Slide Presentations:

Motohiko Suzuki, Xusheng Zhang, Xiufen Zheng, Mu Li, Costin Vladau, Dong Chen, Bertha Garcia, and Wei-Ping Min

NOVEL THERAPY FOR ASTHMA AND ALLERGIC RHINITIS THROUGH GENE SILENCING OF CD40 USING SMALL INTERFERING RNA
Chest 2007 132: 423S. [Abstract] [PDF]  

Jonathan P. Parsons, Vincent Pestritto, Gary Phillips, and John G. Mastronarde

PULMONOLOGISTS IMPROVE ADHERENCE TO ASTHMA MANAGEMENT GUIDELINES IN NCAA SPORTS MEDICINE PROGRAMS
Chest 2007 132: 423S. [Abstract] [PDF]  

Harmanjit S. Hira

SIGNIFICANCE OF UPPER AIRWAY INFLUENCE BY IMPULSE OSCILLOMETRY TO DIAGNOSE VOCAL CORD DYSFUNCTION AMONG PATIENTS OF BRONCHIAL ASTHMA
Chest 2007 132: 423S. [Abstract] [PDF]  

Douglas K. Hogarth, Richard Martin, and Friedrich Kueppers

TESTING FOR ALPHA1-ANTITRYPSIN DEFICIENCY IN PATIENTS WITH ASTHMA AND/OR CHRONIC OBSTRUCTIVE PULMONARY DISEASE: A SURVEILLANCE STUDY
Chest 2007 132: 423S-424S. [Abstract] [PDF]  

Kalpalatha K. Guntupalli and Raghu N. Reddy

EVALUATION OF VIBRATION RESPONSE IMAGING IN COPD AND ASTHMA PATIENTS BEFORE/AFTER BRONCHODILATORS
Chest 2007 132: 424S. [Abstract] [PDF]  

Christopher Blanchette, Benjamin Gutierrez, Caron Ory, Eunice Chang, and Michael Broder

THE BURDEN OF COMORBID COPD AND ASTHMA IN A MEDICARE POPULATION
Chest 2007 132: 424S. [Abstract] [PDF]  

Adnan Majid, Jorge Guerrero, David Feller-Kopman, Devanand Anantham, Ross Morgan, Simon Ashiku, Sidhu Gangadharan, Felix Herth, and Armin Ernst

TRACHEOBRONCHOPLASTY FOR SEVERE TRACHEOBRONCHOMALACIA: A PROSPECTIVE OUTCOME ANALYSIS
Chest 2007 132: 424S-425S. [Abstract] [PDF]  

David J. Feller-Kopman, Gil Shapira, Baruch Schori, Burak Temelkuran, Yair Schindel, Yoel Fink, and Raphael Bueno

DETECTION OF GAS EMBOLI IN BRONCHOSCOPIC ABLATION THERAPY PERFORMED UNDER ZERO FLOW AND LOW FLOW CONDITIONS: A QUALITATIVE COMPARATIVE ANIMAL STUDY
Chest 2007 132: 425S. [Abstract] [PDF]  

William Krimsky, Sonali Sethi, and Joseph C. Cicenia

TATTOOING OF PULMONARY NODULES FOR LOCALIZATION PRIOR TO VATS
Chest 2007 132: 425S. [Abstract] [PDF]  

Atul C. Mehta, Thomas Gildea, Gordon Downie, Georgie Eapen, Felix Herth, Pablo Diaz-Jimenez, Antoni R. Gratacos, Michael Jantz, and Lutz Freitag

A PROSPECTIVE MULTICENTER TRIAL OF A SELF-EXPANDING HYBRID STENT IN MALIGNANT AIRWAY OBSTRUCTION
Chest 2007 132: 425S-426S. [Abstract] [PDF]  

Luc C. Thiberville, Genevieve Bourg Heckly, Mathieu Salaun, Stephane Dominique, and Sophie Moreno-Swirc

HUMAN IN VIVO CONFOCAL MICROSCOPIC IMAGING OF THE DISTAL BRONCHIOLES AND ALVEOLI
Chest 2007 132: 426S. [Abstract] [PDF]  

Philippe E. Pierard, Jean Faber, Olivier Bauwens, Thierry Prigogine, and Vincent Ninane

SENSITIVITY AND NEGATIVE PREDICTIVE VALUE OF AUTOFLUORESCENCE IMAGING (AFI) IN PATIENTS AT HIGH RISK FOR LUNG CANCER
Chest 2007 132: 426S. [Abstract] [PDF]  

David M. Mannino, Andrine Swensen, and Deborah Thorn

CHRONIC OBSTRUCTIVE PULMONARY DISEASE (COPD), COMORBID DISEASE, AND FOLLOW-UP HOSPITALIZATIONS IN A U.S. COHORT
Chest 2007 132: 426S. [Abstract] [PDF]  

Irina L. Timofte, Roland Talanow, Jeffrey Kanne, and Andrei Brateanu

ACUTE PULMONARY EMBOLISM IN PATIENTS WITH CHRONIC OBSTRUCTIVE PULMONARY DISEASE EXACERBATION
Chest 2007 132: 426S-427S. [Abstract] [PDF]  

Debbie Rybak, Nadine Al-Naamani, Michael J. Krowka, Kari E. Roberts, Raymond L. Benza, David B. Badesch, Roshan Shrestha, James Trotter, Robert S. Brown, Michael B. Fallon, and Steven M. Kawut

RISK FACTORS FOR COPD IN LIVER TRANSPLANT CANDIDATES
Chest 2007 132: 427S. [Abstract] [PDF]  

Vaidehi Kaza, Jeana D. O Brien, and Nicola A. Hanania

OSTEOPOROSIS IN CHRONIC LUNG DISEASE: PHYSICIANS’ PERCEPTIONS AND MANAGEMENT PRACTICES
Chest 2007 132: 427S. [Abstract] [PDF]  

Yunsu Sim

ECHOCARDIOGRAPHIC EVALUATION OF CARDIAC STRUCTURE AND FUNCTION IN PATIENTS WITH CHRONIC OBSTRUCTIVE PULMONARY DISEASE
Chest 2007 132: 427S. [Abstract] [PDF]  

Hana Muellerova, Nada Boudiaf, Gerry Hagan, Chuba Chigbo, and Kourtney J. Davis

THE EPIDEMIOLOGY OF PNEUMONIA IN CHRONIC OBSTRUCTIVE PULMONARY DISEASE (COPD): A GENERAL PRACTICE RESEARCH DATABASE (GPRD) STUDY
Chest 2007 132: 428S. [Abstract] [PDF]  

Andrew F. Shorr, Jennifer Wainright, Christopher Lettieri, and Donald Helman

THE IMPACT OF PULMONARY HYPERTENSION ON SURVIVAL IN PATIENTS WITH IDIOPATHIC PULMONARY FIBROSIS LISTED FOR LUNG TRANSPLANT
Chest 2007 132: 428S. [Abstract] [PDF]  

Steven D. Nathan, Rajeev Saggar, Scott Barnett, John A. Belperio, Shahzad Ahmad, David J. Ross, Oksana A. Shlobin, Rajan Saggar, Eric Libre, Joseph P. Lynch, III, and David A. Zisman

ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY AS A PREDICTOR OF PULMONARY HYPERTENSION IN PATIENTS WITH IDIOPATHIC PULMONARY FIBROSIS
Chest 2007 132: 428S. [Abstract] [PDF]  

Charlene D. Fell, MeiLan Han, Ella A. Kazerooni, Barry H. Gross, William D. Travis, Travis V. Colby, Galen B. Toews, Fernando J. Martinez, and Kevin R. Flaherty

PREDICTING IPF VS NSIP WITHOUT A SURGICAL LUNG BIOPSY
Chest 2007 132: 428S-429S. [Abstract] [PDF]  

Dong Soon Kim, Jeong Hyun Park, Yang Jin Jegal, I-Nae Park, Tae Sun Shim, Chae-Man Lim, Sang Do Lee, Younsuk Koh, Woo Sung Kim, and Won Dong Kim

RELATIONSHIP OF HYPOXIA INDUCED BY DAILY LIVING AND PULMONARY ARTERIAL HYPERTENSION IN PATIENTS WITH INTERSTITIAL LUNG DISEASES
Chest 2007 132: 429S. [Abstract] [PDF]  

Hae Seong Nam, Man Pyo Chung, Sung Hoon Park, Yong Soo Kwon, Song Wook Chun, Cho Rom Ham, Su Hyun Kim, Kyung Soo Lee, Joungho Han, Won-Jung Koh, Gee Young Suh, Hojoong Kim, and O Jung Kwon

ACUTE EXACERBATION OF NONSPECIFIC INTERSTITIAL PNEUMONIA
Chest 2007 132: 429S. [Abstract] [PDF]  

Denis Hadjiliadis, Vincent Valentine, Scott Palmer, Julia Curl, and Keith Wille

INTERACTION OF TYPE OF TRANSPLANT WITH INTRAOPERATIVE PULMONARY ARTERY PRESSURE IN PATIENTS WITH IDIOPATHIC PULMONARY FIBROSIS (IPF) UNDERGOING LUNG TRANSPLANTATION
Chest 2007 132: 429S-430S. [Abstract] [PDF]  

Joseph L. Bobadilla, Ewa Jankowska-Gan, Lynn D. Haynes, Keith C. Meyer, Alejandro Munoz del Rio, William J. Burlingham, and James D. Maloney

REFLUX-INDUCED COLLAGEN TYPE V SENSITIZATION: POTENTIAL MEDIATOR OF BRONCHIOLITIS OBLITERANS SYNDROME AND IDIOPATHIC PULMONARY FIBROSIS
Chest 2007 132: 430S. [Abstract] [PDF]  

Sivagini Ganesh, Ramesh Kesavan, Rajesh Shetty, Tarik Haddad, Karen L. Christos, and Harish Seethamraju

A NOVEL CLINICAL PRESENTATION OF BRONCHIOLITIS OBLITERANS
Chest 2007 132: 430S. [Abstract] [PDF]  

Jay I. Peters, Troy Purvis, Marilyn Pollack, Luis Angel, and Robert Williams, III

IN VITRO EFFICACY AND IN VIVO SAFETY OF INHALED NANOPARTICLES OF TACROLIMUS
Chest 2007 132: 430S. [Abstract] [PDF]  

Amy Hajari, Kevin Leon, Amit Gaggar, Joao DeAndrade, Joseph Barney, Octavio Pajaro, James George, David McGiffin, K R. Young, Marisa Marques, and Keith Wille

