Improvement of refractory rheumatoid arthritis-associated constrictive bronchiolitis with etanercept.

abstract：:Gastroesophageal reflux disease (GERD) is commonly associated with asthma; however, frequency in nonatopic children with asthmatic symptoms is unknown. The aim of this study was to determine the frequency of gastroesophageal reflux (GER) in nonatopic children with asthma-like airway disease that recur despite conventi...

journal_title：Respiratory medicine

authors： Yüksel H,Yilmaz O,Kirmaz C,Aydoğdu S,Kasirga E

更新日期：2006-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The objective of this study was to evaluate the effect of lateral body position on gas exchange in patients with unilateral pleural effusion, with special reference to the influence of effusion volume. Thirty consecutive patients with unilateral pleural effusion, without evidence of parenchymal pulmonary involvement, ...

journal_title：Respiratory medicine

authors： Romero S,Martín C,Hernández L,Arriero JM,Benito N,Gil J

更新日期：1995-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:There are no validated patient diaries for evaluating respiratory symptoms in idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis (IPF). PURPOSE:To evaluate the performance properties of the chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) Evaluating Respiratory Symptoms™ (E-RS™: COPD) measure in patients with IPF. METHODS:Concept ...

journal_title：Respiratory medicine

authors： Bacci ED,O'Quinn S,Leidy NK,Murray L,Vernon M

更新日期：2018-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Individuals with chronic respiratory conditions are at-risk for depression and anxiety. In the largest mental health screening study of over 6000 people with cystic fibrosis (CF) and 4000 parent caregivers (TIDES, 2014), rates of symptomatology were two to three times higher than in the general population. I...

journal_title：Respiratory medicine

authors： Graziano S,Spanò B,Majo F,Righelli D,Vincenzina L,Quittner A,Tabarini P

更新日期：2020-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The aim of the study was to investigate the efficacy and safety of ciclesonide compared with budesonide in adolescents with severe asthma. METHODS:In this randomized, double-blind, double-dummy, parallel-group study, patients aged 12-17 years with severe asthma were treated with budesonide 400 microg once d...

journal_title：Respiratory medicine

authors： Vermeulen JH,Gyurkovits K,Rauer H,Engelstätter R

更新日期：2007-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Exercise induced asthma may symptomatically be difficult to differentiate from exercise related obstruction in the upper airways, sometimes leading to diagnostic confusion and inappropriate treatment. Larynx accounts for a significant fraction of total airway resistance, but its role as a limiting factor for...

journal_title：Respiratory medicine

authors： Røksund OD,Maat RC,Heimdal JH,Olofsson J,Skadberg BT,Halvorsen T

更新日期：2009-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In response to the introduction of ethnic monitoring within the U.K. hospital inpatient data set, this study investigates the variations in secondary healthcare utilization by Black and minority ethnic communities whose cause of admission is related to asthma. The study examines all residents of the West Midlands: ove...

journal_title：Respiratory medicine

authors： Gilthorpe MS,Lay-Yee R,Wilson RC,Walters S,Griffiths RK,Bedi R

更新日期：1998-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Myeloperoxidase (MPO) and human neutrophil lipocalin (HNL) are proteins which are stored in neutrophil granulocytes, in the primary and secondary granules, respectively. These granules or their contents of MPO and HNL are secreted upon activation of the cells, and measurement of these soluble markers in biological flu...

journal_title：Respiratory medicine

authors： Schmekel B,Seveus L,Xu SY,Venge P

更新日期：2000-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Bird fancier's lung, the most common form of extrinsic allergic alveolitis in Britain, can be a difficult diagnostic problem. The symptoms are non-specific, often insidious in onset and frequently misdiagnosed as influenza or a viral or bacterial pneumonia. Frequently there is a delay in eliciting the history of expos...

journal_title：Respiratory medicine

authors： Vincent JM,Flower CD,Shneerson JM,Stewart S

更新日期：1992-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Non-invasive ventilation (NIV) is increasingly used in the treatment of patients with chronic hypercapnic respiratory failure (CRF). Residual sleep related respiratory events under NIV such as obstructive or central apnea/hypopnea (AH), or patient-ventilator asynchrony (PVA), may compromise treatment efficac...

journal_title：Respiratory medicine

authors： Aarrestad S,Qvarfort M,Kleiven AL,Tollefsen E,Skjønsberg OH,Janssens JP

更新日期：2017-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:To clarify the clinical features of pulmonary Mycobacterium avium-intracellulare complex (MAC) infection, we retrospectively evaluated clinical manifestations, laboratory data, chest and maxillary sinus computed tomographic scans and induced sputum findings in 26 with MAC infection in comparison with 104 patients with...

