Predictive Value of Cortical Transit Time on Diuretic Renography in Determining the Need for Surgery and Evaluating the Postoperative Outcome in Ureteropelvic Junction Obstruction... by Bijay Kumar Suman, Aditya Arvind Manekar, Subrat Kumar Sahoo, Kanhaiyalal Agrawal, Bikasha Bihary Tripathy, Manoj Kumar Mohanty

“…Background: Ureteropelvic junction obstruction (UPJO) is the most common cause of antenatal hydronephrosis. …”
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Risk of all-cause mortality associated with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease and the role of healthy ageing trajectories: a population-based study of middle-aged and older adu... by Josep Maria Haro, Daniel Fernandez, Ivet Bayes-Marin, Albert Sanchez-Niubo, Beatriz Olaya

“…Objectives The aims were to study the risk of all-cause mortality associated with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) and healthy ageing trajectories (HAT) in three birth cohorts and to determine the moderating role of HAT in the association between COPD and all-cause mortality.Design Prospective cohort study.Setting Data from waves 1 to 5 of The Survey of Health, Ageing and Retirement in Europe.Participants The total sample was 28 857 community-dwelling individuals aged 50+ years.Main outcome All-cause mortality associated with COPD and HAT adjusting for covariates. …”
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Physical, Mental, and Health Empowerment Disparities Across Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease, Asthma, and Combined Groups and the Moderating Role of eHealth Literacy: Cross-Se... by Jiaying Li, Xiaobing Wu, Yibo Wu, Daniel Yee Tak Fong, Yang Song, Siyi Xu, Changhwan Kim, Xiaohong Lin, Vinciya Pandian

“… BackgroundNonpharmacological management plays a key role in enhancing the quality of life for individuals with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD), asthma, or both. …”
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Challenges to Exploring the Patient Perspective in Palliative Care Conversations: A Qualitative Study Among Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease and Chronic Heart Failure Patients... by Annet Olde Wolsink-van Harlingen, Leontine Groen-van de Ven, Kris Vissers, Jeroen Hasselaar, Jan Jukema, Madeleen Uitdehaag

“…Methods: This is a qualitative, explorative study in the Netherlands using purposive sampling to create diversity in demographic variables of both patients and HCPs. …”
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Bacterial profile and antibiotic susceptibility pattern of adult lower respiratory tract infections in Colombo, Sri Lanka by Nadeesha Amarasinghe, Muthulingam Athavan, Deepal Jayamanne, Yamuna Rajapakshe, Aflah Sadikeen, Kirthi Gunasekara, Amitha Fernando, Lilani Karunanayake

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Prognostic significance of eosinophil-to-platelet ratio and C-reactive protein in predicting adverse events during acute exacerbations of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease: A c... by M Yogesh, D Kadalarasu, Naresh Makwana, Iva S. Chatterjee

“…Background Biomarkers like sarcopenia, eosinopenia and C-reactive protein (CRP) may predict major adverse events including intubation, ICU admission, mortality and readmission in chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) exacerbations. …”
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Impact of COPD and sarcopenia on all-cause and respiratory mortality in US adults: NHANES 1999–2018 by Jiao Xu, Yuehua Ma, Qingyue Zeng, Xingyu Mu, Hu Nie, Shuangqing Li, Qiaoli Su, Hong Fan

“…Abstract Background Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD) and sarcopenia (SAR) are major public health problems in aging societies, as they share common pathophysiological mechanisms and are associated with serious health consequences. …”
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Host-pathogen interaction profiling of nontypeable Haemophilus influenzae and Moraxella catarrhalis coinfection of bronchial epithelial cells by Adonis D’Mello, Timothy F. Murphy, Martina Wade, Charmaine Kirkham, Yong Kong, Hervé Tettelin, Melinda M. Pettigrew

“…ABSTRACT Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) is a progressive inflammatory lung disease and the third leading cause of death globally. …”
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Minnow Trap Color Effectiveness Test Using Cat Food Bait as Aquatic Sampling Gear on Diurnal Fish in Gajah Mungkur Reservoir, Cental Java, Indonesia by Authors Adityas Arifianto, Elsa Mufti, Agung Pramana Warih Marhendra, Nia Kurniawan

“…The color effectiveness test of fishing gear is an important prerequisite for the use of sampling tools, and it needs to be evaluated to understand the gear performance and avoid potential sampling bias. …”
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Snoring Sounds Classification of OSAHS Patients Based on Model Fusion by Yexin LUO, Jianxin PENG, Li DING, Yikai ZHANG, Lijuan SONG, Qianfan ZHANG, Houpeng CHEN

“…Obstructive sleep apnea hypopnea syndrome (OSAHS) is a prevalent and detrimental chronic condition. …”
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Clinical predictive value of Chinese visceral adipose index for the diagnosis of OSAHS in patients with metabolic syndrome scheduled to undergo bariatric metabolic surgery by WANG Wei, GU Jingfeng, LI Bing, WANG Guiqi

