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Effect of Intraoperative Posture on Accurate Diagnostic Rate of Intraoperative Nerve Monitoring During Esophagectomy

open access: yesAnnals of Gastroenterological Surgery, EarlyView.
Adequate contact between the intubation tube and the vocal cord muscles is crucial for effective intraoperative nerve monitoring use during esophagectomy. Additionally, intraoperative posture significantly affects diagnostic outcomes and should be carefully considered.
Masami Yuda   +9 more
wiley   +1 more source

Corticosteroid suppression of antiviral immunity increases bacterial loads and mucus production in COPD exacerbations

open access: yesNature Communications, 2018
Corticosteroid therapy is frequently used for chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) but its use is associated with increased risk of pneumonia.
Aran Singanayagam   +28 more
doaj   +1 more source

Multi-morbidities are Not a Driving Factor for an Increase of COPD-Related 30-Day Readmission Risk [PDF]

open access: yes, 2020
Background and Objective: Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) is the third leading cause of death in the United States. COPD is expensive to treat, whereas the quality of care is difficult to evaluate due to the high prevalence of multi ...
Chukmaitov, Askar   +3 more
core   +1 more source

Influence of Facility Size on Perioperative Outcomes in Minimally Invasive Esophagectomy for 14 152 Patients With Esophageal Cancer Based on the Japanese National Clinical Database: A Multicenter Cohort Study

open access: yesAnnals of Gastroenterological Surgery, EarlyView.
This multicenter study investigated 14 152 minimally invasive esophagectomies (MIEs) using data from the Japanese National Clinical Database and showed a significantly lower operative mortality rate in high‐volume centers than in low‐volume centers. However, no differences in morbidity rates were found between facility sizes.
Taro Oshikiri   +4 more
wiley   +1 more source

Analysis of Risk Factors of Pneumonia Caused by Thee Novel Coronavirus

open access: yesCT Lilun yu yingyong yanjiu, 2023
Objective: To analyze the risk factors associated with the development of coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) and enhance the understanding of its disease progression, providing a clinical basis for diagnosis, treatment, and prevention of severe diseases.
Jing’e LI   +6 more
doaj   +1 more source

Metabolomics analysis identifies sex-associated metabotypes of oxidative stress and the autotaxin-lysoPA axis in COPD. [PDF]

open access: yes, 2017
Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) is a heterogeneous disease and a leading cause of mortality and morbidity worldwide. The aim of this study was to investigate the sex dependency of circulating metabolic profiles in COPD.Serum from healthy ...
Erle, David J   +11 more
core   +1 more source

R‐APEX: A Knowledge Graph–Based Platform for the Elucidation of the Toxicological Mechanisms of Ambient Particulate Matter

open access: yesAdvanced Intelligent Systems, EarlyView.
R‐APEX is a knowledge graph platform developed to investigate how air pollutants such as particularly fine particulate matter (PM2.5) affect human health. By integrating large‐scale biomedical data and using machine learning, it reveals pollutant–gene–disease associations.
Zhixing Zhu   +7 more
wiley   +1 more source

Avaliação dos resultados nos ensaios clínicos na DPOC: Da função pulmonar aos marcadores biológicos

open access: yesRevista Portuguesa de Pneumologia, 2008
Resumo: As sociedades científicas respiratórias europeia e americana (ERS e ATS) constituíram um grupo de trabalho sobre a “Avaliação dos resultados nos ensaios clínicos na DPOC: da função pulmonar aos marcadores biológicos” para informar a ...
M. Cazzola   +3 more
doaj  

Serum periostin does not reflect type 2-driven inflammation in COPD

open access: yesRespiratory Research, 2018
Although Th2 driven inflammation is present in COPD, it is not clearly elucidated which COPD patients are affected. Since periostin is associated with Th2 driven inflammation and inhaled corticosteroid (ICS)-response in asthma, it could function as a ...
O. A. Carpaij   +12 more
doaj   +1 more source

Characteristics of patients referred to Canary Island pneumology outpatient services for chronic obstructive pulmonary disease: the EPOCan study

open access: yesBMC Research Notes, 2022
Objective Assessing patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) accounts for 30% of all pneumology outpatient evaluations. COPD is a heterogeneous disease and generates a massive public health problem.
Juan Marco Figueira-Gonçalves   +8 more
doaj   +1 more source

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