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
Chest 2007 132: 489S. [Abstract] [PDF]  

Virginia C. Reichert, Pat Folan, Diane Bartscherer, Dan Jacobsen, Christine Fardellone, Christine Metz, Nina Kohn, Arunabh Talwar, and Mark Rosen

A COMPARISON STUDY OF OLDER SMOKERS VS YOUNGER SMOKERS BEING TREATED FOR TOBACCO DEPENDENCE
Chest 2007 132: 489S. [Abstract] [PDF]  

Ashray P. Reddy, Mary L. Zaremba, and Sridhar P. Reddy

NONINVASIVE PULSE CO-OXIMETRY AS A TOOL TO DETECT SMOKING STATUS IN AN OUTPATIENT SETTING
Chest 2007 132: 490S. [Abstract] [PDF]  

Raghu Reddy, Salim Surani, Antara Mallampalli, Brenda Parrish, and Kalpalatha Guntupalli

ILL EFFECTS OF SMOKING: HOW MUCH DO THE SCHOOL CHILDREN KNOW?
Chest 2007 132: 490S. [Abstract] [PDF]  

Barry J. Make, Mitchell A. Nides, Victor I. Reus, Kathryn E. Williams, and Clare B. Billing

EFFICACY AND SAFETY OF 12 WEEKS OF VARENICLINE OR PLACEBO FOR SMOKING CESSATION: POOLED RESULTS FROM THREE CLINICAL TRIALS
Chest 2007 132: 490S. [Abstract] [PDF]  

Jose Angelo A. De Dios, Luis F. Diez-Morales, Richard L. ZuWallack, and Bimalin Lahiri

THE INFREQUENCY OF SPIROMETRY USE IN MEDICAL CLINICS
Chest 2007 132: 491S. [Abstract] [PDF]  

Sonali Sethi, Patricia A. Tietjen, Gioiamaria B. Berna, Adam J. Smith, Mark Brantley, and Joseph C. Cicenia

HIV-RELATED EMPHYSEMA AND ALPHA1-ANTITRYPSIN DEFICIENCY: A PILOT STUDY
Chest 2007 132: 491S. [Abstract] [PDF]  

Xiaowu Sun, Richard S. Johannes, and Ying P. Tabak

A SIMPLE BEDSIDE RISK CLASSIFICATION TOOL FOR PATIENTS HOSPITALIZED WITH CHRONIC OBSTRUCTIVE PULMONARY DISEASE (COPD): CLASSIFICATION AND REGRESSION TREE ANALYSIS
Chest 2007 132: 491S. [Abstract] [PDF]  

Evelyn M. Pingul, Teresita S. de Guia, and Fernando G. Ayuyao

FEV1/FEV6 VS FEV1/FVC IN THE SPIROMETRIC DIAGNOSIS OF AIRWAYS OBSTRUCTION AMONG ASIANS
Chest 2007 132: 491S-492S. [Abstract] [PDF]  

Khalil Ansarin, Noe Zamel, and Kenneth R. Chapman

HYDROGEN PEROXIDE IN BREATH CONDENSATE AND EXHALED NITRIC OXIDE LEVELS IN PATIENTS WITH CHRONIC OBSTRUCTIVE PULMONARY DISEASE CORRELATE MORE WITH SMALL AIRWAYS FUNCTION THAN LARGE AIRWAYS
Chest 2007 132: 492S. [Abstract] [PDF]  

Todd A. Worley, Elizabeth Revesz, Elizabeth T. Clark, and Francis J. Podbielski

PERIPHERALLY INSERTED CENTRAL CATHETERS DO NOT INCREASE THE RISK OF UPPER EXTREMITY DEEP VENOUS THROMBOSIS
Chest 2007 132: 492S. [Abstract] [PDF]  

Rubal Patel, Ahmad Abdelwahed, Saad Adoni, Anthony Saleh, Arthur Sung, Navatha Kurugundla, Liziamma George, Suhail Raoof, and Alexey Amchentsev

DECREASING CENTRAL VENOUS CATHETER-RELATED BLOODSTREAM INFECTIONS: A COMMUNITY HOSPITAL EXPERIENCE
Chest 2007 132: 492S. [Abstract] [PDF]  

Sindhaghatta K. Venkatram, Horiana Grosu, Shekar Murthy, Raghu Loganathan, Riyad Basir, and Anita Soni

REDUCING CENTRAL LINE RELATED BLOODSTREAM INFECTIONS IN A UNIVERSITY AFFILIATED INNER CITY MEDICAL INTENSIVE CARE UNIT
Chest 2007 132: 493S. [Abstract] [PDF]  

Leo C. Rotello, Daniel Albrant, Tiffany Purcell, Tet W. Chan, Melissa Means, Caitriona Buckley, James Morton, and Tara M. Roque

INCIDENCE OF TRIPLE LUMEN CATHETER AND PORT OCCLUSION UTILIZING NORMAL SALINE FLUSHES
Chest 2007 132: 493S. [Abstract] [PDF]  

Hector Y. Vazquez, Pablo Comignani, Yanina Arzani, F. Javier Hurtado, Juan Riva, and Guillermo Gutierrez

THE SUPERIOR VENA CAVA-TO-PULMONARY ARTERY O2 SATURATION GRADIENT IS RELATED TO MYOCARDIAL VENOUS OYGENATION
Chest 2007 132: 493S. [Abstract] [PDF]  

Mark R. Macknet, Suzanne Norton, Penny L. Kimball-Jones, Richard L. Applegate, Robert D. Martin, and Martin W. Allard

NONINVASIVE MEASUREMENT OF CONTINUOUS HEMOGLOBIN CONCENTRATION VIA PULSE CO-OXIMETRY
Chest 2007 132: 493S-494S. [Abstract] [PDF]  

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

OUTCOME OF SEPTIC SHOCK IN THE ELDERLY FOLLOWING THE IMPLEMENTATION OF THE SEPSIS BUNDLE: A PROPENSITY-ADJUSTED ANALYSIS
Chest 2007 132: 494S. [Abstract] [PDF]  

Maged A. Tanios, Melanie Zabow, and Scott K. Epstein

THE IMPACT OF IMPLEMENTING SEVERE SEPSIS MANAGEMENT GUIDELINES ON MORTALITY IN A COMMUNITY-BASED TEACHING HOSPITAL
Chest 2007 132: 494S. [Abstract] [PDF]  

Aditi H. Patel, Susan Dawson, and Eric H. Gluck

USE OF PROCALCITONIN LEVELS IN THE ICU FOR THE DETECTION OF SEPSIS AND TO PROMOTE MORE APPROPRIATE ANTIBIOTIC USAGE
Chest 2007 132: 494S. [Abstract] [PDF]  

Gerard J. Fulda, Marc Zubrow, Thinesh Dahanayake, Donna Mahoney, Alison Ellicott, and Maureen Seckel

TIME TO ANTIBIOTIC ADMINISTRATION INDEPENDENTLY PREDICTS SURVIVAL FROM SEVERE SEPSIS IN PATIENTS TREATED ACCORDING TO THE SURVIVING SEPSIS GUIDELINES
Chest 2007 132: 495S. [Abstract] [PDF]  

Henry Ostman, Vinay K. Sharma, Karim Djekidel, and Alan Haber

TIME TO ANTIBIOTIC ADMINISTRATION AND OUTCOME IN SEVERE SEPSIS AND SEPTIC SHOCK
Chest 2007 132: 495S. [Abstract] [PDF]  

Robert Updaw, Leah Passmore, Donna Mitten-Long, Cathy Pierce, Amelia Ross, Gretchen Wells, and Peter Morris

FLUID RESUSCITATION VOLUME FOR SEPTIC SHOCK PATIENTS WAS NOT DECREASED FOR ECHOCARDIOGRAM-DETERMINED LEFT VENTRICULAR (LV) SYSTOLIC DYSFUNCTION PATIENTS WHEN MANAGED WITH EARLY GOAL-DIRECTED THERAPY (EGDT)
Chest 2007 132: 495S. [Abstract] [PDF]  

Sindhaghatta K. Venkatram, Horiana Grosu, Frantz Torchon, and Anita Soni

REDUCING CATHETER-RELATED URINARY TRACT INFECTIONS IN A UNIVERSITY AFFILIATED INNER CITY MEDICAL INTENSIVE CARE UNIT
Chest 2007 132: 495S-496S. [Abstract] [PDF]  

Christina Migliore, Jeremiah Murillo, Monroe Karetzky, Monica Shah, and Thiruvngad Andarangam

THE EFFECT OF SCREENING AND DECOLONIZATION OF NASAL METHICILLIN-RESISTANT STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS (MRSA) IN THE ADULT MEDICAL INTENSIVE CARE UNIT
Chest 2007 132: 496S. [Abstract] [PDF]  

Gul Khan, Sheree Atkinson, Dennis Myers, and Alejandro Arroliga

EVALUATION OF MICROBIOLOGIC DIAGNOSES OF PATIENTS WITH EXACERBATIONS OF CHRONIC OBSTRUCTIVE PULMONARY DISEASE IN THE INTENSIVE CARE UNIT
Chest 2007 132: 496S. [Abstract] [PDF]  

John G. Gums

NATIONAL, REGIONAL, AND LOCAL TRENDS IN STREPTOCOCCUS PNEUMONIAE RESISTANCE: RESULTS OF THE ANTIMICROBIAL RESISTANCE MANAGEMENT (ARM) PROGRAM
Chest 2007 132: 496S-497S. [Abstract] [PDF]  

Tina Grof, M. C. Barrett, Thomas Schmelzer, A. B. Christmas, H. J. Norton, and Ronald F. Sing

A RETROSPECTIVE COMPARISON OF VANCOMYCIN CONTINUOUS INFUSION AND INTERMITTENT DOSING IN SURGERY PATIENTS WITH PNEUMONIA
Chest 2007 132: 497S. [Abstract] [PDF]  

Jason A. Akulian and Mark Metersky

DIFFERENCES IN ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE PROFILE BETWEEN MEDICAL AND SURGICAL PATIENTS IN A MIXED MED/SURG ICU: A RETROSPECTIVE STUDY
Chest 2007 132: 497S. [Abstract] [PDF]  

Sagar Naik, Liziamma George, Ann Rutt, Rani Kumaran, Arun Devakonda, and Suhail Raoof

A BUNDLED APPROACH TO DECREASE VENTILATOR-ASSOCIATED PNEUMONIA IN A COMMUNITY TEACHING HOSPITAL
Chest 2007 132: 497S-498S. [Abstract] [PDF]  

Alan J. Kanouff, Peter Kaplan, Bryan Veynovich, Gary Marrone, and Omer Bajwa

IMPLEMENTATION OF A HOSPITAL-WIDE PLAN FOR REDUCTION OF VENTILATOR ASSOCIATED PNEUMONIA: ANALYSIS AND COST SAVINGS
Chest 2007 132: 498S. [Abstract] [PDF]  

Darlene Tad-Y, Ali Soueidan, Hamid Tehrani, Ernest Visconti, Imad Bakoss, Gabriel El-Kass, and Peter George

EFFICACY OF CHLORHEXIDINE ORAL DECONTAMINATION IN THE PREVENTION OF VENTILATOR-ASSOCIATED PNEUMONIA
Chest 2007 132: 498S. [Abstract] [PDF]  

Alice Uy, Julie Ake, Nora Regan, and Alexander Niven

IMPACT OF MINI-BAL IN HIGH RISK PATIENTS WITH SUSPECTED VENTILATOR ASSOCIATED PNEUMONIA (VAP)
Chest 2007 132: 498S. [Abstract] [PDF]  

Marin H. Kollef, Jordi Rello, Philippe Prokocimer, Michael Lee, Koné Kaniga, and Ian Friedland

EFFICAY OF DORIPENEM IN NOSOCOMIAL PNEUMONIA: NON-VENTILATOR-ASSOCIATED AND VENTILATOR-ASSOCIATED PNEUMONIA
Chest 2007 132: 498S-499S. [Abstract] [PDF]  

Ali Seddighzadeh, Ranjith Shetty, and Samuel Z. Goldhaber

1,096 CANCER PATIENTS WITH DVT: LOWER PROPHYLAXIS RATES BUT MORE FREQUENT INFERIOR VENA CAVA FILTER INSERTION
Chest 2007 132: 499S. [Abstract] [PDF]  

Gregory Piazza, Ali Seddighzadeh, and Samuel Z. Goldhaber

DEEP VEIN THROMBOSIS IN ELDERLY PATIENTS: PROPHYLAXIS OFTEN OMITTED AND ATYPICAL PRESENTATION MORE FREQUENT
Chest 2007 132: 499S. [Abstract] [PDF]  

Namrata Patil and Selwyn O. Rogers

CHARACTERISTICS OF UPPER EXTREMITY DEEP VENOUS THROMBOSIS AND THE RISK ASSOCIATED WITH THE TREATMENT IN SURGICAL INTENSIVE CARE UNIT PATIENTS: A RETROSPECTIVE STUDY
Chest 2007 132: 499S-500S. [Abstract] [PDF]  

Ghada R. Bourjeily, Hanan Khalil, Fadlallah B. Habr, Margaret A. Miller, and Karen A. Rosene-Montella

MULTIDETECTOR-ROW COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY IN THE DETECTION OF PULMONARY EMBOLISM IN PREGNANCY
Chest 2007 132: 500S. [Abstract] [PDF]  

Andrew F. Shorr, Ruslan Horblyuk, Eileen Farrelly, and Laura Happe

FORM OF POST-DISCHARGE ANTICOAGULATION FOLLOWING MAJOR ORTHOPEDIC SURGERY: IMPACT ON OUTCOMES
Chest 2007 132: 500S. [Abstract] [PDF]  

Marc Meysman, Hendrik Everaert, Sonia De Weerdt, Shane Hanon, Tom De Keukeleire, and Walter Vincken

POST THERAPEUTIC FOLLOW-UP OF HIGH-PROBABILITY VENTILATION-PERFUSION SCINTIGRAPHY IN ACUTE PULMONARY EMBOLISM
Chest 2007 132: 500S-501S. [Abstract] [PDF]  

Bekele Afessa, Donald E. Craven, Antonio Anzueto, Marin H. Kollef, and Regina Schinner

MORBIDITY OF VENTILATOR-ASSOCIATED PNEUMONIA IN A RANDOMIZED STUDY OF A SILVER-COATED ENDOTRACHEAL TUBE
Chest 2007 132: 501S. [Abstract] [PDF]  

Jatinder Singh, Subramanian Malaisamy, Donald Levine, and Ghulam Saydain

CLINICAL COURSE OF PATIENTS WITH SEPTIC PULMONARY EMBOLISM AMONG INJECTION DRUG USERS WITH INFECTIVE ENDOCARDITIS
Chest 2007 132: 501S. [Abstract] [PDF]  

Kazuyuki Yamaguchi, Shigenori Kanazawa, Yoshimi Kinoshita, and Shosaku Nomura

DO SERUM LEVELS OF MONOCYTE CHEMOATTRACTANT PROTEIN-1 AND HEPATOCYTE GROWTH FACTOR ELEVATE IN THE RECOVERY PHASE OF HUMAN PNEUMONIA?
Chest 2007 132: 501S. [Abstract] [PDF]  

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

DIAGNOSTIC YIELD OF QUANTITATIVE ENDOTRACHEAL ASPIRATES IN PATIENTS WITH SEVERE NURSING HOME-ACQUIRED PNEUMONIA
Chest 2007 132: 502S. [Abstract] [PDF]  

Carmen M. Rosario, Shili Lin, Judy M. Opalek, Janice Drake, and Philip T. Diaz

COMPARISON OF RESPIRATORY SYMPTOMS AMONG HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS-SEROPOSITIVE INDIVIDUALS IN THE PRE- AND POST-HIGHLY ACTIVE ANTIRETROVIRAL THERAPY ERAS
Chest 2007 132: 502S. [Abstract] [PDF]  

Guangfa Wang, Yangfeng Wu, Gaoqiang Xie, Quanying He, Jangtao Lin, and Demin Han

THE RETROSPECTIVE ANALYSIS OF GLUCOCORTICOSTEROIDS USE IN THE TREATMENT OF SARS IN BEIJING
Chest 2007 132: 502S. [Abstract] [PDF]  

Ashraf A. Gohar, Elie Gertner, Erhard Haus, Richard Heitz, Linda Sackett-Lundeen, Alexander Adams, and Jagdeep Bijwadia

INCREASED SLEEP DEBT ASSOCIATED WITH MORE MATH ERRORS IN RESIDENTS DURING ON-CALL ROTATIONS
Chest 2007 132: 502S-503S. [Abstract] [PDF]  

Salim R. Surani, Shyam Subramanian, Raymond Aguillar, Jayaraman Gnananandh, and Brenda Parrish

SLEEP QUANTITY AND SLEEPINESS IN DAY- AND NIGHT-SHIFT NURSES
Chest 2007 132: 503S. [Abstract] [PDF]  

Inderjeet Brar, Jan Steinel, Ramakant Sharma, Norman Bolden, Charles E. Smith, and Dennis Auckley

POSTOPERATIVE HYPOXEMIA IN SLEEP APNEA PATIENTS ON POSITIVE AIRWAY PRESSURE: CAN IT BE PREDICTED?
Chest 2007 132: 503S. [Abstract] [PDF]  

Naveen C. Akkina, Sunita Kumar, Ashok Fulambaker, Mark Cohen, Basheer Farooki, and Ahmet S. Copur

ROLE OF EMPIRIC TREATMENT WITH AUTOTITRATING-CPAP IN PATIENTS SUSPECTED OF HAVING OBSTRUCTIVE SLEEP APNEA
Chest 2007 132: 503S-504S. [Abstract] [PDF]  

Akram Khan, Kannan Ramar, Oren Friedman, John F. Pallanch, and Eric J. Olson

OUTCOMES OF UVULOPALATOPHARYNGOPLASTY IN PATIENTS WITH OBSTRUCTIVE SLEEP APNEA
Chest 2007 132: 504S. [Abstract] [PDF]  

Eric Lainey, Yuksel Peker, Stefan Albrecht, and Juergen Koester

LOWEST EFFECTIVE DOSING OF PRAMIPEXOLE FOR RESTLESS LEGS SYNDROME: RESULTS FROM THREE DOUBLE-BLIND CLINICAL TRIALS
Chest 2007 132: 504S. [Abstract] [PDF]  

Poster Presentations:

Grace E. Trimmer, Adam Hurewitz, and Martin Feuerman

THE MANAGEMENT OF ASTHMA PATIENTS IN VARIOUS OUTPATIENT SETTINGS AT WINTHROP-UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL, MINEOLA, NEW YORK
Chest 2007 132: 505S. [Abstract] [PDF]  

Ramakant Dixit, Kalpana Dixit, Sidharth Sharma, and Nalin Joshi

ADRENAL SUPPRESSION AND ITS PATTERN WITH HIGH DOSE INHALED BUDESONIDE AND FLUTICASONE PROPIONATE IN ADULT ASTHMATIC PATIENTS
Chest 2007 132: 505S. [Abstract] [PDF]  

Yoshita N. Shroff, Kamran Khan, Emma Rojas-Beveridge, and Gene R. Pesola

INFLUENZA/PNEUMOCOCCAL VACCINATION STATUS OF PATIENTS ADMITTED WITH ACUTE ASTHMA IN HARLEM
Chest 2007 132: 505S. [Abstract] [PDF]  

Chirag M. Pandya and Andrei Brateanu

WHITE BLOOD CELL DYNAMICS IN COPD AND ASTHMA PATIENTS TREATED WITH CORTICOSTEROIDS
Chest 2007 132: 505S-506S. [Abstract] [PDF]  

Gopinathan V. Pisharath and Sudeep S. Na

AWARENESS ON THE PATTERN AND MANAGEMENT STRATEGY OF BRONCHIAL ASTHMA AMONG MEDICAL STUDENTS: BROAD SURVEY
Chest 2007 132: 506S. [Abstract] [PDF]  

Moussa A. Riachy, Georges Khayat, Youmna Kobeissy, Rana Yammout, Rana Mitri, Carole Saadé-Riachy, Nourredine Couche, Ghazi Taan, Nejib Geahchan, and Pierre Bou Khalil

IMPACT OF LOW SOCIOECONOMIC STATUS ON THE DEMOGRAPHY AND COMORBIDITIES OF ASTHMA
Chest 2007 132: 506S. [Abstract] [PDF]  

Tawfik E. Elsaid

PSYCHIATRIC MORBIDITY AND PULMONARY FUNCTIONS IN ASTHMATIC PATIENTS
Chest 2007 132: 506S. [Abstract] [PDF]  

Zinobia Khan, Albert Miller, Kyungmee Kim, Anthony Mastellone, and Moses Bachan

CLINICAL STATUS AND PULMONARY FUNCTION (PF) IN CHRONIC (>30 YEARS) ASTHMATICS
Chest 2007 132: 507S. [Abstract] [PDF]  

Claudio Micheletto, Fiorenza Trevisan, Stefano Bertacco, Silvia Tognella, Maria P. Visconti, and Roberto W. Dal Negro

BASEMENT MEMBRANE THICKNESS, EOSINOPHILIC INFLAMMATION AND URINARY LTE4 IN PATIENTS WITH NASAL POLYPS WITH OR WITHOUT BRONCHIAL ASTHMA
Chest 2007 132: 507S. [Abstract] [PDF]  

Ashraf O. Rashid, Fawad Chaudry, Muzamil Sheikh, Adel Blamoun, and M. A. Khan

RELATION BETWEEN METABOLIC ACIDOSIS AND MECHANICAL VENTILATION IN ASTHMA EXACERBATION
Chest 2007 132: 507S. [Abstract] [PDF]  

