Case Reports:

Nadish Garg, Rajeev Garg, Gordon Christensen, and Amolak Singh

ACUTE CORONARY SYNDROME CAUSED BY CORONARY ARTERY MYCOTIC ANEURYSM DUE TO METHICILLIN-RESISTANT STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS
Chest 2008 134: 1001S. [Abstract]  

Kristy Bauer, Hua Zhong, Amy Rapkiewicz, William Rom, and David Steiger

FATAL NECROTIZING EOSINOPHILIC MYOCARDITIS IN A PATIENT WITH RELAPSING POLYCHONDRITIS
Chest 2008 134: 1002S. [Abstract]  

Pooja Raju, Ranjit Nair, and Khalil Kaid

INVASIVE THYMOMA CAUSING ACUTE ST-SEGMENT ELEVATION MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION
Chest 2008 134: 1003S. [Abstract]  

Airie Kim

A DRAMATIC PRESENTATION OF FONTAN PROCEDURE COMPLICATIONS
Chest 2008 134: 2001S. [Abstract]  

Mayuko Fukunaga, Jammie Barnes, Viera Lakticova, David Seres, and Paul Mayo

SELENIUM DEFICIENCY INDUCED CARDIOMYOPATHY IN A PATIENT WITH A HISTORY OF GASTRIC BYPASS SURGERY
Chest 2008 134: 2002S. [Abstract]  

Randy Hou, C J. Lee, Samuel Pepkowitz, Stephen Lim, and Michael I. Lewis

TRANSIENT CARDIOMYOPATHY AS A COMPLICATION OF A PARTIALLY MISMATCHED CORD BLOOD STEM CELL TRANSPLANT
Chest 2008 134: 3001S. [Abstract]  

Olugbenga Arole and Subakeesan Pathmanathan

ACUTE ABDOMEN WITH INTESTINAL OBSTRUCTION SECONDARY TO INTERNALLY DISPLACED PERCUTANEOUS ENDOSCOPIC GASTROSTOMY (PEG) FEEDING TUBE
Chest 2008 134: 3002S. [Abstract]  

Siddharth Shah, Tariq Khan, and Vanthanh Ly

LEG PAINS IN YOUNG ARMY RECRUIT
Chest 2008 134: 4001S. [Abstract]  

Rana L. Adawi Awdish, Melissa Whitmill, Victor Coba, and Keith Killu

SEROTONIN REUPTAKE INHIBITION BY DIPHENHYDRAMINE AND CONCOMITANT LINEZOLID USE CAN RESULT IN SEROTONIN SYNDROME
Chest 2008 134: 4002S. [Abstract]  

Soophia Khan and Dinko Naydenov

SPONTANEOUS SPLENIC RUPTURE AND ABDOMINAL WALL HEMATOMA CAUSING SHOCK IN A PATIENT ON LOVENOX THERAPY
Chest 2008 134: 5001S. [Abstract]  

Maulik B. Patel, Emil Abramian, Joel Spero, Brian Carlin, and Navdeep Singh

HEPARIN INDUCED THROMBOCYTOPENIA ASSOCIATED WITH ANTIPHOSPHOLIPID ANTIBODY SYNDROME: A DIAGNOSTIC AND THERAPEUTIC DILEMMA
Chest 2008 134: 5002S. [Abstract]  

Atikun Limsukon, Heather D. Jones, and Joel Feinstein

A FULMINANT CASE OF AN ADULT ONSET STILL'S DISEASE WITH PULMONARY CAPILLARITIS AND PLEUROPERICARDITIS
Chest 2008 134: 6001S. [Abstract]  

Yatin B. Mehta, Yizhak Kupfer, Kabu Chawla, and Sidney Tessler

RAPIDLY PROGRESSIVE LUNG BULLA IN A PATIENT WITH ASTHMA
Chest 2008 134: 6002S. [Abstract]  

Jason B. Caboot, Karen Zur, and Samuel Goldfarb

A 13-YEAR-OLD MALE WITH TRACHEAL DIVERTICULOSIS
Chest 2008 134: 6003S. [Abstract]  

Shahida Bashir, Robert J. Tallaksen, and Luis Teba

RESPIRATORY DISTRESS ASSOCIATED WITH A RIGHT SIDED AORTIC ARCH, ABERRANT LEFT SUBCLAVIAN ARTERY, AND KOMMERELL'S DIVERTICULUM
Chest 2008 134: 7001S. [Abstract]  

Sintra Phumethum and Neil Sweezey

DOUBLE AORTIC ARCH IN A 14-YEAR-OLD GIRL
Chest 2008 134: 7002S. [Abstract]  

Carrie B. Samiec, James C. Guidice, Livia E. Bratis, and Amrit Nayar

AN UNUSUAL CAUSE OF CYSTIC LUNG DISEASE IN A 23-YEAR-OLD WOMAN
Chest 2008 134: 8001S. [Abstract]  

John E. Cho and Jeanne Wallace

AN UNUSUAL CASE OF PULMONARY ARTERY HYPERTENSION
Chest 2008 134: 8002S. [Abstract]  

Alison S. Kole, Heather Jones, Russell Christensen, and Jay Gladstein

A CASE OF KOMBUCHA TEA TOXICITY
Chest 2008 134: 9001S. [Abstract]  

Shibin T. Jacob, Marwan Mouammar, Fouad Husnain, and Rahul S. Nanchal

THERAPEUTIC MODERATE HYPOTHERMIA IN FULMINANT HEPATIC FAILURE
Chest 2008 134: 9002S. [Abstract]  

Shigeki Saito, Eduardo E. Chang, Supat Thammasitboon, Marcos I. Cordoba, and Ross C. Klingsberg

A NOVEL APPROACH FOR THERAPY OF RECALCITRANT EVANS SYNDROME WITH RITUXIMAB IN THE INTENSIVE CARE UNIT
Chest 2008 134: 10001S. [Abstract]  

S R. Martin and Hussam Sakkijha

SEPSIS WITH PURPURA FULMINANS FROM CAPNOCYTOPHAGA CANIMORSUS IN A DOG BITE
Chest 2008 134: 10002S. [Abstract]  

Jason M. Elinoff, Richard Childs, and Anthony Suffredini

A NOVEL TREATMENT FOR RECURRENT DIFFUSE ALVEOLAR HEMORRHAGE ASSOCIATED WITH NON-MYELOABLATIVE ALLOGENIC STEM CELL TRANSPLANTATION
Chest 2008 134: 10003S. [Abstract]  

Harutai Kamalaporn and Peter Cox

A 5-MONTH-OLD INFANT WITH BOTULISM PRESENTED WITH RESPIRATORY FAILURE SECONDARY TO VOCAL CORD PARALYSIS
Chest 2008 134: 11001S. [Abstract]  

Lorenzo W. Klein and Stephen D. Cassivi

IMPROVEMENT IN AIRFLOW AND OXYGENATION FOLLOWING COMBINED EXCISION OF PLEURAL MASS AND LUNG VOLUME REDUCTION
Chest 2008 134: 11002S. [Abstract]  

Sherif M. Latef, George F. Soryal, Rishi Sareen, Albert Miller, Viswanath Vasudevan, and Theo Trandafirescu

NOCARDIA CYRIACIGEORGICA EMPYEMA IN 45-YEAR-OLD MALE WITH DUAL GRANULOMATOUS LUNG DISEASES
Chest 2008 134: 12001S. [Abstract]  

Alexander Shalshin

PRIMARY SPONTANEOUS PNEUMOTHORAX AS A FAMILIAL CONDITION
Chest 2008 134: 12002S. [Abstract]  

Jonathan Puchalski, Scott Cowan, and Colin Gillespie

VISCERAL PLEURAL HEMATOMA AFTER TRANSBRONCHIAL BIOPSY PRESENTING AS A SOLITARY PLEURAL TUMOR
Chest 2008 134: 13001S. [Abstract]  

Ashish Tikotekar, Abhijit Naik, Beth Fisher, Habibur Rahman, and Ricardo Lopez

CANDIDA LUSITANIAE: AN EMERGING CAUSE OF PLEUROPULMONARY INFECTION
Chest 2008 134: 13002S. [Abstract]  

Joel D. Mermis, Sonja Bartolome, and Steven Simpson

CHYLOTHORAX IN AN ADULT PATIENT WITH NEPHROTIC SYNDROME
Chest 2008 134: 14001S. [Abstract]  

Taro Minami, Mayuko Fukunaga, Lon Steinberg, Alexander Filatov, Iran Shapira, Raymond Keller, and Patricia Villamena

A 69-YEAR-OLD MAN WITH RAPIDLY PROGRESSIVE PULMONARY HYPERTENSION: AN UNUSUAL CASE
Chest 2008 134: 14002S. [Abstract]  

Manica Sodhi, Omar Minai, and Hina Sahi

PULMONARY HYPERTENSION ASSOCIATED WITH VASCULAR ENDOTHELIAL GROWTH FACTOR INHIBITOR
Chest 2008 134: 15001S. [Abstract]  

Saleh Alazemi, Assaf Tzur, Diana Morla, Juan Carlos Londono, and Alejandro D. Chediak

RIGHT TO LEFT SHUNT THROUGH PATENT FORAMEN OVALE DUE TO AN ISOLATED POSITIONAL INCREASE IN RIGHT ATRIAL PRESSURE
Chest 2008 134: 15002S. [Abstract]  

Alexander Panda, John McArdle, and Adrian C. Borges

NONREVERSIBLE INTERFERON-ALPHA-INDUCED PULMONARY ARTERIAL HYPERTENSION REQUIRING CONTINUOUS VASODILATOR THERAPY
Chest 2008 134: 16001S. [Abstract]  

Saeher A. Muzaffar, Jennifer L. Snow, Leslie A. Litzky, Carney C. Kevin, Chris Archer-Chicko, Jeffery S. Sager, and Harold I. Palevsky

RECURRENCE OF IDIOPATHIC PULMONARY ARTERIAL HYPERTENSION AFTER BILATERAL LUNG TRANSPLANT
Chest 2008 134: 16002S. [Abstract]  

Ghazaleh Bigdeli, Rajashekar Adurty, Brian W. Carlin, George P. Gabriel, and Gustav R. Eles

CEMENT IN THE LUNG
Chest 2008 134: 17001S. [Abstract]  

Branislava A. Milenkovic, Jelena Stojsic, Aiba Motohiko, Aleksandra Dudvarski, and Maja Ercegovac

THE ROLE OF IGF-II IN DOEGE-POTTER SYNDROME: APROPOS TWO CASES
Chest 2008 134: 17002S. [Abstract]  

Michael S. Hull, Daniel Nader, and Jeremy Fullingim

THE DIAGNOSIS AND LOCALIZATION OF A BRONCHOPLEURAL FISTULA USING SINGLE PROTON EMISSION COMPUTER TOMOGRAPHY (SPECT) IMAGING
Chest 2008 134: 18001S. [Abstract]  

Nikolaos H. Anastassiou, Stylianos A. Michaelides, Demetrios Zachilas, Andreas Asimakos, Gerasimos Papavassiliou, George D. Bablekos, and Eleni Patsea

SOLITARY FIBROUS TUMOR OF THE PLEURA MASQUERADING POSTERIOR MEDIASTINAL TUMOR
Chest 2008 134: 18002S. [Abstract]  

Subani Chandra and Rubin Cohen

PLEURAL MASS AND CHEST PAIN : AN UNUSUAL COURSE OF EVENTS
Chest 2008 134: 18003S. [Abstract]  

Adel I. Blamoun, Maria Alfakir, Lorraine Cornwell, Ashraf Rashid, Mahmoud Moammar, James Record, and M A. Khan

BENIGN MESENCHYMOMA OF THE PLEURA
Chest 2008 134: 19001S. [Abstract]  

Andrew Y. Hsing, William C. Conner, and Douglas S. Frenia

A RARE CAUSE OF MULTIPLE PULMONARY NODULES: CALCIFYING FIBROUS TUMOR OF THE PLEURA
Chest 2008 134: 19002S. [Abstract]  

Joseph Ng and Jay M. Nfonoyim

PNEUMOCEPHALUS: A RARE COMPLICATION OF THORACOTOMY
Chest 2008 134: 20001S. [Abstract]  

Alfredo J. Astua, Martha Koch, Jawad Latif, Edward Eden, Louis B. Harrison, Cliff P. Connery, and Faiz Y. Bhora

METASTATIC SINONASAL TERATOCARCINOSARCOMA TREATED WITH ENDOSCOPIC BIPOLAR ELECTROCAUTERY RESECTION
Chest 2008 134: 20002S. [Abstract]  

Karthik Jothianandan, Syed Anees, Steven M. Keller, Michael S. McLemore, and David Appel

AN ADULT MAN PRESENTING WITH HEMOPTYSIS DUE TO MATURE TERATOMA WITH RUPTURE INTO THE BRONCHUS AND PERICARDIUM AND COMPLICATED BY HAEMOPHILUS INFLUENZAE INFECTION
Chest 2008 134: 20003S. [Abstract]  

Paul A. Vesco, Michael S. Firstenberg, Namita Sood, and Juan Crestanello

SUCCESSFUL EMBOLECTOMY IN A PATIENT WITH ACUTE PULMONARY EMBOLISM AND CARDIAC ARREST
Chest 2008 134: 21001S. [Abstract]  

Jang Wen Su, David P. Mason, Sudish C. Murtthy, Gosta B. Pettersson, Marie Budev, Atul Mehta, and Ryan Goodwin

SUCCESSFUL DOUBLE LUNG TRANSPLANTATION IN TWO PATIENTS WITH SEVERE SCOLIOSIS
Chest 2008 134: 21002S. [Abstract]  

Lisa M. Kopas, Ramesh Kesavan, Merle Barth, Morris Weiner, Scott Scheinin, and Harish Seethamraju

A RARE CAUSE OF DYSPNEA FOLLOWING SINGLE LUNG TRANSPLANTATION
Chest 2008 134: 22001S. [Abstract]  

Tim Lahm, Tyson Neumann, Karen M. Wolf, Homer L. Twigg, III, and Michael D. Ober

ADENOVIRUS-ASSOCIATED HEMOPHAGOCYTIC LYMPHOHISTIOCYTOSIS WITH ACUTE RESPIRATORY DISTRESS SYNDROME AND MULTIORGAN FAILURE
Chest 2008 134: 22002S. [Abstract]  

Fadi Al Khankan, Abdullah Altayeh, Saroj Sigdel, and Shadi Badin

BRONCHIOLOALVEOLAR CELL CARCINOMA MASQUERADING AS MILIARY TUBERCULOSIS
Chest 2008 134: 23001S. [Abstract]  

David A. Green, William B. Moskowitz, and R W. Shepherd

CLOSURE OF A BRONCHO-NEO-ESOPHAGEAL FISTULA USING AN AMPLATZER® SEPTAL OCCLUDER DEVICE
Chest 2008 134: 23002S. [Abstract]  

Ashutosh Sachdeva, Matthew Paparo, Christin L. Weller, and Ravi P. Nayak

EFFECTIVE TREATMENT OF GRANULAR CELL TUMOR OF THE BRONCHUS USING ARGON PLASMA COAGULATION
Chest 2008 134: 24001S. [Abstract]  

Vichaya Arunthari, Francisco G. Alvarez Aquino, Cesar A. Keller, Javier F. Aduen, and Amauri Rancier

SUCCESSFUL APPLICATION OF ARGON PLASMA COAGULATION AND INJECTION OF INTRALESIONAL CIDOFOVIR TO RELIEVE AIRWAY OBSTRUCTION CAUSED BY DIFFUSE INFECTION BY HUMAN PAPILLOMA VIRUS
Chest 2008 134: 24002S. [Abstract]  

Jaswinderpal Sandhu, Amit Tibb, Alexis Jackman, and Thomas K. Aldrich

SUCCESSFUL TREATMENT OF ENDOBRONCHIAL OBSTRUCTION DUE TO RECURRENT RESPIRATORY PAPILLOMATOSIS USING RIGID BRONCHOSCOPY
Chest 2008 134: 25001S. [Abstract]  

Daniel Kim, Robert F. Browning, and Ko-Pen Wang

TRANSBRONCHIAL NEEDLE ASPIRATION (TBNA) USING AN EXTENDED LENGTH NEEDLE UNDER FLUOROSCOPIC GUIDANCE FOR ACCESSING THE LATERAL AORTOPULMONARY WINDOW (A-P WINDOW)
Chest 2008 134: 25002S. [Abstract]  

Henry Ostman and R. Wesley Shepherd

MEDIASTINITIS AND PURULENT PERICARDITIS FOLLOWING ENDOBRONCHIAL ULTRASOUND TRANSBRONCHIAL NEEDLE ASPIRATION OF LYMPH NODE
Chest 2008 134: 26001S. [Abstract]  

Sobia Farooq, Jinesh Patel, Timothy Beddow, and Daryl Thornton

RIGHT ATRIAL ANGIOSARCOMA WITH PULMONARY METASTASES - AN UNUSUAL CAUSE OF HEMOPTYSIS
Chest 2008 134: 26002S. [Abstract]  

Bhavneesh K. Sharma, Malik Reddy, Paul C. Lee, and Rammohan Gumpeni

AN INTERESTING PRESENTATION OF A RARE RENAL TUMOR
Chest 2008 134: 27001S. [Abstract]  

Christina Migliore, Maximo Lama, Shamji Shah, and Thiravengad Anandarangam

A 50-YEAR-OLD MALE WITH FETAL TYPE ADENOCARCINOMA OF THE LUNG
Chest 2008 134: 27002S. [Abstract]  

Srikanth Davuluri, Saroja Sripathi, and Ahmet S. Copur

CASE REPORT OF A VETERAN WITH PULMONARY METASTASIS FROM LOW GRADE ENDOMETRIAL STROMAL SARCOMA
Chest 2008 134: 27003S. [Abstract]  

Louis Girard, Sachin R. Pendharkar, Mitesh V. Thakrar, Kiril Trpkov, and Naushad Hirani

METASTATIC PROSTATE CANCER AND PULMONARY CARCINOID: SYNCHRONOUS PROCESSES OR MISTAKEN IDENTITIES?
Chest 2008 134: 28001S. [Abstract]  

Veena S. Devarakonda, Larissa Lembert, John Entwistle, Xiaoli Chen, and Jeffrey Hoag

PRIMARY SYNOVIAL SARCOMA OF THE LUNG WITH INTRACARDIAC EXTENSION
Chest 2008 134: 28002S. [Abstract]  

Hamed R. Mataria, Melissa Whitmill, Victor Coba, and Keith Killu

PERSISTENT RESPIRATORY FAILURE AND PNEUMONIA DUE TO RECURRENT CHYLE ASPIRATION AND BRONCHOPLEURAL FISTULA
Chest 2008 134: 29001S. [Abstract]  

Michael T. Czarnecki

SEVERE TRACHEAL SELF-EXPANDING METAL STENT (SEMS) COMPLICATION WITH MIGRATION AND GRANULATION TISSUE STENOSIS REQUIRING EXTRACTION
Chest 2008 134: 29002S. [Abstract]  

Jess Thompson, James Donahue, and Stephen Cassivi

BRONCHOPLEURAL FISTULA 7 YEARS POST-PNEUMONECTOMY
Chest 2008 134: 30001S. [Abstract]  

Carlos A. Brun and Fred Mihm

WHERE DID IT GO? ASPIRATION OF A NASOPHARYNGEAL AIRWAY
Chest 2008 134: 30002S. [Abstract]  

Vinu M. Abraham, Rajesh Shetty, and Harish Seethamraju

A CASE OF LUNG TORSION
Chest 2008 134: 31001S. [Abstract]  

Amanda Godfrey, Imran Khalid, and Daniel Ouellette

DEVELOPMENT OF REACTIVE AIRWAYS DYSFUNCTION SYNDROME FROM A SINGLE EXPOSURE TO STAND N’ SEAL "SPRAY-ON" GROUT SEALER
Chest 2008 134: 31002S. [Abstract]  

Paul M. Heffernan, Robert L. Nolan, and Chris M. Parker

NONMUCINOUS CYSTIC ADENOCARCINOMA: AN UNUSUAL CASE OF A GIANT INTRATHORACIC CYST
Chest 2008 134: 31003S. [Abstract]  

Jose Angelo A. De Dios, Luca Paoletti, and Tapas Bandyopadhyay

AN UNUSUAL CYSTIC LUNG LESION
Chest 2008 134: 32001S. [Abstract]  

Santhi Iyer and Carl T. Boylen

INFECTION WITH MULTIPLE NONTUBERCULOUS MYCOBACTERIA IN A PATIENT WITH MOUNIER-KUHN SYNDROME: A CASE REPORT
Chest 2008 134: 32002S. [Abstract]  

Ali Massoumi and Henry Yeager

A CASE OF NECROTIZING SARCOID MIMICKING LYMPHOMA
Chest 2008 134: 33001S. [Abstract]  

Kaye E. Hale and Patricia A. Tietjen

LUNG NODULES IN A PREMENOPAUSAL WOMAN
Chest 2008 134: 33002S. [Abstract]  

Hamed R. Mataria, Imran Khalid, and Paul Kvale

PULMONARY HYALINIZING GRANULOMA: APPEARANCE ON POSITRON EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY SCAN AND ASSOCIATION WITH DEEP VENOUS THROMBOSIS IN THE ABSENCE OF HYPERCOAGULABLE STATE
Chest 2008 134: 34001S. [Abstract]  

Ghazwan Acash, Kenneth Wener, Carla R. Lamb, and Timothy liesching

FEVER AND EOSINOPHILIA IN A 35-YEAR-OLD WOMAN WITH A HISTORY OF ASTHMA
Chest 2008 134: 34002S. [Abstract]  

Sherif M. Latef, Joseph Donath, Aslam Jivani, Albert Miller, George F. Soryal, Farrakh G. Khawaja, and Venkata Voleti

LIFE THREATENING DUAL MYCOBACTERIAL INFECTION AND ARDS AFTER IN VITRO FERTILIZATION
Chest 2008 134: 35001S. [Abstract]  

Shantanu S. Naik, Jared Chiarchiaro, Kyle Eskue, Gerald Campbell, and Gulshan Sharma

SEVERE MYOCARDIAL NECROSIS AND DEATH ASSOCIATED WITH MYCOPLASMA PNEUMONIAE
Chest 2008 134: 35002S. [Abstract]  

Yousef R. Shweihat, Manish Joshi, Arjun Rao, Alexandra Harrington, and Ralph M. Schapira

ACUTE RESPIRATORY FAILURE IN AN IMMUNOCOMPETENT PATIENT SECONDARY TO HANTA VIRUS CARDIOPULMONARY SYNDROME
Chest 2008 134: 36001S. [Abstract]  

Saima B. Memon and Fidaa Shaib

ADENOVIRUS AS A CAUSE OF TRANSVERSE MYELITIS IN THE INTENSIVE CARE UNIT
Chest 2008 134: 36002S. [Abstract]  

Chakravarthy B. Reddy, Sidhu Gangadharan, Gaetane Michaud, Adnan Majid, and Armin Ernst

TRACHEAL STENOSIS CAUSED BY TRACHEOPATHIA OSTEOPLASTICA: TREATMENT BY CERVICAL TRACHEAL RESECTION WITH RECONSTRUCTION
Chest 2008 134: 37001S. [Abstract]  

Syed Moazzum Khurshid, Jawed Abubaker, Asim Noor, Chander Manglani, and Safdar G. Khan

AMINOPHYLLINE INFUSION LEADING TO BROKEN HEART SYNDROME IN A PAKISTANI WOMEN
Chest 2008 134: 37002S. [Abstract]  

Christopher S. King, Sharon Gambino, and Christopher Lettieri

MULTIPLE PULMONARY CARCINOID TUMORS MIMICKING METASTASES IN AN ELDERLY FEMALE WITH A HISTORY OF BREAST CANCER
Chest 2008 134: 37003S. [Abstract]  

Soma S. Jyothula, Ramesh B. Kesavan, and Harish Seethamraju

ANASTOMOTIC STENOSIS OF PULMONARY ARTERY PRESENTING AS EXERTIONAL HYPOXEMIA
Chest 2008 134: 38001S. [Abstract]  

Muhammad Ali Javed and Jan Kasal

AN UNUSUAL FISTULA WITH LONG TERM VENOUS ACCESS
Chest 2008 134: 38002S. [Abstract]  

Mustafa A. Salehmohamed, Kavitha Reddy, Paul C. Lee, and Rammohan Gumpeni

PERIPHERAL ARTERIAL TUMOR EMBOLI FROM LUNG CANCER
Chest 2008 134: 39001S. [Abstract]  

Alex H. Gifford and Peter A. DeLong

A NOVEL PATTERN OF LUNG INJURY RELATED TO HORMONAL BLOCKADE FOR METASTATIC PROSTATE CANCER
Chest 2008 134: 39002S. [Abstract]  

Christopher J. Dennis, Eric Trueblood, and Douglas S. Frenia

DIFFUSE ALVEOLAR HEMORRHAGE FOLLOWING BLEACH INGESTION AND INTRAVENOUS INJECTION
Chest 2008 134: 40001S. [Abstract]  

Elif Kupeli, Demet Karnak, Oya Kayacan, and Serpil D. Sak

HAZARDS OF THE HARD CASH
Chest 2008 134: 40002S. [Abstract]  

Gilbert Seda and John Perri

HYPERSENSITIVITY PNEUMONITIS AFTER OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE TO DOT 5 SILICONE BRAKE FLUID
Chest 2008 134: 41001S. [Abstract]  

Hazem Ubaissi, Morgan D. Delaney, and Arnold M. Schwartz

A CASE OF RITUXIMAB-INDUCED ORGANIZING PNEUMONIA, INCLUDING BIOPSY RESULTS
Chest 2008 134: 41002S. [Abstract]  

Joshua M. Sill, Dara Regn, David Marks, and Michael Morris

A CASE OF BRONCHIOLITIS OBLITERANS WITH ORGANIZING PNEUMONIA IN A PATIENT TREATED WITH DANAZOL FOR IDIOPATHIC THROMBOCYTOPENIA PURPURA
Chest 2008 134: 42001S. [Abstract]  

Cristian Jivcu, Manoj Mathew, David Baratz, and ALLEN Thomas

THE DEVELOPMENT OF GLOSSOPHARYNGEAL BREATHING AND PALATAL MYOCLONUS IN A 29-YEAR-OLD FEMALE AFTER SCUBA DIVING
Chest 2008 134: 42002S. [Abstract]  

Lopa M. Patel and Sonali Sethi

SPLIT-SECOND CURVES AND SHORTNESS OF BREATH
Chest 2008 134: 43001S. [Abstract]  

Rupen R. Parikh, Joseph Daoko, Nisserin Jallad, Hartaj Virk, Paul Han, Karim Karim, and Fayez Shamoon

ACUTE PNEUMONITIS AND ALVEOLAR HEMORRHAGE AFTER LIQUID SILICONE INJECTION FOR AESTHETIC PURPOSE
Chest 2008 134: 43002S. [Abstract]  

Michael Perkins, Kathleen Love, and Angeline Lazarus

HENOCH-SCHÖNLEIN PURPURA WITH DIFFUSE ALVEOLAR HEMORRHAGE FOLLOWING HEPATITIS B VACCINATION
Chest 2008 134: 44001S. [Abstract]  

Arun K. Devakonda, Navatha Kurugundla, Alexey Amchentsev, Anthony Saleh, and Rubal Patel

LARGE INTRATHORACIC TUMOR
Chest 2008 134: 44002S. [Abstract]  

Ravindra Gudavalli, David P. Mason, Sudish C. Murthy, Gosta B. Pettersson, Atul C. Mehta, and Marie M. Budev

INTRAPYLORIC INJECTION OF BOTULINUM TOXIN IN REFRACTORY GASTROPARESIS IN LUNG TRANSPLANT RECIPIENTS
Chest 2008 134: 44003S. [Abstract]  

Mohammad K. Omari, Eduardo Castillo, and Ron Kattoo

CARDIAC TAMPONADE AFTER THE PLACEMENT OF A SUPERIOR VENA CAVA STENT
Chest 2008 134: 45001S. [Abstract]  

Deepak Joshi, Saurabh Chandra, Benjamin Costello, and Karthikeyan Kanagarajan

AN UNUSUAL CAUSE OF RIGHT VENTRICULAR OUTFLOW TRACT OBSTRUCTION PRESENTING AS INTRACTABLE SHOCK
Chest 2008 134: 45002S. [Abstract]  

Brent P. Riscili and Namita Sood

PULMONARY ARTERIAL PSEUDO-ANEURYSM AND HEMOPTYSIS IN A 25-YEAR-OLD SOCCER PLAYER WITH ENDOCARDITIS AND MULTI-FOCAL PNEUMONIA
Chest 2008 134: 46001S. [Abstract]  

Vivek N. Iyer and John M. Miles

PROFOUND INSULIN RESISTANCE IN A PATIENT WITH CARDIOGENIC SHOCK AND LACTIC ACIDOSIS ON AN EPINEPHRINE INFUSION
Chest 2008 134: 46002S. [Abstract]  

Shibin T. Jacob, Robert Heib, Ronald Siegel, Mary Csuka, and Fransisco J. Soto

PULMONARY ARTERY CATHETERIZATION COMPLICATED BY PULMONARY ARTERY RUPTURE IN A WOMAN WITH SEVERE PULMONARY ARTERIAL HYPERTENSION: CAN SHE SURVIVE?
Chest 2008 134: 47001S. [Abstract]  

Denise J. Nunez, Aparna Prasad, Christine Walsh, Todd Sweberg, and Chhavi Katyal

UNCONTROLLABLE TORSADES DE POINTES IN A 6-WEEK-OLD BOY: SUDDEN INFANT DEATH SYNDROME IN ACTION?
Chest 2008 134: 47002S. [Abstract]  

Eric J. Bonura, Josh J. Filner, Sheryl R. Goldyn, and David J. Ost

GLOMANGIOMA PRESENTING AS AN INTRATHORACIC AIRWAY OBSTRUCTION
Chest 2008 134: 48001S. [Abstract]  

Kristin B. Miller, Brian Kaplan, and Ray W. Shepherd

SEVERE TRACHEAL COMPRESSION CAUSING RESPIRATORY FAILURE FOLLOWING TRANSHIATAL ESOPHAGECTOMY
Chest 2008 134: 48002S. [Abstract]  

Lama Sakr, Jonathan Puchalski, Carl Gable, Daniel Sterman, Sajjad Shah, and Andrew Haas

ENDOTRACHEAL SPINDLE CELL LIPOMA PRESENTING AS A CHRONIC COUGH
Chest 2008 134: 49001S. [Abstract]  

Brian T. Garibaldi

PANCREATICO-BRONCHO-CUTANEOUS FISTULA FROM NECROTIZING PANCREATITIS
Chest 2008 134: 49002S. [Abstract]  

Mohit Chawla and Michael J. Simoff

LOBULAR CAPILLARY HEMANGIOMA OF THE TRACHEA: THE SECOND CASE
Chest 2008 134: 50001S. [Abstract]  

John T. Daniels, Abubakr Bajwa, and James D. Cury

EMERGENT BRONCHOSCOPIC DEBULKING OF A PRIMARY PULMONARY LEIOMYOSARCOMA SECONDARY TO BILATERAL MAINSTEM BRONCHUS OBSTRUCTION
Chest 2008 134: 50002S. [Abstract]  

Meghan K. McCullers, Jeremy Young, and Philip Diaz

AUREOBASIDIUM PULMONARY INFECTION IN AN ELDERLY WOMAN WITH MYCOBACTERIUM AVIUM COMPLEX
Chest 2008 134: 51001S. [Abstract]  

Imad M. Obeid, Sana Quddus, and Geneva B. Tatem

CEREBRAL AND PULMONARY INVASIVE DISSEMINATED ASPERGILLOSIS IN IMMUNOCOMPETENT PATIENT
Chest 2008 134: 51002S. [Abstract]  

Christopher C. Wyckoff, Cristina Reichner, and Charles A. Read

WHO ‘NOSE’ THE ANSWER: THE SKIN AS A MIRROR TO LUNG DISEASE
Chest 2008 134: 51003S. [Abstract]  

Bhavinkumar D. Dalal, Nader Mina, Kamal Nasser, Subramanian Malaisamy, Chirag Pandya, and Ayman Soubani

AUSTRIAN SYNDROME IN HEALTHY ELDERLY FEMALE
Chest 2008 134: 52001S. [Abstract]  

Jorge Cos, Pikesh Kumar Patel, Kavitha Kumbum, Gilda Diaz Fuentes, and Sindhaghatta Venkatram

CO INFECTION WITH HEPATITIS E AND LEPTOSPIROSIS
Chest 2008 134: 52002S. [Abstract]  

Julie P. Chou and Mark Hull

PULMONARY KAPOSI'S SARCOMA : AN ELUSIVE DIAGNOSIS
Chest 2008 134: 53001S. [Abstract]  

