HYPERTROPHIC CARDIOMYOPATHY: GENETIC ALTERATIONS, PATHOGENESIS AND PATHOPHYSIOLOGY by N. T. Vatutin, G. G. Taradin, M. S. Maron

“…The importance of genetic testing of patients with hypertrophic cardiomyopathy and their relatives is underlined.The review concerns the basic pathophysiologic characteristics of the disease according to their diagnostic, clinical and prognostic value. Except the description of pathophysiologic properties, as a matter of fact, the obstruction of outflow in the left ventricle, diastolic dysfunction, myocardial ischemia and rhythm disorders, the contemporary instrumental diagnostic methods (positron-emission tomography, computed tomography) in early diagnostic and monitoring of the disease.…”
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Mortality causes and health spending by gender and health conditions in octogenarians, nonagenarians and centenarians in Colombia by Oscar Espinosa, Valeria Bejarano, Isabella Franky, Sandeep Pagali, Michael Drummond, Oscar H. Franco

“…For this nationwide retrospective descriptive observational study, epidemiological regions, urban/rural areas and morbidities were also studied. …”
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Comorbidity-driven COPD outcomes: the urgent need for full optimisation by respiratory physicians by Sobia Chaudhary, Sundeep Kaul

“…Despite compelling evidence underscoring their critical role in disease progression, these comorbidities are consistently underdiagnosed and inadequately managed, necessitating an urgent shift toward a holistic, comorbidity-centred approach in COPD care.1–3 Materials and Methods: A retrospective cohort study was performed involving 500 COPD patients (>60 years), confirmed by spirometry (FEV1/FVC <0.70 post-bronchodilator) and stratified according to Global Initiative for Chronic Obstructive Lung Disease (GOLD)stages. Clinical data, including comorbidities, exacerbation frequency, hospitalisation rates, pulmonary rehabilitation (PR) referrals and mortality, were systematically collected and analysed using descriptive statistics, chi-square tests and logistic regression analyses. …”
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Profile of a patient with non-ST segment elevation myocardial infarction in actual clinical practice by V. V. Ryabov, A. E. Gombozhapova, S. V. Demyanov

“…Statistical data processing was performed using the Statistica 10,0 software package. The methods of descriptive statistics and Yates-corrected chi-square test were used.Results. …”
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Estimation of relations between breathing perception, breathing patterns and the respiratory biomechanics in persons with various ventilator possibilities of the respiratory system... by A. I. Karzilov, F. F. Tetenev, T. N. Bodrova

“…Descriptive, comparative, correlative, canonical, cluster, factorial, regressive and informative analysis of the results has been performed. …”
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Association of Respiratory Morbidities with Particulate Air Pollution in Delhi, India- A Prospective Study by Nandini Sharma, Pragya Sharma, M. P. George, Anil K. Singh, Ekta Arora

“…The trends of the hospital admissions for respiratory morbidity were corroborated with PM 2.5. Descriptive statistics and correlation amongst emergency admissions and air pollutants were analysed using Microsoft Excel. …”
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BEAM study (Breathing, Education, Awareness, Movement): a randomised controlled feasibility trial of tai chi exercise in patients with COPD by Gloria Y. Yeh, Daniel Litrownik, Peter M. Wayne, Douglas Beach, Elizabeth S. Klings, Harry Reyes Nieva, Adlin Pinheiro, Roger B. Davis, Marilyn L. Moy

“…Background Despite therapeutic advances, the management of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) remains complex. …”
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Communicative Action and the Other of Justice by Sík Domokos

“…However, being a social action itself, it needs coordination in case of obstruction. Such obstruction is especially frequent in late modern constellation burdened with the “individualization of life forms” (Beck) and the “dissolution of a mutual ground” (Lash). …”
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Combination of CAKUT-syndrome and axial skeletal abnormalities by O. A. Kaplunova, E. V. Chaplygina, M. M. Batiushin, O. P. Sukhanova, I. M. Blinov, E. D. Stefanova, A. M. Batiushina

“…The clinical case gives a description of a similar combined developmental anomaly.…”
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Gallstone Ileus Decades after Cholecystectomy and Pylorus-Preserving Whipples by Miho Mugino, Takako Eva Yabe, Bruce Ashford

