lung function

collocation in English

meanings of lungand function

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lung
noun[C]
uk /lʌŋ/ us /lʌŋ/
either of the two organs in the chest with which people and some ...
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function
noun
uk /ˈfʌŋk.ʃən/ us /ˈfʌŋk.ʃən/
the natural purpose (of something) or the duty (of ...
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Examples of lung function

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A better assessment of lungfunction, together with early repair, before pulmonary hypertensive changes occur, may further improve outcome.
Relation of birth weight and childhood respiratory infection to adult lungfunction and death from chronic obstructive pulmonary disease.
Improvements are independent of lungfunction.
We found lungfunction to be a risk factor for bacterial infection in our patients.
These include chest auscultation, spirometry, lungfunction tests; reversibility testing, inhaler technique testing and checking his blood pressure.
However, the results would again indicate a potential relationship between antioxidant/oxidant balance in determining lungfunction.
Most commonly, cardiopulmonary support has been used irrespective of satisfactory lungfunction.
For two weeks prior to operation, he had been treated with steroids (0.2 mg/ kg/day of dexamethasone) with some improvement in the lungfunction.
Exercise performance disability is affected by mood, encouragement, general fitness, and other influences and cannot be accurately predicted from reduction in lungfunction.
Many studies have reported18,36,37,67 that anxiety and depressive symptoms are better predictors of quality of life than lungfunction parameters.
The major factor in declining lungfunction is loss of lung elasticity, aggravated by stiffening of the chest wall and reduced respiratory muscle strength.
At 19 years of age, an obstructive and restrictive reduction in lungfunction was found.
Short-term tracheal occlusion in fetal lambs with diaphragmatic hernia improves lungfunction, even in the absence of lung growth.
The benefit of antenatal glucocorticoid therapy to lungfunction in the newborn infant has led to routine use in situations of threatened pre-term labour.
However, the magnitude of effect required to maintain adequate lungfunction for postnatal survival is not clear.
These included spirometry, lungfunction and blood gases based on protocols.
Decline in lungfunction accelerates with increasing age, even when obvious aetiological causes such as smoking are taken into account.
Therefore, lungfunction values of patients not completing follow-up were on average higher compared to patients that completed all questionnaires.
However, the severity of illness, measured by lungfunction, was not different between patients.
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