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Spirometry and Bronchodilator Test

Tuberculosis and Respiratory Diseases, 2017
Spirometry is a physiological test for assessing the functional aspect of the lungs using an objective indicator to measure the maximum amount of air that a patient can inhale and exhale. Acceptable spirometry testing needs to be conducted three times by an acceptable and reproducible method for determining forced vital capacity (FVC).
Yun Su Sim, Jae Hwa Cho, Jin Hwa Lee, Jong-Seo Yoon, Yeon-Mok Oh, Ji Hyun Lee, Won Yeon Lee, Jung Hyun Chang, Dong In Suh, Cheol Seok Kwon   +9 more
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Using a customizable L stent for laryngotracheal stenosis: Patterns of success and failure

World Journal of Otorhinolaryngology - Head and Neck Surgery, EarlyView.
Abstract Background A recent innovation in the management of tracheostomy‐dependent patients with laryngotracheal stenosis (LTS) has been the customizable laryngotracheal stent, made by dividing a T‐tube in half (“L stent”). These L stents can be placed into the subglottis as well as the posterior glottis to prevent rapid re‐stenosis following surgery,
Nicolas J. Casellas, Eytan Keidar, Mursalin M. Anis, David E. Rosow   +3 more
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Omalizumab reduces anaphylactic reactions and allows food introduction in food‐allergic in children with severe asthma: An observational study

Allergy, Volume 80, Issue 4, Page 1074-1085, April 2025.
In Europe, Omalizumab is indicated for the treatment of moderate to severe asthma, but not for IgE‐mediated food allergy. We assessed the impact of Omalizumab on efficacy, safety, and the quality of life (FA‐QoL) in patients with moderate to severe asthma and who have a history of anaphylaxis to peanut, tree nuts, fish, egg, milk, and/or wheat.
Stefania Arasi, Arianna Cafarotti, Francesca Galletta, Valentina Panetta, Carla Riccardi, Veronica Calandrelli, Vincenzo Fierro, Lamia Dahdah, Maria Cristina Artesani, Rocco Luigi Valluzzi, Valentina Pecora, Valeria Tallarico, Giulio Dinardo, Lucia Lo Scalzo, Alessandro Fiocchi   +14 more
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Withdrawal from treatment as an outcome in the Isolde study of COPD [PDF]

, 2003
Objectives: To investigate the determinants of patient withdrawal from our study, and the effect of these withdrawals on the outcome of treatment with inhaled corticosteroids in patients with COPD.
American Thoracic Society, Brazier, Burge, Chervinsky, Davies, Greening, Jarad, Jones, Jones, Jones, Jones, Lisa Willits, Meecham-Jones, Nelson, Niewoehner, Osman, P. Sherwood Burge, Paul W. Jones, Pauwels, Pauwels, Pauwels, Peter M.A. Calverley, Sally Spencer, Seemungal, Spencer, The Lung Health Study Research Group, Vestbo, Ware   +27 more
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Standardisation of spirometry [PDF]

European Respiratory Journal, 2005
Miller MR, Hankinson J, BRUSASCO, VITO, Burgos F, Casaburi R, Coates A, Crapo R, Enright P, van der Grinten CP, Gustafsson P, Jensen R, Johnson DC, MacIntyre N, McKay R, Navajas D, Pedersen OF, Pellegrino R, Viegi G, Wanger J, ATS/ERS Task Force   +19 more
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Point‐of‐Care Blood Eosinophils to Predict Preschool Wheeze Attacks

Allergy, Volume 80, Issue 4, Page 1038-1046, April 2025.
Absolute and % BEC at baseline are higher in children who had > 1 wheeze attack requiring unscheduled healthcare attendance in follow‐up period. Decision tree model shows children with BEC ≥ 4% and TRACK score < 75 are more likely to have a future attack.
Kushalinii Hillson, Sara Fontanella, Hernani Almeida, Barbara Pavlou, Katariina Lajunen, Samantha Irving, Ilaria Testa, Yvonne Bingham, Karina Mayoral Oritz, Shane Lacbay, Sophie Hay, Mindy Gore, Elizabeth Scotney, Emmanouil Paraskakis, Samatha Sonnappa, Louise Fleming, Andrew Bush, Sejal Saglani   +17 more
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Comparison of motorcycle taxi driver's respiratory health using an air quality standard for carbon monoxide in ambient air: a pilot survey in Benin. [PDF]

, 2018
IntroductionAmbient air quality standards are not designed to protect people occupationally exposed to outdoor air pollution on a routine basis. This study aimed to assess the effect of exceeding the US ambient air quality standard for carbon monoxide ...
Ale, Boni Maxime, Balmes, John, Fanou, Lucie Ayi, Fayomi, Benjamin, Hinson, Antoine Vikkey, Kpangon, Arsene Amadohoue, Lawin, Herve, Wanjiku, Jacqueline   +7 more
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MyAirCoach: The use of home-monitoring and mHealth systems to predict deterioration in asthma control and the occurrence of asthma exacerbations; Study protocol of an observational study [PDF]

, 2016
© Published by the BMJ Publishing Group Limited. Introduction Asthma is a variable lung condition whereby patients experience periods of controlled and uncontrolled asthma symptoms.
Bonini, Matteo, Chung, Kian Fan, Fowler, Stephen, Honkoop, Persijn J., Meah, Sally, Simpson, Andrew, Snoeck-Stroband, Jiska B., Sont, Jacob K., Usmani, Omar S.   +8 more
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Standardisation of spirometry.

South African medical journal = Suid-Afrikaanse tydskrif vir geneeskunde, 1991
The suggested technical specifications in this document apply to apparatus used by clipicians for the diagnosis of common respiratory diseases and are to be considered as the minimum acceptable standards. Specifications, features and practices which are desirable, but not obligatory, are also presented.
Stewart, R. I., Basson, E.
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Clinical Characteristics of Difficult‐To‐Treat Allergic Bronchopulmonary Aspergillosis and Its Prediction Score

Allergy, EarlyView.
A retrospective cohort of newly diagnosed treatment‐naive patients with ABPA in Japan who were followed up for up to 3 years after the primary diagnosis was analyzed to explore the clinical remission rate and clinical characteristics of ABPA resistant to standard treatment or prone to exacerbation during/after treatment.
Jun Tanaka, Tsuyoshi Oguma, Takashi Ishiguro, Hirokazu Taniguchi, Teruaki Nishiuma, Hiroki Tateno, Hisako Matsumoto, Naoki Koshimizu, Yutaka Ito, Kazuto Matsunaga, Hidekazu Matsushima, Yoshitaka Uchida, Koshi Yokomura, Hirotaka Yasuba, Junko Suzuki, Shigeaki Hattori, Naoki Okada, Katsuyoshi Tomomatsu, Koichiro Asano, on behalf of ABPM Research Program   +19 more
wiley   +1 more source