Multifaceted activity of N-acetyl-l-cysteine in chronic obstructive pulmonary disease.

abstract：INTRODUCTION:In sarcoidosis, muscle involvement is common, but mostly asymptomatic. Currently, little is known about respiratory muscle and diaphragm involvement and function in patients with sarcoidosis. Reduced inspiratory muscle strength and/or a reduced diaphragm function may contribute to exertional dyspnea, fatig...

journal_title：Expert review of respiratory medicine

authors： Schreiber T,Windisch W

更新日期：2018-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：INTRODUCTION:The use of beta-blockers in chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) is controversial, primarily due to concerns that they may worsen lung function and attenuate bronchodilator response. Areas covered: This review summarizes the reasons for and against the use of beta-blockers in COPD by evaluating the...

journal_title：Expert review of respiratory medicine

authors： Leitao Filho FS,Alotaibi NM,Yamasaki K,Ngan DA,Sin DD

更新日期：2018-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：INTRODUCTION:The independent and central role of the patient with a complex chronic respiratory disease in targeted, personalized disease management strategies is becoming increasingly important. Patients are the ones living with the disease and are finally responsible for their lives underlining their role as essentia...

journal_title：Expert review of respiratory medicine

authors： Houben-Wilke S,Augustin IM,Wouters BB,Stevens RA,Janssen DJ,Spruit MA,Vanfleteren LE,Franssen FM,Wouters EF

更新日期：2017-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：INTRODUCTION:Cardiorespiratory physiotherapy is an evidence-based practice that has evolved alongside changes in medical and surgical management, analgesia, the ageing society and increasing comorbidities of our patient populations. Continued research provides the profession with the ability to adapt to meet the changi...

journal_title：Expert review of respiratory medicine

authors： Denehy L,Granger CL,El-Ansary D,Parry SM

更新日期：2018-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：INTRODUCTION:Lung Clearance Index, measured using the multiple breath washout (MBW) technique, may be a useful test in infants with Cystic Fibrosis (CF). However, the requirement for specialised equipment and a number of important technical and methodological considerations relevant to testing in infants have complicat...

journal_title：Expert review of respiratory medicine

authors： Davies G,Aurora P

更新日期：2017-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Budesonide/formoterol is a combination of an inhaled corticosteroid plus a long-acting beta(2)-agonist available as a dry-powder inhaler for the indication of asthma and chronic obstructive pulmonary disease in various countries outside of the USA and as a pressurized metered-dose inhaler in the USA for the indication...

journal_title：Expert review of respiratory medicine

authors： Lee C,Corren J

更新日期：2008-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Owing to the prevalence, the considerable risk of accidents and cardiovascular consequences, optimal treatment of obstructive sleep apnea syndrome is of crucial importance. However, many patients look for alternative conservative or surgical therapies to continuous positive airway pressure to avoid discomfort and loca...

journal_title：Expert review of respiratory medicine

authors： Randerath WJ

更新日期：2009-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：INTRODUCTION:The treatment of lung cancer has radically changed over the last few years. The discovery of druggable oncogenic alterations and the introduction of immunotherapy have provided lung cancer patients with the possibility of more efficient and less toxic therapeutic alternatives than chemotherapy. In the case...

journal_title：Expert review of respiratory medicine

authors： Lazzari C,Karachaliou N,Gregorc V,Bulotta A,Gonzalez-Cao M,Verlicchi A,Altavilla G,Rosell R,Santarpia M

更新日期：2017-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：INTRODUCTION:Paediatric severe therapy resistant asthma (STRA) affects a very small proportion of all children with asthma, but results in significant morbidity, has a high risk of mortality and utilises approximately half of all healthcare resources for childhood asthma. children with STRA need add-on 'beyond guidelin...

journal_title：Expert review of respiratory medicine

authors： Martin Alonso A,Fainardi V,Saglani S

更新日期：2017-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The management of pulmonary hypertension has already incorporated the use of multiple therapies into routine practice. Available therapies act principally through vasodilatation of the pulmonary arterial circulation through well-delineated mechanisms, although right ventricular function determines function and prognos...

