Effect of fluticasone 250 microg/salmeterol 50 microg and montelukast on exhaled nitric oxide in asthmatic patients.

abstract：Background:The aim of this study was thus to evaluate the feasibility and safety of taking biopsy specimens by cryoprobe from the parietal pleura during semirigid pleuroscope. Methods:In a single-center, observational, prospective study, patients with exudative pleural effusion (EPE) were evaluated with a semirigid pl...

journal_title：Canadian respiratory journal

authors： Chen CH,Cheng WC,Wu BR,Chen CY,Chen WC,Liao WC,Tu CY

更新日期：2018-01-22 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Approximately 10% of patients hospitalized with community-acquired pneumonia (CAP) are bacteremic. Bacteremic Streptococcus pneumoniae pneumonia (BSPP) is the number one cause of mortality, representing up to 70% of all CAP deaths. In fact, all CAP guidelines have identified this issue as one of the most imp...

journal_title：Canadian respiratory journal

authors： Weiss K,Low DE,Cortes L,Beaupre A,Gauthier R,Gregoire P,Legare M,Nepveu F,Thibert D,Tremblay C,Tremblay J

更新日期：2004-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:A validated health-related quality of life questionnaire in chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) with advantages of both generic- and disease-specific questionnaires is needed to capture patients' perspectives of severity and impact of the disease. The McGill COPD questionnaire was created to include...

journal_title：Canadian respiratory journal

authors： Pakhale S,Wood-Dauphinee S,Spahija A,Collet JP,Maltais F,Bernard S,Baltzan M,Rouleau M,Bourbeau J,Respiratiory Network of the FRSQ.

更新日期：2012-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：Objective:This epidemiological investigation aimed at determining the current situation regarding the diagnosis and treatment of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD), especially missed diagnosis and missed treatment, in a group of individuals residing in an island area of Ningbo. Methods:Adults ≥60 years of ag...

journal_title：Canadian respiratory journal

authors： Sheng W,Huang Y,Deng Z,Ma H

更新日期：2019-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：Background:Adenoviruses are highly contagious pathogens which cause respiratory disease particularly in children; they may induce severe disease in infants. Human neutrophil peptides (HNPs) have been found to exhibit antiadenoviral activity. Thus, we have investigated HNPs in nasal aspirates (NAs) of children suffering...

journal_title：Canadian respiratory journal

authors： Priyadharshini VS,Ramírez-Jiménez F,Molina-Macip M,Renteria-Rosales C,Santiago-Cruz J,Zarate-Segura P,Lara-Padilla E,Teran LM

更新日期：2018-07-31 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Induced sputum cell counts are a noninvasive and reliable method for evaluating the presence, type and degree of airway inflammation in patients with asthma. Currently, standard nebulizer devices used for sputum induction in multiple patients are labelled as single-patient devices by the manufacturer, which ...

journal_title：Canadian respiratory journal

authors： Davidson WJ,Dennis J,The S,Litoski B,Pieron C,Leigh R

更新日期：2014-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Pulmonary arteritis is a rare cause of pulmonary hypertension. Causes of pulmonary arteritis can be divided into primary and secondary, as well as classified according to vessel size. Only large vessel vasculitis is associated with pulmonary hypertension; primary forms include Takayasu arteritis and giant cell arterit...

journal_title：Canadian respiratory journal

authors： Gilmour SM,Dominelli GS,Leipsic JA,Levy RD

更新日期：2014-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A 3.5-week-old male neonate who developed an upper and lower respiratory tract rhinovirus infection that was temporally associated with the development of severe pulmonary hypertension is described. Rhinovirus has not previously been associated with pulmonary hypertension. This child developed severe pulmonary hyperte...

journal_title：Canadian respiratory journal

authors： Patel N,The TG

更新日期：2012-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Asthma is a common respiratory disease that can often be managed successfully. However, there are patients that do not respond to the maximum doses of standard therapy and subsequently have a reduced quality of life. Many factors can contribute to a failure to respond to treatment, and a comprehensive approach is impo...

journal_title：Canadian respiratory journal

authors： Cicutto LC,Chapman KR,Chamberlain D,Downey GP

更新日期：2000-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Surgical resection for acute necrotizing lung infections is not widely accepted due to unclear indications and high risk. OBJECTIVE:To review results of resection in the setting of acute necrotizing lung infections. METHODS:A retrospective review of patients who underwent parenchymal resection between Janu...