Mohanad Zarzour, Adnan Hejjaoui, and Hani M. Lababidi

VALIDATION OF THE ARABIC VERSION OF THE ASTHMA CONTROL TEST
Chest 2007 132: 507S. [Abstract] [PDF]  

Moussa A. Riachy, Charbel Faraj, Georges Chalouhi, Jean Andari, Mohamad Daher, Georges Khayat, Carole Saadé-Riachy, Nourredine Couche, Ghazi Taan, and Pierre Bou Khalil

ACHIEVEMENT OF ASTHMA CONTROL IN LOW SOCIOECONOMIC POPULATION WITH FAVORABLE MEDICAL CARE FACILITIES
Chest 2007 132: 508S. [Abstract] [PDF]  

Awopeju O. Feyilola, Gregory E. Erhabor, Obaseki D. Osagbenworhue, Erhabor F. Ayodele, and Adewole O. Olufemi

EXERCISE-INDUCED ASTHMA IN NIGERIAN ADULTS: A COMPARISON BETWEEN STEP TEST, FREE RUNNING, AND BICYCLE ERGOMETER
Chest 2007 132: 508S. [Abstract] [PDF]  

Lauren Ziegler*, Kurt Nikander, Ross H. Hatley, and Shailaja Somaraju

CHARACTERIZATION OF NEBULIZED BUDESONIDE USING TWO DIFFERENT IMPACTOR METHODS
Chest 2007 132: 508S. [Abstract] [PDF]  

J. M. FitzGerald, Helgo Magnussen, and Renate Engelstätter

COMPARATIVE SAFETY AND EFFICACY OF CICLESONIDE AND FLUTICASONE PROPIONATE IN THE MANAGEMENT OF ADULT PERSISTENT ASTHMA
Chest 2007 132: 508S-509S. [Abstract] [PDF]  

Richard H. Stanford, May Hagiwara, David A. Stempel, and Tom E. Delea

OBSERVATIONAL STUDY OF THE ASSOCIATION OF FLUTICASONE PROPIONATE/SALMETEROL ADHERENCE AND THE RISK OF ASTHMA EXACERBATIONS, USE OF RESCUE MEDICATIONS AND COSTS
Chest 2007 132: 509S. [Abstract] [PDF]  

Pankaj Sayal, Tulsi Adhikari, and V. K. Vijayan

THE EFFECTS OF INHALED TIOTROPIUM BROMIDE ON LUNG INFLAMMATION IN BRONCHIAL ASTHMA
Chest 2007 132: 509S. [Abstract] [PDF]  

James Baker, Paula Martin, and Bhash Parasuraman

PATIENT SATISFACTION WITH BUDESONIDE AND FORMOTEROL IN ONE PRESSURIZED METERED-DOSE INHALER IN PATIENTS WITH ASTHMA
Chest 2007 132: 509S-510S. [Abstract] [PDF]  

Surinder K. Jindal, Gaurav Prakash, and Ashutosh N. Aggarwal

RELATIVE SYMPATHETIC AND PARASYMPATHETIC BRONCHODILATORY RESPONSIVENESS IN SMOKER ASTHMATICS
Chest 2007 132: 510S. [Abstract] [PDF]  

Hector Ortega, William Lincourt, and Amanda Emmett

SAFETY AND EFFICACY OF FLUTICASONE PROPIONATE PLUS SALMETEROL VIA A SINGLE DEVICE COMPARED WITH FLUTICASONE PROPIONATE ALONE IN SUBJECTS WITH ASTHMA GREATER THAN OR EQUAL TO 50 YEARS OF AGE
Chest 2007 132: 510S. [Abstract] [PDF]  

Jill P. Karpel, Anthony D'Urzo, and Ruji Yao

ONCE-DAILY TREATMENT WITH MOMETASONE FUROATE DRY POWDER INHALER (MF-DPI) PROVIDES EFFECTIVE ASTHMA CONTROL IN INHALED CORTICOSTEROID-DEPENDENT PATIENTS WITH MODERATE ASTHMA
Chest 2007 132: 510S-511S. [Abstract] [PDF]  

Robert Sussman

DOES BRONCHODILATOR REVERSIBILITY PREDICT RESPONSE TO OMALIZUMAB?
Chest 2007 132: 511S. [Abstract] [PDF]  

Ankur Girdhar, Balakrishnan Menon, and V. K. Vijayan

SYSTEMIC INFLAMMATION AND ITS RESPONSE TO TREATMENT IN BRONCHIAL ASTHMA
Chest 2007 132: 511S. [Abstract] [PDF]  

Yang Deok Lee and Hyeon Kyu Go

THE EXTRACT OF MAGNOLIAE FLOS MODULATES MITOGEN-ACTIVATED PROTEIN KINASES AND NITRIC OXIDE PRODUCTION IN STIMULATED HUMAN RESPIRATORY EPITHELIAL CELLS
Chest 2007 132: 511S. [Abstract] [PDF]  

Deska T. Dimitrievska, Marija M. Zdraveska, Angelko S. Gjorcev, and Dejan L. Todevski

BIOLOGICAL MARKERS OF INFLAMMATION IN PERIPHERAL BLOOD DURING TREATMENT WITH INHALED CORTICOSTEROIDS IN PATIENTS WITH BRONCHIAL ASTHMA
Chest 2007 132: 512S. [Abstract] [PDF]  

Sandeep Gupta, Amrit P. Kansal, and Jai Kishan

COMPARATIVE EFFICACY OF COMBINATION OF FLUTICASONE AND SALMETEROL; FLUTICASONE, SALMETEROL AND MONTELUKAST; FLUTICASONE, SALMETEROL, AND LEVOCETIRIZINE IN MODERATE PERSISTENT ASTHMA: A STUDY OF 120 PATIENTS
Chest 2007 132: 512S. [Abstract] [PDF]  

Robert Sussman

EFFICACY OF OMALIZUMAB IN A REAL-WORLD SETTING
Chest 2007 132: 512S. [Abstract] [PDF]  

Leandro G. Fritscher, Marcelo T. Rodriguez, Noe Zamel, and Kenneth R. Chapman

THE EFFECT OF MONTELUKAST ON EXHALED NITRIC OXIDE OF ALVEOLAR AND BRONCHIAL ORIGIN IN INHALED CORTICOSTEROID-TREATED PATIENTS WITH ASTHMA
Chest 2007 132: 512S. [Abstract] [PDF]  

Olayinka O. Adeyeye

UNDERSTANDING ASTHMA MEDICATIONS AND USE OF DRUG DELIVERY DEVICES BY ASTHMATICS IN LAGOS NIGERIA
Chest 2007 132: 513S. [Abstract] [PDF]  

Rodolfo Ferrari, Roberto Lazzari, Daniela Agostinelli, Fabrizio Giostra, Maria Pia Golinelli, Paolo Groff, Federico Lari, and Nicola Di Battista

EXPANDING THE APPLICATIONS OF CONTINUOUS POSITIVE AIRWAY PRESSURE IN THE TREATMENT OF ACUTE HYPOXEMIC NON-HYPERCAPNIC RESPIRATORY FAILURE IN THE EMERGENCY DEPARTMENT: ACUTE ASTHMA
Chest 2007 132: 513S. [Abstract] [PDF]  

Ajit Vigg

PATTERN OF NEBULIZATION PRACTICES IN SOUTH INDIA
Chest 2007 132: 513S. [Abstract] [PDF]  

Raghu Sabharwal, Balbir Malhotra, Daljit Singh, Swarnjeet S. Bhullar, Mandeep Singh, Nirmal C. Kajal, and Bharat Bhushan

ASSOCIATION OF COCKROACH ALLERGY AND ASTHMA
Chest 2007 132: 513S-514S. [Abstract] [PDF]  

Javier I. Diaz and Daniel R. Ouellette

EFFECTS OF DIAGNOSTIC BRONCHOSCOPY ON CARDIAC DOUBLE PRODUCT
Chest 2007 132: 514S. [Abstract] [PDF]  

Jamsak Tscheikuna and Panthep Suttinont

IS ONLY CYTOLOGY SUFFICIENT ENOUGH IN DIAGNOSIS OF MEDIASTINAL MASS?
Chest 2007 132: 514S. [Abstract] [PDF]  

Sandeep Bansal, Kaye Hale, Sonali Sethi, and Joseph C. Cicenia

ELECTROMAGNETIC NAVIGATIONAL BRONCHOSCOPY: A LEARNING CURVE ANALYSIS
Chest 2007 132: 514S. [Abstract] [PDF]  

Momen M. Wahidi, Gerard Silvestri, John Conforti, Scott Ferguson, Ray Coakley, Chirag Patel, Leonard Moses, and Gordon Downie

ASSESSMENT OF PULMONARY FELLOWS ACQUISITION OF BRONCHOSCOPY SKILLS
Chest 2007 132: 514S-515S. [Abstract] [PDF]  

Ibrahim Abou Daya, Aruna Timmireddy, Archana Abhyankar, Steve Blum, Yashwant Patel, and Gilda Diaz-Fuentes

COMPARISON OF THE YIELD OF THORACIC PERCUTANEOUS NEEDLE ASPIRATION AND CORE BIOPSY BETWEEN PULMONOLOGIST AND RADIOLOGIST IN AN INNER CITY HOSPITAL
Chest 2007 132: 515S. [Abstract] [PDF]  

Seema Agarwal, David M. Rogers, Steven R. Karbowitz, and Rammohan Gumpeni

ROLE OF BRONCHIAL ARTERY EMBOLIZATION IN MANAGEMENT OF HEMOPTYSIS IN COMMUNITY HOSPITAL
Chest 2007 132: 515S. [Abstract] [PDF]  

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

USEFULNESS OF ENDOBRONCHIAL ULTRASONOGRAPHY USING A CONVEX-TYPE PROBE IN DIFFERENTIATION BETWEEN METASTATIC LYMPH NODES AND BENIGN LYMPH NODES
Chest 2007 132: 515S-516S. [Abstract] [PDF]  

Ajay R. Bedekar, J. M. Kerley, Timothy Ochran, and Theodore McLemore

SUCCESSFUL TREATMENT OF PERIPHERAL LUNG CANCERS UTILIZING HIGH DOSE IRIDIUM 192 (HDIR) BRACHYTHERAPY GUIDED BY ELECTROMAGNETIC NAVIGATION BRONCHOSCOPY (ENB) AND RADIAL ENDOBRONCHIAL ULTRASOUND (REBUS)
Chest 2007 132: 516S. [Abstract] [PDF]  

Yuka M. Miyazu, Atsuko Ishida, Miho Nakamura, Huzuki Ishikawa, Masahiro Oshige, Seiichi Nobuyama, Takeo Inoue, Taeko Shirakawa, and Teruomi Miyazawa

CLINICAL UTILITY OF NARROW BAND IMAGING FOR CENTRALLY LOCATED LESIONS IN THE LUNG
Chest 2007 132: 516S. [Abstract] [PDF]  

Masahide Oki, Hideo Saka, Chiyoe Kitagawa, Tomoya Shimokata, Yoshihiro Kawata, and Kouki Mori

UTILITY OF A 3.5-MM THIN BRONCHOSCOPE WITH A 1.7-MM WORKING CHANNEL FOR DIAGNOSIS OF PERIPHERAL PULMONARY LESIONS
Chest 2007 132: 516S. [Abstract] [PDF]  

Septimiu D. Murgu, Navneet Singh, and Henri Colt

MORPHOMETRIC BRONCHOSCOPY IN CENTRAL AIRWAY OBSTRUCTION
Chest 2007 132: 517S. [Abstract] [PDF]  

Heinrich D. Becker and Merav Gat

VIBRATION RESPONSE IMAGING (VRI) IS A USEFUL TOOL FOR ASSESSMENT OF OUTCOME AFTER BRONCHOSCOPIC INTERVENTIONS
Chest 2007 132: 517S. [Abstract] [PDF]  

Bojan Zaric, Vukasin Canak, Aleksandar Milovancev, Tatjana Sarcev, Svetlana Jovanovic, Evica Budisin, and Vesna Nisevic

ND:YAG LASER RESECTION CAN IMPROVE SYMPTOM CONTROL, PROGRESSION FREE PERIOD AND SURVIVAL IN SELECTED LUNG CANCER PATIENTS
Chest 2007 132: 517S. [Abstract] [PDF]  

Hamid Reza Jabbardarjani, Hasan Safara, Shahram Kharabian, and Mohammad Reza Masjedi

ENDOBRONCHIAL ND-YAG LASER IN MALIGNANT LESIONS REPORT OF 3 YEARS EXPERIENCE
Chest 2007 132: 517S-518S. [Abstract] [PDF]  

Sebastian Fernandez-Bussy, Maher Baz, Olufemi Akindipe, and Michael A. Jantz

CLINICAL EXPERIENCE WITH THE ALVEOLUS TRACHEOBRONCHIAL STENT IN THE MANAGEMENT OF ANASTOMOTIC COMPLICATIONS FOLLOWING LUNG TRANSPLANTATION
Chest 2007 132: 518S. [Abstract] [PDF]  

Chirag H. Patel, T. McLemore, Franklin McGuire, Gabor Varju, and Gordon Downie

FLEXIBLE BRONCHOSCOPIC DEPLOYMENT OF REMOVAL POLYSTYRENE STENTS
Chest 2007 132: 518S. [Abstract] [PDF]  

Rogerio G. Xavier, Meiry Dambrós, Patrícia Passos, Pedro Piccinini, Cristiane Comparin, Paulo Sanches, Gabriel Kuhl, Henrique Fillmann, and Maria Isabel Edelweiss

MINI-INVASIVE EXPERIMENTAL MODEL FOR ENDOTRACHEAL SILICONE STENTS
Chest 2007 132: 518S-519S. [Abstract] [PDF]  

Alexander Panda, John McArdle, and Richard A. Matthay

ROLE OF FIBEROPTIC BRONCHOSCOPY IN PATIENTS WITH FEBRILE NEUTROPENIA AND PULMONARY INFILTRATES
Chest 2007 132: 519S. [Abstract] [PDF]  

Razaq A. Badamosi, Mike Simoff, and Megha Mohey

CHANGES IN AIRWAY MICROBIOLOGY FOLLOWING PLACEMENT OF AIRWAY STENTS
Chest 2007 132: 519S. [Abstract] [PDF]  

Luis Ugalde-Gamboa, Herbert Burgos-Quiros, and Wing Ching Chan-Cheng

USING FICE (FUJI INTELLIGENT CHROMO ENDOSCOPY) SPECTRAL ESTIMATION TECHNOLOGY IN THE STUDY OF AIRWAY TOWARDS A BETTER DIAGNOSIS AT BRONCHOSCOPY
Chest 2007 132: 519S. [Abstract] [PDF]  

HamidReza Jabbardarjani, Hasan Safara, Shahram Kharabian, and Mohammad Reza Masjedi

ENDOBRONCHIAL CHEMOTHERAPY IN MALIGNANT LUNG LESIONS REPORT OF 3 YEARS EXPERIENCE
Chest 2007 132: 519S-520S. [Abstract] [PDF]  

Ralf Eberhardt, Armin Ernst, and Felix Herth

BRONCHOSCOPIC LUNG-VOLUME REDUCTION IN PATIENTS WITH SEVERE HOMOGENOUS LUNG EMPHYSEMA
Chest 2007 132: 520S. [Abstract] [PDF]  

George M. Comas, Matthew Bacchetta, Kyle Glithero, Tariq Naseem, Alex Trzebucki, Alain Borczuk, and Mark Ginsburg

ENDOBRONCHIAL SCLEROSIS OF PULMONARY PARENCHYMA IN RATS
Chest 2007 132: 520S. [Abstract] [PDF]  

Mark R. Bowling, Gordon Downie, Momen Wahidi, and John F. Conforti

SELF-ASSESSMENT OF BRONCHOSCOPIC SKILLS IN FIRST YEAR PULMONARY FELLOWS
Chest 2007 132: 520S. [Abstract] [PDF]  

Claudia G. Cote, Bartolome Celli, Kenneth Sciarappa, Rudolf Baumgartner, and John Hanrahan

BASELINE BODE CORRELATES WITH BDI AND BASELINE SGRG, BUT NOT WITH CHANGES IN THESE MEASURES FOLLOWING LABA TREATMENT IN TWO 12-WEEK DOUBLE-BLIND TRIALS
Chest 2007 132: 521S. [Abstract] [PDF]  

Neelam Patel, Alexy Amchentsev, Abdel Abdelwahed, Sameer Patel, Ayman Bishay, Liziamma George, and Suhail Raoof

PHYSICIAN COMPLIANCE TO GOLD: BEFORE AND AFTER AN EDUCATIONAL INTERVENTION
Chest 2007 132: 521S. [Abstract] [PDF]  

Tawfik E. Elsaid and Hossam E. Hamza

PLASMA LEPTIN, TUMOR NECROSIS FACTOR ALPHA, AND NUTRITIONAL STATUS IN CHRONIC OBSTRUCTIVE PULMONARY DISEASE PATIENTS
Chest 2007 132: 521S. [Abstract] [PDF]  

Jessica M. Cemlyn-Jones, Sara E. Freitas, Alexandra Catarino, Fatima Fradinho, Mario Loureiro, and Manuel Baganha

DIFFUSING CAPACITY AND OXYGEN SATURATION RESPONSE TO BRONCHODILATION IN PATIENTS WITH SEVERE CHRONIC OBSTRUCTIVE PULMONARY DISEASE
Chest 2007 132: 521S-522S. [Abstract] [PDF]  

Yu Il Kim, Sung Chul Lim, Kyu Sik Kim, Young Chul Kim, In Jae Oh, Jin Young Ju, Gye Jung Cho, Dong Yeol Chae, and Jung Hwan Lim

COMPARISON BETWEEN TUMOR NECROSIS FACTOR-A IN INDUCED SPUTUM AND TNF-A PROMOTER GENE POLYMORPHISM IN KOREAN COPD
Chest 2007 132: 522S. [Abstract] [PDF]  

William F. Jester, Meiqi Jiang, Hengjiang Zhao, Jing Liang, Indu Parikh, Ted Murphy, Kenneth B. Adler, and Reynold A. Panettieri, Jr

INHIBITION OF MYRISTOYLATED ALANINE-RICH C KINASE SUBSTRATE PROTEIN MARKEDLY INHIBITS OZONE-INDUCED AIRWAY INFLAMMATION
Chest 2007 132: 522S. [Abstract] [PDF]  

Daniel O. Obaseki, Gregory E. Erhabor, Olayemi F. Awopeju, Ayodele Erhabor, and Olufemi Adewole

THE PEAK EXPIRATORY FLOW AS A MARKER OF HEALTH RELATED QUALITY OF LIFE AMONG PATIENTS WITH COPD IN LOW INCOME COUNTRIES
Chest 2007 132: 522S. [Abstract] [PDF]  

Surya Prakash Bhatt, Pooja Khandelwal, Sudip Nanda, and Gloria Fioravanti

SERUM MAGNESIUM IS AN INDEPENDENT PREDICTOR OF FREQUENT READMISSIONS DUE TO ACUTE EXACERBATION OF CHRONIC OBSTRUCTIVE PULMONARY DISEASE
Chest 2007 132: 523S. [Abstract] [PDF]  

Siegfried Wieshammer, Jens Dreyhaupt, and Beate Basler

IDENTIFICATION OF LEFT VENTRICULAR SYSTOLIC DYSFUNCTION IN PATIENTS WITH ASTHMA OR CHRONIC OBSTRUCTIVE PULMONARY DISEASE BY N-TERMINAL PRO-BRAIN NATRIURETIC PEPTIDE
Chest 2007 132: 523S. [Abstract] [PDF]  

Gina M. Zarrilli, William H. Moore, and Daniel Baram

CT ASSESSMENT OF THE POSTERIOR JUNCTION LINE AND ITS ASSOCIATION WITH EMPHYSEMA
Chest 2007 132: 523S. [Abstract] [PDF]  

Franck F. Rahaghi, Ismael Ortega, Deborah Schrager, Terre Schott, Eduardo Oliveira, Laurence Smolley, and James K. Stoller

THE IMPACT OF INCLUDING A PHYSICIAN ALERT ACCOMPANYING PULMONARY FUNCTION (PFT) RESULTS ON TESTING FOR AND DETECTION OF ALPHA-1 ANTITRYPSIN DEFICIENCY
Chest 2007 132: 523S-524S. [Abstract] [PDF]  

Douglas K. Hogarth and Rekha Vij

ALPHA1-ANTITRYPSIN DEFICIENCY DIAGNOSED IN PATIENTS OVER THE AGE OF 45
Chest 2007 132: 524S. [Abstract] [PDF]  

Amit Bansal, Kuldeep Patial, and VK Vijayan

EVALUATION OF EPWORTH SLEEPINESS SCALE IN CHRONIC OBSTRUCTIVE PULMONARY DISEASE PATIENTS
Chest 2007 132: 524S. [Abstract] [PDF]  

Amit Bansal, Sajal De, Kuldeep Patial, Sridhar Dwivedi, and VK Vijayan

SLEEP-BREATHING DISORDERS IN CHRONIC OBSTRUCTIVE PULMONARY DISEASE WITH COR PULMONALE COMPARED TO THAT IN CHRONIC OBSTRUCTIVE PULMONARY DISEASE WITHOUT COR PULMONALE
Chest 2007 132: 524S. [Abstract] [PDF]  

Mark R. Macknet, Penny L. Kimball-Jones, Richard L. Applegate, II, Robert D. Martin, and Martin W. Allard

ACCURACY OF A NOVEL BIOACOUSTIC SENSOR IN ADULT POSTOPERATIVE PATIENTS WITH AND WITHOUT LUNG DISEASE
Chest 2007 132: 524S-525S. [Abstract] [PDF]  

