Asymptomatic Smokers
Association of current smoking with airway inflammation in chronic obstructive pulmonary disease and asymptomatic smokers
... both asymptomatic smokers and COPD patients, pack-years smoking was only associated with higher airway wall macrophages in COPD and to the severity of airway ...in smokers with ...between ...
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Early Detection of COPD in Asymptomatic Smokers using Spirometry
... in smokers even before the occurance of symptoms and signs of obstructive lung ...in asymptomatic smokers and to correlate the severity of obstructive pattern with ...
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Prevalence of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease in asymptomatic smokers
... of asymptomatic smokers may be excluded from the benefit of an “early” interven- tion, not just pharmacological but also from smoking ces- sation ...heavy smokers aged 40 years with a history of 20 ...
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Study of pulmonary function test in asymptomatic smokers and non-smokers between 30-50 years of age in a tertiary care hospital
... PFT may serve as a tool to convince the patient to give up smoking. The smoking epidemic is so huge that every effort is needed to launch effective campaign to create awareness regarding the consequences of smoking. ...
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Extent and prevalence of cognitive dysfunction in chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, chronic non-obstructive bronchitis, and in asymptomatic smokers, compared to normal reference values
... Background: Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) can affect cognition. The effects of other less severe chronic airway disorders on cognition remain to be clarified. This study aimed to measure and compare ...
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Comparative Study of Mid Expiratory Flow Rate by using Spirometry in Asymptomatic Smokers and Non Smokers as a Marker of Early Airflow Obstruction
... attending to patients with COPD in terms of early diagnosis. To impart avoidance of risk factors and routine monitoring during follow up to assess the dependence will motivate patients to lead a healthy lifestyle. This ...
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Spirometry in asymptomatic smokers
... current smokers, but without any symtoms 25% of the population under study had a moderate airflow obstruction and 5% had severe airflow limitation which was comparable to this study 44 ...
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Altered deposition of inhaled nanoparticles in subjects with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease
... asymptomatic smokers. This could likely be explained by the classification of smokers (any reported tobacco use qualified the subject as a “smoker”) that resulted in a diverse group with a wide range ...
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... of asymptomatic smokers there was a decrease in expiratory ...all smokers, even without the presence of symptoms suggestive of smoking-related ...in smokers and ...between smokers and ...
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... the asymptomatic smokers was not ...60 smokers and 35 non-smoking controls and grouped the smokers as light smokers (10-19 pack years), moderate smokers (20-49 pack years) and ...
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Not in my face please. Stress caused by the presence of smokers in places with restorative qualities
... towards smokers was somewhat hostile, they accommodated the notion of negotiated or conditional sharing with visitors to the ...for smokers did not directly mediate such negotiations for the ...of ...
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Effect Of Sport Exercise On Hematological Parameters In Healthy Smokers Students
... of endothelial injury [19], acceleration of coronary progression and new lesion formation [20] and overall alterations in lipid and hemostatic systems [21]. Detecting endothelial damage may be the most useful step in the ...
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A COMPARATIVE STUDY ON SOME HEMATOLOGICAL PARAMETERS OF SOME SMOKERS AND NON SMOKERS BLOOD SAMPLES
... There are more than 4000 chemicals found in cigarette smoke (Green and Rodgman, 1996), and a cigarette smoker is exposed to a number of harmful substances including nicotine, free radicals, carbon monoxide and other ...
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Self-Perceived Oral Malodorous Among Sulaimani Dental Students
... Oral bad breath among individuals causing a significant social and psychological burden in a community. Therefore, appropriate and professional diagnosis and treatment by the health care provider is always required for ...
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Study of Platelet Count and Indices in Smokers and Ex-smokers
... Inflammation is another possible mechanism for the increased risk of CVD in smokers. Although most studies show hematological and inflammatory markers to be lowered after smoking cessation, few studies have ...
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YKL-40 expression in chronic obstructive pulmonary disease: relation to acute exacerbations and airway remodeling
... Serum YKL-40 levels were elevated during an AECOPD The serum YKL-40 levels for patients in smokers with COPD were higher than those in smokers without COPD (median [interquartile range], 60.80 [34.7–90.1] ...
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<p>Psychological factors associated with smoking and quitting: addiction map of Turkey study</p>
... non- smokers and ex-smokers (p<0.01). Scores of ex-smokers resembled considerably to those of non-smokers compared to ...to smokers and non-smokers, and statistically signi fi ...
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<p>Respiratory health and quality of life in young exclusive, habitual smokers - a comparison of waterpipe smokers, cigarette smokers and non-smokers</p>
... cigarette smokers, and whether or not differences in health-related quality of life also existed, given the evidence suggesting WP use negatively impacted qual- ity of life in young ...ette smokers and ...
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A Study on Lung Cancer in non Smokers and Smokers in a Tertiary Care Hospital of Eastern India
... in smokers and adenocarcinoma in non smokers 17-21 In contrary to the above mentioned studies our study found that the squamous cell carcinoma was the predominant type in both the smoker and non ...non ...
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Reference values of fractional excretion of exhaled nitric oxide among non-smokers and current smokers
... positive- and negative likelihood ratios must be identi- fied, and those may be different for Th-2 and non-Th-2 driven asthma. However, the present study was not designed to define these diagnostic characteristics, and ...
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