COMBINATION THERAPY UTILIZING AZITHROMYCIN AND PHOTOPHERESIS FOR BRONCHIOLITIS OBLITERANS SYNDROME FOLLOWING LUNG TRANSPLANTATION
Chest 2007 132: 431S. [Abstract] [PDF]  

David B. Erasmus, Cesar Keller, Francisco Alvarez, and Lawrence McBride

BALLOON DILATION IN PREPARATION FOR STENT PLACEMENT IN LUNG TRANSPLANT RECIPIENTS: EXPERIENCE AFTER 125 LUNG TRANSPLANTS
Chest 2007 132: 431S. [Abstract] [PDF]  

Takashi Ishida, Satoko Sekine, Kengo Oshima, Kumi Uekita, Aya Sugawara, Motoko Tachihara, Kana Watanabe, Kenya Kanazawa, Junpei Saito, Yoshinori Tanino, and Mitsuru Munakata

CLOSED PLEURAL BRUSHING: A NEW DIAGNOSTIC TOOL FOR PLEURAL LESIONS
Chest 2007 132: 431S. [Abstract] [PDF]  

Yang Deok Lee and Do H. Kim

THE FEASIBILITY OF ROUTINE MEDICAL THORACOSCOPE IN THE DIAGNOSIS OF UNDETERMINED PLEURAL EFFUSION
Chest 2007 132: 431S-432S. [Abstract] [PDF]  

Ricardo M. Terra, Lisete R. Teixeira, Francisco S. Vargas, Paulo M. Pego-Fernades, Eduardo H. Genofre, and Fabio B. Jatene

SMALL-BORE CATHETERS FOR MANAGEMENT OF MALIGNANT PLEURAL EFFUSION IN LOW PERFORMANCE STATUS OUTPATIENTS
Chest 2007 132: 432S. [Abstract] [PDF]  

Christopher C. Wyckoff, Eric D. Anderson, Charles A. Read, and Robert E. Lee

THE USE OF INTRAPLEURAL DOXYCYCLINE VIA PLEURX CATHETER IN THE TREATMENT OF MALIGNANT PLEURAL EFFUSIONS: PRELIMINARY REPORT
Chest 2007 132: 432S. [Abstract] [PDF]  

Fares G. Mouchantaf and Andrew G. Villanueva

THE LONG-TERM PROGNOSIS OF PATIENTS WITH THE DIAGNOSIS OF NONMALIGNANT PLEURAL EFFUSIONS AFTER PLEUROSCOPY
Chest 2007 132: 432S-433S. [Abstract] [PDF]  

Supriya Jasuja, Anna Lee, Raymond Macdonald, and Susan G. Marantz

LATENT TUBERCULOSIS INFECTION SCREENING OF FOREIGN BORN PATIENTS USING QUANTIFERON-GOLD (QFT-G) IN SUBURBAN COOK COUNTY TB CLINICS IN ILLINOIS
Chest 2007 132: 433S. [Abstract] [PDF]  

Almerio Machado, Jr., Krisztina Szabo, Theolis Barbosa, Sergio M. Arruda, Mitermayer G. Reis, Lee W. Riley, and Iukary O. Takenami

COMPARISON OF WHOLE BLOOD INTERFERON-GAMMA ASSAY WITH TUBERCULIN SKIN TESTING IN HOUSEHOLD CONTACTS OF PULMONARY TUBERCULOSIS PATIENTS IN SALVADOR, BRAZIL
Chest 2007 132: 433S. [Abstract] [PDF]  

Jae-Yong Chin, Jun-Mo Kim, Sung S. Lee, and Jong H. Kim

USEFULNESS OF PCR OF FINE NEEDLE ASPIRATES IN THE DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS OF TUBERCULOUS LYMPHADENITIS AMONG NONMETASTATIC SUPERFICIAL LYMPHADENOPATHY
Chest 2007 132: 433S. [Abstract] [PDF]  

David Shitrit, Rachel Priess, Ben Fox, Anat Amital, and Mordechai R. Kramer

PULMONARY MYCOBACTERIUM KANSASII INFECTION: COMPARISON OF THE CLINICAL FEATURES, RADIOLOGICAL APPEARANCE, AND OUTCOME WITH PULMONARY TUBERCULOSIS
Chest 2007 132: 434S. [Abstract] [PDF]  

James V. O Connor, Manjari Joshi, Anil Kumar, Mahek Sethi, and Thomas M. Scalea

EMPYEMA IN TRAUMA PATIENTS: MICROBIOLOGY, SURGERY, AND OUTCOME
Chest 2007 132: 434S. [Abstract] [PDF]  

Erich Hecker, Holger Hoefken, Shadi Hamouri, and Katrin Welcker

VIDEO-ASSISTED THORACOSCOPY AS A STANDARD TREATMENT IN PARAPNEUMONIC EMPYEMAS
Chest 2007 132: 434S. [Abstract] [PDF]  

Martin R. Martin, Mehul Raval, Matthew G. Blum, Sarah H. Sutton, and Alberto L. de Hoyos Parra

EVALUATION OF DELAY IN DEFINITIVE SURGICAL MANAGEMENT OF EMPYEMA
Chest 2007 132: 434S-435S. [Abstract] [PDF]  

Waleed Saleh, Drew Bethune, Harry Henteleff, Kevin Forward, and Alan G. Casson

EARLY THORACOTOMY AND DECORTICATION IN THE MANAGEMENT OF COMPLEX EMPYEMA IN ADULTS
Chest 2007 132: 435S. [Abstract] [PDF]  

Alexandru M. Botianu, Petre Vlah-Horea Botianu, and Adrian Cristian Dobrica

THORACIC ECHINOCOCCOSIS: ANALYSIS OF 212 CONSECUTIVE CASES
Chest 2007 132: 435S. [Abstract] [PDF]  

Marine Khojabekyan, Bernard Tegtmeier, Margaret O'Donnell, James Ito, David Horak, Hong Fangxin, Kemp Kernstine, Alicia Bogardus, and Frederic Grannis

SURVIVAL FOLLOWING LUNG RESECTION IN IMMUNOCOMPROMISED PATIENTS WITH PULMONARY INVASIVE FUNGAL INFECTION (IFI)
Chest 2007 132: 435S. [Abstract] [PDF]  

Eugene Bleecker, Steven Yancey, Hector Ortega, and Wayne Anderson

ARGININE 16 GENOTYPE DOES NOT MODULATE CLINICAL RESPONSE TO SALMETEROL IN SUBJECTS WITH ASTHMA
Chest 2007 132: 436S. [Abstract] [PDF]  

Helen Ambrose, Rachael Lawrance, and Mitchell Goldman

BETA-ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR GLY16ARG VARIATION: EFFECT ON RESPONSE TO BUDESONIDE/FORMOTEROL OR BUDESONIDE (POST-FORMOTEROL) IN ASTHMA PATIENTS
Chest 2007 132: 436S. [Abstract] [PDF]  

Stephen Holgate, Michael Noonan, Pascal Chanez, William Busse, Lieven Dupont, Harold Nelson, Ian Pavord, Auli Hakulinen, Laurence Paolozzi, Lawrence McDermott, and Joseph Wajdula

A RANDOMIZED, DOUBLE-BLIND, PLACEBO-CONTROLLED TRIAL EVALUATING THE SAFETY AND EFFICACY OF ETANERCEPT 25 TWICE WEEKLY IN PATIENTS WITH SEVERE PERSISTENT ASTHMA
Chest 2007 132: 436S-437S. [Abstract] [PDF]  

Theodore A. Omachi, Carlos Iribarren, Urmimala Sarkar, Irina Tolstykh, Edward H. Yelin, Patricia P. Katz, Paul D. Blanc, and Mark D. Eisner

PROSPECTIVE RISK FACTORS FOR DEATH AMONG ADULTS WITH SEVERE ASTHMA
Chest 2007 132: 437S. [Abstract] [PDF]  

Charity D. Greene, Margaret M. Kelly, Doris H. Hawkins, John A. Evans, Warren Davidson, and Richard Leigh

THE INTRODUCTION OF INDUCED SPUTUM CELL COUNTS IN HOSPITAL-BASED ASTHMA CLINICS SIGNIFICANTLY REDUCES ASTHMA-RELATED EMERGENCY ROOM VISITS
Chest 2007 132: 437S. [Abstract] [PDF]  

Eva Y. Ouano, Gerard S. Garcia, Manuel C. Jorge, and Judith P. Sanico-Soliano

COMPARING THE RELIABILITY OF ASTHMA CONTROL INSTRUMENTS: CLINIC QUESTIONNAIRE VS DAILY DIARY
Chest 2007 132: 437S. [Abstract] [PDF]  

Carmen M. Rosario, Steven Kadiev, Haikady Nagaraja, and Philip T. Diaz

EVALUATING THE SAFETY OF MIDAZOLAM FOR PROCEDURAL SEDATION IN HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS-SEROPOSITIVE PATIENTS ON PROTEASE INHIBITORS
Chest 2007 132: 438S. [Abstract] [PDF]  

Brad D. Vincent, Gordon Downie, James Hansbrough, Jacqueline Kline, Chao Wang, and Gerard A. Silvestri

FOSPROPOFOL DISODIUM IS EFFECTIVE AND SAFE FOR SEDATION IN PATIENTS UNDERGOING FLEXIBLE BRONCHOSCOPY: RESULTS OF A PHASE 3, RANDOMIZED, DOUBLE-BLIND, DOSE-CONTROLLED TRIAL
Chest 2007 132: 438S. [Abstract] [PDF]  

Wissam B. Abouzgheib, Jeffrey Littman, Melvin Pratter, and Thaddeus Bartter

EFFICACY AND SAFETY OF DEXMEDETOMIDINE DURING BRONCHOSCOPY IN PATIENTS WITH MODERATE TO SEVERE COPD OR EMPHYSEMA
Chest 2007 132: 438S. [Abstract] [PDF]  

Christophe Compère, Bernard Duysinx, Anne Dediste, Michel Gustin, and Vincent Ninane

PROSPECTIVE RISK ASSESSMENT OF BACTEREMIA AND OTHER INFECTIOUS COMPLICATIONS ASSOCIATED WITH REAL-TIME ULTRASOUND-GUIDED TRANSBRONCHIAL NEEDLE ASPIRATION (EBUS-TBNA)
Chest 2007 132: 439S. [Abstract] [PDF]  

