Management of Gastric Trichobezoar in Children: A Case Report and Literature Review by Neda Ezoddin, Pooria Sobhanian, Seyed Abdollah Mousavi, Nazanin Reisi

“…Background: Trichobezoar is a gastrointestinal obstruction formed from ingested hair, commonly associated with trichotillomania, a psychiatric disorder characterized by compulsive hair pulling and ingestion.   …”
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Cardiac troponin and increased mortality risk among individuals with restrictive spirometric pattern on lung function testing by Sara Johansson, Petra Sandin, Lenita Lindgren, Nicholas L Mills, Linnea Hedman, Helena Backman, Ulf Nilsson

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CPAP Titration Pressure in Split-Night, Full-Night, and Home Auto-Titration: A Prospective Comparative Analysis of Patients With Moderate to Severe Obstructive Sleep Apnea by Park SI, Choi W, Lee C, Kim HY, Jung YG

“…Baseline characteristics in subgroup analyses were compared using independent t-tests or Mann–Whitney tests for continuous variables and Fisher’s exact tests for categorical variables.Results: The titration pressures for SN-TP, FN-TP, HA-TP90, and HA-TPm were 8, 9, 9.6, and 8.1 cm H2O, respectively. …”
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The Effect of Adding Neuromuscular Electrical Stimulation with Endurance and Resistance Training on Exercise Capacity and Balance in Patients with Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Dis... by Amal Acheche, Marwa Mekki, Thierry Paillard, Zouhair Tabka, Yassine Trabelsi

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Development of a deep learning model to predict smoking status in patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease: A secondary analysis of cross-sectional national survey by Sudarshan Pant, Hyung Jeong Yang, Sehyun Cho, EuiJeong Ryu, Ja Yun Choi

“…Objective This study aims to develop and validate a deep learning model to predict smoking status in patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) using data from a national survey. …”
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Effects of Five-Element Music-Based Psychological Intervention Combined with Respiratory Specialty Care on Negative Emotions and Lung Function in Patients with Chronic Obstructive... by Yanqiu Jiang, Yang Chen, Hanhan Hong

“…Medical compliance, inflammatory indicators, lung function indicators [vital capacity (VC), peak expiratory flow (PEF) rate, forced expiratory volume in 1 second (FEV1)/forced vital capacity (FVC)], 6-minute walk test (6MWT) distance, negative emotions, and quality of life were compared among the three groups. …”
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Metastasis-associated lung adenocarcinoma transcript 1 overexpression in testis contributes to idiopathic non-obstructive azoospermia via repressing ETS variant transcription facto... by Lei Wei, Zonggang Feng, Qian Dou, Pengfen Li, Xinghua Zhao, Bin Hao

“…This study investigates the mechanism by which MALAT1 dysregulation contributes to the pathogenesis of idiopathic non-obstructive azoospermia (iNOA). We analyzed MALAT1 levels in two gene expression profiling datasets comprising patients with obstructive azoospermia (OA) who have normal spermatogenesis and 13 patients with iNOA. …”
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Adherence and influencing factors of high-flow nasal cannula humidified oxygen therapy in elderly patients with stable chronic obstructive pulmonary disease: A meta-analysis by Yang Yang, Ting-Ting Liu, Dong-Mei Li, Xue-Ling Ren, Zheng Luo, Xue-Li Chen, Ying-Zhen Du, Yan-Shuang Cheng

“…Funnel plot and Egger’s test results indicated minimal publication bias. …”
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Educational video combined with augmented clinical support to improve CPAP use in patients with obstructive sleep apnea-hypopnea syndrome: A randomized controlled trial protocol. by Sameh Msaad, Dorra Abdelmouleh, Rim Khemakhem, Rahma Gargouri, Nesrine Kallel, Manel Maalej, Manel Turki, Imen Chaari, Narjes Abid, Asma Younes, Najla Bahloul, Samy Kammmoun

“…<h4>Background</h4>Poor patient adherence to continuous positive airway pressure (CPAP) remains a common challenging issue and a major cause of treatment failure in patients with obstructive sleep apnea-hypopnea syndrome (OSAHS). Our study aims to test the hypothesis that therapeutic patient education (TPE) combined with augmented clinical support (ACS) at CPAP initiation would improve CPAP adherence and treatment outcomes compared to usual care.…”
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Use of a Personalised Early Warning Decision Support System for Acute Exacerbations of Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease: Results of the “Predict & Prevent” Phase III Trial by Eleni Gkini, Rajnikant L. Mehta, Sarah Tearne, Lucy Doos, Sue Jowett, Nicola Gale, Alice M. Turner

