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  • Article
  • Open Access
22 Citations
6,049 Views
11 Pages

Effect of Automated Oxygen Titration during Walking on Dyspnea and Endurance in Chronic Hypoxemic Patients with COPD: A Randomized Crossover Trial

  • Linette Marie Kofod,
  • Elisabeth Westerdahl,
  • Morten Tange Kristensen,
  • Barbara Cristina Brocki and ,
  • Thomas Ringbæk and
  • Ejvind Frausing Hansen
  • + 1 author+ 0 author

20 October 2021

The need for oxygen increases with activity in patients with COPD and on long-term oxygen treatment (LTOT), leading to periods of hypoxemia, which may influence the patient’s performance. This study aimed to evaluate the effect of automated oxygen ti...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Recent Research in Pulmonary Rehabilitation)
  • Communication
  • Open Access
3 Citations
2,497 Views
9 Pages

STATom@ic: R Package for Automated Statistical Analysis of Omic Datasets

  • Rui S. Treves,
  • Tyler C. Gripshover and
  • Josiah E. Hardesty

11 February 2025

Background: The evolution of “omic” technologies, which measure all biological molecules of a specific type (e.g., genomics), has enabled rapid and cost-effective data acquisition, depending on the technique and sample size. This, however...

(This article belongs to the Section Biostatistics)
  • Article
  • Open Access
869 Views
14 Pages

Skeletal Muscle Quality Evaluation for Prognostic Stratification in the Emergency Department of Patients ≥65 Years with Major Trauma

  • Marcello Covino,
  • Luigi Carbone,
  • Martina Petrucci,
  • Gabriele Pulcini and ,
  • Marco Cintoni,
  • Luigi Larosa,
  • Andrea Piccioni,
  • Gianluca Tullo,
  • Davide Antonio Della Polla and
  • Francesco Franceschi
  • + 9 authors+ 4 authors

23 October 2025

Background: In patients aged 65 years and older who experience severe trauma, their underlying health status significantly influences overall mortality. This study aimed to determine whether computed tomography (CT) evaluation of skeletal muscle qual...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Trauma and Acute Care Surgery Research: Innovations, Challenges, and Future Directions)
  • Article
  • Open Access
11 Citations
3,045 Views
7 Pages

14 February 2022

Introduction: The classification of the severity of obstructive sleep apnea (OSA) based on the Apnea/Hypopnea Index (AHI) does not reflect the heterogeneity and prognosis of the disease. The Baveno classification proposes a new assessment system that...

  • Article
  • Open Access
11 Citations
2,808 Views
13 Pages

The Impact of Body Mass Composition on Outcome in Multiple Traumatized Patients—Results from the Fourth Thoracic and Third Lumbar Vertebrae: A Single-Center Retrospective Observational Study

  • Esref Belger,
  • Daniel Truhn,
  • Christian David Weber,
  • Ulf Peter Neumann and ,
  • Frank Hildebrand and
  • Klemens Horst
  • + 1 author+ 0 author

27 March 2023

Background: Body mass composition (BC) was shown to correlate with outcome in patients after surgery and minor trauma. As BC is assessed using computed tomography (CT) and routinely applied in multiple trauma (MT), this study will help to analyze whe...

(This article belongs to the Section Orthopedics)
  • Article
  • Open Access
1,252 Views
14 Pages

Baseline Body Composition Characteristics and Overall Survival in Young Women with Breast Cancer: Matched Case–Control Study Nested Within a Cohort

  • Aynur Aktas,
  • Diptasree Mukherjee,
  • Danielle Boselli,
  • Brandon N. VanderVeen and ,
  • Lejla Hadzikadic-Gusic,
  • Rebecca S. Greiner,
  • Michelle L. Wallander,
  • Declan Walsh and
  • Kunal C. Kadakia
  • + 4 authors+ 0 author

Background/Objectives: Young women with breast cancer (aged ≤ 40 years) have distinct prognostic characteristics, yet little is known about how modifiable body composition factors influence outcomes in this age group. This study examined whether C...

(This article belongs to the Section Cancer Imaging)