Matthew R. Morrell, Kevin Lawrence, and Marin Kollef

CONCOMITANT OPPORTUNISTIC INFECTIONS IN A PATIENT RECEIVING INTRAVENOUS INFLIXIMAB
Chest 2008 134: 53002S. [Abstract]  

Supriya Mannepalli, Michael Sands, Nilmarie Guzman, and Yvette McCarter

PULMONARY NOCARDIOSIS AS THE INITIAL PRESENTING INFECTION IN HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS/ACQUIRED IMMUNODEFICIENCY SYNDROME (HIV/AIDS)
Chest 2008 134: 54001S. [Abstract]  

Ajit R. Moghekar and Thomas Aldrich

ULCERATIVE ASPERGILLUS TRACHEOBRONCHITIS IN A STEM CELL TRANSPLANT PATIENT
Chest 2008 134: 54002S. [Abstract]  

Umar F. Sofi, Zaza Cohen, and Kevin Fennelly

A 28-YEAR-OLD WOMAN WITH PULMONARY KAPOSIS SARCOMA WITHOUT MUCOCUTANEOUS OR TRACHEOBRONCHIAL INVOLVEMENT
Chest 2008 134: 55001S. [Abstract]  

Juan F. Sanchez, Marcos I. Restrepo, and Juan D. Velez

STRONGYLOIDES HYPERINFECTION IN A PATIENT WITH LYMPHOMA AND HTLV-1 INFECTION
Chest 2008 134: 55002S. [Abstract]  

Natasha F. Sabur, Sachin R. Pendharkar, Margaret M. Kelly, M J. Gill, and Martha Ainslie

GRANULOMATOUS PNEUMOCYSTIS JIROVECI PNEUMONIA ASSOCIATED WITH IMMUNE RECONSTITUTED HIV
Chest 2008 134: 56001S. [Abstract]  

Jason Huet and Roy Essig

INITIAL REPORT OF SPONTANEOUS TUMOR LYSIS SYNDROME IN SMALL CELL LUNG CANCER
Chest 2008 134: 56002S. [Abstract]  

Minhtruong T. Lai and Daya Upadhyay

METASTATIC MALIGNANT EPITHELIOID HEMANGIOENDOTHELIOMA
Chest 2008 134: 57001S. [Abstract]  

Semaan G. Kosseifi, Jay Mehta, Thomas Roy, Ryland Byrd, and Jeff Farrow

RETURN OF THE FRANKENSTEIN MONSTER
Chest 2008 134: 57002S. [Abstract]  

Anil K. Gogineni, Majid H. Dudha, Stuart Lehrman, Joo Yoon, Sinan Altiner, Nazeem Maher, and Christopher Nobles

A RARE CASE OF SPINDLE CELL SARCOMA OF THE LUNG DIAGNOSED VIA INTERNAL JUGULAR APPROACH
Chest 2008 134: 58001S. [Abstract]  

Matthew M. McIntosh

MALIGNANT TRANSFORMATION IN RECURRENT RESPIRATORY PAPILLOMATOSIS
Chest 2008 134: 58002S. [Abstract]  

Amir M. Khan, Golubcow T. Jordon, Steven Keller, and Andrew Berman

MALIGNANT CHANGES IN PRIMITIVE MESENCHYMAL FAT CELLS: PRIMARY PULMONARY MEDIASTINAL LIPOSARCOMA (PML)
Chest 2008 134: 58003S. [Abstract]  

Caroline A. Motika

CASE REPORT: A 66-YEAR-OLD MAN WITH CRYPTOGENIC CIRRHOSIS AND HEPATOCELLULAR CARCINOMA WITH A BILIOUS PLEURAL EFFUSION
Chest 2008 134: 59001S. [Abstract]  

James P. Woodrow, Stuart Roop, Charles Mulligan, and Joel Moncur

PREVIOUSLY TREATED PAPILLARY THYROID CARCINOMA PRESENTING WITH ISOLATED PLEURAL METASTASES
Chest 2008 134: 59002S. [Abstract]  

Gul M. Khan, Jeana O'Brien, Christopher Gouner, Kanwaljit Aulakh, and Dominic deKeratry

UNUSUAL CAUSE OF A RIGHT SIDED HEMOTHORAX
Chest 2008 134: 60001S. [Abstract]  

Gilbert Seda and Peter Marco

AN UNUSUAL CAUSE OF A MASSIVE PLEURAL EFFUSION
Chest 2008 134: 60002S. [Abstract]  

Hakim A. Ali, Michael Lippmann, and Ghulam Khaleeq

SPONTANEOUS HEMOTHORAX SECONDARY TO EPITHELIOID HEMANGIOENDOTHELIOMA
Chest 2008 134: 61001S. [Abstract]  

Khader K. Abounasr, David Poch, and Doreen Addrizzo-Harris

A CASE OF METASTATIC NASOPHARYNGEAL CARCINOMA CAUSING BILATERAL CHYLOTHORACES
Chest 2008 134: 61002S. [Abstract]  

Minhtruong T. Lai and Daya Upadhyay

LUNG PLEDGETS
Chest 2008 134: 62001S. [Abstract]  

Merica Shrestha and Anita A. Shah

PLEUROPULMONARY AMEBIASIS IN AN ACTIVE DUTY SOLDIER
Chest 2008 134: 62002S. [Abstract]  

Ashish K. Patel, Bryan Schwartz, and Patricio Escalante

PRE-XDR-TB (EXTENSIVELY DRUG-RESISTANT TUBERCULOSIS): A CASE OF MDR-TB WITH ONE STEP AWAY FROM XDR-TB
Chest 2008 134: 63001S. [Abstract]  

Tej K. Naik, Susan Stein, and Nader Kamangar

SPONTANEOUSLY RESOLVING CEREBRAL EDEMA IN A CASE OF LEGIONNAIRE'S DISEASE
Chest 2008 134: 63002S. [Abstract]  

Shilpa A. DeSouza and Dorothy A. White

RAPIDLY GROWING CHEST WALL MASS AND BACK PAIN: A CASE OF TUBERCULOUS EMPYEMA NECESSITATIS AND PARASPINAL ABSCESS
Chest 2008 134: 64001S. [Abstract]  

Hashir Majid and Prasad Manian

PASTEURELLA MULTOCIDA EMPYEMA
Chest 2008 134: 64002S. [Abstract]  

Fouad J. Husnain and Andrea Antonescu-Turcu

AN UNUSUAL PRESENTATION OF RESPIRATORY BRONCHIOLITIS-ASSOCIATED INTERSTITIAL LUNG DISEASE IN A PATIENT WITH FEBRILE NEUTROPENIA
Chest 2008 134: 64003S. [Abstract]  

Isabel F. Pedraza, Kevin Scher, Elaine Fajardo, and Nader Kamangar

A CASE OF A 29-YEAR-OLD MALE WITH HISTORY OF OCULOCUTANEOUS ALBINISM, EPISTAXIS AND PROGRESSIVE DYSPNEA
Chest 2008 134: 65001S. [Abstract]  

Sunil Rajan, Oren P. Schaefer, Nicholas A. Smyrnios, and Armando E. Fraire

ACUTE FIBRINOUS AND ORGANIZING PNEUMONIA IN ASSOCIATION WITH INVASIVE PULMONARY ASPERGILLOSIS AND UNDERLYING ACUTE MYELOID LEUKEMIA
Chest 2008 134: 65002S. [Abstract]  

Mohammed E. Abdulmajeed and Mohamed Elamin Ahmed

SLE-ASSOCIATED SPONTANEOUS PNEUMOTHORAX: A CASE REPORT OF BILATERAL PNEUMOTHORAX ASSOCIATED WITH SLE IN SUDAN ELSHAAB TEACHING HOSPITAL
Chest 2008 134: 66001S. [Abstract]  

Ruby S. Varghese, Paramveer Bhugra, Carl Nicoleau, and Rammohan Gumpeni

HEPATIC SARCOIDOSIS PRESENTING WITH STAGE 0 LUNG INVOLVEMENT, SYMPTOMS OF CHOLESTASIS, HYPERCALCEMIA, AND RENAL INSUFFICIENCY
Chest 2008 134: 66002S. [Abstract]  

Eric J. Costanzo, Peter Mencel, Laith Zamel, Madhvi Kambam, David Kountz, Semi Selim, and Paresh D. Patel

PULMONARY LANGERHANS CELL HISTIOCYTOSIS IN A PATIENT WITH MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS: MERE COINCIDENCE OR AN AUTOIMMUNE LINK?
Chest 2008 134: 67001S. [Abstract]  

Poster Presentations:

Natalia Antonio, Silvia Monteiro, Carolina Lourenco, Rogerio Teixeira, Elisabete Jorge, Rui Baptista, Francisco Goncalves, Pedro Monteiro, Lino Goncalves, Mario Freitas, and Luis A. Providencia

IF YOUR PATIENT WITH AN ACUTE CORONARY SYNDROME HAS RENAL DYSFUNCTION, YOU NEED NO MORE PREDICTORS OF MORTALITY TO CHOOSE AN AGGRESSIVE APPROACH
Chest 2008 134: 1001S. [Abstract]  

Elisabete Jorge, Rui Baptista, Rogerio Teixeira, Carolina Lourenco, Natalia Antonio, Silvia Monteiro, Susana Costa, Francisco Goncalves, Pedro Monteiro, Lino Goncalves, Mario Freitas, and Luis A. Providencia

OPTIMAL LIPID PROFILE IS NOT ENOUGH TO IMPROVE SHORT- AND LONG-TERM OUTCOME IN ACUTE CORONARY SYNDROME PATIENTS
Chest 2008 134: 1002S. [Abstract]  

Pao-Hsien Chu, Ju-Feng Hsiao, and Hsiao-Chen Ning

THE CLINICAL ROLE OF RECURRENTLY ELEVATED MACRO CREATINE KINASE TYPE 1
Chest 2008 134: 1003S. [Abstract]  

Rogerio P. Teixeira, Carolina Lourenco, Natália António, Rui Baptista, Elisabete Jorge, Silvia Monteiro, Francisco Gonçalves, Pedro Monteiro, Mário Freitas, and Luis A. Providência

CAN WE IMPROVE OUTCOMES IN PATIENTS WITH PREVIOUS CORONARY ARTERY BYPASS SURGERY HISTORY ADMITTED FOR AN ACUTE CORONARY SYNDROME?
Chest 2008 134: 1004S. [Abstract]  

Hoang M. Lai, Wilbert S. Aronow, Archana Rajdev, Amit Asija, Khanh V. Lai, Jerry George, and John A. McClung

INCIDENCE OF MORTALITY IN 1,040 PATIENTS WITH CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE WITH NORMAL AND ABNORMAL QRS DURATION AND WITH NORMAL AND ABNORMAL LEFT VENTRICULAR EJECTION FRACTION
Chest 2008 134: 2001S. [Abstract]  

Natalia Antonio, Silvia Monteiro, Carolina Lourenco, Rogerio Teixeira, Rui Baptista, Elisabete Jorge, Francisco Goncalves, Pedro Monteiro, Mario Freitas, Lino Goncalves, and Luis A. Providencia

ABNORMAL GLUCIDIC METABOLISM IS THE STRONGEST PREDICTOR OF MULTI-VESSEL CORONARY DISEASE
Chest 2008 134: 2002S. [Abstract]  

Dana Bilkova, Petr Widimsky, Jaroslav Dvorak, Tomas Budesinsky, and Libor Lisa

SHOCK INDEX: A SIMPLE CLINICAL PARAMETER FOR QUICK MORTALITY RISK ASSESSMENT IN ACUTE MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION
Chest 2008 134: 2003S. [Abstract]  

Henry A. Tran, Scott D. Barnett, Sharon L. Hunt, and Niv Ad

DOES HISTORY OF PERCUTANEOUS INTERVENTION IMPACT OUTCOMES FOLLOWING A SUBSEQUENT CORONARY BYPASS GRAFTING SURGERY?
Chest 2008 134: 2004S. [Abstract]  

David Hersh, Susana Ayyanathan, Georgia Panagopoulos, Andrew Weissman, Simone Brown, Howard Levitt, Saddad Toor, Marc Rybstein, Snehalkumar Patel, and Neil Coplan

IS THE LIKELIHOOD OF CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE AFFECTED BY AN INTERACTION BETWEEN DIABETES MELLITUS AND METABOLIC SYNDROME?
Chest 2008 134: 3001S. [Abstract]  

Rupen R. Parikh, Robert Faillace, Vincent A. DeBari, Donna Konlian, and Mahesh Bikkina

CODE STEMI ELIMINATES DIFFERENCES IN DOOR-TO-BALLOON TIME DURING OFF-HOURS IN ST-SEGMENT ELEVATION MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION
Chest 2008 134: 3002S. [Abstract]  

Natalia Antonio, Silvia Monteiro, Carolina Lourenco, Rogerio Teixeira, Elisabete Jorge, Rui Baptista, Francisco Goncalves, Pedro Monteiro, Lino Goncalves, Mario Freitas, and Luis A. Providencia

COMPLETE REVASCULARIZATION IN PRIMARY PERCUTANEOUS CORONARY INTERVENTION IS BETTER THAN CULPRIT-ONLY REVASCULARIZATION
Chest 2008 134: 3003S. [Abstract]  

Ruby Satpathy, Najeeb Ahmed, Chandra Nair, Tom Lanspa, and Aryan Mooss

TRANSULNAR APPROACH FOR CORONARY ANGIOGRAPHY AND PERCUTANEOUS CORONARY INTERVENTION: A FEASIBLE APPROACH IN DOCUMENTED RADIAL ARTERY OCCLUSION
Chest 2008 134: 4001S. [Abstract]  

Anuj Agarwal, Rupen Parikh, Naveet Bal, Mahesh Bikkina, Sanjiv M. Patel, Vincent A. DeBari, and Fayez Shamoon

MONITORING QT INTERVAL AND QT DISPERSION FOR SHORT- AND LONG-TERM EVENTS IN ACUTE MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION PATIENTS TREATED WITH PRIMARY PERCUTANEOUS CORONARY INTERVENTION
Chest 2008 134: 4002S. [Abstract]  

Sotir Polena, Manish Gupta, Neil Coplan, and Joseph Puma

LATE AND VERY-LATE STENT THROMBOSIS WITH DRUG ELUTING STENTS: ILLUSION OR REALITY?
Chest 2008 134: 4003S. [Abstract]  

Hyeon Gook Lee, Dong Won Lee, Kyoung Im Cho, Ki Uk Kim, and Tae Ik Kim

IMPACT OF DRUG-ELUTING STENTS ON THE OUTCOME OF PATIENTS WITH DIFFUSE CORONARY LESION
Chest 2008 134: 4004S. [Abstract]  

Sotir Polena, Manish P. Gupta, H Shaikh, K Zazzali, P Korimerla, Neil Coplan, and D Soffer

DOES THE PRESENCE OF METABOLIC SYNDROME AFFECT PLATELET AGGREGATION INHIBITION IN PATIENTS ON CLOPIDOGREL THERAPY?
Chest 2008 134: 5001S. [Abstract]  

Hitoshi Hirose, Atsushi Amano, Keiichi Tambara, Taira Yamamoto, Motoshige Yamasaki, and Keita Kikuchi

CORRELATION BETWEEN EUROSCORE AND POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS
Chest 2008 134: 5002S. [Abstract]  

Oren Fruchter and Mordechai Yigla

RESPONSE TO BRONCHODILATORS AFTER EXERCISE CHALLENGE PREDICTS BRONCHIAL HYPERREACTIVITY
Chest 2008 134: 5003S. [Abstract]  

Harmanjit S. Hira and Anshu Singh

THE SITE OF AIRWAY OBSTRUCTION AMONG PATIENTS OF BRONCHIAL ASTHMA: ROLE OF IMPULSE OSCILLOMETRY
Chest 2008 134: 5004S. [Abstract]  

Stylianos A. Michaelides, Maria E. Michalatou, George D. Bablekos, and Andreas Asimakos

COMPARISON OF HORIZONTAL POSITION-INDUCED SPIROMETRIC CHANGES BETWEEN ASTHMATIC AND NORMAL SUBJECTS
Chest 2008 134: 6001S. [Abstract]  

Imad M. Obeid, Robetr R. Burke, and Zachary Q. Morris

ATS GUIDELINES PROTOCOLS FOR ADMINISTERING METHACHOLINE ARE NOT SIMILAR
Chest 2008 134: 6002S. [Abstract]  

Paul O'Byrne, Louis-Phillippe Boulet, Gail Gauvreau, Joseph M. Parker, Suha Sari, Barbara White, and Nestor Molfino

THE EFFECT OF ALLERGEN SELECTION ON AIRWAY RESPONSES AFTER ALLERGEN CHALLENGE USED FOR THE EVALUATION OF DRUG THERAPY IN ASTHMA
Chest 2008 134: 6003S. [Abstract]  

Koh M. Jansen

CLINICAL CHARACTERISTICS OF ADULTS WITH FATAL AND NEAR-FATAL ASTHMA IN A GENERAL HOSPITAL IN SINGAPORE
Chest 2008 134: 7001S. [Abstract]  

Hans J. Lee, Toshita Kumar, Jennifer Blunt, Billy DeLosSantos, JoAnne Gottridge, and Jill Karpel

COMPLIANCE WITH NATIONAL ASTHMA GUIDELINES IN TWO DIFFERENT CLINICAL ENVIRONMENTS AND CORRELATION WITH ASTHMA CONTROL
Chest 2008 134: 7002S. [Abstract]  

Gregory E. Erhabor, Daniel O. Obaseki, Olawale Oladimeji, Atinuke Soyinka, and Olayemi F. Awopeju

KNOWLEDGE OF ASTHMA AND ITS MANAGEMENT AMONG NEWLY QUALIFIED DOCTORS IN SOUTH WEST NIGERIA
Chest 2008 134: 7003S. [Abstract]  

Raylyn F. Cruz, Albert B. Albay, Czarlota A. Valdenor, Queenie Ngalob, and Joel M. Santiaguel

KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, AND PRACTICES ON ASTHMA AMONG INTERNAL MEDICINE RESIDENTS IN A TERTIARY HOSPITAL
Chest 2008 134: 7004S. [Abstract]  

Anupam K. Singh, S.N. Gaur, and Raj Kumar

CLINICAL PREDICTORS ASSOCIATED WITH PEFR IN SEVERE EXACERBATIONS OF ASTHMA
Chest 2008 134: 8001S. [Abstract]  

Melissa A. Valerio, Elizabeth A. Stevens, and Edith A. Parker

DIARIES AND ASTHMA MANAGEMENT: A QUALITATIVE EXAMINATION OF THEIR USE, EXPECTATIONS, AND POTENTIAL
Chest 2008 134: 8002S. [Abstract]  

Yang Deok Lee, Dong Jib Na, Jae Young Lee, and Su Hyung Seo

PREVALENCE OF SENSITIZATION TO KOREAN GINSENG AND CLINICAL SIGNIFICANCE AS INHALANT ALLERGEN IN GEUMSAN COUNTRY
Chest 2008 134: 8003S. [Abstract]  

Ahmed S. Al-Halfawy

RETRIEVAL OF ASPIRATED METALLIC PINS USING FLEXIBLE BRONCHOSCOPY SINGLE AUTHOR EXPERIENCE WITH 120 PINS
Chest 2008 134: 8004S. [Abstract]  

Eric L. Flenaugh, Seraj El Oshar, Abdurahman Emsalem, Bella Iskhakova, and Nalani Singh

USEFULNESS OF ENDOBRONCHIAL ULTRASOUND FOR TRANSBRONCHIAL BIOPSY OF INTERSTITIAL INFILTRATES
Chest 2008 134: 9001S. [Abstract]  

Sonali Sethi and Joseph Cicenia

TREATMENT OF PCP-RELATED PNEUMOTHORAX USING ONE-WAY ENDOBRONCHIAL VALVES
Chest 2008 134: 9002S. [Abstract]  

Roberto C. Santos, Anubha Sinha, Besher Kabak, Robby Ayoub, Daniel Suffin, Feroz Noori, Sandeep Riar, Justin Pi, Alan Klukowicz, and Richard Miller

EVALUATION OF TRACHEAL STENOSIS AS A COMPLICATION OF TRACHEOSTOMY
Chest 2008 134: 9003S. [Abstract]  

Brad D. Vincent, Momen M. Wahidi, Gordon Downie, and Gerard A. Silvestri

FOSPROPOFOL DISODIUM FOR SEDATION IN ELDERLY PATIENTS UNDERGOING FLEXIBLE BRONCHOSCOPY
Chest 2008 134: 10001S. [Abstract]  

Hamidreza Jabbardarjani, Badiozaman Radpey, Shahram Kharabian, and Mohammadreza Masjedi

TRACHEOBRONCHOPATHIA OSTEOCHONDROPLASTICA PRESENTATION OF TEN CASES AND REVIEW OF THE LITERATURE
Chest 2008 134: 10002S. [Abstract]  

Septimiu D. Murgu and Henri Colt

A MULTIDIMENSIONAL CLASSIFICATION FOR PATIENTS WITH BENIGN CENTRAL AIRWAY STRICTURES
Chest 2008 134: 10003S. [Abstract]  

Yee Hyung Kim, Jee-Hong Yoo, Cheon Woong Choi, Hye Sook Choi, Hong Mo Kang, and Myung Jae Park

CLINICAL FEATURES OF TRACHEOBRONCHIAL FOREIGN BODIES IN ADULTS ACCORDING TO THE RISK OF ASPIRATION
Chest 2008 134: 10004S. [Abstract]  

Jonathan Puchalski, Andrew Haas, Daniel Sterman, Scott Cowan, Lama Sakr, and Colin Gillespie

PRIMARY TREATMENT OF BENIGN OBSTRUCTIVE TRACHEOBRONCHIAL TUMORS BY ELECTROCAUTERY SNARE
Chest 2008 134: 11001S. [Abstract]  

Young S. Hwang, Eun J. Ma, Young L. Jung, Duk J. Lee, and Chul H. Kim

THE CAUSES OF RIGHT MIDDLE LOBE SYNDROME: RECENT EXPERIENCES FOR LAST 2 YEARS IN KOREA
Chest 2008 134: 11002S. [Abstract]  

Michael B. Boyd, Sonal Singh, Arjun Chatterjee, Franklin Watkins, John Conforti, Edward Haponik, and Robert Chin

BRONCHOSCOPIC REMOVAL OF FOREIGN BODIES IN THE ADVANCED ELDERLY
Chest 2008 134: 11003S. [Abstract]  

Luis F. Giraldo, Ximena Miranda, Camilo Barros, Mauricio Hernandez, Nicolas Martinez, Marta X. Leon, Maria L. Rengifo, Olga Estrada, Catalina Gomez, and Ivonne Escobar

RESPIRATORY COMPLICATIONS IN A COHORT OF PATIENTS AT RISK FOR OROPHARYNGEAL DYSPHAGIA
Chest 2008 134: 11004S. [Abstract]  

Naveed N. Shah, Rakesh Bhargava, Zuber Ahmed, Quibtiya K. Syed, Deepak Pandey, Mohammad Shameem, Arshad Altaf Bachh, and Khurshid A. Dar

ENDOBRONCHIAL SCLEROTHERAPY FOR MANAGEMENT OF ACTIVE HEMOPTYSIS
Chest 2008 134: 12001S. [Abstract]  

Jonathan Puchalski, Andrew Haas, Colin Gillespie, Steven Leh, and Daniel Sterman

RADIATION-INDUCED ENDOBRONCHIAL INJURY: A PROPOSED SPECTRUM OF DISEASE
Chest 2008 134: 12002S. [Abstract]  

Haiqing Chu, Shengxiang Ren, and Xianghua Yi

RELAPSING POLYCHONDRITIS WITH AIRWAY INVOLVEMENT: A CLINICAL ANALYSIS OF 5 CASES WITH LITERATURE REVIEW
Chest 2008 134: 12003S. [Abstract]  

Meltem Tor, Colin Gillespie, Steven Leh, Ali Musani, Chandra Sehgal, and Daniel Sterman

ANALYSIS OF ENDOBRONCHIAL ULTRASONOGRAPHIC FEATURES IN BENIGN AND MALIGNANT MEDIASTINAL LYMPH NODES
Chest 2008 134: 13001S. [Abstract]  

Dara D. Regn, Gerald York, Leopoldo Cancio, and Andriy Batchinsky

ASSESSMENT OF AIRWAY INJURY SEVERITY IN SWINE VIA VIRTUAL BRONCHOSCOPY
Chest 2008 134: 13002S. [Abstract]  

Mohsen Davoudi, Nazanin Zamanian Rohani, and Henri G. Colt

USING COMPETENCY-BASED ASSESSMENT TO MEASURE THE EFFICACY OF A STRUCTURED PLEUROSCOPY COURSE
Chest 2008 134: 13003S. [Abstract]  

Yousef R. Shweihat, RS Shah, Manish Joshi, Marcus P. Kennedy, and Rohan S. Samant

ENDOBRONCHIAL ULTRASOUND TRANSBRONCHIAL NEEDLE ASPIRATION IN A GEOGRAPHICAL REGION WITH ENDEMIC HISTOPLASMOSIS INFECTION
Chest 2008 134: 13004S. [Abstract]  

Robert E. Garland, Hisashi Tsukada, Felix Herth, Adnan Majid, Gaitane Michaud, Chakravarthy Reddy, and Armin Ernst

BRONCHOSCOPY-RELATED REPAIR COSTS IN AN ACTIVE INTERVENTIONAL PULMONOLOGY PROGRAM
Chest 2008 134: 14001S. [Abstract]  

Heinrich D. Becker, Ralf Eberhard, Felix Herth, and Merav Gat

IS VIBRATION RESPONSE IMAGING (VRI) USEFUL FOR PLANNING AND CONTROL OF TREATMENT FOR EMPHYSEMA BY ENDOBRONCHIAL VALVES? A PILOT STUDY
Chest 2008 134: 14002S. [Abstract]  

Kevin L. Kovitz, Kim French, Mary Vance, and Edward Diamond

FINANCIAL ARGUMENT FOR A DEDICATED INTERVENTIONAL PULMONOLOGY (IP) PROGRAM
Chest 2008 134: 14003S. [Abstract]  

Heinrich D. Becker, Mathias Slavik, Momn M. Wahidi, Herve Dutau, Ali Musani, Merav Gat, and Teruomi Miyazawa

VIBRATION RESPONSE IMAGING (VRI): A NEW METHOD FOR EVALUATION OF INTERVENTIONAL BRONCHOSCOPY
Chest 2008 134: 15001S. [Abstract]  

Michael Boyd, Kirk Depriest, Robert Chin, Jr., Arjun Chatterjee, Matthew Miles, John Conforti, and Edward Haponik

HEMOPTYSIS IN THE ADVANCED ELDERLY
Chest 2008 134: 15002S. [Abstract]  

Mitsuhiro Sumitani, Shigeki Nanjyo, Seiichi Syoji, Nobuhide Takifuji, Hidemi Kiyota, Haruko Daga, and Koji Takeda

COMPARISON OF THE EFFECTIVENESS OF THE TRANSLARYNGEAL SPRAY ANESTHESIA AND THE ORAL NEBULIZER INHALATION ANESTHESIA DURING FLEXIBLE BRONCHOSCOPY WITHOUT SEDATION
Chest 2008 134: 15003S. [Abstract]  

David J. Feller-Kopman, Kurt Herzer, Jose Rodriguez-Paz, and Lynette Mark

USING SIMULATION AND LEAN SIX SIGMA TO DECREASE RISK WHEN STARTING A PROGRAM IN INTERVENTIONAL PULMONOLOGY
Chest 2008 134: 15004S. [Abstract]  

Michel Jeannot, Bedilu Woldaregay, Muhammad Gondal, Arshad Ali, Danilo Enriquez, Frances Schmidt, Joseph Quist, Gerald Greenberg, and Elsaghir Hend

INDICATIONS FOR PERFORMING FIBEROPTIC BRONCHOSCOPY IN THE INTENSIVE CARE UNITS: A RETROSPECTIVE STUDY
Chest 2008 134: 16001S. [Abstract]  

Frank Sciurba, Claudia Cote, Kenneth Sciarappa, Elizabeth Goodwin, Lisa Curry, and John Hanrahan

ASSESSMENT OF PATIENT SYMPTOM AND FUNCTIONING OUTCOMES AMONG COPD SUBJECTS TREATED WITH ARFORMOTEROL OR RACEMIC FORMOTEROL: A 6-MONTH CLINICAL TRIAL
Chest 2008 134: 16002S. [Abstract]  

Raymond L. Murphy and Andrey Vyshedskiy

INTER-CHANNEL INHOMOGENEITY OF THE TIMING OF LUNG SOUNDS IN PATIENTS WITH CHRONIC OBSTRUCTIVE LUNG DISEASE
Chest 2008 134: 16003S. [Abstract]  

Raymond L. Murphy and Andrey Vyshedskiy

RATIO OF LOW FREQUENCY ENERGY TO HIGH FREQUENCY ENERGY OF LUNG SOUNDS IN PATIENTS WITH CHRONIC OBSTRUCTIVE LUNG DISEASE
Chest 2008 134: 17001S. [Abstract]  

Marcio A. Martins, Isadora Michels, and Bárbara Klitzke

EARLY DETECTION OF AIR FLOW OBSTRUCTION IN ADULT SMOKERS ATTENDED IN UNIVERSITY CLINIC
Chest 2008 134: 17002S. [Abstract]  

Muhammad B. Alkali and Emmanuel O. Bandele

THE EFFECT OF CIGARETTE SMOKING ON PULMONARY FUNCTION AND RESPIRATORY SYMPTOMS ON NIGERIAN FIREFIGHTERS
Chest 2008 134: 17003S. [Abstract]  

Ho Il Yoon, Young Ae Kang, Sung Youn Kwon, Sang Min Lee, Ki Woong Kim, Jae Ho Lee, and Choon-Taek Lee

FEV1/FVC RATIO DIFFERS ACCORDING TO SMOKING STATUS IN ELDERLY POPULATION WHOSE FEV1/FVC IS OVER 0.7
Chest 2008 134: 17004S. [Abstract]  

Christopher M. Blanchette, Hans Petersen, and Anand A. Dalal

DEVELOPMENT OF A STATISTICAL MODEL TO IDENTIFY PATIENTS WITH MILD CHRONIC OBSTRUCTIVE PULMONARY DISEASE FROM ADMINISTRATIVE CLAIMS DATABASES
Chest 2008 134: 18001S. [Abstract]  

David M. Mannino, Nicola A. Hanania, Fernando Martinez, James F. Donohue, Douglas W. Mapel, Barbara P. Yawn, Steven Samuels, Matthew Mintz, Mark Kosinski, Anand A. Dalal, and Priti Jhingran

DEVELOPMENT OF THE LUNG FUNCTION QUESTIONNAIRE: A SCREENING TOOL TO IDENTIFY AIRFLOW OBSTRUCTION
Chest 2008 134: 18002S. [Abstract]  

Firas A. Koura, Miranda Hollen, and Juanita F. Hughes

THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN ALPHA-1 ANTITRYPSIN LEVELS AND LESS COMMON NON-MM PHENOTYPES IN SOUTHEASTERN KENTUCKY
Chest 2008 134: 18003S. [Abstract]  

Dhimitraq Argjiri and Perlat Kapisyzi

THE CORRELATION BETWEEN BODY MASS INDEX AND PROGNOSTIC FACTORS OF GRAVITY AND PROGNOSIS IN PATIENTS WITH CHRONIC OBSTRUCTIVE PULMONARY DISEASE
Chest 2008 134: 19001S. [Abstract]  

Gurpreet S. Binepal, Balbir Malhotra, Deepak Aggarwal, and Navjot K. Pannu

EVALUATION OF CLINICAL APPLICATION OF CHRONIC OBSTRUCTIVE PULMONARY DISEASE INDIAN GUIDELINES-2003 IN DIAGNOSING AND STAGING CHRONIC OBSTRUCTIVE PULMONARY DISEASE
Chest 2008 134: 19002S. [Abstract]  

Osmund U. Agbo, Fahrad Arjomand, Irene Macharia, Rana Ali, Anthony Uvieghara, and Patricia Wade

IMPACT OF CHRONIC OBSTRUCTIVE LUNG DISEASE (COPD) DIAGNOSIS ON THE SMOKING HABIT OF PATIENTS
Chest 2008 134: 19003S. [Abstract]  

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

ALCOHOL DRINKING AND RISK OF HOSPITALIZATION FOR COPD
Chest 2008 134: 19004S. [Abstract]  

Barbara Yawn, David Mannino, Thomas Littlejohn, Gary Ruoff, Amanda Emmett, Chris Kalberg, Ibrahim Raphiou, and Glenn D. Crater

PREVALENCE OF COPD-DEFINED AIRFLOW OBSTRUCTION IN UNDIAGNOSED PRIMARY CARE SUBJECTS WITH SYMPTOMS OF CHRONIC BRONCHITIS
Chest 2008 134: 20001S. [Abstract]  

Magnus Lofdahl, Jenny Theorell-Haglow, Inga Sif Olafsdottir, Eva Lindberg, and Christer Jansson

