Characteristics of neutrophilic granulocytes of peripheral blood in patients with mechanical jaundice caused by cholangiocarcinoma by O. V. Smirnova, B. G. Gubanov, E. V. Kasparov, M. A. Darenskaya, L. I. Kolesnikova, S. I. Kolesnikov

“…Comparison of groups for a qualitative binary trait was carried out using the two-sided Fisher’s exact test. Data are presented as Median (25 quartile-75 quartile).The study of the functional activity of peripheral blood neutrophiles in obstructive jaundice patients caused by cholangiocarcinoma revealed an increase in their relative and absolute number, increased phagocytic index and decreased phagocytic number of neutrophilic granulocytes, increased expression of CD11b+, CD16+, CD95+ immunological markers. …”
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Association Between Fractional Exhaled Nitric Oxide (FeNO) and Cognitive Function in Patients with Obstructive Sleep Apnea by Zhu Q, Huang L, Zhu L, Zhang X, Ji H, Niu D, Ji W, Ma Q, Chen R, Shi H, Wang Y, Xu L

“…Our study provides early evidence that this simple breath test could help clinicians identify memory issues in OSA patients sooner and more effectively.Keywords: obstructive sleep apnea, polysomnography, fractional exhaled nitric oxide, cognitive function…”
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Low-intensive Laser Therapy for Management of Cerebral Dysfunction in Patients with Obstructive Jaundice of Non-tumor Origin by A. P. Vlasov, I. A. Chigakova, D. E. Timoshkin, M. A. Spirina, V. S. Kuznetsov, N. S. Sheyranov, A. V. Rubtsov

“…The complex treatment of obstructive jaundice, which included laser therapy, allowed a relatively rapid recovery of the functional state of the brain to be observed, as evidenced by the shortening of the test time for the tests being studied. …”
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Development and evaluation of the Indian Sleepiness Scale to assess excessive daytime sleepiness in patients with Obstructive Sleep Apnea by Uma Maheswari Krishnaswamy, Kavitha Venkatnarayan, Sumithra Selvam, Chitra Veluthat, Priya Ramachandran, Uma Devaraj

“…Background: Excessive daytime sleepiness (EDS), a cardinal symptom of obstructive sleep apnea (OSA) is assessed using Epworth Sleepiness Scale (ESS). …”
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Arabic version of Pediatric Sleep Questionnaire (PSQ) by Wafaa Helmy Abd El-hakeem, Sara Ibrahim Sayed, Fatma Wafik Shahin

“…Conclusion The Arabic Pediatric Sleep Questionnaire (APSQ) is a reliable and valid instrument for screening for obstructive sleep apnea in children; it is additionally sensitive in identifying manifestations of obstructive sleep apnea in children.…”
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Clinical significance of interleukin-18 and interleukin-10 in patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease combined with hypertension by A. Ya. Melenevych

“…IL-18 and IL-10 in peripheral blood were determined by ELISA using a test system “Bender MedSystems, GmbH” (Austria). …”
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A Comparative Investigation on Clinical Characteristics in Pediatric Obstructive Sleep Apnea Based on Two Distinct Guidelines by Ji T, Long T, Li X, Xu Z, Zhao J, Wang G, Wang H, Li H, Zhang F, Zheng L, Wang S, Ni X

“…Furthermore, significant correlations were observed between PSG parameters and cognitive tests scores across different subgroups.Conclusion: The 2020 guideline has advantages in assessing the clinical characteristics of children with OSA, especially for verbal function, and is worthy of clinical promotion and application.Keywords: obstructive sleep apnea, children, guidelines, clinical characteristics…”
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Chronic obstructive airway diseases: ls the EDL sufficient? A study done at the Heidedal CHC in Bloemfontein. by H. Dippenaar, G. Joubert

“…Method: In this follow-up study all patients with chronic obstructive airway diseases (COAD) at Heidedal Community Health Center (CHC) over a 3-month period were evaluated and a lung function test was done on them. …”
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AI-Driven Detection of Obstructive Sleep Apnea Using Dual-Branch CNN and Machine Learning Models by Manjur Kolhar, Manahil Muhammad Alfridan, Rayan A. Siraj

“…The CNN model achieves validation and test accuracy of about 93% and 94%, respectively, whereas the dual-branch CNN model achieves 93% validation and 94% test accuracy. …”
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Bimaxillary Advancement as the Initial Treatment of Obstructive Sleep Apnea: Five Years Follow-Up of the Pori Experience by Antti Raunio, Esa Rauhala, Minna Kiviharju, Ossi Lehmijoki, George K. B. Sándor, Kyösti Oikarinen

“…Objectives: Bimaxillary advancement surgery has proven to be effective treatment of obstructive sleep apnea syndrome. According to the Stanford protocol upper airway soft tissue surgery or advancement of tongue by chin plastic surgery is first carried out and if obstructive sleep apnea persists, then bimaxillary advancement is done. …”
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Systemic cytokine potential in patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease who completed treatment for pulmonary tuberculosis by A. A. Khrenov, V. M. Fedoseeva, M. M. Grishin

