Assessment of lung function in partially edentulous patients using spirometry: A cross-sectional study by Likhitha Ayyagari, M. C. Suresh Sajjan, P Arun Bhupathi, Rama Laxmi Koruprolu, Rama Krishna Alla

“…The lower airflow rates could suggest the possible tendency to develop chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD).…”
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Health-care Resource Requirements and Potential Financial Consequences of an Environmentally Driven Switch in Respiratory Inhaler Use in England by Darsuh Attar-Zadeh, Harriet Lewis, Martina Orlovic

“…**Objective:** To assess the potential financial impact of patients with asthma or chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) switching from pMDIs to dry powder inhalers (DPIs) in a representative primary care network (PCN) population of 50 000 and the English National Health Service (NHS). …”
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Electrocardiographic signs of cardiac ischemia at rest and during exercise in patients with COPD traveling to 3,100 m: data from a randomized trial of acetazolamide by Marla Christen, Marla Christen, Aline Buergin, Aline Buergin, Maamed Mademilov, Maamed Mademilov, Laura Mayer, Laura Mayer, Simon R. Schneider, Simon R. Schneider, Mona Lichtblau, Mona Lichtblau, Talant M. Sooronbaev, Talant M. Sooronbaev, Silvia Ulrich, Silvia Ulrich, Konrad E. Bloch, Konrad E. Bloch, Michael Furian, Michael Furian

“…IntroductionIn patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD), oxygen delivery to the heart may be impaired during travel at altitude. …”
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Acute Tracheal Obstruction Secondary to Cervical Liposarcoma Metastasis by Haoyu Chen, Song Zhang, Haining Zhou

“…ABSTRACT Tracheal obstruction can arise from multiple conditions, including chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, asthma, foreign bodies, tumors, and acute heart failure. …”
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A narrative review of proactive palliative care models for people with COPD by Amy Pascoe, Xinye Chen, Natasha Smallwood

“…Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) refers to a group of lung diseases that are distinct in underlying aetiology but share a common disease course of persistent and progressive airflow restriction. …”
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Beyond Tumors: The Pivotal Role of TRIM Proteins in Chronic Non-Tumor Lung Diseases by Huang X, Yu W, Wei A, Wang X, Chen S

“…This review delves into the emerging significance of TRIM family proteins in the pathogenesis of idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis (IPF), asthma, chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD), and pulmonary hypertension (PH). …”
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Symptomatic Patent Foramen Ovale with Hemidiaphragm Paralysis by Hussain Ibrahim, Adnan Khan, Shawn P. Nishi, Ken Fujise, Syed Gilani

“…Chronic conditions such as Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease, Congestive Heart Failure, and Asthma are being common etiologies. …”
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Atrial Fibrillation after Inhalational Lung Injury: A Troubling Complication of a Rare Problem by Ragesh Panikkath, Kenneth Nugent, Alejandro Perez-Verdia

“…Atrial fibrillation (AF) has been associated with lung diseases like pneumonia and chronic obstructive pulmonary disease but has only infrequently been associated with inhalational lung injury. …”
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Automated mechanical ventilator design and analysis using neural network by S. Hariharan, Hemalatha Karnan, D. Uma Maheswari

“…In this work, a computer-aided simulation of ventilator design is performed for clinical complications like pneumonia and Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD) and is validated against normal ventilatory parameters. …”
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Effects of using wearable devices to monitoring physical activity in pulmonary rehabilitation programs for chronic respiratory diseases: A systematic review protocol. by Thaianne Rangel Agra Oliveira, Ana Tereza do Nascimento Sales Figueiredo Fernandes, Thayla Amorim Santino, Fernanda Elizabeth Pereira da Silva Menescal, Patrícia Angélica de Miranda Silva Nogueira

