Latest AI and machine learning research in pulmonology for healthcare professionals.
The fractional exhaled concentration of nitric oxide (FE) has been shown to be reduced in idiopathic pulmonary arterial hypertension (PAH) but has not been adequately studied in PAH associated with systemic sclerosis (SSc). We measured FE at an expiratory flow rate of 50 mL/s in 21 treatment-naive patients with SSc-associated PAH (SSc-PAH), 94 subjects with SSc without pulmonary involvement, and 8...
OBJECTIVES: Allergic asthma generally presents with symptoms of wheezing, coughing, breathlessness, and airway inflammation. Seonpyejeongcheon-tang (SJT) consists of 12 herbs. It originated from Jeongcheon-tang (JT), also known as Ding-chuan-tang, composed of 7 herbs, in She-sheng-zhong-miao-fang. This study aimed to evaluate the effects of local delivery of SJT inhalable microparticles in an ast...
A 25-year-old, male mealy Amazon parrot (Amazona farinose) with a history of polycythemia, hepatomegaly, and epistaxis was evaluated for progressive l...
Tuberculosis (TB) is a major global health problem. Patients with TB have a high rate of vitamin D deficiency, both at diagnosis and during the course...
BACKGROUND: The accurate assessment of peripheral venous flow is important for the early diagnosis and treatment of disorders such as deep-vein thromb...
Signaling AMP-activated protein kinase (AMPK), an energy sensing enzyme, has been implicated in controlling inflammation. In this study we investigate...
BACKGROUND: Female gender has been associated with worse outcomes after cardiovascular surgery and critical illness. We investigated the effect of gen...
BACKGROUND: Turbine-powered ventilators are not only designed for long-term ventilation at home but also for hospital use. It is important to verify t...
A 52-year-old man was initially diagnosed with an unresectable acinar cell carcinoma of the pancreas with liver metastasis and involvement of the supe...
BACKGROUND: Serum amyloid P-component (SAP) contributes to the clearance of apoptotic cells. As one of the main acute-phase reactants, SAP regulates k...
OBJECTIVES: To explore whether the inhibition of poly ADP-ribose polymerase-1(PARP-1) could attenuated inflammation induced by fine particulate matter...
Nonalcoholic steatohepatitis (NASH) is one of the most common liver diseases and a major cause of liver fibrosis worldwide. G-Aminobutyric acid (GABA)...
BACKGROUND: Preoperative computed tomography (CT)-guided localization of small lung nodules is important for accurate and efficient video-assisted tho...
RATIONALE: Transitions to outpatient care are crucial after critical illness, but the documentation practices in discharge documents after critical il...
OBJECTIVES: To investigate the protective effect of Tanshinone IIA (TSA) on oxygen-glucose deprivation and reperfusion (OGD/R) injury of BV-2 cell and...
Tuberculosis, caused by Mycobacterium tuberculosis, continues to be a serious public health problem around the world, and it urges the need for develo...
Ventilator-associated pneumonia is a frequent complication in intensive care surgical patients, particularly those with high severity scores on admiss...
Significant progress has been made in recent years for computer-aided diagnosis of abnormal pulmonary textures from computed tomography (CT) images. S...
The analysis of lung sounds, collected through auscultation, is a fundamental component of pulmonary disease diagnostics for primary care and general ...
In the clinical practice,the mechanical ventilation is a very important assisting method to improve the patients’ breath.Whether or not the parameters...