Sentences with phrase «of lung function»

These fibers cause a build up of scar tissue into the lungs that results in the loss of lung function leading to disability and sometimes death.

Not only is the process of lung function vital for the baby's health and development, but it also allows mama to hear the first sound she will make — a cry.

This morning the Cystic Fibrosis Gene Therapy Consortium (GTC) announced the results of clinical trial in 140 patients with cystic fibrosis, which demonstrate the potential for gene therapy to slow — and potentially halt - the decline of lung function in people with the disorder.

«Artificial intelligence could improve diagnostic power of lung function tests.»

The present study shows that the maximally achieved level of lung function in childhood and early adulthood is an important determinant of future COPD risk.

Data on patients receiving active drug in the trial were consistent with a dose - dependent improvement in some parameters of lung function examined in the study, including methacholine challenge test and peak expiratory flow rates, as well as in a biomarker associated with asthma severity and inflammation.

«We feared that such chemicals, by steadily causing a little damage to the airways day after day, year after year, might accelerate the rate of lung function decline that occurs with age.»

«While the parasite normally does not affect us, in some cases, such as, during pregnancy or immune system illnesses, it can cause considerable harm, including impairment of lung function.»

However, this study indicates that not all at risk patients show accelerated lung function decline, which may explain why, so far, the effect of various treatments of lung function decline has been difficult to establish.

Pulmonary function tests show moderately decreased levels of lung functioning.

«Thus, every effort should be undertaken to achieve normal growth of lung function including non-smoking during teenage years, treatment of asthma in childhood and reducing exposure to agents such as passive smoking,» Professor Peter Lange concludes.

Exacerbations requiring hospitalization more than tripled that consequence to 75 milliliters per year, by far the largest loss of lung function among any group of COPD patients.

This decline in physical activity is accompanied by a worsening of lung function and health status, and sustained physical inactivity is associated with progression of both exercise intolerance and muscle depletion.

Because those with mild COPD appear to have the greatest loss of lung function following an exacerbation, the authors wrote, preventing exacerbations in this group «could reduce the risk of developing severe COPD.»

The findings from the University of Bristol study, published in the Journal of Medical Genetics, may have important implications for physical fitness training, and for the treatment of lung function disorders and short stature.

Exacerbations of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) accelerate the loss of lung function especially among patients with mild disease, according to researchers at National Jewish Health and other institutions.

«Patients who received the gene therapy showed a significant, if modest, benefit in tests of lung function compared with the placebo group and there were no safety concerns,» said senior author Professor Eric Alton from the National Heart and Lung Institute at Imperial College London.

Artificial intelligence could improve the interpretation of lung function tests for the diagnosis of long - term lung diseases, according to the findings of a new study.

For decades, the development of COPD has been ascribed to accelerated decline of lung function from a normal level achieved in young adulthood.

The group is applying advanced image analysis techniques to 4D CT scans already performed as a standard step in targeting lung cancer radiotherapy, to map areas of lung function without additional testing.

Age, time since onset, amount of weight lost, and forced vital capacity (a measure of lung function) are all thought to be related to disease progression.

«Patients» perception of symptoms might be based on learned associations more than on the actual state of their lung function,» explains Andreas von Leupoldt, a researcher now at the University of Leuven in Belgium, who co-authored the 2012 study.

Phenotyping: neurobiology and behaviour, cognition, cardiovascular system, exploration of lung functions, haematology and clinical chemistry, metabolic exploration, histopathology and embryology

Artificial lungs for acute respiratory insufficiency but also for end - stage lung diseases, either for the recovery of lung function or as a bridge to lung transplantation.

«Recent clinical trials in severe asthma patients using antibodies that block IL4Ra have shown positive results leading to marked improvement of lung function, improved symptoms and reduced use of oral steroids,» Professor Anderson said.

SF Bay Area About Blog To help cope with his severe asthma, Stephen Gaudet turned to exercise, developing his own pulmonary rehab program to help maintain what was left of his lung function.

In their investigations or so - called genome - wide association studies, the team of researchers compared the genetic profile of study participants to the forced vital capacity (FVC), a volume parameter of lung function.

«We feared that such chemicals, by steadily causing a little damage to the airways day after day, year after year, might accelerate the rate of lung function decline that occurs with age.»

And now a new study, published in the American Thoracic Society's Journal of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine, showed that women who are frequently exposed to cleaners at home or work have a greater decline of lung function over time.

It has been generally assumed that all people suffering COPD experience an accelerated decline of lung function, which is why so many large studies have focused on reducing this decline.

In the aftermath of 9/11, New York City fire department rescue and recovery workers exposed to the caustic dust at the site experienced high rates of lung injury and excessive loss of lung function.

Blood biomarkers appear to be an early - warning signal for the accelerated loss of lung function and airway obstruction in firefighters who responded to the World Trade Center disaster, according to new research published online in the Annals of the American Thoracic Society.

Pulmonary fibrosis occurs when lung tissue becomes scarred, leading to loss of lung function and reduced oxygen supply to the blood.

Yet ground - breaking research from the University of Copenhagen indicates that accelerated decline of lung function is not a prerequisite for COPD.

For the first time, the scientists could quantitate two major trajectories of lung function leading to COPD: the fast decline trajectory, where lung function declines very rapidly from a normal level, and the alternative trajectory where suboptimal development of lung function during childhood and adolescence is the major determinant of COPD in older age.

All of the lung function information used to optimize the radiation treatment plan comes from imaging that is already acquired as part of standard of care,» says Vinogradskiy.

Severe symptoms (eCOPD), caused by a sudden loss of lung function, can be life threatening.

According to a new study from Johns Hopkins University, doing so could help slow the decline of your lung function, by reversing some of the damage caused by smoking.

«Future efforts to preserve or restore aging - and disease - related loss of lung function will need to take such tissue mechanical and cellular phenotypic changes into account,» the researchers wrote.