Vasiliy Pyankov and Yulia Chuyasova

PREVALENCE OF ARRHYTHMIAS IN RUSSIAN PATIENTS WITH CHRONIC OBSTRUCTIVE PULMONARY DISEASE
Chest 2007 132: 525S. [Abstract] [PDF]  

Daniel R. Ouellette, Paul Kvale, Javier Diaz, Michael Flynn, and Frederick Bode

QUANTITATIVE HRCT ANALYSIS: USEFUL TO PULMONOLOGISTS?
Chest 2007 132: 525S. [Abstract] [PDF]  

Barbara A. Lutey, Stephen S. Lefrak, Joel D. Cooper, Jason C. Woods, Tariq Tanoli, James Quirk, Adil Bashir, Dmitriy A. Yablonskiy, Mark S. Conradi, Seth T. Bartel, Thomas K. Pilgram, and David S. Gierada

HYPERPOLARIZED 3HELIUM MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING: SAFETY CONSIDERATIONS AND PHYSIOLOGIC MONITORING
Chest 2007 132: 525S-526S. [Abstract] [PDF]  

Ioana Munteanu, Mihaela Trenchea, Camelia Puscoiu, and Florin Mihaltan

SMOKING PREVALENCE OF PREGNANT WOMEN IN ROMANIA: SMOKING EFFECTS ON NEWBORNS
Chest 2007 132: 526S. [Abstract] [PDF]  

Salim Surani, Raghu Reddy, Antara Mallampalli, and Kalpalatha Guntupalli

TEACHERS OPINION ON THE ANT E TOBACCO PROGRAM DELIVERED TO GRADE SCHOOL CHILDREN
Chest 2007 132: 526S. [Abstract] [PDF]  

Jaime Signes-Costa, Monica Llombart, Eusebi Chiner, Cristina Senent, Ada Luz Andreu, Elia Gomez-Merino, Ana Camarasa, Jose Norberto Sancho, and Juan Manuel Arriero

LUNG FUNCTION DECLINE IN COPD PATIENTS AT 5 YEARS OF A TOBACCO INTERVENTION
Chest 2007 132: 526S. [Abstract] [PDF]  

Chiharu Yoshii, Masato Kano, Ryoichi Nakanishi, Haruko Taniguchi, Fumio Kunitomo, and Masamitsu Kido

EVALUATION OF PSYCHOLOGICAL NICOTINE DEPENDENCE AMONG EX-SMOKERS BY USING THE KANO TEST FOR SOCIAL NICOTINE DEPENDENCE (KTSND)
Chest 2007 132: 526S-527S. [Abstract] [PDF]  

Moussa A. Riachy, Celine Rohayem, Carlos Khoury, Joelle Safi, Georges Khayat, Carole Saadé-Riachy, Nourredine Couche, Ghazi Taan, and Nejib Geahchan

ARE NARGUILE SMOKERS DIFFERENT FROM CIGARETTE SMOKERS?
Chest 2007 132: 527S. [Abstract] [PDF]  

Faysal M. Hasan, Karen Pischke, Shamila Saiyed, Diane Macys, and Nancy McCleary

HYPNOTHERAPY AS AN AID TO SMOKING CESSATION OF HOSPITALIZED PATIENTS: PRELIMINARY RESULTS
Chest 2007 132: 527S. [Abstract] [PDF]  

C. T. Vo, C. M. Kirsch, E. I. Hsiao, J. H. Wehner, V. Mohindra, F. T. Kagawa, and W. A. Jensen

SUCCESS OF ONE-TIME SMOKING CESSATION COUNSELING
Chest 2007 132: 527S. [Abstract] [PDF]  

Kalpalatha K. Guntupalli, Radha Ram, Antara Mallampalli, Sheila Goodnight-White, and Larry Lauffman

TOBACCO USE AMONG INDIAN MEDICAL STUDENTS
Chest 2007 132: 527S-528S. [Abstract] [PDF]  

Stephanie R. Earnshaw, Michele R. Wilson, Christopher M. Blanchette, and Doug W. Mapel

COST-EFFECTIVENESS OF SALMETEROL/FLUTICASONE PROPIONATE IN THE TREATMENT OF COPD
Chest 2007 132: 528S. [Abstract] [PDF]  

Scott A. Morin, Michael Gibbs, David Seder, and M. Elizabeth Knauft

ADHERENCE TO TREATMENT GUIDELINES FOR CHRONIC OBSTRUCTIVE PULMONARY DISEASE EXACERBATION IN A COMMUNITY-BASED TERTIARY CARE CENTER
Chest 2007 132: 528S. [Abstract] [PDF]  

Garrett Bergman, Val Romberg, and Alphonse Hubsch

SAFETY AND TOLERABILITY OF AN ALPHA1-PROTEINASE INHIBITOR: RESULTS OF FOUR STUDIES
Chest 2007 132: 528S-529S. [Abstract] [PDF]  

Akhilesh Sharma, Ananda Bagchi, Hemant Gupta, Satish B. Kinagi, Yogesh B. Sharma, and Vidyagauri P. Baliga

COMPARATIVE EVALUATION OF THE EFFICACY, SAFETY AND TOLERABILITY OF THE FIXED DOSE COMBINATIONS OF CEFIXIME PLUS ERDOSTEINE AND AMOXICILLIN PLUS BROMHEXINE IN PATIENTS WITH ACUTE EXACERBATIONS OF CHRONIC BRONCHITIS
Chest 2007 132: 529S. [Abstract] [PDF]  

Donald Tashkin and Santosh Varghese

THE THERAPEUTIC EFFECT OF TREATMENT WITH FORMOTEROL PLUS TIOTROPIUM WAS GREATER THAN THE EFFECT OF TREATMENT WITH TIOTROPIUM ALONE IN COPD: FINDINGS FROM A 12-WEEK, MULTICENTER, DOUBLE-BLIND, PLACEBO-CONTROLLED, TRIAL
Chest 2007 132: 529S. [Abstract] [PDF]  

Harold S. Nelson, Nicholas J. Gross, Mike Rinehart, and Kimberly Denis-Mize

CARDIOVASCULAR SAFETY OF NEBULIZED FORMOTEROL IN COPD PATIENTS: A DOUBLE-BLIND, PLACEBO-CONTROLLED STUDY
Chest 2007 132: 529S-530S. [Abstract] [PDF]  

Julie A. Chang, Mark A. Malesker, Daniel Schuller, Lee Morrow, Tammy Wichman, Naresh A. Dewan, and Christopher J. Destache

EFFICACY OF ANTIMICROBIALS FOR ACUTE EXACERBATION OF CHRONIC BRONCHITIS EPISODES
Chest 2007 132: 530S. [Abstract] [PDF]  

Alexandre Trifilieff, Nathan Cope, Barbara Bohacek, Lazzaro Mazzoni, and Collingwood Steve

THE INHALED MUSCARINIC RECEPTOR ANTAGONIST, GLYCOPYRROLATE, HAS A FAVORABLE SIDE EFFECT PROFILE IN A BROWN NORWAY RAT LUNG FUNCTION MODEL WHEN COMPARED WITH TIOTROPIUM
Chest 2007 132: 530S. [Abstract] [PDF]  

Gary Ferguson, Antonio Anzueto, Richard Fei, Amanda Emmett, Glenn Crater, Kate Knobil, and Chris Kalberg

A RANDOMIZED, DOUBLE-BLIND TRIAL COMPARING THE EFFECT OF FLUTICASONE/SALMETEROL 250/50 TO SALMETEROL ON COPD EXACERBATIONS IN PATIENTS WITH COPD
Chest 2007 132: 530S-531S. [Abstract] [PDF]  

James F. Donohue, Nicola A. Hanania, Charles M. Fogarty, Sammy C. Campbell, Kimberly Denis-Mize, and Mike Rinehart

LONG-TERM SAFETY OF NEBULIZED FORMOTEROL IN COPD: AN OPEN-LABEL ACTIVE-CONTROLLED EXTENSION STUDY
Chest 2007 132: 531S. [Abstract] [PDF]  

Gregory B. Diette, Cynthia Rand, Katherine Thompson, Andrew Bilderback, Nadia N. Hansel, Diane L. Kachel, Brian Becker, and Robert A. Wise

A PILOT STUDY OF HIGH-FREQUENCY CHEST WALL OSCILLATION (HFCWO) TO REDUCE ACUTE EXACERBATIONS OF COPD (AE-COPD)
Chest 2007 132: 531S. [Abstract] [PDF]  

Donald P. Tashkin, Michael R. Littner, Charles P. Andrews, Mike Rinehart, and Kimberly Denis-Mize

SAFETY AND EFFICACY OF CONCOMITANT TREATMENT WITH NEBULIZED FORMOTEROL AND TIOTROPIUM IN COPD
Chest 2007 132: 531S-532S. [Abstract] [PDF]  

Taskina Ali, Kazi S. Bennoor, and Noorzahan Begum

EFFECTS OF NUTRITIONAL MODIFICATION ON ANTHROPOMETRY AND LUNG FUNCTIONS OF COPD PATIENTS
Chest 2007 132: 532S. [Abstract] [PDF]  

Chris Pekurny and Mike Wescoe

USE OF LEVALBUTEROL BID AND PRN BY RESPIRATORY THERAPIST (RT)-DRIVEN PROTOCOL IN PLACE OF ALBUTEROL SAVED RT TIME AND MONEY: ALLOWED RT INVOLVEMENT IN MORE COMPLEX PROCEDURES
Chest 2007 132: 532S. [Abstract] [PDF]  

Mohammad Shameem, Rakesh Bhargava, Zuber Ahmad, Talha Saad, Nazish Fatima, and Naveed Shah

TO CO-RELATE SERUM C-REACTIVE PROTEIN LEVELS AND OTHER CLINICALLY IMPORTANT PREDICTIVE MARKERS OF OUTCOME IN COPD PATIENTS
Chest 2007 132: 532S. [Abstract] [PDF]  

John P. Hanrahan, Donna Grogan, Joel Morganroth, Hailong Cheng, and Rudolf Baumgartner

THE EFFECT OF TWICE-DAILY NEBULIZED ARFORMOTEROL ON QTC IN SUBJECTS WITH COPD
Chest 2007 132: 532S-533S. [Abstract] [PDF]  

Christopher M. Blanchette and Manabu A. Akazawa

ADHERENCE TO INITIAL MAINTENANCE THERAPY FOR CHRONIC OBSTRUCTIVE PULMONARY DISEASE (COPD)
Chest 2007 132: 533S. [Abstract] [PDF]  

Mary L. Zaremba, Nipurn J. Shah, Syed V. Ali, and Sridhar P. Reddy

ROLE OF ANTI-IGE ANTIBODY IN COPD
Chest 2007 132: 533S. [Abstract] [PDF]  

Jahnavi Kharidia, Charles Fogarty, Craig LaForce, Gary Maier, Roger Hsu, Shelly Dunnington, Lisa Curry, Rudolf Baumgartner, and John Hanrahan

AN OPEN LABEL STUDY OF ARFORMOTEROL INHALATION SOLUTION AND RACEMIC FORMOTEROL DRY POWDER INHALER IN SUBJECTS WITH COPD
Chest 2007 132: 533S-534S. [Abstract] [PDF]  

Barakat Shahin

OUTPATIENT PULMONARY REHABILITATION IN PATIENTS WITH CHRONIC OBSTRUCTIVE PULMONARY DISEASE
Chest 2007 132: 534S. [Abstract] [PDF]  

Svetlana Semenyuk and Andrey Belevskiy

INFLUENCE OF THE EDUCATION PROGRAM FOR COPD PATIENTS ON A HEALTH RELATED QUALITY OF LIFE
Chest 2007 132: 534S. [Abstract] [PDF]  

Paraschiva A. Postolache and Octavian P. Petrescu

RESPIRATORY REHABILITATION EFFECTS ON BODE INDEX COMPONENTS AND CORRELATION WITH HEALTH-RELATED QUALITY OF LIFE IN COPD
Chest 2007 132: 534S. [Abstract] [PDF]  

Barakat Shahin

BENEFITS OF SHORT INSPIRATORY MUSCLE TRAINING ON EXERCISE CAPACITY, DYSPNEA AND INSPIRATORY FRACTION (IF) IN COPD PATIENTS
Chest 2007 132: 535S. [Abstract] [PDF]  

Sumalee Kiatboonsri, Naparat Amornputtisathaporn, Supattra Siriket, Viboon Boonsarngsuk, and Charn Kiatboonsri

TAI CHI QIGONG EXERCISE TRAINING IN COPD
Chest 2007 132: 535S. [Abstract] [PDF]  

Barakat Shahin

EFFECT OF A NONINVASIVE VENTILATORY SUPPORT DURING EXERCISE OF A PROGRAM IN PULMONARY REHABILITATION IN PATIENTS WITH COPD
Chest 2007 132: 535S. [Abstract] [PDF]  

Skip Bangley, Jay Sabataso, and Harvey S. Reich

OUTCOME OF LONG-TERM MECHANICAL VENTILATION PATIENTS IN A RURAL COMMUNITY: A RESPIRATORY THERAPIST STAFFED UNIT
Chest 2007 132: 535S-536S. [Abstract] [PDF]  

Kazi S. Bennoor, Taskina Ali, Chowdhury G. Mostafa, Noorzahan Begum, and Mohammad R. Hassan

IMPROVEMENT OF PULMONARY FUNCTIONS OF SMOKERS WITH VITAMIN A, C, AND E SUPPLEMENTATION
Chest 2007 132: 536S. [Abstract] [PDF]  

Vijay Subramaniam, Brian Carlin, Victoria Behun, David Germeyer, and Chris Brehm

RETROSPECTIVE ANALYSIS OF MORTALITY DURING PULMONARY REHABILITATION FOR CHRONIC OBSTRUCTIVE PULMONARY DISEASE
Chest 2007 132: 536S. [Abstract] [PDF]  

Vijay Subramaniam, Brian Carlin, Victoria Behun, David Germeyer, and Chris Brehm

RETROSPECTIVE ANALYSIS OF SUCCESSFUL COMPLETION OF PULMONARY REHABILITATION
Chest 2007 132: 536S. [Abstract] [PDF]  

Zubair A. Hashmi, Murtaza Y. Dawood, and Gregory G. Smaroff

DECREASE IN OCCURRENCE OF SYMPTOMATIC LEFT PLEURAL EFFUSION AFTER CORONARY ARTERY BYPASS GRAFTING
Chest 2007 132: 536S-537S. [Abstract] [PDF]  

Adel K. Ayed and Chazian Chandrasekran

SYMPTOMATIC PLEURAL EFFUSION AFTER CORONARY ARTERY BYPASS REQUIRING INTERVENTION
Chest 2007 132: 537S. [Abstract] [PDF]  

Yatin Mehta, Mayank Vats, Satish Kumar Kumar, Shivinder Singh, Poonam Khurana, and Naresh Trehan

PREVENTION OF POSTOPERATIVE ATELECTASIS IN THE POST-CARDIAC SURGICAL PATIENT WITH POOR LEFT VENTRICULAR FUNCTION: A STUDY OF THE EFFICACY OF BI-LEVEL POSITIVE AIRWAY PRESSURE
Chest 2007 132: 537S. [Abstract] [PDF]  

Jan Sulc, Helena Bartakova, Vaclav Chaloupecky, Tamara Svobodova, and Tomas Tlaskal

PULMONARY FUNCTION LONG-TERM AFTER ARTERIAL SWITCH OPERATION OF TRANSPOSITION OF THE GREAT ARTERIES
Chest 2007 132: 537S-538S. [Abstract] [PDF]  

Alan R. Hartman

AVOIDING STERNAL WOUND INFECTIONS: BORROWING A TECHNIQUE FROM OUR ORTHOPEDIC SURGICAL COLLEAGUES
Chest 2007 132: 538S. [Abstract] [PDF]  

Andrea Ballotta, Alessia Kunkl, Hisham El Baghdady, Hassan Kandil, Fabrizio Bettini, Federica Belloli, Carmen Bellucci, and Rajendra Mehta

IMPACT OF CORONARY ANGIOGRAPHY IN THE ONSET OF POSTOPERATIVE RENAL FAILURE IN CARDIAC SURGERY: A SINGLE CENTRE ONE YEAR EXPERIENCE
Chest 2007 132: 538S. [Abstract] [PDF]  

Peter C. Hill, Xiumei Sun, Kathleen Petro, Steven Boyce, Jennifer Ellis, and Paul J. Corso

MORTALITY RISK FACTORS FOR ACUTE TYPE A AORTIC DISSECTION
Chest 2007 132: 538S. [Abstract] [PDF]  

Alexey Amchentsev, Mahmood Ali, Naim Mansuroglu, Charles Oribabor, Walid Elzomor, Anthony Patten, John Heitner, Barbara Gruenburg, Anthony J. Tortolani, and Leonard Y. Lee

VASOPRESSORS IN CARDIAC SURGERY: THE ROLE OF THE ADRENAL GLAND
Chest 2007 132: 538S-539S. [Abstract] [PDF]  

Hitoshi Hirose, Kan Kajimoto, Notake Yanagisawa, and Atsushi Amano

DIABETES AND METABOLIC SYNDROME IN LONG-TERM SURVIVAL AFTER CORONARY ARTERY BYPASS
Chest 2007 132: 539S. [Abstract] [PDF]  

Chawki el-Zein, Mehdi Akhavan-Heidari, Ziad Hanhan, Malek Massad, Mary-Jane Barth, Sunthorn Muangmingsuk, Alexander Geha, and Michel Ilbawi

ANOMALOUS CORONARY ARTERY COURSING BETWEEN AORTA AND PULMONARY ARTERY: IS SURGICAL REPAIR NEEDED IN INFANCY?
Chest 2007 132: 539S. [Abstract] [PDF]  

Niv Ad, Lisa M. Martin, Paul S. Massimiano, Scott D. Barnett, Sharon L. Hunt, and Alan M. Speir

FEMALE PATIENTS FOLLOWING THE MAZE PROCEDURE DEMONSTRATE AN INCREASED RATE OF QUALITY OF LIFE IMPROVEMENT AS COMPARED TO MALES
Chest 2007 132: 539S-540S. [Abstract] [PDF]  

Terezia B. Andrasi, Anna Blazovics, Joerg Albers, and Christian F. Vahl

PULMONARY RELEASE OF ET-1 CONTRIBUTES TO MESENTERIC DYSFUNCTION IN EXPERIMENTAL RIGHT VENTRICULAR PRESSURE OVERLOAD
Chest 2007 132: 540S. [Abstract] [PDF]  

Shea M. Eckardt, Edward D. Sivak, Gregory W. Fink, Charles J. Lutz, and William Lee

ATRIAL FIBRILLATION AFTER CORONARY BYPASS SURGERY: SYMPATHOMIMETIC INFUSION AND THE TIMING OF CARDIOVASCULAR MEDICATIONS
Chest 2007 132: 540S. [Abstract] [PDF]  

Moussa A. Riachy, Ihab Ibrahim, Ghassan Sleilaty, Charbel Faraj, Georges Khayat, Samia Jebara, Fadia Haddad, Gema Hayek, and Alexandre Yazigi

INFLUENCE OF REPETITIVE LUNG RECRUITMENT MANEUVERS (RM) AFTER CARDIOPULMONARY BYPASS (CPB)
Chest 2007 132: 540S. [Abstract] [PDF]  

Walid M. Hassan, Mohamed Fawzy, Hani Al Sergani, Jehad Al Buraiki, Hassan El Widaa, Fawaz Al Turki, Bahaa Fadel, and Charles Canver

LONG-TERM (UP TO 18 YEARS) RESULT OF PULMONARY BALLOON VALVULOPLASTY ON REGRESSION OF SEVERE INFUNDIBULAR STENOSIS AND SEVERE TRICUSPID REGURGITATION IN ADULTS
Chest 2007 132: 541S. [Abstract] [PDF]  

Walid M. Hassan, Mahmoud Awad, Mohamed Fawzy, Mohamed Al Amri, Mohamed Shoukri, and Charles Canver

LONG-TERM RESULTS (UP TO 19 YEARS) OF BALLOON ANGIOPLASTY OF COARCTATION OF THE AORTA ON SYSTEMIC HYPERTENSION AND LEFT VENTRICULAR HYPERTROPHY
Chest 2007 132: 541S. [Abstract] [PDF]  

Bilal K. Siddiqui, Muhammed Tariq, Atif Jadoon, Kamran Shahid, Muhammad H. Tahir, Allan S. Multz, and Sandeep Jauhar

DEFINING ENDOCARDITIS IN CONGENITAL HEART DISEASE
Chest 2007 132: 541S. [Abstract] [PDF]  

Fayez E. Shamoon, Wael E. Al-Halaseh, and Mohannad B. Bisharat

AUTONOMIC DYSFUNCTION IN HIV INFECTED PATIENTS
Chest 2007 132: 541S-542S. [Abstract] [PDF]  

Darpan Bansal, Raghu Muppidi, Bradley R. Hughes, Kunal Sarkar, Jawahar L. Mehta, and Rajesh Sachdeva

LONG-TERM OUTCOMES OF SINGLE VS MULTIPLE STENT DEPLOYMENT DURING PERCUTANEOUS CORONARY INTERVENTION
Chest 2007 132: 542S. [Abstract] [PDF]  

Natalia Antonio, Carolina Lourenço, Pedro Monteiro, Francisco Gonçalves, Lino Gonçalves, Mário Freitas, and Luís A. Providência

CAN METABOLIC SYNDROME PREDICT THE CLINICAL AND GLUCIDIC OUTCOME IN ACUTE CORONARY SYNDROME PATIENTS?
Chest 2007 132: 542S. [Abstract] [PDF]  

