Association between humidity and respiratory health: the 2016–2018 Korea National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey by Jinwoo Seok, Bo Young Lee, Hee-Young Yoon

“…Methods In this cross-sectional study, we analyzed data from KNHANES participants aged ≥ 40 years, collected between 2016 and 2018. Pulmonary function tests (PFTs) and health questionnaires were used to assess lung function and respiratory symptoms. …”
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Thyroid Dysfunction following Radiotherapy and Combined Therapy in Non-Thyroid Head and Neck Cancers by Rais Ahmad Bhat, Om Prakash, Shabab Lalit Angurana

“…MATERIALS AND METHODS:  It was a prospective study of 51 patients with head and neck cancers for duration of one year. Thyroid function tests were done before and at the end, 3 months and 6 months following treatment. …”
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CARDIOPROTECTIVE EFFECT OF PHYSICAL REHABILITATION IN PATIENTS WITH ISCHEMIC-ORIGIN DIASTOLIC DYSFUNCTION AFTER PERCUTANEOUS CORONARY INTERVENTION by N. P. Lyamina, A. N. Nosenko, I. B. Razborova, O. V. Orlikova, E. V. Kotel'nikova, E. S. Karpova

“…Standard clinical examination, diastolic function assessment, exercise tolerance test were performed at baseline, after 6 and 9 months. …”
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Long-Term Multimodal Exercise Intervention for Patients with Frontotemporal Lobar Degeneration: Feasibility and Preliminary Outcomes by Miyuki Nemoto, Kiyotaka Nemoto, Hiroyuki Sasai, Shinji Higashi, Miho Ota, Tetsuaki Arai

“…Cognitive, psychological, physical, and behavioral function tests were conducted before and after the intervention. …”
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Long-Term Follow-Up of Nonoperatively and Operatively Treated Acute Primary Patellar Dislocation in Skeletally Immature Patients by Eva Bengtsson Moström, Christina Mikkelsen, Lars Weidenhielm, Per-Mats Janarv

“…The minimum follow-up time was 5 years. Thigh muscle torque, range of motion, the squat test, the knee injury and osteoarthritis outcome score (KOOS), the Kujala score, and the recurrence rate were registered. …”
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ACE INHIBITOR ZOFENOPRIL IN COMPLEX THERAPY OF CHRONIC HEART FAILURE AND DILATED CARDIOMYOPATHY by Z. T. Astakhova, D. S. Zagalova

“…Clinical status was evaluated by NYCA Functional Class (FC) of CHF, 6-minute walk test results, and the CHF clinical status assessment scale. …”
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Clinical Outcomes of Non Vitamin K Antagonist Oral Anticoagulants versus Vitamin K Antagonist Oral Anticoagulants in Non Valvular Atrial Fibrillation Patients: A Cohort Study in a... by Sohilkhan Riyazkhan Pathan, Bharat M Gajjar, Sunilkumar Karna, Kushal Pujara

“…The CHA2DS2-VASc and HAS-BLED (Hypertension, Abnormal renal/liver function, Stroke, Bleeding history or predisposition, Labile INR, Elderly (age >65 years), and Drugs/alcohol) scores are utilised to guide clinical decision-making in stroke prevention and bleeding risk management for patients with AF. …”
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Association of vitamin D and antioxidant enzyme levels in patients with delirium tremens: A case control study by Kamala Deka, Anju Moni Rabha, Mainak Roy

“…Means of liver function test were found to be aspartate transaminase (AST) 196 IU/L, alanine transaminase (ALT) 71 IU/L, and alkaline phosphatase (ALP) 143 IU/L of patients on day 0 of evaluation. …”
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Impact of Systemic Lupus Erythematosus on Health-Related Quality of Life in Colombian Patients: A Cross-Sectional Analytical Study by Fonseca-Zuluaga PA, Pérez-Ocampo J, Velásquez-Franco CJ, Hernandez JC, Higuita-Gutiérrez LF

“…The information analysis included summary measures, Pearson’s chi-square test, Mann‒Whitney’s U-test, Kruskal‒Wallis’s H-test and linear regression.Results: Forty-eight percent of the patients were women with an average age of 43.4 ± 14.8 years, 74% presented with comorbidities, and 22% were hospitalized in the last six months due to their illness. …”
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Effects of Exercise on Mental Health of Elderly by Nafiseh Hekmati Pour, Hamid Hojjati

“…Method: In this Quasi experimental study with Salamon design, 48 elderly referring to daily centers in Golestan province in 2011 were selected by convenience sampling method and randomly divided to control and test groups. Then each group were divided to 12-member in two intervention and control groups one and two; the intervention and control groups 1 took pre-test while the intervention and control groups 2 did not take any tests. …”
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Long-term effects of enhanced external counterpulsation in the management of patients with ischemic chronic heart failure by A. S. Lishuta, O. A. Slepova, N. A. Nikolaeva, M. F. Petruhnova, E. V. Privalova, Yu. N. Belenkov

