Prognostic assessment in COPD: health related quality of life and the BODE index.

abstract：BACKGROUND:Asthmatic symptoms usually can be controlled with corticosteroids, but partly asthmatic patients do not respond to corticosteroids, steroid resistance (SR) play a significant role in the poorly responding. However, no approach can accurately predict steroid responsiveness in asthma patients, so prediction of...

journal_title：Respiratory medicine

authors： Jiang H,Chi X,Zhang X,Wang J

更新日期：2016-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The Spacehaler is a new, compact, pressurized aerosol device that uses the same canister as a conventional metered-dose inhaler (MDI). Its design, however, reduces the velocity of the aerosol cloud that emerges from the inhaler, thereby reducing the amount of the non-respirable fraction of the drug delivered to the pa...

journal_title：Respiratory medicine

authors： Gunawardena KA,Sohal T,Jones JI,Upchurch FC,Crompton GK

更新日期：1997-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A survey was conducted in a metropolitan suburb to examine family clusters of pulmonary tuberculosis patients and related factors. Firstly, a descriptive study was done based on the review of tuberculosis registration cards over a 11-yr period. Of 1106 cases, 109 (9.9%) were found to occur in households which had alre...

journal_title：Respiratory medicine

authors： Kondo T,Hotta I,Yamanaka K,Sakakibara H,Miyao M,Yamada S

更新日期：1993-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The 72 kDa matrix metalloproteinase (MMP-2) and the 92 kDa matrix metalloproteinase (MMP-9), are type IV collagenases that have been implicated as important factors in cancer invasion and metastasis formation. We have used quantitative zymography and computer-assisted image analysis to measure the levels of MMP-9 and ...

journal_title：Respiratory medicine

authors： Hrabec E,Strek M,Nowak D,Hrabec Z

更新日期：2001-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:This study investigated the accuracy of impulse oscillometry (IOS) combined with fractional exhaled nitric oxide (FeNO) to assess asthma control among preschool children. METHODS:A total of 79 preschool children(3-6 year old) with asthma and 25 healthy preschool children who visited a paediatrician were enro...

journal_title：Respiratory medicine

authors： Zeng J,Chen Z,Hu Y,Hu Q,Zhong S,Liao W

更新日期：2018-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：STUDY OBJECTIVE:Two modes of noninvasive home mechanical ventilation (NIHMV) with volumetric ventilators were compared in patients with chronic respiratory failure. DESIGN:Retrospective, parallel-group, comparative study. SETTING:Third-level teaching Hospital in Barcelona (Spain). PATIENTS AND METHODS:We studied 110...

journal_title：Respiratory medicine

authors： Muñoz X,Crespo A,Marti S,Torres F,Ferrer J,Morell F

更新日期：2006-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Fluticasone propionate and formoterol fumarate have been combined in a single inhaler (fluticasone/formoterol; flutiform(®)) for the maintenance treatment of asthma. This pooled analysis assessed the efficacy of fluticasone/formoterol versus fluticasone in patients who previously received inhaled corticoster...

journal_title：Respiratory medicine

authors： Papi A,Price D,Sastre J,Kaiser K,Lomax M,McIver T,Dissanayake S

更新日期：2015-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:We hypothesized that the peculiar mixed interleukin-4 (IL-4/Th2) and interferon gamma INF-γ (INF-γ/Th1) inflammatory milieu found in the airways of patients with aspirin-exacerbated respiratory disease (AERD) is responsible for the altered regulation of the IL-1β/IL-1RI-/EP2/COX-2 autocrine loop also found i...

journal_title：Respiratory medicine

authors： Machado-Carvalho L,Roca-Ferrer J,Picado C

更新日期：2019-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Heart-lung transplantation involves denervation of the lungs below the tracheal anastomosis, with associated permanent loss of all pulmonary innervation except post-ganglionic efferent nerves. This is supported by loss of the cough reflex to inhaled USNDW, which also implies that the RARs which mediate this cough mech...

journal_title：Respiratory medicine

authors： Hathaway T,Higenbottam T,Lowry R,Wallwork J

更新日期：1991-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Inhalation of organic dust from a swine-confinement building leads to an intense inflammatory reaction with an increased number of inflammatory cells and mediators in the upper and lower respiratory tract of previously unexposed subjects. In vitro the dust induces cytokine release from epithelial cells and alveolar ma...

