSFUL TREATMENT BY LUNG TRANSPLANTATION
Chest 2005 128: 435S. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]

Paul K. Nolan, Curt Daniels, Fredrick Long, Megan K. Dishop, Peter Baker, Margarita Guarin, Elizabeth D. Allen, and Robert Rennenbohm: SEVERE DIFFUSION CAPACITY REDUCTION IN A CASE OF SYSTEMIC ONSET JUVENILE RHEUMATOID ARTHRITIS WITH MILD PULMONARY HYPERTENSION
Chest 2005 128: 435S-436S. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]

Haroon A. Faraz, Yelena Selektor, Muhammad A. Ehtesham, Michael Harbut, and Kamal K. Mubarak: CASE REPORT: BOSENTAN-RESISTANT SARCOIDOSIS-ASSOCIATED PULMONARY HYPERTENSION RESPONSIVE TO SILDENAFIL
Chest 2005 128: 436S. [Abstract] [PDF]

Atasha Asmat and Poo-Sing Wong: "ASTHMA" CAUSED BY TRACHEAL TUMORS
Chest 2005 128: 436S-437S. [Abstract] [PDF]

Tanveer Ahmed, Walid G. Younis, Kellie R. Jones, Gary T. Kinasewitz, and Jean I. Keddissi: ENDOBRONCHIAL HAMARTOMA TREATED WITH BRONCHOSCOPIC ARGON PLASMA COAGULATION
Chest 2005 128: 437S. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]

Mohamed S. Soliman, J. Chandrasekhar, Jeffrey Nascimento, Trajko Bojadzeski, David Posner, Klaus Lessnau, and Murray Rogers: SUCCESSFUL LASER PHOTO RESECTION OF ENDOBRONCHIAL MUCOEPIDERMOID TUMOR
Chest 2005 128: 438S. [Abstract] [PDF]

Mudusar I. Raza, Thomas A. Dillard, Muhammad A. Kaleem, and Christine Gourin: A MULTIMODAL TREATMENT USING ARGON PLASMA COAGULATION (APC) AND ALPHA INTERFERON FOR RECURRENT RESPIRATORY PAPILLOMAS
Chest 2005 128: 438S. [Abstract] [PDF]

Manish Joshi, Sunil Sharma, Basil Varkey, Kavita Mundey, William O’Neil, Valarie Bonne, and Lee Hranicka: ENDOBRONCHIAL ACTINOMYCOSIS ASSOCIATED WITH A PISTACHIO NUTSHELL
Chest 2005 128: 438S-439S. [Abstract] [PDF]

Septimiu D. Murgu and Henri Colt: BRONCHOSCOPIC LUNG BIOPSY EVIDENCE OF CALCIUM OXALATE CRYSTALS SIGNALS ASPERGILLUS NIGER INFECTION
Chest 2005 128: 439S-440S. [Abstract] [PDF]

Vivek Kaul, Joseph Cicenia, and Patricia Tietjen: GRANULOCYTIC SARCOMA PRESENTING AS A NECROTIC LUNG NODULE
Chest 2005 128: 440S. [Abstract] [PDF]

Saleh Alharbi, Raquel Consunji-Araneta, and Faisal Almohammadi: TESTICULAR EMBRYONAL RHABDOMYOSARCOMA WITH METASTASIS TO THE LUNG: FIRST REPORTED PEDIATRIC CASE
Chest 2005 128: 441S. [Abstract] [PDF]

Saleh Alharbi, Raquel Consunji-Araneta, and Faisal Almohammadi: TESTICULAR EMBRYONAL RHABDOMYOSARCOMA WITH METASTASIS TO THE LUNG: FIRST REPORTED PEDIATRIC CASE
Chest 2005 128: 441S-442S. [Abstract] [PDF]

Jeffrey S. Kim and Kristin Fless: METASTATIC BASAL CELL CARCINOMA PRESENTING AS A SOLITARY PULMONARY NODULE
Chest 2005 128: 442S. [Abstract] [PDF]

Steven Kadiev, Chitra Uppaluri, and Kamran Quraishi: OVARIAN METASTASIS OF SMALL CELL LUNG CARCINOMA
Chest 2005 128: 443S. [Abstract] [PDF]