Hwa M. Lee, Victor A. Lopez, Trucvy H. Le, and Nathan D. Wong

ASSOCIATION OF FORCED VITAL CAPACITY TO C-REACTIVE PROTEIN IN ADULTS WITH METABOLIC SYNDROME AND DIABETES
Chest 2007 132: 542S. [Abstract] [PDF]  

Natalia Antonio, Carolina Lourenço, Pedro Monteiro, Francisco Gonçalves, Lino Gonçalves, Mário Freitas, and Luís A Providência

NEWLY DIAGNOSED GLUCOMETABOLIC ABNORMALITIES IN ACUTE CORONARY SYNDROME PATIENTS: WHAT HAPPENS AFTER HOSPITAL DISCHARGE?
Chest 2007 132: 543S. [Abstract] [PDF]  

Natalia Antonio, Carolina Lourenço, Pedro Monteiro, Francisco Gonçalves, Lino Gonçalves, Mário Freitas, and Luís A Providência

PREDICTING SHORT-TERM PROGNOSIS AFTER AN ACUTE CORONARY SYNDROME: TRIGLYCERIDES BEAT CHOLESTEROL
Chest 2007 132: 543S. [Abstract] [PDF]  

Hwa M. Lee, Victor A. Lopez, Trucvy H. Le, and Nathan D. Wong

ASSOCIATION OF FORCED VITAL CAPACITY WITH CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE IN PERSONS WITH AND WITHOUT METABOLIC SYNDROME AND DIABETES IN UNITED STATES ADULTS
Chest 2007 132: 543S. [Abstract] [PDF]  

Karan Julka, Betsy E. Smith, David C. Paris, Rajendrakumar M. Patel, and Francis C. Dane

DAILY, MONTHLY AND SEASONAL VARIATION OF IN-HOSPITAL RESUSCITATION FREQUENCY AND OUTCOME
Chest 2007 132: 543S-544S. [Abstract] [PDF]  

Cinzia Razzini, Kunal Sarkar, Fransesco Romeo, Rajesh Sachdeva, and Jawahar L. Mehta

CULPRIT LESION SEVERITY IN ST-SEGMENT ELEVATION MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION
Chest 2007 132: 544S. [Abstract] [PDF]  

Natalia Antonio, Bruno Graça, Pedro Monteiro, Paulo Donato, Lino Gonçalves, Luís A Providência, and F Caseiro Alves

ROLE OF THE CARDIOVASCULAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IN THE EVALUATION OF MYOCARDIAL ISCHEMIA
Chest 2007 132: 544S. [Abstract] [PDF]  

Rasham Sandhu, Wilbert S. Aronow, Rishi Sukhija, and Archana Rachdev

PREVALENCE OF OBSTRUCTIVE CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE IN PATIENTS WITH AND WITHOUT PRIOR STROKE UNDERGOING CORONARY ANGIOGRAPHY FOR SUSPECTED CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE
Chest 2007 132: 544S. [Abstract] [PDF]  

Edward L. Rachofsky, Miriam Fishman, Eugene Grossi, Jeffrey D. Lorin, and Steven P. Sedlis

CLINICAL CHARACTERISTICS OF PATIENTS UNDERGOING PERCUTANEOUS CORONARY INTERVENTION WITH BARE-METAL AND DRUG-ELUTING STENTS
Chest 2007 132: 544S-545S. [Abstract] [PDF]  

Zuzana Motovska, Petr Widimsky, Robert Petr, Andrea Andrasova, and Dana Bilkova

THE TIME HAS COME FOR NEW, MORE PRECISE GUIDELINES IN THE TREATMENT OF HIGH RISK ACUTE CORONARY SYNDROMES WITH HEPARIN
Chest 2007 132: 545S. [Abstract] [PDF]  

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

THE AVERAGE STENT LENGTH IS LONGER AND THE AVERAGE STENT DIAMETER IS SHORTER IN PATIENTS WITH DRUG-ELUTING STENTS VS BARE-METAL STENTS DURING PERCUTANEOUS CORONARY INTERVENTION
Chest 2007 132: 545S. [Abstract] [PDF]  

Hoang Li, Sarah Kaplan, Wilbert S. Aronow, Hajir Dilmanian, Albert J. DeLuca, Melvin B. Weiss, and Robert N. Belkin

PATIENTS WITH ECHOCARDIOGRAPHIC AORTIC VALVE CALCIUM OR MITRAL ANNULAR CALCIUM HAVE AN INCREASED PREVALENCE OF MODERATE OR SEVERE CORONARY ARTERY CALCIUM DIAGNOSED BY CARDIAC COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY
Chest 2007 132: 545S-546S. [Abstract] [PDF]  

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

LONG-TERM OUTCOME OF DRUG ELUTING STENTS COMPARED TO BARE METAL STENTS
Chest 2007 132: 546S. [Abstract] [PDF]  

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

A POPULATION-BASED MORTALITY PREDICTIVE MODEL AMONG PATIENTS HOSPITALIZED FOR ACUTE OR CHRONIC RESPIRATORY FAILURE USING DATA COMMONLY AVAILABLE ON ADMISSION
Chest 2007 132: 546S. [Abstract] [PDF]  

Jorge L. Hidalgo, Lisa Johnson, Egbert Grinage, Victor Lizarraga, and Irving Gabourel

IMPACT OF THE INTRODUCTION OF A CRITICAL CARE UNIT IN BELIZE
Chest 2007 132: 546S. [Abstract] [PDF]  

Hesham H. El Gamal, Patricia Pollack, Deborah S. Schramko, Anders Jacobson, Kim Baumgartner, Gloria Pierce, and David Franzblau

CRITICAL CARE NURSES OPINION AND KNOWLEDGE ABOUT THE ORGANIZATIONAL CHANGE OF CLOSING AN OPEN ICU IN A TERTIARY CARE CENTER
Chest 2007 132: 546S-547S. [Abstract] [PDF]  

Dani Hackner, Ashraf Elsayegh, Michael I. Lewis, Glenn Braunstein, and Zab Mosenifar

OPEN AND CLOSED CASE: A STUDY OF INTENSIVIST RUN UNITS
Chest 2007 132: 547S. [Abstract] [PDF]  

Rajesh Chawla, Sarita Sansarwal, Sudha Kansal, T. Jhamb, and P.P. Singh

A COMPARATIVE STUDY OF PREDICTIVE CAPABILITY OF CRITICAL ILLNESS SCORES IN INDIAN PATIENTS
Chest 2007 132: 547S. [Abstract] [PDF]  

Sindhaghatta K. Venkatram, Raghu Loganathan, Shekar Murthy, Frantz Torchon, Riyad Basir, and Anita Soni

IMPLEMENTATION OF A PRIMARY STROKE CENTER DIRECTED BY INTENSIVISTS AT A UNIVERSITY-AFFILIATED INNER CITY HOSPITAL
Chest 2007 132: 547S. [Abstract] [PDF]  

Stavros G. Memtsoudis, Matthias Walz, Licia K. Gaber, Melanie C. Besculides, Spencer S. Liu, and Alejandro Gonzalez Della Valle

TRENDS IN THE PREVALENCE OF PULMONARY COMORBIDITIES AND COMPLICATIONS AFTER PRIMARY TOTAL KNEE ARTHROPLASTY: UNITED STATES 1990–2004
Chest 2007 132: 547S-548S. [Abstract] [PDF]  

Carlos Alves, Gilberto Franco, Michelli Coelho, Mabel Gallina, Paloma Santos, Michele Andraus, and Silvana Souza

COMPARISON OF THE SAPS 3 EIGHT EQUATIONS IN A GENERAL INTENSIVE CARE UNIT IN BRAZIL
Chest 2007 132: 548S. [Abstract] [PDF]  

Hesham H. El Gamal, Patricia Pollack, Deborah S. Schramko, Anders Jacobson, Gloria Pierce, and David Franzblau

KNOWLEDGE AND ATTITUDE OF MEDICAL STAFF ABOUT CLOSED VS OPEN ICU IN TERTIARY CARE CENTER
Chest 2007 132: 548S. [Abstract] [PDF]  

Nancy Meszaros, Kathy LaMontagne, and Harvey S. Reich

DEVELOPMENT AND FUNCTION OF AN ICU NURSING PROCEDURAL QUICK REFERENCE MANUEL
Chest 2007 132: 548S. [Abstract] [PDF]  

Rajesh Balagani, Michael L. Ault, Alex Comellas, Viva J. Siddall, William C. McGaghie, Lenny Wade, Rozanna Templin, and Thomas Corbridge

CORRELATION BETWEEN CHECKLIST SCORING AND GLOBAL SCORING OF STUDENT PERFORMANCE DURING SIMULATION OF A CRITICALLY ILL PATIENT
Chest 2007 132: 549S. [Abstract] [PDF]  

Katherine P. Hendra, Heidi O'Connor, Miguel Divo, and Alexander C. White

UNPLANNED ACUTE MEDICAL TRANSFERS IN THE LONG-TERM ACUTE CARE POPULATION
Chest 2007 132: 549S. [Abstract] [PDF]  

Jonathan Dubin, Kevin O'Rourke, Shawn Stanley, David Weber, and Steven Q. Simpson

STRATEGIES FOR MEASURING AND REPORTING BLOOD GLUCOSE LEVELS IN THE ICU
Chest 2007 132: 549S. [Abstract] [PDF]  

Kalpalatha K. Guntupalli, V. R. Rebbapragada, M. H. Lodhi, Bradford Scott, John Burruss, Diane McCabe, and Antara Mallampalli

ANXIETY, DEPRESSION, AND POST-TRAUMATIC STRESS REACTIONS IN RELATIVES OF INTENSIVE CARE UNIT PATIENTS
Chest 2007 132: 549S-550S. [Abstract] [PDF]  

Salim R. Surani, Shyam Subramanian, Velma Parris, Neerav Mangipudi, and Monika Chmielewski

SEVERITY OF MOBILITY LOSS IN ELDERLY PATIENTS WITH SHORT-TERM HOSPITALIZATIONS COMPARED TO OUTPATIENTS
Chest 2007 132: 550S. [Abstract] [PDF]  

Christie Bailowas and Nasim Ahmed

IMPACT OF PRE-INJURY ANTICOAGULATION IN PATIENTS WITH BRAIN INJURY
Chest 2007 132: 550S. [Abstract] [PDF]  

Shadi Soufi and Muhammad Shibli

ADMISSION VS MEAN BLOOD GLUCOSE LEVELS AS A DETERMINANT OF OUTCOME IN CRITICALLY ILL PATIENTS
Chest 2007 132: 550S. [Abstract] [PDF]  

Amit Banga and G. C. Khilnani

SERIAL ESTIMATIONS OF SERUM ALBUMIN LEVELS IN CRITICALLY ILL PATIENTS
Chest 2007 132: 551S. [Abstract] [PDF]  

Sandeep Bansal, Raymond Khan, and Patricia A. Tietjen

EARLY MEAN ARTERIAL BLOOD PRESSURE: A PREDICTOR OF MORTALITY IN CRITICALLY ILL PATIENTS
Chest 2007 132: 551S. [Abstract] [PDF]  

Phillip A. Kadaj, Thomas E. Vanhecke, Michael A. Barnes, Michael H. Lazar, Mihir Gandhi, and Peter A. McCullough

NATRIURETIC PEPTIDE TESTING AND APACHE II SCORES FOR THE EVALUATION AND PREDICTION OF OUTCOME IN ACUTELY ILL PATIENTS: A PROSPECTIVE COHORT STUDY
Chest 2007 132: 551S. [Abstract] [PDF]  

Adebayo O. Esan, Ayman Bishay, Rana Khan, Diixa Patel, Meera Sohail, Desh Sharma, Suhail Raoof, Liziamma George, and Arun Devakonda

A RETROSPECTIVE ANALYSIS OF THE CHARACTERISTICS AND OUTCOME OF PATIENTS ADMITTED INTO THE MEDICAL INTENSIVE CARE UNIT WITH ACUTE GASTROINTESTINAL BLEEDING
Chest 2007 132: 551S-552S. [Abstract] [PDF]  

Maria L. Gomez-Grande, Jorge Sinclair-Avila, Julian Ortega-Carnicer, Alfonso Ambros-Checa, Juan Ros-Izquierdo, and Alfredo Martin-Vivas

MORTALITY PROGNOSTIC FACTORS IN IMMUNOSUPPRESSED PATIENTS ADMITTED IN INTENSIVE CARE UNIT
Chest 2007 132: 552S. [Abstract] [PDF]  

Shashikalaa Kura and Muhammad Shibli

OUTCOME AND PROGNOSTIC INDICATORS OF ELDERLY CRITICALLY ILL PATIENTS
Chest 2007 132: 552S. [Abstract] [PDF]  

Dani Hackner, Philip Ng, and Anish Desai

INTRATHORACIC CENTRAL VENOUS CATHETER-RELATED PNEUMOTHORAX: ULTRASOUND IMPLICATED IN REDUCTION OF PRACTICE VARIATION AND COMPLICATIONS
Chest 2007 132: 552S. [Abstract] [PDF]  

Faris A. Khasawneh, Krista A. Wahby, and Jorge A. Guzman

VANCOMYCIN TROUGH CONCENTRATIONS AND OUTCOMES IN PATIENTS WITH METHICILLIN-RESISTANT STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS (MRSA) VENTILATOR ASSOCIATED PNEUMONIA (VAP)
Chest 2007 132: 552S-553S. [Abstract] [PDF]  

Rodrigo Cartin-Ceba, Luis Juncos, Remzi Iscimen, and Ognjen Gajic

ASSESSMENT OF KIDNEY INJURY DEFINED BY THE RIFLE CRITERIA IN CRITICALLY ILL PATIENTS
Chest 2007 132: 553S. [Abstract] [PDF]  

Lee E. Morrow, Mark A. Malesker, and Matt Vanderloo

EPIDEMIOLOGY OF RENAL INSUFFICIENCY IN GERIATRIC PATIENTS WITH VENTILATOR-ASSOCIATED PNEUMONIA
Chest 2007 132: 553S. [Abstract] [PDF]  

Hans J. Lee, Greg Ruskin, Erfan Hussain, Maowen Hu, and Edmund J. Miller

LUNG AS SOURCE OF MACROPHAGE MIGRATION INHIBITORY FACTOR (MIF) IN SEPTIC SHOCK
Chest 2007 132: 553S. [Abstract] [PDF]  

Jean-François Mathieu, Sylvie Boucher, and Georges Arjane

LOW LEVELS OF PROTEIN C AND ANTITHROMBIN III COULD SUGGEST THE PRESENCE OF MICROCIRCULATORY DYSFUNCTION AND PREDICT THE SEVERITY OF SEPSIS AND THE APPEARANCE OF MULTIPLE ORGAN FAILURE
Chest 2007 132: 554S. [Abstract] [PDF]  

Adel I. Blamoun, George N. Batty, Ashraf Rashid, Muzamil Sheikh, Vincent A. DeBari, and M. A. Khan

CARDIAC TROPONIN LEVELS AND MECHANICAL VENTILATOR DEPENDENCE IN PATIENTS WITH SEPTIC SHOCK
Chest 2007 132: 554S. [Abstract] [PDF]  

Lonny Yarmus, Michelle Guzowski, Richard Riker, and Daniel Spratt

PERSISTENTLY BLUNTED ACTH RESPONSE IN PATIENTS WITH SEPTIC SHOCK AFTER 7 DAYS OF CORTICOSTEROID THERAPY
Chest 2007 132: 554S. [Abstract] [PDF]  

Ghulam Mujtaba, Mikhail Blinchik, Rana Ali, and Kenneth Ong

IS LOW PLASMA CORTISOL LEVEL ASSOCIATED WITH INCREASED RISK OF CARDIAC INJURY IN PATIENTS WITH SEPTIC SHOCK?
Chest 2007 132: 554S-555S. [Abstract] [PDF]  

Eduardo F. Sad, Romulo V. Mello, Eduardo P. Dias, Maria M. Soares, and Silvana E. Santos

SALIVARY CORTISOL IN CRITICAL CARE PATIENTS
Chest 2007 132: 555S. [Abstract] [PDF]  

Renaud Gueret, Aiman Tulaimat, Guralnick S. Amy, and Wisniewski Mary

IN PATIENTS WITH PNEUMONIA, ELEVATED CORTISOL LEVEL ON ADMISSION TO THE INTENSIVE CARE UNIT IS ASSOCIATED WITH VASOPRESSOR USE
Chest 2007 132: 555S. [Abstract] [PDF]  

Rajesh Chawla, S. Kansal, A. Lall, M. S. Kanwar, D. Rosha, A. Bansal, and V. Sikri

MARKERS OF OUTCOME IN PATIENTS WITH SEVERE SEPSIS TREATED USING DROTRECOGIN ALFA
Chest 2007 132: 555S. [Abstract] [PDF]  

Kelsey Gray, Connie S. Price, Allison L. Sabel, Katie H. Overdier, Robert Wolken, and Ivor S. Douglas

HEMATOLOGIC PROFILE OF ALCOHOL-DEPENDENT PATIENTS WITH INVASIVE PNEUMOCOCCAL DISEASE
Chest 2007 132: 555S-556S. [Abstract] [PDF]  

Parijat S. Joy and Herbert Patrick

PERFUSION INDEX COMPARED TO NIRS TISSUE OXYGENATION
Chest 2007 132: 556S. [Abstract] [PDF]  

Leonardo Seoane, Katheryn Sison, Marianne Billeter, and Teresa Nash

THE IMPACT OF HMG-COA REDUCTASE INHIBITORS ON RENAL FUNCTION IN PATIENTS WITH SHOCK
Chest 2007 132: 556S. [Abstract] [PDF]  

Monica I. Lupei, Gregory J. Beilman, Jeffrey G. Chipman, and Henry J. Mann

CHANGES IN VASOPRESSIN USE AND OUTCOMES IN SURGICAL INTENSIVE CARE UNIT PATIENTS WITH SEPTIC SHOCK
Chest 2007 132: 556S. [Abstract] [PDF]  

Atul Kumar, Rory P. Remmel, Gregory J. Beilman, and Henry J. Mann

EFFECT OF HEMORRHAGIC SHOCK ON PHARMACOKINETICS OF A DRUG PROBE COCKTAIL FOR CYTOCHROME P450 ISOZYMES IN A PORCINE MODEL
Chest 2007 132: 556S-557S. [Abstract] [PDF]  

Igor Aksenov, Michael Strauss, Stuart Miller, Chi Truong, and George Hart

NEW ROLES OF HYPERBARIC OXYGEN IN SEPSIS
Chest 2007 132: 557S. [Abstract] [PDF]  

Kashif Z. Hassan, Louis P. Voigt, Stephen M. Pastores, Nina D. Raoof, Sanjay Chawla, Margarita Alicea, and Neil A. Halpern

DROTRECOGIN ALFA (ACTIVATED) IN CANCER PATIENTS WITH SEPTIC SHOCK: MAYBE NOT THE RIGHT FIT
Chest 2007 132: 557S. [Abstract] [PDF]  

Teresa Rincon, Grace Bourke, and Daniel Ikeda

CENTRALIZED, REMOTE CARE IMPROVES SEPSIS IDENTIFICATION, BUNDLE COMPLIANCE AND OUTCOMES
Chest 2007 132: 557S-558S. [Abstract] [PDF]  

Audis Bethea, Carol A. Morreale, Melda Brown, Samantha Arrington, and Rajeev T. Thachil

IMPACT OF CLINICAL PHARMACY CONSULT SERVICES ON CLINICAL AND ECONOMIC OUTCOMES IN PATIENTS WITH SEVERE SEPSIS AND SEPTIC SHOCK
Chest 2007 132: 558S. [Abstract] [PDF]  

Fidaa Shaib, Maria Cirino-Marcano, Paula Peyrani Dicastelnuov, and Julio Ramirez

SEVERE SEPSIS AS CAUSE OF CLINICAL FAILURE IN COMMUNITY ACQUIRED PNEUMONIA
Chest 2007 132: 558S. [Abstract] [PDF]  

Joe G. Zein, George Nassif, Mohammad-Ali El-Harakeh, and Gary T. Kinasewitz

INFECTION CLASSIFICATION SHOULD ACCOUNT FOR THE TYPE OF INFECTING ORGANISM IN PATIENTS WITH SEVERE SEPSIS REGARDLESS OF THE SITE OF INFECTION
Chest 2007 132: 558S. [Abstract] [PDF]  

Steve T. Yang and Wing-Yen Chan Philip Eng

SEVERE COMMUNITY-ACQUIRED PNEUMONIA REQUIRING INTENSIVE CARE IN SINGAPORE, AN ASIAN PERSPECTIVE
Chest 2007 132: 558S-559S. [Abstract] [PDF]  

Guy Richards, Howard Levy, Pierre-Francois Laterre, Charles Feldman, Becky M. Bates, and Rebecca L. Qualy

CURB-65 PNEUMONIA SEVERITY INDEX AND APACHE II SCORES TO ASSESS MORTALITY RISK IN COMMUNITY-ACQUIRED PNEUMONIA PATIENTS FROM PROWESS
Chest 2007 132: 559S. [Abstract] [PDF]  

Alan S. Multz, Erfan Hussain, Lori Steir, Karen Miller, Marcella Degeronimo, Yosef Dlucacz, and Joseph Conte

THE EPIDEMIOLOGY OF SEVERE SEPSIS AT THE NORTH SHORE LONG ISLAND JEWISH HEALTH SYSTEM: TERTIARY CARE VS COMMUNITY CARE
Chest 2007 132: 559S. [Abstract] [PDF]  

