Diagnosis and Severity Assessment of COPD Using a Novel Fast-Response Capnometer and Interpretable Machine Learning by Leeran Talker, Cihan Dogan, Daniel Neville, Rui Hen Lim, Henry Broomfield, Gabriel Lambert, Ahmed Selim, Thomas Brown, Laura Wiffen, Julian Carter, Helen F. Ashdown, Gail Hayward, Elango Vijaykumar, Scott T. Weiss, Anoop Chauhan, Ameera X. Patel

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Stress echocardiography vs coronary oomputed tomography angiography for the detection of obstructive coronary artery disease in patients aged >70 years with suspected stable corona... by S. G. Kozlov, O. V. Chernova, V. N. Shitov, T. N. Veselova, M. A. Saidova, S. K. Ternovoy

“…Among 82 patients with atypical angina and non-anginal pain which underwent CCTA, 48 (59 %) patients had obstructive CAD. …”
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The association of sun-cured tobacco and cigarette use with global cognitive function, verbal fluency and memory in patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease: A cross-sec... by Xiaomei Chen, Jie Li, Jia Liu, Xiao Liu, Menghui Deng, Xunhu Dong, Yanni Yang

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Efficacy and safety of once-daily single-inhaler triple therapy for mild-to-moderate chronic obstructive pulmonary disease: a study protocol for a randomised and interventional stu... by Hiromasa Inoue, Ayako Takamori, Atsushi Kawaguchi, Takashi Kinoshita, Kazuhiro Yatera, Koichiro Takahashi, Tomotaka Kawayama, Hiroki Tashiro, Koichi Takagi, Kei Yamasaki, Kentaro Machida

“…Introduction Bronchodilators, including long-acting muscarinic antagonists (LAMA) and long-acting beta 2 agonists (LABA), are the main treatments for chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD). The efficacy of triple therapy (inhaled corticosteroids/LAMA/LABA) has also been reported. …”
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Applicability of the Instrumented Pendulum Test for Assessing Limb Viscoelastic Properties in Neurological and Internal Diseases: A Narrative Review by Maria Stella Valle, Matteo Cioni, Cristina Russo, Lucia Malaguarnera, Antonino Casabona

“…Results: The instrumented pendulum test effectively quantifies stiffness, viscosity, and damping of the knee and elbow across various conditions, including rheumatic diseases, chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, hypertonia, and hypotonia. …”
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Clinical correlation study of non-tuberculous mycobacterial isolates from bronchoalveolar lavage fluid by Hongye Ning, Guiqing He, Yanhong Mei, Jiandan Yu, Jichan Shi, Xiaoya Cui, Chaochao Qiu, Xiangao Jiang

“…Abstract Non-tuberculous mycobacterial (NTM) infections have emerged as a significant public health concern, posing a threat to human health. …”
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Radiological and Inflammatory Markers Predicting the Spontaneous Transit of Mid and Lower Ureteric Stones: A Prospective Observational Study by Souvik Chatterjee, Indra Prakash Mandal, Debansu Sarkar

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Leveraging Subjective Parameters and Biomarkers in Machine Learning Models: The Feasibility of <i>lnc-IL7R</i> for Managing Emphysema Progression by Tzu-Tao Chen, Tzu-Yu Cheng, I-Jung Liu, Shu-Chuan Ho, Kang-Yun Lee, Huei-Tyng Huang, Po-Hao Feng, Kuan-Yuan Chen, Ching-Shan Luo, Chien-Hua Tseng, Yueh-His Chen, Arnab Majumdar, Cheng-Yu Tsai, Sheng-Ming Wu

“…<b>Background/Objectives:</b> Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) remains a leading cause of death worldwide, with emphysema progression providing valuable insights into disease development. …”
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Screening of COPD patients using the COPD diagnostic questionnaire and a portable spirometer in primary healthcare institutions: a cross-sectional, diagnostic study by Feng Chen, Qingrong Nie, Xuefeng Han, Chunjuan Li, Qimeng Liu, Feifei Xu, Li Zhang, Le Qiao, Maoxin Li, Ying Zhang, Haiyan Wang

“…Results Of the 2,120 participants, 264 were newly diagnosed with COPD. Among the non-COPD population, 264 participants were matched by age, sex, and BMI to form the non-COPD group. …”
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The effect of self efficacy on daily living activities in post non hemorrhagic stroke patients by Fadhilah Arofah Nur Djohim, Siti Istiqomah, Aisyah Lahdji

“…A non-hemorrhagic stroke occurs due to obstruction or blockage that causes the brain to lack oxygen, which can lead to death, disability, and paralysis. …”
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Prediction of clinical deterioration within one year in chronic obstructive pulmonary disease using the systemic coagulation-inflammation index: a retrospective study employing mul... by Ling Hou, Ming Min, Rui Hou, Wei Tan, Minghua Zhang, Qianfei Liu

