A high age-specific level of aortic stiffness is linked with poor aging-associated physical function, for example, slow-walk speed, poor lung function, and functional limitations.
"Patients have poor lung function, and you help them by taking out part of their lungs".
Indians' relatively poor lung function has long been recognized, but researchers assumed for years that the difference was genetic.
Long-term exposure has been linked to coughs, chest pain and poor lung function as well as dermatitis and a depressed immune system.
IPF < 50% FVC indicates a pulmonary fibrosis patient with poor lung function; COPD > 80% FEV1 indicates a chronic obstructive pulmonary disease patient with relatively normal lung function.
Arterial hypoxemia caused by poor lung function during an asthmatic attack was suspected as a trigger of the carotid body in asthma46,47.
It is not a cure, but has been found to help certain people with emphysema — possibly 10percentthosehose with such poor lung function that they can barely exercise, and with disease mostly localized to parts of the lungs that can be removed.
In his practice, asthma cases are up by 40-45% in the last five years, poor lung function is common, and lowered oxygen levels caused by breathing difficulties can lead to long-term problems with vision, growth and brain development, says the paediatrician.
Not having chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, bronchiectasis, or poor lung function increased symptom response by 1.9 to 3.9 times.TIW therapy was less effective for MAC-PD patients with cavitary disease and a history of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, bronchiectasis, or previous treatment for MAC-PD.
Mortality rates in the elderly, poor lung function, and depressed performance index cohorts were 1.5, 2.1, and 9.8percentt, respectively.
Because of his poor lung function, he was managed by the conservative treatment.
