UTILITY OF SPIROMETRY IN ASSESSMENT OF UPPER AIRWAY OBSTRUCTIONS: THE NEGLECTED PARAMETERS
Khyber Medical University Journal, 2023 Upper airway obstructions represent a huge burden to the health care system due to its high morbidity and cost to the economic systems. Therefore, it is important to understand the physiological parameters used in diagnosis and prognosis of these ...
Thamir Al-khlaiwi, Syed Shahid Habib
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What predicts change in pulmonary function and quality of life in asthma or COPD ? [PDF]
, 2006 Information about predictors of decline in pulmonary function (forced expiratory volume in 1 second ...
A. E. Hesselink +23 more
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Effect of a Single Simulated 500 m Saturation Dive on Lung Function
Frontiers in Physiology, 2022 Background: Whether deep saturation diving causes injury to lung function remains controversial and the mechanism is unclear. The present study aimed to evaluate the effects of a 500 m simulated single saturation dive on lung function.Methods: A ...
Ningfang Lian +8 more
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Prediction of disease progression, treatment response and dropout in chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD). [PDF]
, 2014 Drug development in chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) has been characterised by unacceptably high failure rates. In addition to the poor sensitivity in forced expiratory volume in one second (FEV1), numerous causes are known to contribute to ...
Danhof, M +6 more
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Altered Lung Function Test in Asymptomatic Women Using Biomass Fuel for Cooking [PDF]
Journal of Clinical and Diagnostic Research, 2014 Background: One third of the world’s population use biomass fuel like wood, dung or charcoal for cooking. The smoke from these organic materials increases the incidence of respiratory illness including chronic obstructive pulmonary disease and lung ...
JENETH BERLIN RAJ.T
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Pregnant women with bronchial asthma benefit from progressive muscle relaxation: A randomized, prospective, controlled trial [PDF]
, 2006 Background: Asthma is a serious medical problem in pregnancy and is often associated with stress, anger and poor quality of life. The aim of this study was to determine the efficacy of progressive muscle relaxation (PMR) on change in blood pressure, lung
Affleck G +51 more
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Role of periostin in Iraqi asthmatic patients
Medical Journal of Babylon, 2019 Background: Asthma is a heterogeneous disease, usually characterized by chronic airway inflammation. The understanding of the pathogenesis of the disease is essential to improve the plan of management.
Ameera Jasim Al-Aaraji +2 more
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Lung volumes identify an at-risk group in persons with prolonged secondhand tobacco smoke exposure but without overt airflow obstruction. [PDF]
, 2018 IntroductionExposure to secondhand smoke (SHS) is associated with occult obstructive lung disease as evident by abnormal airflow indices representing small airway disease despite having preserved spirometry (normal forced expiratory volume in 1 s-to ...
Arjomandi, Mehrdad +9 more
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Flow-volume curve analysis for predicting recurrence after endoscopic dilation of airway stenosis [PDF]
, 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
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Comparison of Pulmonary Functions in Residents Living Around 5 km Radius of Oil Refinery: Duration of Exposure [PDF]
Journal of Krishna Institute of Medical Sciences University, 2020 Background: Petroleum refineries are large industrial installations that are responsible for the emission of several pollutants into the atmosphere, exposed to these pollutants formed from crude oil has shown some effects on pulmonary functions.
Satyanath Reddy +2 more
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