Canadian Respiratory Journal, 2011 Pulmonary function tests in patients with idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis characteristically show a restrictive pattern including small lung volumes and increased expiratory flow rates resulting from a reduction in pulmonary compliance due to diffuse ...
Karen L Heathcote +3 more
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Comparison between irradiated lung volumes with two-dimensional and three-dimensional conformal radiotherapy techniques for locally advanced lung cancer [PDF]
, 2009 OBJETIVO: Comparar e quantificar os volumes pulmonares irradiados utilizando planejamentos bidimensional (2D) e tridimensional (3D) conformado na radioterapia de tumores de pulmão.
CARVALHO, Heloisa de Andrade +5 more
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Preliminary study on the assessment of visceral adipose tissue using dual-energy x-ray absorptiometry in chronic obstructive pulmonary disease [PDF]
, 2016 Background: Visceral adipose tissue (VAT) was shown to be increased in patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) compared to control subjects with comparable body mass index (BMI).
Emiel F. M. Wouters +7 more
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Scientific Reports, 2022 Patients with neuromuscular disease often suffer from weak and ineffective cough resulting in mucus retention and increased risk for chest infections. Different airway clearance techniques have been proposed, one of them being the insufflator/exsufflator
Carmen Casaulta +4 more
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Training Specificity of Inspiratory Muscle Training Methods: A Randomized Trial
Frontiers in Physiology, 2020 IntroductionInspiratory muscle training (IMT) protocols are typically performed using pressure threshold loading with inspirations initiated from residual volume (RV).
Marine Van Hollebeke +2 more
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Whole breast and regional nodal irradiation in prone versus supine position in left sided breast cancer [PDF]
, 2017 Background: Prone whole breast irradiation (WBI) leads to reduced heart and lung doses in breast cancer patients receiving adjuvant radiotherapy. In this feasibility trial, we investigated the prone position for whole breast + lymph node irradiation (WB +
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Very low tidal volume ventilation with associated hypercapnia--effects on lung injury in a model for acute respiratory distress syndrome. [PDF]
PLoS ONE, 2011 BACKGROUND: Ventilation using low tidal volumes with permission of hypercapnia is recommended to protect the lung in acute respiratory distress syndrome. However, the most lung protective tidal volume in association with hypercapnia is unknown.
Hans Fuchs +4 more
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Influence of respiratory motion management technique on radiation pneumonitis risk with robotic stereotactic body radiation therapy. [PDF]
, 2018 Purpose/objectivesFor lung stereotactic body radiation therapy (SBRT), real-time tumor tracking (RTT) allows for less radiation to normal lung compared to the internal target volume (ITV) method of respiratory motion management. To quantify the advantage
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Sensors, 2008 It is well known that the methods actually used to track thoraco-abdominal volume displacement have several limitations. This review evaluates the clinical usefulness of measuring chest wall kinematics by optoelectronic plethysmography [OEP].
Barbara Lanini +7 more
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Expired CO2 levels indicate degree of lung aeration at birth. [PDF]
PLoS ONE, 2013 As neonatal resuscitation critically depends upon lung aeration at birth, knowledge of the progression of this process is required to guide ongoing care.
Stuart B Hooper +10 more
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