What does OB stand for?

Obliterative Bronchiolitis

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Samples in periodicals archive:

Abbey Lowdon, six, has chronic obliterative bronchiolitis, which when severe restricts her breathing and, for more than a year as a toddler, left her in need of 24-hour oxygen treatment.

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National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences (NIEHS), part of the National Institutes of Health, examined the issue because diacetyl has been implicated in causing obliterative bronchiolitis (OB) in humans.

Exposure to diacetyl

The next five chapters discuss small airways disorders in adults, including asthma, infectious and noninfectious small airways disorders, obliterative bronchiolitis, and smoking-related airway diseases.

CT of the airways

Obliterative bronchiolitis is reported as a cause of death over the long term in about 30% of lung transplant recipients.

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Obliterative bronchiolitis, or chronic rejection, remains a cause of significant numbers of deaths after lung transplantation.

Chiron Receives FDA Priority Review Designation for New Drug ...

Obliterative bronchiolitis, or chronic rejection, remains a cause of significant numbers of deaths after lung transplantation.

Chiron Submits New Drug Application for PULMINIQ; Inhaled Form of ...