Tricuspid annular plane systolic excursion (TAPSE) in chronic obstructive pulmonary disease patients: a systematic review and meta-analysis by Maria Groussis, Quincy K. Tran, Megan Hoffer, Jalil Ahari, Ali Pourmand

“…Objective Tricuspid annular plane systolic excursion (TAPSE) is an echocardiographic parameter that serves as a prognostic indicator for the severity of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) clinical course. …”
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Place of clinical evaluation in the identification of obstructive coronary arteries lesions in patients with stable coronary artery disease: Part II by A. N. Sumin

“…First one — with a focus on non-invasive determination of anatomical changes in the coronary bed using multispiral computed tomography-angiography, second one — with the calculation of the post-test probability of obstructive coronary artery disease. …”
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Problems of modern diagnostics of choledocholithiasis by S. G. Shapoval’yants, T. B. Ardasenov, D. A. Freydovich, A. G. Mylnikov, A. G. Pan’kov, S. A. Budzinsky, A. A. Nikonov

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Prevalence of obstructive sleep apnea in 6- to 12-year-old children in Rajanagaram Mandal – A cross-sectional study by Amulya Jalumuru, Maganti Sri Ramya, R. Punithavathy, Satyam Martha, K. Haritha, M. Baba Sainadh

“…Introduction: Obstructive sleep apnea (OSA) syndrome is episodes of recurrent, sleep-related partial or complete obstruction of the upper airway, which is accompanied by a decrease in oxygen saturation. …”
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Prevalence and comparison of severity of disease and complications among patients with night-time dyspnea in chronic obstructive pulmonary disease to those without night-time dyspn... by V. Deepan, D. Dhanalakshmi, G Sravan Kumar, T. Pramod Kumar

“…Severity of COPD was determined by spirometry according to Global Initiative for Obstructive Lung Diseases criteria with COPD Assessment Test scoring. …”
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Radiation diagnostics of the state of ventilation and pulmonary circulation in patients with COPD by O. S. Sementsov, S. V. Stepanenko

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Focused Ultrasound Sonications of Tumor Model in Head Phantom under MRI Monitoring: Effect of Skull Obstruction on Focal Heating by Anastasia Antoniou, Antreas Chrysanthou, Leonidas Georgiou, Antonis Christofi, Yiannis Roussakis, Cleanthis Ioannides, Kyriakos Spanoudes, Jufeng Zhao, Liyang Yu, Christakis Damianou

“…The tumor-embedded head phantom was proven effective for testing MRgFUS oncological protocols and equipment.…”
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Causal relationship between gastroesophageal reflux disease and chronic obstructive respiratory disease: A bidirectional Mendelian randomization study by Shan Lin, Dingfeng Lai, Wanmei He, Qingyuan Zhan

“…The absence of heterogeneity and pleiotropy was confirmed through the Cochran Q test, funnel plots, MR-Egger intercept test, and MR-PRESSO. …”
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Autosomal Dominant Pseudohypoaldosteronism Type 1 in an Infant with Salt Wasting Crisis Associated with Urinary Tract Infection and Obstructive Uropathy by Sasigarn A. Bowden, Corin Cozzi, Scott E. Hickey, Devon Lamb Thrush, Caroline Astbury, Sushma Nuthakki

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Interrelation of indicators of oxygen metabolism of neutrophils and antiendotoxin immune as a marker of the postoperative period in patients with acute colonic obstruction by A. V. Pikuza, A. M. Zakirov

“…One of the most severe common diseases in abdominal surgery requiring emergency surgical intervention is acute colonic obstruction. The focus of purulent inflammation in the abdominal cavity serves as a source of concentration of antimicrobial mechanisms, among which the central role is played by neutrophilic granulocytes and factors cooperating with them. …”
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Disturbances in amino acid metabolism in obstructive sleep apnea–hypopnea syndrome: insights from a cross-sectional study by Jiefeng Huang, Lida Chen, Yue Zhong, Hansheng Xie, Menglan Chen, Gongping Chen, Qichang Lin

“…Abstract Background Obstructive sleep apnea–hypopnea syndrome (OSAHS) is an established risk factor for cardiovascular and metabolic diseases. …”
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Association of GLP1RAs with risk of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease: evidence from drug target Mendelian randomization by Sijia Lai, Yaohui Feng, Lu Li, Jiayu Zhao, Zhenyu Wang, Yanli Wang

