Background: Blood pressure (BP) measurements have been used widely in clinical and
private environments. Recently, the use of ECG monitors has proliferated; however, they are …

Background Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) is associated with disruption in
autonomic nervous control of the heart rhythm. We present here quantitative evidence of the …

Pulse oximetry is routinely used for monitoring patients' oxygen saturation levels with little
regard to the variability of this physiological variable. There are few published studies on …

The availability of commercial wearable bio-sensors provides an opportunity for developing
smart phone applications for real-time diagnosis that can be used to improve the health of …

Anxiety is prevalent in asthma, and is associated with disease severity and poor quality of
life. However, no study to date provides direct experimental evidence for the effect of allergic …

Respiratory disorders are complex and heterogeneous conditions, particularly as it relates to
their clinical presentation. 1 One of the major implications of such phenotypic heterogeneity …

Allergic asthma affects both the respiratory function and central nervous system.
Communication between the amygdala and respiratory control system is critical for …

Mechanical ventilation (MV) can result in long-term brain impairments that are resistant to
treatment. The mechanisms underlying MV-induced brain function impairment remain …

Psychological stress can provoke airway constriction in asthmatic patients, which may be
because of autonomic nervous system dysfunction in asthma. We investigated the effect of …

Asthma is a heterogeneous disease in which the complexity of the breathing pattern reduces
as the severity of the disease increases. Since the pathophysiological basis of reduced …