Association of obstructive sleep apnea in children with and without cleft lip palate by Andi Setiawan Budihardja, Sherlen Nathania

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Biochemical Predictors of Clinical Outcome in Liver Failure Associated with Obstructive Jaundice by I. V. Mamoshina, M. V. Petrova, A. V. Mamoshin

“…Statistical analysis was performed using IBM SPSS Statistics 22, including Friedman two-way analysis, Kruskal–Wallis H test, Mann–Whitney U test, and two-sample Kolmogorov–Smirnov test, with significance set at P<0.05.Results. …”
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Functional State of Respiratory Muscles in Patients with Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease by I. G. Kurpаtov, B. I. Geltser, V. N. Kotelnikov, M. F. Kinyaykin

“…The results of the salbutamol test demonstrated the maximum increase in the strength of respiratory in early and moderate COPD and the minimum increase in extremely severeCOPD indicating the role of the irreversible component of bronchial obstruction in the development of respiratory muscle dysfunction. …”
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Markers of T2-airway inflammation in patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease by Galina R. Sergeeva, Alexander V. Emelyanov, Evgeniya V. Leshenkova, Antonina A. Znakhurenko

“…To assess biomarkers of T2-inflammation in patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD). Materials and methods. …”
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Extrahepatic portal vein obstruction in children. The diagnosis is established - what is next? by O.S. Godik, D.S. Diehtiarova

“…Chi-square test was used to assess varices grade dynamics. …”
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The value of ultrasonography of skeletal muscles in chronic obstructive pulmonary disease patients by Hadeer Ahmed Elshahaat, Ahmad Abbas, Rabab Mahmoud Elfwakhry, Mohamed Taher Anwar

“…The severity of COPD disease, COPD assessment test (CAT) score, spirometry, and 6-min walking test (6MWT) were evaluated and compared in both groups and the severity of exacerbation in the AECOPD group. …”
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Obstructive theory of disturbed external breathing. State of the art, perspectives of the development by F. F. Tetenev

“…The development of obstructive theory and methods of pulmonary ventilation function studying with demonstrating of main dialectical laws: the development from simple to complicated, from the test using candle blowing out in the beginning of the XIX century to the pletismography of the body and breathing mechanics in the middle of XX century. …”
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Low Vitamin K Status and Risk of Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease by Daniel Alexander Ackermann, Allan Linneberg, Ema Rastoder, Anna Kubel Vognsen, Anne Ahrendt Bjerregaard, Lennart Friis-Hansen, Niklas Rye Jørgensen, Caroline Emma Hedsund, Niklas Dyrby Johansen, Daniel Modin, Maria Dons, Mats C. Højbjerg Lassen, Kristoffer Grundtvig Skaarup, Ditte Vesterlev, Mia Moberg, Julie Janner, Josefin Eklöf, Lars Pedersen, Elisabeth Bendstrup, Christian B. Laursen, Jørn Carlsen, Tor Biering-Sørensen, Jens-Ulrik Stæhr Jensen, Pradeesh Sivapalan

“…Secondary analyses, in the COPD cohort only, examined the association between low vitamin K status and COPD severity, smoking exposure in packyears and all-cause mortality, using a Welch’s <i>t</i>-test and log-rank test, respectively. <b>Results:</b> Low vitamin K status was associated with increased odds of having COPD, OR 9.7 (95% CI [5.5 to 17.5], <i>p</i> < 0.001). …”
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Small airway disease: A new “phenotype” of obstructive airway disease by Shital Patil, Sham Toshniwal, Gajanan Gondhali

“…Robust data are available regarding small airway involvement in various obstructive airway diseases such as bronchial asthma and chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD). …”
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Gastric-esophageal Junction Outflow Obstruction: Little-known Cause of Dysphagia by Yoandy Hernández Casas, Nélcido Luis Sánchez García, Ulises Periles Gordillo

“…After performing the routine tests in the dysphagia study, the result was obtained by high resolution manometry of an obstruction to the outflow of the gastric esophagus junction. …”
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SOME IMMUNE INDICATORS IN PATIENTS WITH AIRWAY OBSTRUCTION AND CONCOMITANT INTESTINAL PARASITOSES by GULZAR R. Alieva, AIGYUN V. Alkhasova

