Seattle Area Chest Grand Rounds

A quickly sick 63 yo man - Bill Ehlenbach. md

Busani S, Rinaldi L, Begliomini B, Pasetto A, Girardis M. Thymoglobulin-induced severe cardiovascular reaction and acute renal failure in a patient scheduled for orthotopic liver transplantation. Minerva Anestesiol. 2006 Apr;72(4):243-8.

Murdock DK, Lawless CE, Collins E, Huml JP, Pifarre R. ARDS following equine ATG therapy. Chest. 1987 Sep;92(3):578.

67 year old with hodgkin's, dyspnea and coucg - Wm Ehlenbach, mD

Costabel U, Uzaslan E, Guzman J. Bronchoalveolar lavage in drug-induced lung disease. Clin Chest Med. 2004 Mar;25(1):25-35.

Burton C, Kaczmarski R, Jan-Mohamed R. Interstitial pneumonitis related to rituximab therapy. N Engl J Med. 2003 Jun 26;348(26):2690-1; discussion 2690-1.

Swords R, Power D, Fay M, O'Donnell R, Murphy PT. Interstitial pneumonitis following rituximab therapy for immune thrombocytopenic purpura (ITP). Am J Hematol. 2004 Sep;77(1):103-4.

Ghesquieres H. Severe interstitial pneumonitis following rituximab and bleomycin-containing combination chemotherapy. Ann Oncol. 2005 Aug;16(8):1399.

Hiraga J, Kondoh Y, Taniguchi H, Kinoshita T, Naoe T. A case of interstitial pneumonia induced by rituximab therapy. Int J Hematol. 2005 Feb;81(2):169-70.

47 y/o F on vacation in Peru - Eric Walter, MD

Zanchetta M, Rigatelli G, Ho SY. A mystery featuring right-to-left shunting despite normal intracardiac pressure. Chest. 2005 Aug;128(2):998-1002. Review.

Chen GP, Goldberg SL, Gill EA Jr. Patent foramen ovale and the platypnea-orthodeoxia syndrome. Cardiol Clin. 2005 Feb;23(1):85-9. Review.

Marini C, Miniati M, Pratali L, Tonelli L, Carminati M, Formichi B, Di Ricco G, Boldrini E, Fiorotti G, Giampietro O. Interatrial right-to-left shunt after lung surgery: diagnostic value of perfusion lung scanning. Am J Med Sci. 2004 Sep;328(3):180-4. Erratum in: Am J Med Sci. 2004 Dec;328(6):360.

33 y/o woman with acute shortness of breath - David Hotchkin, MD

Blanch L, Bernabe F, Lucangelo U. Measurement of air trapping, intrinsic positive end-expiratory pressure, and dynamic hyperinflation in mechanically ventilated patients. Respir Care. 2005 Jan;50(1):110-23; discussion 123-4.

Kim IK, Saville AL, Sikes KL, Corcoran TE. Heliox-driven albuterol nebulization for asthma exacerbations: an overview. Respir Care. 2006 Jun;51(6):613-8.

Afessa B, Morales I, Cury JD. Clinical course and outcome of patients admitted to an ICU for status asthmaticus. Chest. 2001 Nov;120(5):1616-21.

Guy with Dyspnea - Greg Holt, MD

White B. Interstitial lung disease in scleroderma. Rheum Dis Clin North Am. 2003 May;29(2):371-90.

Cardiology 426.9 - Greg Holt, MD

Smedema JP, Snoep G, van Kroonenburgh MP, van Geuns RJ, Cheriex EC, Gorgels AP, Crijns HJ. The additional value of gadolinium-enhanced MRI to standard assessment for cardiac involvement in patients with pulmonary sarcoidosis. Chest. 2005 Sep;128(3):1629-37.

Judson MA. Cardiac sarcoidosis: there is no instant replay. Chest. 2005 Jul;128(1):3-6.

Futamatsu H, Suzuki J, Adachi S, Okada H, Otomo K, Ohara T, Hashimoto Y,
Kakuta T, Iesaka Y, Yamaguchi H, Sakurada H, Sato A, Obayashi T, Niwa A, Hirao K, Isobe M. Utility of gallium-67 scintigraphy for evaluation of cardiac sarcoidosis with ventricular tachycardia. Int J Cardiovasc Imaging. 2006 Jun-Aug;22(3-4):443-8.

