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. …”
Get full text

Home-Based Inspiratory Muscle Training as Stand-Alone Therapy in COPD: A Randomized Sham-Controlled Trial Assessing Novel and Established Training Methods by Martin Hartman, Filip Dosbaba, Ladislav Batalik, Daniela Vlazna, Marek Plutinsky, Kristian Brat, Roberta Catunda Costa, Artur Solon Lima, Lawrence P. Cahalin, Magno F. Formiga

Get full text

Relationships between vitamin C intake and COPD assessed by machine learning approaches from the NHANES (2017–2023) by Xinxin Tao, Xianwei Ye, Xianwei Ye

“…Subgroup analysis and interaction tests ensured reliability. A nomogram showed the predictive factors’ importance for COPD. …”
Get full text

Airway-microbiome-driven mechanisms of disease during optimised self-management: a lesson learned from mechanistic study of the Colour-COPD trial by Alice M Turner, Daniella Spittle, Karl Staples, David Cleary

“…The trial will test whether a sputum colour chart is non-inferior to usual self-management, and has a primary outcome of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease-specific hospital admission. …”
Get full text

Exosomes from Tregs mitigate lung damage caused by smoking via inhibiting inflammation and altering T lymphocyte subsets in COPD rats by Xuefang Tao, Hai Tian, Guowen Wang, Yongzhen Sun, Liangyan Zhao

“…Abstract Background Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) is a common disease with respiratory symptoms and limited airflow. …”
Get full text

Difference in Sleep Apnea Pattern According to Body Mass Index (BMI): A Cohort Study in a Tertiary Care Center-Rawalpindi by Karamat Ali, Abdul Rehman Arshad, Muhammad Imran, Attia Khaliq, Amir Rashid, Hassan Raza

“…Objective: To evaluate the prevalence of Obstructive Sleep Apnea (OSA) using polysomnography (PSG) in symptomatic Pakistani patients and assess its association with demographic factors (age, sex, BMI) and obesity. …”
Get full text

Mandibular Advancement Devices in OSA Patients: Impact on Occlusal Dynamics and Tooth Alignment Modifications—A Pilot Prospective and Retrospective Study by Aylin Uyaner, Helen Schneider, Aditya Parikh, Kathrin Paeske-Hinz, Anna Konermann

“…<b>Background</b>: The widespread prevalence of obstructive sleep apnea (OSA) underscores the necessity for effective therapies. …”
Get full text

The exacerbating effects of stable pulmonary tuberculosis on the deterioration of inflammatory response, coagulation function, and pulmonary function in COPD: A propensity score-ma... by Jiangbo Li, Mei Ye, Haiyue Wang, Aidibai Ainiwaier, Ayididar Jumahan, Feng Sun

“…Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) and tuberculosis pose significant public health challenges, particularly in tuberculosis-endemic developing regions where their co-prevalence may exacerbate the disease burden of chronic airflow obstruction. …”
Get full text

IgG4-related cholangitis – distinguishing from other benign biliary strictures: clinical features, imaging, and response to treatment: a retrospective study by Thanaput Kunlayawutipong, Tanawat Pattarapuntakul, Thanawin Wong, Tanawat Jongraksak, Nisa Netinatsunton, Jaksin Sottisuporn, Thanapon Yaowmaneerat, Siriboon Attasaranya, Pimsiri Sripongpun

Get full text

Paroxysmal Atrial Fibrillation during Spasm Provocation Test with Acetylcholine: Clinical Characteristics of Patients and Effect on Coronary Microvascular Function Measurements by Hiroki Teragawa, Chikage Oshita, Yu Hashimoto, Shuichi Nomura

“…Furthermore, the association of AF with the outcome of the coronary microvascular function test (CMFT) is unknown. This study aimed to evaluate whether patients with angina with non-obstructive coronary artery disease (ANOCA) who developed AF during SPT with ACh had any clinical characteristics. …”
Get full text

Association between aortic stenosis severity and contractile reserve measured by two-dimensional strain under low-dose dobutamine testing by Banović Marko, Vujisić-Tešić Bosiljka, Kujačić Vuk, Obradović Slobodan, Crkvenac Zdenko, Ostojić Miodrag

Get full text

STUDY OF THE PARAMETERS OF TOLERABILITY AND ADHERENCE TO THERAPY IN PATIENTS WITH CHRONIC OBSTRUCTIVE PULMONARY DISEASE AND ARTERIAL HYPERTENSION ON THE BACKGROUND OF TREATMENT WIT... by S. Y. Martsevich, Yu. V. Lukina, N. P. Kutishenko, V. P. Voronina, N. A. Dmitrieva, A. V. Zakharova, O. V. Lerman, A. A. Garganeyeva, T. A. Gomova, S. A. Drozdetsky, A. I. Chesnikova

“…The patients had 4 visits, and the duration of the study was 5 months. The Morisky-Green test was used to assess an adherence of patients to treatment. …”
Get full text

Placental Mesenchymal Stromal Cells (PMSCs) and PMSC-Derived Extracellular Vesicles (PMSC-EVs) Attenuated Renal Fibrosis in Rats with Unilateral Ureteral Obstruction (UUO) by Regul... by Zhu Zhu, Chaonan Han, Shuli Xian, Feng Zhuang, Feng Ding, Wei Zhang, Yingli Liu

