The addition of long-acting beta-agonists to inhaled corticosteroids in asthma.

abstract：:Interstitial lung diseases are characterized by disruption of the distal pulmonary parenchyma. The clinical history manifestations, cough and dyspnea, and physical exam manifestations, inspiratory crackles, are nonspecific. Pulmonary function testing aids in the evaluation and management of patients with interstitial ...

journal_title：Current opinion in pulmonary medicine

authors： Flaherty KR,Martinez FJ

更新日期：2000-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE OF REVIEW:In many cases, the specific pathogen responsible for a respiratory infection is not identified and can lead to improper medical treatment, increased duration of illness, and possibly contributes to the development of antibiotic resistance. Molecular-based diagnostic methodologies have significantly im...

journal_title：Current opinion in pulmonary medicine

authors： Lednicky JA,Rayner JO

更新日期：2006-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE OF REVIEW:Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) affects over 12 million adults in the United States and is the third leading cause of 30-day readmissions. COPD is costly with almost $50 billion in direct costs annually. Total COPD costs can be up to double the identified direct costs because of comorbid ...

journal_title：Current opinion in pulmonary medicine

authors： Press VG,Konetzka RT,White SR

更新日期：2018-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The 24-hour properties of sleepiness affect behavior by reducing performance and increasing the likelihood of accidents. This is important to pulmonary physicians who diagnose and treat sleep apnea, because diagnoses of sleep apnea and narcolepsy are associated with as much as a sevenfold increase in the risk of havin...

journal_title：Current opinion in pulmonary medicine

authors： Mitler MM

更新日期：1996-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE OF REVIEW:Summarize recently published studies and critiques evaluating the effects of the American Academy of Sleep Medicine (AASM) Sleep Scoring Manual. RECENT FINDINGS:Only a few retrospective studies have been published evaluating the new AASM Scoring Manual. These have shown that when scoring polysomnogra...

journal_title：Current opinion in pulmonary medicine

authors： Grigg-Damberger MM

更新日期：2009-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:As the number of inhaled drugs available for cystic fibrosis grows, there is increasing awareness of delivery device issues. Current jet and ultrasonic nebulizers are inefficient at delivering drugs to the lower respiratory tract. There are large differences in output characteristics between nebulizers and high inters...

journal_title：Current opinion in pulmonary medicine

authors： Geller DE

更新日期：1997-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE OF REVIEW:Cystic fibrosis (CF) is a complex genetic disease affecting many organs, although 85% of the mortality is a result of lung disease. The natural history of the lung disease consists of early and persistent infection, an exaggerated inflammatory response, structural airway changes (i.e. bronchiectasis),...

journal_title：Current opinion in pulmonary medicine

authors： Flume PA

更新日期：2011-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Diabetes is a common complication of cystic fibrosis. Because it is associated with increased morbidity and mortality, prompt diagnosis and aggressive management of cystic fibrosis-related diabetes is important. The Cystic Fibrosis Foundation held a consensus conference in 1998 to define the standards of care for pati...

journal_title：Current opinion in pulmonary medicine

authors： Riggs AC,Seaquist ER,Moran A

更新日期：1999-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE OF REVIEW:Pleural effusions in patients with hematologic malignancy may represent malignant pleural effusion (MPE) or occur secondary to infection, treatment effects, and other common causes. The impact of MPE on prognosis in this cohort remains unclear. Indwelling pleural catheters (IPCs) are routinely placed ...

journal_title：Current opinion in pulmonary medicine

authors： Vakil E,Jimenez CA,Faiz SA

更新日期：2018-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE OF REVIEW:Glucocorticosteroids (GCSs) remain the cornerstone of therapy for treating the inflammatory component of asthma. Clinical response to GCS is heterogeneous, varying both within asthma 'endotypes', as well as the same individual. Different factors and micro-environment can alter the canonical GCS-induce...