Frank R. Ernst and Stephen Stemkowski

INCREASING INCIDENCE OF SEVERE SEPSIS CASES IN A LARGE HOSPITAL DATABASE, 2002–2006: ASSOCIATIONS WITH ORGAN DYSFUNCTION TYPE AND MULTIPLICITY MORE THAN WITH AGE
Chest 2007 132: 559S-560S. [Abstract] [PDF]  

Zhen Wang, Christa Schorr, Stephen W. Trzeciak, R. Phillip Dellinger, and Joseph E. Parrillo

DOES PATIENT ORIGIN AT TIME OF SEPTIC SHOCK PRESENTATION ALTER OUTCOMES?
Chest 2007 132: 560S. [Abstract] [PDF]  

Joe G. Zein, Mohammad-Ali El-Harakeh, George Nassif, and Gary T. Kinasewitz

DECREASES IN HEMOGLOBIN DURING FLUID RESUSCITATION IN PATIENTS WITH SEPTIC SHOCK ARE ASSOCIATED WITH REDUCED MORTALITY
Chest 2007 132: 560S. [Abstract] [PDF]  

Lauren J. Pitkow, David Visco, and Herbert Patrick

INTRAOBSERVER VARIABILITY IN THE DETECTION OF THE SEPSIS CONTINUUM IN CRITICALLY ILL PATIENTS
Chest 2007 132: 560S. [Abstract] [PDF]  

Priya Bakaya, Ashish Patel, David Visco, Han C. Ryoo, and Herbert Patrick

DETECTION OF SEPSIS CONTINUUM BY HEALTHCARE PROVIDERS VS COMPUTER SOFTWARE
Chest 2007 132: 560S-561S. [Abstract] [PDF]  

Richard Patch, Rodrigo Cartin-Ceba, Murat Yilmaz, Bekele Afessa, and Ognjen Gajic

ACCURACY OF THE PHYSICAL EXAM IN THE DIFFERENTIATION OF SHOCK SYNDROMES
Chest 2007 132: 561S. [Abstract] [PDF]  

Yatin Mehta, Yizhak Kupfer, Rosemarie Poska, Kabu Chawla, and Sidney Tessler

A COMPARISON OF NURSING TIME INVOLVED WITH CONTINUOUS INSULIN VS VASOPRESSOR INFUSION
Chest 2007 132: 561S. [Abstract] [PDF]  

Mohammad Jarbou, Ousama Dabbagh, and Stevan P. Whitt

DID THE SAFE TRIAL CHANGE THE BEHAVIOR OF HEALTH CARE PROVIDERS?
Chest 2007 132: 561S. [Abstract] [PDF]  

Shawn Anderson, John G. Gums, and Vivien Ng

INSTITUTIONAL ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE TRENDS: RESULTS OF THE ANTIMICROBIAL RESISTANCE MANAGEMENT (ARM) PROGRAM
Chest 2007 132: 562S. [Abstract] [PDF]  

J Williams, B. Kona, R. Kothari, M. Rehman, and P. Krishnan

THE USEFULNESS OF HEAD COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY SCANS IN PATIENTS ADMITTED FOR DELIRIUM TREMENS AT A TEACHING COMMUNITY HOSPITAL
Chest 2007 132: 562S. [Abstract] [PDF]  

Joseph G. Verbalis, Steven Rosansky, Lynne E. Wagoner, Bruce McNutt, and Bo Yan

EFFICACY AND SAFETY OF CONIVAPTAN, A VASOPRESSIN V1A- AND V2-RECEPTOR ANTAGONIST, DURING PHASE 3 TRIALS OF PATIENTS WITH EUVOLEMIC OR HYPERVOLEMIC HYPONATREMIA
Chest 2007 132: 562S. [Abstract] [PDF]  

Heidi H. O Connor, Kelly Kirby, and Alexander C. White

TRANSFUSION PRACTICES IN PATIENTS UNDERGOING PROLONGED MECHANICAL VENTILATION AT A LONG-TERM ACUTE CARE HOSPITAL
Chest 2007 132: 562S-563S. [Abstract] [PDF]  

Mohit Chawla, Louis P. Voigt, Stephen M. Pastores, Nina D. Raoof, Sanjay Chawla, Margarita Alicea, and Neil A. Halpern

RECOMBINANT ACTIVATED FACTOR VII IN CRITICALLY ILL CANCER PATIENTS WITH SEVERE HEMORRHAGE
Chest 2007 132: 563S. [Abstract] [PDF]  

Hector Peña-Carrillo, Luis E. Santos-Martinez, Pablo Moreno-Sanchez, and Miguel Remolina-Schling

RECOMBINANT ACTIVATED FACTOR VII: A SUCCESSFUL TREATMENT FOR ACUTE UNCONTROLLED SEVERE BLEEDING IN A CRITICAL CARE UNIT
Chest 2007 132: 563S. [Abstract] [PDF]  

Ragheb A. Assaly

COMPARISON OF THREE SIZES OF POLYETHYLENE GLYCOL MODIFIED ALBUMIN TO ALBUMIN IN SEPTIC SHOCK IN THE RAT
Chest 2007 132: 563S-564S. [Abstract] [PDF]  

William W. Hope, Thomas Schmelzer, Aram Kim, Jonathan Salashour, M. C. Barrett, and Ronald F. Sing

FACTORS AFFECTING THE OVERUSE OF STRESS ULCER PROPHYLAXIS IN PATIENTS IN THE INTENSIVE CARE UNIT
Chest 2007 132: 564S. [Abstract] [PDF]  

Steve G. Cochran, Kelli Dunn, and Will Miles

TIGHT GLUCOSE CONTROL WITH MINIMAL HYPOGLYCEMIA
Chest 2007 132: 564S. [Abstract] [PDF]  

Anita J. Reddy, Hye-Youn Cho, Dianne M. Walters, and Steven R. Kleeberger

KNOCKOUT OF THE NAD(P)H:QUINONE OXIDOREDUCTASE 1 GENE INCREASES SUSCEPTIBILITY TO HYPEROXIA IN MICE
Chest 2007 132: 564S. [Abstract] [PDF]  

Guoming Wu, Xu Zhi, and Feng Qijia

PRELIMINARY SCREENING MIMIC PEPTIDE OF LIPOPOLYSACCHARIDE BINDING PROTEIN BINDING TO CD14
Chest 2007 132: 564S-565S. [Abstract] [PDF]  

Abel Rivero, Elamin Elamin, Vu Nguyen, Wayne Cruse, and David Smith

CAN NEBULIZED HEPARIN AND N-ACETYLCYSTEINE REDUCE ACUTE LUNG INJURY AFTER INHALATION LUNG INSULT?
Chest 2007 132: 565S. [Abstract] [PDF]  

Chukwuma Ogugua, Ibrahim Aboudaya, Israel Penate, Jerome Ernst, Steve Blum, and Gilda Diaz-Fuentes

ADULT RESPIRATORY DISTRESS SYNDROME (ARDS): COMPARISON BETWEEN HIV POSITIVE AND HIV NEGATIVE/UNKNOWN PATIENTS–DETERMINANTS OF OUTCOME IN AN INNER CITY HOSPITAL
Chest 2007 132: 565S. [Abstract] [PDF]  

William D. Marino

REDUCTION IN VARIABILITY IN PULMONARY MECHANICS DURING USE OF LOW LEVELS OF PEEP
Chest 2007 132: 565S-566S. [Abstract] [PDF]  

David G. Bell

SEVERE LUNG INJURY FOLLOWING EXPOSURE TO CHLORINE GAS: A CASE SERIES
Chest 2007 132: 566S. [Abstract] [PDF]  

Sendhil K. Balasubramanian, Ravindranath Tiruvoipati, Kushal Pujara, Suhair Sheebani, Andrew Sosnowski, Richard Firmin, Justiaan Swanevelder, and Giles J. Peek

ECHOCARDIOGRAPHIC EVALUATION OF CARDIAC FUNCTION IN ADULT PATIENTS UNDERGOING VENOVENOUS EXTRA CORPOREAL MEMBRANE OXYGENATION
Chest 2007 132: 566S. [Abstract] [PDF]  

Mohammad Jarbou and Ousama Dabbagh

PULMONARY/CRITICAL CARE PHYSICIANS ATTITUDE TOWARD ULTRASOUND APPLICATIONS IN THE INTENSIVE CARE UNIT
Chest 2007 132: 566S. [Abstract] [PDF]  

Eli Gavi, Lewis Eisen, and Paul Mayo

UTILITY OF AN ULTRASOUND-BASED ALGORITHM FOR RAPID RESPONSE TEAMS IN THE EVALUATION OF ACUTE DYSPNEA
Chest 2007 132: 567S. [Abstract] [PDF]  

Raymond P. Onders, MaryJo Elmo, Robert Schilz, Bashar Katirji, Subhalakashmi Sivashankaran, and Anthony Ignagni

LIBERATING TETRAPLEGICS FROM MECHANICAL VENTILATION USING MOTOR POINT DIAPHRAGM PACING
Chest 2007 132: 567S. [Abstract] [PDF]  

Alejandro Leos, Juan Galindo-Galindo, Erik E. Folch, Arnoldo Guerrero, Francisco Bosques, Roberto Mercado, and Alejandro C. Arroliga

COMPARISON OF BRONCHOSCOPIC BRONCHOALVEOLAR LAVAGE VS BLIND LAVAGE WITH A MODIFIED NASOGASTRIC TUBE IN THE ETIOLOGIC DIAGNOSIS OF VENTILATOR-ASSOCIATED PNEUMONIA
Chest 2007 132: 567S. [Abstract] [PDF]  

Safdar G. Khan, Salma Hussain, Babar Dildar, Muhammad Ali, Asim Noor, and Jawed Abubaker

TO COMPARE QUANTITATIVE BRONCHOSCOPIC LAVAGE CULTURES (B-BAL) WITH BLIND NG TUBE LAVAGE (N-BAL) CULTURES IN THE DIAGNOSIS OF VENTILATOR ASSOCIATED PNEUMONIA (VAP)
Chest 2007 132: 567S-568S. [Abstract] [PDF]  

Shubhra Ghosh, Clarence Finch, Kristen J. Price, and Selvaraj E. Pravinkumar

PLATELET LEVELS AND SAFETY OF BRONCHOALVEOLAR LAVAGE IN CRITICALLY ILL CANCER PATIENTS
Chest 2007 132: 568S. [Abstract] [PDF]  

Kizito Ojiako, Rajaram Sri Sujanthy, Gerber David, Bekes Carolyn, and Dellinger Phillip

UTILITY OF TECHNETIUM 99M LABELED RED CELL (RBC) SCANNING FOR LOWER GASTROINTESTINAL BLEEDING (LGIB)
Chest 2007 132: 568S. [Abstract] [PDF]  

Jay M. Nfonoyim, Song Xiaosong, Benigno Cartagena, and Joseph Ng

PATIENTS WHO DEVELOP GASTROINTESTINAL BLEEDING IN THE ICU: QUESTIONABLE ROLE OF ENDOSCOPY
Chest 2007 132: 568S-569S. [Abstract] [PDF]  

Parijat S. Joy and Herbert Patrick

NIRS TISSUE OXYGENATION COMPARED TO PULSE OXIMETRY IN CRITICALLY ILL PATIENTS
Chest 2007 132: 569S. [Abstract] [PDF]  

Jae G. Kim, Jangwoen Lee, Thomas J. Walters, Matthew Brenner, and Bruce J. Tromberg

HEMODYNAMIC CHANGES IN RAT LEG MUSCLES DURING TOURNIQUET-INDUCED ISCHEMIA-REPERFUSION INJURY OBSERVED BY NEAR INFRARED SPECTROSCOPY
Chest 2007 132: 569S. [Abstract] [PDF]  

Houssein A. Youness, Marwan Elya, Nadim Daher, Shelbi Atrash, Jean Keddissi, and Garry Kinasewitz

CERVICAL SUBCUTANEOUS FAT THICKNESS AND CENTRAL VENOUS LINE PLACEMENT
Chest 2007 132: 569S. [Abstract] [PDF]  

Amy S. Guralnick, Renaud M. Gueret, and Aiman Tulaimat

WIDE VARIATION IN CHEST X-RAY READING BY PULMONARY FELLOWS
Chest 2007 132: 569S-570S. [Abstract] [PDF]  

Salam S. Salman and Mark Keegan

ACUTE RENAL IMPAIRMENT (ARI) IN PATIENTS ADMITTED TO THE INTENSIVE CARE UNIT (ICU) POST-PERIPHERAL VASCULAR SURGERY
Chest 2007 132: 570S. [Abstract] [PDF]  

Laszlo Littmann and Stephen L. Rennyson

RESPIRATORY ARTIFACT IN THE ELECTROCARDIOGRAM: A VALUABLE DIAGNOSTIC TOOL
Chest 2007 132: 570S. [Abstract] [PDF]  

Brian P. Casserly

DETECTION OF INTRINSIC POSITIVE PRESSURE VENTILATION BY AUSCULTATION OF THE EXPIRATORY VALVE OF THE VENTILATOR AND LISTENING FOR PERSISTENCE OF AIRFLOW AT END-EXPIRATION
Chest 2007 132: 570S-571S. [Abstract] [PDF]  

Maria Luisa Gomez-Grande, Jorge E. Sinclair-Avila, Mariana Portilla-Botelho, Maria C. Martin-Rodriguez, Julian Ortega-Carnicer, and Lucia Lopez

MECHANICAL VENTILATION ASSOCIATED PNEUMONIAE PREVENTION WITH AEROSOL'S COLIMICINE IN COLONIZED AIRWAY BY MULTIRESISTANT ACINETOBACTER BAUMANNII
Chest 2007 132: 571S. [Abstract] [PDF]  

Abhijith Hegde, Lewis Eisen, Samuel Acquah, Frank Acerra, and Paul H. Mayo

OUTCOME OF BAG-VALVE MASK (BVM) VENTILATION PERFORMED BY MEDICAL HOUSE STAFF TRAINED USING A COMPUTERIZED PATIENT SIMULATOR (CPS) WITH SCENARIO-BASED TRAINING (SBT) DURING EMERGENCY ENDOTRACHEAL INTUBATION (EEI)
Chest 2007 132: 571S. [Abstract] [PDF]  

Raymond P. Onders, Robert Schilz, Subhalakashmi Sivashankaran, Bashar Katirji, MaryJo Elmo, and Anthony Ignagni

DIAPHRAGM PACING AS A SHORT-TERM ASSIST TO POSITIVE PRESSURE MECHANICAL VENTILATION IN CRITICAL CARE PATIENTS
Chest 2007 132: 571S-572S. [Abstract] [PDF]  

Nicole D. Collett and Gregory A. Schmidt

SLOPE OF THE PRESSURE-TIME WAVEFORM PREDICTS RESPIRATORY SYSTEM RESISTANCE AND COMPLIANCE IN MECHANICALLY VENTILATED PATIENTS
Chest 2007 132: 572S. [Abstract] [PDF]  

Georgios Chrysochoou, Antonios Zikos, and Mathew Quigley

EARLY VS LATE TRACHEOSTOMY IN CRITICALLY ILL NEUROLOGY AND NEUROSURGERY PATIENTS
Chest 2007 132: 572S. [Abstract] [PDF]  

T. Izumi, A. Noda, R. Kogawa, and K. Tanjyo

TIME COURSE OF SPONTANEOUS BREATHING PATTERN DURING ASSESSMENT FOR WEANING
Chest 2007 132: 572S. [Abstract] [PDF]  

Frank Sebat, David Johnson, Debbie Shoffner, Bruce Stouch, and Jan Powers

BENEFITS, COMPLICATIONS OF PRONE POSITION AND UTILITY OF AUTOMATED PRONING BED IN THE TREATMENT OF ACUTE LUNG INJURY (ALI)
Chest 2007 132: 572S-573S. [Abstract] [PDF]  

Joan Cecich, Kimberly Douglass, Patrick Smego, and Robert Spoula

THE RAPID SHALLOW BREATHING INDEX: A COMPARISON OF TWO COLLECTION METHODS
Chest 2007 132: 573S. [Abstract] [PDF]  

Kizito Ojiako, Hiren Patel, Schorr Christa, and Gerber David

RETROSPECTIVE COMPARISON OF FAMOTIDINE AND PANTOPRAZOLE FOR THE PREVENTION OF UPPER GASTROINTESTINAL BLEEDING IN MECHANICALLY VENTILATED PATIENTS
Chest 2007 132: 573S. [Abstract] [PDF]  

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

WEANING FROM LONG-TERM VENTILATOR SUPPORT: A DIFFERENT STANDARD FOR SUCCESS
Chest 2007 132: 573S-574S. [Abstract] [PDF]  

Elamin M. Elamin, Larry F. Huges, and Diane Drew

IS KETAMINE THE RIGHT SEDATIVE FOR MECHANICALLY VENTILATED PATIENTS?
Chest 2007 132: 574S. [Abstract] [PDF]  

Sindhaghatta K. Venkatram, Rahul Chandra, Jay Nayak, Riyad Basir, and Anita Soni

LEAP FROG INITIATIVES: VENTILATOR OUTCOMES IN AN INNER CITY UNIVERSITY AFFILIATED HOSPITAL WITH 24/7 INTENSIVISTS COVERAGE
Chest 2007 132: 574S. [Abstract] [PDF]  

Marya D. Zilberberg, Marjolein de Wit, Jason R. Pirone, and Andrew F. Shorr

GROWTH IN ADULT-PROLONGED ACUTE MECHANICAL VENTILATION: IMPLICATIONS FOR HEALTH-CARE DELIVERY
Chest 2007 132: 574S. [Abstract] [PDF]  

Rachel A. Heft

ELECTROPHRENIC RESPIRATION (EPR) IN CHRONIC RESPIRATORY FAILURE
Chest 2007 132: 574S-575S. [Abstract] [PDF]  

Raymond Onders, Robert Schilz, Bashar Katirji, MaryJo Elmo, Subhalakashmi Sivashankaran, and Anthony Ignagni

IMPROVEMENT OF RESPIRATORY MUSCLE DETERIORATION USING THE DIAPHRAGM PACING STIMULATION (DPS) SYSTEM IN PATIENTS WITH AMYOTROPHIC LATERAL SCLEROSIS (ALS)
Chest 2007 132: 575S. [Abstract] [PDF]  

Nina M. Fielden, Linda J. Lewicki, Kathryn H. Meyer, Carla Wollens, and Alejandro C. Arroliga

THE EFFECTS OF CONTINUOUS LATERAL ROTATION THERAPY
Chest 2007 132: 575S. [Abstract] [PDF]  

Loren W. Greenway

RETROSPECTIVE COHORT STUDY OF VENTILATOR WEANING OUTCOME AT PROMISE SPECIALTY HOSPITAL IN UTAH
Chest 2007 132: 575S-576S. [Abstract] [PDF]  

Miguel Divo, Susan Murray, Joseph Curro, and Bartolome R. Celli

PROLONGED MECHANICAL VENTILATION (PMV) IN MASSACHUSETTS: THE 2006 SURVEY AND 20 YEARS TREND
Chest 2007 132: 576S. [Abstract] [PDF]  

Sanjeev Suri, Alex Zhanghong, Daniel Sessler, Omar Minai, and Roop Kaw

COST-EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS OF CONTINUOUS POSITIVE AIRWAY PRESSURE THERAPY IN PATIENTS WITH POSTOPERATIVE HYPOXIA AFTER ELECTIVE ABDOMINAL SURGERY
Chest 2007 132: 576S. [Abstract] [PDF]  

Frank J. Austan, David E. Ciccolella, and Masayuki Suzukawa

THE EFFECTS ON SPUTUM CHARACTERISTICS OF COMBINING A SUPPLEMENTAL HUMIDITY DEVICE WITH A HEAT-MOISTURE EXCHANGER FILTER
Chest 2007 132: 576S. [Abstract] [PDF]  

Mark S. Rouse, Bekele Afessa, Silke S. Talsma, and Robin Patel

IN VITRO ASSESSMENT OF MICROBIAL COLONIZATION AND BIOFILM FORMATION ON SILVER COATED ENDOTRACHEAL TUBES POST EXTUBATION
Chest 2007 132: 576S-577S. [Abstract] [PDF]  

Alphonso A. Quinones, Rachael A. Permell, Laura Gazarra, Erfan Hussain, Mark Rosen, Arunabh Talwar, and Stephan Kamholz

A STUDY TO EVALUATE THE COMPETENCY OF ICU PERSONNEL IN OXYGEN THERAPY
Chest 2007 132: 577S. [Abstract] [PDF]  

Wissam B. Abouzgheib, Adib Chaaya, Christa Schorr, Huma Rana, Daniel Markley, and David R. Gerber

ICU READMISSION OF TRACHEOSTOMIZED PATIENTS: AN ANALYSIS OF PREDICTORS
Chest 2007 132: 577S. [Abstract] [PDF]  

Seema Mishra, Deepak Gupta, and Sushma Bhatnagar

RESPIRATORY SUPPORT IN ONCOLOGY WARD SETTING: A PROSPECTIVE DESCRIPTIVE STUDY
Chest 2007 132: 577S-578S. [Abstract] [PDF]  

Susan B. Muldoon, Soumya Niranjan, and Sean R. Muldoon

THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN VENTILATOR STATUS AT DISCHARGE FROM A SHORT-TERM ACUTE CARE FACILITY, AND SUBSEQUENT DISCHARGE DISPOSITION AND PLACEMENT
Chest 2007 132: 578S. [Abstract] [PDF]  

Jacob I. Haft and Louis E. Teichholz

ATRIAL FIBRILLATION, LEFT VENTRICULAR HYPERTROPHY, LEFT ATRIAL ENLARGEMENT, EJECTION FRACTION, AND HYPERTENSION IN PATIENTS WITH NONHEMORRHAGIC STROKE
Chest 2007 132: 578S. [Abstract] [PDF]  

