Association between pulmonary ventilation function and cognitive function among middle-aged and older adults: an observational study from Southwest China by Xu Li, Lin Li, Shuming Ji, Anjiao Peng, Lei Chen

“…Pulmonary function was tested by experienced and well-trained medical personnel using a spirometer. …”
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THE SEVERITY OF THE COURSE, RATHER THAN IMPAIRED EXTERNAL RESPIRATORY FUNCTION, DETERMINES THE OUTCOME OF COPD TREATMENT by V.V. Bilko

“…According to the World Health Organization (WHO), 5% of deaths occur in individuals diagnosed with severe chronic obstructive pulmonary disease. The study aims to correlate the assessment of quality of life, severity of the course, and spirometry data in patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD). …”
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Prevalence of pulmonary arterial hypertension in post-tuberculosis lung fibrosis patients: A cross-sectional observational study by Rupak Chatterjee, Priyanka Ghosh, Kumkum Sarkar, Shambo Samrat Samajdar, Shatavisa Mukherjee, Alex George, Netai Pramanik

“…Out of the eight diagnosed PAH cases, three were mild PAH, four were moderate, and one case had severe PAH (grading based on 2D echocardiography findings). Pulmonary function test (PFT) revealed obstructive pattern in three cases, restrictive pattern in three cases, and mixed in two cases. …”
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Unveiling Mounier–Kuhn syndrome: clinical phenotypes, imaging challenges, AI applications, and review of literature by Adriano Costigliola, Antonio Sorrentino, Marta Iavarone, Antonio Ricci, Roberta Lieto, Gaetano Rea

“…The diagnosis of MKS is made through a combination of patient history, respiratory function tests (possible obstructive or mixed obstructive-restrictive ventilatory defect with diffusion capacity (DLCO) reduction or normal), radiological imaging demonstrating tracheal and bronchial dilatation (≥ 30 mm for the trachea, ≥ 20 mm for the right main bronchus, and ≥ 18 mm for the left main bronchus), bronchoscopy, and the exclusion of conditions associated with tracheomalacia, both autoimmune and syndromic in origin including Ehlers–Danlos syndrome, Marfan syndrome, cystic fibrosis, and cutis laxa. …”
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Long-term outcomes of dupilumab therapy in severe asthma: A retrospective, multicenter, real-world study by Carlo Mümmler, MD, Alexandra Lenoir, MD, Jeremias Götschke, MD, Michael Gerckens, MD, Merle Kaiser, MD, Moritz Kayser, MD, Nora Drick, MD, Hendrik Suhling, MD, Leonie Biener, MD, Carmen Pizarro, MD, Dirk Skowasch, MD, Nikolaus Kneidinger, MD, PhD, Jürgen Behr, MD, Katrin Milger, MD

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Reduced retinal microvascular density in women with coronary microvascular dysfunction: A pilot study by Sakshi Shiromani, Ahmed AlBadri, Aaron Lindeke-Myers, Arielle Schwartz, Nishant Vatsa, Esha Dave, Fauzia Rashid, Nieraj Jain, Puja K. Mehta

“…Objective: To compare retinal microvascular density among women with ischemia with no obstructive coronary artery disease (INOCA) with and without coronary microvascular dysfunction (CMD). …”
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Training and Assessing Teamwork in Interprofessional Virtual Reality–Based Simulation Using the TeamSTEPPS Framework: Protocol for Randomized Pre-Post Intervention Study by Marie Lehmann, Jan Mikulasch, Horst Poimann, Joy Backhaus, Sarah König, Tobias Mühling

“…On 3 timepoints (day 1, day 8, and day 15), participants engage in a VR scenario simulating 1 out of 3 different emergency medical conditions (esophageal variceal bleeding, exacerbated chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, and atrial fibrillation due to urinary tract infection). …”
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An uncommon case of neonatal asphyxia associated with infantile-onset Pompe disease by Francesco Leo, Luca Barchi, Giulia Russo, Eleonora Balestri, Elena Chesi, Francesco Di Dio, Livia Garavelli, Lorenzo Iughetti, Giancarlo Gargano

“…Medical history reveals consanguineous parents with no invasive screening tests performed during pregnancy. They chose not to undergo prenatal screening even though they were aware of the risks associated with their consanguinity. …”
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From COPD to cancer: indacaterol’s unexpected role in combating NSCLC by Chenghao Liu, Jiaqi Huang, Pengjie Cai, Pengjie Cai, Min Jiang, Honglei Chen, Honglei Chen

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Evaluation of Sleep-Disordered Breathing and Respiratory Dysfunction in Children with Myotonic Dystrophy Type 1—A Retrospective Cross-Sectional Study by Mihail Basa, Jovan Pesovic, Dusanka Savic-Pavicevic, Stojan Peric, Giovanni Meola, Alessandro Amaddeo, Gordana Kovacevic, Slavica Ostojic, Aleksandar Sovtic

“…This study aimed to explore the outcomes of pulmonary function tests and sleep-disordered breathing (SDB) workups in children with DM1 and to identify the factors contributing to SDB. …”
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Distribution of fungal agents in the respiratory system of patients with underlying lung diseases; molecular identification and antifungal susceptibility profiles by Parviz Hassanpour, Seyed Jamal Hashemi, Sanam Nami, Roshanak Daie Ghazvini, Behrouz Naghili Hokmabadi, Abbas Rahimi Foroushani, Kazem Ahmadikia, Zahra Ramezanalipour, Saeid Firouzi Abriz

