Sentence examples for obstruction assessment from inspiring English sources

Expiratory to inspiratory MLD ratio (E/I MLD) showed the highest AUC value (0.733) for small airway obstruction assessment.

To evaluate the accuracy of clinical assessment of adenoidal obstruction based on a standardized score of the degree of mouth breathing and speech hyponasality (nasal obstruction index [NOI]) in comparison to nasal fiberoptic endoscopy.

MATERIALS AND METHODS: Between April 1998 and June 1999, 32 women 33 to 79 years old (average age 62) who underwent a pubovaginal sling procedure with various materials were referred for the assessment of urethral obstruction.

Echocardiography has been considered the standard for diagnosis and assessment of LVOT obstruction [ 13].

Two patients were not evaluable for response because major intercurrent illness, unrelated to therapy with SU5416 occurring after <2 weeks of therapy, precluded disease <span class="lh">assessment (pneumonia, bowel obstruction).

In the Norwegian study, Jaakkola et al. (1999) based the assessment of bronchial obstruction on information from the project pediatrician, family physician records, follow-up questionnaires, and medical records.

The new ABC tool complies with the 2014 Global Initiative for Chronic Obstructive Lung Disease guidelines, which describe the necessity to classify patients on both their airway obstruction and a comprehensive symptom assessment.

The North American guidelines [ 4, 5] for pediatric asthma management outline a stepwise approach to asthma management with the aim being to initiate control of asthma with regular anti-inflammatory therapy and monitor the level of control by use of rescue medication as well as symptoms, and in older children with assessment of airflow obstruction [ 6, 7].

The aim of the study was to assess the use colonoscopy over time in the assessment of large bowel obstruction in a tertiary university hospital.

To assess the utility of an ultrathin bronchoscope (UB) in the assessment of central airway obstruction (CAO).

Longitudinal studies examining differences in unscheduled hospital admissions and risk of death between FT and LLN may inform the choice as to the best way to include spirometry in assessments of airflow obstruction.