OBJECTIVE In this study, we employed technetium-99m hexamethylpropylene amine oxime (99mTc HMPAO) lung scan to detect inhalation lung injury of patients after a fire accident. METHODS Ten healthy men for controls and 10 male patients with pulmonary symptoms/signs from a fire accident were enrolled in this study for comparison. 99mTc HMPAO lung scan was performed in each control and patient, a...

abstract background: chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (copd) is currently the fourth cause of mortality worldwide. patients with copd experience periods of dyspnea, fatigue, and disability, which impact on their life. the objective of this study was to investigate the effect of short‑term inspiratory muscle training on exercise capacity, exertional dyspnea, and pulmonary lung function. mat...

BACKGROUND Health-care providers often diagnose and empirically treat COPD without a confirmative pulmonary function test (PFT) or even despite a PFT that is not diagnostic of obstructive lung disease. We hypothesized that a portion of patients continue to carry a persistent empiric COPD diagnosis and receive treatment with bronchodilators and inhaled steroids after a PFT shows no obstruction. ...

BACKGROUND A high incidence of abnormal pulmonary function tests has been reported in cross-sectional studies among patients with rheumatoid arthritis. Few patients have been enrolled in longitudinal studies. OBJECTIVES To perform PFT in rheumatoid arthritic patients without pulmonary involvement and to identify variables related to changes in PFT over 5 years of follow-up. METHODS Consecut...

STUDY OBJECTIVES To determine whether the combination of ipratropium bromide and albuterol results in greater and more consistent pulmonary function test (PFT) response rates than ipratropium bromide or albuterol alone in patients with COPD. DESIGN Retrospective review of two recently completed 3-month, randomized, double-blind, parallel, multicenter, phase III trials. SETTING Outpatient. ...

Abstract To evaluate the relationship of cardiac function, including time-volume-curves, with lung volumes derived from pulmonary function tests (PFT) and MRI in subjects without cardiovascular diseases. 216 underwent whole-body spirometry as part KORA-FF4 cohort study. Lung semi-automatically using an in-house algorithm. Forced expiratory volume one second (FEV1), forced vital capacity (FVC), ...

Abstract Aim Though contraindicated in some respiratory laboratories due to a perceived increased risk of aneurysm rupture, pulmonary function tests (PFT) and cardiopulmonary exercise (CPET) are used commonly preoperative assessment patients with abdominal aortic (AAA) considered for elective repair. We examine whether PFT/CPET associated AAA rupture risk. Methods A retrospective analysis prosp...

Aim: Persistent dyspnea is one of the most frequent post-COVID symptoms. We aimed to evaluate cardiopulmonary functions COVID-19 survivors with moderate severe pneumonia without comorbidity, during first wave pandemics. Material and Method: The study was conducted retrospectively in a single center. electronic data patients applied month after hospital discharge, any comorbidities, who were eva...

For a variety of lung pathologies, it is crucial to assess lung function in order to quantify the severity of the disease, assess treatments, and predict clinical outcome. Obstructive lung diseases such as chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) and asthma affect millions of people world-wide. The improvement of therapies for COPD such as lung volume reduction surgery and anti-inflammatory...

The aim of the present study was to correlate clinical outcome measures following treatment with bronchial valves with regional lung volume. Computed tomography (CT) scan data from 57 subjects with severe emphysema were obtained from nine North American clinical trial sites. IBV(R) Valves (Spiration, Inc., Redmond, WA, USA) were placed to occlude segmental and subsegmental bronchi in right and ...