Involvement of IL-10 Gene Promo ...
Asthma and atopy have a complex background that may result from the interaction of genes and the environment. Interleukin (IL)-10 is known to play v ...
Improved Outcomes of Patients w ...
Study Objectives The aim of this study was to determine the effects of an antibiotic strategy with intravenous (IV) continuous infusion of a b-lacta ...
The Management of Surgical Pati ...
Obstructive sleep apnea (OSA) is a leading public health problem in both developed and developing nations. However, awareness regarding diagnostic o ...
Bilateral Multiple Inflammatory ...
Inflammatory myofibroblastic tumor (IMT) is a rare tumorous lesion that presents as a solitary nodule. Complete surgical resection is the standard t ...
Pulmonary Hypertension in a Sta ...
Study Objectives The etiology and prevalence of pulmonary hypertension (PH) in patients with stable chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) is ...
The Habit Cough Syndrome and It ...
Involuntary cough without an identified underlying organic reason has been given various names and recommended treatments. Current experience sugges ...
Value of Impedance Cardiography ...
The aim of this study was to evaluate the accuracy and precision of impedance cardiography as a method for noninvasive hemodynamic evaluation of pat ...
Adhesion Molecules Affected by ...
Lung cancer is one of the leading causes of death in the world. Some tumor events are attributed to an important group of molecules (cadherins and i ...
Genetic Influences on Pulmonary ...
Heritability of forced expiratory volume in one second (FEV1), forced vital capacity (FVC), and peak expiratory flow (PEF) has not been previously a ...
Search for Chronic Beryllium Di ...
Chronic beryllium disease (CBD) is clinically similar to other granulomatous diseases such as sarcoidosis. It is often misdiagnosed if a thorough oc ...
Downregulation of Aquaporin-1 i ...
The threshold pressure for lung edema formation is increased in severe chronic heart failure (CHF) due to reduced microvascular permeability. The wa ...
Clinical Usefulness of D2-40 in ...
D2-40 is a recently developed monoclonal antibody that reacts with a 40 kDa O-linked sialoglycoprotein and has been used for the assessment of lymph ...
Diabetes, Impaired Glucose Tole ...
The objectives of this study were to test the hypothesis that diabetes and impaired glucose tolerance (IGT), diabetes control and diabetes duration, ...
Routine Laboratory Tests can Pr ...
Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) has a rising global incidence and acute exacerbation of COPD (AECOPD) carries a high health-care econom ...
Tumor Type Influences the Effec ...
Pleurodesis is commonly indicated for symptom relief in patients with malignant pleural effusions. A number of factors may influence pleurodesis out ...
Therapeutic Effects of Hyaluron ...
Aerosolized hyaluronan (HA) has been previously shown to prevent cigarette smoke-induced airspace enlargement and elastic fiber injury in mice when ...
Response to Oyster Mushroom (Pl ...
Occupational exposure to oyster mushroom (Pleurotus ostreatus) has been associated with obstructive lung disease. Previously, we studied an extract ...
Lack of Association Between the ...
Abnormalities in the transforming growth factor- b1 (TGF-b1) gene are thought to be linked to chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD). We inves ...
Sleep Quality, Depression, and ...
Pulmonary hypertension is a disabling disease characterized by progressive functional worsening, right heart failure, and death. Although pulmonary ...
5-Lipoxygenase-Activating Prote ...
Bronchopulmonary dysplasia is characterized by prolonged oxygen dependency due to compromised gasexchange capability. This is attributable mainly to ...
FENO Concentrations in World Tr ...
The aim of this study was to evaluate whether underlying respiratory disease may be revealed by offline fractional exhaled nitric oxide (FENO) testi ...
Echocardiographic Evidence of P ...
Pulmonary hypertension (PH) is associated with decreased overall survival in patients with chronic lung disease. The purpose of this study was to de ...
Pulmonary Function and Abdomina ...
This study investigated the effect of 8 weeks, three times weekly, of aerobic exercise (AE), diaphragmatic inspiratory resistive breathing (DR), and ...
Obstructive Airway Disease and ...
This study sought to determine whether reduced pulmonary function in obstructive airway disease (OAD) is an independent risk factor for obstructive ...
3D Airway Tree Reconstruction i ...
Several algorithms for the segmentation of the 3D human airway tree from computed tomography (CT) images have recently been proposed, but the effect ...