Cognitive disorders in patients with arterial hypertension in real medical practice by Khomazyuk T.A., Krotova V.Yu., Sova O.V., Yagolnik V.M.

“…It was found that 28.8% of patients had cognitive disorders, mainly of neurodynamic nature, in particular, the ability of concentration and speed of psychomotor reactions was reduced. …”
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Association of urine parabens with liver function in US adolescents based on NHANES 2007–2016 by Linfei Li, Gunchu Hu, Xiong Luo, Zuxing Wei, Jun He

“…Moreover, among the parabens, butyl paraben and propyl paraben had the highest weights. Overall, our results indicate that parabens are significantly but weakly associated with changes in liver function in US adolescents. …”
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Effect of pulmonary function on cardiorespiratory condition, mobility, and balance in people aged over 50 years: a cross-sectional study by Valdirene Tenório da Costa Alegria, Roberta Munhoz Manzano, Alexandre Ricardo Pepe Ambrozin

“…In the sample, people with lower time in TUGT and better balance conditions who had better lung function. The better the mobility, the better the results in the stress tests. …”
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A study of lung function in patients with metabolic syndrome at a tertiary care hospital using spirometry by Krishna Chaitanya Alam, Thirupati Anand, Dhanunjaya Dasari, Sujana Inampudi

“…Background From large-scale studies especially taking the reference of the Asian population, it has been documented that those with metabolic syndrome have restrictive pulmonary function tests. Objective To assess lung function using spirometry in patients with metabolic syndrome. …”
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A Prospective Study to Assess the Best Optimal Dose of Tacrolimus before Renal Transplantation and Its Impact on Graft Survival and Patient Outcome in Renal Transplant Recipients by Niranjan Gogoi, Charu Jain, Megha Agarwal, Dhananjay Agarwal, Ajay Gupta, Munesh Kumar

“…Patients with end-stage renal disease undergoing RT on TAC with available TAC trough concentration 1 month before transplantation were included and analyzed for graft function and patient outcome in terms of adequate immunosuppression and renal function. …”
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Role of body anthropometry in severe asthmatic patients: Evidences from the Severe Asthma Network in Italy (SANI) registry by Erminia Ridolo, PhD, Martina Ottoni, MD, Francesca Nicoletta, MD, Francesca Locatelli, MD, Luigi Martinelli, MD, Matteo Maule, MD, Naila Arif Cheema, MD, Francesco Blasi, PhD, Pierluigi Paggiaro, MD, Enrico Heffler, PhD, Luisa Brussino, PhD, Giorgio Walter Canonica, MD, Gianenrico Senna, MD, Marco Caminati, MD, Diego Bagnasco, PhD, Cecilia Calabrese, PhD, Gianna Camiciottoli, MD, Giovanna Elisiana Carpagnano, PhD, Cristiano Caruso, MD, Angelo Guido Corsico, PhD, Maria Teresa Costantino, MD, Claudia Crimi, PhD, Alice D'Adda, MD, Simona D’Alò, MD, Maria D'Amato, PhD, Corrado D'Andria, MD, Stefano Del Giacco, MD, Fabiano Di Marco, PhD, Nicola Cosimo Facciolongo, MD, Alessandro Farsi, MD, Manuela Latorre, PhD, Manlio Milanese, PhD, Michele Mondoni, MD, Eustachio Nettis, MD, Girolamo Pelaia, MD, Laura Pini, MD, Luisa Ricciardi, PhD, Fabio Luigi Massimo Ricciardolo, PhD, Luca Richeldi, PhD, Pierachille Santus, PhD, Nicola Scichilone, PhD, Giulia Scioscia, PhD, Giuseppe Spadaro, MD, Antonio Spanevello, MD, Paolo Tarsia, MD, Mona Rita Yacoub, PhD

“…Demographic, clinical and functional features were compared, according to body mass index (BMI). …”
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Late-gestation heat stress alters placental structure and function in multiparous dairy cows by L.T. Casarotto, H.N. Jones, P. Chavatte-Palmer, J. Laporta, F. Peñagaricano, V. Ouellet, J. Bromfield, G.E. Dahl

“…Cotyledons from HT cows had greater vascular area (43.1% vs. 31.8% ± 10.4% of total area) and a tendency for less connective tissue (52.7% vs. 65.8% ± 5.39% of total area). …”
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Comparative efficacy of exercise modalities for general risk factors, renal function, and physical function in non-dialysis chronic kidney disease patients: a systematic review and... by Cong Liu, Jiju Yang, Hongdian Li, Yuanyuan Deng, Pengfei He, Jiao Zhang, Shu Chen, Siyu Chen, Xinli Wang, Mianzhi Zhang

