Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD) is diagnosed with pulmonary function tests (PFTs). However, since not all patients can be PFTs, some are radiological or clinical findings. The purpose of this study was to define the properties obstructive airway disease through thoracic computed tomography (CT) and identify diagnostic efficacy CT A total 160 who underwent PFT assessment July 2018 -...

BACKGROUND Decline in oxygen uptake efficiency (OUE), especially during exercise, is found in patients with chronic heart failure. In this study we aimed to test the validity and usefulness of OUE in evaluating gas exchange abnormality of patients with idiopathic pulmonary arterial hypertension (IPAH). METHODS We retrospectively investigated the cardiopulmonary exercise test (CPET) with gas e...

Pulmonary functions are affected by variables like age, sex, height, weight, and geographic location. Our study aims to establish predicted, equations for pulmonary functions in normal South Indian adolescent population. 400 subjects were grouped into pre & peripubertal (10-14 years) and pubertal (15 to 18 years) age categories. Anthropometric data collected, PFT assessed using portable data lo...

RATIONALE Pulmonary complications of sickle cell anemia (Hb-SS) commonly cause morbidity, yet few large studies of pulmonary function tests (PFTs) in this population have been reported. OBJECTIVES PFTs (spirometry, lung volumes, and diffusion capacity for carbon monoxide [DLCO]) from 310 adults with Hb-SS were analyzed to determine the pattern of pulmonary dysfunction and their association wi...

background asthma is a chronic inflammatory disease in respiratory system and obesity is another inflammatory disease which incidence rate is increasing. although, many studies have been conducted on severity of asthma and its relationship with obesity, but different results have been obtained. this study aimed to determine a relationship between asthma severity, body mass index (bmi) and pulmo...

PURPOSE To automatically derive the degree of air trapping in mild cystic fibrosis (CF) disease from high-resolution CT (HRCT) data, and to evaluate the discriminating power of the measurement. MATERIALS AND METHODS The data consist of six pairs of anatomically matched tomographic slices, obtained during breath-holding in triggered HRCT acquisitions. The pairs consist of an inspiratory slice,...

OBJECTIVE To investigate associations between preoperative variables and postoperative pulmonary complications (PPC) in elective upper abdominal surgery. DESIGN Prospective clinical trial. SETTING A tertiary university hospital. PATIENTS 408 patients were prospectively analyzed during the preoperative period and followed up postoperatively for pulmonary complications. MEASUREMENTS Patie...

Aim: To determine the type and frequency of pulmonary involvement in patients with UC to distribution dysfunction UC. Methods: A total 39 cases UC, were enrolled consecutively this study from Department Gastroenterology. The age, sex, family history, duration disease, biochemical parameters (CRP, ESR, blood routine test, etc.), lung function, chest X-ray, diagnoses, treatments collected. Patien...

BACKGROUND Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS) is a progressive neurodegenerative disorder affecting both the upper and lower motor neurons. Deteriorating pulmonary function as a reflection of progressive respiratory muscle weakness is a common feature, accounting for the majority of deaths. The aim of the study was to describe a trend in initial pulmonary function tests (PFT) of amyotrophic la...