Preparing For Surgery: Evaluation Of Lung Function
Lung diseases, such as chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD), also called emphysema, affect an individual's ability to tolerate surgical procedures. Lung function, the ability of the lungs to provide oxygen to the body and remove carbon ... [... more]
American Medical Association |
Lung Capacity Declines Faster With Diabetes
"This study confirms the results of five previous studies, which demonstrated lower lung function in diabetic subjects compared with their non-diabetic counterparts," said Dr. Guillermo E. Umpierrez, an associate professor of medicine at Emory . ... [... more]
National Library of Medicine |
U.S. Air Pollution Standards Don't Protect Asthmatic Kids
These youngsters had significantly decreased lung function following exposure to higher concentrations of air pollutants such as sulfur dioxide, airborne fine particles, and nitrogen dioxide. The study also found that higher nitrogen dioxide ... [... more]
National Library of Medicine |
Breathing Problems At Birth Predict Later Asthma
Researchers tracked the lung function of 616 healthy infants from birth to age 10. The kids underwent breathing tests, exercise testing, and allergy tests (people with allergies often have asthma, too) to check their lung function. Their parents ... [... more]
Kids Health |
Role Of Inhaled Corticosteroid Therapy In Copd
CLINICAL EFFECTS -- The impact of ICS on lung function, respiratory symptoms, exacerbations, mortality, lung cancer, and airway inflammation have been studied. There exist conflicting data for many outcomes, which may be due to study size, study ... [... more]
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Asthma Without Wheezing: Is This Possible? - Mayoclinic.Com
In older children and adults, lung function tests can be used to make an asthma diagnosis. But these tests are less practical in very young children because they require cooperation and understanding to get good results. Children usually don't ... [... more]
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Ozone
Short-term ozone exposure has been linked with adverse effects. Eye, nose and throat irritation, respiratory symptoms and decreases in lung function have occurred in healthy, exercising people breathing air containing elevated levels of ozone. ... [... more]
NY Dept of Health |
Smoking cessation slows loss of lung function. (Compared ...
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Type 2 diabetes tied to impaired lung function: strong ...
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The only text to cover lung function assessment from first principles including methodology, reference values and interpretation New for this edition: - More illustrations to convey concepts clearly to the busy physician - Text completely re-written in a ... [... more]
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