RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN CLINICIAN DOCUMENTED BLAST EXPOSURE AND PULMONARY FUNCTION: A RETROSPECTIVE CHART REVIEW FROM A NATIONAL SPECIALTY CLINIC

Relationship between clinician documented blast exposure and pulmonary function: a retrospective chart review from a national specialty clinic

Abstract Background Service member exposure to explosive blast overpressure waves is common with considerable attention to traumatic brain injury (TBI) and neuropsychological sequalae.Less is known about the impacts on the respiratory system, particularly long-term effects, despite vulnerability to overpressure.Using a national registry, we previou

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Evaluation of the rheumatoid factors of the IgG, IgM and IgA isotypes as prognostic parameters for rheumatoid arthritis among Iraqi patients

Context: Rheumatoid arthritis (RA) has a heterogeneous course, spanning from mild forms tending to remission and reacting well to treatment, to aggressive forms resistant to classical therapeutic measures.Reliable predictive parameters of the disease course in RA are needed.Raised levels of Rheumatoid Factors (RFs) are associated with RA and that t

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The process of mourning in the adolescence stage

In our society, death is not an issue that is addressed from the educational point of view, either formal or non-formal.Even more, it can be affirmed that it is one of the tabooest subjects in our society.Paradoxically, it is an absolutely irremissible reality and, on the contrary, it is obviated and psychologically and socially rejected.Both the n

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