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Extraction of Pulmonary Airway in CT Scans Using Deep Fully Convolutional Networks [PDF]

arXiv, 2022
Accurate, automatic and complete extraction of pulmonary airway in medical images plays an important role in analyzing thoracic CT volumes such as lung cancer detection, chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD), and bronchoscopic-assisted surgery navigation.
arxiv  

The Evaluation of Pulmonary Function Tests in Patients with Polycystic Ovary Syndrome [PDF]

Journal of Cardio-Thoracic Medicine, 2013
Introduction: Recently a relation between female sex hormones and severity of asthma symptoms has been proposed. As a common endocrine dysfunction, polycystic ovary syndrome (PCOS) could significantly influence the level of sex hormones in PCOS patients.
Davood Attaran, Sajad Ataei Azimi, Shahrzad M.Lari, Haleh Rokni, Morteza Taghavi, Mahdis Maraashi   +5 more
doaj  

Multimedia Respiratory Database (RespiratoryDatabase@TR): Auscultation Sounds and Chest X-rays [PDF]

Natural and Engineering Sciences, 2017, 2021
Auscultation is a method for diagnosis of especially internal medicine diseases such as cardiac, pulmonary and cardio-pulmonary by listening the internal sounds from the body parts. It is the simplest and the most common physical examination in the assessment processes of the clinical skills.
arxiv  

Late-onset Radiologic Findings of Respiratory System Following Sulfur Mustard Exposure [PDF]

Asia Pacific Journal of Medical Toxicology, 2013
Background: Sulfur mustard (SM) as a chemical warfare agent, increases permeability of bronchial vessels and damages airway epithelium. SM exposure causes debilitating respiratory complications.
Mahnaz Amini, Zohreh Oghabian
doaj  

Call to action: improving primary care for women with COPD

npj Primary Care Respiratory Medicine, 2017
In this perspective-based article, which is based on findings from a comprehensive literature search, we discuss the significant and growing burden of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease in women worldwide.
Ioanna Tsiligianni, Miguel Román Rodríguez, Karin Lisspers, Tze LeeTan, Antonio Infantino   +4 more
doaj   +1 more source

Clinical and fiberoptic endoscopic assessment of swallowing in patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease

International Archives of Otorhinolaryngology, 2013
Summary Introduction: Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease is characterized by progressive and partially reversible obstruction of pulmonary airflow.
Marina Rodrigues Bueno Macri, Jair Mendes Marques, Rosane Sampaio Santos, Ana Maria Furkim, Irinei Melek, Daniel Rispoli, Maria Cristina de Alencar Nunes   +6 more
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Pulmonary hypertension due to interstitial lung disease or chronic obstructive pulmonary disease: a patient experience study of symptoms and their impact on quality of life

Pulmonary Circulation, 2021
Pulmonary hypertension resulting from chronic lung disease such as chronic obstructive pulmonary disease and interstitial lung disease is categorized by the World Health Organization as Group 3 pulmonary hypertension. To identify the symptoms and impacts
Hilary M. DuBrock, Steven D. Nathan, Bryce B. Reeve, Nicholas A. Kolaitis, Stephen C. Mathai, Peter M. Classi, Andrew C. Nelsen, Bimpe Olayinka-Amao, Lindsey N. Norcross, Susan A. Martin   +9 more
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Risk of Coronary Heart Disease in People with Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease: A Meta-Analysis

International Journal of COPD, 2021
Jia-Jie Wang Medical College, Soochow University, Suzhou, Jiangsu Province, People’s Republic of ChinaCorrespondence: Jia-Jie WangMedical College, Soochow University, No.
Wang JJ
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Spreading of diseases through comorbidity networks across life and gender [PDF]

New Journal of Physics 16, 115013, (2014), 2014
The state of health of patients is typically not characterized by a single disease alone but by multiple (comorbid) medical conditions. These comorbidities may depend strongly on age and gender. We propose a specific phenomenological comorbidity network of human diseases that is based on medical claims data of the entire population of Austria.
arxiv   +1 more source

Deterioration of Respiratory Symptoms in Uncontrolled CPFE: A Case Report

Jurnal Respirasi
Introduction: Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) has a global impact on health and increases healthcare costs. Combined pulmonary fibrosis and emphysema (CPFE) combines interstitial lung disease (ILD) and emphysema.
Frans Raffael, Amira Permatasari Tarigan
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