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Efficacy and Acceptability of a Mobile App for Monitoring the Clinical Status of Patients With Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease Receiving Home Oxygen Therapy: Randomized Contr... by Anisbed Naranjo-Rojas, Luis Ángel Perula-de Torres, Freiser Eccehomo Cruz-Mosquera, Guillermo Molina-Recio

“…The primary outcomes included the chronic obstructive pulmonary disease assessment test (CAT) score, the level of dyspnea measured by the Borg scale, and oxygen saturation percentage, assessed at both the beginning and end of the trial. …”
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Abstract 020: Undulating Flow Velocities as an Induced Test of Autoregulation After Thrombectomy for Acute Ischemic Stroke by Aya Mikkawi, Qasem N Alshaer, Mahmoud Mohammaden, Diogo Haussen, Aaron Anderson

“…Herein, we present a patient with suspected obstructive sleep apnea (OSA) with undulating flow velocities on TCD, serving as a test for induced vasoreactivity with pre‐ and post‐EVT TCD. …”
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Assessment of bronchodilator responsiveness to salbutamol or ipratropium using different criteria in treatment-naïve patients with asthma and COPD by Zsófia Lázár, Alpár Horváth, Szilvia Kiss-Dala, Zsolt Abonyi-Tóth, Balázs Csoma, Katalin Kontz, Lilla Tamási, Veronika Müller

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Predicting depression risk in COPD patients: a model based on NHANES 2007–2012 data by Jinyan Zhang, Shenghong Zhou

“…Abstract Objective Patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) are at an elevated risk for depression. …”
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Simulation-Based Evaluation of Large Language Models for Comorbidity Detection in Sleep Medicine &ndash; a Pilot Study on ChatGPT o1 Preview by Seifen C, Bahr-Hamm K, Gouveris H, Pordzik J, Blaikie A, Matthias C, Kuhn S, Buhr CR

“…Future research should contextualize the findings within broader clinical applications ideally testing locally run LLMs meeting data protection requirements.Keywords: ChatGPT, large language model, obstructive sleep apnea, comorbidities, health risk…”
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ADJUSTABLE TRANSOBTURATOR SLING FOR TREATING PATIENTS WITH COMPLICATED STRESS URINARY INCONTINENCE by D. D. Shkarupa, N. D. Kubin, O. Yu. Staroseltseva, A. O. Zaytseva, A. V. Pisarev, E. A. Shapovalova

“…Postoperative evaluation included vaginal examination, cough stress test, 1-h Pad-test, uroflowmetry, bladder ultrasound and post-void residual (PVR) urine measurement, validated questionnaires (UDI-6, UIQ-7, ICIQ-SF, PICQ-12) and visual analogue scale (VAS).Results. …”
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Raising Awareness of ST-Segment Elevation Myocardial Infarction Triggered by Intravenous Regadenoson for Cardiac Stress Testing by Ruihai Zhou, MSc, MD

“…Regadenoson is a selective A2A adenosine receptor agonist vasodilator that is widely used for pharmacologic cardiac stress testing. Although generally considered safe with less side effects than adenosine, regadenoson can have serious side effects. …”
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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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The effect of intrapulmonary percussive ventilation on clinical parameters and the deposition of inhalation products in patients with stable COPD by Wendel Dierckx, Wilfried De Backer, Yinka De Meyer, Eline Lauwers, Erik Franck, Kris Ides

“…Abstract Background Intrapulmonary percussive ventilation (IPV) has demonstrated efficacy in acute settings for treating chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) exacerbations. …”
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Diaphragmatic curvature analysis using dynamic digital radiography by Takuya Hino, Akinori Tsunomori, Noriaki Wada, Akinori Hata, Taiki Fukuda, Yusei Nakamura, Yoshitake Yamada, Tomoyuki Hida, Mizuki Nishino, Masako Ueyama, Atsuko Kurosaki, Takeshi Kubo, Shoji Kudoh, Kousei Ishigami, Hiroto Hatabu

“…Purpose: To investigate area under diaphragm (AUD) obtained by dynamic digital radiography (DDR) for the differentiation between normal subjects and chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) patients. Methods: This retrospective study included healthy volunteers and COPD patients recruited from 2009 to 2014 at Fukujuji Hospital, who received DDR and pulmonary functional test. …”
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