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Objective cough frequency, airway inflammation, and disease control in asthma [PDF]
Background Cough is recognized as an important troublesome symptom in the diagnosis and monitoring of asthma. Asthma control is thought to be determined by the degree of airway inflammation and hyperresponsiveness but how these factors relate to cough
Ashley Woodcock+41 more
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Management of airway obstruction [PDF]
Key points • Patients with airway obstruction are high risk; they should be managed by senior anaesthetic and surgical staffs that have good technical and non-technical skills. • There is no universal ‘best approach’ with experts often providing differing opinions on optimal management.
Lynch, J., Crawley, S. M.
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New Spirometry Indices for Detecting Mild Airflow Obstruction. [PDF]
The diagnosis of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) relies on demonstration of airflow obstruction. Traditional spirometric indices miss a number of subjects with respiratory symptoms or structural lung disease on imaging.
Barjaktarevic, Igor+13 more
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Negative pressure pulmonary edema: a case report
Background The negative pressure pulmonary edema is rare clinical situation which caused mainly by upper airway obstruction. However except upper airway obstruction, there may be other pathophysiological disorders making patients more vulnerable to ...
Jun Xiong, Yongxing Sun
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Inflammatory Airway Disease of Horses - Revised Consensus Statement [PDF]
The purpose of this manuscript is to revise and update the previous consensus statement on inflammatory airway disease (IAD) in horses. Since 2007, a large number of scientific articles have been published on the topic and these new findings have led to ...
Cardwell, J M+5 more
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AIRWAY OBSTRUCTION IN CHILDREN [PDF]
Seventeen children presenting with airway obstruction have been studied to highlight the similar clinical features of different etiological conditions, their diagnostic limitations, and the importance of early bronchoscopy. There were 8 patients with foreign body in lower airway, out of which 6 were vegetable foreign bodies.
Dal Jit Singh+3 more
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Background. Cigarette smoking and Th2-inflammation are both crucial in the pathogenesis of asthma. However, it is unknown whether smoking can affect the association between Th2-inflammation and small airway obstruction in adults with asthma.
Shuyuan Chu+11 more
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Survival and quality of life benefit after endoscopic management of malignant central airway obstruction [PDF]
Although interventional management of malignant central airway obstruction (mCAO) is well established, its impact on survival and quality of life (QoL) has not been extensively studied.We prospectively assessed survival, QoL and dyspnea (using validated ...
Dimitropoulos, C+12 more
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Long-term pulmonary sequelae in children with congenital diaphragmatic hernia. [PDF]
Neonates with congenital diaphragmatic hernia (CDH) often suffer from respiratory insufficiency due to lung hypoplasia and pulmonary hypertension.
Hop, W.C.J. (Wim)+4 more
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Yuqi Li,1,2,* Changjin Ji,1,2,* Weiao Sun,1,2 Huahui Xiong,1,2 Zheng Li,3 Xiaoqing Huang,1,2 Tingting Fan,1,2 Junfang Xian,3 Yaqi Huang1,2 1School of Biomedical Engineering, Capital Medical University, Beijing, People’s Republic of China ...
Li Y+8 more
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