Timothy P. Collins, Carla R. Lamb, and Anthony W. Gray, Jr: MICROEMBOLI OF TRANSITIONAL CELL CARCINOMA (TCC) CAUSING RAPIDLY PROGRESSIVE DYSPNEA AND RIGHT HEART FAILURE
Chest 2005 128: 443S-444S. [Abstract] [PDF]

Daniel A. Salerno: SIROLIMUS LUNG TOXICITY AS A UNILATERAL LUNG INFILTRATE
Chest 2005 128: 444S-445S. [Abstract] [PDF]

Pallavi P. Patwari and Kelly Michelson: USE OF INHALED NITRIC OXIDE FOR HYDROCARBON ASPIRATION
Chest 2005 128: 445S. [Abstract] [PDF]

Courtney S. Lucado and Kevin Cooper: PULMONARY EDEMA AFTER GRANULOCYTE-COLONY STIMULATING FACTOR TREATMENT IN A BONE MARROW DONOR
Chest 2005 128: 445S-446S. [Abstract] [PDF]

Julie Jarand, Jessi Minion, Andrew Lee, Francis Green, and Richard Leigh: AMIODARONOMA: ONE OF MULTIPLE FORMS OF AMIODARONE PULMONARY TOXICITY
Chest 2005 128: 446S-447S. [Abstract] [PDF]

Victor K. Salloum, Sam Ancheril, and Rosa Estrada-Y-Martin: SULFASALAZINE-INDUCED PULMONARY DISEASE
Chest 2005 128: 447S. [Abstract] [PDF]

Mayank Vats, Rakesh C. Gupta, Deepa V. Khandelwal, Neeraj Gupta, and Pramod Dadhich: VINORELBINE INDUCED INTERSTITIAL PNEUMONITIS: A CASE REPORT
Chest 2005 128: 447S-448S. [Abstract] [PDF]

Bassel Ramadan: CARDIAC SARCOIDOSIS COULD MIMIC GIANT CELL MYOCARDITIS IN A PATIENT PRESENTING WITH VENTRICULAR ARRHYTHMIAS
Chest 2005 128: 448S. [Abstract] [PDF]

Evans R. Fernández, Damir Matesic, and Nicholas E. Vlahakis: HEREDITARY ANGIOEDEMA PRESENTING AS ACUTE PANCREATITIS
Chest 2005 128: 448S-449S. [Abstract] [PDF]

Jose A. Delgado and Ganesan Murali: PARAGANGLIOMA: A CASE OF PULMONARY NODULES
Chest 2005 128: 449S-450S. [Abstract] [PDF]

Reverly John and Babak Shokrani: ANAPLASTIC LARGE CELL LYMPHOMA OF THE LUNG
Chest 2005 128: 450S. [Abstract] [PDF]

Sean O’Reilly, Alexander White, and Agustin Florian: MEDIASTINAL SARCOIDOSIS IN A PATIENT RECEIVING INTERFERON-BETA FOR MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS
Chest 2005 128: 450S-451S. [Abstract] [PDF]

Anne V. Gonzalez, Christian Sirois, Richard S. Fraser, and James Gruber: AN UNEXPECTED RESPONSE TO RADIOTHERAPY!
Chest 2005 128: 451S. [Abstract] [PDF]

Mark B. Napier, Erica F. Bisson, William D’Angelo, and Diana L. Wilson: A CASE OF CENTRAL CORD SYNDROME CAUSED BY EMERGENT REINTUBATION
Chest 2005 128: 451S-452S. [Abstract] [PDF]

Evans R. Fernández, Teck-Kim Khoo, Tiffany Priester, and Bekele Afessa: SEVERE HYPERAMMONEMIA FROM AN INHERITED UREA CYCLE DISORDER PRESENTING IN LATE ADULTHOOD
Chest 2005 128: 452S. [Abstract] [PDF]

Aaron J. Godshall, Cyrus Rangan, and John T. Li: POTENTIAL BROMIDE TOXICITY ASSOCIATED WITH MYASTHENIA GRAVIS TREATMENT IN A 22 MONTH OLD CHILD
Chest 2005 128: 452S-453S. [Abstract] [PDF]

Rana Y. Ali, Basir Haque, Kevin Irish, S Hilwa, and Farhad Arjomand: REVERSIBLE CARDIOMYOPATHY IN A 35-YEAR-OLD MALE WITH ADRENAL INSUFFICIENCY
Chest 2005 128: 453S. [Abstract] [PDF]

