Impact of pulmonary rehabilitation in sleep in COPD patients measured by actigraphy. by Suman B Thapamagar, Kathleen Ellstrom, James D Anholm, Ramiz A Fargo, Nagamani Dandamudi

“…<h4>Introduction</h4>Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) patients have poor sleep quality, longer time to sleep onset and frequent nocturnal awakenings. …”
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Spirometric Evaluation among Individuals Working in Stone Chip Crushing Factories: A Cross-sectional Study by Sujoy Mukherjee, Parthasarathy Sinha, Debalina Sengupta, Sanhita Mukherjee

“…Patients were grouped into categories of normal, Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD), restrictive pattern, mixed ventilatory defect, and Small Airflow Obstruction (SAO) based on spirometric values of Forced Vital Capacity (FVC), Forced Expiratory Volume in 1 second (FEV1), FEV1/FVC, Forced mid-Expiratory Flow (FEF25%-75%), and Peak Expiratory Flow Rate (PEFR) values. …”
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Protocol for the air purification for eosinophilic COPD study (APECS): a randomised controlled trial of home air filtration by HEPA by Mary B Rice, Petros Koutrakis, Brent A Coull, Wanda Phipatanakul, Kimberly F Greco, Ilona Jaspers, Meghan E Rebuli, Muhammad S Saeed, Cailey M Denoncourt, Isabella A Chao, Sophia Schortmann, Nicholas J Nassikas, Andrew J Synn, Choong-Min Kang, Jack M Wolfson, Stephen T Ferguson, Jessica P Liu

“…The primary trial outcome will be the change in forced expiratory volume in 1 s (FEV1). …”
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Pharmacological and surgical experimental animal models of induction of spermatogenesis disorders by M. V. Epifanova, A. A. Kostin, O. Yu. Malinina, S. A. Artemenko, A. A. Epifanov

“…However, not all methods can cause non-obstructive azoospermia.Objective. To evaluate and compare the effectiveness of induction of spermatogenesis disorders in rat models by applying ligatures to the spermatic cords and administration of cisplatin.Materials &amp; methods. …”
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Dupilumab for the treatment of COPD: protocol for a systematic review and meta-analysis by Bingyu Xue, Bingyu Xue, Qionghua Xiao, Qionghua Xiao, Yuanming Huang, Yuanming Huang, Minghang Wang

“…IntroductionChronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) is a significant global public health issue, with a high incidence and mortality burdening patients heavily. …”
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Community health workers for non-communicable diseases prevention and control in developing countries: Evidence and implications. by Gursimer Jeet, J S Thakur, Shankar Prinja, Meenu Singh

“…The primary outcome of review was percentage change in population with different behavioural risk factors. …”
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Hemodynamic Effects of Positive Airway Pressure: A Cardiologist’s Overview by Anna Di Cristo, Andrea Segreti, Nardi Tetaj, Simone Pasquale Crispino, Emiliano Guerra, Emanuele Stirpe, Gian Paolo Ussia, Francesco Grigioni

“…Additionally, in recent years, the use of PAP has expanded in the treatment of severe obstructive sleep apnea and obesity hypoventilation syndrome, both of which significantly influence cardiovascular events and heart failure. …”
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Epidemiological Observational Study on the Assessment of the Comorbidity and the Efficacy of the Treatment of Hypertensive Patients with Single Pill Combination of Lysinopril, Amlo... by M. P. Savenkov, S. N. Ivanov, M. V. Borschevskaya, I. N. Okuneva, S. V. Ivanova, A. M. Savenkova, R. V. Dushkin

“…Prevalence and types of comorbidity, changes of blood pressure (BP), of total cholesterol (TC) and blood glucose levels and adverse events were studied during observation. …”
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Promoting Intergenerational Health in Rural Kentuckians With Diabetes (PIHRK’D): Protocol for a Longitudinal Cohort Study by Brittany L Smalls, Courtney L Ortz, Makenzie Barr-Porter, Heather Norman-Burgdolf, Christopher J McLouth, Brittany Harlow, Oluwatosin Leshi

“…Follow-up data collection will include clinical measures, a dietary recall, and the assessment of participants’ stage of behavior change at 3, 6, 9, and 12 months postintervention. …”
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Predictive machine learning algorithm for COPD exacerbations using a digital inhaler with integrated sensors by Michael Reich, Njira Lugogo, Laurie D Snyder, Megan L Neely, Guilherme Safioti, Randall Brown, Michael DePietro, Roy Pleasants, Thomas Li, Lena Granovsky