“…Objective To explore clinical predictive value of Chinese visceral adipose index （CVAI） for patients with metabolic syndrome （MetS） complicated with obstructive sleep apnea hypopnea syndrome （OSAHS） scheduled for bariatric metabolic surgery （BMS）. …”
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Difference in Sleep Apnea Pattern According to Body Mass Index (BMI): A Cohort Study in a Tertiary Care Center-Rawalpindi by Karamat Ali, Abdul Rehman Arshad, Muhammad Imran, Attia Khaliq, Amir Rashid, Hassan Raza

“…Methods: A total of 577 clinically suspected Obstructive Sleep Apnea patients underwent sleep studies in our sleep study departments using Convenience Sampling. …”
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Relación entre la enzima convertidora de angiotensina, polimorfismo I/D, y obstrucción coronaria en una población del Quindío, Colombia by Patricia Landázuri, Hugo Castaño, Nelsy Loango, Andrea Cardona-Barreto, Alejandra María Giraldo

“…Sample comprised patients attending ahemodynamics center in Quindío in need of a coronary angiography. …”
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Analysis of the functioning of temporary dialysis catheters in patients with COVID-19 by Bruno Jeronimo Ponte, Viviane Galli Dib, Arthur Souza Magnani, Felipe Soares Oliveira Portela, Marcela Juliano Silva Cunha, Lucas Lembrança Pinheiro, Nelson Wolosker

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Airway-microbiome-driven mechanisms of disease during optimised self-management: a lesson learned from mechanistic study of the Colour-COPD trial by Alice M Turner, Daniella Spittle, Karl Staples, David Cleary

“…Introduction Reduced antibiotic consumption due to better self-management could change the profile of bacteria present in the airway, which might benefit the health of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease patients. To test this, we planned to use sputum samples already being collected from Colour-COPD trial patients for mechanistic work. …”
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Mandibular Advancement Devices in OSA Patients: Impact on Occlusal Dynamics and Tooth Alignment Modifications—A Pilot Prospective and Retrospective Study by Aylin Uyaner, Helen Schneider, Aditya Parikh, Kathrin Paeske-Hinz, Anna Konermann

“…<b>Background</b>: The widespread prevalence of obstructive sleep apnea (OSA) underscores the necessity for effective therapies. …”
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Characterization of circRNA expression profiles and functional roles in a mouse model of liver injury induced by OSA by Qingshi Chen, Huiting Lai, Yuwei Chen, Zhuli Peng, Siying Wu, Dexin Liu

“…We established the CIH model and conducted circRNA microarray analysis on liver samples from both CIH and control groups. The findings were substantiated via qRT-PCR. …”
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The impact of biliary stents on the diagnostic yield of endoscopic ultrasound‐guided fine needle aspiration for solid pancreatic lesions: A single‐center retrospective study and me... by Go Endo, Kazunaga Ishigaki, Tsuyoshi Hamada, Yousuke Nakai, Kota Ishida, Kohei Kurihara, Shuichi Tange, Shinya Takaoka, Yurie Tokito, Yukari Suzuki, Hiroki Oyama, Sachiko Kanai, Tatsunori Suzuki, Tatsuya Sato, Ryunosuke Hakuta, Tomotaka Saito, Naminatsu Takahara, Mitsuhiro Fujishiro

“…Abstract Background Endoscopic ultrasound‐guided fine needle aspiration (EUS‐FNA) is widely used for the pathological diagnosis of solid pancreatic lesions but in cases with obstructive jaundice, transpapillary sampling can be performed during endoscopic retrograde cholangiopancreatography with transpapillary biliary stent placement. …”
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A Comparative Study between Conventional Diaphragmatic Breathing Exercise and Virtual Reality-based Diaphragmatic Breathing Exercise on Quality of Life in Chronic Obstructive Pulmo... by Sridhar Shirodkar, Medha Deo

“…We propose the use of a novel VR-based approach as a respiratory biofeedback to improve breathing patterns in chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) patients, decrease their work of breathing, and improve breathing control. …”
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Number and function of bone-marrow derived angiogenic cells and coronary flow reserve in women without obstructive coronary artery disease: a substudy of the NHLBI-sponsored Women'... by Rajesh Mohandas, Larysa Sautina, Shiyu Li, Xuerong Wen, Tianyao Huo, Eileen Handberg, Yueh-Yun Chi, C Noel Bairey Merz, Carl J Pepine, Mark S Segal

“…<h4>Background</h4>In women with ischemia and no obstructive coronary artery disease, the Women's Ischemic Syndrome Evaluation (WISE) observed that microvascular coronary dysfunction (MCD) is the best independent predictor of adverse cardiovascular events. …”
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