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COVID-19 pneumonia; predictors of severity and outcome in Erbil city hospitals

Zanco Journal of Medical Sciences, 2023
Background and objective: Corona infections disease nowadays is one of the major burden on national health institutes. The aim of the study is to identify the parameters that can predict the mortality in moderate to severely ill COVID-19 infected ...
Halgurd Fathulla Ahmed, Zahir Hussein
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Cigarette Smoking and Dyspnea Perception [PDF]

, 2004
Cigarette smoking has been implicated as an important risk factor for the development of respiratory symptoms in adults. The relationship of dyspnea with cigarette smoking has been examined in smokers and ex-smokers and the beneficial effects of smoking ...
Elisabetta Rosi, Giorgio Scano
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Comparison between thermodilution and Fick methods for resting and exercise‐induced cardiac output measurement in patients with chronic dyspnea

Pulmonary Circulation, 2022
Studies comparing thermodilution (TD) and the direct Fick method (dFM) for cardiac output (CO) measurement are rare. We compared CO measurements between TD (2–5 cold water injections), the dFM, and indirect Fick method (iFM) at rest and during exercise ...
Susanna Desole, Anne Obst, Dirk Habedank, Christian F. Opitz, Christine Knaack, Franziska Hortien, Alexander Heine, Beate Stubbe, Ralf Ewert   +8 more
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Mechanisms of Dyspnea [PDF]

Chest, 2010
The mechanisms and pathways of the sensation of dyspnea are incompletely understood, but recent studies have provided some clarification. Studies of patients with cord transection or polio, induced spinal anesthesia, or induced respiratory muscle paralysis indicate that activation of the respiratory muscles is not essential for the perception of ...
Nausherwan K, Burki, Lu-Yuan, Lee
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Unexplained Dyspnea [PDF]

Mayo Clinic Proceedings, 1994
Dyspnea is a common symptom that is difficult to define and can result from a wide variety of causes. This complex sensation that arises from multiple stimuli involves both subjective perceptions and objective reactions. In the assessment of patients with dyspnea, use of a systematic approach to determine the precipitating factors and the degree of ...
D J, Gillespie, B A, Staats
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Exercise-induced bronchoconstriction in university field hockey athletes: Prevalence, sex differences, and associations with dyspnea symptoms

Frontiers in Allergy, 2022
IntroductionExercise-induced bronchoconstriction (EIB) is a prevalent condition in athletes. EIB screening studies identify many athletes with undiagnosed EIB.
Robert S. Needham, Graham R. Sharpe, Neil C. Williams, Paul A. Lester, Michael A. Johnson   +4 more
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Evaluation of Activity Limitation in Patients With Idiopathic Pulmonary Fibrosis Grouped According to Medical Research Council Dyspnea Grade [PDF]

, 2014
Objective To investigate the relations between Medical Research Council (MRC) dyspnea grade and peripheral muscle force, activities of daily living (ADL) performance, health status, lung function, and exercise capacity in subjects with idiopathic ...
Senjyu, Hideaki, Senjyu, H., Jenkins, Sue, Jenkins, Susan, Kozu, Ryo, Kozu, R.   +5 more
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Comparison of Predictive Properties between Tools of Patient-Reported Outcomes: Risk Prediction for Three Future Events in Subjects with COPD

Diagnostics, 2023
Background: Patient-reported outcome (PRO) measures must be evaluated for their discriminatory, evaluative, and predictive properties. However, the predictive capability remains unclear.
Koichi Nishimura, Masaaki Kusunose, Ryo Sanda, Mio Mori, Ayumi Shibayama, Kazuhito Nakayasu   +5 more
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Dyspnea Experience and Quality of Life among persons with lung cancer in palliative care [PDF]

, 2006
Background: Dyspnea, a subjective, multidimensional experience of breathing discomfort commonly occurring in patients with incurable lung cancer, influences all aspects of life in the suffering per¬sons.
Fannie Gaston-Johansson, Gaston-Johansson, Fannie,, Bergman, Bengt,, Bengt Bergman, Ingela Henoch, Henoch, Ingela,, Henoch, Ingela   +6 more
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Can high-frequency transthoracic sonography play a competitive role with high-resolution computed tomography in the assessment of dyspnea?

Egyptian Journal of Chest Disease and Tuberculosis, 2022
Background Transthoracic ultrasound (TUS) can potentially give important complementary information in particular conditions like bedside rapid diagnostic evaluation of dyspneic patients who commonly present to emergency (ER) units.
Gamal Agmy, Mariam H Adeeb, Mohamed Adam, Manal A Mahmoud   +3 more
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