Tropical eosinophilia: clinical and physiological response to diethylcarbamazine.

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：BACKGROUND:Lung deposition of inhaled steroids, likely to be of benefit in the anti-inflammatory treatment of asthma in young children, is low. This is explained by age specific anatomical and physiological characteristics as well as poor cooperation with aerosol therapy. However, total lung deposition and the ratio of...

journal_title：Respiratory medicine

authors： Schueepp KG,Devadason SG,Roller C,Minocchieri S,Moeller A,Hamacher J,Wildhaber JH

更新日期：2009-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Chemokines such as regulated on activation, normal T-cell expressed and secreted (RANTES), monocyte chemoattractant protein (MCP)-1, monocyte inflammatory protein (MIP)-lalpha have been reported to play an important role in the pathogenesis of interstitial lung diseases. Among idiopathic interstitial pneumonia (IIP), ...

journal_title：Respiratory medicine

authors： Yoshioka S,Mukae H,Sugiyama K,Kakugawa T,Sakamoto N,Nakayama S,Abe K,Fujii T,Kadota J,Kohno S

更新日期：2004-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The synergistic interactions between pharmacotherapy and pulmonary rehabilitation has been provided, but it remains to be established whether this may also apply to more severe patients. OBJECTIVES:We have examined whether tiotropium enhances the effects of exercise training in patients with advanced COPD (...

journal_title：Respiratory medicine

authors： Pasqua F,Biscione G,Crigna G,Auciello L,Cazzola M

更新日期：2010-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Eighteen patients with community acquired pneumonia required intensive care for severe or progressive hypoxaemia, rising arterial carbon dioxide tension or respiratory arrest, and 17 received intermittent positive pressure ventilation. Thirteen survived to leave hospital and 12 are long term survivors. Ventilation was...

journal_title：Respiratory medicine

authors： Alkhayer M,Jenkins PF,Harrison BD

更新日期：1990-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Assessment of asthma severity is important for disease management. Analysis of symptoms past and present, and previous and actual lung function measurements (including variability) is the usual method of evaluation and classification of asthma disease severity and activity. However, symptoms and lung function alterati...

journal_title：Respiratory medicine

authors： Dahl R,Martinati LC,Boner AL

更新日期：1997-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To compare the value of closed percutaneous pleural biopsy versus pleuroscopy for diagnosis of undiagnosed exudative pleural effusion in an age-dependent manner. DESIGN:Prospective clinical study. SETTING:University hospitals. PATIENTS:Forty-nine consecutive patients with undiagnosed exudative pleural effu...

journal_title：Respiratory medicine

authors： Emad A,Rezaian GR

更新日期：1998-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This study aimed to evaluate the utility of the pleural fluid lactate dehydrogenase (LDH) isoenzyme algorithm for the differential diagnosis of pleural fluid in patients with haematological malignancies. Twenty consecutive haemato-oncological patients with pleural effusion, hospitalized in the Haematology Department d...

journal_title：Respiratory medicine

authors： Lossos IS,Intrator O,Berkman N,Breuer R

更新日期：1999-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:Interstitial lung disease is a common extra-articular manifestation of rheumatoid arthritis (RA-ILD) and is associated with significant morbidity and mortality. However, limited data exist regarding predictors of mortality. We sought to examine the prognostic value of the high-resolution computed tomography (HR...

journal_title：Respiratory medicine

authors： Yunt ZX,Chung JH,Hobbs S,Fernandez-Perez ER,Olson AL,Huie TJ,Keith RC,Janssen WJ,Goldstein BL,Lynch DA,Brown KK,Swigris JJ,Solomon JJ

更新日期：2017-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：AIM:To describe how patients with COPD, heart failure, dementia and cancer differ in frequency and timing of referral to palliative care services. METHODS:We performed a population-based study with the Sentinel Network of General Practitioners in Belgium. Of 2405 registered deaths respectively 5%, 4% and 28% were iden...

journal_title：Respiratory medicine

authors： Beernaert K,Cohen J,Deliens L,Devroey D,Vanthomme K,Pardon K,Van den Block L