RECORDED QUALITY OF SLEEP IN PATIENTS WITH COPD
Chest 2008 134: 20002S. [Abstract]  

Dylan J. Wirtz, Mark King, and Philip Diaz

CORRELATION OF DIFFUSION IMPAIRMENT WITH FINDINGS ON HIGH RESOLUTION COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY (HRCT) OF THE CHEST IN HIV-INFECTED INDIVIDUALS IN THE HAART ERA
Chest 2008 134: 20003S. [Abstract]  

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

PERIPHERAL AND RESPIRATORY MUSCLE STRENGTH AND EXERCISE CAPACITY IN CHRONIC OBSTRUCTIVE PULMONARY DISEASE (COPD)
Chest 2008 134: 21001S. [Abstract]  

Fadia T. Shaya, Anand A. Dalal, and Dongyi Du

BURDEN OF CONCOMITANT CHRONIC OBSTRUCTIVE PULMONARY DISEASE AND ASTHMA AMONG ADULTS: RACIAL DISPARITIES EXISTENT IN A MEDICAID POPULATION
Chest 2008 134: 21002S. [Abstract]  

David M. Mannino, Andrea K. Johnston, Judith Garcia-Aymerich, David Miller, and Kourtney J. Davis

LUNG FUNCTION IMPAIRMENT, COPD HOSPITALIZATIONS, AND SUBSEQUENT MORTALITY
Chest 2008 134: 21003S. [Abstract]  

Nicola A. Hanania, Antonio Anzueto, Amanda Emmett, and Glenn D. Crater

DELETERIOUS EFFECTS OF EXACERBATIONS ON LUNG FUNCTION AND HEALTH STATUS IN COPD
Chest 2008 134: 21004S. [Abstract]  

Anand A. Dalal, Tom E. Delea, and Christopher B. Blanchette

RISK OF CHRONIC OBSTRUCTIVE PULMONARY DISEASE HOSPITALIZATION OR EMERGENCY DEPARTMENT VISIT AND RELATED HEALTHCARE COSTS IN CHRONIC BRONCHITIS PATIENTS FROM A MANAGED CARE COHORT
Chest 2008 134: 22001S. [Abstract]  

Mahmoud Moammar, Vincent DeBari, Yousef Khelfa, Adel Blamoun, Ashraf Rashid, and MA Khan

AIRWAY RESISTANCE AND CARBON MONOXIDE DIFFUSING CAPACITY TO PREDICT THE NEED FOR HOSPITAL ADMISSION IN COPD PATIENTS
Chest 2008 134: 22002S. [Abstract]  

Ashok K. Janmeja, Prasanta R. Mohapatra, Mandeep Kumar, Deepak Aggarwal, Alkesh Khurana, and Naveen Dutt

THE IMPACT OF WHO-GOI GUIDELINES ON COPD ON QUALITY OF LIFE
Chest 2008 134: 22003S. [Abstract]  

Sodienye Tetenta, Maura Lipp, Richard ZuWallack, and Bimalin Lahiri

DIRECTLY MEASURED ACTIVITY LEVELS IN PATIENTS WITH CHRONIC OBSTRUCTIVE PULMONARY DISEASE
Chest 2008 134: 23001S. [Abstract]  

Sue Zafarlotfi, Hormoz Ashtyani, and Mohammed Quadri

PREVALENCE OF INSOMNIA IN GERIATRIC COPD PATIENTS WHO ARE ENROLLED IN A PULMONARY REHABILITATION PROGRAM
Chest 2008 134: 23002S. [Abstract]  

Sherif R. Elsayed and Khaled Elnagar

PSYCHOTHERAPY IMPROVES EXERCISE TOLERANCE IN PATIENTS WITH PINK PUFFER SYNDROME
Chest 2008 134: 23003S. [Abstract]  

Linda Simoni-Wastila, Anand A. Dalal, and Christopher M. Blanchette

BURDEN OF CHRONIC OBSTRUCTIVE PULMONARY DISEASE IN LONG-TERM CARE RESIDENTS
Chest 2008 134: 23004S. [Abstract]  

Renee D. Stapleton, William J. Ehlenbach, Richard A. Deyo, William Kreuter, and J.R. Curtis

HOSPITAL DISCHARGE AND LONG-TERM SURVIVAL AFTER IN-HOSPITAL CARDIOPULMONARY RESUSCITATION IN OLDER ADULTS WITH CHRONIC ILLNESS
Chest 2008 134: 24001S. [Abstract]  

Soleyah C. Groves, Dafna Koldobskiy, Mark Cowan, and Steven Scharf

HOSPITAL SETTING AND SURVIVAL AMONG PATIENTS SUFFERING IN-HOSPITAL CARDIO-RESPIRATORY ARREST (CPA)
Chest 2008 134: 24002S. [Abstract]  

Meenatchi Kumaraguruparan, Souvik Sarkar, Sindhaghatta Venkatram, Balavenkatesh Kanna, and Raghu S. Loganathan

AGE-RELATED SURVIVAL AFTER CARDIAC ARREST IN A UNIVERSITY-AFFILIATED INNER CITY MEDICAL ICU
Chest 2008 134: 24003S. [Abstract]  

Giath Shari, Christopher Pastor, and Istvan A. Hajduk

OUTCOME OF PERFORMING CARDIOPULMONARY RESUSCITATION MORE THAN ONCE ON THE SAME PATIENT DURING THE SAME HOSPITALIZATION IN A TEACHING HOSPITAL
Chest 2008 134: 25001S. [Abstract]  

Dafna H. Koldobskiy, Soleyah Groves, Mark Cowan, and Steven M. Scharf

INFLUENCE OF CO-MORBIDITIES ON OUTCOMES FROM IN-HOSPITAL CARDIOPULMONARY ARREST
Chest 2008 134: 25002S. [Abstract]  

Christopher M. O Donnell, Mohamed Elsawaf, and Cristina A. Reichner

A RETROSPECTIVE STUDY OF OUTCOMES OF PATIENTS ADMITTED TO THE MEDICAL INTENSIVE CARE UNIT WITH A PARTIAL CODE STATUS
Chest 2008 134: 25003S. [Abstract]  

Cornelius M. Dyke, Solomon Aronson, George Maier, Devinder Bhatia, and John Chen

PERIOPERATIVE BLOOD PRESSURE EXCURSIONS ARE AN INDEPENDENT PREDICTOR OF 30-DAY MORTALITY IN PATIENTS UNDERGOING VALVE SURGERY
Chest 2008 134: 25004S. [Abstract]  

Hoang M. Lai, Wilbert S. Aronow, Adam Kruger, Harit Desai, Harshad Amin, William H. Frishman, Martin Cohen, and Carmine Sorbera

BETA-BLOCKERS, ANGIOTENSIN-CONVERTING ENZYME INHIBITORS OR ANGIOTENSIN RECEPTOR BLOCKERS, AND STATINS REDUCE MORTALITY IN PATIENTS WITH IMPLANTABLE CARDIOVERTER-DEFIBRILLATORS
Chest 2008 134: 26001S. [Abstract]  

Peter Tsenovoy, Wilbert S. Aronow, Julie Joseph, and Magdaline S. Kopacz

PATIENTS WITH INFECTIVE ENDOCARDITIS AND INCREASED CARDIAC TROPONIN I LEVELS HAVE A HIGHER INCIDENCE OF IN-HOSPITAL MORTALITY AND VALVE REPLACEMENT THAN THOSE WITH NORMAL CARDIAC TROPONIN I LEVELS
Chest 2008 134: 26002S. [Abstract]  

Samuel Unzek, Marcelo Cury, Adrian V. Hernandez, Roy K. Greenberg, Eric E. Roselli, and Venu Menon

LEFT VENTRICULAR MASS IS NOT A PREDICTOR FOR PROGRESSIVE AORTIC DILATATION IN PATIENTS WITH STANFORD B AORTIC DISSECTION
Chest 2008 134: 26003S. [Abstract]  

Manish P. Gupta, Sotir Polena, Neil Coplan, and Howard Cohen

AORTIC BALLOON VALVULOPLASTY WITHOUT RAPID VENTRICULAR PACING USING PERCUTANEOUS VENTRICULAR ASSIST DEVICE
Chest 2008 134: 26004S. [Abstract]  

Rupen Parikh, Naveet Bal, Dipak Pandya, Mahesh Bikkina, Padmaja Akkineni, Anuj Aggarwal, and Basiem Barsoum

COMPARING OUTCOMES OF MEDICAL MANAGEMENT AND PERCUTANEOUS CLOSURE IN PATIENTS WITH PATENT FORAMEN OVALE AND CRYPTOGENIC STROKE
Chest 2008 134: 27001S. [Abstract]  

Susan M. Trocciola, Leonard N. Girardi, Arash Shirazi, John Rossettie, Karl Krieger, O Wayne Isom, and Arash Salemi

PREDICTORS OF TRACHEOSTOMY AFTER MITRAL VALVE SURGERY
Chest 2008 134: 27002S. [Abstract]  

Hitoshi Matsuda, Hitoshi Ogino, Kenji Minatoya, Hiroaki Sasaki, Hiroshi Tanaka, Junjiro Kobayashi, and Toshikatsu Yagihara

SAFETY OF PERCUTANEOUS DILATIONAL TRACHEOSTOMY IN PATIENTS AFTER THE GRAFT REPLACEMENT OF THE AORTIC ARCH
Chest 2008 134: 27003S. [Abstract]  

Georgios S. Vlachogeorgos, Nicolaos Daskalopoulos, Dimitris Coutras, Helen Nickolopoulou, and Stelios Podaras

THE ROLE OF BOSENTAN IN THE DECREASE OF PULMONARY ARTERIAL HYPERTENSION IN PATIENTS WITH CARDIAC VALVULAR DISEASES DURING THE CARDIAC SURGERY EVALUATION
Chest 2008 134: 28001S. [Abstract]  

Wah Shing Leung, Christopher Kei W. Lai, Veronica Lee Chan, Alsa Wa N. Lin, and Chung Ming Chu

DISTINCT SEASONAL VARIATION IN BACTEREMIC COMMUNITY-ACQUIRED PNEUMONIA IN HONG KONG
Chest 2008 134: 28002S. [Abstract]  

Vitezslav Kolek, Bartos Vladimir, Amir Hassan, Renata Pappova, Pavla Popelkova, Vladimir Rihak, Ivana Zatloukalova, Josef Zlamal, and Milan Kolar

COMMUNITY-ACQUIRED PNEUMONIA IN THE CZECH REPUBLIC: A PROSPECTIVE STUDY OF AMBULATORY PATIENTS
Chest 2008 134: 28003S. [Abstract]  

Navdeep K. Brar, Michael S. Niederman, and Steven Fishbane

AN ANALYSIS OF AN EMERGENCY DEPARTMENT TRIAGE PROGRAM FOR RAPID IDENTIFICATION OF COMMUNITY-ACQUIRED PNEUMONIA
Chest 2008 134: 28004S. [Abstract]  

Marcos I. Restrepo, Eric M. Mortensen, Andrew F. Shorr, Marya D. Zilberberg, Marin H. Kollef, and Antonio Anzueto

UNDERSTANDING THE HEALTH CARE-ASSOCIATED PNEUMONIA (HCAP) DEFINITION
Chest 2008 134: 29001S. [Abstract]  

Rosa Malo de Molina, Eric M. Mortensen, Marcos I. Restrepo, Patricia Castellanos-Matteus, and Antonio Anzueto

IMPACT OF PULMONARY ARTERIAL HYPERTENSION (PAH) IN PATIENTS HOSPITALIZED WITH COMMUNITY ACQUIRED PNEUMONIA (CAP) OR SEPSIS
Chest 2008 134: 29002S. [Abstract]  

Qassim Durrani, Padmaraj Duvvuri, and Muhammad H. Shibli

CULTURE-POSITIVE PNEUMONIA EXPERIENCE USING ATS/IDSA GUIDELINES IN AFRICAN-AMERICAN PREDOMINANT POPULATION
Chest 2008 134: 29003S. [Abstract]  

Marya D. Zilberberg, Andrew F. Shorr, Scott T. Micek, and Marin H. Kollef

BACTEREMIA MODIFIES THE EFFECT OF INITIAL ANTIBIOTIC TREATMENT ON HOSPITAL MORTALITY DIFFERENTIALLY IN CAP AND HCAP
Chest 2008 134: 30001S. [Abstract]  

Ahmad Alhajhusain, Morohunfolu Akinnusi, Linda Paasch, Charles Thompson, Lilibeth Pineda, and Ali A. El Solh

DIFFERENTIAL EXPRESSION OF PLASMINOGEN ACTIVATOR INHIBITOR-1 IN RESPONSE TO ANTIMICROBIAL THERAPY IN PATIENTS WITH VENTILATOR-ASSOCIATED PNEUMONIA
Chest 2008 134: 30002S. [Abstract]  

Howard Friedman, Xue Song, Simone Crespi, and Prakash Navaratnam

SIMILAR LENGTHS OF STAY AND HOSPITAL COSTS FOR PATIENTS WITH COMMUNITY-ACQUIRED PNEUMONIA TREATED WITH INTRAVENOUS MOXIFLOXACIN, 400 MG, OR LEVOFLOXACIN, 750 MG
Chest 2008 134: 30003S. [Abstract]  

Prakash Navaratnam, Simone Crespi, and Howard Friedman

COST MINIMIZATION ANALYSIS OF MOXIFLOXACIN, 400 MG, COMPARED WITH LEVOFLOXACIN, 750 MG, IN OUTPATIENT TREATMENT OF COMMUNITY-ACQUIRED PNEUMONIA, ACUTE BACTERIAL SINUSITIS, AND ACUTE EXACERBATIONS OF CHRONIC BRONCHITIS
Chest 2008 134: 31001S. [Abstract]  

Alexander Panda and John McArdle

VALUE OF GRAM STAIN EXAMINATION OF RESPIRATORY TRACT SAMPLES FOR THE ACCURATE DIAGNOSIS OF VENTILATOR-ASSOCIATED PNEUMONIA
Chest 2008 134: 31002S. [Abstract]  

Marya D. Zilberberg, James Spalding, Ying P. Tabak, Xiaowu Sun, Yan Liu, and Andrew Shorr

COST-SAVING ASSOCIATED WITH EARLY FAVORABLE MANAGEMENT OF SERUM SODIUM FOR PATIENTS ADMITTED WITH PNEUMONIA AND HYPONATREMIA
Chest 2008 134: 31003S. [Abstract]  

M Chadi Alraies, Abdul Hamid Alraiyes, Joseph Sopko, and Samer Alhindi

IMPACT OF CHEST CT ON CLINICAL DECISION MAKING OF IMMUNOCOMPETENT PATIENTS ADMITTED WITH CHEST RADIOGRAPHIC FINDINGS OF PNEUMONIA
Chest 2008 134: 32001S. [Abstract]  

Raymond L. Murphy, Andrey Vyshedskiy, and Anna Wong-Tse

ACCURACY OF INTERPRETATION OF COMPUTERIZED MULTICHANNEL LUNG SOUND ANALYSES
Chest 2008 134: 32002S. [Abstract]  

Sodienye Tetenta and Mark Metersky

CAN THE GRAM STAIN OF RESPIRATORY TRACT SAMPLES IDENTIFY THE PRESENCE OF STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS?
Chest 2008 134: 32003S. [Abstract]  

Peter Yau

RATE OF COLONIZATION IN PATIENTS WITH TRACHEOSTOMY
Chest 2008 134: 32004S. [Abstract]  

Jose O. Isea-Dubuc, Caribay Vargas, and Jose Antonio Suarez

PLEURO-PULMONARY COMPLICATIONS IN DENGUE HEMORRHAGIC FEVER
Chest 2008 134: 33001S. [Abstract]  

Nicola Ciancio, Margherita M. de Santi, Gianluca Battaglia, Benedetta Rossi, Lucia Spicuzza, Laura Bivona, Lucia Bartoloni, and Giuseppe U. Di Maria

ULTRASTRUCTURAL CILIARY FINDINGS IN KARTAGENER'S SYNDROME: IS NASAL BRUSHING A USEFUL DIAGNOSTIC TOOL?
Chest 2008 134: 33002S. [Abstract]  

Bruce Friedman, Joseph R. Shaver, Robert F. Mullins, Zaheed Hassan, Claus Brandigi, Anwar Mian, Joan M. Wilson, Charlesetta Willliams, Rhonda Holberton, and Sue Stacy

THE IMPACT OF BLEEDING RISKS INCLUDING THROMBOCYTOPENIA AND COAGULATION ABNORMALITIES OF A PROACTIVE BOWEL MANAGEMENT SYSTEM
Chest 2008 134: 33003S. [Abstract]  

Terrence J. Fagan

BAKER'S DOZEN: AN ACCURATE MENTAL ESTIMATE OF ACUTE RESPIRATORY PH
Chest 2008 134: 34001S. [Abstract]  

Bruce Friedman, Joseph R. Shaver, Robert F. Mullins, Zaheed Hassan, Claus Brandigi, Anwar Mian, Joan M. Wilson, Charlesetta Williams, Rhonda Holberton, and Sue Stacy

EVALUATING THE LONG-TERM EFFECTS OF A PROACTIVE BOWEL MANAGEMENT SYSTEM
Chest 2008 134: 34002S. [Abstract]  

Richard Riker, Yahya Shehabi, Wayne Wisemandle, Paula M. Bokesch, Marcelo G. Rocha, and Jason Bradt

DEXMEDETOMIDINE IMPROVES OUTCOMES FOR LONG TERM ICU SEDATION WHEN COMPARED TO MIDAZOLAM: THE SEDCOM STUDY
Chest 2008 134: 34003S. [Abstract]  

Mouhamad G. Jamil, Mazen Kherallah, Muhanad Hawarri, and Nada Alqadheeb

THE EFFECT OF STATINS ON MORTALITY IN CRITICAL ILL PATIENTS
Chest 2008 134: 34004S. [Abstract]  

Hani M. Lababidi, Ahmed F. Alohali, M. Ali A. Al-Azem, and Imad M. Tleyjeh

CORTICOSTEROIDS FOR THE PREVENTION OF POST-EXTUBATION AIRWAY OBSTRUCTION IN ADULTS: SYSTEMIC REVIEW AND META-ANALYSIS
Chest 2008 134: 35001S. [Abstract]  

Sotir Polena, Manish P. Gupta, K. Zazzali, H. Shaikh, P. Korimerla, N. Coplan, D. Carville, K. Cervellione, and D. Soffer

COMPARISON OF TWO DIFFERENT METHODS TO EVALUATE PLATELET FUNCTION
Chest 2008 134: 35002S. [Abstract]  

Marcos I. Restrepo, Antonio Anzueto, Alejandro Arroliga, Mark J. Atkinson, Ngoc J. Ho, Hafsa Quadri, and Marin H. Kollef

ECONOMIC BURDEN OF VENTILATOR-ASSOCIATED PNEUMONIA BASED ON TOTAL RESOURCE UTILIZATION
Chest 2008 134: 35003S. [Abstract]  

Bedilu W. Woldaregay, Fadi Hammoudeh, Azzam Bittar, Narayan Neupane, Michel Jeannot, Arshad Ali, Mohammed Gondal, Danillo Enriquez, Joseph Quist, and Francis Schmidt

MICROBIOLOGY OF SURVEILLANCE ENDOTRACHEAL ASPIRATE CULTURE IN A COMMUNITY HOSPITAL
Chest 2008 134: 35004S. [Abstract]  

Seth Rivera, Martha Pastuszka, Alice Yu, Victoria Gabayan, and Tomas Ganz

HEPCIDIN MODULATION AS A TREATMENT FOR ANEMIA OF INFLAMMATION (AI)
Chest 2008 134: 36001S. [Abstract]  

Vivek N. Iyer, Rebecca Hoel, and Alejandro A. Rabinstein

PROPOFOL INFUSION SYNDROME IN PATIENTS WITH REFRACTORY STATUS EPILEPTICUS: A 10-YEAR CLINICAL EXPERIENCE
Chest 2008 134: 36002S. [Abstract]  

Rani Kumaran, Mladen Sokolovic, Elias Ashame, Elizabeth M. George, Larry Bernstein, and Lizziamma George

PREVENTION OF VENOUS THROMBOEMBOLISM IN CRITICALLY ILL MEDICAL PATIENTS
Chest 2008 134: 36003S. [Abstract]  

Alex C. Spyropoulos, Mohamed Hussein, Jay Lin, and David Battleman

RATES OF VENOUS THROMBOEMBOLISM OCCURRENCE IN MEDICAL PATIENTS AMONG THE INSURED POPULATION
Chest 2008 134: 37001S. [Abstract]  

John Fanikos, Rie Maurer, Carlin Walsh, Steve Baroletti, and Samuel Z. Goldhaber

EPIDEMIOLOGY OF VENOUS THROMBOEMBOLISM IN ACUTELY ILL MEDICAL PATIENTS IN THE USA
Chest 2008 134: 37002S. [Abstract]  

Theerasuk Kawamatawong, Chanwit Wuttichaipradit, Thitiporn Suwatanapongched, and Sumalee Kiatboonsri

CLINICAL PRESENTATIONS AND RISK FACTORS OF SPIRAL COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY-PROVEN ACUTE PULMONARY EMBOLISM IN RAMATHIBODI HOSPITAL
Chest 2008 134: 37003S. [Abstract]  

Ashraf Rashid, Atif Saleem, Hamad Azam, Adel Blamoun, Mahmoud Moammar, Vincent DeBari, and M. Anees Khan

RECURRENCE RATE OF DEEP VENOUS THROMBOSIS IN PATIENTS RECEIVING STATINS
Chest 2008 134: 37004S. [Abstract]  

Adel I. Blamoun, M Alfakir, A Sedfawi, Ashraf Rashid, Mahmoud Moammar, Vincent DeBari, and M A. Khan

CORRELATION BETWEEN D-DIMER LEVELS AND SEVERITY OF PULMONARY EMBOLISM
Chest 2008 134: 38001S. [Abstract]  

Michael H. Baumann, John Spurzem, Marcy Petrini, Michael Todaro, and Jim Westmoreland

IMPACT OF STANDARDIZED ADMISSION ORDER SET USE ON DRUG COSTS, PROVIDER COMMUNICATION, AND VENOUS THROMBOEMBOLISM INCIDENCE
Chest 2008 134: 38002S. [Abstract]  

Kaleem-ud Din and Muhammad H. Shibli

PROGNOSTIC VALUE OF EKG SCORE IN ACUTE PULMONARY EMBOLISM
Chest 2008 134: 38003S. [Abstract]  

Jian Wang and Vicky Tagalakis

AN EVALUATION OF THE LONG-TERM TREATMENT OF VENOUS THROMBOEMBOLISM IN HOSPITALIZED CANCER PATIENTS
Chest 2008 134: 38004S. [Abstract]  

Siegfried Wieshammer, Jens Dreyhaupt, and Beate Basler

N-TERMINAL PRO-BRAIN NATRIURETIC PEPTIDE (NT-PROBNP) FOR THE PULMONOLOGIST: NOT ONLY A RULE-OUT TEST FOR SYSTOLIC HEART FAILURE BUT A GLOBAL MARKER OF HEART DISEASE
Chest 2008 134: 39001S. [Abstract]  

Glynn W. Gilcrease, Brian K. Showalter, James N. Phan, Tanya Wolfson, and Bruce J. Kimura

IMAGE QUALITY OF A NEW POCKET-SIZED ULTRASOUND DEVICE: IMPLICATIONS FOR BEDSIDE SUBJECTIVE CARDIAC DIAGNOSIS
Chest 2008 134: 39002S. [Abstract]  

Oladipupo Olafiranye, Ghazanfar Qureshi, Haroon Kamran, Lee Gao, Louis Salciccioli, and Jason Lazar

RELATIONSHIP OF AORTIC WAVE REFLECTION TO TRANSMITRAL FILLING PATTERN
Chest 2008 134: 39003S. [Abstract]  

Maria Aurora Morales, Renato Prediletto, Giuseppe Rossi, Massimo Lombardi, Daniele Rovai, and Giosuè Catapano

ASSESSMENT OF LEFT VENTRICULAR SIZE AND FUNCTION BY CHEST X-RAY: COMPARISON WITH CARDIAC MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING
Chest 2008 134: 40001S. [Abstract]  

Xuedong Shen, Mark J. Holmberg, Tom Hee, Stephanie Maciejewski, Chandar K. Nair, Aryan N. Mooss, and Dennis J. Esterbrooks

REVERSAL OF RESPONDERS AND NONRESPONDERS: A NEW SIGHT AT LONG-TERM FOLLOW-UP AFTER CARDIAC RESYNCHRONIZATION THERAPY
Chest 2008 134: 40002S. [Abstract]  

Nobuyuki Anzai, Hiroko Anzai, Rieko Mitobe, Makiko Anzai, and Sadako Furuya

NON-PHARMACOLOGICAL MEASURES: ADHERENCE, COMPLIANCE AND KNOWLEDGE IN CHRONIC HEART FAILURE PATIENTS
Chest 2008 134: 40003S. [Abstract]  

Linda Houston-Feenstra, Jun Chiong, and Kenneth Jutzy

GENDER COMPARISON OF OUTCOMES 48 MONTHS FOLLOWING A DISEASE MANAGEMENT AND REHABILITATION PROGRAM FOR PATIENTS WITH CONGESTIVE HEART FAILURE AND PATIENTS FOLLOWED BY ROUTINE CARE FOR CHF
Chest 2008 134: 41001S. [Abstract]  

Andrew P. DeWolfe, Kathy Hebert, and Barbara Lopez

LOW SERUM SODIUM AS A POOR PROGNOSTIC INDICATOR FOR ALL-CAUSE MORTALITY IN CHF PATIENTS
Chest 2008 134: 41002S. [Abstract]  

Manaf Zaizafoun and Ghayyath Sultan

PREVALENCE OF MEDIASTINAL LYMPHADENOPATHY IN PATIENTS DIAGNOSED WITH CHF EXACERBATION
Chest 2008 134: 41003S. [Abstract]  

Jennifer Miranda, Kathy Hebert, and Barbara Lopez

PREVALENCE OF ERECTILE DYSFUNCTION AND CORRELATION WITH PERCEIVED QUALITY OF LIFE IN A CHF DISEASE MANAGEMENT POPULATION
Chest 2008 134: 41004S. [Abstract]  

Suman Pasupuleti, Ruby Satpathy, Xuedong Shen, Chandar K. Nair, Claire Hunter, Mark J. Holmberg, Aryan N. Mooss, and Dennis J. Esterbrooks

HYPERLIPIDEMIA MAY BE AN INDEPENDENT PREDICTOR OF SEVERE AORTIC STENOSIS IN ELDERLY PATIENTS
Chest 2008 134: 42001S. [Abstract]  

Paul Lleva, Wilbert S. Aronow, Harshad Amin, Rasham Sandhu, and Katharine D'aquila

PREVALENCE OF ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHIC ABNORMALITIES IN PATIENTS WITH ISCHEMIC STROKE, SUBARACHNOID HEMORRHAGE, AND INTRACEREBRAL HEMORRHAGE
Chest 2008 134: 42002S. [Abstract]  

Joel M. Gore, Jason N. Katz, Frederick A. Anderson, Kurt Kleinschmidt, Allison Wyman, and Christopher B. Granger

HETEROGENEOUS MANAGEMENT OF ACUTE SEVERE HYPERTENSION IS ASSOCIATED WITH HIGH MORBIDITY AND MORTALITY: RESULTS FROM STUDYING THE TREATMENT OF ACUTE HYPERTENSION (STAT) REGISTRY
Chest 2008 134: 42003S. [Abstract]  

Rasham Sandhu, Wilbert S. Aronow, Archana Rajdev, Rishi Sukhija, Harshad Amin, and Amandeep Sangha

PATIENTS WITH ISCHEMIC STROKE, INTRACRANIAL HEMORRHAGE, AND SUBARACHNOID HEMORRHAGE WITH INCREASED SERUM TROPONIN I LEVELS HAVE AN INCREASED IN-HOSPITAL MORTALITY
Chest 2008 134: 42004S. [Abstract]  

Gautham Ravipati, Wilbert S. Aronow, Sujata Kumbar, Anil Kumar, Ranee Rapera-Lleva, Gwendoline Menga, Melvin B. Weiss, and John A. McClung

DIABETICS WITH STROKE HAVE A HIGHER HEMOGLOBIN ALC LEVEL AND A HIGHER SERUM LOW-DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN CHOLESTEROL THAN DIABETICS WITHOUT STROKE
Chest 2008 134: 43001S. [Abstract]  

Ghazanfar H. Qureshi, Mohammad Qureshi, Louis Salciccioli, Ellen Ginzler, and Jason Lazar

ASSOCIATION OF ARTERIAL STIFFNESS AND ATHEROSCLEROSIS IN WOMEN WITH SYSTEMIC LUPUS ERYTHEMATOUS
Chest 2008 134: 43002S. [Abstract]  

Bakhtiar Mirza, Aaref Badshah, Mahmud Zamlut, Syed Ahsan, Fadi Matta, Abdo Y. Yeakoub, Monisha Lala, James Denier, Dennis J. Malloy, and Paul D. Stein

EFFECT OF ANKLE EXERCISE ON VENOUS BLOOD VELOCITY
Chest 2008 134: 43003S. [Abstract]  

Laveena Chhatwani, Scarlett L. Gomez, Ellen T. Chang, and Heather A. Wakelee

LUNG CANCER IN THE VERY YOUNG: ANALYSIS OF THE CALIFORNIA CANCER REGISTRY DATABASE
Chest 2008 134: 43004S. [Abstract]  

Jelena Stojsic, Ivan Milovanovic, Jelena Radojicic, and Branislava Milenkovic

LUNG CANCER IN WOMEN: HISTOPATHOLOGICAL STUDY
Chest 2008 134: 44001S. [Abstract]  

William T. Lewis and Mohammed Naeem

IMPACT OF IMPLEMENTATION OF FLEISCHNER SOCIETY OF THORACIC RADIOLOGY PULMONARY NODULE SURVEILLANCE CRITERIA WITHIN THE MADIGAN ARMY MEDICAL CENTER DEPARTMENT OF RADIOLOGY
Chest 2008 134: 44002S. [Abstract]  

Mark R. Green, Laura Daniels, Joanne Willey, Louis Iovino, Susanne Giebner, Mario Gomez, Kristine Lemke, George Rafferty, and Gerard Silvestri

PHYSICIAN PREFERENCES FOR MANAGEMENT OF PATIENTS WITH STAGE IIIA NON-SMALL CELL LUNG CANCER: IMPACT OF BULK OF NODAL DISEASE ON THERAPY SELECTION
Chest 2008 134: 44003S. [Abstract]  

Dechang Chen, Kai Xing, Donald E. Henson, Xiuzhen Chen, and Arnold M. Schwartz

GROUP TESTING COMPUTER ALGORITHMS ENHANCE TNM PROGNOSTIC ASSESSMENT IN LUNG CANCER
Chest 2008 134: 45001S. [Abstract]  

Benitra T. Johnson, Donald E. Henson, and Arnold M. Schwartz

CARCINOID TUMORS HAVE A DISTINCT EPIDEMIOLOGIC PROFILE RELATIVE TO SMALL CELL CARCINOMAS OF THE LUNG
Chest 2008 134: 45002S. [Abstract]  

Bhavinkumar D. Dalal, Ishani Dalal, and Ching-yee O. Wong

SIGNIFICANCE OF METABOLIC ACTIVITY BY PET SCAN IN EARLY NON-SMALL CELL LUNG CARCINOMA
Chest 2008 134: 45003S. [Abstract]  

Paul Germonpre, Annelies Janssens, Lut Van Moorter, Dirk Verresen, Danny Galdermans, Roger Devogelaere, Hugo Ottevaere, Yves Mentens, Christel De Pooter, and Chris Goor

FEV1 AS A PROGNOSTIC FACTOR FOR SURVIVAL IN STAGE III NSCLC PATIENTS TREATED WITH CHEMORADIATION: MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS OF CHERNOS TRIAL
Chest 2008 134: 45004S. [Abstract]  

Leonardo Seoane, Mohammed Cheema, David Taylor, Vincent Valentine, and Lee M. Arcement

PREVALENCE AND IMPACT OF PREOPERATIVE COR PULMONALE ASCERTAINED BY 2-D ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY IN ADULT LUNG TRANSPLANT RECIPIENTS
Chest 2008 134: 46001S. [Abstract]  

Mohammad K. Omari, Alan Betensley, Lisa Stagner, Lisa Allenspach, and Vaidehi Kaza

PRESENCE OF SECONDARY PULMONARY HYPERTENSION (PHTN) PRIOR TO LUNG TRANSPLANTATION (LT) AS RISK FACTOR FOR DEVELOPMENT OF BRONCHIOLITIS OBLITERANS SYNDROME (BOS)
Chest 2008 134: 46002S. [Abstract]  

