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Image‐Derived Volumetry During Forced Expiration Using a 3D Fermat Looped, Orthogonally Encoded Trajectory

open access: yesMagnetic Resonance in Medicine, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Purpose To enable MRI‐based nongated 3D depiction of forced expiration with both high spatio‐temporal resolution and fidelity of lung dynamics. Methods An undersampled 3D Fermat looped, orthogonally encoded trajectory (FLORET) was optimized for nonsegmented dynamic acquisitions during forced expiration and a corresponding model‐based ...
Sebastian Scheidel   +6 more
wiley   +1 more source

Krebs von den Lungen-6 as a potent indicator of the frequency of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease exacerbation

open access: yesJournal of International Medical Research
Objective To evaluate the potential of systemic Krebs von den Lungen-6 level in predicting acute exacerbations of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease.
Jianhui Chen   +3 more
doaj   +1 more source

Correlating Pulmonary Hemodynamics With HP 129Xe Dissolved‐Phase MRSI in a Controlled Porcine Intervention Study

open access: yesMagnetic Resonance in Medicine, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Purpose Pulmonary hypertension is related to a 1‐year mortality ranging from < 5% to > 20% in low‐ and high‐risk groups. Right heart catheterization is the diagnostic gold standard, associated with a 1.1% rate of severe adverse events, posing the need for a non‐invasive diagnostic tool.
Markus Phillip Andersen   +7 more
wiley   +1 more source

At‐Home Versus in‐Clinic Vital Capacity Measurement: Insights From the HEALEY ALS Platform Trial

open access: yesMuscle &Nerve, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Introduction/Aims Respiratory weakness, typically monitored as vital capacity (VC), is a central feature of amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS). VC is increasingly measured remotely in participants' homes, although in‐clinic assessment remains the standard.
Eric A. Macklin   +269 more
wiley   +1 more source

On‐Time Meal Delivery Assisted by Drone Resupply

open access: yesNaval Research Logistics (NRL), EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Ensuring timely delivery is crucial with the increasing competition in online meal delivery services. This requires the industry to adopt new technologies and the corresponding operational models, including the use of drones. Concerning the desired features of meal delivery, such as safety and reliability, we propose an operational model that ...
Wenqian Liu, Lindong Liu, Xiangtong Qi
wiley   +1 more source

Survey to assess the economic stability and mental health of households with people receiving enteral and parenteral nutrition

open access: yesNutrition in Clinical Practice, EarlyView.
Abstract Background The landscape of nutrition support faces challenges, including rising costs, product shortages, reimbursement gaps, and infusion providers closing. This nationwide survey aimed to describe the perceptions and attitudes related to costs, therapy access, and mental health among households with at least one family member requiring ...
Gabriela Gardner   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

Small airways obstruction predicts cardiovascular disease incidence: a longitudinal study of UK Biobank

open access: yesERJ Open Research
Background Isolated small airways obstruction (SAO) is common, a precursor of COPD and associated with increased cardiovascular disease (CVD) mortality. Whether isolated SAO predicts CVD incidence is unknown. Methods Using longitudinal data on 139 568 UK
Sam Bartlett-Pestell   +6 more
doaj   +1 more source

Emphysema in an 11‐month‐old boy with alpha‐1 antitrypsin deficiency

open access: yesPediatric Investigation, EarlyView.
Pediatric development of emphysema in Alpha‐1 Antitrypsin Deficiency (A1ATD) has been rarely described. In this case report, we document an 11‐month boy with A1ATD phenotype PiZZ with basilar centrilobular emphysema, the earliest such documented case.
Irvin Yi   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

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