Sentences with phrase «using breathing tests»

Professor Brightling said: «A unique feature of this study was how it included measurements of symptoms, lung function using breathing tests, sampling of the airway wall and CT scans of the chest to give a complete picture of how the new drug works.

In future studies, Dr. Sims says that the researchers should diagnose COPD using a breathing test called spirometry.

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Regular NICU monitors will be used to measure the baby's heart rate, breathing, and oxygen saturation during the car seat test.

Polysomnography (a combination of tests used to check for adequate breathing while asleep) may be done if a breathing disorder is suspected.

«Histamines are used in skin and respiratory allergy tests as a positive control — they cause a bump in skin tests and restrict breathing in respiratory tests,» DeVries said.

«This treatment has now been studied in our centre using the most sensitive measure of lung structure — a radiologic measurement of lung density — allowing us to detect changes far earlier than can be seen with standard breathing tests,» said Dr. Kenneth Chapman, Director of the Asthma and Airways Centre at Toronto Western Hospital and the Canadian research lead for the multicentre trial.

In addition to indoor laboratory tests, the researchers used the mobile thermal imaging approach to measure the breathing of volunteers in a scenario that involved breathing exercises with changes in ambient temperature and in a fully unconstrained test where volunteers walked around inside and outside of a building.

«Previous studies have shown inconsistent findings between sleep - disordered breathing and cognition, which may be due to the different tests used,» said lead study author Dayna A. Johnson, PhD, MPH, MS, MSW, instructor of medicine at Brigham and Women's Hospital and Harvard Medical School.

The intervention PICUs used a protocol that included targeted sedation, arousal assessments, extubation (removal of breathing tube) readiness testing, sedation adjustment every 8 hours, and sedation weaning.

Now, researchers at the University of Missouri School of Medicine have found that a commonly used pulmonary lung function test can provide early detection of asthma before a child shows any symptoms of breathing problems.

How to treat an asthma cough: Your doctor may give you breathing tests to diagnose asthma or recommend using an inhaler twice a day for a few weeks to see if your cough subsides.

I've been thoroughly tested and know the reasons for the apnea and am recovering primarily by using a cpap breathing machine at night.

The engine, based on the well tried and tested all alloy V8 designed by Tadek Marek with its racing pedigree, was heavily revised with entirely new cylinder heads with four valves per cylinder (last used by Aston Martin in 1921 - 2) for better breathing and to overcome power losses inevitable with the use of catalytic converters.

Proficient in the care and use of all site specific, facility and customer required Personal Protection Equipment (PPE) Trained in Respiratory Protection and fully certified to wear respiratory breathing equipment (Fit Tested) worked in a team environment and displayed leadership skill by assuming additional or new responsibilities.