Matthew R. Morrell, Lawrence Kevin, and Ramsey Hachem

CLINICAL OUTCOMES IN HOSPITALIZED SOLID-ORGAN TRANSPLANT RECIPIENTS INFECTED WITH HUMAN MONOCYTIC EHRLICHIOSIS
Chest 2008 134: 46003S. [Abstract]  

Juan F. Sanchez, Luis F. Angel, Deborah J. Levine, Stephanie M. Levine, John Calhoon, Scott B. Johnson, Paula A. Duran, Eric M. Mortensen, Antonio Anzueto, and Marcos I. Restrepo

HEALTH CARE-ASSOCIATED PNEUMONIA (HCAP) HAVE SIMILAR MORTALITY RATES COMPARED TO HOSPITAL-ACQUIRED (HAP) AND VENTILATOR-ASSOCIATED PNEUMONIA (VAP) IN LUNG TRANSPLANT RECIPIENTS
Chest 2008 134: 47001S. [Abstract]  

Leonardo Fuks, David Shitrit, Benjamin D. Fox, Anat Amital, Yael Raviv, Ilana Bakal, and Mordechai R. Kramer

HERPES ZOSTER AFTER LUNG TRANSPLANTATION: INCIDENCE, TIMING, AND OUTCOME
Chest 2008 134: 47002S. [Abstract]  

Ricardo H. Teixeira, Marlova L. Caramori, José Eduardo Afonso, Jr., Rafael M. Carraro, Bernardo Reichert, Paulo Manoel P. Fernandes, Milena Acencio, Leila Antonangelo, Fabio B. Jatene, and Francisco S. Vargas

CHARACTERIZATION OF CYTOKINES PROFILE IN PLEURAL EFFUSION AFTER LUNG TRANSPLANT
Chest 2008 134: 47003S. [Abstract]  

Nakul Vakil, David P. Mason, Sudish Murthy, Jang W. Su, and Gosta Pettersson

LUNG ENTRAPMENT AFTER TRANSPLANTATION: A SIMPLE SOLUTION USING THE PLEURX CATHETER
Chest 2008 134: 48001S. [Abstract]  

S. Jyothula, H. Seethamraju, Lisa Kopas, R. Shetty, G. Dronavalli, G. Noon, M. Loebe, J. Lafuente, S. Scheinin, and Ramesh Kesavan

A RARE PULMONARY VASCULAR COMPLICATION IN LUNG TRANSPLANT RECIPIENTS
Chest 2008 134: 48002S. [Abstract]  

Rajesh A. Shetty, Gautham Dronavalli, Ramesh Kesavan, Osama Gaber, Linda Moore, Nadine Haykal, Scott Scheinin, George Noon, Javier Lafuente, Mathias Loebe, and Harish Seethamraju

IMPACT OF DONOR PAO2/FIO2 RATIO ON EARLY OUTCOMES IN LUNG TRANSPLANTATION
Chest 2008 134: 48003S. [Abstract]  

Bruce Friedman, Joseph R. Shaver, Robert F. Mullins, Zaheed Hassan, Claus Brandigi, Anwar Mian, Luke Mendez-Vigo, Joan M. Wilson, Charlesetta Williams, Rhonda Holberton, and Sue Stacy

DAPTOMYCIN USE FOR A VARIETY OF WOUND TYPES IN A BURN AND WOUND CARE FACILITY: UPDATE ON CURRENT USE
Chest 2008 134: 48004S. [Abstract]  

Tanmay S. Panchabhai, Neha S. Dangayach, Anand Krishnan, and Dilip R. Karnad

EFFECT OF OROPHARYNGEAL CLEANSING WITH 02% CHLORHEXIDINE IN CRITICALLY ILL PATIENTS: AN OPEN-LABEL RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL (NCT00610324)
Chest 2008 134: 49001S. [Abstract]  

Hani M. Lababidi, Mohammad A. Shah, Ahmad K. Abbas, and Bassel Ramadan

EMERGING MULTI-DRUG RESISTANT ORGANISMS IN INTENSIVE CARE UNIT: THE REAL CHALLENGE
Chest 2008 134: 49002S. [Abstract]  

Marya D. Zilberberg, Samir H. Mody, Joyce Chen, Alan T. Evangelista, and Andrew F. Shorr

COST-BENEFIT MODEL OF EMPIRIC DORIPENEM COMPARED TO IMIPENEM IN VENTILATOR-ASSOCIATED PNEUMONIA
Chest 2008 134: 49003S. [Abstract]  

Marya D. Zilberberg, Brian H. Nathanson, Thomas L. Higgins, Andrew F. Shorr, and Marin H. Kollef

RATES AND OUTCOMES OF CLOSTRIDIUM DIFFICILE-ASSOCIATED DISEASE (CDAD) AMONG PATIENTS ON PROLONGED ACUTE MECHANICAL VENTILATION (PAMV)
Chest 2008 134: 50001S. [Abstract]  

William L. Jackson, Prasad N. Betadpur, Maria L. Jison, and Anne G. Rizzo

EXPEDITED TREATMENT OF INFECTION IN THE INTENSIVE CARE UNIT SETTING THROUGH UTILIZATION OF E-ICU TECHNOLOGY
Chest 2008 134: 50002S. [Abstract]  

Reba A. Umberger, Carol Thompson, Muthiah P. Muthiah, and G. U. Meduri

PATIENTS ADMITTED TO ICU WITH SEPSIS ARE MORE LIKELY TO DEVELOP NOSOCOMIAL INFECTIONS
Chest 2008 134: 50003S. [Abstract]  

Lisa Paul, Marisa Montecalvo, George Maguire, and Dipak Chandy

CENTRAL VENOUS CATHETER BLOOD STREAM INFECTIONS IN A MEDICAL INTENSIVE CARE UNIT
Chest 2008 134: 50004S. [Abstract]  

Jorge Maspero, Mario Soto-Ramos, Frances Guerra, Robert Chan, Raj Sharma, and Soren Pedersen

IMPROVED ASTHMA CONTROL AND FEWER EXACERBATIONS WITH INHALED SALMETEROL/FLUTICASONE PROPIONATE COMPARED WITH ORAL MONTELUKAST IN CHILDREN WITH PERSISTENT ASTHMA: PEACE (PEDIATRIC ASTHMA CONTROL EVALUATION)
Chest 2008 134: 51001S. [Abstract]  

Olivia Cristina Y. Go, Arnel Gerald Q. Jiao, Gilda S. Erquiza, and Marilyn A. Argana

COMPARATIVE STUDY ON EFFICACY OF INHALED PROCATEROL AND INHALED SALBUTAMOL DELIVERED BY METERED-DOSE INHALER ATTACHED TO A SPACER DEVICE IN MILD AND MODERATE ASTHMA EXACERBATION AMONG 6 TO 18 YEAR-OLDS
Chest 2008 134: 51002S. [Abstract]  

Henry Milgrom, William Berger, Michael Noonan, Paul Stryszak, Eduardo Urdaneta, and Ariel Teper

RAPID ONSET OF SIGNIFICANT IMPROVEMENTS IN PEAK EXPIRATORY FLOW AMONG CHILDREN WITH ASTHMA TREATED WITH MOMETASONE FUROATE ADMINISTERED VIA A DRY POWDER INHALER
Chest 2008 134: 51003S. [Abstract]  

William E. Berger, David Skoner, Ariel Teper, and Eduardo Urdaneta

A FAVORABLE ADVERSE EVENT PROFILE OF MOMETASONE FUROATE IN CHILDREN IS CONSISTENT BETWEEN MULTIPLE STUDIES
Chest 2008 134: 52001S. [Abstract]  

Michael Noonan, William E. Berger, Paul Stryszak, Ariel Teper, and Eduardo Urdaneta

MOMETASONE FUROATE ADMINISTERED VIA A DRY POWDER INHALER REDUCES THE SEVERITY OF AIRFLOW OBSTRUCTION IN CHILDREN WITH ASTHMA: FINDINGS FROM ANALYSIS OF FEV1/FVC RATIOS
Chest 2008 134: 52002S. [Abstract]  

Ashley N. Weigand, Uwe Schuschnig, and Lisa Cambridge

USING RESPIRABLE DRUG DELIVERY RATE (RDDR) TO COMPARE DELIVERY EFFICIENCY OF THREE COMMERCIALLY AVAILABLE BREATH-ENHANCED NEBULIZERS WITH BUDESONIDE
Chest 2008 134: 52003S. [Abstract]  

Fabio Cibella, Giuseppina Cuttitta, Stefania La Grutta, Mario R. Melis, and Giovanni Viegi

RELATIONSHIPS BETWEEN RESPIRATORY DISEASES, ALLERGIC SENSITIZATION, PULMONARY FUNCTION, AND OBESITY IN HEALTHY SCHOOLCHILDREN
Chest 2008 134: 53001S. [Abstract]  

Dahlia L. Yu, Rolando C. De la Eva, Anthony P. Calibo, and Regina M. Canonizado

A CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY ON EXERCISE-INDUCED BRONCHOCONSTRICTION AMONG SCHOOL-AGED CHILDREN IN QUEZON CITY, METRO MANILA
Chest 2008 134: 53002S. [Abstract]  

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

BCG ADMINISTRATION AT INFANCY-WHETHER IT EFFECTS INCIDENCE OF ASTHMA? A STUDY AMONG SCHOOL GOING CHILDREN OF RURAL AND URBAN AREAS OF AJMER DISTRICT
Chest 2008 134: 53003S. [Abstract]  

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

PREVALENCE OF ASTHMA IN SCHOOL CHILDREN WITH ALLERGIC CONDITIONS IN RURAL AREAS OF AJMER, INDIA
Chest 2008 134: 54001S. [Abstract]  

Sidharth Sharma, Rakesh C. Gupta, Akashdeep Singh, Ramakant Dixit, Suruchi Sharma, and Neeraj Gupta

PASSIVE SMOKING AS A RISK FACTOR IN DEVELOPMENT OF ASTHMA SCHOOL GOING CHILDREN OF URBAN AND RURAL AREAS OF AJMER DISTRICT IN INDIA
Chest 2008 134: 54002S. [Abstract]  

Ramakant Dixit, Kalpana Dixit, Sidharth Sharma, and Parmej A.R.

INFLUENCE OF OBESITY ON CLINICAL PROFILE OF ASTHMA IN SCHOOL GOING CHILDREN OF AJMER, INDIA
Chest 2008 134: 54003S. [Abstract]  

Subhakar Kandi, Kishore Reddy Bhimireddy, Jaya Lakshmi Lingam, and Prasad V. Surapaneni

DIAGNOSTIC SIGNIFICANCE OF PLEURAL FLUID INTERFERON GAMMA IN COMPARISON WITH ADENOSINE DEAMINASE IN TUBERCULOUS PLEURAL EFFUSIONS
Chest 2008 134: 54004S. [Abstract]  

Theerasuk Kawamatawong, Kittisak Panompong, Sumalee Kiatboonsri, and Kalayanee Khupulsup

THE APPROPRIATE CUTOFF LEVEL OF PLEURAL FLUID ADENOSINE DEAMINASE ACTIVITY BY DIAZYME COMMERCIAL KIT FOR DIAGNOSIS PLEURAL TUBERCULOSIS IN RAMATHIBODI HOSPITAL
Chest 2008 134: 55001S. [Abstract]  

Mary Jane T. Sandagon, Jubert Benedicto, and Raylyn Cruz

PROFILE OF PATIENTS WITH LYMPHOCYTIC PREDOMINANT EXUDATIVE PLEURAL EFFUSION AT THE PHILIPPINE GENERAL HOSPITAL
Chest 2008 134: 55002S. [Abstract]  

Muralikrishna Gopal, Alicia B. Romero, and Sharma Gulshan

RETROSPECTIVE REVIEW OF BLIND PLEURAL BIOPSIES AT A TERTIARY MEDICAL CENTER
Chest 2008 134: 55003S. [Abstract]  

Vasileios Skouras, Ilias Papanikolaou, Evagelia Papageorgiou, Maria Kokosi, Ioanna Villiotou, Filia Diamantea, Napoleon Karagiannidis, and Vlasis Polychronopoulos

PLEURAL FLUID B-TYPE NATRIURETIC PEPTIDE IN PATIENTS WITH PLEURAL EFFUSIONS
Chest 2008 134: 55004S. [Abstract]  

Pier Aldo Canessa, Anna Maria Carletti, Massimiliano Sivori, Antonella Vigani, Silvio Roncella, Paola Ferro, Bartolomeo Bacigalupo, and Franco Fedeli

VALUE OF DETECTION OF HUMAN MAMMAGLOBIN IN PLEURAL EFFUSION
Chest 2008 134: 56001S. [Abstract]  

Oner Dikensoy, Heather Misra, Huai Liao, and Richard W. Light

INTRAPLEURAL INJECTION OF AIR OR SALINE CAUSES SIGNIFICANT PLEURAL EOSINOPHILIA IN MICE
Chest 2008 134: 56002S. [Abstract]  

Fabien Maldonado, Finn J. Hawkins, Craig E. Daniels, Clinton H. Doerr, and Jay Ryu

PLEURAL FLUID CHARACTERISTICS OF CHYLOTHORAX
Chest 2008 134: 56003S. [Abstract]  

Evagelia Papageorgiou, Maria Kokosi, Vasileios Skouras, Apostolos Voulgaridis, Filia Diamantea, Emmanouil Kastanakis, Napoleon Karagiannidis, and Vlasis Polychronopoulos

IS PLEURAL EFFUSION A COMMON CHEST RADIOGRAPHIC FINDING IN PULMONARY EMBOLISM?
Chest 2008 134: 57001S. [Abstract]  

Judith S. Soliano and Manuel C. Jorge, II

COMPARING PLEURAL FLUID CHOLESTEROL AND LACTATE DEHYDROGENASE (COSTAS CRITERIA) AND LIGHTS CRITERIA IN SEPARATING EXUDATES FROM TRANSUDATES
Chest 2008 134: 57002S. [Abstract]  

Ervin H. Anaya, Bogdan Moldoveanu, Juan Guardiola, Julio A. Ramirez CAPO Investigators

RADIOGRAPHIC AND TOMOGRAPHIC IMAGING STUDIES TO DETERMINE THE NEED FOR ASPIRATION OF PARAPNEUMONIC EFFUSIONS IN HOSPITALIZED PATIENTS WITH COMMUNITY-ACQUIRED PNEUMONIA
Chest 2008 134: 57003S. [Abstract]  

Juan Guardiola, Ervin H. Anaya, Bogdan Moldoveanu, Bryan K. Moffet, Julio A. Ramirez CAPO Investigators

EVALUATION OF THE MANAGEMENT OF PARAPNEUMONIC EFFUSIONS IN HOSPITALIZED PATIENTS WITH COMMUNITY-ACQUIRED PNEUMONIA
Chest 2008 134: 57004S. [Abstract]  

Ervin H. Anaya, Bogdan Moldoveanu, Juan Guardiola, Bryan K. Moffet, Julio A. Ramirez CAPO Investigators

DEVELOPMENT OF QUALITY INDICATORS FOR THE MANAGEMENT OF PARAPNEUMONIC EFFUSIONS IN HOSPITALIZED PATIENTS WITH COMMUNITY-ACQUIRED PNEUMONIA
Chest 2008 134: 58001S. [Abstract]  

Anil Patel, Priyanka Jalandhara, Jay Vankawala, Anush Patel, and Ashok Fulambarkar

ROLE OF DABIGATRAN IN PREVENTION OF VENOUS THROMBOEMBOLISM IN PATIENTS UNDERGOING HIP OR KNEE REPLACEMENT SURGERY: A META-ANALYSIS
Chest 2008 134: 58002S. [Abstract]  

Khursheed Haider, Faisal Malik, Ronald Ciubotaru, Syed S. Ali, and Rahman Mujibur

DAILY GOAL ASSESSMENT PROTOCOL: AN EFFECTIVE STRATEGY FOR DEEP VENOUS THROMBOSIS (DVT) PROPHYLAXIS
Chest 2008 134: 58003S. [Abstract]  

Eduardo F. Sad, Rodrigo S. Santos, and Alice C. Braga

IMPROVEMENT OF VENOUS THROMBOEMBOLISM PROPHYLAXIS IN HOSPITALIZED PATIENTS AFTER AN EDUCATIONAL PROGRAM
Chest 2008 134: 59001S. [Abstract]  

Pedro A. Sevilla Saez-Benito, Dimple Tejwani, Pradeep R. Atla, Kim S. Kyoung, Larry Schiller, Steve Blum, and Gilda Diaz-Fuentes

VENOUS THROMBOEMBOLISM: COMPARISON OF TREATMENT MODALITIES AND OUTCOME IN AN INNER CITY TEACHING HOSPITAL
Chest 2008 134: 59002S. [Abstract]  

Shannon L. Michels, Jill Abell, Ruslan Horblyuk, and Beth Nordstrom

USE OF FONDAPARINUX AS TREATMENT FOR THROMBOEMBOLIC EVENTS IN ONCOLOGY PATIENTS: A DESCRIPTIVE EPIDEMIOLOGIC STUDY
Chest 2008 134: 59003S. [Abstract]  

Aaron J. Ford, Amy Arouni, and Stephanie R. Maciejewski

COMPLICATIONS IN PATIENTS USING AN OUTPATIENT ENOXAPARIN BRIDGING PROTOCOL FOR INTERRUPTION OF LONG-TERM ORAL ANTICOAGULATION
Chest 2008 134: 59004S. [Abstract]  

Hoang M. Lai, Wilbert S. Aronow, and Charles C. Shyu

PREVALENCE OF USE OF ANTICOAGULANTS IN 502 ELDERLY HOSPITALIZED PATIENTS AT INCREASED RISK FOR SYSTEMIC EMBOLISM OR VENOUS THROMBOEMBOLISM WITHOUT CONTRAINDICATIONS TO ANTICOAGULANTS IN A UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL
Chest 2008 134: 60001S. [Abstract]  

Ashraf Rashid, Hamad Azam, Adel Blamoun, Mahmoud Moammar, Vincent DeBari, and M. Anees Khan

CLINICAL OUTCOME OF PATIENTS WITH PULMONARY EMBOLISM RECEIVING STATINS
Chest 2008 134: 60002S. [Abstract]  

Sebastian A. Mayer, Stephen Pastores, Mohammed Adamu, Neil A. Halpern, James W. Young, and Jakubowski Ann

OUTCOMES OF ADULT ALLOGENEIC HEMATOPOIETIC STEM CELL TRANSPLANT PATIENTS ADMITTED TO THE INTENSIVE CARE UNIT IN THE PERI-TRANSPLANT PERIOD
Chest 2008 134: 60003S. [Abstract]  

Jeannette M. Ploetz, Omar Badawi, and Brian A. Rosenfeld

ADOPTION RATE OF BLOOD TRANSFUSION EVIDENCE IN THE INTENSIVE CARE UNIT
Chest 2008 134: 60004S. [Abstract]  

Avinesh S. Bhar, Muhammad Mir, Vladimir Sabayev, and Chaim Charytan

OUTCOME OF PATIENTS WITH END STAGE RENAL DISEASE REQUIRING RENAL REPLACEMENT THERAPY IN THE MEDICAL INTENSIVE CARE UNIT
Chest 2008 134: 61001S. [Abstract]  

Gregory J. Peitz, Mark A. Malesker, Lee E. Morrow, and Carolyn McDonald

A RETROSPECTIVE ANALYSIS OF MORTALITY AND PATIENT OUTCOMES IN PATIENTS ADMITTED TO THE INTENSIVE CARE UNIT WITH ELEVATED INR VALUES
Chest 2008 134: 61002S. [Abstract]  

Muhammad H. Iqbal, Olumayowa Abe, Frieda Popilevsky, Veenu Garewal, Peter Gillette, Ghassan Jamaleddine, and Joe G. Zein

HEMATOLOGIC PARAMETERS ASSOCIATED WITH WORSE OUTCOME IN CRITICALLY ILL SICKLE CELL DISEASE PATIENTS
Chest 2008 134: 61003S. [Abstract]  

Muhammad H. Iqbal, Olumayowa Abe, Frieda Popilevsky, Veenu Garewal, Peter Gillette, Ghassan Jamaleddine, and Joe G. Zein

DIAGNOSES LEADING TO MICU ADMISSIONS IN PATIENTS WITH SICKLE CELL DISEASE AND USEFULNESS OF THE SOFA SCORE
Chest 2008 134: 62001S. [Abstract]  

Cia Bergh, Catherine E. Grossman, and Julia Nunley

MULTIPLE DERMATOLOGIC MANIFESTATIONS OF SARCOID AND PULMONARY DISEASE SEVERITY
Chest 2008 134: 62002S. [Abstract]  

Hee-Joung Kim, Yu Ji Cho, Sang-Min Lee, Jae-Jun Yim, Chul-Gyu Yoo, Young Whan Kim, Sung Gu Han, Young-Soo Shim, and Seok-Chul Yang

CLINICAL MANIFESTATIONS AND PROGNOSIS OF SARCOIDOSIS IN KOREA
Chest 2008 134: 62003S. [Abstract]  

William D. Marino

COMBINED PENTOXIFYLLINE AND DOXYCYCLINE AS A STEROID-SPARING ADJUVANT REGIMEN IN SARCOIDOSIS
Chest 2008 134: 62004S. [Abstract]  

Violeta V. Vucinic, Snezana Filipovic, Jelica Videnovic, Vladimir Zugic, Aleksandra Dudvarski, and Branislav Gvozdenovic

SARCOIDOSIS AS STRESS-RELATED DISEASE
Chest 2008 134: 63001S. [Abstract]  

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

THE TEN YEARS FOLLOW-UP STUDY: METHOTREXATE IN THE THERAPY OF CHRONIC SARCOIDOSIS
Chest 2008 134: 63002S. [Abstract]  

Zhen Wang, Christa Schorr, Stephen W. Trzeciak, Joseph E. Parrillo, and Richard P. Dellinger

EVALUATION OF PRESENTATION AND OUTCOMES OF SEPTIC SHOCK PATIENTS OVER AN 18-MONTH PERIOD
Chest 2008 134: 63003S. [Abstract]  

Asha Potti and Muhammad H. Shibli

LEFT VENTRICULAR DYSFUNCTION AS A PREDICTOR OF MORTALITY IN SEPSIS PATIENTS
Chest 2008 134: 64001S. [Abstract]  

Amr A. El Gamal, Yasser M. Aleech, Reba Umberger, and G Umberto Meduri

SUDDEN CARDIAC ARREST IS A LEADING CAUSE OF DEATH IN PATIENTS WITH ASCVD ADMITTED TO THE ICU WITH ACUTE SYSTEMIC INFLAMMATION
Chest 2008 134: 64002S. [Abstract]  

Huiying Yang, Ian T. Duling, Fang Fan, and Steven G. Simonson

COMPARISON OF SEVERE SEPSIS PATIENTS IDENTIFIED BY DIFFERENT DEFINITIONS USING ICD9 CODES IN ADMINISTRATIVE DATABASE
Chest 2008 134: 64003S. [Abstract]  

H. B. Nguyen, Lynda Daniel-Underwood, Chad Van Ginkel, Melanie Wong, David Lee, Anthony San Lucas, Janice Palaganas, T. Kent Denmark, and Kathleen Clem

A MEDICAL SIMULATION CURRICULUM FOR EARLY GOAL-DIRECTED THERAPY IN SEVERE SEPSIS AND SEPTIC SHOCK: AN EVALUATION DURING MEDICAL TRAINING
Chest 2008 134: 65001S. [Abstract]  

Mazen Kherallah, Talal Dahhan, Nabil Abouchala, Mouhamad G. Jamil, and Ashraf Al-Tarifi

COMPARISON OF ACUTE PHYSIOLOGY AND CHRONIC HEALTH EVALUATION (APACHE) SCORING SYSTEMS II AND IV IN PATIENTS WITH SEVERE SEPSIS
Chest 2008 134: 65002S. [Abstract]  

Kyle J. Gunnerson, Seth Brant, Neal Greenfield, Penny S. Reynolds, Tim Aro, Allen Yee, Joseph P. Ornato, and Kevin R. Ward

PRE-HOSPITAL POINT OF CARE LACTATE DOES NOT CORRELATE WITH INITIAL HEMODYNAMIC VARIABLES
Chest 2008 134: 65003S. [Abstract]  

Svetolik Djurkovic, Juan C. Baracaldo, Jose A. Guerra, Juan C. Salgado, and Marilyn T. Haupt

SEPSIS GUIDELINE IMPLEMENTATION IS INFLUENCED BY PHYSICIAN SPECIALTY BACKGROUND
Chest 2008 134: 65004S. [Abstract]  

Albert B. Albay, Czarlotta A. Valdenor, and Jubert P. Benedicto

QUALITY OF HEMODYNAMIC MANAGEMENT OF PATIENTS WITH SEVERE SEPSIS AND SEPTIC SHOCK
Chest 2008 134: 66001S. [Abstract]  

Satoshi Gando, Shigeatsu Endo, and Shuji Shimazaki

DISSEMINATED INTRAVASCULAR COAGULATION (DIC) DIAGNOSED BY THE JAPANESE ASSOCIATION FOR ACUTE MEDICINE CRITERIA IS A HIERARCHICAL CONTINUUM TO OVERT DIC IN PATIENTS WITH SEPSIS
Chest 2008 134: 66002S. [Abstract]  

Hemant Kalra, Rohit Caroli, Nitin Goel, Malini Sheriff, and V. K. Vijayan

PATTERN OF INFECTION IN A RESPIRATORY INTENSIVE CARE UNIT (ICU) FROM INDIA
Chest 2008 134: 66003S. [Abstract]  

Ahmed Ijaz Shah, Somjot Brar, Saman Fakheri, Jiaxiao M. Shi, Michael B. Jorgensen, and Albert Yuh-Jer Shen

IMPACT OF RECENT HEALTHCARE UTILIZATION AND ALL-CAUSE MORTALITY AMONG PATIENTS HOSPITALIZED WITH SEPSIS AND SEVERE SEPSIS
Chest 2008 134: 67001S. [Abstract]  

Elizabeth Lechner, Avelino Verceles, and Renee D. Graham

CULTURING PHYSICIAN BEHAVIOR: INVESTIGATING THE FACTORS ASSOCIATED WITH OUTCOMES OF ANTIMICROBIAL MANAGEMENT FOR BACTEREMIA IN CRITICALLY ILL PATIENTS
Chest 2008 134: 67002S. [Abstract]  

Cheikh Ould Ethmane, Bed Chatkuli, and Muhammad H. Shibli

PRO-BNP AS A PROGNOSTIC INDICATOR OF OUTCOME IN SEPSIS
Chest 2008 134: 67003S. [Abstract]  

Kevin Lawrence, Patrick White, Gerald Morris, Jody Jennemann, and Marin H. Kollef

BIOMARKER FOR STAGING THE HOST IMMUNE RESPONSE IN SEPSIS
Chest 2008 134: 68001S. [Abstract]  

Dani Hackner, Sam Torbati, Niels Borregaard, and Adrian Gombart

CATHELICIDIN ANTIMICROBIAL PEPTIDE (CAMP) AND ITS EXPRESSION IN THE CONTEXT OF CLINICAL SEPSIS
Chest 2008 134: 68002S. [Abstract]  

Sepideh Moghadam and Muhammad H. Shibli

CARDIAC TROPONIN-I AS A MARKER OF OUTCOME IN PATIENTS WITH SEPSIS
Chest 2008 134: 68003S. [Abstract]  

Omar Nehme, Walid Saad, Sumit Bhutani, Jean-Sebastien Rachoin, Mazen Kreidy, Christa Schorr, and David Gerber

SUBOPTIMAL TACHYCARDIA ON ADMISSION OF SEPTIC PATIENTS ON BETA-BLOCKERS AND CALCIUM CHANNEL BLOCKERS AT HOME
Chest 2008 134: 68004S. [Abstract]  

Daniel De Backer, Gustavo Ospina-Tascon, Ana Paula Neves, Katia Donadello, Giovanna Occhipinti, Tatiana Oliveira Silva, Gustavo Büchele, Davide Simion, and Jean-Louis Vincent

THE EFFECTS OF CRYSTALLOIDS AND ALBUMIN ON MICROCIRCULATORY ALTERATIONS IN PATIENTS WITH SEVERE SEPSIS
Chest 2008 134: 69001S. [Abstract]  

Gus J. Slotman

SEPSIS: GOOD DRUGS TESTED ON THE WRONG PATIENTS THE SYSTEMIC MEDIATOR-ASSOCIATED RESPONSE TEST (SMART) METHODOLOGY MATCHES DRUGS TO PATIENTS’ HOST INFLAMMATORY RESPONSES
Chest 2008 134: 69002S. [Abstract]  

Jamal A. Alhashemi, Qamar A. Alotaibi, and Ghadah M. Abdullah

LEVOSIMENDAN EFFECTS IN ACUTE HEART FAILURE, CARDIAC AND SEPTIC SHOCK
Chest 2008 134: 69003S. [Abstract]  

Bruce Friedman, Joseph R. Shaver, Robert F. Mullins, Zaheed Hassan, Claus Brandigi, Anwar Mian, Luke Mendez-Vigo, Joan M. Wilson, Charlesetta Williams, Rhonda Holberton, and Sue Stacy

DAPTOMYCIN USE IN NECROTIZING SOFT TISSUE INFECTIONS (NSTIS)
Chest 2008 134: 70001S. [Abstract]  

Rakesh Shrivastava, Shantanu Saraswat, Abid Majid, Enrique Jimenez, Pratap C. Reddy, John P. Areno, and Cesar H. Liendo

LONG-TERM EFFECTIVENESS OF NASAL CONTINUOUS POSITIVE AIRWAY PRESSURE ON RESOLUTION OF BRADYARRHYTHMIA IN OBSTRUCTIVE SLEEP APNEA
Chest 2008 134: 70002S. [Abstract]  

Michael Chalhoub, Rabih Maroun, and Kassem Harris

THE EFFECT OF OSA ON SERUM LEVELS OF BNP
Chest 2008 134: 70003S. [Abstract]  

Barbara A. Phillips, Petra Bùzková, and Paul Enright

DOES INSOMNIA PREDICT HYPERTENSION? A LONGITUDINAL ANALYSIS FROM THE CARDIOVASCULAR HEALTH STUDY
Chest 2008 134: 71001S. [Abstract]  

Anup K. Singh, Ashok K. Janmeja, Sarabmeet S. Lehl, Arjun Dass, Naveen K. Goel, Prasanta R. Mohapatra, and Sushant Khanduri

OBSTRUCTIVE SLEEP APNEA IN RESISTANT HYPERTENSION COMPARED TO THAT IN CONTROLLED HYPERTENSION
Chest 2008 134: 71002S. [Abstract]  

Peter L. Whitesell, Gary Jones, Linda Yungbluth, and Wayne Dyott

PREVALENCE OF HYPOXIA DURING SLEEP IN PATIENTS ADMITTED WITH ACUTE CONGESTIVE HEART FAILURE
Chest 2008 134: 71003S. [Abstract]  

Hitoshi Koito, Sachiyo Nishimoto, Sachiko Matsuyama, Hiroyasu Tsukaguchi, and Satoshi Morita

CHARACTERISTICS OF SLEEP APNEA IN GENERAL CARDIOLOGY OUTPATIENTS CLINIC IN JAPAN: COMPATIBLE WITH METABOLIC SYNDROME
Chest 2008 134: 71004S. [Abstract]  

Salim Surani, Gnananandh Jayaraman, Vanessa Martinez, Luis C. Jimenez, Raymond Aguilar, and Shyam Subramanian

ETHNIC DIFFERENCE IN PREVALENCE OF DIABETES MELLITUS IN PATIENTS WITH OBSTRUCTIVE SLEEP APNEA
Chest 2008 134: 72001S. [Abstract]  

Nawaid Shakir, Kennedy Omanuva, Anthony Sica, Harly Greenberg, and Arunabh Talwar

NOCTURNAL RESPIRATORY PARAMETERS PREDICT PULMONARY ARTERY PRESSURE IN PULMONARY ARTERIAL HYPERTENSION
Chest 2008 134: 72002S. [Abstract]  

James B. Ladesich, Ann Romaker, Michelle Merker, William S. Harris, and James V. Pottala

RELATIONSHIP OF OMEGA-3 FATTY ACIDS AND APNEA-HYPOPNEA INDEX
Chest 2008 134: 72003S. [Abstract]  

Kamran Mahmood, Natasha S. Akhter, Kamal Eldeirawi, Ergün Önal, John W. Christman, David W. Carley, and James J. Herdegen

SLEEP-DISORDERED BREATHING IS PREDICTIVE FOR TYPE 2 DIABETES MELLITUS IN MINORITY AMERICANS
Chest 2008 134: 72004S. [Abstract]  

Jaswinderpal Sandhu, Dominika Szwedo, Manika Jamwal, Lennette J. Benjamin, and Thomas K. Aldrich

SLEEP-ASSOCIATED HYPOXEMIA IN SICKLE CELL DISEASE
Chest 2008 134: 73001S. [Abstract]  