“…Background Exercise therapy can effectively manage chronic kidney disease (CKD) risk factors and improve renal function and physical fitness, but the challenge lies in choosing the right exercise type tailored to patients’ condition.Methods An electronic search of databases including PubMed, The Cochrane Library, EMBASE, Web of Science, VIP, WanFang, and CNKI was performed. …”
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Relation between Hydration Status and Cognitive Function among Critically Ill Patients by Asmaa Othman, Sahar Mohammad, Eman Abubakr

“…Regarding cognitive functions, 29.1% of the studied patients had no cognitive impairment, 34.9% had mild cognitive impairment, 36% had severe cognitive impairment, and 53.5% had delirium on the day of admission. …”
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Visual Functions in Patients with Optic Neuritis Pre and Post Treatment: An Observational Study by Shailiya Malla, Sabina Shrestha

“…At presentation, only 1 (2.71%) had normal colour vision while at six weeks, 9 (24.32%) had normal colour vision. …”
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Effect of Non-Ionizing Radiations on Liver and Kidney Function Tests in an Animal Model by Somayeh Farahani, Fatemeh Kadivar, Fatemeh Khajeh, Manzar Banoo Shojaeifard

“…Prolonged or closer exposure to the radiation source may significantly affect the organ function.…”
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The influencing of obesity on lung ventilation function among middle-aged and elderly people by Cui Wang, Yimin Wang, Wen Zeng, Shaomei Shang

“…Among the 5631 participants, 727 were obese, 1,801 had central obesity, and 2,859 had poor pulmonary function. …”
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Thyroid function, autoimmunity, thyroid volume, and metabolic profile in people with Hashimoto thyroiditis by Bruna Couto, Celestino Neves, João Sérgio Neves, Luís Delgado

“…Results Among the study population, 9.8% were male, the mean age was 56.4 ± 17.4 years, 63.7% had dyslipidemia, and 29.5% had diabetes. Patients with hypothyroidism had higher levels of anti-thyroperoxidase antibodies (TPOab), and the decreased thyroid dimensions subgroup had a higher percentage of patients taking levothyroxine (98.7%). …”
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Children’s and adolescents’ experiences with functional abdominal pain: a qualitative study in Norway by Mette Brekke, Anne Brodwall

“…Objective Functional gastrointestinal disorders (FGIDs) are common during childhood and adolescence. …”
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Hardware Removal after Lisfranc ORIF Results in Immediate Improvement in Physical Function by Oliver Sroka MD, Megan L. Campbell MD, Willie Dong BS, Tyler Thorne MD, Thomas Higgins MD, David Rothberg MD, Justin Haller MD, Lucas Marchand MD

“…HWR patients also had a non-significant decrease in average PI scores (55.9 to 54.2, p=0.103). …”
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Functional Outcome of Lumbar Discectomy by Fenestration Technique in Lumbar Intervertebral Disk Prolapse by Bharath Vadivelkumar, Prem K Kothimbakkam, Guhan Rayappan Kumaresan, Ashwanth N Balashanmugam, Thirumal Ranganathan, Vijayashankar Murugesan

“…Conclusion: Our study found that more than three-fourths of the participants had good functional outcomes and very minimal postoperative complications. …”
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Functional Outcome of Minimally Invasive Percutaneous Plate Osteosynthesis in Distal Tibial Fracture by Bijaya Gurung, Prashanna Dip Karki, Ritesh Thapaliya, Surya Bajra Lama Waiva, Krishna Jung Shah, Tufan Singh Kathayat, Deepak Dutta, Santosh Paudel

“…No case had poor functional outcome. Conclusion: MIPPO offers a reliable and reproducible technique for treating distal tibia fractures with intra-articular or peri-articular fracture extension. …”
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Evaluation of the long-term effects of COVID-19 on pulmonary functions in recovered patients by K Naja, Durga Shankar Meena, Deepak Kumar, Naveen Dutt, Gopal K. Bohra, Ravisekhar Gadepalli, Mithu Banerjee, Mahendra K. Garg, Sanjeev Misra

“…After adjusting the confounding factors, the mean pulmonary function values were lower in the patients who required oxygen support, with a significant difference in FEV1, FVC, PEF and FEF 25–75% with P values of 0.025, 0.046, 0.028 and 0.007, respectively. 66.67% had abnormal HRCT findings. …”
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Functional Evaluation of Levator Scapulae Tendon to Supraspinatus in Adult Brachial Plexus Injuries by Venkata Koteswara Rao Rayidi, Srikanth R., Jagadish Kiran C.V. Appaka

“…All had a minimum of MRC grade 4 of active elbow flexion. …”
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Lung function of tuberculosis patients after completion of treatment in Sidama, South Ethiopia by Endrias Markos Woldesemayat, Jaime H. Vera, Clea Tanner, Alemu Tamiso, Amare Assefa, Yohannes Markos Woldesenbet

“…IntroductionLung function impairment are commonly reported after treatment of pulmonary tuberculosis (TB). …”
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