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The biochemical characterisation of respiratory mucus & mucins in normal, asthma & COPD [PDF]

, 2009
Includes abstract.Includes bibliographical references (leaves 78-87).Airway mucus hyper-secretion is the main cause of mortality and morbidity in respiratory diseases such as asthma and chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) and is the leading ...
Trimmel, Astrid Joan
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COVID-19, Mucus Plug, and Immediate Postpartum: A Concerning Triad

Journal of Scientific Innovation in Medicine, 2021
Introduction: Infections with the severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) can range from asymptomatic, to severe and critical COVID-19. Moreover, it can involve any organ system, thereby having various presentations.
Tamara Aviles, Stephanie Rodriguez, Oksana Pylypiv   +2 more
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The biochemical and molecular characterisation of respiratory mucins in TB [PDF]

, 2006
Includes bibliographical references (leaves 96-112).The role of the dominant respiratory mucins (MUC5AC and MUC5B) and MUC2 has been investigated in chronic airway diseases as it is the mucin glycoprotein that confers upon mucus its biological ...
Govender, Ureshnie
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Tracheobronchial aspergillosis presenting with black mucus plugs and tracheal ulcers

Clinical Case Reports, 2022
Tracheobronchial aspergillosis is a rare but lethal disease with characteristic findings of tracheal plaques and ulcers. It requires appropriate airway management for possible tracheal obstruction with the black mucus plug.
Yuka Mishima, Nobuyuki Nosaka, Keiji Oi, Yoshiaki Gu, Hirokuni Arai   +4 more
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Clinical periodontal diagnosis

Periodontology 2000, EarlyView., 2023
Abstract Periodontal diseases include pathological conditions elicited by the presence of bacterial biofilms leading to a host response. In the diagnostic process, clinical signs such as bleeding on probing, development of periodontal pockets and gingival recessions, furcation involvement and presence of radiographic bone loss should be assessed prior ...
Giovanni E. Salvi, Andrea Roccuzzo, Jean‐Claude Imber, Alexandra Stähli, Björn Klinge, Niklaus P. Lang   +5 more
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The isolation, purification, tissue localization and identification of a glycoprotein found in the crude mucus gel of patients with carcinoma of the stomach [PDF]

, 2008
Includes bibliographical references (leaves 101-138).The thin layer of crude mucus lining the human gastric mucosa protects the delicate gastric epithelium from the high shear forces associated with digestion. Gastric mucus is composed largely of water (>
Nthato, Chirwa
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Clinical and pathophysiological roles of lower lobe–dominant mucus plugs on computed tomography in patients with asthma with and without bronchiectasis

Journal of Allergy and Clinical Immunology: Global
Background: Despite the clinical relevance of mucus plugging, the role of spatial distribution of mucus plugs remains unclear in patients with asthma. Objective: We sought to examine whether greater lower lobe mucus plug dominance is associated with more
Naoya Tanabe, MD, PhD, Hisako Matsumoto, MD, PhD, Natsuko Nomura, MD, PhD, Yusuke Hayashi, MD, Ryo Sakamoto, MD, PhD, Mikio Toyoshima, MD, PhD, Osamu Matsuno, MD, PhD, Toshiyuki Kita, MD, PhD, Nobuyuki Hizawa, MD, PhD, Takuro Sakagami, MD, PhD, Koichi Fukunaga, MD, PhD, Mari Miki, MD, PhD, Naozumi Hashimoto, MD, PhD, Noboru Hattori, MD, PhD, Sumito Inoue, MD, PhD, Kazuto Matsunaga, MD, PhD, Kojiro Otsuka, MD, PhD, Takahiro Tsuburai, MD, PhD, Hiroaki Iijima, MD, PhD, Hiroyuki Nagase, MD, PhD, Morio Nakamura, MD, PhD, Tetsuji Kawamura, MD, Takashi Kijima, MD, PhD, Taisuke Tsuji, MD, Hironobu Sunadome, MD, PhD, Susumu Sato, MD, PhD, Atsuyasu Sato, MD, PhD, Toyohiro Hirai, MD, PhD   +27 more
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Acute hypoxaemia due to intraoperative lung collapse after repositioning the patient

Indian Journal of Anaesthesia, 2011
Desaturation after induction of anaesthesia and repositioning due to mucus plug causing atelectasis (lung collapse) is a rare event. We present a case of intraoperative right lung collapse due to mucus plug in a patient undergoing left laparoscopic ...
Bina P Butala, Veena R Shah, Guruprasad P Bhosale   +2 more
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The impact of domestic plug-in hybrid electric vehicles on power distribution system loads [PDF]

, 2010
The market for Plug-in Hybrid Electric Vehicle (PHEVs) is expected to grow significantly over the next few years and a number of new products are soon to come onto the market, such as the Toyota Prius plug-in version, .
Infield, David, Huang, Sikai
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Clinical characteristics and factors associated with mucus plugs under bronchoscopy in children hospitalized for acute asthma attack

Frontiers in Pediatrics
ObjectiveTo describe clinical characteristics of hospitalized children with acute asthma attacks complicated with mucus plugs and to investigate the factors associated with mucus plugs in asthma children.MethodsThis retrospective study analyzed ...
Peng Han, Anxia Jiao, Ju Yin, Huimin Zou, Yuliang Liu, Zheng Li, Quan Wang, Jie Wu, Kunling Shen, Kunling Shen   +9 more
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