Sentence examples for impairment of pulmonary function from inspiring English sources

The severity of lung contusion correlated well with the levels of sTREM-1 in the BAL and the functional impairment of pulmonary function following trauma.

The reduced impairment of pulmonary function after LADG compared with open gastrectomy may be especially beneficial in elderly patients.

This model is characterized by severe impairment of pulmonary function and mortality of 66%% before the end of the 72-h study [21].

Nine (23%%) patients developed an ischemic stroke (8/9 in the anterior circulation) and 6 (15 %) differential hypoxia -lower PaO2 in the upper body than in the lower body, because of normal cardiac output with severe impairment of pulmonary function- during the first 3 days of monitoring.

Peripheral cannulation may be complicated by a persistent low cardiac output in case of veno-venous cannulation (VV-ECMO) or by differential hypoxia (e.g. lower PaO2 in the upper than in the lower body) in case of veno-arterial cannulation (VA-ECMO) and severe impairment of pulmonary function associated with cardiac recovery.

A study has shown that acute exposure (4 – 8 hours) to calculated elemental mercury levels of 1.1 to 44 mg/m3 resulted in chest pain, dyspnea, cough, hemoptysis, impairment of pulmonary function, and evidence of interstitial pneumonitis.

The SZ subjects had less impairment on pulmonary function testing, but had similar impairment with regard to health status as compared with the ZZ subjects.

In addition to hypoxemia, the degree of pulmonary function impairment is important and correlates to the severity of PH.

The training in using OsiriX software can be easily and quickly completed [ 19], providing clinicians with a valuable tool for the evaluation of disease extent and interpretation of patterns of pulmonary function impairment in SSc patients.

The origins of pulmonary function impairment in diabetes are thought to derive from four primary sources: nonenzymatic glycosylation of lung collagen and elastin by advanced glycosylation end products (AGEs) generated by disrupted glycemic control resulting in reduced elasticity of the lung (1, 11).

Consequently, when the upper airways are bypassed (as in a patient with an endotracheal tube) medical gases, which are drier than ambient air [ 2], must be heated and humidified by heated humidifiers or heat-moisture exchangers [ 1] in order to avoid bronchial inflammation, cell damage, impairment of mucociliary clearance and loss of pulmonary function [ 3- 6].