Cristian Mornos, Adina Ionac, Dragos Cozma, Dana Maximov, Laura Simion, and Stefan I. Dragulescu

ESTIMATION OF LEFT VENTRICULAR FILLING PRESSURE USING TISSUE DOPPLER ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY IN PATIENTS WITH INTERMEDIATE E/EA
Chest 2007 132: 578S. [Abstract] [PDF]  

Zhen Wang, Mary Stauss, Karen Slutsky, Smith Jean, R. Phillip Dellinger, and Joseph E. Parrillo

VIBRATION ENERGY CHANGES IN ACUTE HEART FAILURE PATIENTS BEFORE AND AFTER THERAPY
Chest 2007 132: 579S. [Abstract] [PDF]  

Jacob Koruth, Xuedong Shen, Mark J. Holmberg, Huagui Li, Chandra K. Nair, Tom Hee, Claire Hunter, Nancy Koster, Aryan N. Mooss, and Dennis J. Esterbrooks

THE PREDICTIVE VALUE OF LEFT ATRIAL VOLUME IN PATIENTS WITH WIDE QRS, LEFT VENTRICULAR DYSSYNCHRONY AND CARDIAC RESYNCHRONIZATION THERAPY
Chest 2007 132: 579S. [Abstract] [PDF]  

Walid M. Hassan, Fayez ElShaer, Mohamed Fawzy, Suliman Kharabsheh, Nathem Akhras, Maie Shahid, Naser ElKum, and Charles Canver

THE PREVALENCE, CLINICAL CHARACTERISTICS, AND PROGNOSIS OF HEART FAILURE WITH PRESERVED SYSTOLIC FUNCTION: A CLINICAL STUDY OF 519 ELDERLY PATIENTS WITH 5 YEARS FOLLOW-UP
Chest 2007 132: 579S. [Abstract] [PDF]  

Kishlay Anand, Xuedong Shen, Chandra K. Nair, Huagui Li, Mark J. Holmberg, Aryan N. Mooss, Hema Korlakunta, Tim Farkas, Tom Hee, Karen S. Rovang, Stephanie Maciejewski, and Dennis J. Esterbrooks

A NOVEL METHOD TO DETECT LEFT VENTRICULAR DYSSYNCHRONY BY PULSED AND TISSUE DOPPLER: SENSITIVITY AND AGREEMENT
Chest 2007 132: 579S-580S. [Abstract] [PDF]  

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

CORRELATION BETWEEN OBJECTIVE CHEST X-RAY FINDINGS WITH SERUM BRAIN NATRIURETIC PEPTIDE LEVELS, EJECTION FRACTION AND DIASTOLIC FUNCTION IN PATIENTS PRESENTING WITH AND WITHOUT DYSPNEA
Chest 2007 132: 580S. [Abstract] [PDF]  

Tareq A. Baghal, Fayez E. Shamoon, Mahesh Bikkina, Arthur Millman, Vincent Debari, Samir Azhak, and Jacob Haft

LUSITROPIC EFFECTS OF NESIRITIDE IN PATIENTS WITH ISOLATED DIASTOLIC HEART FAILURE (LUND-HF TRIAL)
Chest 2007 132: 580S. [Abstract] [PDF]  

Mohammad-Ali A. El-Harakeh, Seema Varma, and Leonard Lefkovic

NESIRITIDE WORSENED RENAL FUNCTION IN OUTPATIENT TREATMENT OF CHRONIC HEART FAILURE
Chest 2007 132: 580S. [Abstract] [PDF]  

Lee M. Arcement, Ron Horswell, Manpreet Singh, Joey Key, Michael Butler, and Kathy Hebert

DISEASE MANAGEMENT REDUCES RACIAL AND GENDER DIFFERENCES IN SURVIVAL AMONG INDIGENT PATIENTS WITH SYSTOLIC HEART FAILURE
Chest 2007 132: 580S-581S. [Abstract] [PDF]  

Hajime Kataoka

AGE-RELATED PULMONARY CRACKLES IN ASYMPTOMATIC CARDIOVASCULAR PATIENTS
Chest 2007 132: 581S. [Abstract] [PDF]  

Muhammad T. Gill, Kevin Rice, Devashish Desai, Sobia Yaqub, Eric R. Blough, and Paulette S. Wehner

HEART FAILURE IN DIABETES IS ASSOCIATED WITH ALTERATIONS IN THE DYSTROPHIN GLYCOPROTEIN COMPLEX COMPOSITION AND EXPRESSION IN THE MYOCARDIUM
Chest 2007 132: 581S. [Abstract] [PDF]  

Kathy Hebert, Ron Horswell, and Lee M. Arcement

THE POTENTIAL EXPANSION OF A POLYPILL IN AN INDIGENT HEART FAILURE DISEASE MANAGEMENT PROGRAM
Chest 2007 132: 581S-582S. [Abstract] [PDF]  

Hikmet Al-Hiti

HEART TRANSPLANTATION IN PATIENTS WITH SEVERE PULMONARY HYPERTENSION
Chest 2007 132: 582S. [Abstract] [PDF]  

Drosos Tsavlis, Evangellia Spandou, Kokkona Koliakos-Kouzi, Dimitrios Koutsonikolas, Anna Tzoumaka, Constantina Simeonidou, Ioannis Angomachalelis, and Solon Bountzioukas

THE EFFECT OF ERYTHROPOIETIN ON BLEOMYCIN-INDUCED PULMONARY FIBROSIS IN RATS
Chest 2007 132: 582S. [Abstract] [PDF]  

Stacey L. Vallejo, Steven A. Sahn, and Dee W. Ford

PERCEPTION OF ILLNESS IN IDIOPATHIC PULMONARY FIBROSIS: A PROSPECTIVE SURVEY OF PATIENTS AND THEIR FAMILY MEMBERS
Chest 2007 132: 582S. [Abstract] [PDF]  

Sean A. McKay, Oksana A. Shlobin, Shahzad Ahmad, Scott D. Barnett, and Steven D. Nathan

CAT SCAN CORRELATION BETWEEN PULMONARY ARTERY DIAMETER AND PULMONARY ARTERY PRESSURE IN IDIOPATHIC PULMONARY FIBROSIS
Chest 2007 132: 582S-583S. [Abstract] [PDF]  

David A. Zisman, Arun S. Karlamangla, David J. Ross, Michael P. Keane, John A. Belperio, Rajan Saggar, Joseph P. Lynch, III, Abbas Ardehali, and Jonathan Goldin

HIGH-RESOLUTION CHEST COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY FINDINGS DO NOT PREDICT THE PRESENCE OF PULMONARY HYPERTENSION IN ADVANCED IDIOPATHIC PULMONARY FIBROSIS
Chest 2007 132: 583S. [Abstract] [PDF]  

Wayneinder S. Anand, Shelley Shapiro, Rajeev Saggar, Rajan Saggar, John A. Belperio, Joseph P. Lynch, III, and David A. Zisman

VASOREACTIVITY WITH INHALED NITRIC OXIDE AND 100% OXYGEN IN PATIENT'S WITH IDIOPATHIC PULMONARY FIBROSIS AND PULMONARY ARTERIAL HYPERTENSION
Chest 2007 132: 583S. [Abstract] [PDF]  

Richard Lovy, Will VanderRoest, Shane Matheny, Jamie Taweel, and Johnny Meek

THE BENEFITS OF PULMONARY REHABILITATION IN PATIENTS WITH DIAGNOSED INTERSTITIAL LUNG DISEASE
Chest 2007 132: 583S. [Abstract] [PDF]  

Qanta A. Ahmed, Gregory E. Gilbert, Erin Driscoll, Teresa Johnson, Ruth Oser, and Steven A. Sahn

IDIOPATHIC PULMONARY FIBROSIS (IPF) PATIENTS ARE AT RISK FOR OBSTRUCTIVE SLEEP APNEA SYNDROME
Chest 2007 132: 584S. [Abstract] [PDF]  

Qanta A. Ahmed, Gregory E. Gilbert, Erin Driscoll, Teresa Johnson, Ruth Oser, and Steven A. Sahn

INSOMNIA IN IDIOPATHIC PULMONARY FIBROSIS (IPF) IS FREQUENT AND OFTEN SEVERE
Chest 2007 132: 584S. [Abstract] [PDF]  

Steven R. Schuster, Mohammad Jarbou, and Ousama Dabbagh

PREVALENCE OF VENOUS THROMBOEMBOLISM (VTE) AMONG PATIENTS WITH BIOPSY-PROVEN USUAL INTERSTITIAL PNEUMONITIS (UIP)
Chest 2007 132: 584S. [Abstract] [PDF]  

Fabien Maldonado, Craig E. Daniels, Elizabeth A. Hoffman, Eunhee S. Yi, and Jay H. Ryu

FOCAL ORGANIZING PNEUMONIA ON SURGICAL LUNG BIOPSY: CAUSES, CLINICORADIOLOGIC FEATURES, AND PROGNOSIS
Chest 2007 132: 584S-585S. [Abstract] [PDF]  

Haval M. Saadlla

INTERFERON-INDUCED INTERSTITIAL PNEUMONITIS
Chest 2007 132: 585S. [Abstract] [PDF]  

Tobias Peikert, Craig E. Daniels, Timothy J. Beebe, Keith C. Meyer, and Jay H. Ryu

AMERICAN COLLEGE OF CHEST PHYSICIANS (ACCP) SURVEY ON THE DIAGNOSIS AND THERAPY OF IDIOPATHIC PULMONARY FIBROSIS (IPF)
Chest 2007 132: 585S. [Abstract] [PDF]  

Sukriti Singhal, Vladimir Sabayev, Stephen Karbowitz, and Kenneth Sha

SARCOIDOSIS AMONG CHINESE-AMERICANS
Chest 2007 132: 585S. [Abstract] [PDF]  

Binu George and Gloria E. Westney

CANCER MANIFESTATIONS IN AN AFRICAN AMERICAN SARCOIDOSIS COHORT
Chest 2007 132: 586S. [Abstract] [PDF]  

Violeta Vucinic, Jelica Videnovic, Snezana Filipovic, and Dijana Risimic

THE VARIETY IN CLINICAL PRESENTATIONS OF OCULAR SARCOIDOSIS IN PATIENTS WITH BIOPSY POSITIVE PULMONARY SARCOIDOSIS
Chest 2007 132: 586S. [Abstract] [PDF]  

Wessam G. Yacoub, Nihir Waghela, Betty Herndon, Timothy Quinn, and A Molteni

PULMONARY UREASE INCREASES CELLULAR RESPONSE TO H PYLORI PROTEIN
Chest 2007 132: 586S. [Abstract] [PDF]  

Violeta V. Vucinic, Snezana Filipovic, Vladimir Zugic, Jelica Videnovic, and Branko Gvozdenovic

DEPRESSION IN SARCOIDOSIS: CES-D SCALE IN SARCOIDOSIS PATIENTS
Chest 2007 132: 586S-587S. [Abstract] [PDF]  

Violeta Vucinic, Desanka Mitrovic, Snezana Filipovic, Zeljko Curcic, Jelica Videnovic, and Vladimir Zugic

OSTEOPOROSIS IN SARCOIDOSIS PATIENTS
Chest 2007 132: 587S. [Abstract] [PDF]  

Branislav Gvozdenovic, Violeta Vucinic Mihailovic, and Vladimir Zugic

SEVERITY OF SYMPTOMS AND HEALTH STATUS IN PATIENTS WITH PULMONARY AND EXTRAPULMONARY SARCOIDOSIS
Chest 2007 132: 587S. [Abstract] [PDF]  

Philippe R. Bauer and Jay H. Ryu

WHAT IS THE ROLE OF SEROLOGIC MARKERS OF CONNECTIVE TISSUE DISEASE IN THE ASSESSMENT OF INTERSTITIAL LUNG DISEASE?
Chest 2007 132: 587S. [Abstract] [PDF]  

Surender Kashyap, Rameshwar S. Negi, and Prasant R. Mohapatra

PULMONARY ALVEOLAR MICROLITHIASIS: A REPORT OF FIVE CASES FROM NORTH WESTERN HIMALAYAN REGION OF INDIA
Chest 2007 132: 587S-588S. [Abstract] [PDF]  

Jin-Ping Zheng, Qiao-Li Chen, Yi Gao, Jia-Ying An, and Ying-Ying Gu

CHARACTERS OF PULMONARY FUNCTION TESTING IN 25 PATIENTS WITH PULMONARY ALVEOLAR PROTEINOSIS
Chest 2007 132: 588S. [Abstract] [PDF]  

Irena Spasova, Leona Koubkova, Miloslav Marel, and Jaromir Musil

ORAL VINORELBINE IN GERIATRIC NON-SMALL CELL LUNG CANCER PATIENTS
Chest 2007 132: 588S. [Abstract] [PDF]  

Sunita Nathan, Pritesh Patel, Jennifer Sharma, Joyce Samuel, and John H. Stroger, Jr.

ERLOTINIB (TARCEVA) EXPERIENCE IN A PUBLIC HEALTH SYSTEM, MINORITY PATIENT POPULATION WITH PROGRESSIVE METASTATIC NON-SMALL CELL LUNG CANCER (MNSCLC)
Chest 2007 132: 588S-589S. [Abstract] [PDF]  

Anant Mohan, Randeep Guleria, Ashutosh K. Pathak, Sachin Kumar, R.M. Pandey, and Charu Mohan

IMPACT OF SYMPTOMS, RESPIRATORY STATUS, NUTRITIONAL PROFILE, AND QUALITY OF LIFE ON RESPONSE TO CHEMOTHERAPY IN PATIENTS WITH NON-SMALL CELL LUNG CANCER
Chest 2007 132: 589S. [Abstract] [PDF]  

Tomasito R. Sy, Jubert P. Benedicto, and Judith P. Sanico-Soliano

THE EFFECT OF SUPERIOR VENA CAVA DOSE RADIOTHERAPY ON DYSPNEA AMONG PATIENTS WITH SUPERIOR VENA CAVA SYNDROME
Chest 2007 132: 589S. [Abstract] [PDF]  

Benjamin Movsas, Alexander Sun, Ritsuko Komaki, James Bonner, Hak Choy, Laurie Gaspar, Howard M. Sandler, and Feng-Ming Kong

PATTERNS OF PRACTICE IN LIMITED-STAGE SMALL CELL LUNG CANCER (LS-SCLC) AMONG RADIATION ONCOLOGISTS
Chest 2007 132: 589S. [Abstract] [PDF]  

Tina J. Wang, Alicia Bogardus, Rebecca Nelson, and Frederic Grannis

WHICH ADVANCED-STAGE NSCLC PATIENTS ATTAIN LONG-TERM SURVIVAL?
Chest 2007 132: 589S-590S. [Abstract] [PDF]  

Gabrielle Ray, Arnold M. Schwartz, and Donald E. Henson

LUNG CANCER CORRELATION WITH OTHER SMOKING RELATED CANCERS: INCIDENCE RATES BASED ON SEER
Chest 2007 132: 590S. [Abstract] [PDF]  

Christopher G. Slatore, David H. Au, and William Hollingworth

A COST EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS OF A SMOKING CESSATION PROGRAM INITIATED AT THE TIME OF SURGICALLY RESECTABLE LUNG CANCER
Chest 2007 132: 590S. [Abstract] [PDF]  

Xiaotong Zhang, Longyun Li, and Bo Lu

CLINICAL STUDY OF PLATINUM-BASED CHEMOTHERAPY IN THE TREATMENT OF ELDERLY PATIENTS WITH ADVANCED NON-SMALL CELL LUNG CANCER
Chest 2007 132: 590S-591S. [Abstract] [PDF]  

Maria del Mar Cirino-Marcano and Fidaa Shaib

BRONCHOALVEOLAR LAVAGE FLUID CD4 TO CD8 RATIO IN PATIENTS WITH PRIMARY LUNG CANCER
Chest 2007 132: 591S. [Abstract] [PDF]  

Junghun Huh, Choonhee Son Son, Dookyung Yang, Sookeol Lee, Ki-Nam Kim, Mee-Sook Roh, and Seo Hee Rha

ABERRANT METHYLATION OF P16 TUMOR SUPPRESSOR GENE AND RETINOIC ACID RECEPTOR B2 IN MALIGNANT PLEURAL EFFUSION
Chest 2007 132: 591S. [Abstract] [PDF]  

Marcus P. Kennedy, Carlos A. Jimenez, Rodolfo C. Morice, Ashwini D. Mhatre, Saritha Ravella, Mona Sarkiss, Tina Fanning, Xiudong Lei, and George A. Eapen

THE DIAGNOSIS OF MEDIASTINAL LYMPHADENOPATHY BY ENDOBRONCHIAL ULTRASOUND GUIDED TRANSBRONCHIAL NEEDLE ASPIRATION IN AN ACADEMIC CANCER INSTITUTION
Chest 2007 132: 591S. [Abstract] [PDF]  

Kristopher M. Skwarski, John McCafferty, Fraser Wood, William Wallace, and Jennifer Mathewes

MINIMALLY INVASIVE STAGING IN LUNG CANCER BY REAL-TIME ENDOBRONCHIAL ULTRASOUND FNA (EBUS)
Chest 2007 132: 591S-592S. [Abstract] [PDF]  

Somesh Thakur, Nirmal Chand, Sohan Singh, Amarjit Singh, Bharat Bhushan, Sandeep Gupta, Swarnjeet S. Bhullar, Daljit Singh, Navneeta Rathor, and Gurpreet Singh

ACCURACY AND SAFETY OF ULTRASONICALLY GUIDED PERCUTANEOUS LUNG ASPIRATION FOR DIAGNOSIS OF PERIPHERAL LUNG LESIONS
Chest 2007 132: 592S. [Abstract] [PDF]  

Satilmis Inal, Canturk Tasci, Okan Kuzhan, Nuri Karadurmus, Arzu Balkan, Metin Ozkan, Hayati Bilgic, Ahmet Ozet, and Kudret Ekiz

THE PROGNOSTIC IMPORTANCE OF FIBRINOGEN, VON WILLEBRAND FACTOR, D-DIMER, PROTHROMBIN FRAGMENT 1+2 IN PATIENTS WITH LUNG CANCER
Chest 2007 132: 592S. [Abstract] [PDF]  

Girish Trikha, Rolf Grage, Ernest Scalzetti, and Ali Kanchwala

CT-GUIDED BIOPSY OF LUNG LESIONS USING A COAXIAL SYSTEM TO OBTAIN CORE SAMPLES
Chest 2007 132: 592S. [Abstract] [PDF]  

Irina L. Timofte, Hans-Holger Jend, and Roland Talanow

AN INTERACTIVE, WEB-BASED TUTORIAL AND REFERENCE DATABASE IN THORACIC TUMOR IMAGING
Chest 2007 132: 593S. [Abstract] [PDF]  

Roland Talanow, Martina Paetzel, Hans-Holger Jend, and Irina L. Timofte

A REFERENCE DATABASE AND TUTORIAL IN THORACIC TUMOR IMAGING FOR HANDHELD DEVICES
Chest 2007 132: 593S. [Abstract] [PDF]  

Yoshimasa Maniwa, Masahiko Takata, Yugo Tanaka, Wataru Nishio, and Masahiro Yoshimura

IN VITRO VISUALIZATION OF CANCER-STROMA INTERACTION IN BRONCHIOLO-ALVEOLAR CARCINOMA WITH INVASIVE COMPONENT
Chest 2007 132: 593S. [Abstract] [PDF]  

Erika Fierro, Miguel A. Sandoval E, Guadalupe Quiñónez, Francisco Navarro, Gerardo Aristi, Mónica Romero, Félix Recillas, Luis Benitez-B, Inti A de la Rosa, V, and Raul Cicero

GENETIC MOLECULAR ANALYSIS OF PRIMARY MEDIASTINAL ANGIOSARCOMAS
Chest 2007 132: 593S. [Abstract] [PDF]  

Roland Talanow, Hans-Holger Jend, and Irina L. Timofte

AN INTERACTIVE, WEB-BASED TUTORIAL AND REFERENCE DATABASE IN ANATOMY FOR CHEST IMAGING
Chest 2007 132: 594S. [Abstract] [PDF]  

Haiqing Chu, Shengxiang Ren, and Xianghua Yi

PULMONARY MUCOSA ASSOCIATED LYMPHOID TISSUE LYMPHOMA: A REPORT OF 13 CASES AND REVIEW OF THE LITERATURE
Chest 2007 132: 594S. [Abstract] [PDF]  

Maria M. Crespo, Joseph M. Pilewski, Bruce Johnson, Sean M. Studer, Kenneth M. McCurry, and Shahid Husain

PROSPECTIVE ASSESSMENT OF DIAGNOSTIC UTILITY OF DIFFERENT BRONCHOSCOPY SAMPLING MODALITIES FOR BACTERIAL PNEUMONIA IN LUNG TRANSPLANT RECIPIENTS
Chest 2007 132: 594S. [Abstract] [PDF]  

Sankalp Choudhri, Razaq Badamosi, Robert Pensler, and Alan D. Betensley

MICROBIOLOGY OF BRONCHOALVEOLAR LAVAGE FROM SURVEILLANCE BRONCHOSCOPY IN LUNG TRANSPLANT RECIPIENTS
Chest 2007 132: 594S. [Abstract] [PDF]  

Rajesh A. Shetty, Ramesh Babu Kesavan, Harish Seethamraju, Sivagini Ganesh, Mathias Loebe, and Angela Matthews