journal_title：Respiratory medicine

authors： Burvall K,Palmberg L,Larsson K

更新日期：2003-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Combination therapy should be prescribed to patients with moderate to severe asthma after daily long-term treatment with inhaled inhaled corticosteroids (ICS) has been tried without obtaining adequate control and it is not indicated to be used as first line treatment in asthma. OBJECTIVES:To describe the us...

journal_title：Respiratory medicine

authors： Breton MC,Lelorier J,Forget A,Blais L

更新日期：2007-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Patients with Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD) are at higher risk of developing Community-Acquired Pneumonia (CAP) than patients in the general population. However, no studies have been performed in general practice assessing longitudinal incidence rates for CAP in COPD patients or risk factors f...

journal_title：Respiratory medicine

authors： Müllerova H,Chigbo C,Hagan GW,Woodhead MA,Miravitlles M,Davis KJ,Wedzicha JA

更新日期：2012-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Anxiety and depression can increase the intensity of dyspnea out of proportion to the impairment in cardiorespiratory function and may contribute to the degree of disability associated with dyspnea. The effect of anxiety/depression on the sensory and affective components of reported dyspnea in patients with respirator...

journal_title：Respiratory medicine

authors： Scano G,Gigliotti F,Stendardi L,Gagliardi E

更新日期：2013-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：INTRODUCTION:The discrepancy rates of drug susceptibility testing (DST) results between solid and liquid media have been reported to range from 2.4 to 7.4% for isoniazid. Most isolate with isoniazid DST discrepancies between solid and liquid media test as susceptible on solid medium and resistant in liquid medium, howe...

journal_title：Respiratory medicine

authors： Kim S,Lee H,Park HY,Jeon K,Huh HJ,Lee NY,Jeong BH

更新日期：2017-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:We conducted a randomised controlled trial to assess the effects of daily breathing pattern changes to stable patients with COPD excluding the confounding factors of inspiratory muscle mobilization, by ensuring the load intensities of two inspiratory training devices were equal. PATIENTS AND METHODS:Sixty pati...

journal_title：Respiratory medicine

authors： Wu W,Guan L,Zhang X,Li X,Yang Y,Guo B,Ou Y,Lin L,Zhou L,Chen R

更新日期：2017-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Pneumocystis carinii colonization was studied in 90 men using the polymerase chain reaction. These comprised ten heterosexual controls; ten HIV-seronegative homosexual controls; 20 HIV-seropositive homosexuals with blood CD4 count > 400 x 10(6) l-1; 20 HIV-seropositive homosexuals with CD4 < 400 x 10(6) l-1; ten HIV-s...

journal_title：Respiratory medicine

authors： Leigh TR,Kangro HO,Gazzard BG,Jeffries DJ,Collins JV

更新日期：1993-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:To assess the utility of capsaicin test in the differential diagnosis of non-productive causes of chronic cough and to examine the effects of treatment on this reflex. PARTICIPANTS:86 healthy volunteers and 101 patients with chronic cough: asthma (n: 54) gastroesophageal reflux (n: 35) and post-nasal drip s...

journal_title：Respiratory medicine

authors： Nieto L,de Diego A,Perpiñá M,Compte L,Garrigues V,Martínez E,Ponce J

更新日期：2003-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Inhalation of swine dust causes intense airway inflammation with a multifold increase of inflammatory cells and lymphocyte activation as assessed by bronchoalveolar lavage. To further investigate the mechanism for lymphocyte activation the present in vitro study focuses on the lymphocyte response to swine dust in whol...

journal_title：Respiratory medicine

authors： Müller-Suur C,Larsson PH,Larsson K

更新日期：2000-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Rounded atelectasis of the lung (RA) is a lesion well described in the medical literature, yet often very difficult to diagnose. In recent years, the widespread use of high-resolution imaging modalities employed in the struggle against cancer, coinciding with the peak of the asbestos epidemic, have boosted the detecti...

journal_title：Respiratory medicine

authors： Stathopoulos GT,Karamessini MT,Sotiriadi AE,Pastromas VG

更新日期：2005-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：INTRODUCTION:Primary ciliary dyskinesia (PCD) is a rare genetically heterogeneous disorder of motile cilia, which leads to recurrent and chronic airway infections. Detailed information about infection causing pathogens is scarce. With this study, we aimed to determine the prevalence and susceptibility of the most commo...

