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A Multidomain Approach to Assessing the Convergent and Concurrent Validity of a Mobile Application When Compared to Conventional Methods of Determining Body Composition

Sensors, 2020
Determining body composition via mobile application may circumvent limitations of conventional methods. However, the accuracy of many technologies remains unknown. This investigation assessed the convergent and concurrent validity of a mobile application
Eric V. Neufeld, Ryan A. Seltzer, Tasnim Sazzad, Brett A. Dolezal   +3 more
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Changes in Breathing Patterns after Surgery in Severe Laryngomalacia

Children, 2021
Background: Most of the studies regarding the surgical treatment of severe laryngomalacia (LM) have been aimed at describing the efficacy of the treatment in terms of improvement of clinical symptoms or anatomical findings.
Fabrizio Cialente, Duino Meucci, Maria Luisa Tropiano, Antonio Salvati, Miriam Torsello, Ferdinando Savignoni, Francesca Landolfo, Andrea Dotta, Marilena Trozzi   +8 more
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Cholesterol-sensing liver X receptors stimulate Th2-driven allergic eosinophilic asthma in mice [PDF]

, 2016
Introduction: Liver X receptors (LXRs) are nuclear receptors that function as cholesterol sensors and regulate cholesterol homeostasis. High cholesterol has been recognized as a risk factor in asthma; however, the mechanism of this linkage is not known.
De Beuckelaer, Ans, Grooten, Johan, Gustafsson, Jan-Ake, Lambrecht, Bart, Naessens, Thomas, Smet, Muriel, Steffensen, Knut R, Van Hoecke, Lien, Vander Beken, Seppe, Vergote, Karl, Willart, Monique   +10 more
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Patients Unmet Needs in Chronic Rhinosinusitis With Nasal Polyps Care: A Patient Advisory Board Statement of EUFOREA

Frontiers in Allergy, 2021
Background: European patients with chronic rhinosinusitis with nasal polyps (CRSwNP) have had only limited occasions to unite to have their voices heard, hence missing the opportunity to contribute to the improvement of CRSwNP care.Aims: To identify ...
N. Claeys, M. T. Teeling, P. Legrand, M. Poppe, P. Verschueren, L. De Prins, L. Cools, L. Cypers, W. J. Fokkens, W. J. Fokkens, C. Hopkins, C. Hopkins, P. W. Hellings, P. W. Hellings, P. W. Hellings, P. W. Hellings   +15 more
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Evaluación Bidimensional y Tridimensional de la Vía Aérea Superior [PDF]

, 2017
Indexación: Scopus; Scielo.The aim of this study was to validate and correlate the two-dimensional (2D) with the three-dimensional (3D) measures of the upper airway assessment.
Araya-Díaz, P., Palomino, H.M., Vilaza, I.   +2 more
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Ultrasound of the airway

Indian Journal of Anaesthesia, 2011
Currently, the role of ultrasound (US) in anaesthesia-related airway assessment and procedural interventions is encouraging, though it is still ill defined. US can visualise anatomical structures in the supraglottic, glottic and subglottic regions. The floor of the mouth can be visualised by both transcutaneous view of the neck and also by transoral or
Anathakrishnan Ramesh, Pankaj Kundra, Sandeep Kumar Mishra   +2 more
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Effect of Air Pollutants on Allergic Inflammation in Structural Cells of the Nasal Mucosa [PDF]

Clinical and Experimental Otorhinolaryngology
Objectives. Air pollution is an increasing global concern, and its effect on allergic inflammation has attracted the attention of many researchers. Particulate matter (PM) is a major component of ambient air pollution, and heavy metals are the primary ...
Joo-Hoo Park, Jee Won Moon, Hyun-Woo Yang, Dae Jin Song, Il-Ho Park   +4 more
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Assessment of the Clinical Diagnosis of Onychomycosis by Dermoscopy

Frontiers in Surgery, 2022
BackgroundAs a common clinical superficial fungal infection, the diagnosis of onychomycosis relies on clinical features, traditional KOH direct microscopy and fungal culture. In recent years, dermoscopy has been widely used in the diagnosis and treatment
Yan Ma, Yan Ma, Ying Ji, Ying Ji, Wen Cen, Wen Cen, Zusha Qiao, Zusha Qiao, Yan Gao, Yan Gao, Lu He, Wenli Feng, Wenli Feng   +12 more
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Can HRCT be used as a marker of airway remodelling in children with difficult asthma? [PDF]

, 2006
BACKGROUND: Whole airway wall thickening on high resolution computed tomography (HRCT) is reported to parallel thickening of the bronchial epithelial reticular basement membrane (RBM) in adult asthmatics. A similar relationship in children with difficult
A Barbato, A Chetta, AL James, C Owens, C Ward, D Payne, DG Altman, DN Payne, HR Roberts, HW Chu, J de Blic, K Kasahara, KO McKay, P Jeffery, P Sullivan, PA de Jong, PG Woodruff, PK Jeffery, S Saglani, SA Little, SM Stick, TR Bai, V Marchac, Y Nakano   +23 more
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HFA-BDP Metered-Dose Inhaler Exhaled Through the Nose Improves Eosinophilic Chronic Rhinosinusitis With Bronchial Asthma: A Blinded, Placebo-Controlled Study

Frontiers in Immunology, 2018
Background: Eosinophilic chronic rhinosinusitis (ECRS) is a subtype of chronic rhinosinusitis with nasal polyps in Japanese. ECRS highly associated with asthma is a refractory eosinophilic airway inflammation and requires comprehensive care as part of ...
Yoshiki Kobayashi, Yoshiki Kobayashi, Hirotaka Yasuba, Mikiya Asako, Mikiya Asako, Takahisa Yamamoto, Hiroshi Takano, Koichi Tomoda, Akira Kanda, Akira Kanda, Hiroshi Iwai   +10 more
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