“…Purpose By using data obtained with digital inhalers, machine learning models have the potential to detect early signs of deterioration and predict impending exacerbations of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) for individual patients. …”
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Prediction Model of 30-Days Postoperative Pneumonia in Elderly Patient Undergoing Abdominal Surgery by Noto Dwimartutie, Harini Oktadiana, Gurmeet Singh, Wifanto Saditya Jeo, Kuntjoro Harimurti

“…Introduction. Physiologic changes in respiratory tract in elderly increase incidence of post-operative pneumonia. …”
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Immunohistochemical Analysis of Mastocyte Inflammation: A Comparative Study of COPD Associated with Tobacco Smoking and Wood Smoke Exposure by Robinson Robles-Hernández, Rosa María Rivera, Marcos Páramo-Pérez, Dulce Mariana Quiroz-Camacho, Gustavo I. Centeno-Saenz, Alan Bedolla-Tinoco, María C. Maya-García, Rogelio Pérez-Padilla

“…<b>Background:</b> Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD) exhibits some phenotypic differences between patients with biomass smoke inhalation (COPD-B) and tobacco smoking (COPD-T). …”
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Lungs volume status and oxygen transport in patients with coronary artery disease with various types of comorbidity before and after coronary artery bypass grafting by B. I. Geltser, E. A. Sergeev, V. N. Kotelnikov, K. A. Fogelevich, A. A. Silaev

“…The analysis of volume and hemodynamic monitoring data demonstrated the heterogeneity of their changes during CABG and one day after with different comorbidity profile. …”
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Cardiopulmonary interactions in patients with juvenile idiopathic arthritis by L.F. Bogmat, N.S. Shevchenko, T.A. Holovko, M.V. Demyanenko

“…Against the background of these changes, a decrease in tolerance to minimal physical activity was established, as indicated by a significantly smaller distance covered in 6 minutes during the MWT. …”
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The role of education and ethnicity on amenable mortality due to five leading non-communicable diseases among Blacks and Whites in the United States, 1990-2015 by Alberto Barcelo, Fernando A B Colugnati, Maria Pastor-Valero

“…We analyzed annual percentage changes in age-standardized mortality rates for cancer, CVD, COPD, cerebrovascular disease and diabetes for the period 1990-2015…”
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Effect of Single-Prong Cannula Design With High Velocity Therapy: Comparable Efficacy at Lower Gas Flow Rates by Charles Atwood, MD, Jigme Sethi, MD, Amy Bergeski, MHA, RRT-NPS, George C. Dungan, II, MPhil (Med), Leonithas I. Volakis, MS, PhD, Jessica S. Whittle, MD, PhD

“…Changes in vital signs and PTCco2 were similar between the three cannula types compared with baseline. …”
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Use of obesity medications in a young pediatric patient with optic nerve hypoplasia and severe early-onset obesity: A case reportEstablished FactsNovel Insights by Armine Simonian, Emily Sousa, Kamran Samakar, Alaina P. Vidmar

“…In patients with optic nerve hypoplasia (ONH) and hypothalamic-pituitary dysfunction, lifestyle changes alone are often ineffective for obesity treatment. …”
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Qualitative assesement of newly formed bone after distraction osteogenesis of mandible in patients with facial asymmetry using 3 dimensional computed tomography by Abhay Datarkar, Bhavana Valvi, Suraj Parmar, Jagadish Patil

“…As distraction osteogenesis is slow biologic process, soft tissue changes gradually follow the new bone formation. Mandibular distraction is one of the accepted modalities to treat the triad of TMJ ankylosis, obstructive sleep apnoea &amp; micrognathia and also for facial asymmetry cases like hemifacial microsomia, mandibular hypoplasia etc. …”
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Type 2 Inflammation: A Potential Clinical Link Between Asthma and Cardiovascular Diseases by Zhiyun Yang, Yingying Ge, Rui Zuo, Jingjia Wang, Wenyao Wang, Chunli Shao, Chun Chang, Yida Tang

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Acute myeloid leukemia presenting with hepatic dysfunction: Should induction be dose reduced? by Satish Maharaj, Simone Chang

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