journal_title：Canadian respiratory journal

authors： Reimel BA,Krishnadasen B,Cuschieri J,Klein MB,Gross J,Karmy-Jones R

更新日期：2006-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Clearance of inhaled technetium-99m diethylenetriaminepentaacetate (99mTc-DTPA) is a potential indicator of disease activity and progression in idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis (IPF). The objective of the present study was to evaluate the prognostic value of 99mTc-DTPA scans in IPF. A total of 22 patients (18 males), age...

journal_title：Canadian respiratory journal

authors： Mura M,Belmonte G,Fanti S,Pacilli AM,Fasano L,Zompatori M,Schiavina M,Fabbri M

更新日期：2004-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：Methods:Prospective study conducted in a university hospital. Subjects with a clinical suspicion of SAHS were included. All of them underwent home polygraphy and oximetry on the same night. A correlation was made between the apnea-hypopnea index (AHI) and the oximetry variables. The variable with the highest diagnostic...

journal_title：Canadian respiratory journal

authors： Esteban-Amarilla C,Martin-Bote S,Jurado-Garcia A,Palomares-Muriana A,Feu-Collado N,Jurado-Gamez B

更新日期：2020-11-12 00:00:00

abstract：:Metastatic disease is one of the most common causes of calcified nodules in the lung or liver. The incidence of calcified metastasis mainly to the lung and liver is high at the initial presentation in patients with medullary thyroid carcinoma. Synchronous calcified metastasis in the lung and liver is reported for the ...

journal_title：Canadian respiratory journal

authors： Yanardag H,Tetikkurt C,Tetikkurt S

更新日期：2003-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The 1956 paper by DV Bates, JMS Knott and RV Christie, "Respiratory function in emphysema in relation to prognosis" Quart J Med 1956;97:137-157 is largely reprinted with a commentary by the first author, Dr David Bates. Although the pathology of emphysema was well recognized at the time, the clinical diagnos...

journal_title：Canadian respiratory journal

authors： Bates DV

更新日期：2000-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Asthma is an inflammatory disease of the airways, for which many therapeutic options are available. Guidelines for the management of asthma suggest a stepwise approach to pharmacotherapy based on assessment of asthma severity and control. However, the assessment of asthma control presently relies on surrogate measures...

journal_title：Canadian respiratory journal

authors： Pendharkar S,Mehta S

更新日期：2008-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Common complications in PMV include changes in the airway clearance mechanism, pulmonary function, and respiratory muscle strength, as well as chest radiological changes such as atelectasis. Lung expansion therapy which includes IPPB and PEEP prevents and treats pulmonary atelectasis and improves lung compliance. Our ...

journal_title：Canadian respiratory journal

authors： Chen YH,Yeh MC,Hu HC,Lee CS,Li LF,Chen NH,Huang CC,Kao KC

更新日期：2016-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：Background:The FilmArray Respiratory Panel (FARP) (BioFire Diagnostics, Inc.) is a multiplex, polymerase chain reaction (PCR) technique that can detect 17 respiratory viruses and 3 bacterial targets in a single reaction. Immunocompromised hosts (ICH) with respiratory illnesses often undergo bronchoscopy with bronchoalv...

journal_title：Canadian respiratory journal

authors： Azadeh N,Sakata KK,Saeed A,Mullon JJ,Grys TE,Limper AH,Binnicker MJ

更新日期：2018-04-05 00:00:00

abstract：:Objective. There is increasing evidence of adverse outcomes associated with blood transfusions for adult traumatic brain injury patients. However, current evidence suggests that pediatric traumatic brain injury patients may respond to blood transfusions differently on a vascular level. This study examined the influenc...

journal_title：Canadian respiratory journal

authors： Yee KF,Walker AM,Gilfoyle E

更新日期：2016-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Intravenous epoprostenol, a prostaglandin analogue, has been a mainstay of therapy for patients with advanced pulmonary arterial hypertension (PAH) since the early 1990s. This medication has multiple side effects, and sudden discontinuation is potentially associated with severe sequelae. Several recent case ...

journal_title：Canadian respiratory journal

authors： Park K,Ostrow D,Levy RD,Swiston J

更新日期：2011-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To compare the efficacy and safety of a new combination Diskus inhaler containing both salmeterol 50 mg and fluticasone propionate 250 mg (Seretide) with the two drugs delivered via separate Diskus inhalers. DESIGN:A multicentre, double-blind, double-dummy study. Three hundred and seventy-one symptomatic ast...

