endoscopic lung volume reduction
<p>Endoscopic Lung Volume Reduction Results in Improvement of Diaphragm Mobility as Measured by Sonography</p>
... Endoscopic lung volume reduction (ELVR) can reduce hyperin fl ation in a preselected patient group with the absence of collateral ...adjacent lung lobes; in such subjects, atelectasis of ...
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Microbiological airway colonization in COPD patients with severe emphysema undergoing endoscopic lung volume reduction
... Background: Endoscopic lung volume reduction (eLVR) is a therapeutic option for selected patients with COPD and severe emphysema. Infectious exacerbations are serious events in these ...
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Clinical and radiological outcome following pneumothorax after endoscopic lung volume reduction with valves
... imaging. Lung function parameters (vital capacity [VC], FEV 1 , residual volume [RV], total lung capacity [TLC]), exercise test (6-minute walk test [6-MWT]), and dyspnea score (modified Medical ...
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Comparison of distinctive models for calculating an interlobar emphysema heterogeneity index in patients prior to endoscopic lung volume reduction
... received lung function tests and computed tomography scans before and after ...expiratory volume in 1 second of 100 mL to indicate a clinically important ...
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Endoscopic bronchial valve treatment: patient selection and special considerations
... as lung volume reduction surgery, different minimally invasive endoscopic techniques are available to achieve lung volume reduction in patients with severe emphysema and ...
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Clinical and quantitative computed tomography predictors of response to endobronchial lung volume reduction therapy using coils
... patient cohort which was treated with LVRC outside of clinical trials. Patients with severe heterogeneous emphysema and bilateral incomplete interlobar fissures were included. The study protocol was approved by the ...
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The minimal important difference for target lobe volume reduction after endoscopic valve therapy
... of endoscopic lung volume reduction technologies, but a combination of various param- eters (eg, TLVR, FEV 1 , RV, 6-MWD, health-related quality- of-life questionnaires) that reflect the ...
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α1-Antitrypsin deficiency and chronic respiratory disorders
... of lung function, including post-bronchodilator forced expiratory volume in 1 s and gas transfer inform on disease ...progression. Lung densitometry is the most sensitive measure of emphysema ...
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BioGlue and Peri strips in lung volume reduction surgery : pilot randomised controlled trial
... to Lung Volume Reduction Surgery is through a median sternotomy incision and bilateral sta- pled excision with Peri-strips ...of endoscopic buttressing materials at the time of design- ing ...
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Effectiveness and efficacy of minimally invasive lung volume reduction surgery for emphysema
... of lung tissues (standard procedure) show similar effects on FEV 1 , six-minute walking test and subjective dyspnoea as well as prevalence of air leaks lasting more than seven days and two-year-survival rate in a ...
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BioGlue and Peri-strips in lung volume reduction surgery: pilot randomised controlled trial
... to Lung Volume Reduction Surgery is through a median sternotomy incision and bilateral sta- pled excision with Peri-strips ...of endoscopic buttressing materials at the time of design- ing ...
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A Review of the Non Pharmacologic Management of Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease
... Smoking is the largest risk factor for the development of COPD in susceptible patients. Both the amount and duration of smoking contribute to disease severity. This makes smoking cessation a crucial intervention for ...
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Video-assisted Thoracoscopic Resection of a Giant Bulla in Vanishing Lung Syndrome: case report and a short literature review
... complete lung re-expansion) and adequate post-operative management (by early mobilisation, careful chest tube suction, good pain control and extensive physiotherapy) are vital to obtain a successful treatment with ...
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Time course of and stimuli to compensatory growth of the lung after pneumonectomy
... TLV. Lung pressure-volume curves demonstrated changes in distensibility at low lung volumes, suggesting that oxygen may have influenced synthesis or cross-linking of lung ...postpneumonectomy ...
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Evaluation of respiratory impairment by pulmonary function test in auto drivers
... Ajayet al 53 in his study compared the lung function of autorickshaw drivers in terms Peak Expiratory Flow Rate (PEFR) with the residents of Urban Davangere. Healthy adult subjects of urban residential areas of ...
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Minimally invasive surgery alone compared with intensity-modulated radiotherapy for primary stage I nasopharyngeal carcinoma
... Radiotherapy was administered with IMRT techniques. Target volumes definition were as previously reported [15]. The prescribed dose was 66–70 Gy, 60–62 Gy, and 54–56 Gy, in 28–33 fractions, for the planning tar- get ...
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Pathogenesis of hyperinflation in chronic obstructive pulmonary disease
... Notes: Pressure–volume relationships of the total respiratory system in healthy subjects (A) and in COPD (B). Tidal pressure–volume curves during rest (black) and exercise (gray) are shown. In COPD, the ...
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Rectally administered indomethacin to prevent post ESWL pancreatitis (RIPEP): study protocol for a randomized controlled trial
... include endoscopic therapy, extracorporeal shock wave litho- tripsy (ESWL) and ...during endoscopic retrograde cholangiopancreatography (ERCP) [2, ...by endoscopic extraction of stone fragments for ...
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Xenobiotic metabolizing enzyme gene polymorphisms predict response to lung volume reduction surgery
... Because of the small sample sizes, only SNPs that were sig- nificantly associated (p < 0.05) with a specific phenotype in all subjects were examined in an exploratory subgroup analysis. Table 3 shows the subgroup ...
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Attitudes and access to lung volume reduction surgery for COPD: a survey by the British Thoracic Society
... A lung volume reduction service was available in 27% of respondents ’ hospitals and a further 41% had a centre within 20 ...Bronchoscopic lung volume reduc- tion was available in the ...
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