更新日期：2013-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The American Thoracic society (ATS) has suggested using fractional exhaled nitric oxide (FeNO) to monitor the level of eosinophilic (EOS) airway inflammation in asthma, but validation of the proposed cut-points is required in real-life populations. OBJECTIVE:To validate FeNO cut-points suggested by ATS in r...

journal_title：Respiratory medicine

authors： Jeppegaard M,Veidal S,Sverrild A,Backer V,Porsbjerg C

更新日期：2018-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Totally implantable venous intravenous access devices (TIVADs) have an essential role in the frequent delivery of antibiotics in cystic fibrosis (CF) patients. This study at the Royal Brompton Hospital (RBH) reports the experience of TIVADs in patients attending the RBH adult CF unit implanted at the RBH and elsewhere...

journal_title：Respiratory medicine

authors： Kariyawasam HH,Pepper JR,Hodson ME,Geddes DM

更新日期：2000-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：INTRODUCTION:The duration of bronchodilator action of the long-acting beta agonist salmeterol when administered in the evening has not been investigated. In this study we have investigated whether a single evening dose of salmeterol, administered from the combination salmeterol/fluticasone (SFC) Accuhaler significantly...

journal_title：Respiratory medicine

authors： Masoli M,Weatherall M,Ayling J,Williams M,Beasley R

更新日期：2005-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Cyclosporin A (CsA) is an immunomodulator drug that has been used in the treatment of several types of advanced pulmonary interstitial disease. This beneficial effect occurs mainly in circumstances in which alveolitis due to CD4 lymphocytes is absent, suggesting that CsA acts on other types of cells. The present study...

journal_title：Respiratory medicine

authors： Losa García JE,Mateos Rodríguez F,Jiménez López A,García Salgado MJ,Martín de Cabo MR,Pérez Losada J,Pérez Arellano JL

更新日期：1998-05-01 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: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：BACKGROUND:An Expert Forum was held at the 2014 European Respiratory Society International Congress to address issues involved in the management of Pseudomonas aeruginosa infection in patients with non-cystic fibrosis bronchiectasis (NCFB). Multiple studies have found that chronic P. aeruginosa infection is associated ...

journal_title：Respiratory medicine

authors： Wilson R,Aksamit T,Aliberti S,De Soyza A,Elborn JS,Goeminne P,Hill AT,Menendez R,Polverino E

更新日期：2016-08-01 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：:Subcutaneous emphysema is a common condition occurring after chest injury. It may also be observed in association with pneumothorax or pneumomediastinum as a result of pathological changes in the respiratory tract. Spontaneous subcutaneous emphysema in absence of pneumothorax or pneumomediastinum is rare. We report a ...

journal_title：Respiratory medicine

authors： Pandey D,Jaret P,Sharma R,Sharma A,Thakur S

更新日期：2007-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We studied the effects of chronic nocturnal hypoxaemia due to obstructive sleep apnoea syndrome (OSAS) on the hypothalamic-pituitary-thyroid and hypothalamic-pituitary-testicular axes and on catecholamine and cortisol secretion. We investigated whether hormones other than catecholamines may serve as markers for chroni...

journal_title：Respiratory medicine

authors： Bratel T,Wennlund A,Carlström K

更新日期：1999-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The value of continuous positive airway pressure (CPAP) ventilation via a tight fitting face mask was assessed in eight HIV-1 antibody-positive patients with Pneumocystis carinii pneumonia who were in hypoxaemic respiratory failure. All patients were conscious, able to protect their airway and not hypercapnic. Treatme...

journal_title：Respiratory medicine

authors： Miller RF,Semple SJ

更新日期：1991-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Susceptibility to Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD) has a genetic component. We undertook a study to determine if a genetic variant of the gene encoding the cyclooxygenase-2 gene influences the likelihood of developing COPD. METHODS:In a case control study the frequency of a single nucleotide pol...

