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To examine the differences in the inflammatory cell and cytokine profile between patients with chronic bronchitis (CB) with and without airway obstruction compared to control subjects.

The efficacy of using impulse oscillometry (IOS) as an indirect measure of airflow obstruction compared to spirometry after exercise challenges in the evaluation of exercise-induced bronchoconstriction (EIB) has not been fully appreciated.

The goal of this study is to show the strength of log-linear analysis over standard ROC and kappa statistics in evaluating the accuracy of computer-aided diagnosis of renal obstruction compared to the diagnosis provided by expert readers.

At baseline, obese and overweight patients had less severe airflow obstruction compared to normal BMI patients.

These variables showed similar performance when utilizing GOLD criteria for airflow obstruction compared to the LLN standard for airflow obstruction.

Also, we found low radiation doses did not change correlations between CT emphysema quantification and airflow obstruction compared to normal doses.

Seprafilm use was associated with a significantly reduced rate of early small bowel obstruction as compared to the control group (6/191, 3.1 % vs. 25/180, 13.9 %, respectively, p < 0.05).

HNP and NE concentrations were higher in patients with severe airways obstruction, as compared to patients with mild-to-moderate COPD (p = 0.002).

Despite physiologically favorable properties of heliox treatment for the patients with airway obstruction as compared to the air and oxygen treatment, there is still not sufficient evidence that it is suitable for the large scale use.

Grandaliano et al. observed a significant reduction of EGF urinary excretion in subjects affected by congenital ureteropelvic junction obstruction (UPJO) compared to healthy children, in association with a marked increase of MCP-1 levels [ 16].

In a retrospective study of 367 patients who had undergone elective gastrointestinal laparotomy, Seprafilm was reported to significantly lower the incidence of early postoperative bowel obstruction (EPSBO) when compared to matched controls [16].