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Understanding spirometry results: Global Lung Function Initiativedoi:10.1183/20734735.960213I work with CF patients and it has always been very important for me to ensure I am effectively explaining the significance and importance of spirometry results to patients. This is particularly important for ...
Toward Improving Our Understanding of the Link between Mental Health, Lung Function, and Asthma Diagnosis The Challenge of Asthma Measurement Goodwin,D Renee - 《American Journal of Respiratory & Critical Care Medicine》 被引量: 2发表: 2016年 Validation of Questionnaire and Bronchial Hyperresponsiveness...
Blood tests are performed to detect abnormalities in blood oxygen and carbon dioxide levels, electrolytes, and thyroid hormone levels. Chest X-rays reveal enlargement of the heart, heart failure, and other diseases of the lung. Exercise treadmill testing (a continuous recording of the EKG during ...
Evidence is also accumulating that active individuals perform better on cognitive function tests such as tests of memory and spatial relations than sedentary individuals. Can aerobic exercise prevent cancer, osteoporosis, and depression? Perhaps no area of exercise science has been more studied than the...
Interestingly, the associations of forced expiratory volume in one second (FEV1), i.e., an index of lung function that may be improved with physical activity, and BMI with COVID-19 were linear, suggesting that even modest improvements in lifestyle could be beneficial to the risk of severe ...
As research deepened, in 2004 researchers found that the serum of pancreatic cancer patients could also be used for related tests to help diagnose pancreatic cancer [75]. In a study of 17 pancreatic cancer patients and 12 chronic pancreatitis patients, telomerase was found to be elevated in 88...
conducted a single-center retrospective study to evaluate thyroid function tests and IL-6 concentrations of 287 patients with COVID-19 and found a strong correlation between high concentrations of circulating IL-6 and thyrotoxicosis [76, 77]. IL-6 antagonists (e.g., tocilizumab, sarilumab, and ...
Lung Cervix Stomach I point this out because you’ll note that several of the most common (and aggressive) cancers have to do with your gastrointestinal system. The function of your body that processes the food you eat, distributes it around your body as needed, and does its best to dump...
3). Indeed, intratumoural PD-L1 expression can correlate with responsiveness to PD-1/PD-L1 blockade [138] independently of tumour mutational burden [139], and the FDA requires approved diagnostic tests to be used to quantify PD-L1 in advanced or metastatic urothelial tumours to determine if ...