... Diaphragm muscle strength Pulmonary function Diaphragm ultrasound A growing consequence of the COVID-19 pandemic is the occurrence of “long- or post-COVID syndrome.” These new umbrella terms summarise various persistent complaints after the acute COVID-19 disease [ 1‒6 ]. One of the most common...

... in the early disease. Pulmonary assessment has never been considered useful in the early diagnosis of ALS, and studies of pulmonary function in this patient category are lacking. Objectives: The objective of this study was to assess the pulmonary function in subjects with unspecific symptoms of ALS in whom...

... to examined population, age, gender, health condition, methodology, US, and pulmonary function measurements. All studies were qualitative synthesis. Results: A total of 1,272 participants from 31 studies were included. Diaphragm thickness, diaphragm thickening ratio, and diaphragm excursion amplitude were...

... pulmonary function tests and HRCT. Results: Chronic graft-versus-host disease was diagnosed in 33% of survivors, including 12% with bronchiolitis obliterans syndrome (BOS). Mean lung volumes (TLC, FVC, and FEV 1 ) and gas diffusing capacity were >80% of predicted for the survivors as a group...

... %) for PD patients. Results: Six studies were included in this systematic review and meta-analysis. The obtained results concluded that PD patients present poorer pulmonary function when compared to healthy controls. When PD patients were compared between ON and OFF states, the results reviewed...

... radiography (DR) for pulmonary function assessment in patients with airflow limitation. Methods: One hundred and eighteen patients with airflow limitation (72 patients with lung cancer before surgery, 35 patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease [COPD], 6 patients with asthma, and 5 patients...

...-A Pulmonary function Surfactant protein-D PubMed was searched for English language paper which published before May 10, 2019, and involve the key words “Krebs von den Lungen-6 (KL-6)” “surfactant protein (SP)-A,” “SP-D,” “chemokine ligand 2 (CCL2),” “chemokine 13 (CXCL13),” “idiopathic...

...Giovanna Laurendi; Chiara Donfrancesco; Luigi Palmieri; Diego Vanuzzo; Giselda Scalera; Simona Giampaoli; on behalf of the Osservatorio Epidemiologico Cardiovascolare/Health Examination Survey 2008-2012 Background: Some epidemiological studies have identified high values of pulmonary functions...

...Michael Kreuter; Johan Vansteenkiste; Felix J.F. Herth; Jürgen R. Fischer; Wilfried Eberhardt; Ivan Zuna; Niels Reinmuth; Frank Griesinger; Michael Thomas; on behalf of the TREAT investigators Background: Pulmonary function may decline after induction chemotherapy and predict perioperative...

...: The additional use of an SABA by COPD patients improved their pulmonary function, which was accompanied by changes in regional lung air flow. The distribution of emphysematous lesions and the bronchial reactivity to SABA appeared to affect the redistribution of the lung sounds following bronchodilator...

... of mycophenolate mofetil (MMF) as a steroid-sparing agent in patients with CPS. Methods: We conducted a retrospective study of patients with biopsy-proven pulmonary sarcoidosis, who were treated with MMF and systemic corticosteroids for >6 months between 2004 and 2010. Corticosteroid dose, pulmonary function...

... were recruited. Cognitive states were investigated by the Mini-Mental State Examination (MMSE). Pulmonary function, arterial blood gas and serum clusterin level were evaluated in each subject. Results: Lower MMSE score and higher serum clusterin concentration were observed in mild-to-moderate COPD...

... Caucasians and white Americans, our results for FEV 1 and FVC were 9-12% and 16-18% lower in men and 12-23% and 17-28% lower in women, respectively. Conclusions: This study provides reference values for pulmonary function in a healthy, nonsmoking Rwandan population and enables comparisons to be made...

... dyspnea without significant abnormalities of pulmonary function tests (PFT). Therefore, the mechanisms responsible for exercise intolerance remain unclear. Objectives: The aim of this retrospective study was to determine the mechanisms responsible for exercise intolerance. Methods: Cardiopulmonary...

... in these patients during sleep have been evaluated by examining sleep-related oxygen desaturation, reduction in pulmonary function during sleep, and development of hypoventilation during rapid eye movement sleep. Treatment includes use of nocturnal oxygen therapy, noninvasive positive pressure ventilation, and long...

...José N. Sancho-Chust; Eusebi Chiner; Ana Camarasa; Cristina Senent Background: Standing height is an independent variable used to predict pulmonary function; however, some patients are not able to stand. Objectives: The objectives of this study were to compare predicted pulmonary function values...

...Mary R. Suchyta; Gregory Elliott; Robert L. Jensen; Robert O. Crapo Varying degrees of impairment in pulmonary function in survivors of adult respiratory distress syndrome (ARDS) have been reported. Physiologic indices of the severity of disease have been associated with impaired pulmonary function...

...Mary Ip; I.J. Lauder; W.Y. Wong; W.K. Lam; S.Y. So Impaired pulmonary function is of prognostic importance in bronchiectasis. To assess the factors affecting pulmonary function in bronchiectasis, we studied the clinical features, atopic status, bronchial responsiveness, systemic inflammatory...

...Guenter Pothoff; Klaus Wassermann; Hartmut Ostmann It is known that pulmonary function is impaired during the course of HIV infection even in early stages. In order to estimate the resulting reduction of exercise capacity, different groups of HIV patients were investigated. Group 1 consisted of 20...

...Barry Wiggs; Andrew Churg; Joanne Wright We examined a group of 63 adult female Hartley strain guinea pigs with weight ranging from 625 to 1,200 g in order to ascertain whether pulmonary function tests including lung volumes, pressure-volume curves, and flow-volume curves were affected...