Noriaki Kurimoto, Hiroaki Osada, Yuka Miyazu, Atsuko Ishida, and Teruomi Miyazawa

ENDOBRONCHIAL ULTRASONOGRAPHY USING TWO TYPES OF THE GUIDE SHEATH (EBUS-GS) FOR PERIPHERAL PULMONARY LESIONS
Chest 2007 132: 439S. [Abstract] [PDF]  

Michael J. Emery, Laurent L. Couetil, Jim B. Coad, Randy L. Eveland, Kelly B. Eveland, Jacob J. Rohleder, Dan F. Hogan, Maria E. Cooper, and Erik R. Swenson

LUNG VOLUME REDUCTION (LVR) BY BRONCHOSCOPIC THERMAL VAPOR ABLATION (BTVA)
Chest 2007 132: 439S. [Abstract] [PDF]  

Permyos Ruengsakulrach, Kitipan V. Arom, and Vibul Jotisakulratana

DIRECT INTRAMYOCARDIAL INJECTION OF AUTOLOGOUS ANGIOGENIC CELL PRECURSORS FOR CARDIOMYOPATHY
Chest 2007 132: 439S-440S. [Abstract] [PDF]  

Scott D. Barnett, Alan M. Speir, and Niv Ad

USING THE EUROSCORE TO PREDICT INSTITUTION COSTS AND IDENTIFY PATIENTS AT HIGHER RISK FOR RESOURCE CONSUMPTION FOLLOWING OPEN HEART SURGERY
Chest 2007 132: 440S. [Abstract] [PDF]  

Rakesh K. Chaturvedi, Benoit deVarennes, and Kevin Lachapelle

PREOPERATIVE CARDIAC SURGERY RISK ASSESSMENT BY PARSONNET SCORE IN OCTOGENARIANS: CORRELATION WITH SURVIVAL AND LIFESTYLE STUDY
Chest 2007 132: 440S. [Abstract] [PDF]  

Alan R. Hartman, Lawrence Glassman, Rick A. Esposito, Michael H. Hall, Gus J. Pogo, Sheel K. Vatsia, Robert Kalimi, and Adam Arnofsky

SURGICAL TREATMENT OF ACUTE AND CHRONIC PULMONARY EMBOLISM
Chest 2007 132: 440S-441S. [Abstract] [PDF]  

Keith B. Allen, Michael Borkon, Scott Stuart, Emmanuel Daon, Alexander Pak, and George Zorn

CARDIOPULMONARY BYPASS-INDUCED VASODILATORY HYPOTENSION: PREDICTORS AND TREATMENT WITH ARGININE VASOPRESSIN
Chest 2007 132: 441S. [Abstract] [PDF]  

Li Zhang, Paul J. Corso, Peter Hill, Jorge M. Garcia, Elizabeth Haile, Ammar Bafi, and Xiumei Sun

SURGICAL REVASCULARIZATION IN PATIENTS WITH DIALYSIS-DEPENDENT RENAL FAILURE: ON-PUMP VS OPCAB
Chest 2007 132: 441S. [Abstract] [PDF]  

Morohunfolu E. Akinnusi, Lilibeth A. Pineda, and Ali A. El Solh

IMPACT OF OBESITY ON INTENSIVE CARE MORBIDITY AND MORTALITY: A METAANALYSIS
Chest 2007 132: 441S-442S. [Abstract] [PDF]  

Michael J. Breslow, Edward Larsen, Robb Fromm, and Brian Rosenfeld

ICU LENGTH OF STAY (LOS) OUTLIERS: INCIDENCE AND IMPLICATIONS
Chest 2007 132: 442S. [Abstract] [PDF]  

Hesham H. El Gamal, Ellen W. Bernal, Catherine Marco, and Nancy Buderer

ATTITUDE, KNOWLEDGE, AND USE OF ADVANCE DIRECTIVES AMONG OHIO STATE HEALTH CARE PROFESSIONALS
Chest 2007 132: 442S. [Abstract] [PDF]  

James Downar, Robert Sibbald, and Laura Hawryluck

FUTILITY IN ONTARIO CRITICAL CARE UNITS: CLINICIANS PERCEPTIONS OF EXCESSIVE CARE
Chest 2007 132: 442S. [Abstract] [PDF]  

Sameh T. Demian, Nehad N. Halawa, Batool Nisar, and Raees Ahmed

NURSE-DRIVEN ENTERAL FEEDING PROTOCOL IMPROVES CALORIC INTAKE IN CRITICALLY ILL PATIENTS
Chest 2007 132: 442S-443S. [Abstract] [PDF]  

Jean-Sebastien Rachoin, Ralph Daher, Christa Schorr, Barry Milcarek, Joseph Parrillo, and David R. Gerber

IMPACT OF BLOOD TRANSFUSION ON NOSOCOMIAL INFECTIONS IN CRITICALLY ILL PATIENTS
Chest 2007 132: 443S. [Abstract] [PDF]  

Adan Mora, Saadia A. Faiz, Todd Kelly, Richard J. Castriotta, and Bela Patel

RESIDENT PERCEPTION OF THE EDUCATIONAL AND PATIENT CARE VALUE FROM REMOTE TELEMONITORING IN A MEDICAL INTENSIVE CARE UNIT
Chest 2007 132: 443S. [Abstract] [PDF]  

Gregory H. Howell, Vincent M. Lem, and Jennifer M. Ball

REMOTE ICU CARE CORRELATES WITH REDUCED HEALTH SYSTEM MORTALITY AND LENGTH OF STAY OUTCOMES
Chest 2007 132: 443S-444S. [Abstract] [PDF]  

Edward T. Zawada, Pat Herr, David Erickson, and John Hitt

FINANCIAL BENEFIT OF A TELE-INTENSIVIST PROGRAM TO A RURAL HEALTH SYSTEM
Chest 2007 132: 444S. [Abstract] [PDF]  

Glenn M. Giessel and Barbara Leedom

CENTRALIZED, REMOTE ICU INTERVENTION IMPROVES BEST PRACTICES COMPLIANCE
Chest 2007 132: 444S. [Abstract] [PDF]  

Omar Awad, Diego Maselli-Caceres, and Rosa M. Estrada-Y-Martin

PATIENT'S ACCEPTANCE FOR THE ADVANCED MONITORISTEMS IN ELECTRONIC INTENSIVE CARE UNITS (EICU)
Chest 2007 132: 444S. [Abstract] [PDF]  

Carmine Simone, Marcus Kargel, and Marilyn Lee

THE INTENSIVIST-LED MODEL OF CARE IN A CANADIAN COMMUNITY HOSPITAL ICU
Chest 2007 132: 444S-445S. [Abstract] [PDF]  

Raghu S. Loganathan, S. Venkatram, Leyla Azis, Riyad Basir, Balavenkatesh Kanna, and Anita Soni

EXPERIENCE WITH IMPLEMENTATION OF A RAPID RESPONSE TEAM IN AN INNER CITY HOSPITAL STAFFED WITH 24/7 ATTENDING PHYSICIAN COVERAGE
Chest 2007 132: 445S. [Abstract] [PDF]  

Carmine Simone, Marcus Kargel, and Marilyn Lee

THE INTRODUCTION OF A CRITICAL CARE RAPID RESPONSE TEAM IN A CANADIAN COMMUNITY HOSPITAL
Chest 2007 132: 445S. [Abstract] [PDF]  

Saurin G. Patel, Timothy Williamson, Steven Q. Simpson, Amy O'Brien-Ladner, and Carol Cleek

MIDTERM OUTCOMES OF A RAPID RESPONSE TEAM IN AN ACADEMIC HOSPITAL
Chest 2007 132: 445S-446S. [Abstract] [PDF]  

Pierre D. Kory and Paul H. Mayo

INDUCTION OF MILD THERAPEUTIC HYPOTHERMIA (MTH): DESCRIPTION OF A RAPID AND INEXPENSIVE TECHNIQUE IN THE POST-ARREST PATIENT
Chest 2007 132: 446S. [Abstract] [PDF]  

Lewis A. Eisen, Crescens M. Pellecchia, and Paul H. Mayo

ASSESSMENT OF RESIDENTS’ TIME PERCEPTION OF IN-HOSPITAL CARDIOPULMONARY RESUSCITATION (IHCPR) SCENARIOS USING A COMPUTERIZED PATIENT SIMULATOR (CPS)
Chest 2007 132: 446S. [Abstract] [PDF]  

Aiyub Patel, Mary Wisniewski, Aiman Tulaimat, Carmen Gonzalez-Carmago, Jamsheed Khan, Catherine Monti, and John H. Stroger, Jr.

DO PHYSICIANS AGREE IN THEIR SUBJECTIVE ASSESSMENT OF PATIENTS EVALUATED FOR ADMISSION TO THE MEDICAL INTENSIVE CARE UNIT (MICU)?
Chest 2007 132: 446S. [Abstract] [PDF]  

Dani Hackner, Mary Riedinger, Mark Ault, James J. Loftus, Joel M. Geiderman, Glenn D. Braunstein, and Zab Mosenifar

COLLABORATIVE EMERGENCY MEDICINE AND INTERNAL MEDICINE COMMUNITY-ACQUIRED PNEUMONIA PROTOCOLS CAN ACHIEVE ANTIBIOTICS WITHIN 4 HOURS
Chest 2007 132: 446S-447S. [Abstract] [PDF]  

Karen Gamerdinger, Jeff Brock, Jackie Frost-Kunnen, C. Jeff Jutting, M. David Stilley, and Neil Horning

SIX SIGMA PERFORMANCE IMPROVEMENT PROJECT INCREASED COMPLIANCE WITH JOINT COMMISSION COMMUNITY-ACQUIRED PNEUMONIA CORE MEASURES AND LED TO LOWER LENGTHS OF STAY, DECREASED MORTALITY, AND COST SAVINGS
Chest 2007 132: 447S. [Abstract] [PDF]  

Dani Hackner, Mary S. Riedinger, Glenn D. Braunstein, and Zab Mosenifar

PNEUMOCOCCAL VACCINATION: CLINICAL QUALITY IMPROVEMENT STEPS TOWARD IN-HOSPITAL SUCCESS
Chest 2007 132: 447S. [Abstract] [PDF]  

Patricia Castellanos-Mateus, Eric M. Mortensen, Antonio Anzueto, and Marcos I. Restrepo

HEALTH-CARE-ASSOCIATED PNEUMONIA IS MORE SEVERE AND LEADS TO HIGHER MORTALITY THAN COMMUNITY-ACQUIRED PNEUMONIA
Chest 2007 132: 447S-448S. [Abstract] [PDF]  

