Neuromodulation possibilities in neurogenic lower urinary tract dysfunction by G. Yu. Yarin, E. I. Kreydin, R. V. Salyukov, E. V. Kasatonova, S. V. Astrakov, A. V. Bershadsky, I. A. Vilgelmi, A. I. Shevela

“…Neuromodulation has proven itself in the treatment of patients suffering from idiopathic overactive bladder and non-obstructive urinary retention, who are resistant to conservative therapy. …”
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Beyond forest plots: clinical gestalt and its influence on COPD telemonitoring studies and outcomes review by Christine F McDonald, Sheree M Smith, Anne E Holland

“…Background Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) is a progressive chronic condition. …”
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Endoscopic Third Ventriculostomy in Cases of Hydrocephalus: An Institutional Experience by Prarthana Saxena, Sharad Pandey, Pankaj Kumar, Kaviraj Kausik, Shiv Lal Soni

“…However, more extensive studies dedicated to ETV with a larger sample size are required to further study its efficacy in various etiologies.…”
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High-resolution mass spectrometry measurement of N-terminal carbamylated hemoglobin as a potential marker for chronic diseases with elevated blood urea levels by Fangjun Chen, Priscilla S.-W. Yeung, Carolyn V. Wong, Ruben Y. Luo

“…Methods: Apparent CarHb/Hb ratios were calculated from the peak area ratios of carbamylated to native N-terminal peptides digested from hemoglobin alpha and beta subunits. Blood samples from healthy individuals, CKD patients, and chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) patients were analyzed. …”
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Genetic evidence of bidirectional mendelian randomization study on the causality between gut microbiome and respiratory diseases contributes to gut-lung axis by Xiaoqing Zhou, Shuyan Shen, Zhen Wang

“…The causal link between the gut microbiome and respiratory illnesses was then estimated using a Two-sample Mendelian randomization (MR) analysis, including the inverse-variance weighted (IVW), weighted median, MR-Egger, simple mode, and weighted mode. …”
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Socioeconomic Status and Poor Health Outcome at 10 Years of Follow-Up in the Multi-Ethnic Study of Atherosclerosis. by Steven Shea, Joao Lima, Ana Diez-Roux, Neal W Jorgensen, Robyn L McClelland

“…<h4>Setting</h4>Population-based sample from 6 U.S. communities.<h4>Participants</h4>4,355 participants In the MESA Study.…”
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CHMMConvScaleNet: a hybrid convolutional neural network and continuous hidden Markov model with multi-scale features for sleep posture detection by Dikun Hu, Weidong Gao, Kai Keng Ang, Mengjiao Hu, Rong Huang, Gang Chuai, Xiaoyan Li

“…Studies show that supine posture can lead to a higher occurrence of obstructive sleep apnea, while lateral posture might reduce it. …”
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Progress and prospects in the research on the impact of periodontal disease on systemic diseases and its mechanisms by CHEN Bin, YAN Fuhua

“…As such, it represents a potential risk factor for rheumatoid arthritis (level B evidence), chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (level B evidence), and inflammatory bowel disease (level B evidence). …”
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Risk factors related to COVID-19. Turcios Lima Polyclinic. Pinar del Rio, 2020-2021 by Jorge Félix Rodríguez Ramos, Gema Chávez Ivizate, Raquel Piloto González

“…<br /><strong>Methods</strong>: a case-control study was carried out, which included patients treated at the Turcios Lima Community Polyclinic, in Pinar del Río, from 2020 to 2021. The sample selection was random 3:6 (3000 positive cases of COVID-19/6000 controls without the disease), matched by age and sex. …”
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Prevalence of genetic mutations in Alpha-1 antitrypsin in patients with difficult-to-treat asthma in Colombia by Abraham Alí-Munive, Jaime Leonardo Chacón, Leidy Prada, Nadia Juliana Proaños, Leslie Vargas, Claudia Diaz-Bossa, Angela Giraldo, John Pedrozo-Pupo

“…Informed consent was obtained, and gingival mucosa was sampled for genetic diagnosis of AATD using the A1AT Genotyping Test. …”
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Cardiovascular disease in out-patient practice of therapeutists and cardiologists by L. A. Bokeria, I. N. Stupakov, I. V. Samorodskaya, E. N. Fufaev, E. V. Bolotova