Jonathan P. Parsons, Clay B. Marsh, and John G. Mastronarde: WERNICKE’S ENCEPHALOPATHY IN A PATIENT AFTER GASTRIC BYPASS SURGERY
Chest 2005 128: 453S-454S. [Abstract] [PDF]

Christian Ramers, Joseph A. Govert, and Alison S. Clay: TRANSIENT ACQUIRED DIABETES INSIPIDUS AFTER VASOPRESSIN THERAPY FOR HYPOTENSION: A CASE REPORT
Chest 2005 128: 454S-455S. [Abstract] [PDF]

Mihaela Sescioreanu and Zachary Q. Morris: PLEURAL EFFUSION DUE TO SALINE BREAST IMPLANT WITHOUT RUPTURE MIMICKING MALIGNANT EFFUSION
Chest 2005 128: 455S. [Abstract] [PDF]

Rahat Salamat, Dominic R. DeKeratry, and Nikhat Salamat: POST IRRADIATION ANGIOSARCOMA OF BREAST METASTATIC TO PLEURA
Chest 2005 128: 455S. [Abstract] [PDF]

Theophilus T. Ogungbamigbe, U. D. Bayraktar, Sharon Ngan, and Marie F. Schmidt: DESMOID TUMOR DISGUISED AS A PLEURAL LESION
Chest 2005 128: 455S-456S. [Abstract] [PDF]

Anthony J. Perella, Wissam Abouzgheib, Rania Aboujaoude, Henry Fraimow, and Ramya Lotano: A CASE OF PRIMARY TULAREMIC PNEUMONIA DIAGNOSED BY PLEURAL FLUID CULTURES
Chest 2005 128: 456S-457S. [Abstract] [PDF]

Cristina A. Reichner and Charles A. Read: SUBCUTANEOUS METASTATIC SEEDING AFTER REMOVAL OF A PLEURX CATHETER
Chest 2005 128: 457S. [Abstract] [PDF]

Mayank Vats, Rakesh C. Gupta, Deepa V. Khandelwal, Manohar L. Gupta, Neeraj Gupta, and Mukesh Tailor: EOSINOPHILIC PLEURAL EFFUSION DUE TO ARTEMISNIN: A CASE REPORT
Chest 2005 128: 457S-458S. [Abstract] [PDF]

Daniel S. Dube and Priscilla Sarinas: SEVERE OBSTRUCTIVE SLEEP APNEA (OSA) ASSOCIATED WITH SEVERE SECONDARY POLYCYTHEMIA AND PULMONARY HYPERTENSION IN A PATIENT WITH DEVIC’S SYNDROME
Chest 2005 128: 458S. [Abstract] [PDF]

Ignacio E. Tapia and Suzanne E. Beck: FAILURE TO THRIVE DUE TO OBSTRUCTIVE SLEEP APNEA IN A CYSTIC FIBROSIS PATIENT
Chest 2005 128: 458S-459S. [Abstract] [PDF]

Aneesa M. Das and Linda Paradowski: C-ANTINEUTROPHIL CYTOPLASMIC ANTIBODY VASCULITIS IN A PATIENT WITH PRIMARY PULMONARY HYPERTENSION ON PROSTACYCLIN AND BOSENTAN
Chest 2005 128: 459S. [Abstract] [PDF]

Alexis H. Meredith and Timothy Williamson: PULMONARY TUMOR EMBOLI FROM METASTATIC PANCREATIC CARCINOMA: A RARE CAUSE OF PULMONARY HYPERTENSION
Chest 2005 128: 459S-460S. [Abstract] [PDF]

D. L. Bedsole, Katrin Klemm, George L. Zorn, and Keith M. Wille: PULMONARY CAPILLARY HEMANGIOMATOSIS: A CONSIDERATION IN UNEXPLAINED PULMONARY HYPERTENSION
Chest 2005 128: 460S-461S. [Abstract] [PDF]

Omar Lateef, James Wyatt, and Rosalind Cartwright: A CASE OF VIOLENT NON-REM PARASOMNIAS THAT RESOLVED WITH TREATMENT OF OBSTRUCTIVE SLEEP APNEA
Chest 2005 128: 461S. [Abstract] [PDF]

Michael Liou, Rana L. Adawi, Mark Rosen, and Jenny Diep: BIVENTRICULAR FAILURE POST TAMPONADE DRAINAGE IN A PATIENT WITH SYSTEMIC LUPUS ERYTHEMATOSUS AND PULMONARY HYPERTENSION
Chest 2005 128: 461S-462S. [Abstract] [PDF]

