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Lung function decline in COPD [PDF]

International Journal of COPD, 2012
Claudio Tantucci, Denise ModinaUnit of Respiratory Medicine, Department of Medical and Surgical Sciences, University of Brescia, Brescia, ItalyAbstract: The landmark study of Fletcher and Peto on the natural history of tobacco smoke-related chronic ...
Tantucci C, Modina D
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Cryptogenic Fibrosing Pleuritis

European Journal of Case Reports in Internal Medicine, 2021
We report the case of a 46-year-old male patient who was referred for chest pain and bilateral pleural effusion. Despite treatment with antibiotics and steroids, the pleural effusion worsened over a few months until pulmonary function was halved.
Alessandra Anna Manco, Veronica Alfieri, Letizia Gnetti, Marina Aiello, Giuseppina Bertorelli, Maria Majori, Alfredo Chetta   +6 more
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The COPD assessment test and the modified Medical Research Council scale are not equivalent when related to the maximal exercise capacity in COPD patients

Pulmonology, 2023
Introduction The management and treatment of Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD) are based on a cutoff point either of ≥ 10 on the COPD Assessment Test (CAT) or of ≥ 2 of the Medical Research Council (mMRC).
R. Pisi, M. Aiello, L. Calzetta, A. Frizzelli, P. Tzani, G. Bertorelli, A. Chetta   +6 more
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Early respiratory diagnosis: benefits of enhanced lung function assessment

BMJ Open Respiratory Research, 2021
Introduction The National Health Service for England Long Term Plan identifies respiratory disease as one of its priority workstreams. To assist with earlier and more accurate diagnosis of lung disease they recommend improvement in delivery of quality ...
Ravi Mahadeva, Karl P Sylvester, Luke Youngs, M A Rutter, Ross Beech   +4 more
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The Impact of Monoclonal Antibodies on Airway Smooth Muscle Contractility in Asthma: A Systematic Review

Biomedicines, 2021
Airway hyperresponsiveness (AHR) represents a central pathophysiological hallmark of asthma, with airway smooth muscle (ASM) being the effector tissue implicated in the onset of AHR.
Luigino Calzetta, Marina Aiello, Annalisa Frizzelli, Giuseppina Bertorelli, Beatrice Ludovica Ritondo, Paola Rogliani, Alfredo Chetta   +6 more
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Machine learning for prediction of asthma exacerbations among asthmatic patients: a systematic review and meta-analysis

BMC Pulmonary Medicine, 2023
Background Asthma exacerbations reduce the patient’s quality of life and are also responsible for significant disease burdens and economic costs.
Shiqiu Xiong, Wei Chen, Xinyu Jia, Yang Jia, Chuanhe Liu   +4 more
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Lung functional imaging

Breathe, 2023
Pulmonary functional imaging modalities such as computed tomography, magnetic resonance imaging and nuclear imaging can quantitatively assess regional lung functional parameters and their distributions. These include ventilation, perfusion, gas exchange at the microvascular level and biomechanical properties, among other variables.
Sam Bayat, Jim Wild, Tilo Winkler
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Lung Imaging with UTE MRI [PDF]

, 2023
Cross-sectional imaging of the lungs, or pulmonary imaging, has proven to be an incredibly valuable tool in a wide range of pulmonary diseases. The vast majority of lung imaging is done with CT, as it is fast enough to freeze respiratory motion and provides high spatial resolution to visualize fine structure of the lungs.
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Accuracy of positive airway pressure titration through telemonitoring of auto‐adjusting positive airway pressure device connected to a pulse oximetry in patients with obstructive sleep apnea

The Clinical Respiratory Journal, 2023
Purpose In COVID‐19 era, all forms of access of patients to the sleep units should be reduced as much as possible when implementing telemedicine.
Antonio Foresi, Tommaso Vitale, Rosaria Prestigiacomo, Piera Ranieri, Marcello Bosi   +4 more
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Quantification of lung function on CT images based on pulmonary radiomic filtering [PDF]

, 2021
Purpose: To develop a radiomics filtering technique for characterizing spatial-encoded regional pulmonary ventilation information on lung CT. Methods: The lung volume was segmented on 46 CT images, and a 3D sliding window kernel was implemented across the lung volume to capture the spatial-encoded image information.
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