journal_title：Respiratory medicine

authors： Watanabe K,Fujimura M,Kasahara K,Yasui M,Myou S,Watanabe A,Nakao S

更新日期：2003-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Exposure to air pollution is associated with adverse health effects, with particulate matter (PM) and ozone (O(3)) both indicated to be of considerable importance. Diesel engine exhaust (DE) and O(3) generate substantial inflammatory effects in the airways. However, as yet it has not been determined whether a subseque...

journal_title：Respiratory medicine

authors： Bosson J,Pourazar J,Forsberg B,Adelroth E,Sandström T,Blomberg A

更新日期：2007-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：INTRODUCTION:The World Trade Center (WTC) disaster released a huge quantity and variety of toxicants into the environment. To-date, studies from each of the three major cohorts of WTC-exposed workers have suggested "greater than expected" numbers of post-9/11 cases in some workers. We undertook this study to estimate t...

journal_title：Respiratory medicine

authors： Webber MP,Yip J,Zeig-Owens R,Moir W,Ungprasert P,Crowson CS,Hall CB,Jaber N,Weiden MD,Matteson EL,Prezant DJ

更新日期：2017-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Myeloid and plasmacytoid dendritic cell (DC) subsets have been recently identified in the human lung based on their differential expression of Blood DC Antigens 1-3 (BDCAs). We investigated the expression of these antigens by isolated human pulmonary CD1a(+) DCs, namely Langerhan's cells. METHODS:Using an i...

journal_title：Respiratory medicine

authors： Tsoumakidou M,Kemp SJ,Thorley AJ,Zhu J,Dewar A,Jeffery PK,Tetley TD

更新日期：2009-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The effect of pro-inflammatory stimuli on bronchoconstrictor-induced air trapping has not been studied. OBJECTIVE:To determine the effect of natural allergen exposure, a pro-inflammatory stimulus, on methacholine- and adenosine 5'-monophospate (AMP)-induced air trapping. METHODS:Airway responsiveness to me...

journal_title：Respiratory medicine

authors： Lopez V,Prieto L,Perez C,Barato D,Marin J

更新日期：2011-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：UNLABELLED:We report bronchoscopic changes observed in children with recurrent lower airways infections (RLAI) and findings in control children undergoing bronchoscopy for causes other than RLAI. PATIENTS AND METHODS:Retrospective case-control cohorts study. The clinical records of children who had fiberoptic bronchos...

journal_title：Respiratory medicine

authors： Santiago-Burruchaga M,Zalacain-Jorge R,Vazquez-Cordero C

更新日期：2014-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：INTRODUCTION:Although smoking cessation is strongly indicated by international guidelines as an effective therapeutic tool for patients with COPD and Asthma, a large proportion of them do not quit smoking and they are regarded as a "difficult" target group. AIM:To study the effectiveness of an intensive smoking cessat...

journal_title：Respiratory medicine

authors： Gratziou Ch,Florou A,Ischaki E,Eleftheriou K,Sachlas A,Bersimis S,Zakynthinos S

更新日期：2014-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Healthcare payers are faced with the need to allocate finite resources to maximize population health. To assist in decision-making, healthcare payers are increasingly using health outcomes information and economic analyses. Healthcare payers are often under pressure to make early decisions (around the time of product ...

journal_title：Respiratory medicine

authors： Levine M,Taylor R,Ryan M,Sculpher M

更新日期：2002-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Sarcoidosis patients often are troubled by dyspnea, exercise limitation, and fatigue. Many patients (up to 50-81%) suffer from sarcoidosis-associated fatigue. The etiology of fatigue in sarcoidosis is still unclear. OBJECTIVE:The aim of this study was to assess the relationship between fatigue and both exer...

journal_title：Respiratory medicine

authors： Strookappe B,De Vries J,Elfferich M,Kuijpers P,Knevel T,Drent M

更新日期：2016-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：STUDY OBJECTIVE:Acute rejection (AR) of the allograft is a major clinical problem after lungtransplantation. Repeated episodes of AR increase the risk of developing obliterative bronchiolitis, the main cause of mortality in this patient group. It is believed that AR is caused by T-lymphocytes reacting to donor antigens...

journal_title：Respiratory medicine

authors： Ericson P,Lindén A,Riise GC

更新日期：2004-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：INTRODUCTION:Polymerase chain reaction (PCR)-based techniques to detect Mycobacterium tuberculosis DNA in respiratory specimens have been increasingly used to diagnose pulmonary tuberculosis. Their use in non-respiratory specimens to diagnose extrapulmonary tuberculosis is, however, controversial. In this study, we est...

