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Spirometry in fuel station attendants : a comparative study [PDF]

, 2015
Exposure to volatile fuel compounds and roadway motor vehicle exhaust leads to increased risk of chronic lung disease and carcinogenesis. Tobacco smoking further accelerates this process. Spirometry is an objective way of assessing lung function. The aim
Borg, Manwel, Vella, Jacob
core  

The Feasibility and Validity of Home Spirometry for People with Cystic Fibrosis: Is It Comparable to Spirometry in the Clinic?

Children
Background/Objectives: Home spirometry allows people with cystic fibrosis (CF) to monitor their lung function from home. However, there are concerns about its feasibility and validity compared to traditional clinic spirometry.
Athina Sopiadou, Maria Gioulvanidou, Christos Kogias, Elissavet-Anna Chrysochoou, Ioustini Kalaitzopoulou, Elpis Hatziagorou   +5 more
doaj   +1 more source

Extraction of reliable information from time-domain pressure and flow signals measured by means of forced oscillation techniques [PDF]

, 2014
This paper aims to give a proof-of-concept for the possible application of the forced oscillation lung function test to assess the viscoelastic properties of the airways and tissue.
Baleanu, Dumitru, Ionescu, Clara-Mihaela, Nigmatullin, Raoul R, Osokin, Serghei I   +3 more
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Dystrophin isoform deficiency and upper‐limb and respiratory function in Duchenne muscular dystrophy

Developmental Medicine &Child Neurology, EarlyView.
Mary Chesshyre, Deborah Ridout, Georgia Stimpson, Valeria Ricotti, Silvana De Lucia, Erik H Niks, Volker Straub, Laurent Servais, Jean‐Yves Hogrel, Giovanni Baranello, Adnan Manzur, UK NorthStar Clinical Network and Francesco Muntoni* on behalf of the iMDEX network.
Mary Chesshyre, Deborah Ridout, Georgia Stimpson, Valeria Ricotti, Silvana De Lucia, Erik H. Niks, Volker Straub, Laurent Servais, Jean‐Yves Hogrel, Giovanni Baranello, Adnan Manzur, UK NorthStar Clinical Network, Francesco Muntoni, on behalf of the iMDEX Network, Joana Domingos, Victoria Selby, Amy Wolfe, Lianne Abbott, Efthymia Panagiotopoulou, Mario Iodice, Maria Ash, Imelda de Groot, Merel Jansen, Maaike Pelsma, Marian Bobbert, Menno Van Der Holst, Yvonne D. Krom, Marjolein J. van Heur‐Neuman, Thomas Voit, Valérie Decostre, Stéphanie Gilabert, Michela Guglieri, Alexander Murphy, Anna Mayhew, Mariacristina Scoto, Anna Sarkozy, Pinki Munot, Stephanie Robb, Elaine Chan, V Robinson, W Girshab, V Crook, E Milev, L Abbott, A Wolfe, E O’Reilly, J Watts‐When, N Burnett, R Thomas, R Terespolsky, O Martinaeu, J Longatto, C Bettolo, M Guglieri, J Diaz‐Manera, G Tasca, M Elseed, R Muni‐Lofra, M James, D Moat, J Sodhi, K Wong, E Robinson, E Groves, R Rabb, H McMurchie, H Chase, Tracey Willis, C Rylance, N Birchall, E Wright, A Childs, K Pysden, C Martos, D Roberts, L. Pallant, S Walker, A Henderson, R Madhu, R Karuvattil, Y Balla, S Gregson, S Clark, E Wraige, H Jungbluth, V Gowda, M Vanegas, J. Sheehan, A Schofield, C Smith, I Hughes, E Whitehouse, S Warner, E Reading, N Emery, J Moustoukas, K Strachan, M Ong, M Atherton, N Mills, S Sanchez Marco, A Saxena, K Skone, J TeWaterNaude, H Davis, C Wood, A Majumdar, A Murugan, I Guarino, R Tomlinson, H Jarvis, L Wills, C Frimpong, J Watson, G Cobb, G Robertson, P Brink, J Burslem, C Adams, J Wong, S Joseph, I Horrocks, J Dunne, M DiMarco, S Brown, S McKenzie, K Torne, R Mohamed, V Velmurugan, M Prasad, S Sedehizadeh, A Schugal, R Keetley, S Williamson, K Payne, E Dowling, P Fenty, C de Goede, A Parkes, K Baxter, M Illingworth, N Bhangu, S Geary, J Palmer, K Shill, S Tirupathi, A Shah, D O’Donogue, J McVeigh, J McFetridge, G Nicfhirleinn, H Beattie, T Leyland, K Stevenson, N Hussain, D Baskaran, Z Lambat, R Sullivan, L Locke, G Ambegaonkar, D Krishnakumar, J Taylor, J Moores, E Stephen, J Tewnion, S Ramdas, M Sa, A Skippen, M Khries, C Lilien, H Ramjattan, F Taylor, H English, K Stewart, F Flint, E Bartram, R Noble   +176 more
wiley   +1 more source