METHEMOGLOBINEMIA: A UNIQUE CAUSE OF DYSPNEA IN LUNG TRANSPLANT PATIENTS
Chest 2007 132: 595S. [Abstract] [PDF]  

Priyumvada M. Naik, E. C. Lawrence, G. M. Lyon, David Neujahr, Allan Ramirez, Seth Force, and Andres Pelaez

DAPSONE-INDUCED HEMOLYTIC ANEMIA IN LUNG TRANSPLANT RECIPIENTS: AN UNSUSPECTED BUT OVERWHELMING COMPLICATION
Chest 2007 132: 595S. [Abstract] [PDF]  

Ramesh Babu Kesavan, Tarik Haddad, William Lunn, Gnananandh Jayaraman, Sivagini Ganesh, Mathias Loebe, Charlie Lan, Rajesh Shetty, Carmen Murray, and Harish Seethamraju

VANISHING BRONCHUS SYNDROME
Chest 2007 132: 595S. [Abstract] [PDF]  

Ramesh Babu Kesavan, Gnananandh Jayaraman, Tarik Haddad, Osama Gaber, Rajesh Shetty, Mathias Loebe, Scott Scheinin, Linda Moore, Nadine Haykal, Sivagini Ganesh, Silay Yavuz, and Harish Seethamraju

IMPACT OF AIRWAY COMPLICATIONS ON LUNG FUNCTION IN POST LUNG TRANSPLANT PATIENTS
Chest 2007 132: 595S-596S. [Abstract] [PDF]  

Luis F. Angel, Deborah J. Levine, Juan F. Sanchez, Scott Johnson, Joel E. Michalek, Lee A. Zarzabal, Edward Sako, Andres Pelaez, Atul Mehta, John Calhoon, Stephanie M. Levine, and Dennis Lyu

USING POST-LUNG TRANSPLANT FEV1 TO PREDICT SURVIVAL IN COPD PATIENTS UNDERGOING SINGLE LUNG TRANSPLANTATION (SLT)
Chest 2007 132: 596S. [Abstract] [PDF]  

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

IDENTIFYING BRONCHIOLITIS OBLITERANS THROUGH MATRIX METALLOPROTEINASE-9 IN BRONCHIAL LAVAGE
Chest 2007 132: 596S. [Abstract] [PDF]  

Steven D. Nathan, Katarina Anderson, Scott D. Barnett, Shahzad Ahmad, Oksana A. Shlobin, Roberto Machado, Nelson Burton, and Mark Gladwin

PULMONARY HYPERTENSION IN PATIENTS WITH BRONCHIOLITIS OBLITERANS POST-LUNG TRANSPLANTATION
Chest 2007 132: 596S. [Abstract] [PDF]  

Mohsen Davoudi and Henri G. Colt

A PILOT PROGRAM FOR SIMULATOR-BASED TRAINING OF LUNG TRANSPLANT COORDINATORS IN BRONCHOSCOPY
Chest 2007 132: 596S-597S. [Abstract] [PDF]  

David Shitrit, Jacobs Ollech, Anat Amital, and Mordechai R. Kramer

DIABETES MELLITUS FOLLOWING LUNG TRANSPLANTATION: INCIDENCE AND RISK FACTORS
Chest 2007 132: 597S. [Abstract] [PDF]  

Y. J. Woo, Kevin Southerland, Robert Kotloff, Dennis Hadjiliadis, Jason Christie, Vivek N. Ahya, Jeffrey S. Sager, Nancy P. Blumenthal, Doreen Cowie, Wilson Y. Szeto, Joseph E. Bavaria, Larry R. Kaiser, and Alberto Pochettino

A SINGLE INSTITUTION LUNG TRANSPLANTATION EXPERIENCE: 512 TRANSPLANTS OVER 15 YEARS
Chest 2007 132: 597S. [Abstract] [PDF]  

James D. Maloney, Nikhila Deo, Nola A. Endres, Nilto C. DeOliveira, Keith C. Meyer, Richard D. Cornwell, Takushi Kohmoto, and Nilo M. Edwards

BMI AND RECIPIENT SELECTION: THE IMPACT OF EXTREMES OF WEIGHT ON OUTCOMES AND RESOURCE UTILIZATION IN LUNG TRANSPLANTATION
Chest 2007 132: 597S. [Abstract] [PDF]  

Nikolai A. Sopko, Marie Budev, Kenneth Shea, Andy McCoy, Sudish Murthy, David Mason, Gosta Pettersson, Atul Mehta, and Gonzalo Gonzalez-Stawinski

LUNG DONOR HIGH RISK SOCIAL BEHAVIOR DOES NOT NEGATIVELY EFFECT SURVIVAL
Chest 2007 132: 597S-598S. [Abstract] [PDF]  

Wolfgang Witt, Thomas Waldow, Anne Buzin, Andre Ulmer, Alexander Janke, and Klaus Matschke

PRECONDITIONING WITH INHALED NITRIC OXIDE: EFFECTS ON PROTEASE ACTIVITIES DURING ISCHEMIA/REPERFUSION IN THE RAT LUNG
Chest 2007 132: 598S. [Abstract] [PDF]  

Choo Y. Ng, Matthew J. Weiss, Svjetlan Boskovic, Tatsuo Kawai, Gilles Benichou, Joren C. Madsen, John C. Wain, and James S. Allan

INDUCTION OF MIXED CHIMERISM AND TRANSPLANTATION TOLERANCE IN A NON-HUMAN PRIMATE LUNG ALLOGRAFT MODEL: EARLY RESULTS
Chest 2007 132: 598S. [Abstract] [PDF]  

Gisela I. Banauch, Gabriel Izbicki, Vasilios Christodoulou, Michael Weiden, Robert Chavko, Thomas K. Aldrich, Kerry J. Kelly, and David J. Prezant

THE USE OF PROPHYLACTIC INHALED STEROIDS (BUDESONIDE) TO PREVENT OR REDUCE PULMONARY SYMPTOMS, AIRWAY HYPERREACTIVITY, AND PULMONARY FUNCTION DECLINES AFTER EXPOSURE TO WORLD TRADE CENTER DUST
Chest 2007 132: 598S-599S. [Abstract] [PDF]  

Robert E. Glenn and Patrick Hessel

SILICOSIS IN THE CLAY BRICK INDUSTRY
Chest 2007 132: 599S. [Abstract] [PDF]  

Christos Korogiannos, Vasiliki Filaditaki, Eugenios Metaxas, Maria Avgoulea, Nikolaos G. Tatsis, and George N. Tatsis

A FOLLOW-UP STUDY OF CHEST X-RAY ABNORMALITIES IN INSULATION WORKERS
Chest 2007 132: 599S. [Abstract] [PDF]  

Christos Korogiannos, Georgia Makrantoni, Konstantinos Kotsifas, Apostolos Pappas, Nikolaos G. Tatsis, and George N. Tatsis

ASBESTOS EXPOSURE AMONG WORKERS IN HIGH-RISE BUILDINGS
Chest 2007 132: 599S. [Abstract] [PDF]  

Cecilia H. Yshii, Maria L. Butti, Daniela Urich, Gokhan Mutlu, GR S. Budinger, and Alejandro P. Comellas

AIRBORNE PARTICLES ALTER THE ALVEOLAR EPITHELIAL BARRIER VIA A DECREASE IN THE TIGHT JUNCTION PROTEIN OCCLUDIN
Chest 2007 132: 600S. [Abstract] [PDF]  

Pradeep Ramachandran, Art J. Heires, Holly DeSpiegelaere, Debra Romberger, and Tricia D. LeVan

TNF PRODUCTION IN WHOLE BLOOD IS INVERSELY ASSOCIATED WITH LUNG FUNCTION AMONG VETERANS WITH AGRICULTURAL WORK EXPOSURE
Chest 2007 132: 600S. [Abstract] [PDF]  

Armand G. Rajnoveanu, Aristotel Cocarla, and Ruxandra M. Rajnoveanu

RESPIRATORY SYMPTOMS AND OBSTRUCTIVE AIRWAYS DISEASE RELATED TO SMOKING STATUS IN ROMANIAN DAIRY FARMERS
Chest 2007 132: 600S. [Abstract] [PDF]  

Andrzej J. Krzywiecki, Dariusz Ziora, Jerzy Kozielski, and Grzegorz Niepsuj

LATE CONSEQUENCES OF RESPIRATORY SYSTEM BURN
Chest 2007 132: 600S-601S. [Abstract] [PDF]  

Anastassios C. Koumbourlis and Suzanne Mela

SCORING SYSTEM FOR THE EVALUATION OF THE SEVERITY OF LOWER AIRWAY OBSTRUCTION
Chest 2007 132: 601S. [Abstract] [PDF]  

Jian-Qing He, Darryl Knight, Andrew Sandford, Anthony Kicic, Stephen Stick, and Peter D. Paré

SELECTION OF HOUSEKEEPING GENES FOR REAL-TIME QUANTITATIVE PCR IN NORMAL AND ATOPIC HUMAN BRONCHIAL EPITHELIAL CELLS
Chest 2007 132: 601S. [Abstract] [PDF]  

Christopher L. Carroll, Megan Mackenzie, Craig M. Schramm, and Aaron R. Zucker

RELATIVE IMPORTANCE OF BLOOD GAS MEASUREMENTS ON CLINICAL DECISION-MAKING IN CHILDREN WITH STATUS ASTHMATICUS
Chest 2007 132: 601S. [Abstract] [PDF]  

Louay K. Nassri, Tabasum Imran, and Ranata L. Hatcher

CHURG STRAUSS SYNDROME WITHOUT PERIPHERAL EOSINOPHILIA OR NECROTIZING VASCULITIS
Chest 2007 132: 601S-602S. [Abstract] [PDF]  

Ryan J. Petteway and Melissa A. Valerio

WHAT ABOUT YOUR FRIENDS? PEER INTERACTIONS AND PSYCHOSOCIAL OUTCOMES AMONG CHILDREN MANAGING ASTHMA
Chest 2007 132: 602S. [Abstract] [PDF]  

David P. Skoner, Deborah A. Gentile, and Betty Angelini

TWICE-DAILY TREATMENT WITH MOMETASONE FUROATE DRY-POWDER INHALER 100 MICROGRAMS DID NOT EXERT A SYSTEMIC EFFECT AS MEASURED BY PLASMA CORTISOL LEVELS: FINDINGS FROM A PEDIATRIC ASTHMA PLACEBO-CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL
Chest 2007 132: 602S. [Abstract] [PDF]  

Rola Zaraket, Ahmad Shatila, and Hani M. Lababidi

ASTHMA TREATMENT AMONG CHILDREN IN LEBANON: WHAT IS HAPPENING IN THE REAL LIFE?
Chest 2007 132: 602S-603S. [Abstract] [PDF]  

Jon E. Roberts, Mary Cataletto, and Simcha Pollack

PATTERNS OF EMERGENCY ROOM USAGE OVER A 6-YEAR PERIOD AMONG ADULTS AND PEDIATRIC ASTHMATICS IN A SUBURBAN HOSPITAL
Chest 2007 132: 603S. [Abstract] [PDF]  

Sidharth Sharma, Rakesh C. Gupta, Ramakant Dixit, Suruchi Sharma, Neeraj Gupta, and Parmez A.R.

PREVALENCE OF ALLERGIC CONDITIONS IN RURAL AND URBAN CHILDREN OF AJMER DISTRICT
Chest 2007 132: 603S. [Abstract] [PDF]  

Sidharth Sharma, Rakesh C. Gupta, Ramakant Dixit, Suruchi Sharma, and Neera J. Gupta

PREVALENCE OF ASTHMA IN SCHOOL CHILDREN EXPOSED TO TOBACCO SMOKE IN URBAN AREAS OF AJMER
Chest 2007 132: 603S. [Abstract] [PDF]  

Nemr S. Eid, Kevin Trice, and Ron Morton

PRIMARY SPONTANEOUS PNEUMOTHORAX: HOW SPONTANEOUS IS IT?
Chest 2007 132: 603S-604S. [Abstract] [PDF]  

Deanna D. Quilala and Lenora C. Fernandez

SMOKING PREVALENCE AMONG HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS IN A TOBACCO-PRODUCING REGION (ILOCOS SUR, PHILIPPINES)
Chest 2007 132: 604S. [Abstract] [PDF]  

Adelmo S. Machado Neto, Ana Paula S. Machado, Lauro R. Santana, Ana Carmen C. Dias, Ana Carolina R. Garcia, Gilênio B. Fernandes, Helder P. Zacharias, Carlos E. Rolim, Gisele Ghiraldi, and Tarcisío M. Andrade

TOBACCO USE AMONG SCHOOL ADOLESCENTS IN SALVADOR (BAHIA AND BRAZIL): PRELIMINARY RESULTS OF A PILOT STUDY
Chest 2007 132: 604S. [Abstract] [PDF]  

Nitasha Gupta and Peter Guastella

THE EFFECTS OF DIFFERENT TYPES OF ATHLETIC TRAINING ON PULMONARY FUNCTION IN HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS
Chest 2007 132: 604S. [Abstract] [PDF]  

Julie Shepard, Courtney Crim, Roopa Trivedi, William Lincourt, Anna Ellsworth, and Angela Davis

RESULTS OF A RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL ON REPEAT ALBUTEROL DOSING IN ACUTELY WHEEZING CHILDREN <24 MONTHS OLD
Chest 2007 132: 605S. [Abstract] [PDF]  

D. Edell, V. Khoshoo, R. Haydel, and E. Saturno

CHRONIC COUGH IN CHILDREN: ETIOLOGY USING A MULTISPECIALTY APPROACH
Chest 2007 132: 605S. [Abstract] [PDF]  

Jenny Berini, Luana Nosetti, Alberto Caprioglio, Valeria Spica Russotto, Elisabetta Veronelli, Samantha de Simone, and Luigi Nespoli

SLEEP-DISORDERED BREATHING AND CRANIOFACIAL MODIFICATION IN CHILDREN
Chest 2007 132: 605S. [Abstract] [PDF]  

Michael E. Seifert, Scott R. Welak, and Christopher L. Carroll

HYPONATREMIA AS A MARKER OF ILLNESS SEVERITY IN CRITICALLY ILL CHILDREN WITH BRONCHIOLITIS
Chest 2007 132: 605S-606S. [Abstract] [PDF]  

Tushar Shah and David J. Birnkrant

PNEUMOGRAM-DIAGNOSED PROLONGED CENTRAL APNEA IS AN INDEPENDENT RISK FACTOR FOR SUBSEQUENT READMISSION FOR APNEA AFTER DISCHARGE FROM THE NEONATAL ICU
Chest 2007 132: 606S. [Abstract] [PDF]  

Mitchell R. Goldstein, Daniel Saesim, and Richard Peverini

CAN SHORT PHYSIOLOGICAL DESATURATIONS BE VALIDATED IN THE NEONATE?
Chest 2007 132: 606S. [Abstract] [PDF]  

Binal S. Kancherla, Marc Schecter, Haibin Zhang, John Robertson, Minh Doan, Jeffrey S. Heinle, Emmett D. McKenzie, George Mallory, and Okan Elidemir

CYSTEINYL LEUKOTRIENE LEVELS IN BRONCHOALVEOLAR LAVAGE FLUID OF PEDIATRIC LUNG TRANSPLANT RECIPIENTS
Chest 2007 132: 606S. [Abstract] [PDF]  

Ann Marie Ramsey, Jody Bouchard, and Wan Tsai

PHONE TRIAGE BY A PEDIATRIC NURSE PRACTITIONER/REGISTERED NURSE TEAM AS A COST EFFECTIVE METHOD TO MANAGE INTERMITTENT PULMONARY EXACERBATIONS IN A PEDIATRIC CHRONIC HOME VENTILATOR POPULATION: IMPLICATIONS FOR PRACTICE
Chest 2007 132: 607S. [Abstract] [PDF]  

Zhanna Servetnyk, Su Jiang, Benjamin Gaston, Godfried M. Roomans, and Anca Dragomir

THE EFFECT OF S-NITROSOGLUTATHIONE AND L-CYSTINE ON CHLORIDE TRANSPORT IN CULTURED AIRWAY EPITHELIAL CELLS
Chest 2007 132: 607S. [Abstract] [PDF]  

Wilmore C. Webley, Kimberly Lay, Elizabeth S. Stuart, Chester Andrzejewski, Jr., and Paul S. Salva

CHRONIC RESPIRATORY DISEASE IN CHILDREN: THE PREVALENCE OF CHLAMYDIA AND MYCOPLASMA
Chest 2007 132: 607S. [Abstract] [PDF]  

Garey Noritz and David J. Birnkrant

INCIDENCE AND OUTCOMES OF CARDIOPULMONARY RESUSCITATION IN PATIENTS WITH END-STAGE DUCHENNE MUSCULAR DYSTROPHY
Chest 2007 132: 607S-608S. [Abstract] [PDF]  

Sarika Joshi, Jianping He, and Anthony D. Slonim

THE INTER-RELATIONSHIPS BETWEEN ATTITUDES TOWARDS EATING, SELF-ESTEEM, BODY IMAGE, AND HEALTH-RELATED QUALITY OF LIFE IN PATIENTS WITH CYSTIC FIBROSIS
Chest 2007 132: 608S. [Abstract] [PDF]  

Carl D. Okeson and Paul McGowen

THE PERCUSSIVE CHARACTERISTICS OF THE ACAPELLA, FLUTTER, AND QUAKE DURING LOW TIDAL VOLUME BREATHING
Chest 2007 132: 608S. [Abstract] [PDF]  

Ramalinga P. Reddy and Lois A. Nelson

PRIMARY CILIARY DYSKINESIA IN ASSOCIATION WITH IGG DEFICIENCY
Chest 2007 132: 608S-609S. [Abstract] [PDF]  

Nanci Yuan, Peter Kane, Kristin Shelton, Julie Matel, Brian Becker, and Richard B. Moss

A PILOT STUDY OF POLYSOMNOGRAPHY TO EVALUATE EFFECTIVENESS OF AIRWAY CLEARANCE THERAPIES IN PEDIATRIC PATIENTS WITH CEREBRAL PALSY AND NEUROMUSCULAR DISORDERS
Chest 2007 132: 609S. [Abstract] [PDF]  

Susan L. Millard, John N. Schuen, Catherine Wubbel, Barbarita Lee, Debra Grube, Cheryl Mulligan, and Dawn Sage-Schmidt

LONGITUDINAL ANALYSIS OF A HOME VENTILATOR PROGRAM AT A CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL: AN EIGHT YEAR EXPERIENCE
Chest 2007 132: 609S. [Abstract] [PDF]  

Walter Villalobos, Clara Lopez de Mesa, Luis F. Giraldo, and Javier J. Zulueta

RELATION BETWEEN THE 6-MINUTE WALK TEST AND THE MAXIMUM OXYGEN CONSUMPTION
Chest 2007 132: 609S. [Abstract] [PDF]  

Rakesh Sinha, Yasir Cheema, Wilmary Rodriguez, Farhad Arjomand, M. Shahjahan, M. S. Reminick, Divyang Sorathia, and Ghulam Mujtaba

SIX-MINUTE WALK TEST IN HEALTHY ADULTS
Chest 2007 132: 610S. [Abstract] [PDF]  

Shirley A. Fabris De Souza, Joel Faintuch, Sonia M. Fabris, and Ivan Cecconello

EVALUATION OF THE SIX-MINUTE WALK TEST IN MORBIDLY OBESE PATIENTS
Chest 2007 132: 610S. [Abstract] [PDF]  

Surya P. Bhatt, Randeep Guleria, TK Luqman-Arafath, Arun K. Gupta, Anant Mohan, Jill C. Stoltzfus, and Sudip Nanda

EFFECT OF TRIPOD POSITION ON OBJECTIVE PARAMETERS OF RESPIRATORY FUNCTION IN STABLE CHRONIC OBSTRUCTIVE PULMONARY DISEASE
Chest 2007 132: 610S. [Abstract] [PDF]  

Raymond Murphy, Andrey Vyshedskiy, Alex Adams, and John Marini

ACOUSTIC CHANGES IN PNEUMOTHORAX AND HEMOTHORAX
Chest 2007 132: 610S. [Abstract] [PDF]  

Raymond L. Murphy, Andrey Vyshedskiy, Peter Quinn, Anna Wong-Tse, Stephen Van Albert, and Max Milendorf

MECHANICALLY INDUCED INJURY IN SHEEP: CORRELATION OF MULTI-CHANNEL LUNG SOUND ANALYSIS AND PATHOLOGY
Chest 2007 132: 611S. [Abstract] [PDF]  

Raymond L. Murphy and Andrey Vyshedskiy

ACOUSTIC CHARACTERISTICS OF PNEUMOTHORAX IN HUMANS
Chest 2007 132: 611S. [Abstract] [PDF]  

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

INSULIN ANTIBODY AND PULMONARY FUNCTION RESPONSES TO 2 YEARS OF INHALED HUMAN INSULIN (EXUBERA) FOLLOWED BY DISCONTINUATION FOR 6 MONTHS, THEN READMINISTRATION
Chest 2007 132: 611S. [Abstract] [PDF]  

Karl P. van Gundy, Mark C. Liu, Beth E. Sullivan, Richard J. Riese, and John G. Teeter

EFFECTS OF INHALED HUMAN INSULIN ON AIRWAY LINING FLUID CONSTITUENTS IN ADULTS WITH TYPE 2 DIABETES
Chest 2007 132: 611S. [Abstract] [PDF]  

Konrad E. Bloch and Karsten Fritsch

DYNAMIC HYPERINFLATION IN COPD PATIENTS DETECTED BY PORTABLE RESPIRATORY INDUCTIVE PLETHYSMOGRAPHY
Chest 2007 132: 612S. [Abstract] [PDF]  

