Acute Disseminated Encephalomyelitis Presenting as Bilateral Ptosis in a Sri Lankan Child by Ishara Kumarasiri, Ruwan Samararathna, Udara Sandakelum, Oshanie Muthukumarana, Reha Balasubramaniam, Sachith Mettananda

“…He did not have seizures, blurring of vision, limb weakness, swallowing or breathing difficulties, or bladder dysfunction. On examination, he had bilateral ptosis, gait ataxia, and dysmetria. …”
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Sleep Behaviour in Sickle Cell Disease: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis by Melanie Koelbel, Fenella J. Kirkham

“…<b>Background/Objectives:</b> There is a high prevalence of sleep behaviour disorders, as well as sleep disordered breathing (SDB), in individuals living with sickle cell disease (SCD). …”
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Air Quality and Public Health Risk Assessment: A Case of an Industrial Area in Haridwar City, Uttarakhand (India) by Alka Pant, Ramesh Chandra Joshi, Sanjay Sharma, Kamal Pant

“…Research indicates that the air of the SIDCUL area will become moderately polluted and may cause breathing discomfort to asthma patients’ health. The scientists might apply this model to other polluted regions of the country so that the public and the government can take preventive measures in advance.…”
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Diagnosis and Management of Obesity Hypoventilation Syndrome during Labor by Brandon M. Togioka, Sarah S. McConville, Rachael M Penchoen-Lind, Katie J. Schenning

“…Additional clinical features include sleep disordered breathing, restrictive lung disease, polycythemia, hypoxemia, and an increased serum bicarbonate concentration (≥27 mEq/L). …”
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Cytomegalovirus Infection in Patient with Clear Cell Renal Cell Carcinoma by Ikhwan Rinaldi, Abdul Muthalib, Januar Widodo Sutandar, Hendro Adi Kuncoro, Bambang Irawan Harsono, Nelly Susanto, Tjondro Setiawan, Kevin Winston, Idham Rafly Dewantara, Ihya Fakhrurizal Amin, Yuli Maulidiya Shufiyani

“…The patient was hospitalized for 26 days and admitted to the intensive care unit (ICU) due to shortness of breath, decreased oxygen saturation, and irregular breathing. …”
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Can relaxation exercises improve students’ OSCE grades: a prospective study by Damien Massalou, Jérôme Doyen, Fabien Almairac, Pierre-Simon Rohrlich, Jean-Paul Fournier, Clair Vandersteen, Nirvana Sadaghianloo

“…Conclusion: Relaxation, conscious breathing, and positive reinforcement methods reduced students’ anxiety prior to their OSCE; however, these techniques did not improve their scores. …”
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Sympathovagal Imbalance in Prehypertensive Offspring of Two Parents versus One Parent Hypertensive by G. K. Pal, Pravati Pal, Nivedita Nanda, V. Lalitha, T. K. Dutta, C. Adithan

“…Body mass index (BMI), waist-hip ratio (WHR), basal heart rate (BHR), blood pressure (BP), HR and BP response to standing, deep breathing difference, BP response to handgrip and spectral indices of heart rate variability (HRV) were analyzed in normotensive offspring of two parents hypertensive (Group I), normotensive offspring of one parent hypertensive (Group II), prehypertensive offspring of two parents hypertensive (Group III) and prehypertensive offspring of one parent hypertensive (Group IV). …”
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Tracheoesophageal Fistula due to a Damaged Tracheal Stent by Masahiro Kimura, Yoshiyuki Kuwabara, Hideyuki Ishiguro, Tatsuya Tanaka, Hiromitsu Takeyama

“…A 29-year-old woman with a history of treated epilepsy had a seizure and suffered from smoke inhalation during a fire. Breathing difficulties appeared and gradually worsened; consultation was obtained two years afterward. …”
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Oral Motor Treatment Efficacy: Feeding and Swallowing Skills in Children with Cerebral Palsy by Maria E. Widman-Valencia, Luis F. Gongora-Meza, Héctor Rubio-Zapata, Rita E. Zapata-Vázquez, Elma Vega Lizama, Marco Ramírez Salomón, Damaris Estrella-Castillo

“…The feeding and swallowing skills that improved significantly with the oral motor treatment were mandibular mobility, tongue activity, abnormal reflexes, control of breathing, and general oral motor skills (p≤0.05). …”
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Foreign Bodies in Lower Airway in Children: Brief Review and Clinical Experience by Stoyan Markov, Petya Markova, Ivanka Karavelikova, Hristina Halacheva

