The objective was evaluate pulmonary function and sleep in morbidly obese patients pre-bariatric surgery. The study had 38 patients recruited at two bariatric surgery services and referred to the Laboratório do Sono da Universidade Nove de Julho (Uninove), Sao Paulo, Brazil. The adopted criteria ...
Objective:To probe into the influence of sleep quality and fatigue symptoms of patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) on their living quality.Methods:A total of 91 COPD patients in stable period one month later discharged from hospital were investigated by measuring Pittsburgh sleep...
To detail the proposed skills and roles of an onco-pulmonologist. Lung cancer remains the leading cause of cancer-related death in the USA, and it requires
Examples: vocal cord palsy , obstructive sleep apnea Variable intrathoracic obstruction: Reduction inflow is greater during expiration . The flow curve is flat during expiration . Lower pleural pressure around the airway decreases obstruction during inspiration . Examples: tracheomalacia , tumor of...
Physicians should pay attention to historical clues that may suggest the presence of obstructive sleep apnea (OSA) because a 2009 study demonstrated the high prevalence of OSA in patients with idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis. Fifty outpatients with stable idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis were prospectively evalu...
Cardiovascular risk and mortality in end-stage renal disease patients undergoing dialysis: sleep study, pulmonary function, respiratory mechanics, upper airway collapsibility, autonomic nervous activity, depression, anxiety, stress and quality of life: a prospective, double blind, randomized controlled clinic...
The result was readily-identifiable, near-perfect clustering of the healthy and IPF patients, with only one patient being mis- classified. Interestingly, the 2 proteins in the hierarchical cluster that were overabundant in the IPF patients are the same 2 proteins that PLSDA identified as being ...
(PVSMCs) and improves the remodeling of pulmonary vessels. Deletion of H-PGDS exacerbated hypoxia/SU5416-induced PAH in mice and eliminated the protective effects of niacin against PAH, but not L-PGDS [74]. However, in this study there was no direct evidence of the mechanisms underlying ...
The sedating-type anti-histamines help induce night sleep, but they cause sleepiness and compromise performance if taken during the day. When employed, anti-histamines are typically combined with a decongestant to help relieve nasal congestion. Sympathomimetic medications are used as vasoconstrictors ...
In this study, we showed for the first time that α1-adrenergic receptors activation abolishes excitability within PV leading to the loss of electrical conduction without disrupting electrical conduction within the LA. To perform real-time long-term monitoring of electrical conduction between atria and...