... or safety. The publisher and the editor(s) disclaim responsibility for any injury to persons or property resulting from any ideas, methods, instructions or products referred to in the content or advertisements. 2024 Alpha-1 antitrypsin deficiency Phenotype Pulmonary function tests Diffusing...

... research Bronchoscopic lung volume reduction Image analysis Interventional pulmonology Pulmonary function tests Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) is characterised by the airflow limitation caused by airway inflammation and emphysema [ 1 ]. Emphysema is characterised...

...: This study investigated the prevalence of COPD and relevant pulmonary function test (PFT) impairments in patients with acute myocardial infarction (AMI). Methods: Patients undergoing coronary angiography for AMI were prospectively included. Body plethysmography, lung diffusing capacity, blood gas analysis...

...Marko Topalovic; Stefan Laval; Jean-Marie Aerts; Thierry Troosters; Marc Decramer; Wim Janssens; on behalf of the Belgian Pulmonary Function Study investigators Background: The use of pulmonary function tests is primarily based on expert opinion and international guidelines. Current interpretation...

... limitations. Symptomatic change may be confounded by a wide variety of systemic factors. Pulmonary function tests provide the most reliable data, but are limited by measurement variability, the heterogeneity of functional patterns and the confounding effects of non-pulmonary factors. Chest radiography...

... Pulmonary function tests Intersession variability Biological control The single-breath diffusing capacity for carbon monoxide (D l CO ) is an important and widely used test that provides a quantitative measure of gas transfer in the lungs [ 1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8 ]. Defining variability in lung function...

... and needs to be further clarified. Idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis Pulmonary hypertension Pulmonary function tests Six-minute walk test Echocardiography Idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis (IPF) is a chronic fibrosing and progressive parenchymal lung disease of unknown etiology limited to the lung...

... individuals were studied. Patients were ambulatory subjects referred by physicians to the laboratory for routine pulmonary function testing. Diagnosis of sarcoidosis was based on whether both clinical presentation and chest radiographs were suggestive of this disease, whether there was evidence of granulomas...

... pulmonary function and HRCT in asymptomatic community-based volunteers. Design: The existence of LAAs on CT was evaluated independently by three respiratory physicians who were blind to the pulmonary function test data and smoking histories of the subjects. The LAA grade was assessed by a visual scoring...

... or II bronchogenic carcinoma and severe chronic obstructive pulmonary disease. They were considered at high risk due to poor pulmonary function tests (PFT); (one or more of the following): (1) radionuclide calculated postlobectomy FEV 1 < 30% predicted, (2) diffusion capacity or transfer factor...

...). Passive smoking exposure was evaluated by a questionnaire and by measurement of urinary cotinine levels. Children were divided into different groups: no exposure, low exposure and high exposure. The mean values of each pulmonary function test were compared between the groups and between the different...

... to persons or property resulting from any ideas, methods, instructions or products referred to in the content or advertisements. Pulmonary function tests Forced vital capacity FEV 1 Spirometric standards Body mass index Body surface Ventilatory capacity Respiration 1989:56:227-234 © 1989 S...

...Paul F. Lennon; Larry L. Schulman; Yale Enson We have examined the effect of chronic airways obstruction on the measurement of the single-breath carbon-monoxide-diffusing capacity (DLcosb)· We reviewed the results of 136 consecutive pulmonary function tests (comprising standard spirometry, helium...

... responsibility for any injury to persons or property resulting from any ideas, methods, instructions or products referred to in the content or advertisements. Systemic sclerosis Interstitial lung disease Pulmonary function tests Alveolar-capillary permeability 99m Tc-DTPA clearance Respiration 51...

... to in the content or advertisements. Hierarchical methods Stepwise linear discriminant analysis Stepwise multiple correlation procedure Pulmonary function tests Respiration 46: 61-68(1984) © 1984 S. Karger AG. Basel 0025-7931/84/0 4 6 1 -0 0 6 1 S 2.75/0 Reduction of Pulmonary Function Indices...

... or of their effectiveness, quality or safety. The publisher and the editor(s) disclaim responsibility for any injury to persons or property resulting from any ideas, methods, instructions or products referred to in the content or advertisements. Pulmonary function tests Bronchodilator response Airways obstruction...

...Andrew L. Ries; Gabriel Gregoratos; Paul J. Friedman; Jack L. Clausen Standard pulmonary function tests, including lung volumes measured by three fundamentally different techniques, were performed in 40 patients undergoing cardiac catheterization. These were compared with clinical and radiologic...

... from any ideas, methods, instructions or products referred to in the content or advertisements. Organic dusts Allergic alveolitis Sensitization Pulmonary function tests Ventilation Mechanics of ventilation Diffusion Distribution Respiration 39: 87-96 (1980) Site and Type of Impaired...

... controversial whether heterozygotes develop some degree of airway disease at an early age which results in severe obstructive disease later in life. e studied 12 α 1 -AT-deficient members of a family spanning three generations by extensive pulmonary function tests, clinical history and genetic determinations. 3...

... to in the content or advertisements. Pulmonary sarcoidosis Pulmonary function tests Roentgenographic findings Pathologic changes Respiration 37: 337-345 (1979) Pulmonary Sarcoidosis Roentgenographic, Functional, and Pathologic Correlations1 Chin T. Huang, Albert E. Heurich, Yale Rosen, Sanggiu Moon...