Richard J. Ko and Laura Herpel

MEASURES OF INSOMNIA AND SLEEPINESS IN IDIOPATHIC PULMONARY FIBROSIS USING THE SLEEP MATRIX
Chest 2008 134: 73002S. [Abstract]  

Farid Gharagozloo, Marc Margolis, Eric Strother, and Barbara J. Tempesta

ROBOTIC LOBECTOMY FOR EARLY STAGE LUNG CANCER
Chest 2008 134: 73003S. [Abstract]  

Yasuhiro Tsutani, Kazuhiro Yoshida, Yuichi Sanada, Mamoru Oeda, Takahisa Suzuki, Jun Hihara, and Morihito Okada

THYMIDYLATE SYNTHASE, DIHYDROPYRIMIDINE DEHYDROGENASE, AND OROTATE PHOSPHORIBOSYLTRANSFERASE PROTEIN EXPRESSION IN ESOPHAGEAL CANCER PATIENTS: CORRELATION WITH CLINICOPATHOLOGICAL FACTORS AND PROGNOSIS
Chest 2008 134: 74001S. [Abstract]  

Phillip J. Prest, Abraham Lebenthal, and Walter J. Scott

GRADING THE EVIDENCE SUPPORTING VIDEO-ASSISTED THORACIC SURGICAL (VATS) LOBECTOMY FOR THE TREATMENT OF LUNG CANCER: DO WE NEED A MULTICENTER, RANDOMIZED TRIAL?
Chest 2008 134: 74002S. [Abstract]  

M. Jawad Latif, Seth Uretsky, Mark Sherrid, John N. Afthinos, Cliff P. Connery, and Faiz Y. Bhora

PERICARDIAL FLUID CYTOLOGY HAS A BETTER DIAGNOSTIC YIELD THAN SURGICAL PATHOLOGY IN PATIENTS WITH SUSPECTED MALIGNANT PERICARDIAL EFFUSION
Chest 2008 134: 74003S. [Abstract]  

M P. Rivera, Frank C. Detterbeck, Mark A. Socinski, Dominic T. Moore, Martin J. Edelman, Thierry M. Jahan, Rafat H. Ansari, James D. Luketich, Guangbin Peng, Matthew J. Monberg, Coleman K. Obasaju, and Richard J. Gralla

IMPACT OF PRE-OPERATIVE CHEMOTHERAPY ON PULMONARY FUNCTION TESTS IN RESECTABLE EARLY STAGE NON-SMALL CELL LUNG CANCER (NSCLC)
Chest 2008 134: 74004S. [Abstract]  

Mark Krasnik, Ralph Eberhart, Birgit G. Skov, Armin Ernst, and Felix Herth

EBUS TBNA IN PREVENTING UNNECESSARY SURGICAL PROCEDURES
Chest 2008 134: 75001S. [Abstract]  

Mark Krasnik and Birgit G. Skov

THE VALUE OF RECLASSIFICATION OF NEUROENDOCRINE TUMORS: IMPROVED SEPARATION OF CARCINOIDS AND IMPACT ON SURVIVAL
Chest 2008 134: 75002S. [Abstract]  

Mark Shapiro, Todd S. Weiser, and Scott J. Swanson

SURGICAL MANAGEMENT AND OUTCOMES AFTER VATS SEGMENTECTOMY IN PATIENTS WITH LUNG CANCER
Chest 2008 134: 75003S. [Abstract]  

Mark I. Block

MEDIASTINAL SAMPLING WITH ENDOSCOPIC ULTRASOUND IS USEFUL FOR PATIENTS WITH ACCP RADIOGRAPHIC GROUP D LUNG CANCER
Chest 2008 134: 76001S. [Abstract]  

Anthony W. Kim, Neha D. Shah, L. P. Faber, William H. Warren, Sanjib Basu, and Michael J. Liptay

THE INDICATION FOR BILOBECTOMY IN NON-SMALL CELL LUNG CANCER MATTERS
Chest 2008 134: 76002S. [Abstract]  

Takashi Tojo, Michitaka Kimura, Hiroshi Naito, Yoko Nagata, Norikazu Kawai, and Shigeki Taniguchi

THORACOSCOPIC LUNG RESECTION FOR LUNG CANCER USING PREEMPTIVE ANALGESIA IN 80-YEAR-OLD PATIENTS
Chest 2008 134: 76003S. [Abstract]  

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

THE INTERVAL FOR REEVALUATION OF FOCI IS NECESSARY PRIOR TO PULMONARY METASTASECTOMY
Chest 2008 134: 76004S. [Abstract]  

Yoshinori Nagamatsu and Kazuo Shirouzu

SELECTION OF PATIENTS FOR EARLY RETURN TO WORK AFTER LUNG RESECTION
Chest 2008 134: 77001S. [Abstract]  

Barbara J. Tempesta, Farid Gharagozloo, Marc Margolis, Eric Strother, and Faisal Al-Mufarrej

OUTPATIENT MANAGEMENT OF POSTPNEUMONECTOMY AND POSTLOBECTOMY EMPYEMA USING THE VAC SYSTEM
Chest 2008 134: 77002S. [Abstract]  

Christopher R. Gilbert and Uday Dasika

UTILIZATION OF A MODIFIED BLAKE THORACOSTOMY PLEURAL DRAINAGE SYSTEM AFTER TALC PLEURODESIS
Chest 2008 134: 77003S. [Abstract]  

Makoto Takahama, Ryoji Yamamoto, Ryu Nakajima, and Hirohito Tada

PULMONARY RESECTION FOR LUNG CANCER PATIENTS ON HEMODIALYSIS
Chest 2008 134: 77004S. [Abstract]  

Reza Bagheri and Ziaollah Haghi

TRACHEOBRONCHOPULMONARY CARCINOID TUMORS: SURGICAL MANAGEMENT AND LONG- TERM OUTCOME
Chest 2008 134: 78001S. [Abstract]  

Sherif R. Elsayed

THE VALUE OF BIOCHEMICAL PARAMETERS OF THE PLEURAL ASPIRATE IN PREDICTING SUCCESS OF CHEMICAL PLEURODESIS IN ADULT PATIENTS WITH MALIGNANT PLEURAL EFFUSION
Chest 2008 134: 78002S. [Abstract]  

Reza Bagheri and Ziaollah Haghi

THE ROLE OF THORACOSCOPY FOR THE DIAGNOSIS OF HIDDEN DIAPHRAGMATIC INJURIES IN PENETRATING THORACOABDOMINAL TRAUMA
Chest 2008 134: 78003S. [Abstract]  

Meindert Palmen, Nathalie N. van Breugel, Gijs G. Geskes, Arne van Belle, Jos M. Swennen, Andre H. Drijkoningen, Rene R. van der Hulst, and Jos G. Maessen

SURGICAL TREATMENT OF EMPYEMA THORACALIS: VACUUM-ASSISTED CLOSURE OF OPEN WINDOW THORACOSTOMY IN THE PRESENCE OF RESIDUAL LUNG TISSUE
Chest 2008 134: 79001S. [Abstract]  

James V. O'Connor, Mayur Narayan, Manjari Joshi, Anil Kumar, Mehak Sethi, and Thomas Scalea

RUPTURED LUNG ABSCESS AS AN ETIOLOGY OF POST-TRAUMATIC EMPYEMA
Chest 2008 134: 79002S. [Abstract]  

Ricardo M. Terra, Daniel Waisberg, Jose Luiz J. Almeida, Lisete R. Teixeira, Paulo M. Pego-Fernandes, and Fabio B. Jatene

IMPACT OF VIDEOTHORACOSCOPY IN PLEURAL EMPYEMA SURGICAL TREATMENT
Chest 2008 134: 79003S. [Abstract]  

Turgut Isitmangil, Rauf Gorur, Nurettin Yiyit, Fatih Candas, Akin Yildizhan, Oryal Erdik, and Habil Tunc

A RETROSPECTIVE STUDY OF SURGICAL THERAPY IN 296 PATIENTS WITH THORACIC HYDATIDOSIS
Chest 2008 134: 79004S. [Abstract]  

Karl G. Reyes, David P. Mason, Sudish C. Murthy, Jang W. Su, and Thomas W. Rice

OPEN WINDOW THORACOSTOMY: A MODERN UPDATE OF AN ANCIENT OPERATION
Chest 2008 134: 80001S. [Abstract]  

Norihisa Ohata

CLINICAL STUDY OF RECURRENT THYMOMA WITH RE-OPERATION: SIGNIFICANCE OF TOTAL THYMECTOMY
Chest 2008 134: 80002S. [Abstract]  

Dana A. Telem, Cynthia Chin, Parag Butala, and Scott Swanson

THORACOSCOPIC THYMECTOMY: A GOOD OPTION FOR ANTERIOR MEDIASTINAL DISEASE
Chest 2008 134: 80003S. [Abstract]  

Tracey L. Weigel, Nikiforos Ballian, James Maloney, Takushi Kohmoto, and Barend Lotz

ROBOTIC-ASSISTED THORACOSCOPIC RADICAL THYMECTOMY FOR MYASTHENIA GRAVIS IS SAFE AND EFFECTIVE
Chest 2008 134: 80004S. [Abstract]  

Eric Strother, Farid Gharagozloo, Barbara J. Tempesta, and Marc Margolis

ROBOTIC TRANSABDOMINAL BELSEY FUNDOPLASTY FOR GASTROESOPHAGEAL REFLUX DISEASE
Chest 2008 134: 81001S. [Abstract]  

Eric Strother, Farid Gharagozloo, Marc Margolis, and Barbara J. Tempesta

ROBOT-ASSISTED THORACOSCOPIC RESECTION OF BRONCHOGENIC CYSTS: VIDEO PRESENTATION OF ROBOT POSITIONING AND OPERATIVE PROCEDURE
Chest 2008 134: 81002S. [Abstract]  

Inga Helzel, Steven M. Madey, Daniel C. Fitzpatrick, William B. Long, and Michael Bottlang

RIB FRACTURE FIXATION WITH INTRAMEDULLARY SPLINTS
Chest 2008 134: 81003S. [Abstract]  

Mark Ginsburg, Roger Maxfield, David Ost, Patrick Wu, and Robert McKenna

EVALUATION OF INTERLOBAR COLLATERAL VENTILATION BY LOBAR OCCLUSION
Chest 2008 134: 82001S. [Abstract]  

Arjun Madhavan, Yizhak Kupfer, Chanaka Seneviratne, and Sidney Tessler

CONSERVATIVE TREATMENT OF PATIENTS WITH TRAUMATIC AIRWAY INJURY AS A RESULT OF INTUBATION IS ASSOCIATED WITH A FAVORABLE OUTCOME
Chest 2008 134: 82002S. [Abstract]  

Cosimo Lequaglie, Daniela Marasco, Gabriella Giudice, and Margherita Garramone

THE BENEFITS OF RECORDING AIR LEAKS WITH GRAPHIC REPRESENTATION EXPERIENCE WITH A DIGITAL AIR LEAK DRAINAGE SYSTEM
Chest 2008 134: 82003S. [Abstract]  

Farid Gharagozloo, Marc Margolis, Eric Strother, and Barbara J. Tempesta

PREVENTION OF BRONCHIAL STUMP FISTULA WITH THE USE OF VASCULARIZED PEDICLE MUSCLE FLAP OF THE DIAPHRAGM
Chest 2008 134: 82004S. [Abstract]  

John A. Carr

THE EFFECT OF PROTON PUMP INHIBITORS ON PATIENTS WHO INITIALLY PRESENT WITH A REFLUX-INDUCED ESOPHAGEAL STRICTURE
Chest 2008 134: 83001S. [Abstract]  

Jeff Brown, Sally Whitten, John Dziodzio, Christopher Hirsch, and Robert Kramer

A QUALITY IMPROVEMENT INITIATIVE TO REDUCE THE AMOUNT OF BLOOD DRAWN BY RESPIRATORY THERAPISTS IN THE CARDIOTHORACIC INTENSIVE CARE UNIT
Chest 2008 134: 83002S. [Abstract]  

Rui Baptista, Elisabete Jorge, Rogério Teixeira, Carolina Lourenço, Natália António, Sílvia Monteiro, Francisco Gonçalves, Pedro Monteiro, Lino Gonçalves, and Luis A. Providência

ACUTE CORONARY SYNDROME WITH NORMAL CORONARY ARTERIES: THE END OF A MYTH?
Chest 2008 134: 83003S. [Abstract]  

Zuzana Motovska, Petr Widimsky, Robert Petr, Dana Bilkova, Iuri Marinov, Stanislav Simek, and Petr Kala

SMOKERS PARADOX IN CLOPIDOGREL EFFICACY? THE IMPACT OF SMOKING STATUS ON CLOPIDOGREL PRETREATMENT EFFICACY IN PATIENTS WITH STABLE CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE UNDERGOING ELECTIVE PERCUTANEOUS CORONARY INTERVENTION
Chest 2008 134: 84001S. [Abstract]  

Rogerio P. Teixeira, Carolina Lourenco, Rui Baptista, Elisabete Jorge, Natália António, Sílvia Monteiro, Francisco Gonçalves, Pedro Monteiro, Luís A. Providência, and Mário Freitas

IS AN INVASIVE STRATEGY WORTHY FOR THE ACUTE CORONARY SYNDROME PATIENTS WITH PREVIOUS CORONARY ARTERY BYPASS GRAFTING?
Chest 2008 134: 84002S. [Abstract]  

Gemina Doolub

PRE-HOSPITAL THROMBOLYSIS IN PATIENTS WITH ST-ELEVATION MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION
Chest 2008 134: 84003S. [Abstract]  

Stephen L. Rennyson, Jody C. Hunt, Michael W. Haley, H. J. Norton, and Laszlo Littmann

THE CLINICAL SPECTRUM OF ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHIC ST-SEGMENT ELEVATION MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION IN THE INTENSIVE CARE UNIT
Chest 2008 134: 84004S. [Abstract]  

Tsung P. Tsai, Yi L. Wu, Jung M. Yu, and Yeu S. Tyan

NONINVASIVE ASSESSMENT OF BYPASS GRAFT PATENCY BY ULTRASOUND AND 64 MSCT IN MIDCAB PATIENT
Chest 2008 134: 85001S. [Abstract]  

Archana Rajdev, Wilbert S. Aronow, Hoang M. Lai, Gautham Ravipati, Albert J. DeLuca, Melvin B. Weiss, and Robert N. Belkin

COMPARISON OF LEFT VENTRICULAR EJECTION FRACTION BY SINGLE PHOTON COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHIC MYOCARDIAL PERFUSION IMAGING VERSUS CORONARY COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY ANGIOGRAPHY
Chest 2008 134: 85002S. [Abstract]  

Hyeon Gook Lee, Dong Won Lee, Kyoung Im Cho, Ki Uk Kim, and Tae Ik Kim

THE USEFULNESS OF B-TYPE NATRIURETIC PEPTIDE IN THE EARLY DIAGNOSIS OF RIGHT VENTRICULAR INFARCTION
Chest 2008 134: 85003S. [Abstract]  

Venkata S. Gadi, Nishant Nerella, Deepak Thekkoott, Bilal Malik, Jacob Shani, and Edgar Lichstein

A LOW LEVEL OF SOLUBLE CD40 LIGAND IN FIRST ENCOUNTER SAMPLES EXCLUDES PATIENTS WITH HIGH-RISK ANGIOGRAPHIC FEATURES BETTER THAN THAT OF TROPONIN I
Chest 2008 134: 85004S. [Abstract]  

Kiran Chilappa, Wilbert S. Aronow, Hari Kannam, Srikala Devabhakturi, Tarunjit Singh, Kumar Kalapatapu, Melvin B. Weiss, Anthony L. Pucillo, and Craig E. Monsen

ASSOCIATION OF THE QRS DURATION ON THE RESTING ELECTROCARDIOGRAM WITH THE SEVERITY OF CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE IN 2,196 PATIENTS UNDERGOING CORONARY ANGIOGRAPHY FOR SUSPECTED CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE
Chest 2008 134: 86001S. [Abstract]  

Sachin Sule, Wilbert S. Aronow, and Sateesh Babu

PREVALENCE OF CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE, ISCHEMIC STROKE, PERIPHERAL ARTERIAL DISEASE, AND CAROTID DISEASE IN PATIENTS WITH ABDOMINAL AORTIC ANEURYSM
Chest 2008 134: 86002S. [Abstract]  

Subir Labana, Kelly L. Cervellione, Mahima Mangla, Zaheed Virk, Amandeep Cheema, David Edasery, Nikhil Bhasin, and Rajiv Jauhar

FURTHER EVIDENCE THAT SMALLER CORONARY ARTERY DIAMETER IN ASIAN-INDIANS IS A RISK FACTOR FOR DEVELOPMENT OF CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE
Chest 2008 134: 86003S. [Abstract]  

Shikha Sharma, Manak Sethi, Mohammed Javed, and Abdul Ameen

TRANSIENT PERFUSION DEFECTS IN TAKOTSUBO CARDIOMYOPATHY
Chest 2008 134: 86004S. [Abstract]  

Andrew P. Zinn, Philip Formica, Arthur Okere, Binita Shah, Sandeep Mangalmurti, Paul Fenyves, Arthur Schwartzbard, Jeffrey Lorin, Ann Danoff, Steven Sedlis, and Eugene Grossi

IMPACT OF ROSIGLITAZONE ON SURVIVAL IN A HIGH-RISK DIABETIC POPULATION WITH CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE
Chest 2008 134: 87001S. [Abstract]  

Amit Asija, Wilbert S. Aronow, Navindra Ramdeen, and Savneek Chugh

PATIENTS UNDERGOING CORONARY ANGIOGRAPHY BECAUSE OF CHEST PAIN WITH HEPATITIS C VIRUS SEROPOSITIVITY HAVE A HIGHER PREVALENCE OF OBSTRUCTIVE CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE THAN A CONTROL GROUP
Chest 2008 134: 87002S. [Abstract]  

Walid M. Hassan, Sahar Al-Thawadi, Jalaluddin Bhuiyan, Naser El Kum, Marilyn Lockyer, Zohair Al Halees, and Charles Canver

CHLAMYDIA PNEUMONIAE DEOXYRIBONUCLEIC ACID AND CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE: A PILOT STUDY TO DETECT CHLAMYDIA PNEUMONIAE DEOXYRIBONUCLEIC ACID AND INFLAMMATORY MARKERS IN CORONARY SINUS DURING CORONARY ANGIOGRAPHY AND ANGIOPLASTY
Chest 2008 134: 87003S. [Abstract]  

Shikha Sharma, Mohammed Javed, and Abdul Ameen

CATECHOLAMINE TOXICITY LEADING TO TRANSIENT LEFT VENTRICULAR APICAL BALLOONING SYNDROME
Chest 2008 134: 88001S. [Abstract]  

Andrea Cronin, Wilbert S. Aronow, Srikala Devabhakturi, Amit Asija, Raja Varma, Albert J. DeLuca, Elliott H. Sumers, Maurice R. Poplausky, Paul H. Kim, Keith A. Young, Melvin B. Weiss, and Robert N. Belkin

PREVALENCE OF INCIDENTAL NONCARDIAC FINDINGS DIAGNOSED BY COMPUTER TOMOGRAPHY IN 875 CONSECUTIVE PATIENTS IN AN OUTPATIENT CARDIAC COMPUTER TOMOGRAPHY FACILITY
Chest 2008 134: 88002S. [Abstract]  

Vitaly Herasevich, Hasrat Khan, Murat Yilmaz, Rodrigo Cartin-Ceba, Bekele Afessa, Rolf D. Hubmayr, and Ognjen Gajic

VALIDATION OF COMPUTERIZED SYSTEM FOR IDENTIFYING ACUTE LUNG INJURY
Chest 2008 134: 88003S. [Abstract]  

Rodrigo Cartin-Ceba, Philippe Bauer, Murat Yilmaz, Roger Determann, Marcus Schultz, and Ognjen Gajic

IN-HOSPITAL MORTALITY AND PLASMA BIOMARKERS IN ACUTE LUNG INJURY (ALI)/ACUTE RESPIRATORY DISTRESS SYNDROME (ARDS) IN THE ERA OF LUNG PROTECTIVE VENTILATION
Chest 2008 134: 88004S. [Abstract]  

Guangxi Li, Craig E. Daniels, Tami Krpata, Greg A. Wilson, Jeffrey L. Winters, S. B. Moore, and Ognjen Gajic

THE ACCURACY OF NATRIURETIC PEPTIDES (BNP AND NT-PRO-BNP) IN THE DIFFERENTIATION BETWEEN TRANSFUSION-RELATED ACUTE LUNG INJURY (TRALI) AND TRANSFUSION-RELATED CIRCULATORY OVERLOAD (TACO) IN THE CRITICALLY ILL
Chest 2008 134: 89001S. [Abstract]  

Tareq Zaza, Danish Thameem, and Yuji Oba

HIGH PEEP LEVELS MAY SAVE LIVES IN ARDS/ALI: META-ANALYSIS OF RANDOMIZED CLINICAL TRIALS
Chest 2008 134: 89002S. [Abstract]  

Claire V. Murphy, Scott T. Micek, and Marin H. Kollef

CONSERVATIVE, LIBERAL, OR BOTH? AN ANALYSIS OF FLUID MANAGEMENT IN ACUTE LUNG INJURY SECONDARY TO SEPTIC SHOCK
Chest 2008 134: 89003S. [Abstract]  

M. Jawad Latif, Xiaogui Li, John N. Afthinos, Scott J. Belsley, George J. Todd, Cliff P. Connery, Melpo C. Solomidou, and Faiz Y. Bhora

FLAXSEED MODULATES CASPASE CASCADE IN A MOUSE MODEL OF LUNG ISCHEMIA REPERFUSION INJURY
Chest 2008 134: 90001S. [Abstract]  

Yang Deok Lee, Hyeon Kyu Go, Yoon Jin Kwak, and Yong Soo Cho

ROLES OF ANGIOPOIETIN-1 AND ANGIOPOIETIN-2 IN SMOKE INHALATION INJURY
Chest 2008 134: 90002S. [Abstract]  

Richa Dewan, Pankaj Mehta, Rahul Anand, and Divey Manocha

ASPIRATION PNEUMONIA: CAN WE PREDICT IT?
Chest 2008 134: 90003S. [Abstract]  

Tareq Zaza, Sumi Prakash, and Ousama Dabbagh

DIAGNOSTIC YIELD AND THERAPEUTIC IMPACT OF SURGICAL LUNG BIOPSY AMONG CRITICALLY ILL MECHANICALLY VENTILATED PATIENTS WITH ACUTE LUNG INJURY
Chest 2008 134: 90004S. [Abstract]  

Marija Kojicic, Guangxi Li, Garrett E. Schramm, Bekele Afessa, and Ognjen Gajic

ACUTE RESPIRATORY DISTRESS SYNDROME IN PATIENTS WITH LEGIONELLA PNEUMONIA
Chest 2008 134: 91001S. [Abstract]  

Enrique Machare Delgado, Rodrigo Cavallazzi, Michael Baram, Gary Gradwell, Bridget Dutill, and Paul E. Marik

AIRWAY PRESSURE RELEASE VENTILATION IMPROVES OXYGENATION AND DEAD SPACE RATIO IN MEDICALLY CRITICALLY ILL PATIENTS WITH ARDS REFRACTORY TO STANDARD ASSIST-CONTROL MECHANICAL VENTILATION
Chest 2008 134: 91002S. [Abstract]  

Shailendra N. Gaur, Anupam Singh, and Raj Kumar

EVALUATING ROLE OF INHALED MAGNESIUM SULPHATE AS AN ADJUNCT TO SALBUTAMOL AND IPRATROPIUM IN SEVERE ACUTE ASTHMA
Chest 2008 134: 91003S. [Abstract]  

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

THE UTILITY OF OMALIZUMAB IN STEROID-DEPENDENT ASTHMA IN THE SETTING OF A LOW IGE LEVEL
Chest 2008 134: 92001S. [Abstract]  

Lori B. Arnold, Justin B. Usery, Jessica Wallace, Christopher K. Finch, Paul Deaton, and Timothy Self

DOCUMENTATION OF ASTHMA MANAGEMENT IN HOSPITALIZED PATIENTS: A RETROSPECTIVE REVIEW
Chest 2008 134: 92002S. [Abstract]  

Harold S. Nelson, Sally E. Wenzel, Lori Weisfeld, Lily Llorens, David C. Atkinson, and Edmundo G. Stahl

COMPARISON OF SINGLE-DOSE EFFICACY OF ALBUTEROL-HYDROFLUOROALKANE BREATH-ACTUATED INHALER AND ALBUTEROL-HYDROFLUOROALKANE METERED-DOSE INHALER IN ASTHMA PATIENTS WITH POOR INHALER COORDINATING ABILITY
Chest 2008 134: 92003S. [Abstract]  

Vishal Chopra, Urvinderpal Singh, Charanpreet S. Grover, and Amrit P. Kansal

A CHANGE IN ATTITUDE OF PHYSICIANS/PATIENTS TOWARDS INHALATION THERAPY: A COMPARATIVE STUDY OVER 10 YEARS
Chest 2008 134: 92004S. [Abstract]  

Theodore F. Reiss, Susan Lu, and Nancy Liu

A RANDOMIZED STUDY COMPARING CONCOMITANT MONTELUKAST AND LORATADINE WITH MONTELUKAST, LORATADINE, AND BECLOMETHASONE IN PATIENTS WITH CHRONIC ASTHMA
Chest 2008 134: 93001S. [Abstract]  

Dominic P. Coppolo, Jolyon P. Mitchell, Valentina Avvakoumova, and Mark W. Nagel

IN VITRO PERFORMANCE COMPARISON OF A BREATH-ACTUATED NEBULIZER FOR THE DELIVERY OF ALBUTEROL OPERATED WITH COMPRESSED HELIOX OR AIR
Chest 2008 134: 93002S. [Abstract]  

Cesar A. Lopez, Sonal Rachmale, Arias Alejandro Sixto, Bala Venkatesha Kanna, Raghu Loganathan, and Sindhaghatta K. Venkatram

OUTCOMES OF MECHANICALLY VENTILATED PATIENTS WITH STATUS ASTHMA: DOES ILLICIT SUBSTANCE USE OR OBESITY PREDICT MORBIDITY AND MORTALITY?
Chest 2008 134: 93003S. [Abstract]  

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

THE PLACE OF OMALIZUMAB IN THE IMPAIRMENT RATING SCHEME IN PATIENTS WITH ASTHMA
Chest 2008 134: 94001S. [Abstract]  

John Oppenheimer, Giselle Mosnaim, Kelli Waitkus-Edwards, Barbara Prillaman, and Hector Ortega

FLUTICASONE PROPIONATE/SALMETEROL VIA DISKUS IS SUPERIOR TO MONTELUKAST IN OVERALL ASTHMA CONTROL IN SUBJECTS WITH BOTH ASTHMA AND ALLERGIC RHINITIS
Chest 2008 134: 94002S. [Abstract]  

Quibtiya K. Syed, Naveed N. Shah, Arshad A. Bachh, Rakesh Bhargava, Zuber Ahmed, Deepak K. Pandey, Mohammad Shameem, and Khurshid A. Dar

CAN BETA-2 AGONISTS SUBSTITUTE INHALED CORTICOSTEROIDS IN STABLE PERSISTENT ASTHMA?
Chest 2008 134: 94003S. [Abstract]  

Brian M. Levine

TREATMENT OF CHRONIC COUGH WITH INTRANASAL THERAPY WHEN RHINITIS IS A SIGNIFICANT CONTRIBUTING FACTOR
Chest 2008 134: 94004S. [Abstract]  

Marc Massanari, Patricia Sacco, Farid Kianifard, Robert Maykut, and Robert Zeldin

ADDITION OF OMALIZUMAB IMPROVED MEASURES OF IMPAIRMENT ASSOCIATED WITH MODERATE-SEVERE PERSISTENT ASTHMA
Chest 2008 134: 95001S. [Abstract]  

William Krimsky, Saiyad Sarkar, Karen McKenzie, Robert Petras, Jennifer Cartledge, and Timothy Askew

CYROSPRAY ABLATION YIELDS EVIDENCE OF CARTILAGINOUS REGENERATION IN THE AIRWAY OF ADULT SWINE
Chest 2008 134: 95002S. [Abstract]  

Felix J. Herth, Ralf Eberhardt, Mark Krasnik, and Armin Ernst

ENDOESOPHAGEAL ULTRASOUND-GUIDED FINE-NEEDLE ASPIRATION (EUS-FNA) AND ENDOBRONCHIAL ULTRASOUND-GUIDED TRANSBRONCHIAL NEEDLE ASPIRATION (EBUS-TBNA) BIOPSY IN THE EVALUATION OF MEDIASTINAL LESIONS USING THE EBUS-TBNA SCOPE
Chest 2008 134: 95003S. [Abstract]  

William Krimsky, Karen McKenzie, Jennifer Broussard, Daniel Harley, Saiyad Sarkar, and Timothy Askew

A STUDY OF CRYOSPRAY ABLATION USING SURGICAL RESECTION SPECIMEN TO DETERMINE SAFETY AND HISTOLOGICAL EFFECT IN THE HUMAN LUNG
Chest 2008 134: 96001S. [Abstract]  

Chulho Oak, Taewon Jang, and Mannhong Jung

CLINICAL ASSESSMENT OF THE DIAGNOSTIC EFFICACY OF FLEXIBLE BRONCHOSCOPIC CRYOBIOPSY: A COMPARISON BETWEEN CRYOBIOPSY AND FORCEP BIOPSY
Chest 2008 134: 96002S. [Abstract]  

Jamsak Tscheikuna and Supparearg Disayabutr

THE DIAGNOSTIC YIELD OF ENDOBRONCHIAL ULTRASOUND-GUIDED TRANSBRONCHIAL LUNG BIOPSY IN PULMONARY LESIONS
Chest 2008 134: 96003S. [Abstract]  

Rania Abdallah, Thomas R. Gildea, Peter J. Mazzone, Michael S. Machuzak, and Atul C. Mehta

BIOPSY INSTRUMENT AND YIELD IN ELECTROMAGNETIC NAVIGATION BRONCHOSCOPY
Chest 2008 134: 96004S. [Abstract]  

Hamidreza Jabbardarjani

ENDOBRONCHIAL CHEMOTHERAPY IN MALIGNANT LESIONS OF THE LUNG: REPORT OF 5 YEARS EXPERIENCE
Chest 2008 134: 97001S. [Abstract]  

Roberto F. Casal, Georgie A. Eapen, Rodolfo C. Morice, and Carlos A. Jimenez

LIKELIHOOD OF LOCALIZING BLEEDING SITE OR ENDOBRONCHIAL TUMOR BY BRONCHOSCOPY IN PATIENTS WITH HISTORY OF SOLID MALIGNANCIES PRESENTING WITH MINOR HEMOPTYSIS
Chest 2008 134: 97002S. [Abstract]  

Masahide Oki, Hideo Saka, Chiyoe Kitagawa, Yoshihito Kogure, Kouki Mori, and Shigehisa Kajikawa

ENDOBRONCHIAL ULTRASOUND-GUIDED TRANSBRONCHIAL BIOPSY USING A 3 4-MM THIN BRONCHOSCOPE FOR DIAGNOSIS OF PERIPHERAL PULMONARY LESIONS
Chest 2008 134: 97003S. [Abstract]  

Phillip I. Menashe, Ismael A. Matus, Pratan Vathesatogkit, and David A. Angulo-Zereceda

ENDOBRONCHIAL ULTRASOUND-GUIDED TRANSBRONCHIAL NEEDLE ASPIRATION IN A COMMUNITY-BASED PRACTICE: A FEASIBLE, SAFE, AND HIGHLY ACCURATE PROCEDURE
Chest 2008 134: 98001S. [Abstract]  

Amit K. Mahajan, Shruti B. Patel, and Douglas K. Hogarth

ELECTROMAGNETIC NAVIGATIONAL BRONCHOSCOPY: AN EFFECTIVE AND SAFE APPROACH TO DIAGNOSING PERIPHERAL LUNG LESIONS UNREACHABLE BY CONVENTIONAL BRONCHOSCOPY
Chest 2008 134: 98002S. [Abstract]  

Joseph Cicenia and Sonali Sethi

UTILITY OF NARROW BAND IMAGING IN DIAGNOSIS OF PULMONARY KAPOSI SARCOMA
Chest 2008 134: 98003S. [Abstract]  

Michael A. Jantz, Varsha Kulkarni, and Sebastian Fernandez-Bussy

ENDOBRONCHIAL ULTRASOUND IN THE DIAGNOSIS AND STAGING OF INTRATHORACIC MALIGNANCIES AND ADENOPATHY
Chest 2008 134: 98004S. [Abstract]  

Varsha Kulkarni, Sebastian Fernandez-Bussy, and Michael A. Jantz

THE ALVEOLUS TRACHEOBRONCHIAL STENT IN THE MANAGEMENT OF MALIGNANT AIRWAY OBSTRUCTION: A SINGLE CENTER EXPERIENCE
Chest 2008 134: 99001S. [Abstract]  

