To characterise the different types of pulmonary hypertension (PH) among idiopathic inflammatory myopathy (IIM). A retrospective case series with assessment of PH by right heart catheterisation, ...

Background Pulmonary hypertension (PH)-targeted therapy in the setting of pulmonary fibrosis (PF) is controversial; the main clinical concern is worsening of systemic hypoxaemia. We sought to ...

Results The dose–response associations of pulmonary function, and RLD and OLD, with 23 urinary metals were assessed using regression analysis after adjusting for potential confounders. The false ...

Objective To conduct a systematic review investigating the normal age-related changes in lung function in adults without known lung disease. Design Systematic review. Data sources MEDLINE, Embase and ...

Using a prevalence of culture confirmed pulmonary tuberculosis of 30% in a Ugandan paediatric population, [5] sensitivity of the Xpert MTB/RIF test in the adult population of 98.2% [9] and 95% ...

The mean age of participants in the sample was 56.8 years (SD, 11.3 years) for women and 58.5 years (SD, 12.5 years) for men. Approximately 6.5% of all participants were African-American. Raw FEV ...

Background: A study was undertaken to compare the ability of computed tomographic (CT) scores and pulmonary function tests to detect changes in lung disease in children and adults with cystic fibrosis ...

The Sollerman Hand Function Test is an assessment tool which shows the ability of a patient to perform activities of daily living. It is considered highly significant in medicine for the assessment of ...

Adolescent suicide is a critical public health concern worldwide, necessitating effective methods for early detection of high suicidal ideation. Traditional detection methods, such as self-report ...

Abstract: Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) is one of the most severe respiratory diseases and can be diagnosed by several clinical modalities such as spirometric measures, lung function ...

- Adding the lateral flow urine lipoarabinomannan test (LF-LAM) identified additional pulmonary tuberculosis cases in children with HIV. - Parallel testing may lead to more misdiagnoses of children ...