Nikhat Salamat, Victor J. Test, and Scott E. Young: TAKOTSUBO CARDIOMYOPATHY: TRANSIENT LEFT VENTRICULAR APICAL BALLOONING, A SYNDROME MIMICKING ST-ELEVATION MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION
Chest 2005 128: 462S. [Abstract] [PDF]

Avelino Verceles, Justin Sebastian, and Siva Ramachandran: A VIEW THROUGH THE HANGMAN’S NOOSE: VICHOW’S TRIAD REVISITED
Chest 2005 128: 462S-463S. [Abstract] [PDF]

Yu Ya Huang: YOLK SAC CARCINOMA OF MEDIASTINUM CAUSING RIGHT VENTRICULAR OBSTRUCTIVE CARDIOMYOPATHY
Chest 2005 128: 463S. [Abstract] [PDF]

Maja Zaric, Daniel Soffer, Pragnesh Gadhvi, and Neil L. Coplan: PLATYPNEA ORTHODEOXIA SYNDROME IN AN 85 YEAR OLD PATIENT WITH PATENT FORAMEN OVALE AND SEVERE TRICUSPID REGURGITATION
Chest 2005 128: 464S. [Abstract] [PDF]

Dmitry Lvovsky, Eusebio Desuyo, Ashok Fulambarker, and Joseph Rosman: CARDIAC TAMPONADE AS A RARE PRIMARY PRESENTATION OF SARCOIDOSIS
Chest 2005 128: 464S-465S. [Abstract] [PDF]

Vijay A. Rupanagudi, Kartikeyan Kanagarajan, Suriya Jayawardena, Muhammad U. Rehman, Rashmikant Doshi, and Padmanabhan Krishnan: PERSISTENT HOARSENESS OF VOICE IN A SARCOID PATIENT: A CLUE TO LARYNGEAL SARCOIDOSIS; A POTENTIAL CAUSE OF UPPER AIRWAY OBSTRUCTION
Chest 2005 128: 465S-466S. [Abstract] [PDF]

Daniel S. Dube and Priscilla Sarinas: MEGA-POLYP AS AN ETIOLOGY OF ACUTE UNILATERAL PROPTOSIS IN A PATIENT WITH SAMTER’S SYNDROME
Chest 2005 128: 466S. [Abstract] [PDF]

Ioana G. Amzuta, Tajender S. Vasu, and Robert Lenox: HOW COMPLICATED ONE’S COUGH CAN BE!
Chest 2005 128: 466S-467S. [Abstract] [PDF]

Michael P. Pietila, Timothy I. Morgenthaler, Udaya B. Prakash, and Kaiser G. Lim: SUPRAGLOTTIC CLOSURE DURING INHALATION AS A CAUSE OF EPISODIC DYSPNEA ON EXERTION
Chest 2005 128: 467S. [Abstract] [PDF]

Luigi Terminella and Alex Duarte: OBLITERATIVE BRONCHIOLITIS DUE TO DIFUSE IDIOPATHIC PULMONARY NEUROENDOCRINE CELL HYPERPLASIA
Chest 2005 128: 467S-468S. [Abstract] [PDF]

Nguyen-Steve D. Vu and Michael A. Jantz: AIRWAY EROSION OF EPICARDIAL DEFIBRILLATOR PATCH AND WIRE
Chest 2005 128: 469S. [Abstract] [PDF]

Rehan A. Haque, Jennifer Toth, and Milos Tucakovic: COMPLETE RESECTION OF ENDOBRONCHIAL B-CELL LYMPHOMA BY ARGON PLASMA ABLATION VIA FLEXIBLE VIDEOBRONCHOSCOPY
Chest 2005 128: 469S-470S. [Abstract] [PDF]

Mohamed B. Bakry, Louis Voigt, Gerard Lombardo, Suhail Raoof, Stephen M. Pastores, and Neil Halpern: FOREIGN BODY ASPIRATION IN THREE ADULT SMOKERS MIMICKING CHRONIC BRONCHITIS
Chest 2005 128: 470S. [Abstract] [PDF]

Rubina Kerawala, Ross Reul, and James P. Herlihy: PROLONGED ENTRAPMENT OF FOREIGN BODY IN THE AIRWAY
Chest 2005 128: 470S-471S. [Abstract] [PDF]

