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Association of inflammatory cytokines with obesity and pulmonary function testing. [PDF]

PLoS ONE, 2023
BackgroundThe World Health Organization (WHO) reported that the prevalence of obesity in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia (KSA) is 33.7% (women 39.5% and men 29.5%), respectively. The effects of obesity on airway inflammation and respiratory mechanics as well
Noor Al Khathlan
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Pulmonary Function Testing Pre–heart Transplant Predicts Posttransplant Survival [PDF]

Transplantation Direct, 2021
Introduction. Although pulmonary function testing (PFT) is typically performed for heart transplant evaluation, the prognostic utility of PFTs after transplantation is unknown.
Scott W. Lundgren, DO, Brian D. Lowes, MD, PhD, Elizabeth Lyden, MS, Ronald Zolty, MD, PhD, Adam Burdorf, DO, MS, Marshall Hyden, MD, John Um, MD, Douglas A. Stoller, MD, PhD   +7 more
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ARTP statement on pulmonary function testing 2020 [PDF]

BMJ Open Respiratory Research, 2020
The Association for Respiratory Technology & Physiology (ARTP) last produced a statement on the performance of lung function testing in 1994. At that time the focus was on a practical statement for people working in lung function laboratories.
Laurie Smith, Martin Miller, Karl Peter Sylvester, Nigel Clayton, Ian Cliff, Michael Hepple, Adrian Kendrick, Jane Kirkby, Alan Moore, Liam O'Reilly, Joanna Shakespeare, Trefor Watts, Martyn Bucknall, Keith Butterfield   +13 more
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Cardiopulmonary exercise testing and pulmonary function testing for predicting the severity of CTEPH [PDF]

BMC Pulmonary Medicine, 2021
Background Cardiopulmonary exercise testing (CPET) and pulmonary function testing (PFT) are noninvasive methods to evaluate the respiratory and circulatory systems. This research aims to evaluate and monitor chronic thromboembolic pulmonary hypertension (
Hanqing Zhu, Xingxing Sun, Yuan Cao, Bigyan Pudasaini, Wenlan Yang, Jinming Liu, Jian Guo   +6 more
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Pulmonary function testing in children's interstitial lung disease [PDF]

European Respiratory Review, 2020
The use of pulmonary function tests (PFTs) has been widely described in airway diseases like asthma and cystic fibrosis, but for children's interstitial lung disease (chILD), which encompasses a broad spectrum of pathologies, the usefulness of PFTs is ...
Astrid Madsen Ring, Julia Carlens, Andy Bush, Silvia Castillo-Corullón, Salvatore Fasola, Mirella Piera Gaboli, Matthias Griese, Vaclav Koucky, Stefania La Grutta, Enrico Lombardi, Marijke Proesmans, Nicolaus Schwerk, Deborah Snijders, Kim Gjerum Nielsen, Frederik Buchvald   +14 more
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Pulmonary function testing in preoperative high-risk patients [PDF]

Perioperative Medicine
Background Postoperative respiratory failure is the most frequent complication in postsurgical patients. The purpose of this study is to assess whether pulmonary function testing in high-risk patients during preoperative assessment detects previously ...
Christine Eimer, Natalia Urbaniak, Astrid Dempfle, Tobias Becher, Dirk Schädler, Norbert Weiler, Inéz Frerichs   +6 more
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A Bibliometric Analysis of Pulmonary Function Testing in Differentiating Asthma From COPD: Trends, Impact, and Emerging Research Areas [PDF]

Journal of Multidisciplinary Healthcare
Noor Al Khathlan,1 Lama Omar Badghish,1 Hanin Hamed Alrehaili,2 Khalid Hamoud Olayan Al Luhaybi,2 Moayed Abdullah Alnakhli,3 Abdulhadi Jameel Alotaibi4 1Department of Respiratory Care, College of Applied Medical Sciences, Imam Abdulrahman Bin Faisal ...
Al Khathlan N, Badghish LO, Alrehaili HH, Al Luhaybi KHO, Alnakhli MA, Alotaibi AJ   +5 more
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Nationwide Assessment of Pulmonary Function Testing Practices and Safety Compliance During the COVID-19 Pandemic [PDF]

Thoracic Research and Practice
OBJECTIVE: Coronavirus disease-2019 (COVID-19) presented considerable challenges to health services, particularly for a routine assessment method, the pulmonary function tests (PFTs), which can generate aerosols and require sharing common surfaces ...
Aslı Görek Dilektaşlı, Şermin Börekçi, Öznur Akkoca Yıldız, Bilun Gemicioğlu, Cüneyt Saltürk, Sevgi Behiye Saryal, Gaye Ulubay   +6 more
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Pretreatment pulmonary function testing has limited utility in B-cell lymphoma treated with CD19 CAR T cells. [PDF]

Blood Adv
Sdayoor I, Shouval R, Fried S, Marcus R, Danylesko I, Yerushalmi R, Shem-Tov N, Itzhaki O, Jacoby E, Kedmi M, Nagler A, Shimoni A, Segel MJ, Avigdor A.   +13 more
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ARTP statement on pulmonary function testing [PDF]

BMJ Open Respiratory Research, 2020
James H Hull, Brendan G Cooper, Julie K Lloyd   +2 more
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