Chakravarthy B. Reddy, Samaan Rafeq, Adnan Majid, Gaetane Michaud, and Armin Ernst

PHOTODYNAMIC THERAPY IN THE MANAGEMENT OF ENDOBRONCHIAL METASTATIC LESIONS FROM RENAL CELL CARCINOMA
Chest 2008 134: 99002S. [Abstract]  

Mansur Javaid, Sumera Butt, Zia Faruqi, Zaheer Sherazi, and Ali Musani

CT FLUOROSCOPY GUIDANCE FOR TRANSBRONCHIAL NEEDLE ASPIRATION: AN EXPERIENCE IN PAKISTAN
Chest 2008 134: 99003S. [Abstract]  

Joanne Young, Dianne Allan, Patricia Caldwell, Daren Heyland, and Graeme M. Rocker

BEYOND HOSPITAL DISCHARGE: IS THERE A ROLE FOR CLINICAL LEADERS IN COMMUNITY CARE OF PATIENTS/FAMILIES LIVING WITH ADVANCED COPD AND CHF?
Chest 2008 134: 100001S. [Abstract]  

Vijay Subramaniam, Tariq Cheema, Brian Carlin, and Robert McCoy

EVALUATION OF PORTABLE OXYGEN CONCENTRATORS DURING EXERCISE AT PULMONARY REHABILITATION
Chest 2008 134: 100002S. [Abstract]  

Mitesh V. Thakrar, Margo Underwood, Heather MacQuarrie, and Richard Leigh

THE EFFECTS OF NURSE EDUCATORS ON HEALTH UTILIZATION RATES AMONGST PATIENTS WITH CHRONIC OBSTRUCTIVE PULMONARY DISEASE
Chest 2008 134: 100003S. [Abstract]  

Richard D. Branson and Douglas DeVries

EVALUATION OF PORTABLE OXYGEN CONCENTRATORS
Chest 2008 134: 100004S. [Abstract]  

Licia Ballerin, Marzia Simoni, Lucia Ritrovato, and Alfredo Potena

LONG-TERM OXYGEN THERAPY (LTOT) AND HOME LONG-TERM VENTILATION (HLTV) IN NORTH ITALY: A PROGRAM FOR MONITORING APPROPRIATENESS OF PRESCRIPTIONS FOR LTOT
Chest 2008 134: 101001S. [Abstract]  

Roberto C. Santos, Anubha Sinha, Besher Kabak, Robby Ayoub, Daniel Suffin, Feroz Noori, Sandeep Riar, Justin Pi, Alan Klukowicz, and Richard Miller

THE EFFECT OF TRAINING IN SELF-MANAGEMENT ON PATIENTS ADMITTED WITH COPD EXACERBATION
Chest 2008 134: 101002S. [Abstract]  

Sonal Rachmale, Arias Alejandro Sixto, Sushmita Srivatsava, Raghu Loganathan, Balavenkatesha Kanna, and Sindhaghatta K. Venkatram

UTILIZATION OF NON-INVASIVE POSITIVE PRESSURE VENTILATION COMPARED TO INVASIVE MECHANICAL VENTILATION AMONG PATIENTS WITH COPD IN AN UNIVERSITY AFFILIATED INNER CITY MICU: OUR LEAP FROG EXPERIENCE OVER A 3-YEAR PERIOD
Chest 2008 134: 101003S. [Abstract]  

Helgo Magnussen, Henrik Watz, Ines Zimmermann, Sabine Macht, Roland Greguletz, Diana Jarreta, and Esther Garcia Gil

PEAK INSPIRATORY FLOW THROUGH THE ALMIRALL INHALER IN PATIENTS WITH MODERATE OR SEVERE CHRONIC OBSTRUCTIVE PULMONARY DISEASE
Chest 2008 134: 101004S. [Abstract]  

Elvia Battaglia, Enzo Madonini, and Sandro Amaducci

ROLE OF NUTRITIONAL SUPPLEMENTATION IN COPD
Chest 2008 134: 102001S. [Abstract]  

Quibtiya K. Syed, Naveed N. Shah, Rakesh Bhargava, Zuber Ahmed, Deepak K. Pandey, Mohammad Shameem, Arshad A. Bachh, and Khurshid A. Dar

ORAL IMMUNOTHERAPY IN PREVENTING INFECTIVE EXACERBATIONS OF COPD
Chest 2008 134: 102002S. [Abstract]  

Tammie J. Freitag, Patricia B. Koff, Sung-joon Min, Shannon S. James, John M. Westfall, Christine Kveton, Stephanie Carwin, Thomas J. Stelzner, Arne L. Beck, Robert L. Keith, R W. Vandivier, and Derek J. Linderman

COPD-RELATED HEALTH AND TREATMENT DISPARITIES IN RURAL COLORADO
Chest 2008 134: 102003S. [Abstract]  

Stephen I. Rennard, Donald P. Tashkin, Jennifer McElhattan, Mitchell Goldman, and Philip E. Silkoff

LONG-TERM EFFICACY OF BUDESONIDE/FORMOTEROL ADMINISTERED VIA ONE PRESSURIZED METERED-DOSE INHALER IN PATIENTS WITH MODERATE TO VERY SEVERE CHRONIC OBSTRUCTIVE PULMONARY DISEASE
Chest 2008 134: 103001S. [Abstract]  

Donald P. Tashkin, James L. Pearle, and Santosh Varghese

IMPROVEMENT OF LUNG FUNCTION WITH COADMINISTERED FORMOTEROL AND TIOTROPIUM, REGARDLESS OF SMOKING STATUS IN PATIENTS WITH CHRONIC OBSTRUCTIVE PULMONARY DISEASE
Chest 2008 134: 103002S. [Abstract]  

Stephen I. Rennard, Donald P. Tashkin, Jennifer McElhattan, Mitchell Goldman, and Philip E. Silkoff

LONG-TERM TOLERABILITY OF BUDESONIDE AND FORMOTEROL ADMINISTERED IN ONE PRESSURIZED METERED-DOSE INHALER IN PATIENTS WITH MODERATE TO VERY SEVERE CHRONIC OBSTRUCTIVE PULMONARY DISEASE
Chest 2008 134: 103003S. [Abstract]  

Claudia G. Cote, James L. Pearle, Amir Sharafkhaneh, Selwyn Spangenthal, and Santosh Varghese

FORMOTEROL HAS A FASTER ONSET OF ACTION THAN SALMETEROL IN PATIENTS WITH CHRONIC OBSTRUCTIVE PULMONARY DISEASE
Chest 2008 134: 104001S. [Abstract]  

Richard ZuWallack, Charles Fogarty, Glenn Giessel, Michael McClung, Nicholas Locantore, Ibrahim Raphiou, Stephanie Harris, and Glenn D. Crater

EFFECT OF FLUTICASONE PROPIONATE/SALMETEROL COMBINATION ON CHANGE IN BONE MINERAL DENSITY IN SUBJECTS WITH COPD
Chest 2008 134: 104002S. [Abstract]  

Donald Tashkin, James Donohue, Donald Mahler, Holly Huang, Kendyl Schaefer, John Hanrahan, and William Andrews

EFFECT OF ARFORMOTEROL TWICE DAILY, TIOTROPIUM ONCE DAILY, AND THEIR COMBINATION IN SUBJECTS WITH COPD
Chest 2008 134: 104003S. [Abstract]  

Donald P. Tashkin, Stephen I. Rennard, Paula Martin, Mitchell Goldman, and Philip E. Silkoff

EFFICACY OF BUDESONIDE/FORMOTEROL ADMINISTERED VIA ONE PRESSURIZED METERED-DOSE INHALER OVER 6 MONTHS IN PATIENTS WITH CHRONIC OBSTRUCTIVE PULMONARY DISEASE
Chest 2008 134: 105001S. [Abstract]  

Harold S. Nelson, Donald P. Tashkin, Stephen I. Rennard, Paula Martin, Mitchell Goldman, and Philip E. Silkoff

ONSET OF BRONCHODILATION WITH BUDESONIDE AND FORMOTEROL ADMINISTERED IN ONE PRESSURIZED METERED-DOSE INHALER IN PATIENTS WITH MODERATE TO VERY SEVERE CHRONIC OBSTRUCTIVE PULMONARY DISEASE
Chest 2008 134: 105002S. [Abstract]  

Nicola Hanania, James Donohue, Harold Nelson, Kenneth Sciarappa, Elizabeth Goodwin, Rudolf Baumgartner, and John Hanrahan

LONG-TERM SAFETY AND EFFICACY OF NEBULIZED ARFORMOTEROL IN SUBJECTS WITH COPD
Chest 2008 134: 106001S. [Abstract]  

Minh H. Nguyen and Denise K. Woo

BEYOND ASTHMA: A META-ANALYSIS OF LEUKOTRIENE ANTAGONISTS IN THE TREATMENT OF COPD
Chest 2008 134: 106002S. [Abstract]  

Anand A. Dalal, Christopher M. Blanchette, Hans Petersen, Kathy Manavi, and Meaghan St. Charles

COST-EFFECTIVENESS OF FLUTICASONE PROPIONATE/SALMETEROL (250/50 MCG) COMPARED TO SALMETEROL (50 MCG) IN PATIENTS WITH COPD: ECONOMIC EVALUATION OF A RANDOMIZED, DOUBLE-BLIND, PARALLEL-GROUP, MULTICENTER TRIAL (STUDY SCO40043)
Chest 2008 134: 106003S. [Abstract]  

E. R. Sutherland, Shari Brazinsky, Gregory Feldman, Joe McGinty, Latanya Tomlinson, and Kimberly Denis-Mize

IN COPD, NEBULIZED FORMOTEROL FUMARATE PROVIDES PROLONGED BRONCHODILATION AND INCREASED PATIENT SATISFACTION COMPARED TO ALBUTEROL/IPRATROPIUM MDI
Chest 2008 134: 107001S. [Abstract]  

Roland Greguletz, Stephen Newman, Denise Sutton, Rosa Segarra, Rosa Lamarca, and Gonzalo de Miquel

IN VIVO PULMONARY DEPOSITION OF ACLIDINIUM BROMIDE BY A NEW MULTIDOSE DRY POWDER INHALER AFTER INHALATION
Chest 2008 134: 107002S. [Abstract]  

Anthony J. Hurren, Adam P. Metcalf, Ross H. Hatley, Eric A. Lieberman, and Kurt Nikander

CHARACTERIZATION OF THE DELIVERY OF FORMOTEROL FUMARATE AEROSOL FROM TWO JET NEBULIZERS
Chest 2008 134: 107003S. [Abstract]  

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

HOSPITAL READMISSION WITHIN 48 HOURS REQUIRING ICU CARE
Chest 2008 134: 107004S. [Abstract]  

Hrishikesh S. Kulkarni, Karishma R. Kulkarni, Antara Mallampalli, Dilip R. Karnad, Shubhangi R. Parkar, and Kalpalatha K. Guntupalli

COMPARISON OF ANXIETY, DEPRESSION AND POST-TRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER IN THE RELATIVES OF CRITICALLY ILL PATIENTS IN AN AMERICAN AND INDIAN PUBLIC HOSPITAL
Chest 2008 134: 108001S. [Abstract]  

Georgios Chrysochoou, Marvin Balaan, Ghazaleh Bigdeli, and Brian Carlin

EFFECT OF PATIENTS ADMITTED FROM THE EMERGENCY DEPARTMENT VERSUS REFERRING FACILITIES ON LENGTH OF STAY AND ICU OUTCOMES
Chest 2008 134: 108002S. [Abstract]  

Terence Lonergan, Christa Schorr, Jean-Sebastien Rachoin, Joseph E. Parrillo, and David R. Gerber

LENGTH OF STAY IN COMMUNITY INTENSIVE CARE UNITS PRIOR TO TRANSFER TO A TERTIARY CENTER: IMPACT ON OUTCOME
Chest 2008 134: 108003S. [Abstract]  

Christopher Dale, Danielle Mackey, Bruce Bayley, Allen Brown, and Thomas Schaumberg

COMPUTERIZED PHYSICIAN ORDER ENTRY IMPLEMENTATION OF A PHARMACIST-DRIVEN STRESS ULCER PROPHYLAXIS PROTOCOL: AN INTERRUPTED TIME SERIES STUDY
Chest 2008 134: 109001S. [Abstract]  

Frank Drews, Boaz Markewitz, Jose Benuzillo, Carrie J. Wallace, Amyanne Wuthrich, and Matthew Samore

TABLET COMPUTER TECHNOLOGY PROVIDES INNOVATIVE MEASUREMENT OF ICU NURSING WORK
Chest 2008 134: 109002S. [Abstract]  

Gregory H. Howell, Nichole Clark, Gary Salzman, and Aaron J. Bonham

EFFECTS OF A CLOSED INTENSIVE CARE UNIT MODEL ON PATIENT CARE OUTCOMES
Chest 2008 134: 109003S. [Abstract]  

Richard A. Mularski, David M. Schmidt, and David M. Mosen

AN INTENSIVE CARE UNIT COMMUNICATION INNOVATION IMPROVES THE QUALITY OF CARE AND FAMILY SATISFACTION
Chest 2008 134: 109004S. [Abstract]  

David S. Pucci, Sheila Scarbrough, Karen Rankine, and Dee Ford

FACTORS AFFECTING UTILIZATION OF A UNIVERSITY MEDICAL EMERGENCY TEAM
Chest 2008 134: 110001S. [Abstract]  

Essam N. Elkady, Alaa M. Gouda, Saad Al-Qahtani, Lian F. Fong, and Yaseen Arabi

RAPID RESPONSE TEAM THE MOST COMMON TRIGGER CRITERIA ASSOCIATED WITH THE HIGHEST ICU ADMISSION RATE
Chest 2008 134: 110002S. [Abstract]  

Salim R. Surani, Sara Surani, Suzane Hood, Brenda Parrish, and Shyam Subramanian

TO ASSESS VIGILANCE AMONG DAY AND NIGHT SHIFT NURSES IN INTENSIVE CARE UNIT
Chest 2008 134: 110003S. [Abstract]  

Gregory Howell, Salzman Gary, Reetu Singh, and Aaron J. Bonham

CHANGING FROM AN OPEN TO A CLOSED INTENSIVE CARE UNIT MODEL IMPROVES SATISFACTION OF NON-PHYSICIAN MEMBERS OF THE HEALTH CARE TEAM
Chest 2008 134: 111001S. [Abstract]  

Dee W. Ford, Jane Zapka, Mulugeta Gebregziabher, and Chengwu Yang

ILLNESS PERCEPTION IN THE ICU: DIFFERENCES BY RACE
Chest 2008 134: 111002S. [Abstract]  

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

OUTCOMES OF CRITICALLY ILL ADULT PATIENTS CARED FOR BY NURSE PRACTITIONERS COMPARED TO HOUSE OFFICERS
Chest 2008 134: 111003S. [Abstract]  

Daniel Kassavin and Nasim Ahmed

OUTCOME OF MULTIDISCIPLINARY APPROACH TO TORSO TRAUMA
Chest 2008 134: 111004S. [Abstract]  

Mazen Kherallah, Talal Dahhan, Mouhamad G. Jamil, Nabil Abouchala, and Ashraf Al-tarifi

COMPARISON OF STANDARDIZED MORTALITY RATIOS OF ACUTE PHYSIOLOGY AND CHRONIC HEALTH EVALUATION (APACHE) II AND IV SCORING SYSTEMS
Chest 2008 134: 112001S. [Abstract]  

Yatin Mehta, Yizhak Kupfer, Prashant Gundre, Diviya Kaila, and Sidney Tessler

APACHE IV SCORES AS A PREDICTOR OF TRACHEOSTOMY
Chest 2008 134: 112002S. [Abstract]  

Mazen Kherallah, Manal Hazza, Talal Dahhan, Tarek Tantawy, Mouhamad G. Jamil, and Ashraf Al-Tarifi

PERFORMANCE OF THE ACUTE PHYSIOLOGY AND CHRONIC HEALTH EVALUATION IV AT A TERTIARY SAUDI HOSPITAL
Chest 2008 134: 112003S. [Abstract]  

Katherine Schafer, Kyle B. Enfield, Wendy Novicoff, Tracey Hoke, and Jonathon D. Truwit

RISK ASSESSMENT IN CRITICAL CARE: COMPARISON OF APACHE IV AND UHC MODELS
Chest 2008 134: 112004S. [Abstract]  

Miguel A. Vinuesa, Norberto D. Bassan, Natalia Caviglia, Ana Cases, and Gustavo Krumrick

CHARACTERIZATION OF CD5 AND A-CHAIN POSITIVE CELLS IN LUNG PERIVASCULAR INFILTRATE FROM OVALBUMIN-SENSITIZED RABBITS AFTER INHALATION CHALLENGE
Chest 2008 134: 113001S. [Abstract]  

Zhanna Servetnyk, Eyman B. Shebani, Karin Andersson, and Godfried M. Roomans

EFFECT OF CORTICOSTEROIDS AND MONTELUKAST ON DESMOSOMES AND ICAM-1 EXPRESSION IN EPITHELIAL CELLS
Chest 2008 134: 113002S. [Abstract]  

Yong Hyun Kim, Soon Seog Kwon, Seung Joon Kim, Ju Sang Kim, Chan Kwon Park, Chi Hong Kim, Joong Hyun Ahn, Young Kyoon Kim, and Hyoung Kyu Yoon

TH2 CYTOKINES OPPOSE THE REDUCED VEGF EXPRESSION IN AIRWAY EPITHELIAL CELLS THAT ARE EXPOSED TO OXIDATIVE STRESS
Chest 2008 134: 113003S. [Abstract]  

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

DIFFERENTIAL EXPRESSION OF CXCR1, CXCR2, CXCL13, IL-6, AND LTA4H IN OBSTRUCTIVE AIRWAY DISEASE
Chest 2008 134: 114001S. [Abstract]  

Ilias Papanikolaou, Vasileios Skouras, Apostolos Voulgaridis, Marianna Tsaramirsi, Dimitrios Mermigkis, Konstantina Tsakanika, Napoleon Karagiannidis, and Vlasis Polychronopoulos

FLOW CYTOMETRY OF BAL CYTOKINES IN PATIENTS WITH IDIOPATHIC PULMONARY FIBROSIS AND ORGANIZING PNEUMONIA
Chest 2008 134: 114002S. [Abstract]  

Mary-Kavitha R. Vangala, Rakesh Sinha, Gagandip B. Singh, Rana Ali, Farhad Arjomand, and Osmund Agbo

ASSESSMENT OF THE KNOWLEDGE, SKILLS, AND ABILITY TO USE INHALER DEVICES BY MEDICAL PERSONNEL
Chest 2008 134: 114003S. [Abstract]  

Ainsley Chapman

THE NATIONAL LUNG HEALTH FRAMEWORK (CANADA)
Chest 2008 134: 115001S. [Abstract]  

Michael J. Barrett, Ijeoma Isiadinso, and Patrick A. Alguire

RAPID IMPROVEMENT IN AUSCULTATION SKILL AFTER USING AN MP3 PLAYER: A QUALITY IMPROVEMENT STUDY
Chest 2008 134: 115002S. [Abstract]  

Zhen Wang, Smith Jean, Joseph E. Parrillo, and Richard P. Dellinger

CAN A NEW LUNG IMAGING MODALITY BE ADDITIONALLY USEFUL WHEN CHEST RADIOGRAPHS ARE NORMAL?
Chest 2008 134: 115003S. [Abstract]  

Heinrich D. Becker, Merav Gat, and Simone R. Thiemann

VIBRATION RESPONSE IMAGING (VRI) IN A PRIVATE OUTPATIENT PRACTICE: A FEASIBILTY STUDY
Chest 2008 134: 115004S. [Abstract]  

Barbara A. Lutey

REASONS FOR NO-SHOW APPOINTMENTS IN A PULMONARY CLINIC SERVING THE INDIGENT
Chest 2008 134: 115005S. [Abstract]  

Gene R. Pesola, Faruque Parvez, Sultana Jasmin, Rabiul Hasan, and Habibul Ahsan

DYSPNEA REPRODUCIBILITY IN A RURAL BANGLADESH POPULATION
Chest 2008 134: 116001S. [Abstract]  

Joe Hillman and Eric C. Feucht

EVALUATION OF PAGING SYSTEMS AT A COMMUNITY TEACHING HOSPITAL
Chest 2008 134: 116002S. [Abstract]  

Rodrigo A. Athanazio, Samia Rached, Pedro Genta, and Geraldo Lorenzi

COLLABORATIVE STUDIES ARE INCREASING IN PULMONARY MEDICINE LITERATURE
Chest 2008 134: 116003S. [Abstract]  

Roland Talanow and Irina L. Timofte

A PEER-REVIEWED AND CUSTOMIZABLE PULMONARY SEARCH ENGINE
Chest 2008 134: 117001S. [Abstract]  

Khalid F. Almoosa, Linda M. Goldenhar, Jun Ying, Jonathan Puchalski, and Ralph J. Panos

A NATIONAL SURVEY OF RESIDENT EDUCATION PRACTICES IN THE ICU
Chest 2008 134: 117002S. [Abstract]  

Anthony J. Hericks and Gary Salzman

IMPROVING CRITICAL CARE CURRICULUM: AN INTRANET, EVIDENCE-BASED WEB SITE
Chest 2008 134: 117003S. [Abstract]  

Michael J. Dinkels, Robert Rahmani, Deepak Vadada, and Bushra Mina

VALIDITY OF USING BEDSIDE ULTRASOUND TO RULE OUT PNEUMOTHORAX RELATED TO MEDICAL RESIDENT-PERFORMED ULTRASOUND-GUIDED CENTRAL VENOUS CATHETERIZATION AND THORACENTESIS
Chest 2008 134: 117004S. [Abstract]  

Amir M. Khan and Valadmir Kvetan

IS POSTGRADUATE CRITICAL CARE MEDICINE (CCM) FELLOWSHIP TRAINING SUFFICIENT?
Chest 2008 134: 118001S. [Abstract]  

Masateru Kawabata, Masaki Ohmori, Naomi Arai, and Seigen Nakanishi

DEVELOPMENT OF EDUCATIONAL PROGRAM OF TROUBLE SHOOTING FOR MECHANICALLY VENTILATED PATIENTS: SCENARIO-BASED TRAINING USED THE HIGH-FIDELITY PATIENT SIMULATOR
Chest 2008 134: 118002S. [Abstract]  

Danielle L. Davison, Lakhmir S. Chawla, Leelie M. Selassie, Elizabeth M. Jones, Kayc C. McHone, Amy R. Vota, Homan Wai, Christopher D. Junker, and Michael G. Seneff

FEMORAL-BASED CENTRAL VENOUS OXYGEN SATURATION IS NOT A RELIABLE SUBSTITUTE FOR SUBCLAVIAN/INTERNAL JUGULAR-BASED CENTRAL VENOUS OXYGEN SATURATION IN CRITICALLY ILL PATIENTS
Chest 2008 134: 118003S. [Abstract]  

Kirk L. DePriest, Carlton G. Cauthen, Christopher D. Perry, Russell A. Blair, Arjun B. Chatterjee, David L. Bowton, and Robert Chin, Jr.

DO OSCILLATORY BLOOD PRESSURE MEASUREMENTS IN UPPER AND LOWER EXTREMITIES CORRELATE IN PATIENTS IN THE INTENSIVE CARE UNIT?
Chest 2008 134: 119001S. [Abstract]  

William T. Mc Gee, Michael Burns, and Krystal Kozikowski

PHYSIOLOGIC MANAGEMENT OF HEMODYNAMICS IN THE OPERATING ROOM USING ARTERIAL PRESSURE-BASED STROKE VOLUME AND STROKE VOLUME VARIATION
Chest 2008 134: 119002S. [Abstract]  

Jeramy D. Mosburg, Eldridge Pineda, Abigail Butts, and Tunay Kuru

COMPARISON OF INFERIOR VENA CAVAL PRESSURE AND CENTRAL VENOUS PRESSURE IN PATIENTS WITH SEPSIS
Chest 2008 134: 119003S. [Abstract]  

Steven W. Thiel, Marin H. Kollef, and Warren Isakow

STROKE VOLUME MEASUREMENT BY NON-INVASIVE DOPPLER IN CONJUNCTION WITH PASSIVE LEG RAISING PREDICTS FLUID RESPONSIVENESS IN MEDICAL INTENSIVE CARE UNIT PATIENTS
Chest 2008 134: 119004S. [Abstract]  

Siddharth Singh, Brian Mullan, and Gregory A. Schmidt

REAPPRAISING THE THORACIC VASCULAR PEDICLE WIDTH-CORRELATES ON COMPUTERIZED TOMOGRAPHY
Chest 2008 134: 120001S. [Abstract]  

Patrick T. Mailloux, William T. McGee, Thomas Higgins, James Tucker, and Krystal Kozikowski

BLOOD VOLUME CHANGES DURING DIALYSIS AND THEIR IMPACT ON CARDIAC PERFORMANCE
Chest 2008 134: 120002S. [Abstract]  

Ghazanfar H. Qureshi, Haroon Kamran, Jeffrey Gusenburg, Syed Haris Kazmi, Louis Salciccioli, and Jason Lazar

EFFECT OF PASSIVE LEG RAISING ON ARTERIAL WAVE REFLECTION IN HEALTHY ADULTS
Chest 2008 134: 120003S. [Abstract]  

Jeannot Michel, Bedilu Woldaregay, Frances Schmidt, Danilo Enriquez, and Joseph Quist

DOES BRONCHOALVEOLAR LAVAGE (BAL) CHANGE THE MANAGEMENT OF PATIENTS INTUBATED WITH PNEUMONIA COMPARED TO ENDOTRACHEAL ASPIRATE CULTURE?
Chest 2008 134: 121001S. [Abstract]  

Rohit Goyal, Lalit Kanarparthi, Murray Rogers, Tarun Madappa, Larry Difabrizio, and Klaus D. Lessnau

THE PIGTAIL SIGN ON FLOW PRESSURE LOOPS IS A NEW WAY TO DETECT SECRETIONS
Chest 2008 134: 121002S. [Abstract]  

Lee Chang Youl, Kim Hyung Jung, and Lee Myung Goo

RELATION BETWEEN DURATION OF MECHANICAL VENTILATION AND BRONCHIAL HYPERRESPONSIVENESS IN NEAR-FATAL ASTHMA
Chest 2008 134: 121003S. [Abstract]  

Dominic Dellweg, Dieter Hochrainer, and Dieter Kohler

DETERMINANTS OF SKIN CONTACT PRESSURE FORMATION DURING NON-INVASIVE VENTILATION
Chest 2008 134: 121004S. [Abstract]  

Gustavo López-Aburto, Hector Peña-Carillo, Luis-Efren Santos-Martinez, Eduardo Etulain-Gonzalez, Francisco Lima-López, Tomas Pulido-Zamudio, and Julio Sandoval-Zárate

DEXMEDETOMIDINE IMPROVES THE ADAPTATION BETWEEN NON-INVASIVE MECHANICAL VENTILATION AND PATIENTS WITH PULMONARY HYPERTENSION AND ACUTE RESPIRATORY FAILURE
Chest 2008 134: 122001S. [Abstract]  

Rohit Caroli, Nitin Goel, Hemant Kalra, and V. K. Vijayan

ROLE OF NON-INVASIVE MECHANICAL VENTILATION (NIMV) IN SEVERE ACUTE HYPERCAPNIC RESPIRATORY FAILURE
Chest 2008 134: 122002S. [Abstract]  

William D. Marino

QUESTIONABLE NONINVASIVE MECHANICAL VENTILATION PRACTICES AND THE SITUATIONS IN WHICH THEY OCCUR
Chest 2008 134: 122003S. [Abstract]  

Lemuel A. Umahag, Aileen G. Banzon, Teresita S. de Guia, and Fernando G. Ayuyao

OUTCOME OF NON-INVASIVE POSITIVE PRESSURE VENTILATION AMONG PATIENTS WHO DEVELOP ACUTE RESPIRATORY FAILURE AFTER A CARDIOVASCULAR SURGERY
Chest 2008 134: 122004S. [Abstract]  

Federico Lari, Gianpaolo Bragagni, Fabrizio Giostra, Rodolfo Ferrari, and Nicola Di Battista

USE OF NONINVASIVE VENTILATION FOR ACUTE RESPIRATORY FAILURE IN GENERAL MEDICAL WARDS
Chest 2008 134: 123001S. [Abstract]  

Tasbirul Islam, Navdeep K. Brar, Jean E. Hage, Patricia A. Patrick, Martin Feuerman, Shalinee Chawla, and Michael S. Niederman

RESPIRATORY COMPLICATIONS AND OUTCOMES IN A NEURO-INTENSIVE CARE UNIT
Chest 2008 134: 123002S. [Abstract]  

Yin M. Naing and Muhammad H. Shibli

ASSESSMENT OF THE USEFULNESS OF RIFLE CRITERIA IN AFRICAN-AMERICAN PREDOMINANT, CRITICALLY ILL PATIENT POPULATION
Chest 2008 134: 123003S. [Abstract]  

Kelly A. Kreuter, Jangwoen Lee, Sari B. Mahon, Jae G. Kim, David Mukai, Othman Mohammmad, William Blackledge, Gerry R. Boss, Bruce J. Tromberg, and Matthew Brenner

RAPID REVERSAL OF CYANIDE TOXICITY USING A NOVEL AGENT, COBINAMIDE, ASSESSED NON-INVASIVELY USING DIFFUSE OPTICAL SPECTROSCOPY
Chest 2008 134: 124001S. [Abstract]  

Ousama Dabbagh, Blair Westerly, Brian Fuller, and Brian Stout

MORBIDITY AND MORTALITY CHARACTERISTICS OF MORBIDLY OBESE PATIENTS ADMITTED TO HOSPITAL AND INTENSIVE CARE UNITS
Chest 2008 134: 124002S. [Abstract]  

Jay B. Nayak, Sindhaghatta Venkatram, Balavenkatesh Kanna, and Raghu S. Loganathan

CHARACTERISTICS OF CRITICALLY ILL MINORITY PATIENTS ADMITTED WITH SEIZURES TO A UNIVERSITY-AFFILIATED ACADEMIC MEDICAL ICU
Chest 2008 134: 124003S. [Abstract]  

Andrea B. Feng, Swapna Muppuri, Olukayode Akinlaja, Blair Kokotek, Steve Blum, and Gilda Diaz-Fuentes

PREDICTORS OF ADMISSION TO INTENSIVE CARE UNIT AND OUTCOMES AMONG OBSTETRIC PATIENTS IN AN INNER CITY HOSPITAL: A CASE-CONTROL STUDY
Chest 2008 134: 125001S. [Abstract]  

Kamal A. Nasser, Mahmud Zamlut, and Ayman O. Soubani

MEDICAL INTENSIVE CARE FOR OBSTETRIC PATIENTS: SPECTRUM AND OUTCOME
Chest 2008 134: 125002S. [Abstract]  

Nasim Ahmed, Daniel Kassavin, and Yen-Hong Kuo

CAN INITIAL SYSTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE(SBP) OF MORE THAN 90 PREDICT HEMODYNAMIC STABILITY FOLLOWING TORSO TRAUMA?
Chest 2008 134: 125003S. [Abstract]  

Naricha Chirakalwasan, Jaswinderpal Sandhu, Amar Thosani, Syed Anees, William Rhoton, Adam Keene, and Jose Yunen

DOES OPTIC NERVE SHEATH DIAMETER CORRELATE WITH INTRACRANIAL PRESSURE?
Chest 2008 134: 125004S. [Abstract]  

Nivedita Mankotia, Sindhaghatta Venkatram, Balavenkatesh Kanna, and Raghu S. Loganathan

CHARACTERISTICS ASSOCIATED WITH MORTALITY IN GASTROINTESTINAL BLEEDING IN AN INNER CITY MINORITY POPULATION ADMITTED TO A UNIVERSITY-AFFILIATED MEDICAL ICU
Chest 2008 134: 126001S. [Abstract]  

Fang-Chi Lin, Yi-Chu Chen, and Shi-Chuan Chang

CLINICAL SIGNIFICANCE OF BRONCHOALVEOLAR LAVAGE FLUID AND BLOOD SURFACTANT PROTEIN-D AND KL-6 IN IDIOPATHIC PULMONARY ALVEOLAR PROTEINOSIS
Chest 2008 134: 126002S. [Abstract]  

Rajesh R. Patel, Vivek N. Iyer, and Jay H. Ryu

CAUSES OF DEATH IN 34 CONSECUTIVE AUTOPSY CASES OF POLYMYOSITIS/DERMATOMYOSITIS
Chest 2008 134: 126003S. [Abstract]  

Rade Tomic, Elizabeth Jacobs, Metha Medhora, Andreea Antonescu-Turcu, and Ghosh Swarajit

ROLE OF RENIN-ANGIOTENSIN SYSTEM IN RADIATION-INDUCED LUNG INJURY
Chest 2008 134: 127001S. [Abstract]  

