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The Clinical Significance of Exhaled Nitric Oxide in Asthma

Canadian Respiratory Journal, 2008
Asthma is an inflammatory disease of the airways, for which many therapeutic options are available. Guidelines for the management of asthma suggest a stepwise approach to pharmacotherapy based on assessment of asthma severity and control.
Sachin Pendharkar, Sanjay Mehta
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Prevalence of Respiratory Polyomaviruses Among Pediatric Patients With Respiratory Symptoms in Singapore

Frontiers in Pediatrics, 2018
Background: Although WU polyomavirus (WU) and KI polyomavirus (KI) have been demonstrated to infect the human respiratory tract, it remains unclear if WU or KI cause human disease.
Christophe Hansen-Estruch, Christophe Hansen-Estruch, Kristen K. Coleman, Koh C. Thoon, Jenny G. Low, Jenny G. Low, Benjamin D. Anderson, Gregory C. Gray, Gregory C. Gray   +8 more
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Malnutrition and Childhood Illness among 1–5-year-old Children in an Urban Slum in Faridabad: A Cross-Sectional Study

Journal of Epidemiology and Global Health, 2019
A community-based, cross-sectional study was conducted among 202 children aged 1–5 years residing in an urban slum to study the extent of malnutrition and its association with common childhood illness(es).
Pooja Goyal, Shveta Lukhmana, Shivam Dixit, Abhishek Singh   +3 more
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Respiratory illness: a complementary perspective [PDF]

Thorax, 1998
In the UK there were 13 million visits to practitioners of complementary and alternative medicine (CAM) in 1981, a third of the number of visits made to general practitioners.1 The use of CAM has grown substantially over the last 10 years; between 1986 and 1991 the proportion of Which readers using CAM increased by 70%,2 and a more recent Which survey ...
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An assessment of factors influencing the prescribing of antibiotics in Acute Respiratory Illness: A questionnaire study

South African Family Practice, 2003
Non-clinical factors are major determinants in the decision to prescribe medication. This study was prompted by the impression that Primary Care Physicians in South Africa are constantly under pressure to prescribe antibiotics.
D. Hoffman, J. Botha, I. Kleinschmidt
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With Bated Breath: diagnosis of respiratory illness [PDF]

Perspectives in Biology and Medicine, 2015
This essay recounts the author’s experience of diagnosis of a rare respiratory condition in order to invite a broader reflection on the nature of diagnosis. Diagnosis is a pivotal moment in one’s illness experience, and it can be viewed as both a closure of possibilities and an opening of new, unanticipated ones.
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Monitoring of the Respiratory Muscles in the Critically Ill

American Journal of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine, 2013
Abstract Evidence has accumulated that respiratory muscle dysfunction develops in critically ill patients and contributes to prolonged weaning from mechanical ventilation. Accordingly, it seems highly appropriate to monitor the respiratory muscles in these patients.
Doorduin, J., van Hees, H.W.H., van der Hoeven, J.G., Heunks, L.M.A., Heunks, L.M.A.   +4 more
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Mathematical model of the human respiratory system in chronic obstructive pulmonary disease

Healthcare Technology Letters, 2020
Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) is a respiratory illness with high rates of morbidity and mortality. The human respiratory system undergoes many chronic changes and adaptations under this disease conditions.
Fleur T. Tehrani
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End-to-End AI-Based Point-of-Care Diagnosis System for Classifying Respiratory Illnesses and Early Detection of COVID-19: A Theoretical Framework

Frontiers in Medicine, 2021
Respiratory symptoms can be caused by different underlying conditions, and are often caused by viral infections, such as Influenza-like illnesses or other emerging viruses like the Coronavirus.
Abdelkader Nasreddine Belkacem, Sofia Ouhbi, Abderrahmane Lakas, Elhadj Benkhelifa, Chao Chen   +4 more
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Development and validation of a machine learning model to predict early recurrence after surgery in NSCLC patients

Scientific Reports
To develop and validate a machine learning (ML) model for predicting early recurrence (ER) within two years post-surgery in non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC) patients.
Guo-Yong Lin, Run-Nan Chen, Shun Wu, Zhi-Sen Gao, Xiang-Qiong Guo, Xiao-Hong Zheng, Shu-Zhen Chen   +6 more
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