Ghulam Khaleeq, H. A. Ali, U. Mundathaje, S. K. Goldberg, and M. L. Lippmann

CURB-65 IN PREDICTING THE NEED FOR MECHANICAL VENTILATION IN PATIENTS WITH BACTEREMIC PNEUMOCOCCAL PNEUMONIA
Chest 2007 132: 448S. [Abstract] [PDF]  

Anthony W. Castleberry, David Smith, Christy Anderson, Arnold J. Rotter, and Frederic W. Grannis

COST OF A FIVE-YEAR LUNG CANCER SURVIVOR: SYMPTOM-DETECTED VS PROACTIVE SCREENING IN A MULTIVARIABLE ANALYSIS OF OVER 700 SCENARIOS
Chest 2007 132: 448S. [Abstract] [PDF]  

Cosimo Lequaglie and Gabriella Giudice

SURGICAL OPTION IN STERNAL TUMORS: FROM RESECTION TO REPAIR
Chest 2007 132: 448S-449S. [Abstract] [PDF]  

Sebastien Gilbert, Kashif Irshad, Matthew Schuchert, James D. Luketich, Brian Pettiford, Ghulam Abbas, Miguel Alvelo-Rivera, Neil Christie, and Rodney Landreneau

VIDEO-ASSISTED LOBECTOMIES AND SEGMENTECTOMIES FOR NON-SMALL CELL LUNG CANCER: A COMPARISON OF OUTCOMES
Chest 2007 132: 449S. [Abstract] [PDF]  

Flaherty James, Brian Egleston, and Walter J. Scott

ATRIAL FIBRILLATION RATES FOLLOWING THORACOSCOPIC LOBECTOMY ARE NOT REDUCED COMPARED TO OPEN LOBECTOMY: PROPENSITY-WEIGHTED STATISTICAL ANALYSIS
Chest 2007 132: 449S. [Abstract] [PDF]  

Shawn S. Groth, Bryan A. Whitson, Amy M. Holmstrom, Jeffrey B. Rubins, and Rosemary F. Kelly

IMPACT OF PREOPERATIVE SMOKING CESSATION ON PULMONARY FUNCTION TESTING AT ONE-YEAR FOLLOWING PULMONARY RESECTION FOR NON-SMALL CELL LUNG CANCER
Chest 2007 132: 449S. [Abstract] [PDF]  

Christopher J. Licskai, Michael Ong, Lisa Paolatto, Ivan Nicoletti, and Todd Sands

IMPLEMENTING ASTHMA GUIDELINES: A COMMUNITY-BASED, ELECTRONICALLY SUPPORTED, INTERDISCIPLINARY MODEL FOR ASTHMA MANAGEMENT IN CANADA
Chest 2007 132: 450S. [Abstract] [PDF]  

David Tinkelman, Songkai Yan, Brian Calimlim, Bonnie Dean, Rezaul Khandker, Vincent Ciuryla, and Lawrence McDermott

HEALTH-RELATED QUALITY OF LIFE AMONG UNCONTROLLED ASTHMA PATIENTS
Chest 2007 132: 450S. [Abstract] [PDF]  

Melissa A. Valerio, Nancy K. Janz, Edith A. Parker, Cathleen M. Connell, and Mick P. Couper

WOMEN WITH ASTHMA: WHO USES AN ASTHMA DIARY AND HOW HELPFUL IS IT?
Chest 2007 132: 450S. [Abstract] [PDF]  

Sacha Bhinder, Ritu Makkar, Sarah Alley, Husam Abdel-Qadir, Lisa Cicutto, and Susan Tarlo

ROLE OF ASTHMA IN ADOLESCENT CAREER CHOICES
Chest 2007 132: 450S-451S. [Abstract] [PDF]  

David C. Shelledy, Terry S. LeGrand, and Jay I. Peters

A COMPARISON OF SELF-REPORTED HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION TO HOSPITAL SYSTEM RECORDS IN ADULT ASTHMA PATIENTS ADMITTED TO A LARGE TEACHING HOSPITAL
Chest 2007 132: 451S. [Abstract] [PDF]  

Jason M. McKinney, Jay I. Peters, Brad Smith, Pam Wood, Emma Forkner, and Autumn Dawn Galbreath

THE IMPACT OF OBESITY IN ASTHMA: EVIDENCE FROM A LARGE PROSPECTIVE DISEASE MANAGEMENT STUDY
Chest 2007 132: 451S. [Abstract] [PDF]  

Ralf Eberhardt, Thomas Beyer, Devanand Anantham, Armin Ernst, and Felix Herth

ELECTROMAGNETIC NAVIGATION-GUIDED BRONCHOSCOPY IN DIAGNOSING PERIPHERAL LUNG LESIONS: A PROSPECTIVE TRIAL
Chest 2007 132: 451S-452S. [Abstract] [PDF]  

Theodore L. McLemore and Ajay R. Bedekar

ACCURATE DIAGNOSIS OF PERIPHERAL LUNG LESIONS (PLL) IN A PRIVATE COMMUNITY HOSPITAL EMPLOYING ELECTROMAGNETIC GUIDANCE BRONCHOSCOPY (EMB) COUPLED WITH RADIAL ENDOBRONCHIAL ULTRASOUND (REBUS)
Chest 2007 132: 452S. [Abstract] [PDF]  

Sonali Sethi, Sandeep Bansal, Tom Gildea, William Krimsky, Navara Malayaman, Lopa Patel, and Joseph C. Cicenia

IMPACT OF THE AIRWAY-NODULE RELATIONSHIP ON ELECTROMAGNETIC NAVIGATIONAL BRONCHOSCOPY YIELD
Chest 2007 132: 452S. [Abstract] [PDF]  

Heinrich D. Becker and Wolfgang Harms

NAVIGATED BRONCHOSCOPY AND ENDOBRONCHIAL ULTRASOUND FOR BRACHYTHERAPY OF INOPERABLE PERIPHERAL LUNG CANCER: A FEASIBILITY STUDY
Chest 2007 132: 452S. [Abstract] [PDF]  

Rex C. Yung, Johann Brandes, Phillipe H. Gailloud, and Stephen Solomon

CT-FLUOROSCOPY-GUIDED BRONCHOSCOPY: USEFULNESS IN REAL-TIME IMAGE GUIDED INTERVENTIONS IN THORACIC DISEASES
Chest 2007 132: 452S-453S. [Abstract] [PDF]  

Christopher B. Cooper, Juan O. Galindo, Rodolfo Posadas, Guillermo Elizondo, Angel Martinez, Rodney Brenneman, and John Faul

IMPROVED EXERCISE PERFORMANCE WITH SUPPLEMENTAL OXYGEN PREDICTS A BENEFICIAL RESPONSE TO THERAPEUTIC ARTERIOVENOUS FISTULA IN PATIENTS WITH SEVERE COPD
Chest 2007 132: 453S. [Abstract] [PDF]  

Miriam D. Cohen, Sholu Varghese, Valentyna Honchar, and Michael Cutaia

ACCURACY OF STANDARD CLINICAL ASSESSMENTS TO DETECT OXYGEN DESATURATION DURING DAILY ACTIVITIES IN COPD PATIENTS
Chest 2007 132: 453S. [Abstract] [PDF]  

Giosuè Catapano, Francesca Mannucci, Gianfranco Mirarchi, Cristina Carli, and Renato Prediletto

FUNCTIONAL MARKERS OF MAXIMAL PERFORMANCE DURING EXERCISE IN COPD
Chest 2007 132: 453S-454S. [Abstract] [PDF]  

Ming-Lung Chuang, I-Feng Lin, Meng-Tser Hsieh, Janine R. Vintch, Sing-Jay Liang, and Wei Chen

PREDICTION OF ARTERIAL PCO2 IN PATIENTS WITH COPD DURING A MAXIMUM INCREMENTAL EXERCISE
Chest 2007 132: 454S. [Abstract] [PDF]  

Dario Maldonado, Mauricio Gonzalez, Margarita Barrero, Claudia Jaramillo, and Alejandro Casas

EXERCISE ENDURANCE IN HYPOXEMIC COPD PATIENTS AT AN ALTITUDE OF 2640 M BREATHING AIR AND OXYGEN (FIO2 28 AND 35%)
Chest 2007 132: 454S. [Abstract] [PDF]  

Carlos Vassaux, Luis Torre-Bouscoulet, Felipe Cortopassi, Bartolome R. Celli, and Victor M. Pinto-Plata

EFFECTS OF STATIC AND DYNAMIC HYPERINFLATION DURING CARDIOPULMONARY EXERCISE ON O2 PULSE IN COPD PATIENTS IN GOLD STAGES 3 AND 4
Chest 2007 132: 454S-455S. [Abstract] [PDF]  

Adesoji Adenigbagbe, Yizhak Kupfer, Chanaka Seneviratne, William Pascal, and Sidney Tessler

PIGTAIL CATHETER DRAINAGE OF TRANSUDATIVE PLEURAL EFFUSIONS HASTENS LIBERATION FROM MECHANICAL VENTILATION
Chest 2007 132: 455S. [Abstract] [PDF]  

Mitchell G. Kaye and Laura E. Tilton

THE EFFECT OF CONTINUOUS HEAD-OF-BED MONITORING ON COMPLIANCE WITH SEMI-RECUMBENT POSITIONING IN PATIENTS ON MECHANICAL VENTILATION
Chest 2007 132: 455S. [Abstract] [PDF]  

Albert B. Albay, Judith P. Sanico-Soliano, and Jubert P. Benedicto

METAANALYSIS ON THE USE OF SYSTEMIC CORTICOSTEROIDS IN THE PREVENTION OF POSTEXTUBATION STRIDOR AMONG ADULT PATIENTS
Chest 2007 132: 455S-456S. [Abstract] [PDF]  

Ayman A. Bishay, Adebayo Esan, Alexey Amchentsev, Lavanya Irugulapati, Neelam Patel, Saad Adoni, Larry Bernstein, Liziamma George, and Suhail Raoof

THE EFFECT OF MECHANICAL VENTILATION ON NT-PROBNP LEVEL: A PILOT STUDY
Chest 2007 132: 456S. [Abstract] [PDF]  

Marya D. Zilberberg and Marjolein de Wit

TIMING OF TRACHEOSTOMY AND HOSPITAL OUTCOMES AMONG ADULT HOSPITAL DISCHARGES WITH PROLONGED ACUTE MECHANICAL VENTILATION
Chest 2007 132: 456S. [Abstract] [PDF]  

