In vitro screening of UGT2B10 in silico prioritized putative ligands from drugs used in the pediatric hematopoietic stem cell transplantation setting by Yahia Bennani, Khalil Ben Hassine, Muhammed Gencaslan, Mary Boudal‐Khoshbeen, Caroline Samer, Marc Ansari, Youssef Daali, Chakradhara Rao Satyanarayana Uppugunduri

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Unveiling the enigma of spontaneous cervical swelling syndrome: A case report by Yazan Dumaidi, Ahmad Rjoub, Ahmad Meri, Ahmed Helou, Mohammed Barakat, Lotof Hamdan, Mahmoud Alawneh, Motaz Daraghma

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Improving COPD Readmission Prediction with Optimized Machine Learning by Rajasekaran S, Shaik Mastan Val

“…Millions of people worldwide suffer from Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD), a common chronic respiratory illness. …”
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The Relationship between Pre-Pandemic Interferon Gamma Release Assay Test Results and COVID-19 Infection: Potential Prognostic Value of Indeterminate IFN-γ Release Assay Results by Sermin Borekci, Fatma Gulsum Karakas, Serhat Sirekbasan, Bahar Kubat, Rıdvan Karaali, Gunay Can, Bekir Sami Kocazeybek, Bilun Gemicioglu

“…The retrospective TBF test results and contact information of 684 patients aged over 18 years who underwent TBF testing between March 11th, 2019, and March 10th, 2020, were obtained. …”
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Polygraph and audio synchronization applied to apnea event analysis based on non-negative matrix factorization by Francisco David Gonzalez-Martinez, Juan De La Torre-Cruz, Julio Jose Carabias-Orti, Francisco Jesus Canadas-Quesada, Alejandro Antonio Salvador-Navarro, Jose Ranilla, Lyam Lamrini-H. Laarbi

“…Abstract Obstructive sleep apnea (OSA) is a chronic respiratory disorder that is frequently underdiagnosed. …”
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COPD patients with non-small cell lung cancer respond better to anti-PD-(L)1 immune checkpoint inhibitors by Augustin Boudoussier, Iban Larrouture, Pauline Henrot, Rémi Veillon, Claire Bardel, Camille Chautemps, Charline Caumont, Pierre Schilfarth, Michael Duruisseaux, Maeva Zysman

“…Among the 387 patients, pulmonary function test (PFT) data were available for 234 (61%), 139 (59%) of whom had spirometry diagnosed COPD. …”
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Lung Function Decline in COPD – Relations to Changes in Symptom Burden, Inflammation, and Comorbidities by Juan Wang, Björn Ställberg, Maria Hårdstedt, Kristina Bröms, Margareta Gonzalez Lindh, Amir Farkhooy, Andreas Palm, Karin Lisspers, Marieann Högman, Andrei Malinovschi

“…Symptom burden was assessed by the modified British Medical Research Council scale of dyspnoea (mMRC), the COPD Assessment Test (CAT) and the Clinical COPD Questionnaire (CCQ). …”
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Asthma: What's New, and What Should Be Old But is Not! by Andrew Bush

“…Objective testing for airway inflammation may include determination of atopic status, blood eosinophil count and exhaled nitric oxide; physiological testing includes peak flow measurement, comprising response to exercise and short-acting μ-2 agonists. …”
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Rapid tests to inform triage and antibiotic prescribing decisions for adults presenting with suspected acute respiratory infection: a rapid evidence synthesis of clinical effective... by Katie Scandrett, Jill Colquitt, Rachel Court, Fiona Whiter, Bethany Shinkins, Yemisi Takwoingi, Emma Loveman, Daniel Todkill, Paramjit Gill, Daniel Lasserson, Lena Al-Khudairy, Amy Grove, Yen-Fu Chen

“…Subgroup analysis of people with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease and sensitivity analyses excluding studies in a nursing home setting or tests unavailable in the UK did not change the conclusions inferred from the main analyses. …”
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Ellagic acid ameliorates renal fibrogenesis by blocking epithelial-to-mesenchymal transition by Po-Yu Huang, Yi-Hsien Hsieh, Yi-Hsuan Ting, Chu-Che Lee, Jen-Pi Tsai