Narayan Mishra, Prabhati Dutta, and Nirad K. Gacchayat

CORRELATION OF CLINICAL FEATURES WITH PULMONARY FUNCTION TEST IN CASES OF TROPICAL PULMONARY EOSINOPHILIA
Chest 2008 134: 127002S. [Abstract]  

Karina A. Keogh, Paul D. Scanlon, and Ulrich Specks

EXHALED NITRIC OXIDE IN WEGENER'S GRANULOMATOSIS
Chest 2008 134: 127003S. [Abstract]  

Bernadette R. Gochuico, Thomas C. Markello, Kevin J. O'Brien, Hilda Cardona, Jose Salas, and William A. Gahl

PIRFENIDONE FOR TREATMENT OF PULMONARY FIBROSIS IN HERMANSKY-PUDLAK SYNDROME-1
Chest 2008 134: 127004S. [Abstract]  

Shilpa A. DeSouza, Nicholas VanderEls, Robert Motzer, and Dorothy A. White

PNEUMONITIS FROM INHIBITORS OF THE MAMMALIAN TARGET OF RAPAMYCIN (MTOR)IN PATIENTS WITH METASTATIC CANCER
Chest 2008 134: 128001S. [Abstract]  

Anat Amital, David Shitrit, Benjamin Fox, Nir Peled, Leonardo Fuks, and Mordechai R. Kramer

LYMPHANGIOLEIOMYOMATOSIS IN ISRAEL
Chest 2008 134: 128002S. [Abstract]  

Amir M. Khan, Sunit Jariwala, David Appel, and C. Shim

WEGENER'S GRANULOMATOSIS: PREDICTING MORTALITY/MORBIDITY IN THOSE WITH PULMONARY MANIFESTATIONS
Chest 2008 134: 128003S. [Abstract]  

Shahbaz Ahmad, Karen Beekman, and Chung-Kiang Yeung

SERONEGATIVE EOSINOPHILIC VARIANT OF WEGENER'S GRANULOMATOSIS
Chest 2008 134: 129001S. [Abstract]  

Torbjorn Gustafson, Kurt Boman, Kenneth Nilsson, Kerstin Strom, Goran Tornling, and Kjell Torén

SMOKING AND SEVERE PULMONARY FIBROSIS
Chest 2008 134: 129002S. [Abstract]  

Abdullah Altayeh, Fadi Alkhankan, Todd Gress, and Fuad Zeid

CLINICAL FEATURES OF HOSPITALIZED PATIENTS WITH WEGENER'S GRANULOMATOSIS: A REPORT OF 13 CASES FROM HUNTINGTON, WV
Chest 2008 134: 129003S. [Abstract]  

Byoung Hoon Lee, Jae Hyung Lee, Sang Hoon Kim, and Kyung Chan Kim

PARADOXICAL RESPONSES DURING ANTITUBERCULOUS TREATMENT IN TUBERCULOUS PLEURISY
Chest 2008 134: 129004S. [Abstract]  

Rafael Laniado-Laborin

UNACCOUNTED EXPENSES OF ANTITUBERCULOSIS TREATMENT IN TIJUANA, MEXICO
Chest 2008 134: 130001S. [Abstract]  

Francis F. Fountain, Elizabeth A. Tolley, Anna R. Jacobs, and Timothy H. Self

RIFAMPIN HEPATOTOXICITY IN THE TREATMENT OF LATENT TB INFECTION
Chest 2008 134: 130002S. [Abstract]  

Sudhir K. Agarwal and Deependra K. Rai

CLINICAL EFFICACY OF CAPREOMYCIN AND AZITHROMYCIN IN THE TREATMENT OF MULTIDRUG-RESISTANT TUBERCULOSIS
Chest 2008 134: 130003S. [Abstract]  

Charanpreet S. Grover, Vishal Chopra, Amrit P. Kansal, and Ish Kumar

EFFECT ON HAEMOPTYSIS IN REGARDS TO PYRAZINAMIDE CONTAINING V/S NON-PYRAZINAMIDE CONTAINING ANTI-TUBERCULAR REGIMEN IN PULMONARY TUBERCULOSIS CASES
Chest 2008 134: 130004S. [Abstract]  

Sean Dhar, Keivan Zandinejad, and Daniel Baram

CLINICAL MANAGEMENT OF SMEAR-NEGATIVE TUBERCULOSIS AT A UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL WITH A LOW PREVALENCE OF DISEASE
Chest 2008 134: 131001S. [Abstract]  

Dr Jaya Kala, Dr Anuuj K. Bhatnagar, and Dr Jayant N. Banavaliker

TO DETERMINE THE FREQUENCY AND SEVERITY OF ADVERSE DRUG REACTIONS (ADR) TO SECOND LINE ANTITUBERCULOUS THERAPY (ATT) IN PATIENTS WITH MULTIDRUG-RESISTANT TUBERCULOSIS (MDR-TB)
Chest 2008 134: 131002S. [Abstract]  

Jung H. Chang and So Yeon Lim

EPIDEMIOLOGIC ANALYSIS OF DRUG-RESISTANT TUBERCULOSIS IN UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL SETTING
Chest 2008 134: 131003S. [Abstract]  

Angira Dasgupta, Basudeb Bhattacharyya, and Shantanu K. Das

THE ROLE OF ROUTINE COTRIMOXAZOLE PROPHYLAXIS IN HIV-INFECTED TUBERCULOSIS PATIENTS IN EASTERN INDIA
Chest 2008 134: 131004S. [Abstract]  

Sanjeev Sinha, S. K. Sharma, N. Kumar, and Naimish R. Patel

THE ROLE OF VITAMIN D IN SUSCEPTIBILITY TO TUBERCULOSIS
Chest 2008 134: 132001S. [Abstract]  

Lewis R. Mooney

A HISTORY OF PREVIOUS BACILLE CALMETTE-GUERIN (BCG) VACCINATION SEEMS TO OFFER NO APPARENT PROTECTION AGAINST TUBERCULOSIS (TB) INFECTION IN A FOREIGN-BORN ADULT POPULATION IN SUFFOLK COUNTY, NEW YORK
Chest 2008 134: 132002S. [Abstract]  

Gregory E. Erhabor, Adesoji R. Adedoyin, Daniel O. Obaseki, and Olayemi F. Awopeju

EVALUATION OF FUNCTIONAL CAPACITY AMONG PATIENTS WITH PULMONARY TUBERCULOSIS USING SIX MINUTE WALK TEST
Chest 2008 134: 132003S. [Abstract]  

Daniele Bendayan, Vladimir Polanski, Atara Hendeler, Klementy Litman, and Zoar Eliel

CHARACTERISTICS OF MULTIDRUG-RESISTANT TUBERCULOSIS IN ISRAEL: A RETROSPECTIVE STUDY
Chest 2008 134: 133001S. [Abstract]  

Nawal Salahuddin, Khalid Saeed, Saeed Akram, Nisar Rao, and Rumina Hasan

ACUTE RESPIRATORY DISTRESS SYNDROME DUE TO MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS: IS STRAIN TYPE ASSOCIATED WITH THE DEVELOPMENT OF MORE SEVERE DISEASE?
Chest 2008 134: 133002S. [Abstract]  

Lalit Kanaparthi, Tarun Madappa, Rohit Goyal, Larry Difabrizio, Murray Rogers, and Klaus Lessnau

HAS THE PREVALENCE OF MYCOBACTERIUM GORDONAE CHANGED?
Chest 2008 134: 133003S. [Abstract]  

Ilona Belinskaya, Andre Moreira, Maureen Zakowski, and Dorothy White

GRANULOMAS IN LUNG SPECIMENS IN TERTIARY CANCER CENTER
Chest 2008 134: 133004S. [Abstract]  

Adaani E. Frost, David B. Badesch, Robyn J. Barst, Raymond L. Benza, C. Gregory Elliott, Harrison Farber, Abby Krichman, Theodore G. Liou, Gary E. Raskob, Scott Giles, Kathleen Feldkircher, Michelle Turner, and Michael D. McGoon

A COMPARISON OF REVEAL REGISTRY DEMOGRAPHIC DATA WITH OTHER/PRIOR REGISTRIES OF PULMONARY ARTERIAL HYPERTENSION (PAH)
Chest 2008 134: 134001S. [Abstract]  

Omar A. Minai, Steven D. Nathan, Nicholas S. Hill, David B. Badesch, and James K. Stoller

PRACTICE PATTERNS REGARDING MANAGING PULMONARY HYPERTENSION IN PATIENTS WITH PARENCHYMAL LUNG DISEASES: RESULTS OF AN ACCP SURVEY
Chest 2008 134: 134002S. [Abstract]  

Roop Kaw, Anil Thota, and Omar Minai

PULMONARY HYPERTENSION IN OBESE PATIENTS: AN ANALYSIS OF HEMODYNAMIC DATA
Chest 2008 134: 134003S. [Abstract]  

Vadim Fayngersh, F. D. McCool, Fotios Drakopanagiotakis, James R. Klinger, Ahmad M. Ismail, Saed S. Nemr, Kyle Brownback, and Sydney S. Braman

AGE AND DIFFUSION CAPACITY PREDICT PULMONARY HYPERTENSION IN COPD
Chest 2008 134: 135001S. [Abstract]  

Abraham Rothman, Stephanie Davidson, Robert Wiencek, Humberto Restrepo, Val Sarukhanov, William E. Evans, Roy Williams, Erkki Ruoslahti, and David Mann

STAGE-SPECIFIC PHARMACOGENOMICS IN A SURGICAL SHUNT MODEL OF PULMONARY ARTERIAL HYPERTENSION: ANALYSIS BY ENDOARTERIAL BIOPSY
Chest 2008 134: 135002S. [Abstract]  

Garvan C. Kane, Naser M. Ammash, Jae K. Oh, Thomas Behrenbeck, Patricia A. Pellikka, and Robert B. McCully

PREVALENCE AND SIGNIFICANCE OF RESTING PULMONARY HYPERTENSION IN PATIENTS REFERRED FOR EXERCISE STRESS ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY
Chest 2008 134: 135003S. [Abstract]  

Kevin M. Chan, Elena Tishkowski, Ann J. Impens, Tammy Ojo, Valerie V. McLaughlin, and James R. Seibold

DOPPLER ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY OVERESTIMATES PULMONARY HYPERTENSION IN PATIENTS WITH SCLERODERMA INTERSTITIAL LUNG DISEASE
Chest 2008 134: 135004S. [Abstract]  

Ricardo H. Teixeira, Alexandre C. Wueb, Fabio B. Jatene, and Mario Terra Filho

PULMONARY ARTERY VASCULAR REACTIVITY AFTER NITRIC OXIDE INHALATION, BEFORE AND AFTER PULMONARY THROMBOENDARTERECTOMY
Chest 2008 134: 136001S. [Abstract]  

Sanjeev Raman and Zeenat Safdar

ACUTE EXACERBATION OF RIGHT HEART FAILURE BY TRICUSPID VALVE PROLAPSE IN PULMONARY ARTERIAL HYPERTENSION
Chest 2008 134: 136002S. [Abstract]  

Edgar V. Garcia Badillo, Carlos Jerjes Sanchez, Alicia Ramirez Rivera, and Susana Ramirez Rivera

PREDICTIVE VALUE OF THE BRAIN NATRIURETIC PEPTIDE IN PULMONARY ARTERIAL HYPERTENSION
Chest 2008 134: 136003S. [Abstract]  

Fernando Flores-Figueroa, Luis E. Santos-Martinez, Aloha Meave, Tomas Pulido-Zamudio, Erika Luna, Grisel Hernandez, Hector Peña, Gabriel Perez, and Julio Sandoval

RIGHT VENTRICULAR HYPERTROPHY ELECTROCARDIOGRAM INDEX AGREEMENT WITH MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING IN IDIOPATHIC ARTERIAL PULMONARY HYPERTENSION
Chest 2008 134: 137001S. [Abstract]  

Roberto G. Carbone, Enrico Balleari, Fabio Montanaro, Assaf Monselise, and Riccardo Ghio

EXPLORING CORRELATION BETWEEN PULMONARY HYPERTENSION AND SURVIVAL IN WEGENER GRANULOMATOSIS AND IDIOPATHIC PULMONARY FIBROSIS
Chest 2008 134: 137002S. [Abstract]  

Louie Kostopoulos, Tonga Nfor, Don Lobacz, and Dianne L. Zwicke

EXERCISE CAPACITY AND ECHOCARDIOGRAPHIC EVALUATION OF RIGHT HEART INDICES IN PATIENTS ON LONG-TERM AMBRISENTAN THERAPY FOR ESTABLISHED PULMONARY ARTERIAL HYPERTENSION
Chest 2008 134: 137003S. [Abstract]  

Jorge M. Mercado and Herbert Patrick

A MULTIDISCIPLINARY OUT-PATIENT APPROACH TO PULMONARY ARTERIAL HYPERTENSION
Chest 2008 134: 137004S. [Abstract]  

Heinrich D. Becker, Christof Dehnert, Fabian Scheurlen, and Peter Bärtsch

IS VIBRATION RESPONSE IMAGING A USEFUL TOOL FOR EARLY DETECTION OF HIGH ALTITUDE PULMONARY EDEMA?
Chest 2008 134: 138001S. [Abstract]  

Marc F. Goldstein, Alex L. Goldstein, Eliot H. Dunsky, Donald J. Dvorin, George A. Belecanech, and Kfir Shamir

PEDIATRIC SELECTIVE IGM IMMUNODEFICIENCY
Chest 2008 134: 138002S. [Abstract]  

Katir K. Patel, Paul S. Salva, Chester Andrzejewski, and Wilmore C. Webley

HIGH PREVALENCE OF UROGENITAL MYCOPLASMA IN THE BRONCHIAL LAVAGE OF PEDIATRIC RESPIRATORY DISEASE PATIENTS
Chest 2008 134: 138003S. [Abstract]  

Gilda Sapphire Erguiza, Arnel Gerald Jiao, Michelle Reley, and Shelesh Ragaza

THE EFFECT OF VIRGIN COCONUT OIL SUPPLEMENTATION FOR COMMUNITY-ACQUIRED PNEUMONIA IN CHILDREN AGED 3 TO 60 MONTHS ADMITTED AT THE PHILIPPINE CHILDREN'S MEDICAL CENTER: A SINGLE BLINDED RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL
Chest 2008 134: 139001S. [Abstract]  

Refiloe Masekela, Denise Labuschagne, Teshni Moodley, Omolemo P. Kitchin, and Robin J. Green

HIV STAGING AND SEVERITY OF AIDS IN CHILDREN EXPOSED TO ENVIRONMENTAL TOBACCO SMOKE
Chest 2008 134: 139002S. [Abstract]  

Petronella Stoltz, Diane Krieger, Neviana Raykov, and Christopher L. Carroll

CENTRAL VENOUS CATHETER OCCLUSIONS IN THE PEDIATRIC ICU
Chest 2008 134: 139003S. [Abstract]  

Ia N. Babilashvili and Paata Gvetadze

ROLE OF TEMPORARY BRONCHIAL ENDOSCOPIC OCCLUSION IN SURGICAL PULMONOLOGY
Chest 2008 134: 139004S. [Abstract]  

M. E. Rodriguez, W. G. Mackenzie, C. Ditro, T. H. Shaffer, and A. S. Chidekel

PULMONARY DYSFUNCTIONS AS MEASURED BY IMPULSE OSCILLOMETRY (IOS) AMONG PATIENTS WITH MORQUIO'S SYNDROME (MUCOPOLYSACCHARIDOSIS TYPE IVA)
Chest 2008 134: 140001S. [Abstract]  

Michael Goldman, Erika Meraz, Homer Nazeran, and Bill Diong

ABNORMALITY OF OSCILLOMETRIC RESISTANCE AND REACTANCE IS GREATER IN HISPANIC THAN ANGLO CHILDREN IN EL PASO, TX
Chest 2008 134: 140002S. [Abstract]  

Galilee V. Giron-Ramos

A COMPARATIVE STUDY ON THE RADIOGRAPHIC AND SONOGRAPHIC PRESENTATION OF PLEURAL EFFUSION IN CHILDREN: TO ESTABLISH THE VALUE OF CHEST RADIOGRAPH WITH REGARDS TO THE RECOGNITION AND QUANTIFICATION OF PLEURAL EFFUSION AND TO ESTABLISH THE MINIMUM AMO
Chest 2008 134: 140003S. [Abstract]  

Ricky Mohon, Shane Keene, Donald Samples, Randy Byington, and Douglas Masini

BODY MASS INDEX PERCENTILE IS A TOOL FOR PREDICTING PEDIATRIC OBSTRUCTIVE SLEEP APNEA
Chest 2008 134: 140004S. [Abstract]  

Sumit Bhargava and Alia Bazzy-Asaad

SCREENING FOR OBSTRUCTIVE SLEEP APNEA AND SLEEP-DISORDERED BREATHING IN CHILDREN: RESULTS OF A COMMUNITY SURVEY
Chest 2008 134: 141001S. [Abstract]  

Milena M. Acencio, Francisco S. Vargas, Sabrina C. Ribeiro, Leila Antonangelo, Carlos S. Silva, Gabriela G. Carnevale, Evaldo Marchi, and Lisete R. Teixeira

INFLUENCE OF BEVACIZUMAB IN THE EXPERIMENTAL PLEURODESIS INDUCED BY TALC OR SILVER NITRATE
Chest 2008 134: 141002S. [Abstract]  

Niccolo Daddi, Stefano Santoprete, Jacopo Vannucci, Rosanna Capozzi, Antonello Bufalari, Chiara Maggio, Ilaria Bravi, Stefano Ascani, Lucio Casali, and Francesco Puma

INTRAPLEURAL TIGECYCLIN INDUCES PLEURODESIS IN RABBITS
Chest 2008 134: 141003S. [Abstract]  

Anthony J. Hericks, Jessica Gillespie, Agostino Molteni, Tim Quinn, and Betty Herndon

MECHANISMS OF PLEURODESIS: ANALYSIS AT THE CYTOKINE LEVEL
Chest 2008 134: 142001S. [Abstract]  

Alain Tremblay, David R. Stather, Charity Greene, Lori Maxwell, and Margaret M. Kelly

EFFECT OF REPEATED ADMINISTRATION OF LOW-DOSE PLEURAL SCLEROSING AGENTS
Chest 2008 134: 142002S. [Abstract]  

Wissam B. Abouzgheib, Ralph Kanaan, David Rodman, and Thaddeus Bartter

LOW-DOSE TALC PLUS LOW-DOSE DOXYCYCLINE FOR PLEUROSCOPIC PLEURODESIS: INITIAL EXPERIENCE
Chest 2008 134: 142003S. [Abstract]  

Carlos H. Martinez, Bulent Ozcakar, Hsienchang T. Chiu, Georgie A. Eapen, Rodolfo C. Morice, and Carlos A. Jimenez

SYSTEMIC INFLAMMATORY PARAMETERS AFTER INTRAPLEURAL PLEURAL CATHETER INSERTION ON CANCER PATIENTS WITH PLEURAL EFFUSION
Chest 2008 134: 142004S. [Abstract]  

Koonj A. Shah, Eric D. Anderson, and Charles A. Read

DEFINITIVE INTERVENTIONS FOR THE MANAGEMENT OF BILATERAL MALIGNANT PLEURAL EFFUSIONS: THE EXPERIENCE AT A TERTIARY ACADEMIC HOSPITAL
Chest 2008 134: 143001S. [Abstract]  

Rabih I. Bechara, Cicely Ross, and Faisal Ahmad

SAFETY, EFFICACY, AND DURABILITY OF PLEURX CATHETERS FOR MANAGING RECURRENT NON-MALIGNANT PLEURAL EFFUSIONS
Chest 2008 134: 143002S. [Abstract]  

Lalit K. Kanaparthi, Tarun Madappa, Rohit Goyal, Larry Di Fabrizio, Murray Rogers, and Klaus Lessnau

TRIPLE-LUMEN CATHETERS ARE AN ALTERNATIVE TO LARGE BORE CHEST TUBES
Chest 2008 134: 143003S. [Abstract]  

Gabriella Giudice, Cosimo Lequaglie, Margherita Garramone, Daniela Marasco, Pasquale De Negri, Pasqualina Modano, and Tiziana Tirri

QUALITY OF LIFE AND EFFICACY OF TALC PLEURODESIS BY UNIPORTAL ACCESS VIDEO-ASSISTED-THORACOSCOPY FOR MALIGNANT PLEURAL EFFUSIONS
Chest 2008 134: 143004S. [Abstract]  

Yang Deok Lee, Do Hyung Kim, and Dong Jib Na

PRIMARY MEDICAL THORACOSCOPY FOR PLEURAL EFFUSION IN THE AGED
Chest 2008 134: 144001S. [Abstract]  

Joao A. Bento, Miguel Goncalves, Nuno Silva, Tiago Pinto, Anabela Marinho, and Joao C. Winck

HOME MECHANICAL IN-EXSUFFLATION: SAFETY AND EFFICACY IN NEUROMUSCULAR DISORDERS (NMD)
Chest 2008 134: 144002S. [Abstract]  

Saicharan G. Bodi, Reddy N. Sagar, Chelluri E. Prasad, and SV Prasad

IMPROVEMENT IN LUNG FUNCTION WITH A UNIQUE BREATHING TECHNIQUE: SUDARSHAN KRIYA YOGA (SKY)
Chest 2008 134: 144003S. [Abstract]  

Chad D. Elkin, Ronald C. Allison, and Majid M. Mughal

CHANGE IN FORCED EXPIRATORY TIME AND SPIROMETRIC VALUES WITH INHALED ATROVENT
Chest 2008 134: 145001S. [Abstract]  

O. Khawaja, J. Trosell, C. Rubner, D. Luneack, M. Louwers, and B. Pichurko

THE INFLUENCE OF CARDIO-SELECTIVE BETA BLOCKADE (CSBB) ON CARDIO-PULMONARY PERFORMANCE AND WORK CAPACITY
Chest 2008 134: 145002S. [Abstract]  

Andrzej J. Krzywiecki, Lukasz K. Sikora, Maciej Misioek, Grzegorz Namysowski, Rafa Fira, Bogusawa Orecka, Dariusz I. Ziora, and Jerzy F. Kozielski

THE LATE CONSEQUENCES ON UPPER AIRWAYS SPIROMETRY PARAMETERS AND VOICE QUALITY IN BURNS
Chest 2008 134: 145003S. [Abstract]  

Jerome R. Santos, Maria Paz Mateo, Aileen Guzman-Banzon, Fernando Ayuyao, and Teresita de Guia

SPIROMETRIC CHANGES IN PATIENTS WITH RHEUMATIC HEART DISEASE BEFORE AND AFTER MITRAL VALVE SURGERY AT THE PHILIPPINE HEART CENTER
Chest 2008 134: 145004S. [Abstract]  

Stylianos A. Michaelides, Maria E. Michalatou, Andreas Asimakos, and George D. Bablekos

COMPARISON OF MAXIMAL RESPIRATORY PRESSURES BETWEEN HEALTHY MALE HEAVY SMOKERS AND NONSMOKERS
Chest 2008 134: 146001S. [Abstract]  

Briseyra Fong-Ponce, Favio-Gerardo Rico-Mendez, Luis-Gerardo Ochoa-Jimenez, Luis C. Meneses-Guzman, Guillermo Dominguez-Herrera, Manuel Fong-Ponce, and Luis-Efren Santos-Martinez

BLOOD GAS AND PULMONARY FUNCTION TEST BEHAVIOR AT DIFFERENT LEVELS OF ALTITUDE IN HISPANIC RESIDENT POPULATIONS
Chest 2008 134: 146002S. [Abstract]  

Shiho Yamakoshi, Yoshifumi Ubara, Masateru Kawabata, Tatsuya Suwabe, Shohei Nakanishi, and Kenmei Takaichi

TRANSCATHETER ARTERIAL EMBOLIZATION OF RENAL ARTERY MAY IMPROVE SPIROMETRY IN THE PATIENTS OF ADVANCED AUTOSOMAL DOMINANT POLYCYSTIC KIDNEY DISEASE ON HEMODIALYSIS
Chest 2008 134: 146003S. [Abstract]  

Sivashankar Sivaraman, Vikas Sayal, Mahesh Shetty, Jaime Molina, Yaw Amoateng-Adjepong, Joe Horne, and Dmitry Lvovsky

USE OF TRANSCUTANEOUS CARBON DIOXIDE MEASUREMENT IN DIAGNOSING OBESITY HYPOVENTILATION SYNDROME AS COMPARED TO CONVENTIONAL ARTERIAL BLOOD GAS CARBON DIOXIDE ANALYSIS
Chest 2008 134: 147001S. [Abstract]  

Gnananandh Jayaraman, Salim Surani, Gerald George, Raymond Aguilar, and Shyam Subramanian

ROLE OF NECK CIRCUMFERENCE IN NON-OBESE PATIENTS WITH OBSTRUCTIVE SLEEP APNEA
Chest 2008 134: 147002S. [Abstract]  

Gnananandh Jayaraman, Salim Surani, Raymond Aguilar, Asim Mustafa, and Shyam Subramanian

USE OF MODIFIED FRIEDMAN SCORE IN NON-OBESE PATIENTS WITH OBSTRUCTIVE SLEEP APNEA
Chest 2008 134: 147003S. [Abstract]  

Shyam Subramanian, Salim Surani, Raymond Aguilar, Luis C. Jimenez, and Gnananandh Jayaraman

ETHNIC VARIANCE IN SYMPTOMS OF SLEEP APNEA AMONGST HISPANICS AND CAUCASIANS
Chest 2008 134: 148001S. [Abstract]  

Clement Cahan, Michael J. Decker, Shulamit Eyal, Zvika Shinar, Armanda Baharav, and William C. Reeves

MULTICENTER VALIDATION OF AN ECG AND OXYGEN SATURATION-BASED SLEEP DIAGNOSTIC SYSTEM
Chest 2008 134: 148002S. [Abstract]  

Facundo Nogueira, Guido Simonelli, Pablo Micci, Sergio Ibanez, Gerardo Ferrero, and Mario De Luca

INTEROBSERVER AGREEMENT AMONG DIFFERENT SLEEP SCORERS IN A POPULATION WITH SUSPECTED SLEEP-DISORDERED BREATHING STUDIED WITH PORTABLE MONITORING DEVICES
Chest 2008 134: 148003S. [Abstract]  

Aykut Cilli, Fulsen Batmaz, Ibrahim Demir, Adil Boz, Evren Toprak, and Tulay Ozdemir

YIELD OF PERFORMING A ROUTINE EXERCISE STRESS TESTING IN ASYMPTOMATIC PATIENTS WITH MODERATE TO SEVERE OBSTRUCTIVE SLEEP APNEA PATIENTS
Chest 2008 134: 148004S. [Abstract]  

Konrad E. Bloch, Yvonne Nussbaumer-Ochsner, Karsten Fritsch, Felix Matthews, Robert Thurnheer, Irène Laube, Edelbert Imhof, Erich W. Russi, and Oliver Senn

UTILITY INDICES IN OBSTRUCTIVE SLEEP APNEA PATIENTS
Chest 2008 134: 149001S. [Abstract]  

Parvathi Theerthakarai and Ravi T. Chanran

ASSOCIATION BETWEEN SEVERITY OF SLEEP APNEA AND CONTINUOUS POSITIVE AIRWAY PRESSURE
Chest 2008 134: 149002S. [Abstract]  

Parvathi Theerthakarai and Ravi T. Chandran

CORRELATION BETWEEN BODY MASS INDEX AND CONTINUOUS/BIVALVE POSITIVE AIRWAY PRESSURE
Chest 2008 134: 149003S. [Abstract]  

Vincent F. Capaldi and Jeffrey A. Mikita

ASSOCIATIONS BETWEEN SLEEP ARCHITECTURE AND INDICES OF OBSTRUCTIVE SLEEP APNEA
Chest 2008 134: 150001S. [Abstract]  

Shakina Abdul Rahim, Pei Rong Song, and Thun How Ong

RACE IS NOT A DETERMINANT OF REQUIRED CPAP PRESSURE IN OSA
Chest 2008 134: 150002S. [Abstract]  

Luis C. Murillo, Jaime F. Avecillas, Muhammad Habib, and Amado X. Freire

EFFECTS ON HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION OF POSITIVE AIRWAY PRESSURE ON VETERANS WITH OBSTRUCTIVE SLEEP APNEA SYNDROME
Chest 2008 134: 150003S. [Abstract]  

Gregory K. Spratt, Nicholas J. Macmillan, Darrel J. Porche, and Milton Erman

SUCCESS RATES IN A PATIENT-APPLIED HOME SLEEP TESTING PROGRAM
Chest 2008 134: 150004S. [Abstract]  

Richard K. Bogan, Jo Anne Turner, Koby Todros, and Yariv Amos

AUTOMATED SCORING OF SLEEP EEG IN PRIMARY INSOMNIA IN A CROSSOVER RESEARCH DESIGN FIRST NIGHT IN THE SLEEP LAB
Chest 2008 134: 151001S. [Abstract]  

Yang Deok Lee, Ju Young Kim, Yoon Jin Kwak, Ki Ho Lee, Tai Kyoung Baik, Seong Kyu Lee, Haing Woon Baik, Dong Jib Na, and Min Soo Han

ROLE OF MELATONIN AGAINST LUNG INFLAMMATION AGGRAVATED BY SLEEP DEPRIVATION
Chest 2008 134: 151002S. [Abstract]  

Evans Castor

OSA SCREENING: A TEAM APPROACH
Chest 2008 134: 151003S. [Abstract]  

Mona Darwish, Mary Kirby, Edward T. Hellriegel, and Philmore Robertson, Jr

SUSTAINED LATE DAY PLASMA CONCENTRATION FOLLOWING ARMODAFINIL ADMINISTRATION
Chest 2008 134: 151004S. [Abstract]  

Max Hirshkowitz, Alan Lankford, Thomas Roth, Steven C. Chang, and Gregory A. Rippon

ARMODAFINIL SUSTAINS WAKEFULNESS THROUGHOUT THE DAY IN PATIENTS WITH EXCESSIVE SLEEPINESS WHO ARE OTHERWISE WELL TREATED FOR OBSTRUCTIVE SLEEP APNEA
Chest 2008 134: 152001S. [Abstract]  

Abdelbaset M. Saleh and Asser A. El-Sharkawy

THE EFFECTIVENESS OF INJECTION SNOREPLASTY IN TREATMENT OF SIMPLE SNORING
Chest 2008 134: 152002S. [Abstract]  

Samrad Mehrabi, Alireza Delavari, Ghobad Moradi, and Siamak Alikhani

THE EPIDEMIOLOGIC STUDY OF SMOKING AMONG 15- TO 64-YEAR-OLD IRANIAN PEOPLE IN 2005
Chest 2008 134: 152003S. [Abstract]  

Irene T. Kontakioti, Charilaos Gerasimou, Paschalina D. Giouleka, Theodoros Skedros, Paraskevi Argyropoulou, and Dimitrios G. Gioulekas

PREVALENCE OF SMOKING AMONG MEDICAL STUDENTS OF ARISTOTLE UNIVERSITY, THESSALONIKI, GREECE, AND EVOLUTION OVER THE YEARS
Chest 2008 134: 153001S. [Abstract]  

Ashraf Al-Tarifi, Laila Dabal, Noura Alezaime, Khalid Kardesh, Eyad Bishtawi, and Halim Ghafari

SMOKING PREVALENCE AND ATTITUDES TOWARD SMOKING IN A TERTIARY HOSPITAL IN SAUDI ARABIA
Chest 2008 134: 153002S. [Abstract]  

Ju Han Song, Hye-min Lee Lee, Jae Woo Jung, Jong Wook Shin, In Won Park, Byung Whui Choi, and Jae Chol Choi

USEFULNESS OF WHOLE BLOOD IFN-GAMMA ASSAY AND PCR FOR THE DIAGNOSIS OF SMEAR-NEGATIVE PULMONARY TUBERCULOSIS
Chest 2008 134: 153003S. [Abstract]  

Theodore Patsis, Vasilios Sierros, Robert Fleming, and Terence Brady

THE ROLE OF PROCALCITONIN IN PATIENTS WITH SUSPECTED PULMONARY TUBERCULOSIS
Chest 2008 134: 153004S. [Abstract]  

Sharla-Rae J. Olsen, Richard Long, Gregory J. Tyrrell, and Dennis Kunimoto

UTILIZATION OF INDUCED SPUTUM AND BRONCHOSCOPY FOR DIAGNOSIS OF PULMONARY TUBERCULOSIS
Chest 2008 134: 154001S. [Abstract]  

Yong-Ho Roh, Hee Sup Kim, and Young Mi Ahn

USEFULNESS OF POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION TEST FOR M TUBERCULOSIS FOR THE DIFFERENTIATION OF PULMONARY TUBERCULOSIS AND NONTUBERCULOUS MYCOBACTERIAL LUNG DISEASE IN PATIENTS WITH ACID-FAST BACILLI SMEAR-POSITIVE SPUTUM
Chest 2008 134: 154002S. [Abstract]  

