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Pulmonary function tests in ulcerative colitis [PDF]

Journal of Research in Medical Sciences, 2014
Background: Pulmonary impairment in patients suffering ulcerative colitis (UC) has been suggested by several investigators using standard pulmonary function tests (PFTs).
Babak Amra, Ghazal Ataabadi, Mohamad Hassan Emami, Akbar Hassanzadeh, Mohammad Golshan, Forogh Soltaninejad   +5 more
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Pulmonary function testing [PDF]

Current Opinion in Anaesthesiology, 2012
To review the recent literature related to pulmonary function testing and how it relates to the preoperative evaluation.There is increased interest in the field of pulmonary arterial hypertension. It is important to determine the clinical implications of this disease and determine whether preoperative therapy is indeed effective.
Gregg L, Ruppel, Paul L, Enright
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Pulmonary function tests [PDF]

Rheumatology, 2008
Systemic sclerosis-associated interstitial lung disease (SSc-ILD) is the leading cause of morbidity and mortality in SSc patients. In autopsy studies, up to 70% of the SSc patients show histological evidence of lung involvement. In surgical lung biopsies from SSc-ILD patients, a pattern of non-specific interstitial pneumonia is present in a majority ...
J, Behr, D E, Furst
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ERS/ATS technical standard on interpretive strategies for routine lung function tests

European Respiratory Journal, 2021
Background Appropriate interpretation of pulmonary function tests (PFTs) involves the classification of observed values as within/outside the normal range based on a reference population of healthy individuals, integrating knowledge of physiological ...
S. Stanojevic, D. Kaminsky, Martin R. Miller, B. Thompson, A. Aliverti, I. Barjaktarevic, B. Cooper, B. Culver, E. Derom, G. Hall, T. Hallstrand, J. Leuppi, N. MacIntyre, M. McCormack, M. Rosenfeld, E. Swenson   +15 more
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Performance Characteristics of Pulmonary Function Tests for the Detection of Interstitial Lung Disease in Adults With Early Diffuse Cutaneous Systemic Sclerosis

Arthritis & Rheumatology, 2020
Interstitial lung disease (ILD) is the leading cause of death in patients with systemic sclerosis (SSc). Although pulmonary function tests (PFTs) are commonly used to screen for ILD in patients with SSc, studies have shown that they lack sensitivity for ...
E. Bernstein, S. Jaafar, S. Assassi, R. Domsic, T. Frech, J. Gordon, Rachel J Broderick, F. Hant, M. Hinchcliff, Ami A. Shah, V. Shanmugam, V. Steen, D. Khanna   +12 more
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Basic pulmonary function tests in pig farmers [PDF]

Srpski Arhiv za Celokupno Lekarstvo, 2004
INTRODUCTION Many epidemiological and clinical studies have demonstrated an increased risk for the symptoms of respiratory disorders consistent with chronic bronchitis and asthma and alterations of pulmonary function tests in pig farmers.
Đuričić Slaviša M., Minić Predrag 1, Radovanović Sanja, Babić Dragan D., Gavrilov Mihail   +4 more
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Reference values for lung function tests: I. Static volumes [PDF]

Brazilian Journal of Medical and Biological Research, 1999
Static lung volume (LV) measurements have a number of clinical and research applications; however, no previous studies have provided reference values for such tests using a healthy sample of the adult Brazilian population.
J.A. Neder, S. Andreoni, A. Castelo-Filho, L.E. Nery   +3 more
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Analysis of Respiratory System Functional Parameters at Different Time Points after COVID-19

Туберкулез и болезни лёгких, 2023
The objective: to define the type and evaluate the severity of respiratory functional disorders after COVID-19. \Subjects and Methods. A retrospective observational study was conducted.
O. I. Savushkina, E. S. Muravieva, S. N. Avdeev, I. Ts. Kulagina, M. M. Malashenko, A. A. Zaytsev   +5 more
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Artificial intelligence outperforms pulmonologists in the interpretation of pulmonary function tests

European Respiratory Journal, 2019
The interpretation of pulmonary function tests (PFTs) to diagnose respiratory diseases is built on expert opinion that relies on the recognition of patterns and the clinical context for detection of specific diseases.
M. Topalovic, N. Das, P. Burgel, Marc Daenen, E. Derom, Christel Haenebalcke, R. Janssen, H. Kerstjens, G. Liistro, R. Louis, V. Ninane, C. Pison, M. Schlesser, P. Vercauter, C. Vogelmeier, E. Wouters, J. Wynants, W. Janssens   +17 more
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Pulmonary Function Testing in Office Practice [PDF]

, 1999
With the wide availability of simple to operate pulmonary function equipment, these tests can now be performed in the office or clinic setting. The use of pulmonary function tests in the assessment of patients with pulmonary diseases has thus expanded.
Swaminathan, S
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