Franklin R. McGuire, Carter Childs, Ron Allison, Rosa Cuenca, Claudio Sibata, and Gordon Downie: AIRWAY RESPONSE TO RESIDUAL PHOTOSENTIZER DURING WHITE LIGHT BRONCHOSCOPY (WLB)
Chest 2005 128: 471S. [Abstract] [PDF]

Wei Peng, Holly Carveth, Mark Elstad, and Scott Woller: BRONCHOESOPHAGEAL FISTULA SECONDARY TO BRONCHOLITHIASIS
Chest 2005 128: 471S-472S. [Abstract] [PDF]

Sebastian Fernandez-Bussy, James Magill, and P.S. Sriram: A 77-YEAR-OLD MAN WITH MULTIPLE SKIN NODULES
Chest 2005 128: 472S-473S. [Abstract] [PDF]

Philippe R. Bauer and James R. Jett: ANEMIA AND AN ANTERIOR MEDIASTINAL MASS
Chest 2005 128: 473S. [Abstract] [PDF]

Marcus P. Kennedy, D. N. Hayes, and M. P. Rivera: BRONCHIOLOALVEOLAR CARCINOMA PRESENTING AS A FLU-LIKE ILLNESS WITH BILATERAL CAVITARY PNEUMONIA AND A PSEUDO-ABSCESS
Chest 2005 128: 473S-474S. [Abstract] [PDF]

Douglas R. Fiedler, Samir N. Bhakta, and Jay I. Peters: GIANT CELL CARCINOMA OF THE LUNG: THE DOUBLING TIME DILEMMA
Chest 2005 128: 474S. [Abstract] [PDF]

Randolph H. Wong, Gary M. Tse, Alan D. Sihoe, T. W. Lee, Innes Y. Wan, Ahmed A. Arifi, and Anthony P. Yim: LUNG ADENOCARCINOMA WITH SOLITARY METASTASIS TO NASOPHARYNX: A LONG-TERM SURVIVOR AFTER RADIOTHERAPY
Chest 2005 128: 475S. [Abstract] [PDF]

Bradley R. Harrold and Maria R. Lucarelli: BRONCHOGENIC CARCINOMA IN A 32-YEAR-OLD WITH A HISTORY OF PULMONARY LANGERHANS CELL HISTIOCYTOSIS
Chest 2005 128: 475S-476S. [Abstract] [PDF]

Susmita Rajanala, Smith Jean, Igal Kushnir, R. P. Dellinger, and J E. Parrillo: VIBRATION RESPONSE IMAGING IN CRITICALLY ILL PATIENTS IN THE INTENSIVE CARE UNIT
Chest 2005 128: 476S. [Abstract] [PDF]

Nauman A. Chaudary, Melanie Fisher, and Luis Teba: RESPIRATORY FAILURE FROM HANTAVIRUS PULMONARY SYNDROME TREATED WITH HIGH FREQUENCY OSCILLATORY VENTILATION
Chest 2005 128: 476S-477S. [Abstract] [PDF]

Matthew C. Exline and John G. Mastronarde: PULMONARY RENAL SYNDROME SEROPOSITIVE FOR BOTH ANTINEUTROPHIL CYTOPLASMIC AUTOANTIBODIES AND ANTI-GLOMERULAR BASEMENT MEMBRANE AUTOANTIBODIES
Chest 2005 128: 477S-478S. [Abstract] [PDF]

Melissa J. Gowans, Heather T. Keenan, Susan L. Bratton, Constance Maves, and John Hawkins: NEW-ONSET WHEEZING: A RARE PRESENTATION FOR TUBEROUS SCLEROSIS COMPLEX
Chest 2005 128: 478S. [Abstract] [PDF]

Stephen R. Gorman and Timothy Wu: FATAL TRANSFUSION-RELATED ACUTE LUNG INJURY IN A PATIENT WITH CRYPTOGENIC CIRRHOSIS
Chest 2005 128: 478S-479S. [Abstract] [PDF]

LeRoy W. Essig and James N. Allen: RESPIRATORY FAILURE AND REFRACTORY HYPOXEMIA DUE TO ACTIVATED CHARCOAL ASPIRATION: TREATMENT WITH BRONCHOSCOPIC SURFACTANT ADMINISTRATION
Chest 2005 128: 479S. [Abstract] [PDF]