“…Antifungal susceptibility testing (AFST) was carried out using the broth micro dilution method. …”
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The continuum of physiological impairment during treadmill walking in patients with mild-to-moderate COPD: patient characterization phase of a randomized clinical trial. by Denis E O'Donnell, François Maltais, Janos Porszasz, Katherine A Webb, Frank C Albers, Qiqi Deng, Ahmar Iqbal, Heather A Paden, Richard Casaburi, 205.440 investigators

“…<h4>Background</h4>To have a better understanding of the mechanisms of exercise limitation in mild-to-moderate chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD), we compared detailed respiratory physiology in patients with COPD and healthy age- and sex-matched controls.…”
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Feasibility of fast cardiovascular magnetic resonance strain imaging in patients presenting with acute chest pain. by Johannes H Riffel, Deborah Siry, Janek Salatzki, Florian Andre, Marco Ochs, Lukas D Weberling, Evangelos Giannitsis, Hugo A Katus, Matthias G Friedrich

“…The aim of this pilot study was to identify obstructive coronary artery disease (oCAD) with fSENC-CMR in patients presenting with new onset of chest pain.…”
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Effect of Noncardiac Comorbidities on Quality of Life among Patients with Heart Failure - An Observational Study by J. Anusha, Vishwanath Krishnamurthy, Varun V. Prakash, Madhu P. Raj, H. Aadithya Shyllesh, G.R. Bharath

“…HFpEF was significantly associated with atrial fibrillation and obstructive sleep apnea, use of angiotensin-converting enzyme inhibitors and angiotensin receptor blocker, and poorer QoL with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease. …”
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Indocyanine green intravenous administration can more accurately identify the intersegmental plane than the inflation-deflation method in lung segmentectomy. by Takahiro Ochi, Yuichi Sakairi, Yuki Sata, Takahide Toyoda, Terunaga Inage, Kazuhisa Tanaka, Hajime Tamura, Masako Chiyo, Yukiko Matsui, Yuki Shiko, Masayuki Ota, Jun-Ichiro Ikeda, Ichiro Yoshino, Hidemi Suzuki

“…We evaluated the surgical and planned margin ratio (S/P ratio) and log S/P ratio. Accuracy was also tested using the Root Mean Squared Logarithmic Error (RMSLE): the smaller the RMSLE, the more accurate.…”
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Coronary Computed Tomographic Angiography to Optimize the Diagnostic Yield of Invasive Angiography for Low-Risk Patients Screened With Artificial Intelligence: Protocol for the Car... by Jeremy Petch, Juan Pablo Tabja Bortesi, Tej Sheth, Madhu Natarajan, Natalia Pinilla-Echeverri, Shuang Di, Shrikant I Bangdiwala, Karen Mosleh, Omar Ibrahim, Kevin R Bainey, Julian Dobranowski, Maria P Becerra, Katie Sonier, Jon-David Schwalm

“…A large proportion of elective outpatients undergoing ICA have nonobstructive CAD, highlighting the suboptimal use of this test. Coronary computed tomographic angiography (CCTA) is a noninvasive option that provides similar information with less risk and is recommended as a first-line test for patients with low-to-intermediate risk of CAD. …”
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Diagnostic value of exercise stress echocardiography on a horizontal cycle ergometer in patients with low-risk non-ST elevation acute coronary syndrome by E. E. Abramenko, T. R. Ryabova, I. I. Yolgin, V. V. Ryabov

“…In the structure of results, there is a significant proportion (35%) of symptom-limited tests incomplete due to heart rate, characterized by the lowest incidence of obstructive atherosclerosis.…”
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COMPLEX CLINICAL AND INSTRUMENTAL EVALUATION OF LUNG INJURY IN PATIENTS WITH RHEUMATOID ARTHRITIS by I. I. Nesterovich, K. V. Nochevnaya, Yu. D. Rabik, A. A. Speranskaya, V. P. Zolоtnitskaya, N. A. Amosova, Yu. E. Kim, V. I. Amosov, T. D. Vlasov, V. I. Trofimova

“…Patients with other pulmonary diseases, such as asthma, chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, etc., were excluded. …”
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Beyond Spirometry: Linking Wasted Ventilation to Exertional Dyspnea in the Initial Stages of COPD by J. Alberto Neder, Giles Santyr, Brandon Zanette, Miranda Kirby, Marina Pourafkari, Matthew D. James, Sandra G. Vincent, Carrie Ferguson, Chu-Yi Wang, Nicolle J. Domnik, Devin B. Phillips, Janos Porszasz, William W. Stringer, Denis E. O’Donnell

“…Exertional dyspnea, a key complaint of patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD), ultimately reflects an increased inspiratory neural drive to breathe. …”
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Non-invasive neuromodulation for alleviating dyspnoea: protocol for a feasibility sham-controlled randomised trial by Guillaume Léonard, Christian Iorio-Morin, Simon Couillard, Joël St-Pierre, Samuel Mailhot-Larouche, Geneviève Garand, Félix-Antoine Vézina

“…It is a common and distressing symptom experienced by people living with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD). Neuromodulation, which uses electrical stimulation to modulate neural pathways, is a validated clinical procedure offering a potential therapeutic approach. …”
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