A grant from the Melissa Andrews Trust has funded a software update for the Pulmonary Function Test machine (PFT) at ...

Background and aims Liver Function Tests (LFTs) are commonly requested and are abnormal in 20% of cases. Intelligent liver function testing (iLFT) aims to improve diagnostic proficiency and quality of ...

The functional standing test, which quantifies standing performance based on the ability to free the upper extremities from support and balance tasks in order to manipulate the environment, is ...

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, ...

Nearly a quarter of all newly diagnosed patients with advanced lung cancer are not given a test that could improve their chances for long-term survival and reduce their side effects.

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 ...

At 12 weeks, patients treated with ENV-101 showed statistically significant increases in lung volume compared with those receiving placebo.

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 ...

Objective: To investigate the validity of spirometric tests performed in general practice. Method: A repeated within subject comparison of spirometric tests with a “gold standard” (spirometric tests ...

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 ...

Examples are blood disorders, systemic disorders like sarcoidosis, metabolic disorders like thyroid diseases and chronic kidney failure or tumors obstructing pulmonary arteries. Symptoms of Pulmonary ...