Sedentary group (12) Active group (10) Mean ± SD Range Mean ± SD Range Sex (F/M) 8/4 – 7/3 – Age (yr) 57 ± 5 51–63 55 ± 4 50–60 2.2 NOx Assay NOx were measured in…
Fig. 1 Breathing frequency during sensory stimulations Fig. 2 Inspiratory resistance, taken as a surrogate of the volume component of respiratory pattern, during sensory stimulations Fig. 3 Real-time exhaled volatile…
Asthma group Control group Diabetes group p-value (n = 30) (n = 30) (n = 30) Present-fatalistic 5.3 ± 2.0 5.6 ± 2.7 5.8 ± 1.9 Asthma vs. diabetes p = 0.02a Future orientation 12.1 ± 2.4 11.5 ± 3.0 10.8 ± 3.0 Asthma vs. diabetes p = 0.07 Sense of…
Group A (n = 11) Group B (n = 13) Group C (n = 64) Women/men 6/5 7/6 38/26 Age (year) 61.4 ± 11.0 53.7 ± 12.5 48.3 ± 14.4** BMI (kg/m2) 30.6 ± 4.2 31.1 ± 7.2 29.6 ± 6.9 Atopy (n) 6 6 36 Asthma…
n = 43 % Maxillary sinus 31 72 Anterior ethmoid sinus 21 49 Posterior ethmoid sinus 13 30 Frontal sinus 13 30 Ostiomeatal complex 14 32 Sphenoidal sinus 9 21 Bone…
GOLD 1 GOLD 2 GOLD 3 GOLD 4 Symptoms 46.9 ± 19.6 51.9 ± 21.7 58.1 ± 18.5** 66.2 ± 23.7*** Activity 47.4 ± 25.8 60.1 ± 20.3 67.9 ± 19.1*** 80.7 ± 13.1*** Impact 25.9 ± 16.4 34.4 ± 17.1* 43.0 ± 19.0*** 57.4 ± 16.3*** Total 36.6 ± 1.4 45.1 ± 15.7* 52.9 ± 16.1*** 66.2 ± 13.1*** Symptoms:…
Fig. 9.1 Classification of interstitial lung disease (ILD). Idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis (IPF) is the most common idiopathic interstitial pneumonia (IIP) and is the archetypal fibrotic lung disease. All ILDs however…
% presentation [6] % late [7] Cough 79 40 Breathlessness 5 69 Pain 55 64 Anorexia 45 70 Malaise 47 Hemoptysis 35 Hoarseness 11 Dysphagia 7 Vomiting 25 Constipation …
Fig. 11.1 Kaplan–Meier survival curves showing percentage survival of ventilated versus non-ventilated patients 1967–2002 [7] In ALS, NIV improves survival compared to patients who declined or were intolerant of treatment…
Fig. 5.1 Neurological pathways for pain. When the body receives a stimulus that is perceived as painful an impulse is transmitted upward from the peripheries via the spinothalamic tract to…