journal_title：Expert review of respiratory medicine

authors： Mukherjee B,Howard L

更新日期：2011-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:There have been many advances in the field of diagnostic and therapeutic pulmonary medicine in the past several years, with major progress in the field of imaging. Optical coherence tomography (OCT) is a high-resolution (micron level) imaging modality currently being advanced with the potential to image airway wall st...

journal_title：Expert review of respiratory medicine

authors： Hou R,Le T,Murgu SD,Chen Z,Brenner M

更新日期：2011-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Smoke inhalation injury continues to increase morbidity and mortality in burn patients in both the third world and industrialized countries. The lack of uniform criteria for the diagnosis and definition of smoke inhalation injury contributes to the fact that, despite extensive research, mortality rates have changed li...

journal_title：Expert review of respiratory medicine

authors： Rehberg S,Maybauer MO,Enkhbaatar P,Maybauer DM,Yamamoto Y,Traber DL

更新日期：2009-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Chronic airway infection and inflammation are the hallmarks of cystic fibrosis (CF) lung disease. As these events occur early in life, it is critical to develop techniques for the assessment and monitoring of early-CF lung disease in infants and young children. In the last several years, there have been major advances...

journal_title：Expert review of respiratory medicine

authors： Ren CL

更新日期：2008-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) has become one of the leading etiologies of nosocomial pneumonia as a result of an increase in staphylococcal infections caused by methicillin-resistant strains paired with extended ventilatory support of critically, and often, chronically ill patients. The prevalence...

journal_title：Expert review of respiratory medicine

authors： Woods C,Colice G

更新日期：2014-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The airway epithelium is constantly faced with inflammatory and potentially injurious stimuli. Following damage, rapid repair mechanisms involving proliferation and differentiation of resident progenitor and stem cell pools are necessary in order to maintain a protective barrier. In asthma, evidence pointing to a comp...

journal_title：Expert review of respiratory medicine

authors： Knight DA,Rossi FM,Hackett TL

更新日期：2010-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Approximately 14% of UK hospital in-patients receive supplemental oxygen therapy, only 57% have valid prescriptions. Oxygen must be optimally prescribed to ensure maximal therapeutic response whilst minimizing adverse outcomes (including fatality). This study investigates prescription compliance. METHODS:Al...

journal_title：Expert review of respiratory medicine

authors： Barrett R,Catangui E,Scott R

更新日期：2020-10-14 00:00:00

abstract：:Despite marginal improvements in survival gained from multimodality treatment, long-term survival rates remain low for lung cancer, which remains the leading cause of cancer-related mortality in North America. BLP25 liposomal (L-BLP25) vaccine (Stimuvax) is a promising liposomal vaccine designed to generate an immune ...

journal_title：Expert review of respiratory medicine

authors： Powell E,Chow LQ

更新日期：2008-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In 2007 the long-term outcome of lung cancer is still disappointing, with a 5-year survival rate not exceeding 15%. However, small but significant improvements in survival times have been achieved in the last decade. This progress has been achieved through the improvement of surgical techniques and following the intro...

journal_title：Expert review of respiratory medicine

authors： Selvaggi G,Scagliotti GV

更新日期：2007-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：INTRODUCTION:Survival after lung transplantation lags behind outcomes of other solid organ transplants, and complications from lung transplant are the second most common cause of death in cystic fibrosis. Evolving surgical techniques, therapeutics, and perioperative management have improved short-term survival after lu...

journal_title：Expert review of respiratory medicine

authors： Li SS,Tumin D,Krone KA,Boyer D,Kirkby SE,Mansour HM,Hayes D Jr

更新日期：2018-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：INTRODUCTION:Exercise intolerance is a common and often significant limitation in pulmonary arterial hypertension (PAH). This intolerance greatly affects the quality of life and function of the individual with PAH, irrespective of its etiology. In PAH associated with connective tissue disorders (PAH-CTD), exercise into...

journal_title：Expert review of respiratory medicine

authors： Babu AS,Morris NR,Arena R,Myers J

更新日期：2018-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:During the last decade, there have been major advances in knowledge of the effects of oxygen therapy in patients with acute exacerbations of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease. This includes a randomised controlled trial of oxygen therapy in the pre-hospital setting, which showed that high concentration oxygen ther...