“…Materials and Methods: We used an in vivo mouse unilateral ureteral obstruction (UUO) model and an in vitro model with HK-2 cell lines treated with EA and transforming growth factor β1 (TGF-β1). …”
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Ultrasound- and fluoroscopic-guided, percutaneous cholecystostomy drain placement in canine cadavers, a feasibility and safety study by Jasmin Ordobazari, Charlotte Pfeiffer, Adriano Wang-Leandro, Holger A. Volk, Georga T. Karbe

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Gallbladder perforation in photon counting CT: A case report by Wenjing Li, BS, Song Luo, PhD

“…A 74-year-old male presented to the emergency department with a 5-day history of abdominal pain and fever. Laboratory tests suggested infection and biliary obstruction. …”
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Arachnoid web-a rare but surgically effectively treatable cause of spinal cord compression and syringomyelia by Chuh-Hyoun Na, Hani Ridwan, Georg Neuloh, Gerrit Alexander Schubert, Kay Nolte, Andreas Prescher, Hans Clusmann, Christian Blume

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What happens between first symptoms and first acute exacerbation of COPD – observational study of routine data and patient survey by Alex Bottle, Alex Adamson, Xiubin Zhang, Benedict Hayhoe, Jennifer K Quint

“…Background Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease affects nearly 400 million worldwide – over a million in the United Kingdom – and is the third leading cause of death. …”
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Regional lung function assessment using electrical impedance tomography in COPD, PRISm, and normal spirometry subjects: insights into early diagnostic potential by Jiayi Li, Zhanqi Zhao, Runze He, Yuhong Xie, Zhihao Xu, Chunwei Ni, Ting Jiang, Huiqing Ge

“…Methods Subjects who had pulmonary function test at Sir Run Run Shaw Hospital from 28 December 2023 to 30 March 2024 were screened. …”
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Safety of budesonide/glycopyrronium/formoterol fumarate dihydrate delivered by HFO-1234ze versus HFA-134a in chronic obstructive pulmonary disease: a phase 3, multi-site, randomise... by Omar S. Usmani, Fernando J. Martinez, Hitesh Pandya, Matthew Camiolo, Artur Bednarczyk, Kinga Kucz, Marek Kokot, Christer Gottfridsson, Magnus Aurivillius, Lars Pettersson, Jie Mei, Karin Skansen, Jennifer L. Bell, David Petullo, Kathryn Collison, Patrik Bondarov, Mandeep Jassal, Mehul Patel

“…Safety endpoints included the incidence of adverse events (AEs), measures of vital signs, clinical laboratory tests, and electrocardiograms. Findings: Participants were recruited between 27 September 2022 and 19 May 2023. …”
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Tranthoracic ultrasound for assessment of pulmonary function: a novel cross section study by Naglaa Bakry, Khaled Kamel, Ahmed Abdelhafeez, Rana Kamal

“…This study aims to correlate the dynamic respiratory motion of the lung during transthoracic ultrasonography with some parameters of ventilatory pulmonary function tests. Patients and methods It was carried on 42 persons classified into three groups: control group, obstructive group, and restrictive group – measurement of lung expansion parameters by an ultrasonography movie during breathing. …”
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Analysis of Respiratory System Functional Parameters at Different Time Points after COVID-19 by O. I. Savushkina, E. S. Muravieva, S. N. Avdeev, I. Ts. Kulagina, M. M. Malashenko, A. A. Zaytsev

“…The following parameters were analyzed: demographic data, data from chest computed tomography during the acute period of the disease (CTmax), parameters of pulmonary function tests (PFT) – spirometry, body plethysmography and diffusion test. …”
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Effect of salt intake on clinical course and hemodynamics in patients with hypertrophic cardiomyopathy by N. G. Poteshkina, N. S. Krylova, M. Y. Maslova, E. A. Kovalevskaya, A. M. Svanadze

“…Particular attention was paid to intraventricular obstruction and hypovolemic syncope. NaCl consumption was estimated by 24-hour urine sodium test.Results. …”
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From Breathlessness to Better Living: Transforming COPD Care with Home-Based Pulmonary Rehabilitation by Abins Thozhuthinkal Kasim, Ravi Gaur, Nitesh Manohar Gonnade, Nagma Sheenam, Chinchu Kolakkanni, Sarankumar Ganesan, Adharshna Thangamalai Kannan

“…Background Chronic respiratory diseases, such as chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD), significantly impact patients’ quality of life by limiting physical function, mobility, and overall well-being. …”
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