Sentence examples for compromised pulmonary function from inspiring English sources
However, this treatment has a considerable risk of transplantation-related morbidity and mortality, especially in patients with severely compromised pulmonary function or other debilitating illnesses [30].
Of the 182 children, 19% had an FEV1/FVC ratio < 70%, indicating compromised pulmonary function.
The increased time of mechanical ventilation went along with a significantly compromised pulmonary function in patients with CMV reactivation.
Moreover, at least one study confirmed compromised pulmonary function in 49 flight attendants who never smoked but worked in the aircraft cabin before the ban [ 40].
In octogenarians with NSCLC and compromised pulmonary function the long-term survival justifies the operative treatment, and minimally invasive surgical approach enables surgeons to extend pulmonary resection in these high-risk patients if selected appropriately.
A number of epidemiological analyses of the localised impact of traffic emissions on respiratory health have demonstrated associations with airway inflammation and lung function changes in the general population, and these effects are more detrimental to asthmatics because of their already compromised pulmonary function [ 7, 8].
Idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis (IPF) is a progressive interstitial lung disease that severely compromises pulmonary function [ 1].
Fluid retention results in interstitial edema, which compromises pulmonary function by increasing extravascular lung water.
Third, it is important to recognise that the pathogenesis of ALI after operations involving both OLV and CPB is multifactorial, and patient factors combine with the direct effects of OLV and CPB to compromise pulmonary function in the early post-operative phase.
Excessive fibrin deposition within the airways, as a result of activation of coagulation and inhibition of fibrinolysis, compromises pulmonary integrity and function [ 7, 8].
However, survival remains compromised by pulmonary functional abnormality and the consequences of prematurity.