“…They were randomized into group 1 (n=59) — optimal medical therapy (OMT) and EECP (35 hours, 2 courses per year), group 2 (n=59) — OMT and EECP (35 hours, 1 course per year). …”
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The effect of Tai Chi training on cardiorespiratory fitness in healthy adults: a systematic review and meta-analysis. by Guohua Zheng, Shuzhen Li, Maomao Huang, Feiwen Liu, Jing Tao, Jing Tao, Lidian Chen, Lidian Chen

“…The results of systematic review showed that Tai Chi exercise had positive effect on majority outcomes of cardio function (Blood pressure: n = 536, SPB SMD = -0.93, 95% CI -1.30 to -0.56, P < 0.00001; DBP SMD = -0.54, 95% CI -0.90 to -0.18, P < 0.00001; heart rate at quiet condition: n = 986, SMD = -0.72, 95% CI -1.27 to -0.18, P = 0.010; stroke volume: n = 583, SMD = 0.44, 95% CI 0.28 to 0.61, P < 0.00001; cardio output: n = 583, MD = 0.32 L/min, 95% CI 0.08 to 0.56, P = 0.009), lung capacity (FVC at quiet condition: n = 1272, MD = 359.16 mL, 95% CI 19.57 to 698.75, P = 0.04 for less than one year intervention, and MD = 442.46 mL, 95% CI 271.24 to 613.68, P<0.0001 for more than one year intervention; V·O2peak: n = 246, SMD = 1.33, 95% CI 0.97 to 1.70, P < 0.00001), and cardiorespiratory endurance (O2 pulse at quiet condition: n = 146, SMD = 1.04; 95% CI 0.69 to 1.39; P < 0.00001; stair test index at quiet condition: n = 679, SMD = 1.34, 95% CI 0.27 to 2.40, p = 0.01). …”
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Clinical characteristic of patients with COPD-A by Jong Min Lee, Youlim Kim, Joon Young Choi, Seung Won Ra, Deog Kyeom Kim, Tae-Hyung Kim, Hyung Kyu Yoon, Kwang Ha Yoo, Ki-Suck Jung, Chin Kook Rhee

“…Conclusions COPD-A patients with a smoking history of less than 10 pack-years had better pulmonary function test results, BMI, ESR, and prevalence of osteoporosis. …”
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EFFICACY OF OPTIMIZED REMINERALIZING THERAPY IN POST-COVID-19 PATIENTS: EVALUATION OF RESULTS by N.M. Savielieva, M.E. Diasamidze

“…The results obtained after one year of observation of patients with COVID-19 showed significant effectiveness of our proposed method. …”
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Utilizing Hip Abduction Strength to Body-Weight Ratios in Return to Sport Decision-Making After ACL Reconstruction by Steven Higbie, Jacquelyn Kleihege, Brian Duncan, Walter R. Lowe, Lane Bailey

“… # Hypothesis/Purpose The purpose of this study was to compare self-reported function, objective functional test performance, and re-injury rates in patients with high (≥33%) versus low (<33% ) isometric hip abduction strength to body weight (BW) ratios when returning to activity following ACLR…”
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Oral diadochokinesis performance correlates with mild cognitive impairment: a cross-sectional study by Yuichi Ishihara, Akira Taguchi, Shiho Yunoue, Misaki Mugiyama, Kazumi Hosokubo, Minami Ido, Kaori Nohara, Momo Shinmei, Takayuki Oniki, Akira Uchiyama, Masae Furukawa, Jingshu Wang, Naoki Saji, Akinori Takeda, Takashi Sakurai, Kenji Matsushita

“…Following provision of informed consent, cognitive function was assessed using clinical dementia ratings and oral function assessed using number of present teeth, occlusal force, oral diadochokinesis, repetitive salivary swallowing test, and tongue pressure. …”
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Neurocognitive deficits in clinical polymorphism of schizophrenia: typology, expression and syndromal overlaps by A. N. Kornetov, E. G. Kornetova, A. V. Golenkova, S. M. Kozlova, M. B. Arzhanik, Zh. A. Samoylenko, A. S. Boiko, A. V. Semke

“…The patients were examined using battery tests to quantify their cognitive functions: Trail Making Test A&amp;B; Stroop Color Word Interference Test; Verbal Fluency; Benton Visual Retention Test; 10 words learning; WAIS Digit Symbol Test; and WAIS Trail Making Test. …”
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Pituitary Apoplexy Presenting With Oculomotor Nerve Palsy and Headache as the Initial Symptoms: A Case Report by Qifan Hou, Lixin Xu, Jing Yi

“…Laboratory tests revealed normal pituitary function, except for an elevated growth hormone level (> 36.600 μg/L). …”
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Biomarkers of traumatic brain injury. Literature review by A. Šmigelskytė, M. Remenčiūtė, V. Ragaišis

“…In the year of 2018, the US Food and Drug Administration approved a combination of GFAP and UCH-L1. …”
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Bilateral Paraneoplastic Optic Neuropathy as the First Presentation of Preclinical Small Cell Lung Cancer: Case Report by Sara Sharif, Dhruv Gor, Haider Shah, Nima Ghadiri

“…Case Presentation: The patient initially presented with incidental bilateral disc swelling but was asymptomatic, with preserved visual function. Initial investigations, including orbito-cranial imaging, lumbar puncture, temporal artery ultrasound, and serological testing, were inconclusive. …”
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