摘要：Using the methods of quantitative radiation risk assessment, de Jong and colleagues project cancer mortality and loss of life expectancy consequent to the radiation received from regular CT scans, ...

摘要：Children‘s Hospital of Pittsburgh, Laboratory of Lung Immunology and Host Defense, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania Animal species have evolved elaborate repertoires of innate immunity, a subject that has...

摘要：However, the entity of nonspecific interstitial pneumonia (NSIP) has posed major diagnostic problems for practicing clinicians。 The prevailing difficulty has been the clinical heterogeneity of NSI...

摘要：Division of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine, Department of Medicine, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center。 Most—but not all—Hispanics have variable proportions of European, Amerindian, and ...

摘要：Noninvasive ventilation (NIV) was considered a promising therapy after extubation failure to avoid reintubation in an international consensus conference (10)。 Noninvasive positive-pressure ventila...

摘要：FOOTNOTES Supported by NHLBI HL03864, NCRR P20 RR15557, the Cystic Fibrosis Foundation, the American Lung Association, and a New Research Initiative from the University of Vermont。

摘要：Divisions of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine, Rheumatology, and Nephrology and Hypertension, Department of Medicine, and Division of Biostatistics, Department of Health Sciences Research, Mayo...

摘要：Statistical Methods Statistical analyses were performed using ScoreGenes software package (Jerusalem, Israel。 Gene Expression Patterns Distinguish IPF and HP IPF is a disease of unknown etiology, ...

摘要：A computational model was developed to calculate the excess mortality in a CF cohort associated with radiation from the CT scan and to evaluate the effects of background survival, scanning interval...

摘要：Stereologic Morphometric Analysis of Pulmonary Microvasculature Morphometry of the PECAM-1–immunoreactive pulmonary microvascular compartment was performed by standard stereologic volumetric techn...

摘要：Departments of Environmental Health Sciences, Internal Medicine, and Microbiology and Immunology, University of Michigan VA Medical Center, Ann Arbor, Michigan ABSTRACT Rationale: Leptin is an adip...

摘要：Mice infected with Mycoplasma pulmonis can develop localized, life-long airway infection accompanied by persistent inflammation and remodeling。 Objective: Because mast cells protect mice from acut...

摘要：Upper airway shape: is it important in the pathogenesis of obstructive sleep apnea Am J Respir Crit Care Med 1996。 Upper airway size and collapsibility in snorers: evaluation with digital fluorosc...

摘要：Pulmonary Service, Department of Veterans Affairs Medical Center, and Department of Medicine, University of Cincinnati College of Medicine, Cincinnati, Ohio ABSTRACT Rationale: Acetazolamide is a m...

摘要：Department of Microbiology, Instituto Nacional de Enfermedades Respiratorias, Mexico City, Mexico Department of Medicine and Center for Emerging Pathogens, University of Medicine and Dentistry of N...