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Cough Due to Tuberculosis and Other Chronic Infections: CHEST Guideline and Expert Panel Report.
CONCLUSIONS: Based upon relatively few studies of fair to good quality, we conclude that most high-risk individuals and household contacts with cough ≥2 weeks do not have pulmonary TB, but we suggest screening them regardless of cough duration. In PLWHIV, the addition of the other WHO-endorsed symptoms increases the diagnostic sensitivity of cough. Earlier screening of patients with cough will diagnose pulmonary TB sooner but will increase the cost of screening. The addition of ACF to PCF will increase the number of pulmonary TB cases identified. Screening asymptomatic individuals is only cost-effective in very high TB p...
Source: Chest - November 28, 2017 Category: Respiratory Medicine Authors: Field SK, Escalante P, Fisher DA, Ireland B, Irwin RS, CHEST Expert Cough Panel Tags: Chest Source Type: research
A 45-Year-Old Woman With Unexplained Iron Deficiency Anemia and No Respiratory Symptoms
Chest. 2023 Jan;163(1):e7-e11. doi: 10.1016/j.chest.2022.07.021.ABSTRACTA 45-year-old Japanese woman was diagnosed with anemia in a work place medical check-up and came to our hospital for further investigations. She had experienced general fatigue and orthostatic dizziness for 6 months without fever or respiratory symptoms, including cough, sputum, hemoptysis, or dyspnea. She had undergone annual medical check-ups previously, which had shown no abnormalities, including anemia. She had no history of weight loss, epimenorrhagia, hematuria, or melena. She had no significant positive medical history and was not on any regular...
Source: Chest - January 11, 2023 Category: Respiratory Medicine Authors: Yuki Kuwahara Hiroki Tashiro Koichiro Takahashi Shinya Kimura Naoko Sueoka-Aragane Source Type: research
A 52-Year-Old Man Who Smokes With Rapidly Progressive Respiratory Failure
Chest. 2023 Mar;163(3):e119-e123. doi: 10.1016/j.chest.2022.10.006.ABSTRACTA 52-year-old White man, who currently smokes, was admitted to the medical ICU with worsening shortness of breath. The patient was dyspneic for a month and had been clinically diagnosed with COPD by his primary care doctor and started on bronchodilators and supplemental oxygen. He had no known medical history or recent illness. His dyspnea worsened rapidly over the next month, prompting admission to the medical ICU. He was on high-flow oxygen followed by noninvasive positive pressure ventilation and then mechanical ventilation. He denied cough, feve...
Source: Chest - March 9, 2023 Category: Respiratory Medicine Authors: Sana Ghalib Ria Itty Sai Anoosh Parimi Hala Abdelwahab Biplab K Saha Scott Beegle Source Type: research
The association between pleural fluid exposure and survival in pleural mesothelioma
Chest. 2021 Jun 10:S0012-3692(21)01104-1. doi: 10.1016/j.chest.2021.05.063. Online ahead of print.ABSTRACTBACKGROUND: Most patients with malignant pleural mesothelioma (MPM) present with malignant pleural effusion (MPE). There is in vitro evidence that MPE may not be a simple bystander of malignancy, but potentially has biological properties improving cancer cell survival and promoting cancer progression. If this is the case, MPE management may need to shift from current symptomatic strategies to aggressive fluid removal to impact on survival.RESEARCH QUESTION: Is there an association between pleural fluid exposure and sur...
Source: Chest - June 13, 2021 Category: Respiratory Medicine Authors: Rachelle Asciak Nikolaos I Kanellakis Anna Bibby Andrew Kidd Stephen Gerry Rachel Mercer Nick Maskell Kevin G Blyth Peter Fsadni Stephen Montefort Ioannis Psallidas Najib M Rahman Source Type: research
A 46-Year-Old Woman With Chronic Dyspnea and Diarrhea
Chest. 2023 Jan;163(1):e23-e29. doi: 10.1016/j.chest.2022.08.2214.ABSTRACTA 46-year-old previously healthy woman presented with dyspnea, fatigue, and diarrhea. She had been experiencing these symptoms for > 1 year, but they had worsened in the few weeks prior to presentation. She had become progressively dyspneic on exertion and at rest and had increased the number of pillows she was sleeping on at night. She reported having episodes of nonbloody, watery diarrhea five to six times a day. The episodes were not associated with abdominal pain or recent travel and occurred even with fasting. Review of systems was positive f...
Source: Chest - January 11, 2023 Category: Respiratory Medicine Authors: Sabin Kshattry Mary White Jeremy Tchack William Laskin Pamela L Kunz Source Type: research
A 69-Year-Old Woman With Ulcerative Colitis and Pulmonary Nodules
Chest. 2021 Mar;159(3):e147-e150. doi: 10.1016/j.chest.2020.09.264.ABSTRACTA 69-year-old woman with a medical history significant for COPD, ulcerative colitis (UC), and tobacco dependence was referred to a pulmonologist for lung nodules found on routine annual low-dose CT scan for lung cancer screening. Her review of systems was negative for dyspnea, angina, hemoptysis, fever, night sweats, anorexia, and weight loss. She had a successful total proctocolectomy with ileal pouch-anal anastomosis performed 5 years ago because of acute fulminant UC refractory to corticosteroids and biologic agents. Her home medications were alb...
Source: Chest - March 8, 2021 Category: Respiratory Medicine Authors: Woon H Chong Ammoura Ibrahim Biplab K Saha Source Type: research
Dyspnea With Unilateral Pulmonary Ground Glass Opacities and Cavitary Lesions
Chest. 2021 May;159(5):e337-e342. doi: 10.1016/j.chest.2020.12.030.ABSTRACTA 62-year-old man presented with a 3-month history of shortness of breath and a dry cough. He had a medical history of hypertension (without use of angiotensin-converting enzyme inhibitors), hyperlipidemia, depression, and 10-pack-years of cigarette smoking several decades ago. He was a limousine driver and denied any history of occupational high-risk exposures. The patient denied significant weight gain or weight loss, night sweats, fevers, hemoptysis, chest pain, or palpitations. He had a normal physical examination. Pulmonary function studies wit...
Source: Chest - May 9, 2021 Category: Respiratory Medicine Authors: Awan K Rahman Santo Longo Liyan Xu Steven Tellschow Neil Belman Yaniv Dotan Source Type: research
