[HTML][HTML] Pulmonary function tests in emergency department pediatric patients with acute wheezing/asthma exacerbation

K Giordano, E Rodriguez, N Green, M Armani… - Pulmonary …, 2012 - hindawi.com
Background. Pulmonary function tests (PFT) have been developed to analyze tidal breathing
in patients who are minimally cooperative due to age and respiratory status. This study …

The orl rat is more responsive to methacholine challenge than wild type

…, JS Barthold, PA Kreiger, MH Armani… - Pulmonary …, 2014 - Elsevier
Background This study presents an animal model of native airway hyperresponsiveness (AHR).
AHR is a fundamental aspect of asthma and reflects an abnormal response …

[HTML][HTML] Comparison study of airway reactivity outcomes due to a pharmacologic challenge test: impulse oscillometry versus least mean squared analysis techniques

E Rodriguez, CM Bullard, MH Armani, TL Miller… - Pulmonary …, 2013 - hindawi.com
The technique of measuring transpulmonary pressure and respiratory airflow with manometry
and pneumotachography using the least mean squared analysis (LMS) has been used …

Family OSCEs in Child and Adolescent Psychiatry Training: Formative Evaluation Involving Adolescent Simulated Patients

M Celano, MH Armani, J Holton, LJ Miller - Academic Psychiatry, 2023 - Springer
There has been considerable adoption of simulated patient (SP)-based assessment in
psychiatry over the last three decades [1]. The Objective Structured Clinical Examination (OSCE), …

Plp1 gene duplication inhibits airway responsiveness and induces lung inflammation

…, L Sakowski, GM Hobson, MH Armani… - Pulmonary …, 2015 - Elsevier
Mice with Plp1 gene duplication model the most common form of Pelizaeus-Merzbacher
disease (PMD), a CNS disease in which patients may suffer respiratory complications. We …

[PDF][PDF] 479. New understanding of childhood lung disease through physiological measurement

…, GM Hobson, L Sakowski, Y Zhu, M Armani… - ers-education.org
Objective: We hypothesized that Plp1dup mice would lack protective airway responsiveness
(AR) to an autonomic drug challenge. To address this, we investigated whether respiratory …

[PDF][PDF] Jacobs Journal of Pediatrics

…, DO Kathryn Giordano, MD Nicole Green, MH Armani - 2015 - academia.edu
Background: Few studies combine impulse oscillometry (IOS) and respiratory inductance
plethysmography (RIP) for assessing acute obstruction in the pediatric emergency department (…

[PDF][PDF] Research Article Comparison Study of Airway Reactivity Outcomes due to a Pharmacologic Challenge Test: Impulse Oscillometry versus Least Mean Squared …

E Rodriguez, CM Bullard, MH Armani, TL Miller… - 2013 - academia.edu
The technique of measuring transpulmonary pressure and respiratory airflow with manometry
and pneumotachography using the least mean squared analysis (LMS) has been used …

Plp1 mutation induces altered respiratory response to an airway challenge

…, GM Hobson, L Sakowski, Y Zhu, M Armani… - 2012 - Eur Respiratory Soc
Pelizaeus-Merzbacher disease (PMD) is a disease caused by mutations of the proteolipid
protein1 (PLP1) gene that result in defective CNS myelination. Mice with an extra copy of Plp1, …

Airway and inflammatory profile of ORL rats: An asthma phenotype?

E Rodriguez, JS Barthold, M Armani, K Michelini, Y Zhu… - 2011 - Eur Respiratory Soc
Introduction: The ORL rat is a Long Evans substrain with inherited cryptorchidism. We have
observed respiratory distress and wheezing in a subset of this strain but no respiratory …