Meena Kalluri, Steven A. Sahn, and Kristin Highland

THE CLINICAL PROFILE OF PATIENTS WITH PL 12 ANTIBODY
Chest 2007 132: 456S. [Abstract] [PDF]  

Viktor Hanak, Jason Golbin, Thomas Hartman, and Jay Ryu

HRCT FINDINGS OF PARENCHYMAL FIBROSIS PREDICT SURVIVAL IN PATIENTS WITH HYPERSENSITIVITY PNEUMONITIS
Chest 2007 132: 456S-457S. [Abstract] [PDF]  

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

EMERGING INDICATORS OF SURVIVAL IN CELLULAR AND FIBROTIC NONSPECIFIC INTERSTITIAL PNEUMONIA
Chest 2007 132: 457S. [Abstract] [PDF]  

Erasmo Martínez-Cordero, Diana E. A. León, Virginia Novelo-Retana, Rogelio Hernández-Pando, and Norma Uribe-Uribe

IMMUNOHISTOCHEMICAL DEMONSTRATION OF THE CAUSATIVE ANTIGEN IN PIGEON HYPERSENSITIVITY PNEUMONITIS
Chest 2007 132: 457S. [Abstract] [PDF]  

Semaan G. Kosseifi, Ahmad Halawa, Beth Bailey, Melinda Micklewright, Thomas Roy, and Ryland R. Byrd

REDUCTION OF AMIODARONE PULMONARY TOXICITY IN PATIENTS TREATED WITH ANGIOTENSIN CONVERTING ENZYME INHIBITORS AND ANGIOTENSIN RECEPTOR BLOCKERS
Chest 2007 132: 457S-458S. [Abstract] [PDF]  

Cyrus Shariat, Chris Garvey, Julia Rigler, and Harold R. Collard

PULMONARY REHABILITATION IMPROVES FUNCTIONAL CAPACITY IN PATIENTS WITH INTERSTITIAL LUNG DISEASE
Chest 2007 132: 458S. [Abstract] [PDF]  

Ahmed J. Khan, Stephanie Gruenloh, Rahul Nanchal, Meetha Medhora, and Elizabeth Jacobs

ERRP, A NOVEL ENDOGENOUS PEPTIDE AND AN EGFR TARGETING AGENT, INHIBITS PROLIFERATION OF SMALL CELL LUNG CANCER AS EFFECTIVELY AS IT INHIBITS NON-SMALL CELL LUNG CANCERS
Chest 2007 132: 458S. [Abstract] [PDF]  

Seok Chul Yang, Young Whan Kim, Chul-Gyu Yoo, San Min Lee, Choon-Taek Lee, Sung Koo Han, Young-Soo Shim, Jae-Jun Lim, Sven Hillinger, Li Zhu, Steven M. Dubinett, and Sherven Sharma

IL-7 ENHANCES THE ANTI-TUMOR RESPONSE IN NON-SMALL CELL LUNG CANCER
Chest 2007 132: 458S. [Abstract] [PDF]  

Daniel A. Nader

INTRATUMORAL CHEMOTHERAPY AS AN ADJUCT TO ENDOBRONCHIAL BRACHYTHERAPY
Chest 2007 132: 459S. [Abstract] [PDF]  

Andrew S. Fink, Michael Hervey, June Kim, Ross McBride, Guy Sherwood, Lori Copsey, Jodi Mammenga, and Penny J. Sinner

TOXICITY AND EFFICACY OF TREATING MEDIASTINAL AND HILAR LESIONS
Chest 2007 132: 459S. [Abstract] [PDF]  

Brian T. Collins, Cristina A. Reichner, Jay Liao, Xia Yu, Huaying Ji, Netsanet Hailu, Catherine Jamis, Sean P. Collins, Gregory Gagnon, and Eric D. Anderson

RADIOSURGERY WITH REAL-TIME TUMOR MOTION TRACKING: AN EFFECTIVE NONSURGICAL TREATMENT ALTERNATIVE FOR SMALL PERIPHERAL STAGE I NON-SMALL CELL LUNG CANCER
Chest 2007 132: 459S. [Abstract] [PDF]  

John M. Robertson, Marc G. Schecter, E. D. McKenzie, J. S. Heinle, E. O. Smith, George B. Mallory, and Okan Elidemir

HYPOGAMMAGLOBULINEMIA INCIDENCE, RISK FACTORS, AND OUTCOMES FOLLOWING PEDIATRIC LUNG TRANSPLANTATION
Chest 2007 132: 459S-460S. [Abstract] [PDF]  

Jin-Ping Zheng, Tao Ai, Jia-Ying An, Rong-Hua Luo, and Mei Jiang

NORMATIVE VALUES FOR IMPULSE OSCILLATION RESPIRATORY FUNCTION TESTING IN 914 CHINESE CHILDREN AGE FROM 4 TO 14 YEARS OLD
Chest 2007 132: 460S. [Abstract] [PDF]  

Daniel Saesim, Mitchell Goldstein, Mark Macknet, Martin Allard, Andrew Hopper, and Ricardo Peverini

MONITORING COMPLIANCE IN HYPOXIA PREVENTION IN PREMATURE INFANTS
Chest 2007 132: 460S. [Abstract] [PDF]  

Rola Zaraket, Ahmad Shatila, and Hani M. Lababidi

PARENTAL PERCEPTIONS AND BELIEFS TOWARDS ASTHMA IN LEBANON
Chest 2007 132: 460S-461S. [Abstract] [PDF]  

Lynn B. Gerald, Karna Patel, Sijian Zhang, and Leslie McClure

SECONDHAND SMOKE EXPOSURE AND ASTHMA MORBIDITY AMONG ELEMENTARY SCHOOL CHILDREN ENROLLED IN A CLINICAL TRIAL
Chest 2007 132: 461S. [Abstract] [PDF]  

Yana Shumyatcher, Tushar Shah, John P. Spirnak, Ben H. Brouhard, Garey Noritz, and David J. Birnkrant

DUCHENNE MUSCULAR DYSTROPHY IS AN INDEPENDENT RISK FACTOR FOR NEPHROLITHIASIS AMONG PATIENTS WHO HAVE ACHIEVED PROLONGED SURVIVAL THROUGH USE OF NONINVASIVE VENTILATION
Chest 2007 132: 461S. [Abstract] [PDF]  

Mark R. Bowling, Peter Lenz, Ed Haponik, John F. Conforti, and Robert Chin

PLEURAL FLUID PH MEASUREMENT: PERCEPTION VS REALITY
Chest 2007 132: 461S-462S. [Abstract] [PDF]  

Sang-Ha Kim, Shin-Tae Kim, Chong-Whan Kim, Bu-Ghil Lee, Won-Yeon Lee, Suk-Joong Yong, and Kye-Chul Shin

DIAGNOSTIC VALUE OF PROCALCITONIN AND C-REACTIVE PROTEIN IN DIFFERENTIATION OF PLEURAL EFFUSIONS
Chest 2007 132: 462S. [Abstract] [PDF]  

Evaldo Marchi, Francisco S. Vargas, Milena M. Acencio, Larissa O. Martins, Alexandre V. Souza, Larissa Neri, Alice C. Pereira, Fernanda K. Bueno, Leila Antonangelo, and Lisete R. Teixeira

RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN SERUM AND PLEURAL FLUID PRO- AND ANTI-INFLAMMATORY CYTOKINES WITH OUTCOME IN INFECTIOUS PLEURAL EFFUSIONS
Chest 2007 132: 462S. [Abstract] [PDF]  

Faisal M. Bhutta, Barnette Randal, Magdalena Ornatowska, Richard Light, and Ruxana T. Sadikot

SOLUBLE TREM-1 (TRIGGERING RECEPTOR EXPRESSED ON MYELOID CELLS) IN PLEURAL EFFUSIONS: A MARKER OF INFECTIOUS DISEASE
Chest 2007 132: 462S. [Abstract] [PDF]  

Bojan Zaric, Vesna Kuruc, Marica Markovic, Vukasin Canak, Aleksandar Milovancev, Svetlana Jovanovic, and Tatjana Sarcev

DIAGNOSTIC TOOLS FOR TUBERCULOUS PLEURISY: WHERE IS THE PLACE OF ADENOSINE DEAMINASE (ADA)?
Chest 2007 132: 463S. [Abstract] [PDF]  

Ghada R. Bourjeily, Fadlallah Habr, Margaret A. Miller, Kevin Connors, and Karen Rosene-Montella

SYMPTOMS OF SLEEP-DISORDERED BREATHING, BMI, AND PREGNANCY OUTCOMES
Chest 2007 132: 463S. [Abstract] [PDF]  

Christopher C. Wyckoff, Anne E. O'Donnell, and Eldridge Pineda

INPATIENT SCREENING FOR OBSTRUCTIVE SLEEP APNEA SYNDROME USING THE ADJUSTED NECK CIRCUMFERENCE SCORE
Chest 2007 132: 463S. [Abstract] [PDF]  

Adesoji Adenigbagbe, Arkady Vaknansky, Yizhak Kupfer, Taek S. Yoon, and Sidney Tessler

THE BERLIN QUESTIONNAIRE IDENTIFIES ELDERLY PATIENTS WITH SIGNIFICANT SLEEP APNEA
Chest 2007 132: 463S-464S. [Abstract] [PDF]  

Jose E. Barrera, Andrew B. Holbrook, Juan M. Santos, and Gerald R. Popelka

NOVEL QUANTIFICATION OF AIRWAY OBSTRUCTION IN ADULT OBSTRUCTIVE SLEEP APNEA
Chest 2007 132: 464S. [Abstract] [PDF]  

Jayasimha N. Murthy, Saadia Faiz, Jin Fei, Amal Abuelheiga, and Richard J. Castriotta

REMOTE INFRARED IMAGING: A NOVEL NONCONTACT METHOD TO MONITOR AIRFLOW DURING POLYSOMNOGRAPHY
Chest 2007 132: 464S. [Abstract] [PDF]  

Asif Anwar, Dittana Phoncharoensri, Eric Powell, Mark Muehlbach, and Joseph R. Espiritu

DIAGNOSTIC IMPLICATIONS OF APNEA/HYPOPNEA INDEX VS RESPIRATORY DISTURBANCE INDEX IN PATIENTS WITH SLEEP BREATHING DISORDERS
Chest 2007 132: 464S. [Abstract] [PDF]  

