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Association between Lung Function and New-Onset Diabetes Mellitus in Healthy Individuals after a 6-Year Follow-up [PDF]
Endocrinology and Metabolism, 2021 Background We analyzed hemoglobin A1c (HbA1c) levels and various lung function test results in healthy individuals after a 6-year follow-up period to explore the influence of lung function changes on glycemic control.
Hwa Young Lee +6 more
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Elevated liver function tests in COVID-19
The Nurse Practitioner, 2020 COVID-19 causes severe respiratory and multiorgan failure, including liver damage and elevated transaminase levels. This article addresses the potential causes of liver function abnormalities in patients diagnosed with COVID-19 and management approaches ...
Ricketta Clark, B. Waters, A. Stanfill
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Sport-specific influences on respiratory patterns in elite athletes [PDF]
Jornal Brasileiro de Pneumologia, 2015 OBJECTIVE: To examine differences in lung function among sports that are of a similar nature and to determine which anthropometric/demographic characteristics correlate with lung volumes and flows.
Tijana Durmic +7 more
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Intensity of COPD symptoms in comparison with spirometry parameters
Journal of Education, Health and Sport, 2019 Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) is one of the most common illnesses which occurs globally. In 2018 it was the third cause of death. Growing incidence of COPD in Poland causes crucial social, economic and individual consequences.
Bożena Zboina +4 more
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Multidisciplinary Respiratory Medicine, 2019 IntroductionConnective Tissue Diseases (CTDs) are systemic autoimmune conditions characterized by frequent lung involvement. This usually takes the form of Interstitial Lung Disease (ILD), but Obstructive Lung Disease (OLD) and Pulmonary Artery ...
N. Ciancio +8 more
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Normal spirometry prediction equations for the Iranian population
BMC Pulmonary Medicine, 2022 Background This study aimed to establish normative spirometric equations in a healthy population of Iranian children and adults, and compare these equations with those developed by the Caucasian Global Lung Initiative (GLI) for the first time.
Leyla Sahebi +4 more
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Respiratory function of children and adolescents with osteogenesis imperfecta: respiratory muscle strength, forced vital capacity, and peak expiratory flow [PDF]
Revista Paulista de Pediatria, 2023 Objective: This study aims to evaluate the respiratory function of children and adolescents with osteogenesis imperfecta (OI) followed up at a referral center.
Patricia de Abreu Farias Carvalho +4 more
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Acute and Chronic Respiratory Effects of Chromium Mists [PDF]
Journal of Health Sciences and Surveillance System, 2015 Background: Despite wide application of chromium in electroplating industry, the pulmonary effects of chronic exposure to this chemical have not been extensively studied and are subject of debate and controversy.
Masoud Neghab +4 more
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The role of integrated assessment of the indicators of external respiration function in cardiac surgical patients [PDF]
Терапевтический архив, 2017 This literature review dedicated to the importance of an integrated assessment of external respiratory function in cardiovascular diseases (CVDs), including an analysis of up-to-date techniques, such as spirometry, body plethysmography, examination of ...
O V Kamenskaja +6 more
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Components of respiratory function tests
Ain-Shams Journal of Anaesthesiology, 2014 The respiratory system is composed of the lungs, the conducting airways, the parts of the central nervous system concerned with the control of the muscles of respiration, and the chest wall [1]. The main functions of the respiratory system are to obtain oxygen from the external environment and supply it to the cells and to remove from the body the ...
Mai M Abdel-Aziz +1 more
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