“…Patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) and asthma present low levels of physical fitness because they avoid physical exercises due to the fear of triggering recurrent symptoms. …”
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Inhaled Therapy in Respiratory Disease: The Complex Interplay of Pulmonary Kinetic Processes by Jens Markus Borghardt, Charlotte Kloft, Ashish Sharma

“…The inhalation route is frequently used to administer drugs for the management of respiratory diseases such as asthma or chronic obstructive pulmonary disease. Compared with other routes of administration, inhalation offers a number of advantages in the treatment of these diseases. …”
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An Optimal Algorithm for Determining Risk Factors for Complex Diseases: Depressive Disorder, Osteoporosis, and Fracture in Young Patients with Breast Cancer Receiving Curative Surg... by Chieh-Yu Liu, Chun-Hung Chang

“…The results revealed that depressive disorder, osteoporosis, and fracture were clustered with liver cirrhosis, chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD), distant metastasis, and primary metastatic and adjuvant therapies, namely, chemotherapy, radiotherapy, tamoxifen, aromatase inhibitors, and trastuzumab. …”
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Walking along the Fibroblast Growth Factor 10 Route: A Key Pathway to Understand the Control and Regulation of Epithelial and Mesenchymal Cell-Lineage Formation during Lung Develop... by Elie El Agha, Saverio Bellusci

“…However, it is also an organ that is linked to a vast array of clinical problems in humans such as bronchopulmonary dysplasia in premature babies and emphysema, chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, fibrosis, and cancer in adults. …”
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Pengaruh Pemberian Pursed Lip-Breathing, Diaphragmatic Breathing, dan Upper Limb Stretching Terhadap Skala Dispnea pada Pasien PPOK by Imron Rosyadi, Defriman Djafri, Dally Rahman

“… Respiratory muscle weakness in patients with Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD) is a problem that can affect the patient's ability to conduct daily activities. …”
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PPARγ as a Potential Target to Treat Airway Mucus Hypersecretion in Chronic Airway Inflammatory Diseases by Yongchun Shen, Lei Chen, Tao Wang, Fuqiang Wen

“…Airway mucus hypersecretion (AMH) is a key pathophysiological feature of chronic airway inflammatory diseases such as bronchial asthma, cystic fibrosis, and chronic obstructive pulmonary disease. AMH contributes to the pathogenesis of chronic airway inflammatory diseases, and it is associated with reduced lung function and high rates of hospitalization and mortality. …”
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Factors Associated with Chronic Noncancer Pain in the Canadian Population by Saifudin Rashiq, Bruce D Dick

“…A number of comorbid medical illnesses increased CNCP risk, including some (such as chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, epilepsy and thyroid disease) that have not hitherto been associated with pain. …”
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PENGARUH TEKANAN VAKUM TERHADAP KEMURNIAN OKSIGEN PADA PROSES VACUUM PRESSURE SWING ADSORPTION by Amelia Sugondo, Teng Sutrisno, Richard M. Saputra Saputra

“…One of the respiratory diseases is chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD), the highest cause of death of the four other types of respiratory diseases. …”
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Role of Farnesoid X Receptor in the Pathogenesis of Respiratory Diseases by Jin-nan Wu, Jian-rong Chen, Jin-liang Chen

“…In recent years, several studies have shown that FXR is widely involved in the pathogenesis of various respiratory diseases, such as chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, bronchial asthma, and idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis. …”
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Cigarette and Waterpipe Smoking Decrease Respiratory Quality of Life in Adults: Results from a National Cross-Sectional Study by Salamé Joseph, Salameh Pascale, Khayat Georges, Waked Mirna

“…Background. Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) is gaining an importance over the world, and its effect on quality of life is better grasped. …”
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Dysregulated Functions of Lung Macrophage Populations in COPD by Theodore S. Kapellos, Kevin Bassler, Anna C. Aschenbrenner, Wataru Fujii, Joachim L. Schultze

“…Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) is a diverse respiratory disease characterised by bronchiolitis, small airway obstruction, and emphysema. …”
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