A Longitudinal Study of a Selected Pediatric Asthmatic Population with Normal and Abnormal Spirometry at Baseline: An Emphasis on Treatment Outcomes

Journal of Asthma and Allergy
Sornsiri Yimlamai, Kanokpan Ruangnapa, Wanaporn Anuntaseree, Kantara Saelim, Pharsai Prasertsan, Kantisa Sirianansopa Department of Pediatrics, Faculty of Medicine, Prince of Songkla University, Hat Yai, Songkhla, 90110, ThailandCorrespondence: Kanokpan ...
Yimlamai S, Ruangnapa K, Anuntaseree W, Saelim K, Prasertsan P, Sirianansopa K   +5 more
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Turning the tide on bronchiectasis in adult Aboriginal Australians: from neglect to action

Internal Medicine Journal, EarlyView.
Abstract Chronic respiratory disorders are highly prevalent among adult Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples, with emerging evidence suggesting that there is a significant burden of bronchiectasis contributing to overall higher morbidity and mortality.
Subash S. Heraganahally, Timothy Howarth, Sanjana Heraganahally, Dayna Duncan, Winnie Chen, Payi L. Ford, Lisa Sorger, Simone Barry, Lucy Burr   +8 more
wiley   +1 more source

Evaluating the extremely elderly at a pulmonary function clinic for the diagnosis of respiratory disease: frequency and technical quality of spirometry

Jornal Brasileiro de Pneumologia
Objective: To determine the frequency of spirometry in elderly people, by age group, at a pulmonary function clinic, to assess the quality of spirometry in the extremely elderly, and to determine whether chronological age influences the quality of ...
Saulo Maia d’Avila Melo, Larissa Alves de Oliveira, José Lucas Farias Wanderley, Rodrigo dos Anjos Rocha   +3 more
doaj   +1 more source

Quality Control of Spirometry Testing in the Registry for Patients With Severe α1-Antitrypsin Deficiency [PDF]

, 1997
James K. Stoller, Kevin McCarthy, A. Sonia Buist, Benjamin Burrows, Ronald G. Crystal, Robert J. Fallat, Mark Schluchter, Rebecca Zhang, Norman T. Soskel   +8 more
openalex   +1 more source

Indigenous bronchiectasis assessment scale – the ‘IBAS’: a proposed new tool to assess bronchiectasis severity in adult Indigenous Australians

Internal Medicine Journal, EarlyView.
Abstract Background There is a lack of a comprehensive bronchiectasis severity assessment tool specific for Indigenous people that corrects for normative references established for the non‐Indigenous population. Aims An innovative bronchiectasis assessment tool is developed for use in adult Indigenous patients – the Indigenous bronchiectasis assessment
Timothy Howarth, Lisa Sorger, Helmi Ben Saad, Payi L. Ford, Subash S. Heraganahally   +4 more
wiley   +1 more source

Feasibility and acceptability of remotely monitoring spirometry and pulse oximetry as part of interstitial lung disease clinical care: a single arm observational study

Respiratory Research
Background Remote monitoring of patient-recorded spirometry and pulse oximetry offers an alternative approach to traditional hospital-based monitoring of interstitial lung disease (ILD).
Sarah Barth, Colin Edwards, Gauri Saini, Yussef Haider, Nicholas Paul Williams, Will Storrar, Gisli Jenkins, Iain Stewart, Melissa Wickremasinghe   +8 more
doaj   +1 more source