Seattle Area Chest Grand Rounds

Fever, malaise and abnormal CXR

Tanios MA, et al. Acute respiratory distress syndrome complicating Plasmodium vivax malaria. Crit Care Med. 2001 Mar;29(3):665-7.

Gachot B, et al. Acute lung injury complicating imported Plasmodium falciparum malaria. Chest. 1995 Sep;108(3):746-9

Postoperative Septic Shock

Jackson WL Jr. Should we use etomidate as an induction agent for endotracheal intubation in patients with septic shock?: a critical appraisal.
Chest. 2005 Mar;127(3):1031-8

Malerba G, et al. Risk factors of relative adrenocortical deficiency in intensive care patients needing mechanical ventilation. Intensive Care Med. 2005 Mar;31(3):388-92.

17 YO WITH CHEST PAIN

Fitzpatrick S, Re-expansion pulmonary oedema and circulatory shock in a 20-year-old man. Eur J Emerg Med. 2003 Jun;10(2):146-8

Matsuura Y, et al. Clinical analysis of reexpansion pulmonary edema.
Chest. 1991 Dec;100(6):1562-6.

Rheumatoid Arthritis and Bronchiectasis

Pasteur MC, et al. An investigation into causative factors in patients with bronchiectasis. Am J Respir Crit Care Med. 2000 Oct;162(4 Pt 1):1277-84.

Swinson DR, et al. Decreased survival in patients with co-existent rheumatoid arthritis and bronchiectasis. Br J Rheumatol. 1997 Jun;36(6):689-91.

Fibrinolytics in Epyema

Bouros D, et al. Intrapleural urokinase versus normal saline in the treatment of complicated parapneumonic effusions and empyema. A randomized, double-blind study. Am J Respir Crit Care Med. 1999 Jan;159(1):37-42.

Bouros D, et al. Intrapleural streptokinase versus urokinase in the treatment of complicated parapneumonic effusions: a prospective, double-blind study.
Am J Respir Crit Care Med. 1997 Jan;155(1):291-5.

Diacon AH, et al. Intrapleural streptokinase for empyema and complicated parapneumonic effusions. Am J Respir Crit Care Med. 2004 Jul 1;170(1):49-53.

Maskell NA,et al. First Multicenter Intrapleural Sepsis Trial (MIST1) Group.
U.K. Controlled trial of intrapleural streptokinase for pleural infection.
N Engl J Med. 2005 Mar 3;352(9):865-74.

Ray TL, et al. Tissue plasminogen activator as an adjuvant therapy for pleural empyema in pediatric patients. J Intensive Care Med. 2004 Jan-Feb;19(1):44-50.

Who to prophylax for PCP?

Yale SH, Limper AH. Pneumocystis carinii pneumonia in patients without acquired immunodeficiency syndrome: associated illness and prior corticosteroid therapy. Mayo Clin Proc. 1996 Jan;71(1):5-13.

Bronchopleural Fistula

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Reich HL, et al. Nonpseudomonal ecthyma gangrenosum. J Am Acad Dermatol. 2004 May;50(5 Suppl):S114-7.

Lung Injury

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Robertson HT, Lakshminarayan S, Hudson LD. Lung injury following a 50-metre fall into water. Thorax. 1978 Apr;33(2):175-80. Download article

Anticoagulation for Acute PE

Brandjes DP, et al. Randomised trial of effect of compression stockings in patients with symptomatic proximal-vein thrombosis. Lancet. 1997 Mar 15;349(9054):759-62.

Crowther MA, et al. A randomized trial comparing 5-mg and 10-mg warfarin loading doses. Arch Intern Med. 1999 Jan 11;159(1):46-8.

Dolovich LR, et al. A meta-analysis comparing low-molecular-weight heparins with unfractionated heparin in the treatment of venous thromboembolism: examining some unanswered questions regarding location of treatment, product type, and dosing frequency. Arch Intern Med. 2000 Jan 24;160(2):181-8.