journal_title：Current opinion in pulmonary medicine

authors： Mukherjee M,Svenningsen S,Nair P

更新日期：2017-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE OF REVIEW:Isolated distal deep-vein thrombosis (iDDVT) is a distal deep-vein thrombosis (DVT) without proximal DVT or pulmonary embolism. Although its clinical significance is uncertain, its prevalence is increasing with the use of whole leg compression ultrasonography. Epidemiological data giving reported rate...

journal_title：Current opinion in pulmonary medicine

authors： Galanaud JP,Bosson JL,Quéré I

更新日期：2011-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE OF REVIEW:Sarcoidosis is a granulomatous systemic disease of unknown cause where the lung is the most frequently affected organ. Therapeutic management of the disease is challenging as clinical presentation and prognosis are very heterogeneous. In the present review, we will summarize the main advances in sarco...

journal_title：Current opinion in pulmonary medicine

authors： Sellarés J,Francesqui J,Llabres M,Hernandez-Gonzalez F,Baughman RP

更新日期：2020-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE OF REVIEW:The review highlights the clinical findings and the management of community-acquired, health-care associated and nosocomial pneumonia due to methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA). RECENT FINDINGS:Although previously considered as a purely nosocomial event, community-acquired MRSA pneumon...

journal_title：Current opinion in pulmonary medicine

authors： Tacconelli E,De Angelis G

更新日期：2009-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Although asthma is considered to be an inflammatory disease of the airways, neural mechanisms remain very important. Neural control of airways is far more complex than has been previously recognized. In addition to the classic neural pathways, the nonadrenergic, noncholinergic pathway has been described in the airways...

journal_title：Current opinion in pulmonary medicine

authors： Choi DC,Kwon OJ

更新日期：1998-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The author describes a current status of nuclear imaging in interstitial lung disease. A number of tests have been proposed for the evaluation of disease activity. The only one that is used in many centers, however, is 67Ga scan. If the goal is the evaluation of functional impairment, 99mTc-penta-acetic acid aerosol m...

journal_title：Current opinion in pulmonary medicine

authors： Rizzato G

更新日期：1997-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE OF REVIEW:Since the introduction especially of multidetector computed tomography scanners, detection of peripheral pulmonary nodules as small as 2-3 mm is now a frequent event even in individuals without a significant smoking history. This preponderance of small indeterminate nodules has necessitated reconsider...

journal_title：Current opinion in pulmonary medicine

authors： Shiau MC,Bonavita J,Naidich DP

更新日期：2007-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE OF REVIEW:This review examines the current reports, the evidence and the issues surrounding the use of non-invasive ventilation (NIV) for the treatment of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) in both the acute and domiciliary setting. RECENT FINDINGS:With the increasing use of NIV, more recent studies ...

journal_title：Current opinion in pulmonary medicine

authors： Ramsay M,Hart N

更新日期：2013-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE OF REVIEW:Diagnosis of idiopathic interstitial pneumonias (IIPs) requires the exclusion of, among others, concomitant connective tissue diseases (CTDs), which may present as interstitial lung disease (ILD). This review focuses on the evaluation required to separate these entities through serology, although not ...

journal_title：Current opinion in pulmonary medicine

authors： Papiris SA,Kagouridis K,Bouros D

更新日期：2012-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE OF REVIEW:Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) and lung cancer are the leading causes of morbidity and mortality worldwide. The current research is focused on identifying the common and disparate events involved in epigenetic modifications that concurrently occur during the pathogenesis of COPD and lung...

journal_title：Current opinion in pulmonary medicine

authors： Sundar IK,Mullapudi N,Yao H,Spivack SD,Rahman I

更新日期：2011-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE OF REVIEW:Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) is caused by a mixture of small airway disease (obstructive bronchitis) and parenchymal lung tissue destruction (emphysema). The relative contributions of these two pathologic states vary from person to person. Having the ability to phenotype patients into ...