journal_title：Expert review of respiratory medicine

authors： Pilcher J,Weatherall M,Perrin K,Beasley R

更新日期：2015-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Introduction: Obstructive sleep apnea (OSA) is highly prevalent and constitutes a major health hazard. Current pharmacotherapy is ineffective in correcting sleep-disordered breathing and is used adjunctively to address residual sleepiness. A new drug, solriamfetol, a selective norepinephrine-dopamine reuptake inhibito...

journal_title：Expert review of respiratory medicine

authors： Abad VC,Guilleminault C

更新日期：2018-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Erdosteine is a multimechanism, mucolytic agent that decreases the sputum viscoelastic properties and bacterial adhesion to the cell membrane, endowed with bronchial anti-inflammatory activity and a scavenging effect on free oxidant radicals. Erdosteine is a prodrug and metabolite I is the active metabolite of erdoste...

journal_title：Expert review of respiratory medicine

authors： Moretti M

更新日期：2007-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Caveolin-1 (Cav-1) is the major protein present in invaginations of the plasma membrane of cells known as caveolae. Cav-1 is expressed in numerous resident and inflammatory cells implicated in the pathogenesis of asthma and chronic inflammatory respiratory diseases including chronic obstructive pulmonary disease. A re...

journal_title：Expert review of respiratory medicine

authors： Royce SG,Le Saux CJ

更新日期：2014-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Bronchiolitis is an inflammatory and potentially fibrosing condition affecting mainly the intralobular conducting and transitional small airways. Secondary bronchiolitis participates in disease process of the airways and/or the surrounding lobular structures in the setting of several already defined clinical entities,...

journal_title：Expert review of respiratory medicine

authors： Papiris SA,Malagari K,Manali ED,Kolilekas L,Triantafillidou C,Baou K,Rontogianni D,Bouros D,Kagouridis K

更新日期：2013-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：INTRODUCTION:There is an ongoing need for additional interventions in idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis (IPF) as antifibrotic drugs currently available only inhibit and do not stall disease progression. Vitamin K is a co-factor for the activation of coagulation factors. However, it is also required to activate proteins wit...

journal_title：Expert review of respiratory medicine

authors： De Brouwer B,Piscaer I,Von Der Thusen JH,Grutters JC,Schutgens RE,Wouters EF,Janssen R

更新日期：2018-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Non-small-cell lung cancer is the most common cause of cancer-related death worldwide. Surgery remains the cornerstone of treatment for localized, resectable lung cancer, although advanced stages are associated with a high risk of developing distant metastases. Large randomized trials have demonstrated an improvement ...

journal_title：Expert review of respiratory medicine

authors： Kueng MM,Betticher DC

更新日期：2008-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：INTRODUCTION:Pleural disease encompasses a large range of conditions, is a common presentation to the acute medical take and often requires comprehensive investigation and treatment. Ultrasound is well recognised as a useful investigative tool in pleural disease especially in the field of pleural effusion, pleural thic...

journal_title：Expert review of respiratory medicine

authors： Mercer RM,Psallidas I,Rahman NM

更新日期：2017-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Objectives: Pleurodesis is an important management option to palliate breathlessness in patients with malignant pleural effusion (MPE). This systematic review aimed to examine available literature for studies investigating factors that predict pleurodesis outcome.Methods: The healthcare databases advanced search (HDAS...

journal_title：Expert review of respiratory medicine

authors： Hassan M,Gadallah M,Mercer RM,Harriss E,Rahman NM

更新日期：2020-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:With advances in CT technology and the popularity of low-dose CT as a device for lung cancer screening, the detection rate of sub-solid pulmonary nodules as well as solid nodules has been increased. Distinguishing solid from sub-solid features is an essential step in the CT evaluation of solitary pulmonary nodules (SP...

journal_title：Expert review of respiratory medicine

authors： Cha MJ,Lee KS,Kim HS,Lee SW,Jeong CJ,Kim EY,Lee HY

更新日期：2016-01-01 00:00:00