Pulmonology

Automated chart review utilizing natural language processing algorithm for asthma predictive index.

BACKGROUND: Thus far, no algorithms have been developed to automatically extract patients who meet Asthma Predictive Index (API) criteria from the Electronic health records (EHR) yet. Our objective is to develop and validate a natural language processing (NLP) algorithm to identify patients that meet API criteria.

Using Robots at Home to Support Patients With Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease: Pilot Randomized Controlled Trial.

BACKGROUND: Socially assistive robots are being developed for patients to help manage chronic health conditions such as chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD). Adherence to medication and availability of rehabilitation are suboptimal in this patient group, which increases the risk of hospitalization.

Mixed Th2 and non-Th2 inflammatory pattern in the asthma-COPD overlap: a network approach.

INTRODUCTION: The asthma-chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) overlap (ACO) is a clinical condition that combines features of those two diseas...

Ascertainment of asthma prognosis using natural language processing from electronic medical records.

NLP algorithm successfully determined asthma prognosis (i.e., no remission, long-term remission, and intermittent remission) by taking into account as...

Respiratory motion correction for free-breathing 3D abdominal MRI using CNN-based image registration: a feasibility study.

OBJECTIVE: Free-breathing abdomen imaging requires non-rigid motion registration of unavoidable respiratory motion in three-dimensional undersampled d...

Prediction of Multidrug-Resistant TB from CT Pulmonary Images Based on Deep Learning Techniques.

While tuberculosis (TB) disease was discovered more than a century ago, it has not been eradicated yet. Quite contrary, at present, TB constitutes one...

Dew point temperature affects ascospore release of allergenic genus Leptosphaeria.

The genus Leptosphaeria contains numerous fungi that cause the symptoms of asthma and also parasitize wild and crop plants. In search of a robust and ...

Predicting non-melanoma skin cancer via a multi-parameterized artificial neural network.

Ultraviolet radiation (UVR) exposure and family history are major associated risk factors for the development of non-melanoma skin cancer (NMSC). The ...

A Comparison of the Effects of Lung Protective Ventilation and Conventional Ventilation on Thermoregulation During Anaesthesia.

OBJECTIVE: During prolonged surgery, hypothermia is an unwanted condition that frequently develops and increases complication rates. It has been shown...

Effects of Nasal Continuous Positive Airway Pressure and High-Flow Nasal Cannula on Sucking, Swallowing, and Breathing during Bottle-Feeding in Lambs.

The use of prolonged respiratory support under the form of high-flow nasal cannula (HFNC) or nasal continuous positive airway pressure (nCPAP) is freq...

A Risk Stratification Model for Lung Cancer Based on Gene Coexpression Network and Deep Learning.

Risk stratification model for lung cancer with gene expression profile is of great interest. Instead of previous models based on individual prognostic...

Inhalation of Bacterial Cellulose Nanofibrils Triggers an Inflammatory Response and Changes Lung Tissue Morphology of Mice.

In view of the growing industrial use of Bacterial cellulose (BC), and taking into account that it might become airborne and be inhaled after industri...

Effects of Sub-lethal Concentrations of Silver Nanoparticles on a Simulated Intestinal Prokaryotic-Eukaryotic Interface.

Nanotechnology applications are expected to bring a range of benefits to the food sector, aiming to provide better quality and conservation. In this r...

Tuberculosis diagnosis support analysis for precarious health information systems.

BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVE: Pulmonary tuberculosis is a world emergency for the World Health Organization. Techniques and new diagnosis tools are import...

Assessing the impact of PM on respiratory disease using artificial neural networks.

Understanding the impact on human health during peak episodes in air pollution is invaluable for policymakers. Particles less than PM can penetrate th...

Preliminary investigation of human exhaled breath for tuberculosis diagnosis by multidimensional gas chromatography - Time of flight mass spectrometry and machine learning.

Tuberculosis (TB) remains a global public health malady that claims almost 1.8 million lives annually. Diagnosis of TB represents perhaps one of the m...

Syndrome of Inappropriate Antidiuretic Hormone Secretion (SIADH) Associated with Mediastinal Schwannoma.

Syndrome of inappropriate antidiuretic hormone secretion (SIADH) is the most common cause of euvolemic hypo-osmotic hyponatremia. There are several et...

Pharmacokinetics of dexmedetomidine during analgosedation in ICU patients.

Dexmedetomidine (DEX) is a fairly new alfa-agonist which has been increasingly used in recent years for analgosedation, mostly because it offers a uni...

Bacteria from bronchoalveolar lavage fluid from children with suspected chronic lower respiratory tract infection: results from a multi-center, cross-sectional study in Spain.

UNLABELLED: This cross-sectional study assessed the prevalence of bacteria isolated from Spanish children with suspected chronic lower respiratory tra...

Mutant selection window of four quinolone antibiotics against clinical isolates of Streptococcus pneumoniae, Haemophilus influenzae and Moraxella catarrhalis.

Community-acquired pneumonia and otitis media are caused by several bacterial species, including Streptococcus pneumoniae, Haemophilus influenzae, and...