journal_title：Respiratory medicine

authors： Trajman A,da Silva Santos Kleiz de Oliveira EF,Bastos ML,Belo Neto E,Silva EM,da Silva Lourenço MC,Kritski A,Oliveira MM

更新日期：2014-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:An ongoing outbreak of coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) has spread around the world. It is debatable whether asymptomatic COVID-19 virus carriers are contagious. We report here a case of the asymptomatic patient and present clinical characteristics of 455 contacts, which aims to study the infectivity of a...

journal_title：Respiratory medicine

authors： Gao M,Yang L,Chen X,Deng Y,Yang S,Xu H,Chen Z,Gao X

更新日期：2020-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:Although pulmonary rehabilitation (PR) improves function in people with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD), a community-based exercise program may be necessary to maintain functional capacity. We aimed to determine the effectiveness of a post-rehabilitation, community-based maintenance program on exer...

journal_title：Respiratory medicine

authors： Butler SJ,Desveaux L,Lee AL,Beauchamp MK,Brusco NK,Wang W,Goldstein RS,Brooks D

更新日期：2020-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The aim of this study was to compare the efficacy and safety of salmeterol/fluticasone propionate combination product (SFC) with fluticasone propionate (FP) plus oral montelukast (M) over 12 weeks in symptomatic asthma patients. The study was a multinational, randomised, double-blind, double-dummy, parallel-group desi...

journal_title：Respiratory medicine

authors： Ringdal N,Eliraz A,Pruzinec R,Weber HH,Mulder PG,Akveld M,Bateman ED,International Study Group.

更新日期：2003-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：INTRODUCTION:Children with asthma often have normal spirometry despite significant disease. The pathology of the small airways in asthma may be assessed using Multiple Breath Washout (MBW) and calculating the Lung Clearance Index (LCI). There are only few studies using MBW in children with asthma and existing data rega...

journal_title：Respiratory medicine

authors： Zwitserloot A,Fuchs SI,Müller C,Bisdorf K,Gappa M

更新日期：2014-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:IL-4 receptor alpha chain is crucial for the binding and signaling of IL-4, which mediates isotype switching and IgE production. The gene of IL-4 receptor alpha chain is a candidate gene for asthma and atopy. OBJECTIVES:To determine whether Ile50Val and Q576R polymorphisms of IL-4 receptor alpha chain gene ...

journal_title：Respiratory medicine

authors： Zhang W,Zhang X,Qiu D,Sandford A,Tan WC

更新日期：2007-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:Although high-resolution computed tomography (HRCT) is useful for the characterization of minute morphological changes in the lungs, no study has investigated risk factors for lung involvement detected by HRCT in patients with Sjögren's syndrome with or without respiratory symptoms. The aim of the current stu...

journal_title：Respiratory medicine

authors： Kakugawa T,Sakamoto N,Ishimoto H,Shimizu T,Nakamura H,Nawata A,Ito C,Sato S,Hanaka T,Oda K,Kido T,Miyamura T,Nakashima S,Aoki T,Nakamichi S,Obase Y,Saito K,Yatera K,Ishimatsu Y,Nakayama T,Korogi Y,Kawakami A,T

更新日期：2018-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Although the prevalence of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) increases with age, no specific therapeutic approaches are available till date for the elderly population. AIM:To assess the efficacy and safety of once-daily indacaterol 150 and 300 μg in elderly patients with moderate to severe COPD. ...

journal_title：Respiratory medicine

authors： Girodet PO,Jasnot JY,Le Gros V,Decuypère L,Cao W,Devouassoux G

更新日期：2017-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The objective of this study was to describe asthma exacerbation self-management in children and adolescents. We used a cross-sectional study population enrolled in the International Study of Asthma and Allergies in Childhood (ISAAC) in Bordeaux. Subjects answered an additional questionnaire on utilization of health se...

journal_title：Respiratory medicine

authors： Raherison C,Tunon-de-Lara JM,Vernejoux JM,Taytard A

更新日期：2000-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:From about 1190 to the present day opposing views have been expressed about the effects of coughing in patients with asthma. Some accounts have stated that it brought relief and others that it exacerbated asthma, whereas others thought that it could have both effects. In the present investigation, 187 patients with a ...

journal_title：Respiratory medicine

authors： Young S,Bitsakou H,Carić D,McHardy GJ

更新日期：1991-01-01 00:00:00