Can HRCT be used as a marker of airway remodelling in children with difficult asthma? [PDF]
, 2006 BACKGROUND: Whole airway wall thickening on high resolution computed tomography (HRCT) is reported to parallel thickening of the bronchial epithelial reticular basement membrane (RBM) in adult asthmatics. A similar relationship in children with difficult
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Diffusion weighted imaging in cystic fibrosis disease: beyond morphological imaging [PDF]
, 2016 To explore the feasibility of diffusion-weighted imaging (DWI) to assess inflammatory lung changes in patients with Cystic Fibrosis (CF) METHODS: CF patients referred for their annual check-up had spirometry, chest-CT and MRI on the same day.
Andrinopoulou, Eleni Rosalina +8 more
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Incentive Spirometry: 2011 [PDF]
Respiratory Care, 2011 We searched the MEDLINE, CINAHL, and Cochrane Library databases for articles published between January 1995 and April 2011. The update of this clinical practice guideline is the result of reviewing a total of 54 clinical trials and systematic reviews on incentive spirometry.
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European Respiratory Society International Congress best abstract preview from the allied respiratory professionals from assembly 9 [PDF]
, 2018 The 28th European Respiratory Society (ERS) International Congress [2018] in Paris features interesting research findings within the allied respiratory professional assembly (assembly 9).
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Respiration rate and volume measurements using wearable strain sensors. [PDF]
, 2019 Current methods for continuous respiration monitoring such as respiratory inductive or optoelectronic plethysmography are limited to clinical or research settings; most wearable systems reported only measures respiration rate.
Bar-Yoseph, Ronen +9 more
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Diagnostic spirometry in COPD is increasing, a comparison of two Swedish cohorts
npj Primary Care Respiratory Medicine, 2023 Spirometry should be used to confirm a diagnosis of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD). This test is not always performed, leading to possible misdiagnosis.
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(Correcting) misdiagnoses of asthma: A cost effectiveness analysis [PDF]
, 2011 This is an Open Access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0), which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work ...
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BMC Pulmonary Medicine, 2012 Background Objective measurement of airflow obstruction by spirometry is an essential part of the diagnosis of asthma or COPD. During exacerbations, the feasibility and utility of spirometry to confirm the diagnosis of asthma or chronic obstructive ...
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Trajectory and mortality of preserved ratio impaired spirometry: the Rotterdam Study
European Respiratory Journal, 2019 Preserved ratio impaired spirometry (PRISm) is a heterogeneous condition but its course and disease progression remain to be elucidated. We aimed to examine its prevalence, trajectories and prognosis in the general population.
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Acute and Chronic Effects of Smoking on Inflammation Markers in Exhaled Breath Condensate in Current Smokers [PDF]
, 2010 Background: Long-term cigarette smoking is associated with pulmonary inflammation, but the acute effects of smoking have been less well studied. Analysis of the exhaled breath condensate (EBC) can provide noninvasive markers that might be indicative of ...
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