Yazaki Y, Isobe M, Hiroe M, Morimoto S, Hiramitsu S, Nakano T, Izumi T,
Sekiguchi M; Central Japan Heart Study Group. Prognostic determinants of long-term survival in Japanese patients with cardiac sarcoidosis treated with prednisone. Am J Cardiol. 2001 Nov 1;88(9):1006-10.

51 year old with cough to syncope - Anne Lipke, MD

Price B. Analysis of current trends in United States mesothelioma incidence.
Am J Epidemiol. 1997 Feb 1;145(3):211-8.

Epler GR, McLoud TC, Gaensler EA. Prevalence and incidence of benign asbestos pleural effusion in a working population. JAMA. 1982 Feb 5;247(5):617-22.

Cugell DW, Kamp DW. Asbestos and the pleura: a review. Chest. 2004 Mar;125(3):1103-17.

Roach HD, Davies GJ, Attanoos R, Crane M, Adams H, Phillips S. Asbestos: when the dust settles an imaging review of asbestos-related disease. Radiographics. 2002 Oct;22 Spec No:S167-84.

Jantz MA, Antony VB. Pleural fibrosis. Clin Chest Med. 2006 Jun;27(2):181-91.

Breathless and fumbling towards syncope - Molly Billings, MD

Dartevelle P, Fadel E, Mussot S, Chapelier A, Herve P, de Perrot M, Cerrina J, Ladurie FL, Lehouerou D, Humbert M, Sitbon O, Simonneau G. Chronic thromboembolic pulmonary hypertension. Eur Respir J. 2004 Apr;23(4):637-48.

Dunning J, McNeil K. Pulmonary thromboendarterectomy for chronic thromboembolic pulmonary hypertension. Thorax. 1999 Sep;54(9):755-6.

Fedullo PF, Auger WR, Kerr KM, Rubin LJ. Chronic thromboembolic pulmonary hypertension. N Engl J Med. 2001 Nov 15;345(20):1465-72.

Hoeper MM, Mayer E, Simonneau G, Rubin LJ. Chronic thromboembolic pulmonary hypertension. Circulation. 2006 Apr 25;113(16):2011-20.

Jamieson SW, Kapelanski DP, Sakakibara N, Manecke GR, Thistlethwaite PA,
Kerr KM, Channick RN, Fedullo PF, Auger WR. Pulmonary endarterectomy: experience and lessons learned in 1,500 cases. Ann Thorac Surg. 2003 Nov;76(5):1457-62; discussion 1462-4.

Pengo V, Lensing AW, Prins MH, Marchiori A, Davidson BL, Tiozzo F, Albanese
P, Biasiolo A, Pegoraro C, Iliceto S, Prandoni P; Thromboembolic Pulmonary
Hypertension Study Group. Incidence of chronic thromboembolic pulmonary hypertension after pulmonary embolism. N Engl J Med. 2004 May 27;350(22):2257-64.

Man with Bad Back - Matt Arentz, MD

Tsao BE, Ostrovskiy DA, Wilbourn AJ, Shields RW Jr. Phrenic neuropathy due to neuralgic amyotrophy. Neurology. 2006 May 23;66(10):1582-4.

van Alfen N, van Engelen BG. The clinical spectrum of neuralgic amyotrophy in 246 cases. Brain. 2006 Feb;129(Pt 2):438-50. Epub 2005 Dec 21.

Gaskin CM, Helms CA. Parsonage-Turner syndrome: MR imaging findings and clinical information of 27 patients. Radiology. 2006 Aug;240(2):501-7.

Parsonage MJ, Turner JW. Neuralgic amyotrophy the shoulder girdle syndrome.
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"Stop Sighing Like That When I'm Talking To You" - Eric Walter, MD

McGowan K, Mark EJ. Case records of the Massachusetts General Hospital. Weekly clinicopathological exercises. Case 25-2002. A 46-year-old woman with extensive pulmonary infiltrates. N Engl J Med. 2002 Aug 15;347(7):517-24.

Manual of Clinical Problems in Pulmonary Medicine, 5th Ed. Cryptococcosis and Actinomycosis, 2001;194-196.