David R. Stather, Stephen Field, Moosa Khalil, Gaetane Michaud, and Alain Tremblay

ENDOBRONCHIAL ULTRASONOGRAPHY IN THE DIAGNOSIS OF SARCOIDOSIS: PRELIMINARY RESULTS OF A RANDOMIZED STUDY
Chest 2007 132: 465S. [Abstract] [PDF]  

Kazuhiro Yasufuku, Takahiro Nakajima, Taiki Fujiwara, Masako Chiyo, Akira Iyoda, Shigetoshi Yoshida, Makoto Suzuki, Yasuo Sekine, and Kiyoshi Shibuya

UTILITY OF ENDOBRONCHIAL ULTRASOUND-GUIDED TRANSBRONCHIAL NEEDLE ASPIRATION IN THE DIAGNOSIS OF MEDIASTINAL MASSES OF UNKNOWN ORIGIN
Chest 2007 132: 465S. [Abstract] [PDF]  

Kelvin K. Shiu, Ralf Eberhardt, and Felix J. Herth

COMPARISON OF 22-GAUGE AND 19-GAUGE NEEDLES IN ENDOBRONCHIAL ULTRASOUND (EBUS) TRANSBRONCHIAL NEEDLE ASPIRATION (TBNA) IN MEDIASTINUM LYMPH NODE ASSESSMENT
Chest 2007 132: 465S. [Abstract] [PDF]  

Felix Herth, Ralf Eberhardt, Thomas Mulay, Devanand Anantham, and Armin Ernst

RESISTANCE INDEX THROUGH EBUS IN ENLARGED MEDIASTINAL LYMPH NODES CORRELATES WITH MALIGNANT INVOLVEMENT
Chest 2007 132: 465S-466S. [Abstract] [PDF]  

Felix Herth, Kazuhiro Yasufuku, Ralf Eberhardt, Mark Krasnik, Jouke Annema, Devanand Anantham, and Armin Ernst

EBUS-TBNA FOR MEDIASTINAL RESTAGING AFTER INDUCTION CHEMOTHERAPY FOR NON- SMALL CELL LUNG CANCER
Chest 2007 132: 466S. [Abstract] [PDF]  

Takahiro Nakajima, Kazuhiro Yasufuku, Makoto Suzuki, Sherif Mohamed, Yasuo Sekine, Kiyoshi Shibuya, Yuichi Takiguchi, Kenzo Hiroshima, Hideki Kimura, and Takehiko Fujisawa

CHEMOSENSITIVITY-RELATED ABERRANT METHYLATION PROFILING OF NON-SMALL CELL LUNG CANCER BY ENDOBRONCHIAL ULTRASOUND-GUIDED TRANSBRONCHIAL NEEDLE ASPIRATION
Chest 2007 132: 466S. [Abstract] [PDF]  

Michael Imhoff, Andreas Bootsveld, Seyrani Yuecel, Joseph T. Shen, and Eberhard Grube

COMPUTERIZED RESTING ECG ANALYSIS FOR THE DETECTION OF CORONARY ARTERY STENOSIS AFTER CORONARY REVASCULARIZATION IN COMPARISON WITH ANGIOGRAPHIC FINDINGS
Chest 2007 132: 466S. [Abstract] [PDF]  

Omar Khalique, Wilbert S. Aronow, Chul Ahn, Michael Mazar, Barry Schair, John Shao, and Venu Channamsetty

MODERATE OR SEVERE REDUCTION IN GLOMERULAR FILTRATION RATE IS ASSOCIATED WITH 3-VESSEL CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE IN PATIENTS UNDERGOING CORONARY ANGIOGRAPHY FOR SUSPECTED CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE
Chest 2007 132: 467S. [Abstract] [PDF]  

Kumar Kalapatapu, Hajir Dilmanian, Wilbert S. Aronow, Sarah Kaplan, Anthony L. Pucillo, Melvin B. Weiss, and Craig E. Monsen

COMPARED TO 1996, PATIENTS UNDERGOING CORONARY ANGIOPLASTY IN 2005 ARE OLDER AND HAVE A HIGHER PREVALENCE OF DIABETES MELLITUS, HYPERTENSION, AND INCREASED BODY MASS INDEX
Chest 2007 132: 467S. [Abstract] [PDF]  

Ravi K. Sureddi, Sumith Aleti, Wilbert S. Aronow, Rishi Sukhija, Jawahar L. Mehta, and Rajesh Sachdeva

OUTCOME OF MULTIPLE VS SINGLE STENT DEPLOYMENT DURING PERCUTANEOUS CORONARY INTERVENTION IN PATIENTS WITH DIABETES MELLITUS
Chest 2007 132: 467S. [Abstract] [PDF]  

Jason C. Levine, Habteab Feseha, Kelly L. Miller, Peter A. Reyes, Barry Reicher, Robert S. Poston, and David Zimrin

SAFETY AND EFFICACY OF PLATELET INHIBITION DURING HYBRID CORONARY REVASCULARIZATION
Chest 2007 132: 467S-468S. [Abstract] [PDF]  

Darpan Bansal, Raghu Muppidi, Sandeep Singla, Jawahar L. Mehta, and Rajesh Sachdeva

LONG-TERM OUTCOMES OF PERCUTANEOUS INTERVENTION ON THE SAPHENOUS VEIN GRAFTS AND THEIR PREDICTORS
Chest 2007 132: 468S. [Abstract] [PDF]  

Caterina B. Bucca, Alberto Battisti, Giuseppe Guida, Enrico Heffler, Beatrice Culla, Patrizia Bigo, and Luisa Brussino

CHRONIC IDIOPATHIC COUGH AND IRON DEFICIENCY
Chest 2007 132: 468S. [Abstract] [PDF]  

Lenny Brokkaar, Steven M. Uil, and Jan Willem K. Van Den Berg

MINIMAL CLINICALLY IMPORTANT DIFFERENCE (MCID) OF THE DUTCH VERSION OF THE LEICESTER COUGH QUESTIONNAIRE AND BASELINE PREDICTORS OF REACHING THE MCID AFTER SIX MONTHS
Chest 2007 132: 468S. [Abstract] [PDF]  

Mohammed Abo Khamis, Kaiser G. Lim, Joseph A. Murray, and Timothy I. Morgenthaler

USE OF AMBULATORY ESOPHAGEAL PH TEST RESULTS IN PATIENTS REFERRED FOR CHRONIC COUGH
Chest 2007 132: 469S. [Abstract] [PDF]  

Elzbieta Grabczak, Sebastian Stec, Piotr Bielicki, Beata Zaborska, Tomasz Krynski, Joanna Domagala-Kulawik, Anna Domeracka-Kolodziej, Rafal Krenke, Katarzyna Flasinska, Piotr Kulakowski, and Ryszarda Chazan

INCIDENCE AND MANAGEMENT OF PREMATURE VENTRICULAR COMPLEXES-INDUCED CHRONIC COUGH IN PATIENTS WITH IDIOPATHIC VENTRICULAR ARRHYTHMIA
Chest 2007 132: 469S. [Abstract] [PDF]  

Ajit Vigg and Shivarama Krishna

IMPACT OF CHRONIC COUGH ON QUALITY OF LIFE
Chest 2007 132: 469S. [Abstract] [PDF]  

Stephen K. Field, Diane Conley, Amin M. Thawer, Richard Leigh, and Robert L. Cowie

OTHER SYMPTOMS IN PATIENTS REFERRED FOR SPECIALIST ASSESSMENT OF CHRONIC COUGH WITH NORMAL CHEST RADIOGRAPHS
Chest 2007 132: 469S-470S. [Abstract] [PDF]  

Cheng-Chuan Su, Wen-Wei Huang, Shih-Ming Tsao, Chun-Liang Lai, and Chih-En Tseng

DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY AND CUTOFF POINTS OF HER-2/NEU, CYFRA 21-1, AND CEA IN LUNG ADENOCARCINOMA-ASSOCIATED MALIGNANT PLEURAL EFFUSIONS
Chest 2007 132: 470S. [Abstract] [PDF]  

Mathieu Salaun, Richard Sesboue, Sophie Moreno-Swirc, Josette Metayer, Suzanna Bota, Jeannette Bourguignon, and Luc Thiberville

3P AND 9P LOH AS PREDICTIVE FACTORS FOR PROGRESSION OF HIGH GRADE PREINVASIVE BRONCHIAL LESIONS
Chest 2007 132: 470S. [Abstract] [PDF]  

Michael B. Wallace, Jorge Pascual, Massimo Raimondo, Timothy A. Woodward, Barbara McComb, Julie Crook, Margaret M. Johnson, Mohammad A. Al-Haddad, Seth A. Gross, Joy Hardee, and John Odell

ENDOSCOPIC ULTRASOUND, ENDOBRONCHIAL ULTRASOUND, AND BRONCHOSCOPIC FINE NEEDLE ASPIRATION FOR THE STAGING OF SUSPECTED LUNG CANCER
Chest 2007 132: 470S-471S. [Abstract] [PDF]  

Pyng Lee, Hes A. Brokx, Pieter E. Postmus, and Tom G. Sutedja

DUAL DIGITAL VIDEO-AUTOFLUORESCENCE IMAGING FOR DETECTION OF PRE-NEOPLASTIC LESIONS
Chest 2007 132: 471S. [Abstract] [PDF]  

Nadim N. Daher, Jijo John, Marwan Elya, Houssein Youness, William Joachim, Gary Kinasewitz, and Jean Keddissi

RADIOGRAPHIC FOLLOW-UP OF STABLE LUNG NODULES
Chest 2007 132: 471S. [Abstract] [PDF]  

Xiaoyang Luo and Haiquan Chen

SERUM DIAGNOSIS OF LUNG ADENOCARCINOMA USING SURFACE-ENHANCED LASER DESORPTION AND IONIZATION MASS SPECTROMETRY
Chest 2007 132: 471S. [Abstract] [PDF]  

Ralf H. Zwick, Natasa Dovjak, Alfred Lichtenschopf, Oswald Muller, Silvia Hartl, Otto C. Burghuber, and Hartmut Zwick

ONE YEAR OUTPATIENT PULMONARY REHABILITATION FOR PATIENTS WITH CHRONIC OBSTRUCTIVE PULMONARY DISEASE: A SINGLE CENTER EXPERIENCE
Chest 2007 132: 472S. [Abstract] [PDF]  

