Essays about: "Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease"
Showing result 1 - 5 of 23 essays containing the words Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease.
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1. Blood flow restriction training for people with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease or heart failure; A scoping review
University essay from Umeå universitet/Avdelningen för fysioterapiAbstract : Background: Blood flow restriction training (BFRT) is an effective way of training that enables training with low external load while receiving similar effects to high load training. The lack of knowledge of BFRT for people with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) or heart failure (HF) led to the making of this scoping review. READ MORE
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2. Emphysema Classification via Deep Learning
University essay from Umeå universitet/Institutionen för datavetenskapAbstract : Emphysema is an incurable lung airway disease and a hallmark of Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD). In recent decades, Computed Tomography (CT) has been used as a powerful tool for the detection and quantification of different diseases, including emphysema. The use of CT comes with a potential risk: ionizing radiation. READ MORE
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3. Autophagy and senescence in primary human bronchial epithelial cells in the context of COPD
University essay from Lunds universitet/Examensarbeten i molekylärbiologiAbstract : Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) is the third largest cause of death worldwide, with its most prominent risk factor being inhalation of smoke and pollutants. In this project, we studied two processes that are involved in COPD: autophagy and cellular senescence. READ MORE
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4. Analysis of the effect of continuity of care on the quality of life in patients with Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease : A literature review
University essay from Högskolan i Gävle/Avdelningen för vårdvetenskapAbstract : Background: In 2017, there were approximately 300 million people with COPD.Because COPD cannot be fully rehabilitated and causes a huge impact on patients'quality of life, the Global Initiative for Chronic Obstructive Lung Diseaserecommended long-term medication and disease management to urgently improvepatients' quality of life. READ MORE
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5. Modeling COPD with a Generalized Linear Mixed Effect Model : Results from the OLIN-study
University essay from Umeå universitet/StatistikAbstract : The purpose of this thesis is to analyze which factors are associated with physicians’ diagnosis of Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD) where time is of primary interest. The data that is used in the analysis is from the OLIN studies. READ MORE