“…The Control Group consisted of 24 healthy individuals.In all patients, the levels of IL-1β, TNF-α and IL-4, as well as the active form of TGF-β1 were tested in the systemic blood circulation using commercial ELISA test systems.Results. …”
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Therapeutic potential of PDA@MT in mitigating oxidative stress in obstructive sleep apnea based on biomedical images by Zeming Zhang, Wenhui Wang, Li Wei, Li Han, Zaiyan Wang, Hao Chen

“…The physicochemical properties of the particles were analyzed by means of particle size and ζ potential test, transmission electron microscope (TEM) imaging and sample stability test. …”
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Customized Spectro-Temporal CNN Feature Extraction and ELM-Based Classifier for Accurate Respiratory Obstruction Detection by M. Muthulakshmi, K. Venkatesan, Syarifah Bahiyah Rahayu, K. L. Nayana Sree

“…The fusion of deep features from different spatiotemporal structures outperforms individual features when fed into the ELM model, resulting in clear discrimination of obstructive and restrictive respiratory diseases. The proposed CNN-enhanced time-frequency features powered the ELM-based framework, yielding a test accuracy of 97.5% for the unseen test data considered. …”
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Primary healthcare physicians' knowledge and attitude toward obstructive sleep apnoea in the Qassim region, Saudi Arabia by Alharbi Fahad Sinhat, Kalevaru Chandra Sekhar

“…Background/Aim: Obstructive sleep apnoea (OSA) is a prevalent disorder worldwide. …”
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Gut microbiome composition changes in obstructive sleep apnoea syndrome also in relation to excessive daytime sleepiness by Mariana Fernandes, Orazio Palmieri, Stefano Castellana, Matteo Spanetta, Tiziana Latiano, Clementina Lupo, Claudia De Masi, Christian Cardile, Carmen Calvello, Francesca Izzi, Fabio Placidi, Tommaso Mazza, Nicola Biagio Mercuri, Anna Latiano, Claudio Liguori

“…Introduction: Obstructive sleep apnoea syndrome (OSAS) is considered a risk factor for several comorbidities. …”
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Bidirectional Mendelian randomization study of the relationship between brain imaging-derived phenotypes and obstructive sleep apnea by ZHANG Huihua, GAN Jing, HOU Miaomiao, LU Na

“…Objective·To elucidate the causal relationship between obstructive sleep apnea (OSA) and imaging-derived phenotypes (IDPs) through two-sample Mendelian randomization (MR) studies.Methods·The genetic data related to OSA were obtained from the genome-wide association study (GWAS) (ncase group=50 200, ncontrol group=401 484) in the FinnGen Biobank R11. …”
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Case Report: Pulmonary mucormycosis caused by Rhizopus microsporus in a patient with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease by Shanshan Wang, Yanqing Liu, Liqing Hu, Guoqing Qian, Yijun Mo

“…Clinicians should be aware of routine pathogenic microbiological tests of pulmonary mucormycosis in patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease. …”
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Effect of Gamification on Improved Adherence to Inhaled Medications in Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease: Randomized Controlled Trial by Xiting Huang, Zhili Jiang, Yifan Dai, Yang Liu, Ziying Dai, Jing Wang, Liping Chen, Zhiqian Wang, Wenxiao Wu, Lihua Huang

“…Two independent-sample 2-tailed t tests and the Mann-Whitney U test were used to analyze group differences, and generalized estimating equations were used to analyze repeated measurements. …”
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Oropharyngeal examination as a predictor of obstructive sleep apnea: pilot study of gag reflex and palatal reflex by Juliana Spelta Valbuza, Márcio Moysés de Oliveira, Cristiane Fiquene Conti, Lucila Bizari F. Prado, Luciane B.C. Carvalho, Gilmar Fernandes do Prado

“…CONCLUSION: Gag reflex and palatal reflex, a simple noninvasive test regularly performed in a systematic neurological examination can disclose the impact of the local neurogenic injury associated to snoring and/or obstructive sleep apnea syndrome.…”
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Abnormal Brain Functional Connectivity in Patients with Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease and Correlations with Clinical and Cognitive Parameters by Han KI, Yeo Y, Jo HJ, Jo MJ, Park Y, Park TS, Jung SJ, Bae JH, Jang SH, Choi J, Park DW, Kim TH

“…The regions showing differences in FC correlated with MMSE score, COPD symptom assessment scales, such as the COPD Assessment Test and modified Medical Research Council Dyspnea Scale, and pulmonary function parameters, including forced expiratory volume in one second and forced vital capacity.Conclusion: Patients with COPD showed significant differences in FC within specific brain regions that correlated with symptoms, cognition, and lung function.Keywords: Brain functional magnetic resonance imaging, chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, resting state functional connectivity…”
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