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Smoking is associated with shortened airway cilia. [PDF]
PLoS ONE, 2009 BACKGROUND:Whereas cilia damage and reduced cilia beat frequency have been implicated as causative of reduced mucociliary clearance in smokers, theoretically mucociliary clearance could also be affected by cilia length.
Philip L Leopold +5 more
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Physiopathological rationale of using high-flow nasal therapy in the acute and chronic setting: A narrative review [PDF]
, 2019 Chronic lung disease and admissions due to acute respiratory failure (ARF) are becoming increasingly common. Consequently, there is a growing focus on optimizing respiratory support, particularly non-invasive respiratory support, to manage these ...
Cortegiani A. +2 more
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Inhaled Insulin: Intrapulmonary or Intranasal? [PDF]
, 2012 Initial attempts delivered the insulin hormone intramuscularly, intravenously, and eventually subcutaneously. Other routes of administration of the drug were explored.
Danish Ahmed +3 more
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Pulmonology, 2019 Introduction: Elastic tubing was recently investigated as an alternative to the conventional resistance training (RT) in chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD).
B.S.A. Silva +7 more
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The effects on mucociliary clearance of prednisone associated with bronchial section
Clinics, 2012 OBJECTIVE: Infections have been and remain the major cause of morbidity and mortality after lung transplantation. Because mucociliary clearance plays an important role in human defense mechanisms, the influence of drugs on the mucociliary epithelium of ...
Karina Andrighetti de Oliveira Braga +4 more
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In vivo therapeutic efficacy of frog skin-derived peptides against Pseudomonas aeruginosa-induced pulmonary infection [PDF]
, 2017 Pseudomonas aeruginosa is an opportunistic and frequently drug-resistant pulmonary pathogen especially in cystic fibrosis sufferers. Recently, the frog skin-derived antimicrobial peptide (AMP) Esc(1-21) and its diastereomer Esc(1-21)-1c were found to ...
Chen, Chen +2 more
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Туберкулез и болезни лёгких, 2019 The objective of the study: to compare the state of mucociliary clearance and bronchial ciliated epithelium in smokers and non-smokers suffering from chronic bronchitis.Subjects and methods. 80 chronic bronchitis patients with exacerbation were examined;
N. E. Chernekhovskaya +5 more
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Evaluation of the nasal mucociliary transport rate by rhinoscintigraphy before and after surgery in patients with deviated nasal septum [PDF]
, 2009 In this study, we have investigated the effect of nasal septal deviation (NSD) on nasal mucociliary activity and how does a septoplasty operation affecs the nasal mucociliary transport rate in the first and third months during the post-operative period ...
Cahit Polat, Zeki Dostbil
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ALLERGIC RHINITIS: STEROIDS, ANTIHISTAMINES AND MUCOCILIARY CLEARANCE
Journal of University Medical & Dental College, 2020 Introduction: Allergic rhinitis is very common disease. The efficacy of topical steroid/oral H-1 antihistamine or combined therapy in allergic rhinitis is controversial.
Salahuddin Ayubi
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Allergy & Rhinology, 2016 Objective To compare mucociliary clearance time and quality of life in patients who underwent sinus surgery using conventional and powered instruments, and in patients who were treated nonsurgically.
Samarendra Behera M.S., D.N.B. +3 more
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