[PDF] Top 20 Changes in pulmonary function

... Patients suspected of having OHS can initially be screened by pulse oximetry and by determination of serum levels of venous bicarbonate. Borderline oximetry values are common fi ndings. Patients with OHS undergoing ... See full document

... between changes in ambient particulate air pollution and increased cardiorespiratory morbidity and ...reference in order to assess changes in pulmonary function related to ... See full document

... for pulmonary circulation may cause changes in pulmonary function and right ventricular dysfunction, either through the release of chemical mediators from fracture locations, which ... See full document

... show the chronic smoking related changes in pulmonary function are reflected as accelerated decrease in FEV1. The lung functions also showed a decline with increasing number of pack ... See full document

... affect pulmonary function test results, including chronic lung diseases, severe con- gestive heart failure, autoimmune diseases, and HIV ...have pulmonary involvement, possibly leading to significant ... See full document

... irreversible changes in the chemical structure of tissue ...tissues in skin, muscles, respiratory system, vascular bed, kidney, peripheral nervous system, ...glycosylation. Pulmonary ... See full document

... included in similar studies in the ...decline in lung function, regularly monitor- ing lung function is useful for assessing the condition of ...However, in the present study, ... See full document

... years in Hong Kong in May 1995-December, 1996 ...years in Northern Taiwan in June 2004 – January 2005 ...adolescents in China in August-October, 2008 ...population in ... See full document

... of pulmonary function tests are summarized in table 2 and illustrated in figure ...baseline in the control group and by 9% in the subjects developing ...3% in controls and ... See full document

... deficits in postural balance, for which the physiopathological basis appears to be multi- factorial ...limbs, changes in balance, nutritional depletion, malnutrition, depression, cognitive deficits, ... See full document

... observed in our study, there has been good correlation be- tween cardiac index values obtained by the standard bolus thermodilution method and by continuous measurements with pulmonary artery catheter with ... See full document

... exercises. In isometric exercises, we increase the static strength of the muscles without affecting the endurance significantly [8, ...performed in practising wrestling in the ring with a fellow ... See full document

... of pulmonary origin, it becomes necessary to assess the respiratory function of obese ...these changes at an early stage in order to prevent negative effects on health and quality of ...the ... See full document

... spirometry in the clinical routine of these patients, the hypothesis was raised that the performance of forced respiratory maneuvers such as the FVC test influ- ences cardiovascular system and autonomic cardiac ... See full document

... - Autotransplante cardíaco : um novo método no tratamento de problemas cardíacos complexos... - Pulmonary function studies foliowing cardiopulmonary autotransolantation in primat[r] ... See full document

... response in patients with ILD, CPFE should be categorized as a pattern associated with other pulmonary diseases rather than as a primary idiopathic syndrome, a classification similar to the usual ... See full document

... sessment in monitoring COPD ...increase in BODE index was dyspnea, assessed by MRC. In our study, despite the signiicant decrease in mean 6MWD results, the proportion of patients who had an ... See full document

... of changes in the function of the urinary ...However, in the case of this study, the results may be interpreted as acute effects of competition, due to the results observed on previous ... See full document

... surements were performed by the same investigator. Clinical data were obtained through medical records of each patient. Mean and standard deviation were used to represent the FVC values obtained in body positions ... See full document

... participate in the process of pulmonary ...of pulmonary hypertension in animals and even improve heart and lung function during pulmonary hy- ...and pulmonary hypertension ... See full document