Slide Presentations:

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

David M. Mannino, Sonia Buist, and William Vollmer

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Guoming Wu and Zhi Xu

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Adam S. Akers, Ramesh Venkataraman, and Lakshmipathi Chelluri

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Gregory M. Videtic, Toufik Djemiel, and Edward Clouser

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

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

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

NataliaI. Moguillansky, Diego Moguillansky, and Steven Goldberg

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

V.K. Vijayan and K. Patial

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Sudhir K. Agarwal and Deependra Kumar

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Ching-Chi Lin and Shwu-Fang Liaw

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

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

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

David S. Trochtenberg, Catrina Chambers, and Rhonda Belue

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Mohammad-Reza Movahed and Yuji Saito

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

Hajime Kataoka

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

Roma Kapoor, Muhammad H. Shibli, and Thomas Pinder

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

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

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

Kathy Hebert, Lee M. Arcement, and Ron Horswell

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

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

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

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

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

John G. Gums

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

Pratik Doshi and Bruno DiGiovine

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

Brian A. Youn

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

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

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

David E. Ost

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Maria Charisse Y. Lim and Albert L. Rafanan

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

Chaicharn Pothirat, Ratapum Champunot, and Juthamas Inchai

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Rita A. Mangold, Gary Salzman, and John Ma

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Heinrich D. Becker and Wolfgang Harms

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

Dee W. Ford, Brian Zeno, and Amanda Barnhorst

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

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

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

Benjamin A. Kohl

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Chirag M. Pandya and Peter Mazzone

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Alain Tremblay, Cindy Mason, and Gaetane Michaud

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Samuel E. Burkett and David G. Bell

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

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

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

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

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

Sushmita Pamidi and Sanjay Mehta

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Anthony Zachria and Bela Patel

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Carl Asche, Lisa Mucha, and Brian Seal

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

Eva M. Carmona and Andrew H. Limper

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

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

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

Violeta Vucinic, Snezana Filipovic, and Vladimir Zugic

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Neil T. Feldman and Charles F. George

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

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

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

Zhang Xilong and Yin Kaisheng

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Xingsheng Wang

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Richard J. Brilli, Dan Wells, and Julie Shaw

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

Edward R. Carter, Weiya Zhang, and John Waldhausen

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

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

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

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

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

Ellie L. Hirshberg, Gitte Larsen, and Al Jepson

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

Grace Paul, Garey Noritz, and David Birnkrant

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Adel K. Ayed and Murugan Sukumar

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

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

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

George A. Schoonover

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Violeta Vucinic, Jelica Videnovic, and Snezana Filipovic

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

EXERCISE IN ADDITION TO NICOTINE REPLACEMENT THERAPY IMPROVES SUCCESS RATES IN SMOKING CESSATION