“…We recruited 36 patients with airway obstruction and helminthiases, 31 patients with airway obstruction and protozoan infections, 30 patients with airway obstruction and combined parasitism, and 23 patients with airway obstruction without concomitant parasitoses. …”
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Obstructive Hydrocephalus and Cardiomyopathy Secondary to Disseminated Protothecosis in a Boxer Dog by Anna Tauro, John Macri, Chris Gaudette, Christopher L. Mariani, Bonnie Brenseke

“…Magnetic resonance (MR) imaging revealed obstructive hydrocephalus at the level of the mesencephalic aqueduct, while echocardiography and elevated troponin levels suggested an infiltrative cardiomyopathy. …”
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Intestinal obstruction due to Ascaris lumbricoides in child: a case report by Supangat Supangat, Achmad Ilham Tohari, Rihhadatul Aisy, Muhammad Rijal Fahrudin Hidayat, Muhammad Yuda Nugraha, Nabil Athoillah, Nurul Ima Suciwiyati, Muhammad Ali Shodikin, Yunita Armiyanti

“…The abdominal X-ray showed meteorism with suspected intestinal obstruction. The laboratory test showed anemia and leukocytosis. …”
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Diagnostic accuracy of heart rate variability in screening of obstructive sleep apnea by O. I. Tokarenko, Ya. O. Andreeva

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ECMOLIFE intra-hospital transport in life-saving for pulmonary vein obstruction by Ignazio Condello, Giuseppe Nasso, Gaetano Contegiacomo, Carlo Solimando, Giuseppe Balducci, Domenico Scaringi, Pasquale D’Alessandro, Giuseppe Speziale

“…After stabilizing the vital parameters with Veno-venous ECMO for 19 h, the patient was transported to hemodynamics for angiography of the pulmonary vessels, where the diagnosis of obstruction of the pulmonary venous return was made. …”
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Characterization of patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary diseases at the Intensive Care Unit by Alberto García Gómez, Narciso Ramírez Cruz, Yaqueline Agüero Carbonell, Alexis Hernández Torres, Yusel Massó Vicet, Yamilka Martínez Llano

“…Methods: A descriptive, retrospective study was carried out in a series of 347 patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease admitted to intensive care. …”
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The relationship between obstructive sleep apnea and atrial remodeling, fibrosis and inflammation. by Dasheng Lu, Kai Wang

“…Obstructive sleep apnea (OSA), characterized by chronic intermittent hypoxia (CIH) is associated with atrial fibrillation. …”
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Local levels of lymphocytes and cytokines in colon cancer patients with bowel obstruction by N. I. Simonenko, E. Yu. Zlatnik, E. A. Dzhenkova, O. G. Shulgina, E. S. Bondarenko, A. Yu. Maksimov, A. A. Maslov, A. V. Snezhko

“…To study local immunity and cytokine levels in colon cancer patients with subcompensated intestinal obstruction.Patients and methods. In 60 patients with locally advanced left-side colon carcinoma (30 with and 30 without bowel obstruction) during the surgery samples of tumor, peritumoral area and resection line tissue were obtained. …”
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CLINICAL INDICES OF DENTAL STATUS OF PATIENTS WITH CHRONIC OBSTRUCTIVE PULMONARY DISEASES by N. Yu. Yemelyanova

“… The article deals with the main dental manifestations in COPD comorbid with CHD on the background of received basic therapy. Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD), and often coronary heart disease (CHD) associated with it are some of the somatic diseases that have dental manifestations. …”
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Defining post-obstructive diuresis following posterior urethral valve ablation by Callum Lavoie, Brian Chun, Christine Do, Zoë Baker, Philippe Friedlich, Andy Y. Chang

“…IntroductionPosterior urethral valves (PUV) are the most common cause of congenital lower urinary tract obstruction. Patients are at risk for post-obstructive diuresis (POD) following management of this obstruction which may prolong and/or complicate their subsequent hospital course. …”
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