journal_title：Current opinion in pulmonary medicine

authors： Stewart JI,Criner GJ

更新日期：2013-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE OF REVIEW:Obstructive sleep apnea (OSA) is heterogeneous in terms of contributing pathophysiological mechanisms, clinical presentation, and consequences. Different study models from animal models of intermittent hypoxia over case-control, cohort, and population-based observational studies to uncontrolled interv...

journal_title：Current opinion in pulmonary medicine

authors： Schwarz EI

更新日期：2019-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE OF REVIEW:Nowadays tuberculosis is becoming a worldwide problem, and according to the World Health Organization, which declared tuberculosis a global health emergency in 1993, each year 8 million people worldwide develop the active disease and almost 3 million die. RECENT FINDINGS:Due to this problem there is ...

journal_title：Current opinion in pulmonary medicine

authors： de Souza MV

更新日期：2006-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE OF REVIEW:Pulmonary hypertension has been reported to complicate the course of a number of fibrotic lung diseases, including idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis, chronic hypersensitivity pneumonitis and nonspecific interstitial pneumonitis. Most commonly, mild elevations in the mean pulmonary artery pressure are seen...

journal_title：Current opinion in pulmonary medicine

authors： King CS,Nathan SD

更新日期：2019-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE OF REVIEW:Matrix metalloproteinases (MMPs) are a family of over 20 zinc-dependent proteases with different biological and pathological activities, and many have been implicated in several diseases. Although nonselective MMP inhibitors are known to induce serious side-effects, targeting individual MMPs may offer...

journal_title：Current opinion in pulmonary medicine

authors： Abd-Elaziz K,Jesenak M,Vasakova M,Diamant Z

更新日期：2021-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Intrathoracic neoplasms other than bronchogenic carcinoma comprise a disparate group of tumors that have in common an anatomic location within the thorax. For the purposes of this review, they are divided into three categories: pulmonary metastases from locations other than the thorax, mediastinal neoplasms, and unusu...

journal_title：Current opinion in pulmonary medicine

authors： Yoneda KY,Tharratt RS

更新日期：1997-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE OF REVIEW:Although known for several decades, catamenial pneumothorax has been considered until recently as an extremely rare entity. The condition is now more easily recognized and several studies have been published, with somewhat relevant discrepancies with respect to etiologic, epidemiologic, and management...

journal_title：Current opinion in pulmonary medicine

authors： Alifano M

更新日期：2010-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE OF REVIEW:Recent work demonstrates that patients with refractory asthma are likely to be sensitized to environmental fungi and that specific antifungal treatments may be of benefit to this group. RECENT FINDINGS:The relationships among fungal sensitization, exposure and asthma severity are imperfectly understo...

journal_title：Current opinion in pulmonary medicine

authors： Gore RB

更新日期：2010-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE OF REVIEW:Exacerbations of asthma in children are most frequently precipitated by respiratory infections with a seasonal pattern. However, management takes little account of the underlying infective or other precipitant abnormality. RECENT FINDINGS:Interactions between environmental triggers, the airway microb...

journal_title：Current opinion in pulmonary medicine

authors： Cook J,Saglani S

更新日期：2016-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE OF REVIEW:The purpose of this article is to provide understanding of renal sarcoidosis, the different types of renal sarcoidosis, disease burden of renal involvement, and treatment options. RECENT FINDINGS:The frequency of renal involvement seems to be underestimated, but renal sarcoidosis represents a relevan...

journal_title：Current opinion in pulmonary medicine

authors： Bergner R,Löffler C

更新日期：2018-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:An important advance in our understanding of the pathophysiology of asthma has been the discovery that airway inflammation is not confined to severe asthma but also characterizes mild and moderate asthma. Inflammation in asthma may be the result of a peculiar type of lymphocytic inflammation whereby Th2 lymphocytes se...

journal_title：Current opinion in pulmonary medicine

authors： Fahy JV,Corry DB,Boushey HA

更新日期：2000-01-01 00:00:00