Maura A. Watson, Aaron B. Holley, Christopher S. King, David Greenburg, and Joseph Parker

ASSOCIATION OF SPIROMETRIC AND CLINICAL VARIABLES WITH VOCAL CORD DYSFUNCTION
Chest 2007 132: 612S. [Abstract] [PDF]  

Wissam B. Abouzgheib, Melvin Pratter, Steven Akers, Jonathan Kass, Ramya Lotano, and Thaddeus Bartter

AN ALGORITHMIC APPROACH TO THE DIAGNOSIS OF CHRONIC DYSPNEA
Chest 2007 132: 612S. [Abstract] [PDF]  

Marwan Elya, Tarek Dernaika, Amy Dedeke, Houssein Youness, Nadim Daher, Ahmed Awab, Gary Kinasewitz, and Jean Keddissi

CLINICAL SIGNIFICANCE OF BRONCHODILATOR RESPONSIVENESS IN PATIENTS WITH RESTRICTIVE DEFECT
Chest 2007 132: 612S-613S. [Abstract] [PDF]  

Shirley A. Fabris de Souza, Joel Faintuch, Jan W. Greve, and Ivan Cecconello

RESPIRATORY DYNAMICS IN SEVERELY OBESE PATIENTS
Chest 2007 132: 613S. [Abstract] [PDF]  

Vishal Sekhri, Faheem Abbasi, Chul Ahn, Lawrence DeLorenzo, Wilbert Aronow, and Dipak Chandy

IMPACT OF MORBID OBESITY ON PULMONARY FUNCTION
Chest 2007 132: 613S. [Abstract] [PDF]  

Tarun Madappa, Jeffrey C. Nascimento, Mir O. Ali, Steve Lowenstein, Murray Rogers, and Klaus D. Lessnau

VARIABLE BRONCHODILATOR RESPONSE IN 6867 PULMONARY FUNCTION TESTS
Chest 2007 132: 613S. [Abstract] [PDF]  

Shirley A. Fabris De Souza, Joel Faintuch, Jan W. Greve, and Ivan Cecconello

ROLE OF BODY MASS INDEX IN PULMONARY FUNCTION OF MORBIDLY OBESE SUBJECTS
Chest 2007 132: 613S-614S. [Abstract] [PDF]  

Fayez Bader, Olumayowa Abe, Mohammad-Ali El-Harakeh, Marvin Korot, Gary T. Kinasewitz, and Joe G. Zein

PULMONARY FUNCTION TESTING IS MORE SENSITIVE THAN RADIOLOGY AND ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY IN EVALUATING THE SICKLE CELL DISEASE PATIENTS WITH DYSPNEA
Chest 2007 132: 614S. [Abstract] [PDF]  

Theerasuk Kawamatawong, Supattra Siriket, Kulanee Vongvivat, Sumalee Kiatboonsri, and Porntip Chatchaipun

THE COMPARISON BETWEEN 400 MICROGRAM VS 200 MICROGRAM INHALED SALBUTAMOL FOR BRONCHODILATOR REVERSIBILITY TESTING AMONG PATIENTS RECEIVING SPIROMETRIC EVALUATION
Chest 2007 132: 614S. [Abstract] [PDF]  

Stanton T. Siu, Carlos Iribarren, Natalia Udaltsova, Rajeeva Ranga, James L. Chen, and Arthur L. Klatsky

ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION AND LUNG FUNCTION
Chest 2007 132: 614S-615S. [Abstract] [PDF]  

Andre Capderou, Marie-Helene Becquemin, Malika Berkani, and Marc Zelter

HOW TO DETECT OBSTRUCTION USING FEV6 IN A EUROPEAN POPULATION IN SPITE OF LACK OF LOWER LIMIT OF NORMAL (LLN) VALUES
Chest 2007 132: 615S. [Abstract] [PDF]  

Hye Sook Choi, E. Hyung Kim, Cheon Woong Choi, Myung Jae Park, Ji Hong You, and Hong Mo Kang

SPIROMETRIC SCREENING IN A HEALTH CHECKUP CENTER
Chest 2007 132: 615S. [Abstract] [PDF]  

Renato Prediletto, Giosue' Catapano, Edo Fornai, Cristina Carli, and Remo Bedini

CHANGES OF THE SINGLE BREATH DIFFUSING INDICES BEFORE AND IMMEDIATELY AFTER A BREATH HOLD DIVING TO 30 METERS UNDERSEA
Chest 2007 132: 615S. [Abstract] [PDF]  

Dekel Shlomi, Ethan Yussim, Nir Peled, David Shitrit, and Mordechai R. Kramer

DIAGNOSIS OF PULMONARY PATHOLOGY IN HEMODIALYSIS PATIENTS USING A COMBINATION OF IMAGING AND LUNG FUNCTION TESTS
Chest 2007 132: 615S-616S. [Abstract] [PDF]  

Mirko Stanetic, Pedja Kovacevic, Amela Matavulja, Zvezdana Rajkovaca, Jasminko Huskic, and Slavimir Veljkovic

EFFECTS OF ENDOTHELIN-1 ON RESPIRATORY FUNCTION IN HEMODIALYZED PATIENTS
Chest 2007 132: 616S. [Abstract] [PDF]  

Oana L. Klein, Francisco Flores, Mohamed Samee, Jackie Brenkley, and Diane Tate

DYSPNEA IN DIABETICS IS DUE TO RESTRICTIVE LUNG PATTERN, RATHER THAN DIASTOLIC DYSFUNCTION
Chest 2007 132: 616S. [Abstract] [PDF]  

Andrea Bauer, Paul McGlynn, Li Li Bovet, P. Mims, Lisa Curry, and John Hanrahan

THE INFLUENCE OF BREATHING PATTERN DURING NEBULIZATION ON THE EMITTED DOSE OF ARFORMOTEROL
Chest 2007 132: 616S-617S. [Abstract] [PDF]  

Lisete R. Teixeira, Francisco S. Vargas, Milena M. Acencio, Natalia P. Novaes, José Donizeti Costa, Jr, Leila Antonangelo, and Evaldo Marchi

INFLUENCE OF THE ANTIINFLAMMATORY COX-2 INHIBITOR (PARECOXIB) ON EXPERIMENTAL PLEURODESIS INDUCED BY TALC OR SILVER NITRATE
Chest 2007 132: 617S. [Abstract] [PDF]  

Leila Antonangelo, Francisco S. Vargas, Milena M. Acencio, Romulo A. Ballarin, Carlos S. Silva, Gabriela G. Carnevale, and Lisete R. Teixeira

ANTIVASCULAR ENDOTHELIAL GROWTH FACTOR DECREASES PLEURAL ADHESIONS IN EXPERIMENTAL PLEURODESIS INDUCED BY TALC
Chest 2007 132: 617S. [Abstract] [PDF]  

Atsuko Ishida, Fuzuki Ishikawa, Miho Nakamura, Yuka M. Miyazu, Masamichi Mineshita, Seiichi Nobuyama, Hiroki Nishine, Takeo Inoue, Taeko Shirakawa, Noriaki Kurimoto, Takashi Nishisaka, and Teruomi Miyazawa

NARROW BAND IMAGING IN THORACOSCOPY
Chest 2007 132: 617S. [Abstract] [PDF]  

Jeong-Seon Ryu, Chang-Youl Lee, Ho-Kee Yum, Sei-Hoon Yang, Ki-Hyun Seo, Do-Jin Kim, Choon-Hee Son, Chong-Ju Kim, Sung-Hwan Jeong, Jae-Cheol Lee, Seung-Hun Jang, Yong-Bum Park, Hyun-Jung Kim, Man-Pyo Chung, and Tae-Won Jang

CLINICAL CHARACTERISTICS OF TWENTY-ONE PATIENTS WITH CATAMENIAL HEMOPTYSIS
Chest 2007 132: 617S-618S. [Abstract] [PDF]  

Vishal Agrawal, Mario Gomez, Peter Doelken, and Steven A. Sahn

DUAL DIAGNOSIS: A CAUSE OF THE PROBLEMATIC PLEURAL EFFUSION
Chest 2007 132: 618S. [Abstract] [PDF]  

Mario Gomez, Vishal Agrawal, Peter Doelken, and Steven A. Sahn

EPIDEMIOLOGY OF PLEURAL EFFUSIONS AT A UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL
Chest 2007 132: 618S. [Abstract] [PDF]  

Shahram Khorrami, Muhammad Iqbal, Veenu Garewal, Joe G. Zein, and Sanjay Chawla

PLEURAL EFFUSION AS THE INITIAL MANIFESTATION OF MALIGNANCY IN AN INNER CITY HOSPITAL
Chest 2007 132: 618S-619S. [Abstract] [PDF]  

Ken Y. Yoneda, Wayne Monsky, and John McMillan

A TUNNELED PLEURAL CATHETER ACCESS PORT DRAINAGE SYSTEM FOR THE MANAGEMENT OF MALIGNANT EFFUSIONS
Chest 2007 132: 619S. [Abstract] [PDF]  

Mohamed Y. Elsammak, Tamer S. Morsi, Hend I. Khamis, Moyassar A. Zaki, Mahmoud S. Ragab, Mona I. Abel Hadi, and Hoda I. Hassan

OSTEOPONTIN AND C REACTIVE PROTEIN IN PLEURAL FLUID
Chest 2007 132: 619S. [Abstract] [PDF]  

Muhammad H. Iqbal, Shahram Khorrami, Veenu Garewal, Joe G. Zein, and Sanjay Chawla

LOW PLEURAL FLUID ALBUMIN COULD BE SUGGESTIVE OF TUBERCULOUS PLEURAL EFFUSION
Chest 2007 132: 619S. [Abstract] [PDF]  

Nirmal Chand, Naveen Pandhi, Vikram Vohra, Mandeep Singh, Swarnjeet S. Bhullar, Vinay Mohan, Heena Bharti, and Kirpal Singh

ADENOSINE DEAMINASE IN EXUDATIVE PLEURAL EFFUSIONS
Chest 2007 132: 619S-620S. [Abstract] [PDF]  

Christopher B. Lyons, Sandra L. Starnes, John A. Howington, Khalid F. Almoosa, Lisa R. Young, Francis X. McCormack, and Michael F. Reed

MANAGEMENT PREFERENCES FOR PLEURAL INTERVENTION PRIOR TO LUNG TRANSPLANTATION IN LYMPHANGIOLEIOMYOMATOSIS
Chest 2007 132: 620S. [Abstract] [PDF]  

Ana Maria Cartaxo, Francisco S. Vargas, Eduardo H. Genofre, Roberto Onishi, Carlos Verrastro, Fabiane Polisel, and Lisete R. Teixeira

DOES THORACENTESIS IMPROVE RESPIRATORY MUSCLE STRENGTH?
Chest 2007 132: 620S. [Abstract] [PDF]  

Ana Maria Cartaxo, Francisco S. Vargas, Eduardo H. Genofre, Roberto Onishi, Frederico L. Fernandes, and Lisete R. Teixeira

THE IMPACT OF THORACENTESIS ON SUBMAXIMAL EXERCISE CAPACITY: 6-MINUTE WALK TEST
Chest 2007 132: 620S. [Abstract] [PDF]  

Devanand Anantham, David Feller-Kopman, Adnan Majid, and Armin Ernst

VIBRATION RESPONSE IMAGING IN THE QUANTIFICATION OF PLEURAL EFFUSIONS
Chest 2007 132: 621S. [Abstract] [PDF]  

Michael J. Cuttica, Katrina Anderson, Christopher F. Barnett, Oksana A. Shlobin, Shahzad Ahmad, Scott Barnett, Roberto Machado, Mark Gladwin, and Steven D. Nathan

PREVALENCE AND IMPACT OF PULMONARY HYPERTENSION IN PATIENTS WITH CHRONIC OBSTRUCTIVE PULMONARY DISEASE (COPD) LISTED FOR LUNG TRANSPLANTATION
Chest 2007 132: 621S. [Abstract] [PDF]  

Giuseppe Valerio, Pietro Bracciale, Claudio Imperiale, Alfredo Scoditti, Salvatore Bellanova, Sergio Pede, and Anna Grazia D'Agostino

EFFECT OF BOSENTAN ON THE EXERCISE TOLERANCE AND PFT SCORE IN PULMONARY HYPERTENSION ASSOCIATED TO ADVANCED COPD
Chest 2007 132: 621S. [Abstract] [PDF]  

Roberto C. Santos, Anubha Sinha, Sandeep S. Riar, Dat D Nguyen, Rashpal Singh, Robby T. Ayoub, Besher Kabak, Marc Adelman, Alan J. Klukowicz, and Richard A. Miller

UTILITY OF CT SCAN FOR DETECTION AND GRADING THE SEVERITY OF PULMONARY HYPERTENSION IN PATIENTS WITH PARENCHYMAL LUNG DISEASE
Chest 2007 132: 621S-622S. [Abstract] [PDF]  

Roberto C. Santos, Rashpal Singh, Sandeep S. Riar, Dat D Nguyen, Anubha Sinha, Besher Kabak, Robby T. Ayoub, Mark Adelman, Alan J. Klukowicz, and Richard A. Miller

BODY MASS INDEX AND RISK FOR PULMONARY HYPERTENSION (PH)
Chest 2007 132: 622S. [Abstract] [PDF]  

Gabor Kovacs, Robert Maier, Stefan Scheidl, Christian Hesse, Elisabeth Aberer, Marianne Brodmann, Ekkehard Grünig, and Horst Olschewski

SCREENING FOR PULMONARY ARTERIAL HYPERTENSION WITH EXERCISE-STRESS-ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY AND CARDIOPULMONARY EXERCISE TESTING
Chest 2007 132: 622S. [Abstract] [PDF]  

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

TREATMENT OF PAH: DATA FROM THE QUALITY ENHANCEMENT RESEARCH INITIATIVE
Chest 2007 132: 622S-623S. [Abstract] [PDF]  

Adam N. Hurewitz, Mary Bartlett, Alex Shalshin, and Scott Schubach

PULMONARY HYPERTENSION AND VALVULAR HEART DISEASE: INCIDENCE AND IMMEDIATE IMPACT OF SURGICAL REPAIR
Chest 2007 132: 623S. [Abstract] [PDF]  

Renelle Myers and Zoheir Bshouty

PULMONARY HYPERTENSION: A MANITOBA PERSPECTIVE
Chest 2007 132: 623S. [Abstract] [PDF]  

Vichaya Arunthari, Charles Burger, and Augustine S. Lee

CORRELATION OF PULMONARY FUNCTION VARIABLES WITH HEMODYNAMIC MEASUREMENTS IN PATIENTS WITH PULMONARY ARTERIAL HYPERTENSION
Chest 2007 132: 623S. [Abstract] [PDF]  

Jeremy Strom, Timothy Williamson, and Sonja D. Bartolome

WORSENING SYMPTOMS OF PULMONARY HYPERTENSION AFTER CLOSURE OF AN INTERATRIAL SHUNT
Chest 2007 132: 623S-624S. [Abstract] [PDF]  

Susan M. Smith, Lawrence D. Shulman, Arunabh Talwar, and Alan M. Fein

SCOPE AND EPIDEMIOLOGY OF PULMONARY HYPERTENSION MANAGEMENT IN PRIVATE PRACTICE
Chest 2007 132: 624S. [Abstract] [PDF]  

Zeenat Safdar and Adaani Frost

ALDOSTERONE: A NEW BIOMARKER IN PULMONARY ARTERIAL HYPERTENSION
Chest 2007 132: 624S. [Abstract] [PDF]  

Hans J. Lee, Barry Babchyck, Sophie Dedopoulos, Keith Guevera, Rakesh Shah, Robin Warshawsky, and Arunabh Talwar

UTILIZING PULMONARY ARTERY/AORTIC DIAMETER RATIO FROM CT SCANS OF THE CHEST TO PREDICT PULMONARY ARTERY HYPERTENSION
Chest 2007 132: 624S. [Abstract] [PDF]  

Harvey H. Wong, Raymond P. Chan, and Marie E. Faughnan

IDIOPATHIC PULMONARY ARTERIOVENOUS MALFORMATIONS: CLINICAL AND IMAGING CHARACTERISTICS
Chest 2007 132: 625S. [Abstract] [PDF]  

Samir Gupta, Rajeev Rao, Les Lilly, and Marie E. Faughnan

LIVER TRANSPLANTATION IN HEPATOPULMONARY SYNDROME: A SINGLE-CENTER EXPERIENCE
Chest 2007 132: 625S. [Abstract] [PDF]  

William D. Marino

THE IMPORTANCE OF ACCURATE PRETEST PROBABILITY DETERMINATION IN THE EVALUATION OF SUSPECTED PULMONARY EMBOLISM
Chest 2007 132: 625S. [Abstract] [PDF]  

Hani Jaouni, Shadi Haddadin, Lenora Adams, Joshua S. Botdorf, Maen B. Nusair, Craig Karpman, Scott T. Matz, Jeffrey P. Spear, Elizabeth Ann Cohen, Leslie W. Hall, and Ousama Dabbagh

IMPACT OF TIME OF ADMISSION ON DEEP VEIN THROMBOSIS DVT PROPHYLAXIS IN A CLOSED MEDICAL INTENSIVE CARE UNIT
Chest 2007 132: 625S-626S. [Abstract] [PDF]  

Boban Mathew, Lisa Francis, and Francis Augustine

ELEVATED CARDIAC TROPONIN-I PREDICTS IN HOSPITAL MORTALITY AND INTENSIVE CARE UNIT ADMISSION IN PULMONARY EMBOLISM
Chest 2007 132: 626S. [Abstract] [PDF]  

Ali Seddighzadeh, Urszula Zurawska, Ranjith Shetty, and Samuel Z. Goldhaber

1,375 HOSPITALIZED SURGICAL PATIENTS WITH ACUTE DVT: SYMPTOMS NOT CLASSIC AND PROPHYLAXIS RATES LOW
Chest 2007 132: 626S. [Abstract] [PDF]  

Subani Chandra, Walter Chua, Douglas Prisco, and Rubin Cohen

TRENDS IN USE OF COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHIC PULMONARY ANGIOGRAPHY IN THE DIAGNOSIS OF PULMONARY EMBOLISM
Chest 2007 132: 626S-627S. [Abstract] [PDF]  

Ezra Dweck, Mona Bashar, Deann Hansen, Timothy W. Clark, William N. Rom, and David Steiger

UTILITY OF RETRIEVABLE INFERIOR VENA CAVA FILTERS FOR PRIMARY PROPHYLAXIS OF PULMONARY EMBOLISM IN HIGH-RISK PREOPERATIVE ORTHOPEDIC PATIENTS
Chest 2007 132: 627S. [Abstract] [PDF]  

Vladimir Sabayev, Vasilios Sierros, Irina Zolotarevskaya, and William Cox

UTILIZATION OF SPIRAL CHEST COMPUTER TOMOGRAPHY (CT) AND APPLICATION OF PRETEST PROBABILITY MODEL IN PATIENTS WITH SUSPECTED PULMONARY EMBOLISM IN EMERGENCY DEPARTMENT
Chest 2007 132: 627S. [Abstract] [PDF]  

Arzu Balkan, Ipek K. Oguzulgen, Numan Ekim, Canturk Tasci, Emin O. Akgul, and M. K. Erbil

NEOPTERIN: AN EARLY MARKER OF PULMONARY THROMBOEMBOLI
Chest 2007 132: 627S. [Abstract] [PDF]  

Anita Shah, Aaron B. Holley, and Lisa K. Moores

PULMONARY EMBOLISM RISK STRATIFICATION BY NON-RADIOLOGISTS USING MEASUREMENTS ON CT ANGIOGRAM
Chest 2007 132: 627S-628S. [Abstract] [PDF]  

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

CENTRAL PULMONARY EMBOLISM: RIGHT VENTRICULAR (RV) AND PULMONARY ARTERY (PA) SIZE BY CT PULMONARY ANGIOGRAPHY (CTPA) AND CORRELATION WITH ECHOCARDIOGRAPHIC FINDINGS
Chest 2007 132: 628S. [Abstract] [PDF]  

Christopher R. Gilbert and Anthony Donato

UTILITY OF D-DIMER IN SCREENING FOR VENOUS THROMBOEMBOLISM IN PREGNANCY
Chest 2007 132: 628S. [Abstract] [PDF]  

Adam N. Hurewitz, Douglas Katz, and Maritza L. Groth

INCREASING UTILIZATION OF CT PULMONARY ANGIOGRAPHY AND VENOGRAPHY (CTPA/CTV) OVER A TEN YEAR PERIOD: DOES IT IMPROVE RECOGNITION OF VENOUS THROMBOEMBOLISM (VTE)?
Chest 2007 132: 628S. [Abstract] [PDF]  

Tasbirul Islam, Maritza Groth, Peter Spiegler, and Adam Hurewitz

EVALUATION OF PATIENTS WITH SUSPECTED VENOUS THROMBOEMBOLISM DURING PREGNANCY AND PUERPERIUM: FINDINGS OF DIAGNOSTIC STUDIES
Chest 2007 132: 628S-629S. [Abstract] [PDF]  

Norikazu Yamada, Satoshi Ota, Ying Liu, Martin M. Crane, Mashio Nakamura, and Masaaki Ito

RISK FACTORS FOR PULMONARY EMBOLISM IN A JAPANESE POPULATION: HOSPITAL-BASED CASE-CONTROL STUDY
Chest 2007 132: 629S. [Abstract] [PDF]  

Andrew F. Shorr, William Jackson, John Sherner, and Lisa Moores

PREVENTING VENOUS THROMBOEMBOLISM FOLLOWING STROKE: INSIGHTS FROM A METAANALYSIS
Chest 2007 132: 629S. [Abstract] [PDF]