journal_title：Respiratory medicine

authors： Roden L,Görlich D,Omran H,Peters G,Große-Onnebrink J,Kahl BC

更新日期：2019-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The role of positive end-expiratory pressure (PEEP) in the postoperative course of cardiac surgery patients remains questionable. In this prospective study, we examined the effect of different levels of PEEP on arterial oxygenation, SvO2 and PvO2 values, and on haemodynamic indices, during the early postoperative peri...

journal_title：Respiratory medicine

authors： Michalopoulos A,Anthi A,Rellos K,Geroulanos S

更新日期：1998-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Behçet's disease (BD) is a multisystemic disease that may involve all systems, the most common symptoms being oral and genital ulcerations and ocular involvement. Pulmonary involvement is not usually investigated in BD unless there is a specific complaint. In this study, pulmonary parameters and findings were investig...

journal_title：Respiratory medicine

authors： Bilgin G,Sungur G,Kucukterzi V

更新日期：2013-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The histologic diagnosis of Pulmonary Langerhans cell histiocytosis (PLCH) is invasive and can cause complications. To confirm the diagnosis of PLCH, guidelines therefore recommend measuring CD1a-positive bronchoalveolar lavage fluid (BALF) cells despite its poor sensitivity and specificity. Thus, an improve...

journal_title：Respiratory medicine

authors： Lommatzsch M,Bratke K,Stoll P,Mülleneisen N,Prall F,Bier A,Virchow JC

更新日期：2016-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:The Korea Centers for Disease Control & Prevention has implemented a review process for the approval of new drugs used to treat patients with multidrug-resistant tuberculosis (MDR-TB) since September 2016. Therefore, this study aimed to evaluate the efficacy and safety of these new drugs bedaquiline (Bdq) and d...

journal_title：Respiratory medicine

authors： Kang H,Jo KW,Jeon D,Yim JJ,Shim TS

更新日期：2020-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Non-invasive ventilation and exercise training might prove beneficial in the management of COPD patients. OBJETIVE:to compare the combined use of exercise training and non-invasive ventilation with the two interventions separately in chronic respiratory failure due to chronic obstructive pulmonary disease. ...

journal_title：Respiratory medicine

authors： Márquez-Martín E,Ruiz FO,Ramos PC,López-Campos JL,Azcona BV,Cortés EB

更新日期：2014-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A 56-year-old female patient, developing ALK-negative anaplastic T cell lymphoma 7 years after the diagnosis of sarcoidosis with clinical and histopathological features of tuberculosis has been presented. We herein present concurrent occurrence of the sarcoidosis, lymphoma and tuberculosis along with the confusing fin...

journal_title：Respiratory medicine

authors： Tufan A,Ranci O,Sungur A,Topeli A,Haznedaroglu I,Cöplü L

更新日期：2006-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Along with the aging population, the public health burden of cerebrovascular disease is increasing. Cerebral small vessel disease and accumulation of brain pathology associate with cognitive decline and can lead to clinical outcomes, such as stroke and dementia. Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD) is a common...

journal_title：Respiratory medicine

authors： Lahousse L,Tiemeier H,Ikram MA,Brusselle GG

更新日期：2015-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Anti-CADM-140 antibody (anti-CADM-140), also referred to as anti-melanoma differentiation-associated gene 5 (MDA5) antibody, is a myositis-specific antibody identified in the sera of patients with clinically amyopathic dermatomyositis (C-ADM) and is associated with a worse prognosis in dermatomyositis-associ...

journal_title：Respiratory medicine

authors： Tanizawa K,Handa T,Nakashima R,Kubo T,Hosono Y,Watanabe K,Aihara K,Oga T,Chin K,Nagai S,Mimori T,Mishima M

更新日期：2011-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Bacterial colonization of the lower airways in patients with chronic bronchitis (CB) has been described mainly in patients with co-existing chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD). Although smoking has been identified as a risk factor for bacterial colonization it is not known whether asymptomatic smokers (AS) ca...

journal_title：Respiratory medicine

authors： Qvarfordt I,Riise GC,Andersson BA,Larsson S

更新日期：2000-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:It has been hypothesized that hepatocyte growth factor (HGF) may play an important role in regulating the growth of lung epithelium and in the regeneration of the lung as a paracrine or endocrine factor in idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis (IPF). Based on this background, serum HGF was measured in 31 IPF patients (21 male...

journal_title：Respiratory medicine

authors： Hojo S,Fujita J,Yoshinouchi T,Yamanouchi H,Kamei T,Yamadori I,Otsuki Y,Ueda N,Takahara J

更新日期：1997-10-01 00:00:00