P. Escalante, R. Khan, S. S. Aye, S. Christianakis, D. G. Arkfeld, G. R. Ehresmann, B. E. Jones, and J. J. Kort

DIAGNOSIS OF LATENT TUBERCULOSIS INFECTION WITH AN INTERFERON-GAMMA RELEASE ASSAY IN IMMUNOSUPPRESSED RHEUMATOLOGY PATIENTS
Chest 2008 134: 154003S. [Abstract]  

Uttam K. Dasgupta and Sanjoy K. Sadhukhan

SPUTUM MICROSCOPY IN REVISED NATIONAL TUBERCULOSIS CONTROL PROGRAM IN INDIA: EXAMINATION OF ONE, TWO, OR THREE SPECIMENS?
Chest 2008 134: 155001S. [Abstract]  

Deepak Aggarwal, Nirmal Chand, Mohinder Singh, and Prasanta R. Mohapatra

EVALUATION OF 2-REAGENT COLD STAINING METHOD VIS-A-VIS ZIEHL-NEELSEN STAINING AND CONVENTIONAL COLD STAINING METHOD FOR THE DETECTION OF ACID FAST BACILLI IN THE SPUTUM OF PULMONARY TUBERCULOSIS PATIENTS
Chest 2008 134: 155002S. [Abstract]  

Abdul Rahim Solangi

COMPARATIVE ASSESSMENT OF CLINICAL RADIOLOGICAL, SPUTUM SMEAR, AND MANTOUX TEST FOR DIAGNOSIS OF PULMONARY TUBERCULOSIS
Chest 2008 134: 155003S. [Abstract]  

Richards Kakumanu, Rajender M, and Vikram R. Keesara

CORRELATION OF THREE MYCOBACTERIAL SMEARS AND CHEST RADIOGRAPHY WITH CD4 T LYMPHOCYTE COUNT IN HIV-SEROPOSITIVE PATIENTS PRESENTING WITH RESPIRATORY SYMPTOMS
Chest 2008 134: 155004S. [Abstract]  

Juyong Wang, Ye Jin, Zhenye Xu, Shengying Qin, and Lin He

EFFECT OF GENES EXPRESSION OF CANCER TISSUES IN NODE MICE TREATED WITH FEIYANNING GRANULE BY MICROASSAY
Chest 2008 134: 156001S. [Abstract]  

Peter J. Mazzone and Carol Farver

THE PREVALENCE OF ACTIVATED-AMPK IN EARLY STAGE LUNG ADENOCARCINOMA
Chest 2008 134: 156002S. [Abstract]  

Pyng Lee, Hes A. Brokx, Clarissa Kooi, Remco M. van den Berg, Tom G. Sutedja, and Danielle A. Heideman

CIRCULATING PLASMA DNA IS A DIAGNOSTIC MARKER FOR CENTRAL EARLY LUNG CANCER
Chest 2008 134: 156003S. [Abstract]  

Yoko Nagata, Takashi Tojo, Ken Ohnishi, Akihisa Takahashi, Takeo Ohnishi, and Shigeki Taniguchi

P53-INDEPENDENT HEAT SENSITIZATION OF LUNG CANCER CELLS BY INHIBITORS TARGETING ONCOGENIC PATHWAYS
Chest 2008 134: 157001S. [Abstract]  

Maria D. Lozano, Luis Seijo, Jose Echeveste, Ruth Zarate, Juan P. deTorres, Arantza Campo, Ana B. Alcaide, and Javier Zulueta

EGFR MUTATIONS IN DNA EXTRACTED FROM STAINED TBNA SLIDES IN PATIENTS WITH NON-SMALL CELL LUNG CANCER (NSCLC)
Chest 2008 134: 157002S. [Abstract]  

Girolamo Pelaia, Teresa Renda, Luca Gallelli, Alessandro Vatrella, Mario Caputi, Giovambattista De Sarro, Rosario Maselli, and Serafino A. Marsico

EFFECTS OF STATINS AND FARNESYLTRANSFERASE INHIBITORS ON PROLIFERATION AND ERK PHOSPHORYLATION IN NON-SMALL LUNG CANCER CELLS
Chest 2008 134: 157003S. [Abstract]  

Zhe Chen and Baoyuan Chen

THE DETECTION OF EPIDERMAL GROWTH FACTOR RECEPTOR GENE MUTATIONS IN LUNG CANCER: RESEARCHING PRIMARY TUMOR TISSUES AND THEIR METASTATIC LYMPH NODES TISSUE
Chest 2008 134: 157004S. [Abstract]  

Richard C. Redman, Chaitany R. Acharya, Ariel Anguiano, Scott Shofer, Kelly H. Salter, Momen Wahidi, and Anil Potti

UPREGULATED ONCOGENIC PATHWAYS IN PATIENTS EXPOSED TO TOBACCO SMOKE MAY PROVIDE A NOVEL APPROACH TO LUNG CANCER CHEMOPREVENTION
Chest 2008 134: 158001S. [Abstract]  

Eric D. Anderson, Sean P. Collins, Kelly Erickson, Gregory Gagnon, Shadi Yousefi, Carlos Jamis-Dow, Karun Sharma, Filip Banovac, Robin Gross, Cristina A. Reichner, and Brian T. Collins

RADICAL ROBOTIC RADIOSURGERY FOR INOPERABLE PATIENTS WITH PERIPHERAL STAGE IA NON-SMALL CELL LUNG CANCER: PRELIMINARY LUNG FUNCTION AND SURVIVAL OUTCOMES
Chest 2008 134: 158002S. [Abstract]  

Seung Joon Kim, Ju Sang Kim, Ji Young Kang, Chan Kwon Park, Hyun Hee Kang, Yong Hyun Kim, and Sang H. Lee

A MULTICENTER STUDY OF BELOTECAN IN PATIENTS WITH PREVIOUSLY UNTREATED EXTENSIVE STAGE SMALL CELL LUNG CANCER
Chest 2008 134: 158003S. [Abstract]  

Sarah Hossain, Arnold M. Schwartz, and Donald E. Henson

AGE, PERIOD, GENDER, AND RACIAL DIFFERENCES OF ESOPHAGEAL CARCINOMA ARE DEFINED BY THEIR HISTOPATHOLOGIC SUBTYPES
Chest 2008 134: 158004S. [Abstract]  

Mario Gomez, Paul J. Nietert, Dee W. Ford, James Zoller, and Gerard A. Silvestri

PHYSICIAN ATTITUDES TOWARDS LUNG CANCER SCREENING
Chest 2008 134: 159001S. [Abstract]  

Barbara G. Campling, Bradley N. Collins, Kenneth M. Algazy, Robert A. Schnoll, and Miu Lam

SMOKING CESSATION PRIOR TO DIAGNOSIS OF LUNG CANCER (LC)
Chest 2008 134: 159002S. [Abstract]  

Hassan Amjad, Hassan A. Jafary, and Quartel - Ayne Amjad

PALLIATIVE CARE OF ADVANCE LUNG CANCER
Chest 2008 134: 159003S. [Abstract]  

Hyeon Hui Kang, Chan Kwon Park, Ju Sang Kim, Myung Sook Kim, Seung Soo Kim, Yong Hyun Kim, Jin Woo Kim, Seung Joon Kim, Sang Haak Lee, and Joong Hyun Ahn

CLINICAL STUDY ON COEXISTENCE OF LUNG CANCER AND PULMONARY TUBERCULOSIS
Chest 2008 134: 160001S. [Abstract]  

Reza Bagheri and Fariba Rezaeetalab

MALIGNANT SUPERIOR VENA CAVE SYNDROME: IS THIS A MEDICAL EMERGENCY?
Chest 2008 134: 160002S. [Abstract]  

Jeremy P. Feldman and A Keogh

ARIES-3: LONG-TERM AMBRISENTAN THERAPY IN PATIENTS WITH PULMONARY HYPERTENSION WHO PREVIOUSLY DISCONTINUED BOSENTAN OR SITAXSENTAN DUE TO LIVER FUNCTION ABNORMALITIES
Chest 2008 134: 160003S. [Abstract]  

Tomas Pulido, Ivonne Roquet, Efrén Santos, Tania Rueda, Gabriel Pérez, Rocio Gutiérrez, Ma. Teresa Miranda, Hector Peña, and Julio Sandoval

IMPROVED SURVIVAL IN A SUBSET OF HISPANIC PATIENTS FROM STRIDE-3 WITH PULMONARY ARTERIAL HYPERTENSION TREATED WITH SITAXSENTAN
Chest 2008 134: 161001S. [Abstract]  

Rebecca Spence, Brooke Harrison, Arun Mandagere, and Christopher Dufton

NO CLINICALLY RELEVANT PHARMACOKINETIC INTERACTIONS BETWEEN AMBRISENTAN AND TADALAFIL
Chest 2008 134: 161002S. [Abstract]  

Tomas Pulido, Ivonne Roquet, Rocio Gutiérrez, Tania Rueda, Gabriel Pérez, Ma. Teresa Miranda, Efrén Santos, Héctor Peña, and Julio Sandoval

CONCOMITANT USE OF ACENOCOUMAROL AND SITAXSENTAN IN PATIENTS WITH PULMONARY ARTERIAL HYPERTENSION
Chest 2008 134: 161003S. [Abstract]  

Raymond Benza and Adaani Frost

COMBINATION OF SILDENAFIL AND SITAXSENTAN FOR TREATMENT OF PULMONARY ARTERIAL HYPERTENSION
Chest 2008 134: 161004S. [Abstract]  

Shibin Jacob, Kenneth Presberg, and Francisco J. Soto

THROMBOCYTOPENIA SECONDARY TO INTRAVENOUS PROSTACYCLIN INFUSION FOR PULMONARY HYPERTENSION
Chest 2008 134: 162001S. [Abstract]  

Jawed Abubaker, Syed Moazzum Khurshid, Asim Noor, Muhammad Ali, and Safdar Khan

ASSISTED RAPID SHALLOW BREATHING INDEX OF LESS THAN 80 RELIABLY PREDICTS SUCCESSFUL EXTUBATION
Chest 2008 134: 162002S. [Abstract]  

Maria Peachy La Villanueva

PROTOCOL-BASED WEANING VERSUS PHYSICIAN-DRIVEN WEANING IN MECHANICALLY VENTILATED PATIENTS IN CRITICAL CARE UNITS OF ST. LUKES MEDICAL CENTER
Chest 2008 134: 162003S. [Abstract]  

Anit B. Patel and Colin Feeney

PREDICTION OF POSTEXTUBATION STRIDOR
Chest 2008 134: 163001S. [Abstract]  

Gagandip B. Singh, Rakesh Sinha, Mary-Kavitha R. Vangala, Osmond Agbo, and Farhad Arjomand

ASSESSMENT OF FACTORS PREDICTING EXTUBATION FAILURE
Chest 2008 134: 163002S. [Abstract]  

Ramez Sunna, Troy Whitacre, Sumi Prakash, Andy Parker, and Ousama Dabbagh

DELIVERY OF OXYGEN VIA HUMIDIFIED HIGH-FLOW NASAL CANNULA IN CRITICALLY ILL PATIENTS WITH ACUTE HYPOXEMIC RESPIRATORY FAILURE
Chest 2008 134: 163003S. [Abstract]  

Kevynne Super and Steven A. Blau

MANAGEMENT OF RESPIRATORY FAILURE WITH HUMIDIFIED HIGH FLOW NASAL OXYGEN THERAPY IN AN ADULT SURGICAL INTENSIVE CARE UNIT
Chest 2008 134: 163004S. [Abstract]  

Hazem Ubaissi, Vinayak Jha, and Guillermo Gutierrez

DECLINES IN MIXED VENOUS O2 SATURATION AFTER EXTUBATION ARE RELATED TO INCREASES IN O2 CONSUMPTION
Chest 2008 134: 164001S. [Abstract]  

J Dermot Frengley, Giorgio R. Sansone, Yan Man, John J. Vecchione, Chaudry Ghumman, and Mohammed Billah

WHEN DOES A RELAPSE OCCUR FOLLOWING SUCCESSFUL WEANING FROM PROLONGED MECHANICAL VENTILATION?
Chest 2008 134: 164002S. [Abstract]  

Abdul Hamid Alraiyes, M.Chadi Alraies, Joseph Sopko, Samer Alhindi, Maria Velez, Vicente Velez, and Coleen E. Gearhart

CHRONIC VENTILATOR WEANING USING MODIFIED TIPS PROTOCOL AT A LONG-TERM ACUTE CARE UNIT (LTAC) ON PATIENT WITH MULTIPLE COMORBIDITIES
Chest 2008 134: 164003S. [Abstract]  

Slide Presentations:

Sidharth Bagga, M. Kamran Athar, Karen Vito, Christa Schorr, Jean-Sebastien Rachoin, and David R. Gerber

RISK OF CARDIAC ARRHYTHMIAS AND CONDUCTION ABNORMALITIES IN PATIENTS WITH ACUTE MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION RECEIVING PACKED RED BLOOD CELL TRANSFUSIONS
Chest 2008 134: 1001S. [Abstract]  

Jennifer Miranda, Leonardo Tamariz, Johan Urena, Jorge Castellanos, Marcio Griebeler, Kathy Hebert, Vinit Nair, Quan Li, and Silvina Levis

A META-ANALYSIS OF THE RISK OF ATRIAL FIBRILLATION IN BISPHOSPHONATE USERS
Chest 2008 134: 1002S. [Abstract]  

Paul Lleva, Wilbert S. Aronow, and Andrew H. Gutwein

PREVALENCE OF INAPPROPRIATE USE OF DIGOXIN IN 136 PATIENTS ON DIGOXIN AND PREVALENCE OF USE OF WARFARIN OR ASPIRIN IN 89 PATIENTS WITH PERSISTENT OR PAROXYSMAL ATRIAL FIBRILLATION
Chest 2008 134: 1003S. [Abstract]  

Adam Kruger, Wilbert S. Aronow, Hoang M. Lai, Harit Desai, Atul Singla, William H. Frishman, Martin Cohen, and Carmine Sorbera

PREVALENCE OF APPROPRIATE CARDIOVERTER-DEFIBRILLATOR SHOCKS IN 1,038 CONSECUTIVE PATIENTS WITH IMPLANTABLE CARDIOVERTER-DEFIBRILLATORS
Chest 2008 134: 1004S. [Abstract]  

Dan Blendea, Dadu Razvan, and Craig McPherson

THE VENTRICULOPHASIC RESPONSE IS RELATED TO VENTRICULAR FUNCTION: OBSERVATIONS IN ELDERLY, PACER-DEPENDENT SUBJECTS
Chest 2008 134: 2001S. [Abstract]  

Juan F. Sanchez, Jay I. Peters, Allan B. Watts, Robert O. Williams, III, and Peter Dube

HISTOLOGICAL CHANGES IN OVALBUMIN SENSITIZED MICE PRETREATED WITH INHALED CYCLOSPORINE
Chest 2008 134: 2002S. [Abstract]  

Divay Chandra, Sunday Clark, and Carlos A. Camargo, Jr.

RACE/ETHNICITY DIFFERENCES IN THE INPATIENT TREATMENT OF ACUTE ASTHMA IN THE UNITED STATES
Chest 2008 134: 2003S. [Abstract]  

Howard L. Saft, Silpa Kilaru, Eileen Moore, Michael Enriquez, and Robin Gross

THE IMPACT OF A PATIENT ACTIVATION MEASURE ON ASTHMA OUTCOMES: A PILOT STUDY
Chest 2008 134: 2004S. [Abstract]  

Thomas P. Stern, Jody Hunt, and H. J. Norton

VALIDATION OF AN ASTHMA DECISION SUPPORT SYSTEM: STEP 2
Chest 2008 134: 3001S. [Abstract]  

Jens M. Walz, Kent L. Carter, J Luber, J Reyno, G Stanford, R Gitter, Karen J. Longtine, Rui L. Avelar, and Stephen O. Heard

A COMPARISON OF THE TIME TO CATHETER COLONIZATION (CC) AND CATHETER RELATED BLOODSTREAM INFECTION (CRBSI) BETWEEN CENTRAL VENOUS CATHETERS (CVC) COATED WITH EITHER 5-FLUOROURACIL (5-FU) OR CHLORHEXIDINE/SILVER SULFADIAZINE (CH-SS)
Chest 2008 134: 3002S. [Abstract]  

Ranju A. Soni, Gwen Rogers, August Valenti, and Thomas E. Van der Kloot

CATHETER-RELATED BLOOD STREAM INFECTION (CRBSI) RATES IN A MIXED MEDICAL-SURGICAL ICU POPULATION BEFORE AND AFTER THE IMPLEMENTATION OF A CENTRAL LINE BUNDLE (CLB)
Chest 2008 134: 3003S. [Abstract]  

Nabil Abouchala, Mazen Kherallah, Mohammed Hijazi, Ghiwa Najjar, Tarek Tantawy, and Maya Sinno

USE OF CENTRAL VENOUS CATHETER BUNDLE TO DECREASE INTRAVASCULAR INFECTION RATE: KING FAISAL HOSPITAL AND RESEARCH CENTER IN RIYADH, SAUDI ARABIA EXPERIENCE
Chest 2008 134: 4001S. [Abstract]  

Sandeep Sahay, Sauren Panja, Prakash Shastri, and Brijender K. Rao

TO DETERMINE ACINETOBACTER BAUMANNII BLOOD STREAM INFECTION (BSI) AS AN INDEPENDENT RISK FACTOR FOR THE MORBIDITY AND MORTALITY IN THE INTENSIVE CARE UNIT (ICU)
Chest 2008 134: 4002S. [Abstract]  

Hiroshi Sekiguchi, Joji E. Tokita, Taro Minami, Lewis A. Eisen, Paul H. Mayo, and Mangala Narasimhan

IMPROVING THE SAFETY OF CENTRAL VENOUS CATHETER INSERTION BY MEDICAL HOUSE STAFF: RESULTS OF AN EDUCATIONAL PROGRAM AND INSTRUCTION IN ULTRASOUND GUIDANCE
Chest 2008 134: 4003S. [Abstract]  

Albert Miller, Lyndon Rose, Jeffrey A. Miller, and Steven Markowitz

PREDICTIVE VALUES OF CHEST RADIOGRAPHS IN THE DETECTION OF PARENCHYMAL AND PLEURAL ABNORMALITIES AS COMPARED TO SCREENING COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY: RESULTS IN 6,220 POTENTIALLY ASBESTOS EXPOSED NUCLEAR FUEL WORKERS
Chest 2008 134: 5001S. [Abstract]  

John T. Battaile, Deepika Polineni, and Peter G. Tuteur

PREVALENCE OF AIRFLOW OBSTRUCTION IS NOT INFLUENCED BY WORKPLACE ASBESTOS EXPOSURE
Chest 2008 134: 5002S. [Abstract]  

Rita A. Mangold and Gary Salzman

ASSESSMENT OF ENVIRONMENTAL ASTHMA TRIGGERS USING IN-HOME PHOTOGRAPHY
Chest 2008 134: 5003S. [Abstract]  

Daniela Pelclova, Zdenka Fenclova, Monika Krmencikova, Tomas Navratil, Marek Kuzma, and Petr Kacer

EXHALED BREATH CONDENSATE MARKERS OF OXIDANT STRESS IN PATIENTS WITH PNEUMOCONIOSES
Chest 2008 134: 6001S. [Abstract]  

Katranitsa Lambrini, Irene T. Kontakioti, Emmanuel Kotis, Dimitrios Latsios, Ioannis Trigonis, Paraskevi Argyropoulou, and Dimitrios G. Gioulekas

SYMPTOMS AND RESPIRATORY FUNCTION IN PROFESSIONAL FIREFIGHTERS IN THESSALONIKI, GREECE: ASSOCIATION WITH LIFESTYLE AND OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE TO IRRITANTS
Chest 2008 134: 6002S. [Abstract]  

Christopher L. Carroll, Philip C. Spinella, John M. Corsi, Petronella Stoltz, and Aaron R. Zucker

EMERGENT ENDOTRACHEAL INTUBATIONS IN CHILDREN: CAREFUL IF IT’S LATE WHEN YOU INTUBATE
Chest 2008 134: 6003S. [Abstract]  

John J. Downes, Deborah S. Boroughs, and Joan Dougherty

THE 28-YEAR EXPERIENCE OF A STATEWIDE HOME CARE PROGRAM FOR VENTILATOR ASSISTED CHILDREN
Chest 2008 134: 6004S. [Abstract]  

Fabien G. Eyal, Ilan Gur, Kristen T. O’Donnell, and Charles R. Hamm, Jr

EFFICACY OF NONINVASIVE BIPHASIC CUIRASS VENTILATION IN NEONATES: COMPARISON WITH INVASIVE POSITIVE PRESSURE VENTILATION
Chest 2008 134: 7001S. [Abstract]  

Christopher L. Carroll, Burcin Uygungil, Aaron R. Zucker, and Craig M. Schramm

CHILDREN WITH REPEATED ICU ADMISSIONS FOR ASTHMA: IDENTIFYING AN AT-RISK POPULATION
Chest 2008 134: 7002S. [Abstract]  

Jonathan T. Puchalski

THE NEED FOR AND DEVELOPMENT OF PEDSEEK: A PEDIATRIC PULMONARY BOARD REVIEW TOOL
Chest 2008 134: 7003S. [Abstract]  

Steven A. Baroletti, Mathew Labreche, Mathew Niles, John Fanikos, and Samuel Z. Goldhaber

FONDAPARINUX USE AT A MAJOR ACADEMIC MEDICAL CENTER
Chest 2008 134: 8001S. [Abstract]  

Alexander G. Turpie, Michael R. Lassen, Ajay K. Kakkar, Bengt I. Eriksson, Frank Misselwitz, Tiemo J. Bandel, Martin Homering, Torsten Westermeier, and Michael Gent

ORAL, ONCE-DAILY RIVAROXABAN FOR THE PREVENTION OF SYMPTOMATIC VENOUS THROMBOEMBOLISM AFTER MAJOR ORTHOPAEDIC SURGERY: A META-ANALYSIS OF THREE PIVOTAL STUDIES
Chest 2008 134: 8002S. [Abstract]  

Danai Khemasuwan, Kawin Tangthanakanond, Sherry Pomerantz, and Glenn Eiger

STATINS DECREASE THE INCIDENCE OF VENOUS THROMBOEMBOLISM: RETROSPECTIVE STUDY IN PATIENTS WITH SOLID ORGAN TUMOR
Chest 2008 134: 8003S. [Abstract]  

Bhavneesh K. Sharma, Ashish Sangal, Vijayant Singh, Mohammed Kafeel, Madhumati Kalavar, and Zili He

A STRATEGIC APPROACH TO INCREASE VENOUS THROMBOEMBOLISM PROPHYLAXIS RATE IN MEDICAL PATIENTS USING GUIDELINE IMPLEMENTATION AND EDUCATIONAL INTERVENTION
Chest 2008 134: 9001S. [Abstract]  

Parminder Singh, Hoang M. Lai, Tarun Chugh, Robert G. Lerner, and Wilbert S. Aronow

INDICATIONS AND OUTCOMES IN 373 CONSECUTIVE PATIENTS WITH INFERIOR VENA CAVA FILTER PLACEMENT
Chest 2008 134: 9002S. [Abstract]  

Steven A. Baroletti, Chiara Piovella, John Fanikos, Mathew Labreche, Jay Lin, and Samuel Z. Goldhaber

HEPARIN INDUCED THROMBOCYTOPENIA: CLINICAL AND ECONOMIC OUTCOMES
Chest 2008 134: 9003S. [Abstract]  

Justin J. Baker, Calvin Vary, Barbara Conley, Steve Desjardins, and Gene A. Grindlinger

SOLUBLE TRIGGERING RECEPTOR EXPRESSED ON MYELOID CELLS-1 (S-TREM1) IS INCREASED IN TRAUMA PATIENTS WITH VENTILATOR ASSOCIATED PNEUMONIA (VAP)
Chest 2008 134: 9004S. [Abstract]  

Veronica E. Brito, Patricia Patrick, Navdeep Brar, and Michael Niederman

FUNCTIONAL STATUS AS A MARKER OF SEVERITY OF DISEASE FOR BOTH HCAP AND CAP
Chest 2008 134: 10001S. [Abstract]  

Andrew F. Shorr, Marya D. Zilberbeg, Scott T. Micek, and Marin H. Kollef

HEALTHCARE-ASSOCIATED PNEUMONIA: A VALUABLE CONCEPT AT PREDICTING RESISTANT INFECTION?
Chest 2008 134: 10002S. [Abstract]  

Ahmad Alhajhusain, Morohunfolu E. Akinnusi, Misha Peter, Ilya Berim, Marcus J. Schultz, Lilibeth Pineda, and Ali A. El Solh

TRIGGERING RECEPTORS EXPRESSED ON MYELOID CELLS IN PULMONARY ASPIRATION SYNDROMES
Chest 2008 134: 10003S. [Abstract]  

Marya D. Zilberberg, Andrew F. Shorr, Scott T. Micek, and Marin H. Kollef

HEALTHCARE ASSOCIATED PNEUMONIA, INITIAL CHOICE OF ANTIMICROBIAL THERAPY AND OUTCOMES AMONG PATIENTS HOSPITALIZED WITH PNEUMONIA IN THE PRESENCE AND ABSENCE OF RESPIRATORY FAILURE
Chest 2008 134: 11001S. [Abstract]  

Andrew F. Shorr, Michael Niederman, Marin H. Kollef, Antonio Torres, Fredric Genter, H. D. Friedland, and G. R. Corey

TELAVANCIN: A NOVEL AGENT FOR VENTILATOR-ASSOCIATED PNEUMONIA DUE TO STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS
Chest 2008 134: 11002S. [Abstract]  

Hyung Joo Park, Jong Ho Cho, and Kwang Taik Kim

DETERMINATION OF THE OPTIMAL AGE FOR MINIMALLY INVASIVE REPAIR OF PECTUS EXCAVATUM: ANALYSIS OF 1,020 PATIENTS
Chest 2008 134: 11003S. [Abstract]  

Hisashi Tsukada, Armin Ernst, Sidhu Gangadharan, Simon Ashiku, Robert Garland, Diana Litmanovich, and Malcolm DeCamp

EXPERIMENTAL TRACHEAL REPLACEMENT WITH A SILICON STENTED FRESH AORTIC ALLOGRAFT
Chest 2008 134: 12001S. [Abstract]  

Abdelbaset M. Saleh, Magda A. Ahmad, Karima El-shamy, Shahir K. Georg, and Mohamed Fouda

DEVELOPMENT AND IMPACT OF EXERCISE PROGRAM ON POSTOPERATIVE PULMONARY COMPLICATIONS FOLLOWING LUNG RESECTION
Chest 2008 134: 12002S. [Abstract]  

Alexandru M. Botianu, Petre V. Botianu, Adrian C. Dobrica, Ana Maria V. Botianu, and Alexandra Butiurca

ANALYSIS OF 427 CONSECUTIVE CASES WITH THORACIC TUBERCULOSIS OPERATED BY A SINGLE SURGICAL TEAM
Chest 2008 134: 12003S. [Abstract]  

Farid Gharagozloo, Marc Margolis, Eric Strother, and Barbara Tempesta

ROBOT-ASSISTED THORACOSCOPIC RIGHT UPPER LOBECTOMY FOR EARLY STAGE LUNG CANCER - VIDEO PRESENTATION OF ROBOT POSITIONING AND OPERATIVE TECHNIQUE
Chest 2008 134: 12004S. [Abstract]  

Samaan Rafeq, David Trentham, Phillip Boiselle, Chakravarthy Reddy, Gaetane Michaud, Adnan Majid, Felix Herth, and Armin Ernst

RELAPSING POLYCHONDRITIS AND AIRWAY INVOLVEMENT
Chest 2008 134: 13001S. [Abstract]  

Lorenzo W. Klein, Vlasis S. Polychronopolus, Jason M. Golbin, Udaya B. Prakash, Eric S. Edell, David E. Midthun, Aaron O. Bungum, and Ulrich Specks

FREQUENCY AND LOCATION OF TRACHEOBRONCHIAL LESIONS IN WEGENER GRANULOMATOSIS
Chest 2008 134: 13002S. [Abstract]  

Chirag Choudhary, Thomas R. Gildea, Michael S. Machuzak, and Atul C. Mehta

BRONCHOVASCULAR FISTULAS FROM SELF-EXPANDING METALLIC STENTS
Chest 2008 134: 13003S. [Abstract]  

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

CRYORECANALIZATION: A NEW APPROACH FOR THE IMMEDIATE MANAGEMENT OF ACUTE AIRWAY OBSTRUCTION
Chest 2008 134: 14001S. [Abstract]  

Ricardo M. Terra, Helio Minamoto, Jose Luiz J. Almeida, Miguel L. Tedde, Paulo M. Pego-Fernandes, and Fabio B. Jatene

TRACHEAL STENTS: LONG-TERM EXPERIENCE
Chest 2008 134: 14002S. [Abstract]  

Chakravarthy B. Reddy, Mark Elstad, and Marshall Smith

TOPICAL MITOMYCIN C IN THE ENDOSCOPIC MANAGEMENT OF LARYNGOTRACHEAL STENOSIS
Chest 2008 134: 14003S. [Abstract]  

Arthur O. Romero, Andres Leon-Sanchez, Rahim Raoufi, Ryan Utarnachitt, Robert Libke, and Jose Joseph

SEVERE COCCIDIOIDOMYCOSIS REQUIRING INTENSIVE CARE UNIT ADMISSION: A STUDY OF 179 PATIENTS FROM CENTRAL CALIFORNIA
Chest 2008 134: 14004S. [Abstract]  

Sharmili Mathur, Raju Bishwakarma, Sofia Rubinstein, Sandeep Mehrishi, and Javed Iqbal

CURB-65 SCORING FAILS TO PREDICT CLINICAL DISPOSITION OF OBESE PATIENTS WITH COMMUNITY ACQUIRED PNEUMONIA
Chest 2008 134: 15001S. [Abstract]  

Andrew F. Shorr, Nadia Haque, Charu Taneja, Carol Manerski, Gery Oster, Katherine Reyes, and Marcus Zervos

THE CHANGING EPIDEMIOLOGY OF NON-NOSOCOMIAL STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS PNEUMONIA
Chest 2008 134: 15002S. [Abstract]  

Dragos Bumbacea, Alina Croitoru, Razvan Lungu, Cornelia E. Tudose, Stefan Dumitrache-Rujinski, and Miron A. Bogdan

TUBERCULOSIS ASSOCIATED WITH ANTI-TUMOR NECROSIS FACTOR ALPHA TREATMENT: SERIES OF 13 CLINICAL CASES
Chest 2008 134: 15003S. [Abstract]  

Matthew P. Schreiber, Chee M. Chan, Masashi Waga, Michele B. Croxton, Kirsten W. Alcorn, and Andrew F. Shorr

SEVERE NON-NOSOCOMIAL PNEUMONIA IN THE ICU: LETTING THE CAP OUT OF THE BAG
Chest 2008 134: 16001S. [Abstract]  

Rosa Malo de Molina, Eric M. Mortensen, Patricia Castellanos-Matteus, Antonio Anzueto, and Marcos I. Restrepo

THE IMPACT OF OUTPATIENT INHALED CORTICOSTEROID THERAPY ON DISEASE SEVERITY IN HOSPITALIZED PATIENTS WITH COMMUNITY ACQUIRED PNEUMONIA
Chest 2008 134: 16002S. [Abstract]  

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

CHARACTERISTICS OF UPPER AIRWAY COUGH SYNDROME (UACS)
Chest 2008 134: 16003S. [Abstract]  

Margaret K. Vernon, Linda M. Nelsen, Alise Nacson, and Nancy K. Leidy

MEASURING COUGH SEVERITY: PERSPECTIVES FROM THE LITERATURE AND PATIENTS WITH CHRONIC COUGH
Chest 2008 134: 16004S. [Abstract]  

Brian M. Levine

CHLAMYDIA PNEUMONIAE (CPN): A COMMON CAUSE OF CHRONIC COUGH
Chest 2008 134: 17001S. [Abstract]  

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

EFFECTS AT 6 MONTHS OF THE MANAGEMENT OF CHRONIC COUGH PATIENTS BY PULMONOLOGISTS AND CERTIFIED ASTHMA EDUCATORS ON QUALITY OF LIFE: A RANDOMIZED TRIAL
Chest 2008 134: 17002S. [Abstract]  

Brian M. Levine

A NOVEL TREATMENT OF CHRONIC UNEXPLAINED COUGH (CUC)
Chest 2008 134: 17003S. [Abstract]  

Christopher A. Hergott, Karen J. Bosma, Gabriela Ferreyra, Cristina Ambrogio, Daniela Pasero, Lucia Mirabella, Alberto Braghiroli, Lorenzo Appendini, Luciana Mascia, and V. Marco Ranieri

EFFECT OF PATIENT-VENTILATOR ASYNCHRONY ON AROUSALS FROM SLEEP DURING PRESSURE SUPPORT AND PROPORTIONAL ASSIST MECHANICAL VENTILATION
Chest 2008 134: 18001S. [Abstract]