Noah Greenspan, Marion Mackles, Tiana Long, Cynthia Novak, and Ross Arena

HEART RATE RECOVERY FOLLOWING EXERCISE TRAINING IN ELDERLY PATIENTS WITH COPD
Chest 2007 132: 472S. [Abstract] [PDF]  

Li-Ying Wang, Chien-Ling Su, Ling-Ling Chiang, Ying-Tai Wu, and Huey-Dong Wu

ONE-YEAR OUTCOMES IN PROLONGED MECHANICAL VENTILATION PATIENTS AFTER SIX-WEEK PHYSICAL TRAINING
Chest 2007 132: 472S. [Abstract] [PDF]  

Loren W. Greenway

THE INACCURACY IN OXYGEN TITRATION WHEN USING PULSE OXIMETRY COMPARED TO MEASURE ARTERIAL OXYGEN SATURATION AT 4600 FEET ALTITUDE
Chest 2007 132: 472S-473S. [Abstract] [PDF]  

Sai P. Haranath, Tibor Kovacsovics, Adam Dunn, Gundula R. Palmbach, Byung Park, and Alan F. Barker

DEPENDENCE OF THE HEMATOPOIETIC CELL TRANSPLANTATION-COMORBIDITY INDEX ON DLCO (CARBON MONOXIDE DIFFUSING CAPACITY) AND FEV1 (FORCED EXPIRATORY VOLUME IN ONE SECOND) PREDICTION EQUATIONS
Chest 2007 132: 473S. [Abstract] [PDF]  

Richard J. Riese, Pamela F. Schwartz, and John G. Teeter

RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN CHANGES IN FORCED VITAL CAPACITY AND FORCED EXPIRATORY VOLUME IN 1 SECOND DURING INHALED HUMAN INSULIN THERAPY IN ADULTS WITH DIABETES MELLITUS
Chest 2007 132: 473S. [Abstract] [PDF]  

David B. Badesch, Raymond L. Benza, Abby M. Krichman, Gary E. Raskob, and Scott Giles

REVEAL REGISTRY: BASELINE CHARACTERISTICS OF THE FIRST 1,226 ENROLLED PATIENTS
Chest 2007 132: 473S-474S. [Abstract] [PDF]  

Ronald Oudiz, Anatoly Langer, Alina Dragomir, Amparo Casanova, Mary Tan, Vallerie McLaughlin, Richard Channick, Victor Tapson, Philip Clements, and Lewis Rubin

DIAGNOSTIC WORK UP OF PAH: DATA FROM THE QUALITY ENHANCEMENT RESEARCH INITIATIVE
Chest 2007 132: 474S. [Abstract] [PDF]  

Ronald J. Oudiz

LONG-TERM AMBRISENTAN THERAPY PROVIDES SUSTAINED BENEFIT IN PATIENTS WITH PULMONARY ARTERIAL HYPERTENSION
Chest 2007 132: 474S. [Abstract] [PDF]  

Jeremy P. Feldman, Murali Chakinala, Fernando Torres, R. J. White, Aaron B. Waxman, Deborah H. Strootman, David Zaccardelli, and Shelley Shapiro

TREPROSTINIL SODIUM IMPROVES EXERCISE CAPACITY WHEN ADDED TO EXISTING ORAL PULMONARY ARTERIAL HYPERTENSION THERAPY
Chest 2007 132: 474S-475S. [Abstract] [PDF]  

Raghu Midde, Ronald Oudiz, Xingguo Sun, James E. Hansen, and Karlman Wasserman

SERIAL CARDIOPULMONARY EXERCISE MEASUREMENTS AND OUTCOME IN PULMONARY ARTERIAL HYPERTENSION
Chest 2007 132: 475S. [Abstract] [PDF]  

Harpreet Kaur, Nirmal Chand, Balbir Malhotra, S. P. Singh, Vishal Verma, Somesh Thakur, Swarnjeet S. Bhullar, Vinay Mohan, Ramesh Chander, Rajesh Kumar, and Kewal Singh

SPUTUM GRADING AS PREDICTOR OF TREATMENT OUTCOME IN PULMONARY TUBERCULOSIS
Chest 2007 132: 475S. [Abstract] [PDF]  

Young Ae Kang, Ho IL Yoon, Jae-Joon Yim, Young Whan Kim, Sung Koo Han, and Young-Soo Shim

THE ASSOCIATION BETWEEN CD 14 GENE PROMOTER POLYMORPHISM AND TUBERCULOSIS IN KOREA
Chest 2007 132: 475S. [Abstract] [PDF]  

Prabhat K. Sharma, Pradeep K. Saha, Amar Singh, Surendra K. Sharma, and Dipendra K. Mitra

REGULATORY T CELLS IN PATIENTS WITH TUBERCULOSIS
Chest 2007 132: 476S. [Abstract] [PDF]  

Patricio Escalante, Brenda E. Jones, Shawn Harrity, Helen Hoffman, Marguerite Jackson, and Antonino Catanzaro

THE NATIONAL TUBERCULOSIS CURRICULUM CONSORTIUM: A MULTI-DISCIPLINARY WEB-BASED APPROACH FOR TUBERCULOSIS EDUCATION FOR HEALTH-PROFESSIONAL STUDENTS
Chest 2007 132: 476S. [Abstract] [PDF]  

Cristian Mornos, Adina Ionac, Dragos Cozma, Dana Maximov, Lucian Petrescu, Alina Lupu, and Stefan I. Dragulescu

NONINVASIVE ASSESSMENT OF LEFT VENTRICULAR FILLING PRESSURES: TISSUE DOPPLER ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY OR NTPROBNP LEVELS?
Chest 2007 132: 476S. [Abstract] [PDF]  

Li Ching Lee, Yee-Leng Tan, Huay Cheem Tan, Tiong Cheng Yeo, Ping Chai, Adrian Low, Boon Lock Chia, and Kian Keong Poh

VORTEX FORMATION INDEX IN HEART FAILURE: NOVEL ROLE OF TRANSTHORACIC ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY IN ASSESSING LEFT VENTRICULAR PERFORMANCE
Chest 2007 132: 477S. [Abstract] [PDF]  

Xumin Hou and Weiyi Fang

THE STUDY OF CORRELATION WITH BETA2-ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR GENE POLYMORPHISMS AND HEART FAILURE
Chest 2007 132: 477S. [Abstract] [PDF]  

J Varon, W. Peacock, N. Garrison, R. Ebrahimi, L. Dunbar, P. Acosta, and C. Pollack

PROLONGED INFUSION OF CLEVIDIPINE RESULTS IN SAFE AND PREDICTABLE BLOOD PRESSURE CONTROL IN PATIENTS WITH ACUTE SEVERE HYPERTENSION
Chest 2007 132: 477S. [Abstract] [PDF]  

Irma B. Ancheta, Christine V. Ancheta, Alan B. Miller, and Jun R. Chiong

CLINICIAN KNOWLEDGE OF B-TYPE NATRIURETIC PEPTIDE (BNP) LEVELS: EFFECT ON QUALITY OF LIFE AND HOSPITAL LENGTH OF STAY IN PATIENTS WITH HEART FAILURE
Chest 2007 132: 477S-478S. [Abstract] [PDF]  

Paul O'Byrne, Louis-Philippe Boulet, Gail Gauvreau, Francisco Leon, Suha Sari, and Barbara White

A SINGLE DOSE OF MEDI-528, A MONOCLONAL ANTIBODY AGAINST INTERLEUKIN-9, IS WELL TOLERATED IN MILD AND MODERATE ASTHMATICS IN THE PHASE II TRIAL MI-CP-138
Chest 2007 132: 478S. [Abstract] [PDF]  

Helen Ambrose, Rachael Lawrance, and Mitchell Goldman

BETA-ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR GLY16ARG VARIATION: EFFECT ON RESPONSE TO BUDESONIDE/FORMOTEROL OR FLUTICASONE PROPIONATE/SALMETEROL IN ASTHMA PATIENTS
Chest 2007 132: 478S. [Abstract] [PDF]  

Samy Suissa and Pierre Ernst

BUDESONIDE/FORMOTEROL VS FLUTICASONE/SALMETEROL COMBINATION THERAPIES IN ASTHMA: AN OBSERVATIONAL STUDY
Chest 2007 132: 478S-479S. [Abstract] [PDF]  

Siegfried Wieshammer and Jens Dreyhaupt

DRY POWDER INHALERS IN ASTHMA AND COPD: WHICH FACTORS DETERMINE THE FREQUENCY OF HANDLING ERRORS? A STUDY OF AEROLIZER, DISCUS, HANDIHALER AND TURBUHALER
Chest 2007 132: 479S. [Abstract] [PDF]  

Teddy Kosoglou, David Cutler, and Heribert Staudinger

ONCE-DAILY ADMINISTRATION OF MOMETASONE FUROATE DRY POWDER INHALER HAS NO SIGNIFICANT EFFECT ON CORTISOL CONCENTRATIONS IN SUBJECTS WITH MILD-TO-MODERATE ASTHMA
Chest 2007 132: 479S. [Abstract] [PDF]  

Filia P. Diamantea, Alexandra Nakou, Fotios Drakopanagiotakis, Eugenia A. Milioni, Ilias Papanikolaou, Emmanouil Kastanakis, Napoleon Karagiannidis, and Vlasios Polychronopoulos

COPD EXACERBATION: CORRELATION BETWEEN SPUTUM CULTURE RESULTS WITH INDICES OF SYSTEMIC INFLAMMATION, RESPIRATORY FUNCTION AND FACTORS RELATED TO EXACERBATION OUTCOME
Chest 2007 132: 479S-480S. [Abstract] [PDF]  

Ying P. Tabak, Stephen G. Kurtz, and Riachard S. Johannes

PREDICTING MORTALITY AMONG PATIENTS HOSPITALIZED WITH CHRONIC OBSTRUCTIVE PULMONARY DISEASE (COPD) USING DATA ROUTINELY AVAILABLE ON ADMISSION
Chest 2007 132: 480S. [Abstract] [PDF]  

Anant Mohan, Randeep Guleria, Charu Mohan, Surya P. Bhatt, Sneh Arora, and Ravinder M. Pandey

ROLE OF INFLAMMATORY MEDIATORS AS MARKERS OF SEVERITY AND OUTCOME IN ACUTE EXACERBATION OF COPD
Chest 2007 132: 480S. [Abstract] [PDF]  

