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Effect of montelukast on platelet activating factor- and tachykinin induced mucus secretion in the rat [PDF]

, 2008
Background: Platelet activating factor and tachykinins (substance P, neurokinin A, neurokinin B) are important mediators contributing to increased airway secretion in the context of different types of respiratory diseases including acute and chronic ...
David A Groneberg, Groneberg, David A., Wagner, Ulrich, Groneberg, Jan David Alexander, Groneberg David A, Staats Petra, Schmidt Rene, Ulrich Wagner, Schmidt, Rene, Petra Staats, Staats, Petra, Rene Schmidt, Wagner Ulrich   +12 more
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Can 6-minute walk test predict severity of obstructive sleep apnea syndrome?

Sleep Science and Practice, 2017
Background When considering the benefits of the 6-min walking test (6-MWT) in research fields and the need of treatment for moderate to severe obstructive sleep apnea (OSA) patients, research in this field is of great advantage and may have a significant
Parisa Adimi Naghan, Oldooz Aloosh, Hamze Ali Torang, Majid Malekmohammad   +3 more
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Effect of thyroidectomy in patients with tracheal compression

, 2021
OBJECTIVE: Various therapeutic methods are employed to reduce thyroid gland compression of the trachea. Differences in the amount of shrinkage in the thyroid gland, in the amount of amelioration of tracheal compression, and in the amount of fibrosis ...
TOPAL, KÜBRA, Koycegiz, Sinan, Atalay, Fatma, Kars, Ayhan, MUTLU, Vahit, Yesilyurt, Mustafa   +5 more
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Identification of Pulmonary Nodules by Sweeping the Surface of the Lung with an Electrical Bioimpedance Probe: A Feasibility Study

Journal of Investigative Surgery, 2019
Purpose: Identifying and localizing the invisible and nonpalpable pulmonary nodules are among the main challenges surgeons face during open and thoracoscopic surgeries.
Rasool Baghbani, Mohammad Hassan Moradi, Mohammad Behgam Shadmehr   +2 more
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Atropine does not prevent hypoxemia and bradycardia in tracheal intubation in the pediatric emergency department: observational study

Revista Paulista de Pediatria, 2023
Objective: The benefit of atropine in pediatric tracheal intubation is not well established. The objective of this study was to evaluate the effect of atropine on the incidence of hypoxemia and bradycardia during tracheal intubations in the pediatric ...
Vitor Emanoel de Lemos Carvalho, Thomaz Bittencourt Couto, Bruno Marcelo Herculano Moura, Cláudio Schvartsman, Amélia Gorete Reis   +4 more
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Identifying and Localizing of the In-depth Pulmonary Nodules Using Electrical Bio-Impedance

Journal of Investigative Surgery, 2019
Intraoperative localization of small and in-depth pulmonary nodules particularly during video-assisted thoracoscopic surgery (VATS), is one of the main challenges for Thoracic surgeons.
Rasool Baghbani, Mohammad Hassan Moradi, Mohammad Behgam Shadmehr   +2 more
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Experimental analysis and biaxial biomechanical behaviour of ex-vivo sheep trachea

Frontiers in Materials, 2023
Besides surgery, there are currently no other established methods for routine treatment of tracheal pathologies such a tracheal stenosis or tracheal and airway tumors.
Thanyani Pandelani, Thanyani Pandelani, Harry Ngwangwa, Fulufhelo Nemavhola   +3 more
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Effect of needle puncture and electro-acupuncture on mucociliary clearance in anesthetized quails

BMC Complementary and Alternative Medicine, 2006
Background Acupuncture therapy for obstructive respiratory diseases has been effectively used in clinical practice and the acupuncture points or acupoints of Zhongfu and Tiantu are commonly-used acupoints to treat patients with the diseases.
Wang Tianshan, Xutian Stevenson, Sun Feng, Wang Jiulin, Tai Shusheng, King Malcolm   +5 more
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Surgical management of congenital tracheal stenosis associated with tracheal bronchus and congenital heart disease [PDF]

European Journal of Cardio-Thoracic Surgery, 2015
Congenital tracheal stenosis (CTS) is variable in patients with tracheal bronchus and congenital heart disease (CHD). Tracheoplasty remains a high-risk surgical treatment.From January 2007 to December 2014, 24 CTS patients (10 males and 14 females; age 20.6 ± 13.6 months) with tracheal bronchus and CHD underwent one-stage surgical correction.
Shunmin, Wang, Haibo, Zhang, Limin, Zhu, Jinghao, Zhen, Jinfen, Liu, Zhiwei, Xu   +5 more
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Metastatic parathyroid carcinoma diagnosed after five surgical attempts: a case report and review of the literature

Journal of Cardiothoracic Surgery
Background Diagnosis of parathyroid carcinoma as a rare cause of primary hyperparathyroidism is usually very challenging, even after surgical resection.
Amir Ali Mahboobipour, Mihan Pourabdollah, Farzad Hadaegh, Mohsen Herik Dizaji, Seyed Mohammad Tavangar, Mohammad Behgam Shadmehr   +5 more
doaj   +1 more source