Marina Dolina, Janette D. Foster, Jon Isaacson, Francis Ruggiero, and Margaret Wojnar: SEPSIS FROM NECROTIC TONGUE AS AN UNUSUAL COMPLICATION OF SEISURE DISORDER
Chest 2005 128: 479S-480S. [Abstract] [PDF]

Namrata Patil and Selwyn O. Rogers, Jr: MULTI-DRUG-RESISTANT ACINETOBACTER FASCIITIS IN A PATIENT WITH PERFORATED ESOPHAGUS
Chest 2005 128: 480S. [Abstract] [PDF]

Marilyn Y. Kline and Eric M. Leibert: A CASE OF PULMONARY TUBERCULOSIS AND MILIARY SARCOIDOSIS
Chest 2005 128: 480S-481S. [Abstract] [PDF]

Chandra K. Katikireddy and Ware G. Kuschner: PULMONARY DIROFILARIASIS PRESENTING AS MULTIPLE PULMONARY NODULES IN A PATIENT WITH A HISTORY OF LYMPHOMA
Chest 2005 128: 481S-482S. [Abstract] [PDF]

Allen J. Blaivas, Lisa L. Dever, and Rebecca K. Connell: A SHOCKING PAIN IN THE NECK
Chest 2005 128: 482S. [Abstract] [PDF]

Hina Sahi, Marie Budev, and Robin Avery: PSEUDOALLESCHERIA BOYDII BREAST IMPLANT INFECTION IN A LUNG TRANSPLANT RECIPIENT
Chest 2005 128: 482S-483S. [Abstract] [PDF]

Luis M. Argote-Greene, Michael T. Jaklitsch, Lambros Zellos, and David J. Sugarbaker: ANTERIOR MEDIASTINAL CAVERNOUS HEMANGIOMA: CASE PRESENTATION AND REVIEW OF LITERATURE
Chest 2005 128: 483S-484S. [Abstract] [PDF]

Rammohan Marla, Robert C. Gallagher, Fred G. Rubin, and Kevin P. K Keating: USE OF ABIOMED BVS-5000 AS ‘BRIDGE’ IN THE REPAIR OF POST-INFARCT LEFT VENTRICULAR RUPTURE
Chest 2005 128: 484S. [Abstract] [PDF]

Melhem A. Imad, Vicki Schnadig, Adegboyega Patrick, and Gulshan Sharma: PULMONARY MUCINOUS CYSTADENOCARCINOMA: A CASE REPORT AND REVIEW OF THE LITERATURE
Chest 2005 128: 484S-485S. [Abstract] [PDF]

Abdur R. Shad and Fariborz Ashtyani: ENBLOC RESECTION OF SUBGLOTTIC ENDOTRACHEAL TUMOR IN A PATIENT WITH KNOWN ANAPLASTIC THYROID CANCER
Chest 2005 128: 485S. [Abstract] [PDF]

Joon S. Yun, Subrato Deb, Edward Omron, and Stephen Nathan: REMISSION OF IDIOPATHIC PULMONARY ARTERY HYPERTENSION DISCOVERED AFTER REJECTION OF A SINGLE LUNG TRANSPLANT
Chest 2005 128: 485S-486S. [Abstract] [PDF]

Rajashekar Adurty, Brian Carlin, Sanjay Godara, Gustav Eles, and Donald Fisher: DIAGNOSIS OF A PULMONARY ARTERY SARCOMA BY ENDOVASCULAR BIOPSY
Chest 2005 128: 486S-487S. [Abstract] [PDF]

Jason C. Graff, Jason M. Huddleston, and Gary A. Salzman: PULMONARY HEMATOMAS COMPLICATING PNEUMOTHORAX TREATMENT WITH TUBE THORACOSTOMY
Chest 2005 128: 487S-488S. [Abstract] [PDF]

Chris M. Parker, Robert Nolan, and M. D. Lougheed: CATAMENIAL HEMOPTYSIS AND PNEUMOTHORACES IN A PATIENT WITH CYSTIC FIBROSIS
Chest 2005 128: 488S. [Abstract] [PDF]

Deepa G. Lazarous, Edward Tsou, Eric Anderson, and Anne E. O’Donnell: BENIGN METASTASIZING LEIOMYOMA PRESENTING WITH SPONTANEOUS PNEUMOTHORAX
Chest 2005 128: 488S-489S. [Abstract] [PDF]

