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Longitudinal significance of six-minute walk test in patients with nontuberculous mycobacterial pulmonary disease: an observational study
BackgroundThe long-term exercise tolerance changes in patients with nontuberculous mycobacterial pulmonary disease (NTM-PD) are of great interest...
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Exercise-induced desaturation during a six-minute walk test is associated with poor clinical outcomes in patients with pulmonary arterial hypertension
BackgroundThe six-minute walk test (6MWT) is an established exercise test for patients with pulmonary arterial hypertension (PAH), affording insight...
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Executive functioning of patients with congenital heart disease: 45 years after surgery
BackgroundNowadays, more than 90% of patients with congenital heart disease (CHD) reach adulthood. However, long-term impact on neurodevelopment and...
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Sex differences in physical functioning among older adults: cross-sectional results from the OUTDOOR ACTIVE study
BackgroundMaintaining good functional ability is a key component of healthy ageing and a basic requirement for carrying out activities of daily...
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Pulmonary hypertension
Pulmonary hypertension encompasses a range of conditions directly or indirectly leading to elevated pressures within the pulmonary arteries. Five...
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Adaptive Functioning and Sleep Quality: Associations in Young Children with Congenital Heart Disease
Congenital heart disease (CHD) is one of today’s leading birth anomalies. Children with CHD are at risk for adaptive functioning challenges. Sleep...
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Remotely monitored physical activity from older people with cardiac devices associates with physical functioning
IntroductionAccelerometer-derived physical activity (PA) from cardiac devices are available via remote monitoring platforms yet rarely reviewed in...
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Effect of 12-week head-down strong abdominal breathing on cognitive function in patients with stable chronic obstructive pulmonary disease: a single-centre randomised controlled trial protocol
BackgroundPatients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) often suffer from a combination of mild cognitive impairment (MCI) and a...
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Sexual function is impaired in women and men with pulmonary hypertension
BackgroundSexual health related quality of life (SHRQoL) is an important pillar of health related quality of life (HRQoL). The aim of this study was...
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Self-reported functioning among patients with ultra-rare nemaline myopathy or a related disorder in Finland: a pilot study
BackgroundNemaline myopathy (NM) and related disorders (NMr) form a heterogenous group of ultra-rare (1:50,000 live births or less) congenital muscle...
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Bartonella quintana pulmonary native valve endocarditis
Bartonella quintana is a well-known cause of blood culture-negative endocarditis; however, pulmonary valve involvement is rare. The case of a...
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Chronic Airways Assessment Test: psychometric properties in patients with asthma and/or COPD
BackgroundNo short patient-reported outcome (PRO) instruments assess overall health status across different obstructive lung diseases. Thus, the...
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Analysis of physical function, muscle strength, and pulmonary function in surgical cancer patients: a prospective cohort study
The aim of this study was to investigate mobility, physical functioning, peripheral muscle strength, inspiratory muscle strength and pulmonary...
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Cognitive Functioning and Psychosocial Outcomes in Adults with Complex Congenital Heart Disease: A Cross-sectional Pilot Study
Adults with complex congenital heart disease (CHD) are at risk for cognitive dysfunction. However, associations between cognitive dysfunction and...
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Daily life and psychosocial functioning of adults with congenital heart disease: a 40–53 years after surgery follow-up study
IntroductionNowadays, more than 90% of patients with congenital heart disease (CHD) reach adulthood. However, knowledge about their psychosocial...
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The association between adipokines and pulmonary diseases: a mendelian randomization study
BackgroundThe role of adipokines in the development of lung diseases is significant, yet their specific relationship with different lung diseases...
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Validation of the CaReQoL asthma: a patient reported outcome measure for monitoring the perceived effects of pulmonary rehabilitation in adult patients with severe refractory asthma
BackgroundThe CaReQoL Asthma assesses the care-related quality of life outcomes of pulmonary rehabilitation retrospectively in patients with severe...
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Shaving Papillary Thyroid Carcinoma Involving Functioning Recurrent Laryngeal Nerve: Safety of Incomplete Tumor Resection and Nerve Sparing
BackgroundWhether to sacrifice or spare the recurrent laryngeal nerve (RLN) when papillary thyroid carcinoma (PTC) involves a functioning RLN remains...
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Development of a brief core set for knee dysfunction based on the International Classification of Functioning, Disability and Health: assessing construct validity and measurement potential
BackgroundThe comprehensive core set for knee dysfunction was developed to classify the functioning of people with any knee dysfunction. To be used...
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Midterm follow-up of healthy young adults with moderate to severe COVID-19: pulmonary and extrapulmonary disease sequelae
BackgroundFollow-up studies on coronavirus disease 2019(COVID-19) were mainly focused on short-term sequelae in patients with comorbid diseases. The...