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From:Ain-Shams Journal of Anaesthesiology (Vol. 7, Issue 3) Peer-ReviewedByline: Bahaa El-Din. Hassan, Mai. Abdel-Aziz The respiratory system is composed of the lungs, the conducting airways, the parts of the central nervous system concerned with the control of the muscles of respiration,...
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From:Annals of Thoracic Medicine (Vol. 10, Issue 2) Peer-ReviewedByline: Debapriya. Datta, Edward. Normandin, Richard. ZuWallack Dyspnea on exertion is a commonly encountered problem in clinical practice. It is usually investigated by resting tests such as pulmonary function tests...
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From:Pediatric Allergy, Immunology, and Pulmonology (Vol. 24, Issue 2) Peer-ReviewedMany more extremely preterm children are now surviving, many of whom develop bronchopulmonary dysplasia (BPD), most commonly defined as continuing supplemental oxygen requirements beyond 36 weeks postmenstrual age....
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From:Cortlandt Forum (Vol. 22, Issue 1)30 Percentage of people diagnosed with asthma who don't have the disease. Using spirometry and bronchial challenge tests with methacholine, researchers at the University of Ottawa tried to confirm physician diagnoses of...
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From:Turkish Journal of RheumatologyPeer-ReviewedObjective: The aim of this study was to determine pulmonary function in ankylosing spondylitis (AS) patients and to assess the relationship with clinical parameters. Material and Methods: A total of 30 patients with...
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From:Thorax (Vol. 59, Issue 3) Peer-ReviewedThorax 2004;59:194-198. doi: 10.1136/thorax.2003.012054 Background: A study was undertaken to determine the relation between urinary cadmium levels and lung function in a nationally representative cohort of current,...
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From:Thorax (Vol. 56, Issue 5) Peer-ReviewedAbstract Background--Pulmonary function in patients with adolescent idiopathic scoliosis many years after posterior spinal surgery or brace treatment has not been documented. Methods--A consecutive group of...
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From:Chest (Vol. 98, Issue 4) Peer-ReviewedThis study examined the pulmonary function of 87 male commercial glass factory workers. Statistical analysis of the data indicated that workers with full-time glass blowing job descriptions had significantly higher...
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From:Chest (Vol. 97, Issue 3) Peer-ReviewedThe mechanical properties of the respiratory system are abnormal in the vast majority of patients with hypercapnia and in those whose daily activities are limited by breathlessness. That a cause-and-effect relation...
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From:Chest (Vol. 98, Issue 4) Peer-ReviewedTo define the pulmonary functional impairment associated with pleural asbestos signs (PAS), we compared 738 men with only circumscribed (plaques) or diffuse pleural thickening on chest roentgenograms but no irregular...
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From:Chest (Vol. 101, Issue 6) Peer-ReviewedA patient with a previously unsuspected intrathoracic tracheal malignancy presented with symptoms suggestive of asthma and an unusual pattern seen by conventional PFTs. Reduced expiratory flows with a large difference...
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From:Chest (Vol. 102, Issue 5) Peer-ReviewedIt is known that coronary artery bypass grafting (CABG) results in impairment of postoperative pulmonary function. There is also a high incidence of pleural changes (pleural effusion or pleural thickening) after CABG....
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From:Chest (Vol. 101, Issue 2) Peer-ReviewedPulmonary function tests were performed at rest and following blood transfusion on 17 patients with thalassemia major. A rest, diffusion capacity was significantly reduced (mean of 57 percent), and forced vital capacity...
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From:Chest (Vol. 101, Issue 1) Peer-ReviewedPulmonary function measurements, bronchoalveolar lavage (BAL), and analyses of precipitating antibodies in blood were performed in 12 farmers with no symptoms from the airways and 12 farmers who were admitted to the...
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From:Chest (Vol. 109, Issue 3) Peer-ReviewedIn 243 of 945 patients having lung percutaneous needle biopsy, we retrospectively evaluated 10 independent variables that potentially influence the incidence of pneumothorax (PNX): age, sex, lesion size, number of needle...
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From:PLoS ONE (Vol. 8, Issue 12) Peer-ReviewedAuthor(s): Dwaipayan Mukherjee 1,2, Danielle Botelho 3, Andrew J. Gow 3, Junfeng Zhang 4, Panos G. Georgopoulos 1,2,* Introduction Production of engineered nanomaterials (ENMs) is rapidly rising globally, as is...
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From:International Journal of Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (Vol. 11, Issue 1) Peer-ReviewedBackground: Biomass smoke is the leading cause of COPD in developing countries such as Turkey. In rural areas of Turkey, females are more exposed to biomass smoke because of traditional lifestyles. Aim: The aim of...
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From:Sudan Medical Monitor (Vol. 12, Issue 1) Peer-ReviewedByline: Mohamed. Iesa, Hiba. Awooda, Emadeldin. Konozy, Omer. Musa Background: Asthma remains an increasing cause of morbidity and mortality in adults, especially in developing nations. In Libya, no previous study...
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From:Chest (Vol. 110, Issue 6) Peer-ReviewedStudy objective: To determine pulmonary function test (PFT) profile and respiratory muscle strength (RMS) of a group of obese individuals who did not have evidence of obstructive airway disease or other underlying...
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From:Chest (Vol. 111, Issue 6) Peer-ReviewedStudy Objective: Increasing evidence indicates that routine preoperative diagnostic spirometry (pulmonary function tests [PFTs]) before elective abdominal surgery does not predict individual risk of postoperative...