journal_title：Canadian respiratory journal

authors： Chapman KR,Ringdal N,Backer V,Palmqvist M,Saarelainen S,Briggs M

更新日期：1999-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Forty to 70 cases of occupational asthma due to sensitization to an agent present in the workplace are accepted each year by the Commission de la santé et de la sécurité du travail, the Quebec medicolegal agency. OBJECTIVES AND METHODS:In a random sample of eight to 10 accepted claims per year from 1988 to ...

journal_title：Canadian respiratory journal

authors： Malo JL,L'Archevêque J,Ghezzo H

更新日期：2008-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Untreated patients with obstructive sleep apnea (OSA) are at increased risk for motor vehicle collisions; however, it is unclear how this should be translated into fitness-to-drive recommendations. Accordingly, the Canadian Thoracic Society (CTS) Sleep Disordered Breathing Clinical Assembly and the Canadian Sleep Soci...

journal_title：Canadian respiratory journal

authors： Ayas N,Skomro R,Blackman A,Curren K,Fitzpatrick M,Fleetham J,George C,Hakemi T,Hanly P,Li C,Morrison D,Series F

更新日期：2014-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A 37-year-old man developed persistent hemoptysis after sustaining a gunshot wound to the right shoulder and lung. A right upper lobectomy was performed, in which Aspergillus species microorganisms were identified within retained bullet fragments. The role of infected bullet fragments in the pathogenesis of hemoptysis...

journal_title：Canadian respiratory journal

authors： Pardy RL,Grymaloski M,Walker BA

更新日期：2001-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Diffuse panbronchiolitis (DPB) is a rare, chronic bronchiolar disease in non-Asian populations and is therefore commonly overlooked in Western countries. It usually affects nonsmokers and manifests as persistent air flow obstruction, chronic cough and interstitial nodular opacities. Untreated, the prognosis is poor. I...

journal_title：Canadian respiratory journal

authors： Sandrini A,Balter MS,Chapman KR

更新日期：2003-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A rare case of sarcoidosis is presented. A 32-year-old white woman initially diagnosed with asthma was to undergo thyroidectomy to eliminate what was thought to be the real source of her symptoms. Instead, the cause was found to be sarcoidosis involving only the major airways, without intrathoracic adenopathy, atelect...

journal_title：Canadian respiratory journal

authors： Mixides G,Guy E

更新日期：2003-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Quantitative cell counts in sputum provide an accurate assessment of the type and severity of bronchitis. OBJECTIVE:To examine whether sputum cell counts could identify bronchiectasis in patients with recurrent bronchitis. METHODS:A retrospective survey of a clinical database (January 2004 to January 2005)...

journal_title：Canadian respiratory journal

authors： Drost N,D'silva L,Rebello R,Efthimiadis A,Hargreave FE,Nair P

更新日期：2011-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Active surveillance of changing resistance patterns is difficult but important for rational therapeutic choices. In Canada, penicillin resistance in Streptococcus pneumoniae has evolved more slowly than in other countries (in Europe and Israel rates exceed 50%). Currently, penicillin resistance is found in roughly 21%...

journal_title：Canadian respiratory journal

authors： Hoban DJ,Karlowsky JA,Zhanel GG

更新日期：1999-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Asthma education should be offered with priority to populations with the highest asthma-related morbidity. In the present study, the aim was to identify populations with high-morbidity for asthma from the Quebec Health Insurance Board Registry, a large administrative database, to help the Quebec Asthma and C...

journal_title：Canadian respiratory journal

authors： Lajoie P,Laberge A,Lebel G,Boulet LP,Demers M,Mercier P,Gagnon MF

更新日期：2004-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) and asthma depend on inhalers for management, but critical errors committed during inhaler use can limit drug effectiveness. Outpatient education in inhaler technique remains inconsistent due to limited resources and inadequate provider knowledge. O...

journal_title：Canadian respiratory journal

authors： Leung J,Bhutani M,Leigh R,Pelletier D,Good C,Sin DD

更新日期：2015-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Most children with asthma should be able to achieve acceptable control. However, are there differences between those with acceptable and poor control, and if so, how can health care approaches be modified accordingly? OBJECTIVE:To examine the characteristics of elementary school children aged five to 13 yea...

journal_title：Canadian respiratory journal

authors： McGhan SL,MacDonald C,James DE,Naidu P,Wong E,Sharpe H,Hessel PA,Befus AD

更新日期：2006-01-01 00:00:00