“…The most prevalent comorbidities were diabetes mellitus (19 %) and chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (9 %). Comorbidity prevalence was associated with the main diagnosis and age. …”
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Worsening asthma at school is associated with poor psychosocial well-being by Eerika Finell, Asko Tolvanen, Caroline Stridsman, Helena Backman, Linnéa Hedman

“…In addition, we studied the association between worsening asthma at school at age 15 and the change in the degree to which asthma interfered with daily activities between ages 15 and 19 years.Methods Within the Obstructive Lung Disease in Northern Sweden (OLIN) studies, a cohort of schoolchildren has been followed from age 8 years until 19 years of age. …”
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Interdisciplinary medical education practices: building a case-driven interdisciplinary simulation system based on public datasets by Kangli Qiu, Tianshu Zeng, Wenfang Xia, Miaomiao Peng, Wen Kong

“…This creates a closed-loop practice that spans data sample selection and processing to front-end interaction. …”
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Development of an algorithm impacting COPD care through personalized nutrition and IoT-based monitoring by Prachi Sharma, Mihir Gharia, Devina Aswal, Vishva Trivedi, Bhavnita Soni, Prerna Soni, Devesh Joshi, Dhvni Lalan, Vrushali Athavale, Irfan Shaikh, Koshy Jacob

“…Abstract Background Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) is a chronic respiratory condition characterized by high morbidity and mortality rates. …”
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Leveraging pleiotropy to discover and interpret GWAS results for sleep-associated traits. by Sung Chun, Sebastian Akle, Athanasios Teodosiadis, Brian E Cade, Heming Wang, Tamar Sofer, Daniel S Evans, Katie L Stone, Sina A Gharib, Sutapa Mukherjee, Lyle J Palmer, David Hillman, Jerome I Rotter, Craig L Hanis, John A Stamatoyannopoulos, Susan Redline, Chris Cotsapas, Shamil R Sunyaev

“…Genetic association studies of many heritable traits resulting from physiological testing often have modest sample sizes due to the cost and burden of the required phenotyping. …”
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Tubulointerstitial Macrophage Accumulation is Regulated by Sequentially Expressed Osteopontin and Macrophage Colony-Stimulating Factor: Implication for the Role of Atorvastatin

“…Unilateral ureteral obstructive (UUO) rats were treated with atorvastatin (10 mg/Kg) or vehicle. …”
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Psychometric properties of the living with long term conditions scale in an English-speaking population living with long term conditions in the UK by Mari Carmen Portillo, Leire Ambrosio, Corine Driessens, Kelly Hislop-Lennie, Nestor Serrano-Fuentes

“…Patients were involved in the design and pilot study of the scale.Results A total sample of 577 people with an age range of 37–97 years (98±9.65) were recruited. …”
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Efficacy of modafinil on fatigue and excessive daytime sleepiness associated with neurological disorders: a systematic review and meta-analysis. by Ping Sheng, Lijun Hou, Xiang Wang, Xiaowen Wang, Chengguang Huang, Mingkun Yu, Xi Han, Yan Dong

“…The majority of the studies had small sample sizes. Modafinil is not yet sufficient to be recommended for these medical conditions until solid data are available.…”
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Fractal Evolution Characteristics of Pore Structure in Coal-Acidified Stimulation by Dan Zhou, Zhiqiang Lv, Yunxing Cao, Gaofeng Liu, Xinsheng Zhang, Bin Shi, Junsheng Zhang, Shimin Liu

“…The acidification mechanism was mainly attributed to the dissolution of carbonate minerals in the coal, which led to the removal of obstructive minerals such as ankerite and calcite that had accumulated in the coal pores. …”
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Early childhood lower-airway symptoms and airway hyperresponsiveness linked to school-age small-airway dysfunction by Anette M. Määttä, MD, L. Pekka Malmberg, MD, PhD, Anna S. Pelkonen, MD, PhD, Mika J. Mäkelä, MD, PhD

“…Further studies with larger samples of symptomatic young children are warranted to determine whether this connection predicts the development of asthma or other obstructive pulmonary diseases as the children grow.…”
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