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Evaluation of pulmonary functions in pediatric patients with beta-thalassemia major

Al-Azhar Assiut Medical Journal, 2019
Background Thalassemia is a challenging health problem all over the world, especially in Mediterranean areas. Its effect on pulmonary function has not been well studied.
Lotfy Abdelfattah Elsehaimy, Mokhles Abdel Fadil Zineldin, Wafaa Alsaed Khalil   +2 more
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The effect of athletics and football training characteristics on some respiratory parameters in female athletes

Turkish Journal of Kinesiology, 2023
The aim of this research is to examine the effect of training characteristics specific to athletics and football branches on some respiratory parameters in female athletes.
Fatih Bilici, Ömer Faruk Bilici, Sedat Okut, Muhammed Zahit Kahraman, Cengizhan Sarı   +4 more
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Lung function, inflammation, and endothelin-1 in congenital heart disease-associated pulmonary arterial hypertension [PDF]

, 2018
Background-—Breathlessness is the most common symptom in people with pulmonary arterial hypertension and congenital heart disease (CHD-APAH), previously thought to be caused by worsening PAH, but perhaps also by inflammation and abnormalities of lung ...
Bell, N, George, S, Howard, L, Low, A, Millar, A, Tulloh, RMR   +5 more
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Prognostic Role of Pulmonary Function in Patients With Heart Failure With Reduced Ejection Fraction

Journal of the American Heart Association: Cardiovascular and Cerebrovascular Disease, 2022
Background Both ventilatory abnormalities and pulmonary hypertension (PH) are frequently observed in patients with heart failure with reduced ejection fraction.
Hao‐Chih Chang, Wei‐Ming Huang, Wen‐Chung Yu, Hao‐Min Cheng, Chao‐Yu Guo, Chern‐En Chiang, Chen‐Huan Chen, Shih‐Hsien Sung   +7 more
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Prediction of Spirometric Indices Using Forced Oscillometric Indices in Patients with Asthma, COPD, and Interstitial Lung Disease

International Journal of COPD, 2020
Seigo Miyoshi,1 Hitoshi Katayama,1 Minoru Matsubara,2 Takahide Kato,1 Naohiko Hamaguchi,1 Osamu Yamaguchi1 1Department of Cardiology, Pulmonology, Hypertension and Nephrology, Ehime University Graduate School of Medicine, Toon, Ehime 791-0295, Japan ...
Miyoshi S, Katayama H, Matsubara M, Kato T, Hamaguchi N, Yamaguchi O   +5 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, Blanc, Paul D, Bos, Bruce, Elicker, Brett, Geerts, Jeroen, Gold, Warren M, Keene, Jason, Stiner, Rachel K, van Koeverden, Ian, Zeng, Siyang   +9 more
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Abdominal functional electrical stimulation to improve respiratory function after spinal cord injury: a systematic review and meta-analysis [PDF]

, 2016
Objectives: Abdominal functional electrical stimulation (abdominal FES) is the application of a train of electrical pulses to the abdominal muscles, causing them to contract. Abdominal FES has been used as a neuroprosthesis to acutely augment respiratory
A J McLachlan, A Zupan, AB Jackson, AJ McLachlan, AM Spungen, BB Lee, CB Begg, DD Cardenas, E J McCaughey, E Spivak, EH Na, EJ McCaughey, EJ McCaughey, F Kandare, GV Glass, H Gollee, H Gollee, HL Gerrits, J Sorli, JAC Sterne, JE Butler, JH Jung, JP Higgins, JP Higgins, JR Bach, JR Bach, JR Ledsome, K Ito, KH Lin, KT Ragnarsson, LR Sheffler, M Egger, M Estenne, MH Bluechardt, PT Cheng, R DerSimonian, R J Borotkanics, R J Folz, RA McBain, RA McBain, RA McBain, RJ Harris, RJ Jaeger, RK Shields, S Dudley-Javoroski, S Vaynman, SC Kirshblum, SH Linder, SK Chhabra, U Stanic, WE Langbein   +50 more
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Aldehyde dehydrogenase 2-a potential genetic risk factor for lung function among southern Chinese: Evidence from the Guangzhou Biobank Cohort Study [PDF]

, 2014
Purpose: In Asia, moderate alcohol users have better lung function. Never users have more inactive aldehyde dehydrogenase 2 (ALDH2) alleles (A) potentially generating confounding because inactive alleles may increase acetaldehyde exposure and reduce lung
Adab, P, Au Yeung, SLR, Cheng, KK, Jiang, C, Lam, HKB, Lam, TH, Leung, GM, Liu, B, Schooling, CM, Zhang, W   +9 more
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Re‐Awakening Public Attention to the Silent Pandemic of Cancer Among Older Adults in Low‐ and Middle‐Income Countries

Aging and Cancer, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT As global populations age, cancer is increasingly becoming a leading cause of morbidity and mortality among older adults, particularly in low‐ and middle‐income countries (LMICs). Despite accounting for the majority of new cancer cases and deaths, older individuals remain underrepresented in cancer research, clinical guidelines, and health ...
Ibrahim Bidemi Abdullateef, Sunkanmi Folorunsho, Abdulazeez Opeyemi Abdulganiyu   +2 more
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Real-World Clinical Efficacy of Antifibrotic Agents for Idiopathic Pulmonary Fibrosis: A Single-Center Retrospective Study in Japan

Drugs - Real World Outcomes, 2023
Background The antifibrotic drugs, nintedanib and pirfenidone, inhibit the decline in forced vital capacity in patients with idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis (IPF).
Kotaro Iwasaki, Hiroki Wakabayashi, Atsuhito Saiki, Hajime Ueshiba, Yu Murakami, Yasuo Matsuzawa   +5 more
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