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The Lupus Damage Index Revision Program: Results From the Item Generation and Reduction Phases

Arthritis Care &Research, EarlyView.
Objective A data‐driven and expert/patient consensus‐based project to develop a revised Systemic Lupus International Collaborating Clinics (SLICC)/American College of Rheumatology (ACR) Damage Index (SDI) is under way supported by SLICC, ACR, and the Lupus Foundation of America. Our objective is to report the item generation and reduction phase results
Burak Kundakci, Megan R. W. Barber, Ann E. Clarke, Sindhu R. Johnson, Anselm Mak, Hermine I. Brunner, Murat Inanc, Rosalind Ramsey‐Goldman, Guillermo Ruiz‐Irastorza, Ellen M. Ginzler, John G. Hanly, Alexandra Legge, Cynthia Aranow, Laurent Arnaud, Nathalie Costedoat‐Chalumeau, Dafna D. Gladman, Søren Jacobsen, Michelle Petri, Clovis A. Silva, Évelyne Vinet, Alexandre E. Voskuyl, SDI Revision Literature Review Groups, SDI Revision Delphi Panel, SDI Revision Item Reduction Committee, SDI Revision Clinical Domain Groups, Ian N. Bruce   +25 more
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Dysphagia and Dyspnea Caused by Large Anterior Cervical Osteophyte

Egyptian Spine Journal, 2019
Background Data: Unfortunately, large anterior cervical osteophytes are a forgotten cause of dysphagia and dyspnea. They can cause marked change in diet habits or interfere with patients’ daily activities and sleep without significant neck pain or ...
Ashraf S Zidan, MD., Amr Farid, MD., Ahmed El Sobky MD.   +2 more
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Beyond Visual Scoring: Computational Computed Tomography Analysis for High‐Resolution Computed Tomography–Based Quantification of Interstitial Lung Disease in Inflammatory Rheumatic Disease

Arthritis Care &Research, EarlyView.
Interstitial lung disease (ILD) is a significant cause of morbidity and mortality in patients with inflammatory rheumatic disorders (IRDs). High‐resolution computed tomography (HRCT) is widely considered the gold standard for the noninvasive assessment of ILD; however, its interpretation is constrained by substantial interobserver variability and the ...
Alexander Pfeil, Tobias Hoffmann, Ulf Teichgräber, Diane Renz, Denise Beckmann, Gunter Wolf, Nicole Schadewaldt, Bianca Lassen‐Schmidt   +7 more
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Health‐related quality of life following total minimally invasive, hybrid minimally invasive or open oesophagectomy: a population‐based cohort study

BJS (British Journal of Surgery), EarlyView., 2020
All patients operated for oesophageal cancer in Sweden from 2013 to April 2018 were identified, and 246 patients were recruited to this population‐based nationwide Swedish study. The results show that longitudinal health‐related quality of life after minimally invasive oesophagectomy was similar to that of the open surgical approach.
F. Klevebro, J. H. Kauppila, S. Markar, A. Johar, P. Lagergren   +4 more
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Cardiopulmonary exercise testing in the assessment of exertional dyspnea

Annals of Thoracic Medicine, 2015
Dyspnea on exertion is a commonly encountered problem in clinical practice. It is usually investigated by resting tests such as pulmonary function tests and echocardiogram, which may at times can be non-diagnostic. Cardiopulmonary exercise testing (CPET)
Debapriya Datta, Edward Normandin, Richard ZuWallack   +2 more
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Lonicera japonica‐Derived Nanovesicles Ameliorate Acute Lung Injury by Suppressing Neutrophil Extracellular Traps Formation in Mice

Advanced Healthcare Materials, EarlyView.
(A) Isolation and purification of LDNVs. (B) Establishment of the ALI model and LDNVs delivery. (C) Therapeutic mechanisms of LDNVs in treating ALI. This scheme figure was drawn by Figdraw, ID: IUIIO21222. ABSTRACT Acute lung injury (ALI) is a lethal respiratory disease.
Xi Lin, Jian Lin, Yezi Zhang, Xinyan Zhang, Xinghua Liu, Hongying Cao, Huan Shen, Jianming Liang, Zhenhua Dai, Siyuan Xu, Xingdong Lin   +10 more
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The Barthel index-dyspnea: a new two-dimensional dyspnea scale

International Journal of COPD, 2016
Ming-Lung Chuang1–3 1Division of Pulmonary Medicine, Department of Internal Medicine, 2Department of Critical Care Medicine, Chung Shan Medical University Hospital, 3School of Medicine, Chung Shan Medical University, Taichung, Taiwan, Republic ...
Chuang ML
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Case Report: Unmasking a sporadic pediatric tumor emergency: superior vena cava syndrome

Frontiers in Pediatrics
IntroductionSuperior Vena Cava Syndrome (SVCS) is a rare but serious oncologic emergency in pediatric patients, most commonly caused by mediastinal masses such as lymphomas or leukemias.
Gui-Liang Liu, Min Wang, Min Zhang, Yan Dai, Di-Wen Zhang   +4 more
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Reliability and validity of an arabic version of the dyspnea-12 questionnaire for Saudi nationals with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease

Annals of Thoracic Medicine, 2015
BACKGROUND: Dyspnea is a distressing symptom experienced by people with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD). The dyspnea-12 (D-12) questionnaire comprises of 12 items and assesses the quality of this symptom, its severity and the emotional ...
Mohammed M Alyami, Sue C Jenkins, Hani Lababidi, Kylie Hill   +3 more
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Engineering Approaches to Modify Immunomodulatory Functions of Mesenchymal Stromal Cells (MSCs): Tissue Regeneration and Clinical Application

Advanced Science, EarlyView.
Mesenchymal stromal cells (MSCs) show promise for treating immune‐related disorders through immunomodulation and tissue regeneration. This review gives a brief overview of current clinical approval of MSC therapies. It also discussed how bioengineering, including genetic modification, biomaterial delivery, extracellular vesicles, and iPSC‐derived MSCs,
Sichen Yang, Kejia Li, Ning Wang, Zhen Li, Zhiyong Zhang, Rocky S. Tuan, Yangzi Jiang   +6 more
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