“…Significant disparities in age, comorbidities like respiratory failure, C-reactive protein, lymphocyte count, red blood cell distribution width (RDW), SCI, procalcitonin (PCT), and D-dimer were depicted between the cd-COPD and non-cd-COPD groups. Concerning machine learning and model comparison, the SVM model showcased consistent performance and strong generalization capabilities on both the training and testing sets compared to the other five machine learning (ML) models. …”
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Intestinal current measurement and nasal potential difference to make a diagnosis of cases with inconclusive CFTR genetics and sweat test by Tobias Welte, Rebecca Minso, Angela Schulz, Christian Dopfer, Nadine Alfeis, Andrea van Barneveld, Lena Makartian-Gyulumyan, Gesine Hansen, Sibylle Junge, Carsten Müller, Felix C C Ringshausen, Annette Sauer-Heilborn, Frauke Stanke, Cornelia Stolpe, Stephanie Tamm, Anna-Maria Dittrich, Burkhard Tümmler

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Non-invasive neuromodulation for alleviating dyspnoea: protocol for a feasibility sham-controlled randomised trial by Guillaume Léonard, Christian Iorio-Morin, Simon Couillard, Joël St-Pierre, Samuel Mailhot-Larouche, Geneviève Garand, Félix-Antoine Vézina

“…It is a common and distressing symptom experienced by people living with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD). Neuromodulation, which uses electrical stimulation to modulate neural pathways, is a validated clinical procedure offering a potential therapeutic approach. …”
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Profile of a patient with non-ST segment elevation myocardial infarction in actual clinical practice by V. V. Ryabov, A. E. Gombozhapova, S. V. Demyanov

“…The methods of descriptive statistics and Yates-corrected chi-square test were used.Results. The following clinical and demographic trends of the last decade were revealed: an increase in the number of patients with non-STEMI, proportion of male patients, mean age of patients, proportion of patients with MI with non-obstructive coronary artery disease; no decrease in in-hospital mortality, despite the introduction of modern guidelines, pharmacological and invasive treatment of non-STEMI. …”
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Diagnostic Yield of Comprehensive Coronary Function Testing in Patients with Angina and Unobstructed Coronary Arteries: Endotype Characterisation and Clinical Implications by Johanna McChord, Astrid Hubert, Raffi Bekeredjian, Peter Ong, Andreas Seitz

“…Background: Coronary functional disorders (CFD) are significant contributors to angina with non-obstructed coronary arteries (ANOCA). Various endotypes, such as epicardial or microvascular spasm and/or coronary microvascular dysfunction (CMD), have been identified. …”
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Novel Wearable Device for Non-Invasive Management of Positional Sleep Apnea: A Proof-of-Concept by Elisabetta Leogrande, Pasquale Tondo, Donato Lacedonia, Francesco Dell'Olio

“…Obstructive Sleep Apnea (OSA) is a serious health condition characterized by repetitive airway collapses during sleep, which can lead to cardiovascular and metabolic complications if untreated. …”
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A prospective cohort study assessing the clinical utility of the Cottle maneuver in nasal septal surgery by James P. Bonaparte, Ross Campbell

“…The Cottle maneuver is one of the most common methods to diagnose NVC; however, no study has assessed the efficacy of this physical exam finding. This study tests the hypothesis that patients with nasal obstruction due to a septal deviation with a negative pre-operative Cottle maneuver will demonstrate a greater improvement in their Nasal Obstruction Symptom Evaluation (NOSE) score, compared to patients who demonstrate a positive pre-operative Cottle maneuver, when assessed at 12 months following a septoplasty with turbinate diathermy. …”
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The Diagnostic and prognostic value of CXCL12 (SDF-1α) level in Mycobacterium tuberculosis infection and disease by Ilkay Koca Kalkan, Ayse Gozu, Ebru Tansel, Serife Nilgun Kalac, Belgin Samurkasoglu, Hulya Simsek

“…We aimed to find out the diagnostic yield and accuracy of chemokine CXCL12 (SDF-1a) levels in diagnosing active TB (aTB) and making a differential diagnosis from other several infectious/non-infectious pulmonary conditions. Methodology: We collected demographic, clinic features and studied plasma CXCL12 levels using ELISA kit of the participants, classified into five categories: aTB (n = 30); cured TB (cTB, n = 15); close contacts of aTB (CC, n = 15); chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) with active nonspecific pulmonary infection (infCOPD, n = 15); and healthy controls (HC, n = 15). …”
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Snoring Sound Recognition Using Multi-Channel Spectrograms by Ziqiang YE, Jianxin PENG, Xiaowen ZHANG, Lijuan SONG

“…Obstructive sleep apnea-hypopnea syndrome (OSAHS) is a common and high-risk sleep-related breathing disorder. …”
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Relationships between vitamin C intake and COPD assessed by machine learning approaches from the NHANES (2017–2023) by Xinxin Tao, Xianwei Ye, Xianwei Ye

“…Restricted Cubic Spline (RCS) and threshold analysis examined non-linear relationships. Subgroup analysis and interaction tests ensured reliability. …”
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