journal_title：Respiratory medicine

authors： Wu L,Merrilees M,Young RP,Black PN

更新日期：2011-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Sarcoidosis is characterised by a T-lymphocytic alveolitis with a typically increased T4/T8 ratio. The diagnostic value of this ratio is under debate. AIM OF THE WORK:We prospectively evaluated the influence of BAL pre-lavage and the impact of bronchial contamination on BAL differential cell count in 108 BA...

journal_title：Respiratory medicine

authors： Reichenberger F,Kleiber B,Baschiera B,Bubendorf L,Brutsche M,Dalquen P,Tamm M

更新日期：2007-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Few recent comparative data exist on smoking habits in the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) region. The objective of this analysis was to evaluate smoking patterns in a large general population sample of individuals aged ≥ 40 years in ten countries in the region (Algeria, Egypt, Jordan, Lebanon, Morocco, Saudi Arab...

journal_title：Respiratory medicine

authors： Khattab A,Javaid A,Iraqi G,Alzaabi A,Ben Kheder A,Koniski ML,Shahrour N,Taright S,Idrees M,Polatli M,Rashid N,El Hasnaoui A,BREATHE Study Group.

更新日期：2012-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To investigate the usefulness of a self-reported respiratory health transition question over 10 years through reliability, ability to capture long-term asthma trajectory and predictive ability. SETTINGS:In two 20-year cohorts (Asthma-E3N, n = 16,371, 61-88 years; EGEA, n = 1254, 27-82 years), perceived 10-ye...

journal_title：Respiratory medicine

authors： Sanchez M,Varraso R,Bousquet J,Clavel-Chapelon F,Pison C,Kauffmann F,Humbert M,Siroux V

更新日期：2015-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The purpose of this randomized, double-blind parallel group study was to compare the safety, tolerability and acceptability of Easyhaler and Turbuhaler dry powder inhalers for the delivery of budesonide 800 microg day(-1) in adult asthmatic patients who had already been treated with inhaled corticosteroids for at leas...

journal_title：Respiratory medicine

authors： Tukiainen H,Rytilä P,Hämäläinen KM,Silvasti MS,Keski-Karhu J,Finnish Study Group.

更新日期：2002-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：AIMS:This study tested inhibitory effects of in vitro Montelukast treatment on nasal airway epithelial cells (AEC) cultured from asthmatic patients treated with Montelukast with and without concomitant allergic rhinitis. We further examined the effect of Montelukast withdrawal in these patients on cytokine release from...

journal_title：Respiratory medicine

authors： Scaife A,Miller D,Spiteri-Cornish D,Turner SW,Devereux GS,Walsh GM

更新日期：2013-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Limited knowledge exists about development of bronchial hyperresponsiveness (BHR) through adolescence. We aimed to assess changes in and risk factors for BHR in adolescence. From a Norwegian birth cohort 517 subjects underwent clinical examinations, structured interviews and methacholine challenges at age 10 and 16. B...

journal_title：Respiratory medicine

authors： Riiser A,Hovland V,Mowinckel P,Carlsen KH,Carlsen KL

更新日期：2012-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Long-acting bronchodilators in combination with inhaled corticosteroids (ICS) are recommended to decrease the risk of recurrent exacerbations in patients with Global initiative for chronic Obstructive Lung Disease (GOLD) stage 3-4 chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD). There is increasing concern about the clin...

journal_title：Respiratory medicine

authors： Magnussen H,Watz H,Kirsten A,Decramer M,Dahl R,Calverley PM,Towse L,Finnigan H,Tetzlaff K,Disse B

更新日期：2014-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Asthma in the elderly as well as asthma of adult-onset has been associated with increased morbidity, but little is known specifically about the effects of age on clinical and inflammatory outcomes in severe refractory asthma. The aims of the study were to examine the effects of age [<65 versus ≥65 years] and...

journal_title：Respiratory medicine

authors： Chaudhuri R,McSharry C,Heaney LG,Niven R,Brightling CE,Menzies-Gow AN,Bucknall C,Mansur AH,Lee W,Shepherd M,Spears M,Cowan DC,Husi H,Thomson NC,BTS Severe Asthma Network.

更新日期：2016-09-01 00:00:00