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Respiratory muscle training with normocapnic hyperpnea improves ventilatory pattern and thoracoabdominal coordination, and reduces oxygen desaturation during endurance exercise testing in COPD patients [PDF]

open access: yes, 2015
Background: Few data are available about the effects of respiratory muscle training with normocapnic hyperpnea (NH) in COPD. The aim is to evaluate the effects of 4 weeks of NH (Spirotiger®) on ventilatory pattern, exercise capacity, and quality of life (
Bassal, F   +4 more
core   +2 more sources

Diffuse pulmonary hemosiderosis after exposure to pesticides - A case report [PDF]

open access: yes, 1998
This report describes the clinical, radiological, microscopical and ligandohistochemical findings in a 17-year-old woman who suffered from an acute onset of pulmonary hemosiderosis after inhalation of pesticides used for the cultivation of strawberries ...
Altiner, Mithat   +5 more
core   +1 more source

Nintedanib for systemic sclerosis–associated interstitial lung disease [PDF]

open access: yes, 2019
BackgroundInterstitial lung disease (ILD) is a common manifestation of systemic sclerosis and a leading cause of systemic sclerosis-related death. Nintedanib, a tyrosine kinase inhibitor, has been shown to have antifibrotic and antiinflammatory effects ...
Alves, Margarida   +16 more
core   +3 more sources

Exercise-induced bronchoconstriction in university field hockey athletes: Prevalence, sex differences, and associations with dyspnea symptoms

open access: yesFrontiers 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   +4 more
doaj   +1 more source

Amiodarone-Induced Pulmonary Toxicity - A Frequently Missed Complication. [PDF]

open access: yes, 2016
IntroductionAmiodarone is often used in the suppression of tachyarrhythmias. One of the more serious adverse effects includes amiodarone pulmonary toxicity (APT).
Dang, Natasha   +4 more
core   +2 more sources

Predictors of fatigue severity in early systemic sclerosis: a prospective longitudinal study of the GENISOS cohort. [PDF]

open access: yes, 2011
ObjectivesLongitudinal studies examining the baseline predictors of fatigue in SSc have not been reported. Our objectives were to examine the course of fatigue severity over time and to identify baseline clinical, demographic, and psychosocial predictors
Assassi, Shervin   +10 more
core   +12 more sources

Comparison of Predictive Properties between Tools of Patient-Reported Outcomes: Risk Prediction for Three Future Events in Subjects with COPD

open access: yesDiagnostics, 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   +5 more
doaj   +1 more source

Quality of life and symptom intensity over time in people with cancer receiving palliative care : results from the international European Palliative Care Cancer Symptom study [PDF]

open access: yes, 2019
Background People with advanced cancer experience multiple symptoms during their illness trajectory, which can fluctuate in intensity. Aim To describe the course of self-reported quality of life, emotional functioning, physical functioning and symptom ...
Deliens, Luc   +5 more
core   +2 more sources

Connective tissue disease related interstitial lung diseases and idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis: provisional core sets of domains and instruments for use in clinical trials [PDF]

open access: yes, 2013
Rationale Clinical trial design in interstitial lung diseases (ILDs) has been hampered by lack of consensus on appropriate outcome measures for reliably assessing treatment response.
Antoniou, K   +40 more
core   +1 more source

Flow-volume curve analysis for predicting recurrence after endoscopic dilation of airway stenosis [PDF]

open access: yes, 2019
The flow-volume curve is a simple test for diagnosing upper airway obstruction. We evaluated its use to predict recurrence in patients undergoing endoscopic dilation for treatment of benign upper airway ...
Andreetti, Claudio   +11 more
core   +1 more source

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