Distribution of stage I lung cancer growth rates determined with serial volumetric CT measurements.

Purpose: To retrospectively determine the distribution of stage I lung cancer growth rates with serial volumetric computed tomographic (CT) measurements.

Materials And Methods: This study was institutional review board approved and HIPAA compliant. The informed consent requirement was waived.

Pleural fluid and serum eosinophilia: association with fluoxetine hydrochloride.

We report the case of a patient who was treated with fluoxetine hydrochloride (Prozac) for depression. Approximately 8 weeks into the treatment, an eosinophilic pleural effusion and serum eosinophilia developed. An extensive workup for the etiology of eosinophilic pleural effusion was unrevealing.

Metabolic basis for inspiratory muscle fatigue in normal humans.

Inspiratory muscle fatigue, a common event in patients in the intensive care unit, is under multifactorial control. To test the hypothesis that systemic oxygenation is a factor in this event, we subjected five healthy males (age 42 +/- 3 yr) to continuous inspiratory pressure (75% of maximal inspiratory pressure, -95 +/- 5 cmH2O) with the use of a controlled breathing pattern while they breathed normoxic (21% O2), hyperoxic (30% O2), and hypoxic (13% O2) mixtures. Inspiratory muscle endurance (IME; time that pressure could be maintained) and other cardiorespiratory parameters were monitored.