A new Mayo Clinic study shows that integrating telomere length evaluation and genetic testing into pulmonary care can significantly change how physicians diagnose and treat pulmonary fibrosis - in ...

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Background Preterm birth is associated with lifelong respiratory sequelae, yet our understanding of lung function trajectories across the lifespan remains limited. We aimed to identify patterns of ...

Objective Reduced functional capacity and muscle weakness are two major contributors to functional impairment in chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD). The underlying causes of functional ...

Kidney injuries often carry a grim prognosis, marked by fibrosis development, renal function loss, and macrophage involvement. Despite extensive research on macrophage polarization and its effects on ...

What is the Friedman test? The Friedman test, also sometimes referred to as Friedman’s two-way analysis of variance by ranks, is a non-parametric statistical test used to investigate whether groups of ...

Doppler radar remote sensing of torso kinematics can provide an indirect measure of cardiopulmonary function. Motion at the human body surface due to heart and lung activity has been successfully used ...

BMI indicates body mass index; CAS, carotid artery stenting; CHF, congestive heart failure; CKD, chronic kidney disease; CMS, Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services; COPD, chronic obstructive ...

Objectives To integrate evidence from randomised controlled trials (RCTs) and observational studies on the efficacy of inhaled treatments for chronic obstructive pulmonary disease using network ...

hDepartment of Medicine, School of Clinical Sciences, Monash University, Clayton, VIC, Australia iDepartment of Respiratory Medicine, School of Medicine, Flinders University, Adelaide, SA, Australia ...

Routine preoperative testing is not recommended for patients undergoing cataract surgery, because testing neither decreases adverse events nor improves outcomes. We sought to assess adherence to this ...