K. M. Dinesh Chandra, Marshall Tanner, Douglas Farman, and Jerome Tift: MASSIVE HEMOPTYSIS: A CASE OF METASTATIC CHORIOCARCINOMA
Chest 2005 128: 489S-490S. [Abstract] [PDF]

Michael R. Baydarian and Bruce Ludwig: XANTHOGRANULOMATOUS PYLONEPHRITIS PRESENTING AS HEMOPTYSIS
Chest 2005 128: 490S. [Abstract] [PDF]

Simrit Bhular, Sabrina Haney, Rolando Berger, and Michael Zgoda: CASE OF HEMOPTYSIS ONE MONTH AFTER ENDOBRONCHIAL VALVE PLACEMENT FOR LUNG VOLUME REDUCTION
Chest 2005 128: 490S-491S. [Abstract] [PDF]

Tobias Peikert, Jeffrey L. Myers, and Udaya B. Prakash: CYSTIC LUNG DISEASE ASSOCIATED WITH PULMONARY MUCOSA ASSOCIATED LYMPHOID TISSUE LYMPHOMA
Chest 2005 128: 491S. [Abstract] [PDF]

Charles W. Hargett, Thomas A. Sporn, Victor Roggli, and John W. Hollingsworth: GIANT CELL INTERSTITIAL PNEUMONIA ASSOCIATED WITH NITROFURANTOIN
Chest 2005 128: 492S. [Abstract] [PDF]

D. A. Sams and David A. Solomon: PLEUROPARENCHYMAL FIBROELASTOSIS PRESENTING AS USUAL INTERSTITIAL PNEUMONITIS
Chest 2005 128: 492S-493S. [Abstract] [PDF]

Sonali Sethi, Joseph Cicenia, and Patricia Tietjen: THE RESPIRATORY RISK FROM "INSTANT CURVES" IN A TRANSSEXUAL MALE-TO-FEMALE
Chest 2005 128: 493S. [Abstract] [PDF]

Theodossis Zacharis, Scott H. Beegle, and Alida Hayner-Buchan: AN UNUSUAL COMPLICATION OF PULMONARY SILICOSIS
Chest 2005 128: 493S-494S. [Abstract] [PDF]

Saadia A. Faiz, Dani S. Zander, and Bela Patel: DON’T CLEAN OUT THE GARAGE?
Chest 2005 128: 494S-495S. [Abstract] [PDF]

Late-Breaking Science:

Nazzareno Galiè, Maurice Beghetti, Michael Gatzoulis, John Granton, Rolf Berger, Andrea Lauer, Eleonora Chiossi, and Michael Landzberg: BREATHE-5: BOSENTAN IMPROVES HEMODYNAMICS AND EXERCISE CAPACITY IN THE FIRST RANDOMIZED PLACEBO-CONTROLLED TRIAL IN EISENMENGER PHYSIOLOGY
Chest 2005 128: 496S. [Abstract] [PDF]

G. Raghu, J.A. Lasky, U. Costabel, K.K. Brown, V Cottin, M. Thomeer, J. Utz, and L. McDermott: A RANDOMIZED PLACEBO CONTROLLED TRIAL ASSESSING THE EFFICACY AND SAFETY OF ETANERCEPT IN PATIENTS WITH IDIOPATHIC PULMONARY FIBROSIS (IPF)
Chest 2005 128: 496S. [Abstract] [PDF]

George R. Washko, Lawrence Kenney, Victor Pinto-Plata, Bartolome Celli, and John Reilly: INITIAL EXPERIENCE WITH A TISSUE ENGINEERING APPROACH TO BRONCHOSCOPIC LUNG VOLUME REDUCTION IN HUMANS WITH EMPHYSEMA
Chest 2005 128: 496S-497S. [Abstract] [PDF]

Raphael Bueno, John Godleski, Jeanne M Lukanich, David Feller-Kopman, Aaron Micetich, David S. Torres, Baruch Schori, Gil Shapira, and Ori Weisberg: FLEXIBLE DELIVERY OF CARBON DIOXIDE LASERS THROUGH THE OMNIGUIDE PHOTONIC BANDGAP FIBER FOR TREATMENT OF AIRWAY OBSTRUCTION: SAFETY AND FEASIBILITY STUDY
Chest 2005 128: 497S. [Abstract] [PDF]