The 6 minute walk in idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis: longitudinal changes and minimum important difference [PDF]
, 2010 The response characteristics of the 6 minute walk test (6MWT) in studies of idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis (IPF) are only poorly understood, and the change in walk distance that constitutes the minimum important difference (MID) over time is ...
Behr, Jürgen +6 more
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Percutaneous closure of PFO in patients with reduced oxygen saturation at rest and during exercise : short- and long-term results [PDF]
, 2020 Background. A patent foramen ovale (PFO) is a rare cause of hypoxemia and clinical symptoms of dyspnea. Due to a right-to-left shunt, desaturated blood enters the systemic circulation in a subset of patients resulting in dyspnea and a subsequent ...
De Cuyper, Celine +8 more
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Faal Paru Difusi [Lung Diffusion: A Review]
Jurnal Respirasi, 2018 Diffusion capacity is useful for measuring ability of pulmonary microcirculation to transfer oxygen and carbon dioxide from alveoli to capillaries. Physiological examination of diffusion is a continuation of physiological examination of ventilation ...
Alfian Nur Rosyid, Isnin Anang Marhana
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Al-Azhar Assiut Medical Journal, 2021 Background Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) is a common, preventable, and treatable disease characterized by persistent respiratory symptoms and airflow limitation that is due to airway and/or alveolar abnormalities, usually caused by ...
Hamdy M Abd-Allah +3 more
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Serum uric acid as a marker of microvascular damage in systemic sclerosis patients [PDF]
, 2016 Background: Microvascular damage of skin and internal organs is a hallmark of systemic sclerosis (SSc). Serum uric acid (UA) represents a marker of inflammation and endothelial dysfunction.
Amoroso, Antonio +9 more
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Frontiers in Medicine, 2022 Patients with idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis are screened for circulating autoantibodies as part of the initial interstitial lung disease workup. Management of seropositive idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis is currently considered no different than that of ...
Paraskevi Kirgou +8 more
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Pulmonary vasospasm in systemic sclerosis: noninvasive techniques for detection [PDF]
, 2014 In a subgroup of patients with systemic sclerosis (SSc), vasospasm affecting the pulmonary circulation may contribute to worsening respiratory symptoms, including dyspnea.
Giannarou, S +8 more
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European Respiratory Society International Congress best abstract preview from the allied respiratory professionals from assembly 9 [PDF]
, 2018 The 28th European Respiratory Society (ERS) International Congress [2018] in Paris features interesting research findings within the allied respiratory professional assembly (assembly 9).
Blonshine, Jason +3 more
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The inspiratory capacity/total lung capacity ratio as a predictor of survival in an emphysematous phenotype of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease. [PDF]
, 2015 BackgroundForced expiratory volume in 1 second (FEV1) grades severity of COPD and predicts survival. We hypothesize that the inspiratory capacity/total lung capacity (IC/TLC) ratio, a sensitive measure of static lung hyperinflation, may have a ...
Balfe, David +4 more
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HIV infection is an independent risk factor for decreased 6-minute walk test distance. [PDF]
, 2019 BackgroundAmbulatory function predicts morbidity and mortality and may be influenced by cardiopulmonary dysfunction. Persons living with HIV (PLWH) suffer from a high prevalence of cardiac and pulmonary comorbidities that may contribute to higher risk of
Chandra, Divay +11 more
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