Changes in Breathing Patterns after Surgery in Severe Laryngomalacia
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 +8 more
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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 +10 more
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Assessment of the Clinical Diagnosis of Onychomycosis by Dermoscopy
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 +12 more
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Though considered as an inflammation marker, exhaled nitric oxide (FENO) was shown to be sensitive to airway caliber changes to such an extent that it might be considered as a marker of them. It is thus important to understand how these changes and their
Haut, Benoît +2 more
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Effect of terbutaline on hyperpnoea-induced bronchoconstriction and urinary club cell protein 16 in athletes [PDF]
This article is made available through the Brunel Open Access Publishing Fund and is distributed by the Creative Commons CC-BY 3.0 license, under which all are free to reuse or distribute the article under the condition that this original publication ...
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Effect of Air Pollutants on Allergic Inflammation in Structural Cells of the Nasal Mucosa [PDF]
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 +4 more
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Manifesto on small airway involvement and management in asthma and chronic obstructive pulmonary disease: an Interasma (Global Asthma Association - GAA) and World Allergy Organization (WAO) document endorsed by Allergic Rhinitis and its Impact on Asthma (ARIA) and Global Allergy and Asthma European Network (GA2LEN) [PDF]
Evidence that enables us to identify, assess, and access the small airways in asthma and chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) has led INTERASMA (Global Asthma Association) and WAO to take a position on the role of the small airways in these ...
A. Cruz +51 more
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ABSTRACT Introduction Pulmonary dysfunction and sleep abnormalities are common in children with sickle cell disease (SCD) and are associated with worse clinical outcomes. Whether spirometry abnormalities are associated with polysomnography (PSG) findings remains unclear.
Ammar Saadoon Alishlash +4 more
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Conclusion: Our findings suggest rural VCH communities have lower access to asthma and COPD care services and the limited urban care services were insufficient to make up for this difference.
Amelia Choy +4 more
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Bicaudal D1 impairs autophagosome maturation in chronic obstructive pulmonary disease
Bicaudal D1 (BICD1), an adaptor for the dynein‐dynactin motor complex, has been identified as a susceptibility gene in chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD).
Nicolas Mercado +8 more
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