“…We report a case of small bowel obstruction due to gallstone ileus found in a patient with previous pancreaticoduodenectomy (Whipple procedure). …”
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Wrong signs are alright by David E. Kaplan, Surjeet Rajendran, Francesco Serra

“…Thus, there is no obvious low-energy obstruction to the existence of these operators.…”
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Prevalence of Sleep Disorders Among Children in Elementary Schools in Kirkuk City by Abbas Lateef Muheal-deen, Radwan H. Ibraim

“…Data were analyzed through the application of descriptive statistics ( Frequency, percentage and mean) and inferential statistic analysis (correlation coefficient and chi-Square test). …”
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Spontaneous pneumothorax by Lazaro Lorda Galiano, María Lourdes Hernández Echevarría, Abraham Ismael Beato Canfux, Mario Jarquín Caceres, Manuel Ceballos Hernández, Yisel del Carmen Hernández Vázquez

“…The most associated personal pathological history was chronic obstructive pulmonary disease. The predominant symptom was chest pain. …”
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Perspectives on Palliative Care Approaches in People with Advanced COPD: A Qualitative Study of Patients Attending a Breathe Easy Clinic and Day Hospice by Barbara Gonçalves, Joanne Lusher, Audrey Cund, Caroline Sime, Eileen Harkess-Murphy

“…Introduction: People with advanced chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) are well recognised to experience high levels of unaddressed physical and psychosocial symptom burden. …”
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Characterization of the Care Process for Hypertensive People in a Polyclinic in Old Havana by Addys Díaz Piñera, Yamila Soler Carbonell, Nelsy Álvarez Mesa, Armando Rodríguez Salvá

“…<br /><strong>Method:</strong> a descriptive and cross-sectional study was carried out in 159 people aged 18 years and over classified as hypertensive, to whom a questionnaire was applied to explore sociodemographic aspects, personal history and others related to the care process. …”
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Effect of Positioning on Oxygenation and Hemodynamics among Patients on Mechanical Ventilation by Hosam G. Elamoudy, Sahar Y. Mohammad, Gamal A. Abdellatif, Suzan M. Dessowky

“…Methods: This study was conducted in the medical intensive care unit at El-Demerdash hospital, affiliated to Ain-Shams University. A descriptive exploratory study design was utilized in this study. …”
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Comparison of Certain Risk Factors Associated with Mortality Due to Coronavirus Disease 2019 in Patients at Shohadaye Kargar Hospital in Yazd, Iran (2019-2020) by Somayeh Jahanabadi, Abolhasan Halvani, Sareh Rafatmagham, Mohammadjavad Berizi

“…The variables of diabetes, hypertension, ischemic heart disease, chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD), and age showed statistically significant differences between the two groups (P<0.05). …”
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Assessing diagnosis-related groups based direct medical expenditures of chronic disease patients in general hospital of lower southern Thailand by Akemat Wongpairin, Apiradee Lim, Phattrawan Tongkumchum, Wichayaporn Thongpeth, Haris Khurram

“…Chronic kidney and chronic obstructive pulmonary diseases were the most expensive chronic diseases with an average expense of about THB 20,000 and 25,000. …”
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Spirometric alterations in post-COVID-19 patients treated on an outpatient. Ibarra, January–December 2021 by Paulina Marilú Puedmag Rueda, Pedro René Torres Cabezas, Jorge Luis Anaya González

“…In post-COVID-19 patients, this allows us to evaluate the severity of the condition and follow the progression of airflow limitation, to identify obstructive, restrictive and mixed patterns.<br /><strong>Objective</strong>: to determine the spirometric alterations and their relationship with the severity degree of the post-COVID-19 condition in patients treated on an outpatient.…”
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Simulation of Pharyngeal Airway Interaction with Air Flow Using Low-Re Turbulence Model by M. R. Rasani, K. Inthavong, J. Y. Tu

“…An Arbitrary Eulerian-Lagrangian description for the fluid governing equation is coupled with the Lagrangian structural solver via a partitioned approach, allowing deformation of the fluid domain to be captured. …”
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