“…We evaluated renal interstitial inflammation and fibrosis by pathological section staining, tested the polarization of CD4+ T cells (Th17 and Treg phenotypes) by flow cytometry (FCM) and immunohistochemistry, and detected the cytokines secreted by CD4+ T cells by enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay (ELISA). …”
Get full text

THE RISK FACTORS AND SPECIFIC FEATURES OF OSTEOPENIC SYNDROME IN PATIENTS WITH CHRONIC NON-INFECTIOUS DISEASES by N. G. Platitsyna, T. V. Bolotnova

“…The results were assessed using the t-test in standard deviations (SD) from the peak bone mass according to the WHO guidelines. …”
Get full text

Investigating Cost Implications of Incorporating Level III At-Home Testing into a Polysomnography Based Sleep Medicine Program Using Administrative Data by Samuel Alan Stewart, Erika Penz, Mark Fenton, Robert Skomro

“…Our review suggests that at-home testing can be cost-effective alternative to in-lab testing when applied to the correct population, specifically, those with a high pretest probability of obstructive sleep apnea and an absence of significant comorbidities.…”
Get full text

Pulmonary function test in children with asthma of 6–14 years visiting asthma and allergy clinic at Birat medical college teaching hospital by Satish Yadav, Ram Bhakta Subedi, Hemsagar Rimal

“…Background: An obstructive pattern and positive bronchodilator response are the typical findings of spirometry in asthmatic children. …”
Get full text

Diseases and conditions associated with obesity and analysis of their treatment effectiveness by M. B. Lyasnikova, M. I. Silkina, N. A. Belyakova, S. S. Rubina

“…The article presents data on diseases associated with obesity, characteristics of carbohydrate and fat metabolism, characteristics of obstructive sleep apnea syndrome (OSAS), the results of psychological testing and eating disorders in these patients, and also analyzes the effectiveness of their treatment in an outpatient setting.Materials and methods. …”
Get full text

Efficacy and safety of traditional Chinese medicine in the treatment of chronic pulmonary diseases: a systematic review and meta-analysis by Shan An, Hong-Yan Cai

Get full text

Unravelling the Information Contained in the Single Items of the COPD Assessment Test for Different Outcomes and Smoking Status in Patients with COPD: Results from COSYCONET by Alter P, Kahnert K, Trudzinski FC, Bals R, Watz H, Speicher T, Söhler S, Rabe KF, Wouters EFM, Vogelmeier CF, Jörres RA

“…Peter Alter,1 Kathrin Kahnert,2,3 Franziska C Trudzinski,4 Robert Bals,5 Henrik Watz,6 Tim Speicher,1 Sandra Söhler,1 Klaus F Rabe,7 Emiel FM Wouters,8,9 Claus F Vogelmeier,1 Rudolf A Jörres10 1Department of Medicine, Pulmonary, Critical Care and Sleep Medicine, Philipps University of Marburg (UMR), German Center for Lung Research (DZL), Marburg, Germany; 2Department of Internal Medicine V, University Hospital, LMU Munich, Comprehensive Pneumology Center Munich (CPC-M), German Center for Lung Research (DZL), Munich, Germany; 3MediCenterGermering, Germering, Germany; 4Department of Pneumology and Critical Care Medicine, Thoraxklinik, University of Heidelberg, Translational Lung Research Center Heidelberg (TLRC-H), Center for Lung Research (DZL), Heidelberg, Germany; 5Department of Internal Medicine V - Pulmonology, Allergology, Intensive Care Medicine, Saarland University Hospital, Homburg, Germany; 6Pulmonary Research Institute at LungenClinic Grosshansdorf, Airway Research Center North (ARCN), German Center for Lung Research (DZL), Grosshansdorf, Germany; 7LungenClinic Grosshansdorf and Department of Medicine, Christian-Albrechts University, Kiel, Airway Research Center North (ARCN), German Center for Lung Research (DZL), Grosshansdorf, Germany; 8Department of Respiratory Medicine, Maastricht University Medical Centre, Maastricht, Netherlands; 9Sigmund Freud Private University, Medical Faculty, Vienna, Austria; 10Institute and Outpatient Clinic for Occupational, Social and Environmental Medicine, University Hospital, LMU Munich, Comprehensive Pneumology Center Munich (CPC-M), German Center for Lung Research (DZL), Munich, GermanyCorrespondence: Peter Alter, Department of Medicine, Pulmonary, Critical Care and Sleep Medicine, Philipps University of Marburg (UMR), German Center for Lung Research (DZL), Baldingerstrasse 1, Marburg, Germany, Tel +49 6421 5866140, Email Alter@uni-marburg.deBackground: The COPD Assessment Test (CAT) comprises eight questions. We evaluated the information that each of the questions and the total score contributed to outcomes and characteristics of chronic obstructive lung disease (COPD), including their dependence on smoking status.Methods: Patients with COPD of the COSYCONET cohort with Global Initiative for Chronic Obstructive Lung Disease (GOLD) grades 1– 4 and the former grade 0 were included. …”
Get full text

An oropharyngeal device for airway management of conscious and semiconscious patients: A randomized clinical trial by Kalev Freeman, Zachary D. Miller, Robert Ramsey Herrington, Nathan T. Dreyfus, Philip Buttaravoli, Adam Burgess, Joshua P. Nickerson, Nirav Daphtary, Jason H. T. Bates

Get full text