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Congenital Fusion of Maxilla and Mandible: A Case Report

  Objective: Congenital fusion of jaws is a rare disorder which is observed in infants and cab ne syndromic and non-syndromic. Limited mouth opening in patients can affect the child growth and cause difficulties in feeding, swallowing and breathing.   Case: A In this study, a female infant from Afghanistan, settled in Qom referred to AlZahra maternity with upper and lower fusion jaws is reporte...

The Effect of Breathing Exercises on Breathing Pattern of Pregnant Women

Purpose: Physiological changes during pregnancy impose numerous changes on the respiratory system that can affect the health of both mother and fetus. Regarding the importance of the normal breathing in the health of mother and fetus, this study aimed to investigate the effect of breathing exercise on breathing pattern of pregnant women.  Methods: The study population was pregnant women...

تحقیقی پیرامون رابطه تنفس دهانی و شب ادراری در کودکان

Enuresis during childhood disturbs children both physically and emotionally. It reduces their self-confidence and so causes many personal and social problems.Different ways of treating this problem have been suggested and carried out, but none of them have been a total success. But one way is to change from mouth breathing to nose breathing.Enuresis in 6 Patient out often was totally cured and ...

Unloading work of breathing during high-frequency oscillatory ventilation: a bench study

INTRODUCTION With the 3100B high-frequency oscillatory ventilator (SensorMedics, Yorba Linda, CA, USA), patients' spontaneous breathing efforts result in a high level of imposed work of breathing (WOB). Therefore, spontaneous breathing often has to be suppressed during high-frequency oscillatory ventilation (HFOV). A demand-flow system was designed to reduce imposed WOB. METHODS An external g...

Breathing easier.

Breathing new life into asthma care.

attack begins. They have been here before: tightening of the chest, wheezing, coughing, difficulty breathing. Experience tells them it will pass but that does not make it any easier. Millions of Europeans, especially an increasing number of children, live with asthma and the threat of an asthma attack but it does not have to be this way1. Asthma can be controlled for long periods by combining m...