“…To address this, we used Mendelian randomization (MR) analysis to assess the causal effects of genetically proxied GLP1RAs on chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) and related conditions, including bronchitis and asthma. …”
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Pathogenetic characteristics and related risk factors of incisional infection after surgery for acute intestinal obstruction and construction of prediction model by Qiangqiang Wang, Yanjing Zhu, LvHao Cao, Tongyuan Zhang, Jiawei Chang, Xingyu Wang

“…Hosmer–Lemeshow goodness-of-fit tests and calibration curves demonstrated good model fit. …”
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Preoperative Predictors for the Presence of Motile Spermatozoa in the Epididymis and Patency of Anastomosis During Microsurgical Vasoepididymal Anastomosis in Patients with Obstruc... by Bhopesh Kadian, Aditya Prakash Sharma, Manish Rohilla, Ujjwal Gorsi, Japleen Kaur, Ravimohan S. Mavuduru

“…Statistical Analysis Used: Analysis of preoperative and intraoperative factors was done using the Mann–Whitney U-test, Chi-squared test and Fischer exact test. Results: Out of 20 patients, 5 (group 2) had intraoperative motile spermatozoa in the epididymal fluid and 15 (group 1) had nonmotile spermatozoa. …”
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Construction and validation of a prediction model for developing type 2 diabetes mellitus in patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease by Xi Kang, Tianye Li, Qinyang Chen, Hao Xu, Yanqiu Jiang, Hongjun Zhao, Xuhong Chang

“…BackgroundType 2 diabetes mellitus (T2DM) is a common comorbidity of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD), which significantly increases the risk of rehospitalization and mortality in patients with COPD. …”
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A Two‐Sample Mendelian Randomization Research Examining the Causal Association Between Ischemic Stroke and Obstructive Sleep Apnea by Qing Yu, Wei Wei, Ying Yuan

“…ABSTRACT Background Although prior observational research has indicated a potential association between ischemic stroke (IS) and obstructive sleep apnea (OSA), it is still unclear how the two conditions are causally related. …”
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The role of clinical-functional research in case of pneumoconiosis associated with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease in workers of mining and metallurgical industry. by R. V. Rubtsov

“…It has been revealed that for pneumoconiosis associated with COPD the most informative are indicators of Disease Assessment Test, exceeding 11 points, as well as spirometric volumetric and speed indicators of expiration, indicating combination of obstructive and restrictive disorders of ERF: lung vital capacity  (LVC) less than 67.0%, forced lung vital capacity  (FLVC) less than 60.0%, peak expiratory flow rate less than 40.0%, increase of the forced expiration volume (FEV1) index after the conducted (bronchodilation test) BDT less than 16.1%. …”
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Passenger Lymphocyte Syndrome with Hepatic Sinusoidal Obstruction Syndrome in an Infant Following Living Donor Liver Transplantation: An Association or Coincidence? by Mingzhu Huang, Beibei Wang, Yi Luo, Kang He

“…The recovery period was uneventful until postoperative day 18, when the patient developed a fever, changed mental status, and impaired liver functions. Further tests revealed an increased bilirubin level, decreased hemoglobin and platelet counts, detectable anti-A antibodies, and a positive direct Coombs test. …”
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Exercise training influence on cognitive capacity and mental health within chronic obstructive pulmonary disease – A pilot study by Cheng-Siao Hong, Yu-Chih Shen, En-Ting Chang, Hui-Chuan Hou, Yi-Jen Chen

“…Cognitive capacity outcomes were measured using the Wechsler Memory Scale-III Word List Test, Stroop task, and psychomotor vigilance task (PVT). …”
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Eosinophilic cationic protein as a non-invasive marker of the nature of inflammatory response in patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease by M. A. Karnaushkina, S. V. Fedosenko, R. S. Danilov, I. S. Komarova, V. A. Petrov

“…To estimate the value of measuring plasma eosinophilic cationic protein (ECP) levels in patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) as a potential biomarker for determining the activity of eosinophilic inflammation. …”
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