Francesco Leo, Nicolas Venissac, Piergiorgio Solli, Antonio Minniti, Pier Luigi Filosso, Daniel Pop, Jacques Jougon, Ugo Pastorino, Lorenzo Spaggiari, Alberto Oliaro, Jean Francois Velly, and Jérome Mouroux

POSTOPERATIVE EXACERBATION OF COPD: DOES IT EXIST?
Chest 2007 132: 480S-481S. [Abstract] [PDF]  

Paul Kvale, Robert Stockley, Stephen Rennard, Sherif Soliman, Paula Belloni, and Fred Bode

DESIGN OF TWO STUDIES IN EMPHYSEMA WITH AN ORALLY ACTIVE, GAMMA SELECTIVE RETINOID AGONIST (R667)
Chest 2007 132: 481S. [Abstract] [PDF]  

Christopher Blanchette, Benjamin Gutierrez, Caron Ory, Eunice Chang, and Michael Broder

HEALTHCARE COST AND UTILIZATION ASSOCIATED WITH COMORBID COPD AND ASTHMA IN THE UNITED STATES
Chest 2007 132: 481S. [Abstract] [PDF]  

Priya Bakaya, Yeilim Cho, Robert T. Ownbey, Han C. Ryoo, and Herbert Patrick

MORPHOLOGIC CLASSIFICATION OF POLARIZING PARTICULATE MATTER IN BIOPSY SPECIMENS OF SARCOIDOSIS PATIENTS
Chest 2007 132: 481S. [Abstract] [PDF]  

Robert R. Burke, Ben Rybicki, and Chad Stone

PULMONARY GRANULOMATOUS DENSITY IN SARCOIDOSIS-RACIAL DIFFERENCES
Chest 2007 132: 482S. [Abstract] [PDF]  

Robert P. Baughman, Peter J. Engel, Elyse E. Lower, Kristin Highland, and Marc A. Judson

SARCOIDOSIS ASSOCIATED PULMONARY ARTERIAL HYPERTENSION (SAPAH): CHARACTERISTICS OF PATIENTS ENROLLED IN A PROSPECTIVE, OPEN LABEL TRIAL OF INHALED ILOPROST
Chest 2007 132: 482S. [Abstract] [PDF]  

Elyse E. Lower, Stacy Harman, and Robert P. Baughman

A RANDOMIZED DOUBLE-BLIND, PLACEBO CONTROLLED TRIAL OF DEXMETHYLPHENIDATE HYDROCHLORIDE (D-MPH) FOR SARCOIDOSIS-ASSOCIATED FATIGUE
Chest 2007 132: 482S. [Abstract] [PDF]  

Christian Bimenyuy, Julie Bourbonnais, and Lobelia Samavati

TREATMENT OF SARCOIDOSIS-ASSOCIATED PULMONARY ARTERIAL HYPERTENSION WITH BOSENTAN
Chest 2007 132: 482S-483S. [Abstract] [PDF]  

Karla S. Pearson, Eric S. White, and Daniel A. Culver

DRAMATIC RESPONSES TO INFLIXIMAB IN PATIENTS WITH SEVERE CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM SARCOIDOSIS FAILING CYCLOPHOSPHAMIDE AND CORTICOSTEROIDS
Chest 2007 132: 483S. [Abstract] [PDF]  

Christopher L. Carroll, Petronella Stoltz, Craig M. Schramm, and Aaron R. Zucker

BETA-ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR POLYMORPHISMS AFFECT RESPONSE TO TREATMENT FOR PEDIATRIC STATUS ASTHMATICUS
Chest 2007 132: 483S. [Abstract] [PDF]  

Henry Milgrom, Marc Massanari, Robert Maykut, Farid Kianifard, Robert Zeldin, and Gregory Geba

OMALIZUMAB IMPROVES TREATMENT EFFECTIVENESS OF CHILDREN AND ADOLESCENTS WITH MODERATE-SEVERE PERSISTENT IGE-MEDIATED ASTHMA AND REDUCES SCHOOL ABSENTEEISM
Chest 2007 132: 483S-484S. [Abstract] [PDF]  

Noreen M. Clark, Laurie Lachance, Amy R. Friedman, Margaret Wilkin, Sijian Wang, and Linda Jo Doctor

THE EFFECT OF COMMUNITY COALITIONS ON HEALTH AND HEALTH CARE OF CHILDREN WITH ASTHMA
Chest 2007 132: 484S. [Abstract] [PDF]  

David Tinkelman, Rezaul Khandker, Brian Calimlim, Bonnie Dean, Songkai Yan, Vincent Ciuryla, and Lawrence McDermott

ABSENTEEISM FROM SCHOOL OR WORK AMONG UNCONTROLLED ASTHMA PATIENTS
Chest 2007 132: 484S. [Abstract] [PDF]  

Edward R. Carter

BASELINE ASTHMA SEVERITY, CONTROLLER MEDICATION USE, DOCUMENTATION OF ASTHMA EDUCATION, AND FREQUENCY OF PULMONARY CONSULTATION IN CHILDREN HOSPITALIZED WITH ACUTE ASTHMA
Chest 2007 132: 484S. [Abstract] [PDF]  

Katherine A. King, Zhaoping He, Dev Mehta, and Raj Padman

PEPSIN IS A MARKER OF ASPIRATION IN THE BRONCHIAL LAVAGE OF CHILDREN WITH RECURRENT RESPIRATORY SYMPTOMS
Chest 2007 132: 485S. [Abstract] [PDF]  

James B. Sterner, Joshua M. Sill, and Michael J. Morris

DIAGNOSTIC EVALUATION OF ABNORMAL INSPIRATORY FLOW VOLUME LOOPS
Chest 2007 132: 485S. [Abstract] [PDF]  

James E. Hansen, Xing-Guo Sun, and Karlman Wasserman

IMPROVED DETECTION OF BRONCHODILATATION FROM AEROSOLIZED BRONCHODILATORS
Chest 2007 132: 485S. [Abstract] [PDF]  

Imran Khalid, Imad Obeid, Zachary Q. Morris, and Bruno Digiovine

DOES DROP IN FORCED MID-EXPIRATORY FLOW IN A NEGATIVE METHACHOLINE CHALLENGE TEST PREDICT FUTURE ASTHMA AFTER THREE YEARS?
Chest 2007 132: 485S-486S. [Abstract] [PDF]  

Rodolfo C. Morice, Carlos A. Jimenez, Georgie A. Eapen, Dana Bethancourt, and Leendert Keus

VIBRATION RESPONSE IMAGING (VRI) FOR PREDICTING POSTOPERATIVE LUNG FUNCTION IN PATIENTS WITH LUNG CANCER
Chest 2007 132: 486S. [Abstract] [PDF]  

Eli Gavi and Steve H. Salzman

THE UTILITY OF DIFFUSING CAPACITY/ALVEOLAR VOLUME (DLCO/VA) IN THE DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS OF LOW DIFFUSING CAPACITY (DLCO) IN RESTRICTIVE PULMONARY DISORDERS
Chest 2007 132: 486S. [Abstract] [PDF]  

Owais Khawaja and Bohdan M. Pichurko

GENDER-SPECIFIC DIFFERENCES IN THE NATURE OF CARDIOVASCULAR LIMITATION TO EXERCISE
Chest 2007 132: 486S-487S. [Abstract] [PDF]  

Lewis J. Rubin, Gerald Simonneau, Marius M. Hoeper, Pavel Jansa, Andjela Kusic-Pajic, and Nazzareno Galie

BOSENTAN IMPROVES HEMODYNAMICS IN PATIENTS RECEIVING BACKGROUND SILDENAFIL TREATMENT: RESULTS FROM EARLY, A RANDOMIZED, DOUBLE-BLIND, PLACEBO-CONTROLLED STUDY IN PATIENTS WITH MILDLY SYMPTOMATIC PULMONARY ARTERIAL HYPERTENSION
Chest 2007 132: 487S. [Abstract] [PDF]  

Thenappan Thenappan, Sanjiv J. Shah, Stuart Rich, Stephen L. Archer, and Mardi Gomberg-Maitland

SURVIVAL OF PATIENTS WITH PULMONARY ARTERIAL HYPERTENSION (PAH) IN THE CURRENT ERA: VALIDATION OF THE NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF HEALTH (NIH) RISK STRATIFICATION EQUATION
Chest 2007 132: 487S. [Abstract] [PDF]  

Andreas Zierer, Spencer J. Melby, Rochus K. Voeller, Paul Steendijk, and Marc R. Moon

INTERATRIAL SHUNT FOR CHRONIC PULMONARY HYPERTENSION: DIFFERENTIAL IMPACT OF LOW-FLOW VS HIGH-FLOW SHUNTING
Chest 2007 132: 487S-488S. [Abstract] [PDF]  

Kelly Chin, Martha Kingman, James DeLemos, John Warner, Ron Peshock, and Fernando Torres

CHANGES IN RIGHT VENTRICULAR EJECTION FRACTION CORRELATE WITH CHANGES IN SIX-MINUTE WALK DISTANCE IN BOSENTAN-TREATED PATIENTS WITH PULMONARY ARTERIAL HYPERTENSION
Chest 2007 132: 488S. [Abstract] [PDF]  

Nazzareno Galie, Evangelos Michelakis, Jean-Luc Vachiery, Carmine Dario Vizza, F. J. Meyer, and Ekkehard Gruenig

ACUTE HEMODYNAMIC EFFECT OF SILDENAFIL IN COMPARISON WITH INHALED NITRIC OXIDE IN PATIENTS RECEIVING BOSENTAN THERAPY FOR PULMONARY ARTERIAL HYPERTENSION
Chest 2007 132: 488S. [Abstract] [PDF]  

David B. Badesch on behalf of the ARIES Study Group

AMBRISENTAN THERAPY FOR PULMONARY ARTERIAL HYPERTENSION: A COMPARISON BY PAH ETIOLOGY
Chest 2007 132: 488S-489S. [Abstract] [PDF]  

Frank T. Leone, Aimee Read, Sarah Graden, Sarah Evers-Casey, and Lawrence Marinari

CRITERION VALIDATION OF A BRIEF CONTROL ASSESSMENT INSTRUMENT INTENDED FOR USE IN PHYSICIAN-GUIDED CESSATION INTERVENTIONS
Chest 2007 132: 489S. [Abstract] [PDF]  

Tuhina Raman, Sandra Weibel, Sarah Evers-Casey, and Frank Leone

THE CESSATION UTILITY SCALE AS A MEASURE TO PREDICT SUCCESS OR FAILURE WITH SMOKING CESSATION
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