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Machine learning for nocturnal diagnosis of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease using digital oximetry biomarkers [PDF]
arXiv, 2020 Objective: Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) is a highly prevalent chronic condition. COPD is a major source of morbidity, mortality and healthcare costs. Spirometry is the gold standard test for a definitive diagnosis and severity grading of COPD. However, a large proportion of individuals with COPD are undiagnosed and untreated.
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Life and ScienceObjective: To understand how the acute exacerbations of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) can lead to coagulation dysfunctions causing hemostatic abnormalities (prolonged prothrombin time, slightly longer activated partial thromboplastin time,
Bilal Ahmed +5 more
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PLoS ONE, 2015 Psoriasis is considered a systemic inflammatory disorder. Previous studies have reported conflicting positive or negative correlations between psoriasis and chronic obstructive pulmonary disease. We performed a meta-analysis to determine whether there is
Xin Li +8 more
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Computerized Processing and Analysis of CT Images for Developing a New Criterion in COPD Diagnosis [PDF]
Journal of Isfahan Medical School (I.U.M.S),2012; 29(174), 2016 Background: Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) is one of the most prevalent and dangerous pulmonary diseases in the world. It is forecasted that COPD will be the third deadly disease in the future. Therefore, developing non-invasive methods for diagnosis of the disease would be helpful for physicians and patients. Methods: Based on clinical
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Can an Ad-hoc ontology Beat a Medical Search Engine? The Chronious Search Engine case [PDF]
arXiv, 2012 Chronious is an Open, Ubiquitous and Adaptive Chronic Disease Management Platform for Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease(COPD) Chronic Kidney Disease (CKD) and Renal Insufficiency. It consists of several modules: an ontology based literature search engine, a rule based decision support system, remote sensors interacting with lifestyle interfaces ...
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Features and patterns of expression of lectin receptors in the lungs of patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease exacerbation and remission [PDF]
Морфологія, 2013 Background. Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease is a widespread pathology, and the problem of its diagnostics is still of current interest. Objective. To determine the principles of lectin receptors expression and distribution in patients with chronic ...
Malofiy L.S.
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Clinics, 2018 Increased stroke risk among chronic obstructive pulmonary disease patients has not yet been established. In this study, we conducted a systematic review and meta-analysis to assess stroke risk among chronic obstructive pulmonary disease patients. PubMed,
Yu Ree Kim +5 more
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Modeling disease progression in longitudinal EHR data using continuous-time hidden Markov models [PDF]
arXiv, 2018 Modeling disease progression in healthcare administrative databases is complicated by the fact that patients are observed only at irregular intervals when they seek healthcare services. In a longitudinal cohort of 76,888 patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD), we used a continuous-time hidden Markov model with a generalized linear ...
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Journal of the Pakistan Medical AssociationObjective: To assess the association between fibrinogen levels and immune inflammation severity in patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease at different stages of the Global Initiative for Chronic Obstructive Lung Disease classification ...
Hamidullah +4 more
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Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease as a Cardiovascular Diseases Risk Factor in Erbil
Erbil Journal of Nursing and Midwifery, 2019 Background and objectives: Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) has been reported as the most common cause of morbidity and mortality all over the world.
Goran Abubaker Osman +4 more
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