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Routine spirometry in cystic fibrosis patients: impact on pulmonary exacerbation diagnosis and FEV1 decline [PDF]

Jornal Brasileiro de Pneumologia, 2022
Objective: Pulmonary disease in cystic fibrosis (CF) is characterised by recurrent episodes of pulmonary exacerbations (PExs), with acute and long-term declines in lung function (FEV1).
Carolina Silva Barboza de Aquino, Joaquim Carlos Rodrigues, Luiz Vicente Ribeiro Ferreira da Silva-Filho   +2 more
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Airway function at one year: association with premorbid airway function, wheezing, and maternal smoking [PDF]

, 2001
Background - Impaired growth and development of the respiratory system during fetal and early postnatal life may have important implications for lung development and later lung health.
Wade, AM, Wade, A. M., Fletcher, M. E., C Dezateux, Dezateux, C., Dundas, I, Fletcher, ME, Stocks, J., Dundas, I., Stocks, J, Fletcher, Margaret, Dezateux, C   +11 more
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New spirometry recommendations from the Brazilian Thoracic Association - 2024 update [PDF]

Jornal Brasileiro de Pneumologia
The latest pulmonary function guideline from the Brazilian Thoracic Association was published in 2002, since which there have been updates to international guidelines (mainly those from the European Respiratory Society and the American Thoracic Society),
André Luís Pereira de Albuquerque, Danilo C Berton, Eloara Vieira Machado Ferreira Álvares S Campos, Fernando José Pinho Queiroga-Júnior, Alfredo Nicodemos Cruz Santana, Bruno de Moraes Santos Wong, Diane Rezende Batista, Felipe Xavier de Melo, Fernando Moacyr Fragoso Didier-Neto, João Adriano de Barros, João Marcos Salge, José Alberto Neder, Juliane Penalva Costa Serra, Larissa Rego Voss, Marcelo Bicalho de Fuccio, Maria Raquel Soares, Mariana Lafeta Lima, Paulo Roberto Araújo Mendes, Roberto Rodrigues-Junior, Saulo Maia D’Avila Melo, Sílvia Carla Sousa Rodrigues, Thamine Lessa, Carlos Alberto de Castro Pereira, Helen Moreira Coutinho   +23 more
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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, Juyoung Shin, Hyunah Kim, Seung-Hwan Lee, Jae-Hyoung Cho, Sook Young Lee, Hun-Sung Kim   +6 more
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Parental smoking and children's respiratory health: independent effects of prenatal and postnatal exposure. [PDF]

, 2006
OBJECTIVES: Adverse effects have been reported of prenatal and/or postnatal passive exposure to smoking on children's health. Uncertainties remain about the relative importance of smoking at different periods in the child's life. We investigate this in a
Hruba, F., Zlotkowska, Renata, Privalova, L., Janssen, Nicole, Splichalova, A., Heinrich, Joachim, Pattenden, S., Splichalova, Anna, Rudnai, Peter, Neuberger, M., De Sario, Manuela, Heinrich, J., Nikiforov, B., Luttmann-Gibson, Heike, Neuberger, Manfred, Antova, Temenuga, Luttmann-Gibson, H., Privalova, Larissa, Pattenden, Sam, Nikiforov, Bojidar, Fletcher, T., Grize, Leticia, Antova, T., Hruba, Frantiska, de Sario, M., Janssen, N., Fletcher, Tony, Rudnai, P., Grize, L., Zlotkowska, R.   +29 more
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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, Biljana Lazovic, Marina Djelic, Jelena Suzic Lazic, Dejan Zikic, Vladimir Zugic, Milica Dekleva, Sanja Mazic   +7 more
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Dust Exposure and Chronic Respiratory Symptoms Among Coffee Curing Workers in Kilimanjaro: A Cross Sectional Study. [PDF]

, 2011
Coffee processing causes organic dust exposure which may lead to development of respiratory symptoms. Previous studies have mainly focused on workers involved in roasting coffee in importing countries.
Bråtveit, Magne, Sakwari, Gloria, Mamuya, Simon H D, Moen Bente E, Bente E Moen, Moen, Bente E, Sakwari Gloria, Mamuya Simon HD, Moen, Bente E., Simon HD Mamuya, Magne Bråtveit, Bråtveit Magne, Mamuya, Simon H. D., Gloria Sakwari   +13 more
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Predictive significance of the six-minute walk distance for long-term survival in chronic hypercapnic respiratory failure [PDF]

, 2007
Background: The 6-min walk distance ( 6-MWD) is a global marker of functional capacity and prognosis in chronic obstructive pulmonary disease ( COPD), but less explored in other chronic respiratory diseases.
Arzt, Michael, Pfeifer, Michael, Heidtkamp, Felix, Budweiser, Stephan, Schroll, Stephan, Schmidbauer, Kathrin, Heinemann, Frank, Hitzl, Andre P., Jörres, Rudolf A.   +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, Besharat Rahimi, Mamak Shariat, Seyyed Hosein Mousavy, Mohsen Hosseini   +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, Taiane Sousa Regis, Adriana Virgínia Barros Faiçal, Regina Terse-Ramos, Angelina Xavier Acosta   +4 more
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