Besides, better pulmonary functions in subjects performing yoga as well as swimming are documented [ 4, 40].
58 Mahadeva and colleagues 47 reported that patients who attended specialist centres in Manchester had higher body mass indexes, higher chest radiograph scores, and better pulmonary function than patients in Cambridge who did not receive any centralised care.
The control subjects were significantly younger, with no male dominance, more nonsmokers, fewer pack-years, and better pulmonary function; however, there was no difference in the body mass index.
Conclusions: Children diagnosed with CF early, asymptomatically and more recently may have better pulmonary function throughout early childhood, probably as a result of improved CF treatments in recent years.
Subsets of older CF patients exhibit diminished improvement in lung function in response to antimicrobial administration compared with younger CF patients [64], who also typically exhibit better pulmonary function.
The lower frequency of wheezes in patients with CVA may be inherently related to their better pulmonary function and modest airway sensitivity.
Patients in the placebo group appeared slightly healthier at baseline, with somewhat higher BMI and better pulmonary function, but these did not achieve statistical significance.
In a single-institution study, the authors noted that surgery patients were less likely to have chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) and typically had better pulmonary function, while those who did not have surgery most often had advanced disease (75%), poor pulmonary function (5%), or refused (4%).
Recent studies suggest that impulse oscillometry (IOS) can detect airway abnormalities better than spirometry for assessing pulmonary function in COPD [ 9, 10], adult asthma [ 11- 13], and dust exposure [ 14, 15].
During the PACU stay, pulmonary function in the NIV group was significantly better than in the controls (p < 0.0001).
