[HTML][HTML]The use of β-agonists and the risk of death and near death from asthma

…, M McNutt, AS Buist, ASRebuck- … England Journal of …, 1992 - Mass Medical Soc
Background. Morbidity and mortality from asthma appear to be increasing, and it has been
suggested that medications used to treat asthma are contributing to this trend. We …

[HTML][HTML]Effect of a short course of prednisone in the prevention of early relapse after the emergency room treatment of acute asthma

…, PR Verbeek, JG White, ASRebuck- New England Journal …, 1991 - Mass Medical Soc
Background. Relapse after the treatment of acute asthma in the emergency room is common
(occurring in 25 to 30 percent of cases) and is not accurately predicted by any available …

Maximal inspiratory and expiratory pressures in adolescents: normal values

RJ Smyth,KR Chapman, ASRebuck- Chest, 1984 - Elsevier
The measurement of maximal inspiratory and expiratory pressures at the mouth (MIP and
MEP, respectively) provides a noninvasive clinical method for evaluating the strength of …

Is the short-term response to inhaled β-adrenergic agonist sensitive or specific for distinguishing between asthma and COPD?

SKesten, ASRebuck- Chest, 1994 - Elsevier
In view of the ubiquitous practice of using bronchodilator responsiveness to determine
suitable patients for clinical trials, we wanted to know whether changes in FEV 1 or forced vital …

Impaired exercise capacity in adults with moderate scoliosis

SKesten, SK Garfinkel, T Wright, ASRebuck- Chest, 1991 - Elsevier
We measured lung function and exercise tolerance in 15 adults with moderate kyphoscoliosis
(thoracic curvatures between 25 and 70, mean ± SD = 46.93 ± 14.02). Forced vital …

Acute asthma: observations regarding the management of a pediatric emergency room

…, R Healy, C Schwartz, C Petrou, ASRebuck… - …, 1989 - publications.aap.org
Because inadequate assessment and inappropriate treatment of acute asthma have been
implicated as contributing factors in morbidity and even deaths, the management of acute …

Human lung transplantation

JMB Nelems, ASRebuck, JD Cooper, M Goldberg… - Chest, 1980 - Elsevier
The 38th attempt at allotransplantation of a human long is described in a patient with injury
due to smoke inhalation. The innovative features in the procedure included prolonged …

Comparison of glottic areas measured by acoustic reflections vs. computerized tomography

…, VG Lawson, KP Vassal, ASRebuck… - Journal of applied …, 1988 - journals.physiology.org
We compared measurements of glottic area obtained by acoustic reflection technique with
anatomically equivalent area measured from computerized tomographic (CT) scans of the …

Development of pulsus paradoxus in the presence of airways obstruction

ASRebuck, LD Pengelly - New England Journal of Medicine, 1973 - Mass Medical Soc
在一系列of 76 patients with asthma of varying severity, pulsus paradoxus developed in 34.
Those had more severe airways obstruction than patients without pulsus paradoxus (p less …

Lung volume changes in asthma measured concurrently by two methods

AJ Woolcock, ASRebuck, JF Cade… - American Review of …, 1971 - atsjournals.org
Serial measurements of functional residual capacity and total lung capacity were made by
body plethysmography and by a helium dilution method in 8 patients during recovery from …