“…The clinical findings depend on the type, size, and localization of the foreign body and include persistent cough, localized airway resistance, localized or diffuse wheezing, and difficulty breathing. A bronchoscopy is the procedure of choice for the removal of foreign bodies. …”
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Malignant Hyperthermia during Thoracoscopic Pulmorrhaphy in a 70-Year-Old Man by Michihiro Sakai, Noriko Murakami, Yuji Kitamura, Shin Sato, Hiroshi Iwama, Akira Nomura

“…At the end, BT was 38.1°C and ETCO2 was 47 mmHg under spontaneous breathing. After extubation, the patient wheezed on inspiration and expiration, and his trachea was reintubated. …”
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The Use of Yoga in the Treatment of PCOS by Agnieszka Przesor Przezor, Natalia Medźwiedzka

“…In addition to asanas, breathing techniques known as pranayama are also very important in yoga. …”
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African swine fever clinical scoring system by M. E. Vlasov, V. M. Balyshev, A. D. Sereda

“…It is proposed to take into account 7 major clinical manifestations: an increase in body temperature, reduced liveliness, loss of appetite, skin lesions, joint swelling, laboured breathing, neurological disorders, each scored from 0 to 3 or 4. …”
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A computational fluid dynamics analysis of the aerodynamic influence of angles of attack on the Skylon spaceplane by Vivekamanickam Koothan Venkateswaran, Unai Fernandez Gamiz, Ana Boyano, Jesus Maria Blanco

“…The analysis focuses on the aerodynamics of the Skylon spaceplane and the Synergistic Air-Breathing Rocket Engine to understand their impact on single-stage reusable vehicles in the aerospace sector. …”
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Unusual Ventilatory Response to Exercise in Patient with Arnold-Chiari Type 1 Malformation after Posterior Fossa Decompression by Keely Smith, Ana M. Gomez-Rubio, Tomika S. Harris, Lauren E. Brooks, Ricardo A. Mosquera

“…In this report, we describe the abnormal response to exercise that patients with AC-Type 1 could potentially experience, even after decompression, characterized by the impairment of ventilator response to hypercapnia during exertion, reflecting a complete loss of chemical influence on breathing with no evidence of abnormality in the corticospinal pathway.…”
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Predictive value of bedside diaphragmatic ultrasonography for extubation success in critically ill patients after general anaesthesia: A meta-analysis with trial sequential analysi... by Lan Ma, Na Zhou, Kaiming Yuan, Zihao Xue, Kai Lv, Jingying Huang

“…Successful extubation is defined as maintaining spontaneous breathing for at least 48 hours post-extubation. Data extraction and quality assessment were performed using a random-effects model. …”
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Real-Time Respiratory Monitoring Using a Sparse-Sampled Frequency-Scanning White-Light Interferometry System by Wenyan Liu, Cheng Qian, Kexin Li, Yiping Wang, Xiaoyan Cai, Qiang Liu

“…The experimental results demonstrate the system’s capability to accurately capture diverse breathing patterns—including normal, rapid, and deep states—with fast response and recovery times. …”
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Knowledge of Nonmedical Individuals about Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation in Case of Cardiac Arrest: A Cross-Sectional Study in the Population of Jeddah, Saudi Arabia by Fadi Jandali Qara, Loui K. Alsulimani, Maged M. Fakeeh, Diyaa H. Bokhary

“…Regarding manifestations of cardiac arrest, 40.7% suggested loss of consciousness, 36.8% suggested cessation of breathing, and 24.7% suggested cessation of circulation. …”
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Purpose built catheters for minimally invasive surfactant therapy: Experience from a Canadian tertiary level neonatal intensive care unit by Talib Al Harthy, Michael R Miller, Orlando daSilva, Soume Bhattacharya

“…# Background Minimally invasive surfactant therapy (MIST), a method of surfactant delivery via a thin catheter during spontaneous breathing, is an increasingly popular alternative to intubation and surfactant administration. …”
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An Overview of Experiments and Numerical Simulations on Airflow and Aerosols Deposition in Human Airways and the Role of Bioaerosol Motion in COVID-19 Transmission by Justus Kavita Mutuku, Wen-Che Hou, Wei-Hsin Chen

“…The complexity of the human airways and the breathing process limit the application of in vitro measurements to only two consecutive branches of the human airway. …”
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