[Purpose] The purpose of our study was to investigate the effect of different positions on pulmonary function test (PFT) values such as forced vital capacity (FVC) and forced expiratory volume in one second (FEV1) of asthmatic patients .[Subjects and Methods] Thirty subjects with severe asthma aged between 20-39 years were enrolled after they had signed a written consent. Subjects were selected...

BACKGROUND Sarcoidosis has different phenotypic manifestations which may have a diverse effect on functional status and quality of life. There are few studies in sarcoidosis addressing gender disparity and its effect on Health-Related Quality of Life (HRQL) and functional status. OBJECTIVE The purpose of this study was to investigate the effects of gender on HRQL and to identify associations ...

The aim. To compare three respiratory physical therapy techniques and their impact on pulmonary function restoration among cardiac surgery patients in hospital settings. Materials methods. study involved 126 of both sexes who were admitted for surgery. All the procedures performed by sternotomy with cardiopulmonary bypass cardioplegic arrest. randomly divided (with a ratio 1:1:1 envelope method...

A mosaic pattern of lung attenuation on chest computed tomography (CT) may be due to various etiologies. There is limited published data on CT results when used to evaluate pulmonary hypertension (PH). We retrospectively studied the frequency of mosaic pattern in patients with PH and the cause of the PH by diagnostic group, as well as the correlation between the mosaic pattern and the following...

background cystic fibrosis is a complex progressive disease which assessing its progression and severity is essential. for this purpose there are scoring systems available to evaluate the disease severity. objectives the aim of the present study was to determine the clinical status of cf patients using shwachman score system in the pediatric pulmonary ward of masih daneshvari hospital. patients...

The ability of pulmonary function tests (PFTs) to predict exercise capacity was investigated by using linear regression analysis to quantify the relationships between: (1) maximum oxygen consumption during treadmill exercise and PFT parameters; and (2) total external work performed during treadmill exercise and PFT parameters. In a group containing 11 healthy subjects, nine with mild/moderate c...

INTRODUCTION Pulmonary arterial hypertension (PAH) is a major cause of mortality in systemic sclerosis (SSc). Screening guidelines for PAH recommend multiple investigations, including annual echocardiography, which together have low specificity and may not be cost-effective. We sought to evaluate the predictive accuracy of serum N-terminal pro-brain natriuretic peptide (NT-proBNP) in combinatio...

OBJECTIVE Sulfur mustard (SM) is a potent mutagenic agent that targets several organs, particularly lung tissue. Changes in morphological structure of the airway system are associated with chronic obstructive pulmonary deficiency following exposure to SM. Although numerous studies have demonstrated pathological effects of SM on respiratory organs, unfortunately there is no effective treatment t...

BACKGROUND To study the oxygen uptake efficiency and determine usefulness of submaximal parameters of oxygen uptake in systemic lupus erythematosus associated pulmonary arterial hypertension (SLE PAH) on performing a cardiopulmonary exercise test (CPET). METHODS CPET was performed in 21 SLE PAH patients, equal number of idiopathic pulmonary arterial hypertension (IPAH) patients and controls. ...

Obesity is considered one of the most serious public health problems of the modern world. Because it alters the relationship between the lungs, chest wall and diaphragm, it is to be expected that it impacts on the respiratory function. In Portugal, there is not much data about the relationship between obesity and pulmonary function. The aim of this study was to characterize respiratory function...