Assessment and provision of home nebulizers for chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) in the Yorkshire region of the U.K.

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：: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：BACKGROUND:Long-term follow-up after transition to oral agents from parenteral prostanoid therapy has not been well characterized. METHODS:We reviewed our long-term experience after oral transitioning in patients with pulmonary hypertension. Patients were weaned off parenteral therapy based on a pre-determined outpati...

journal_title：Respiratory medicine

authors： Diaz-Guzman E,Heresi GA,Dweik RA,Minai OA

更新日期：2008-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Rheumatoid arthritis (RA)-associated constrictive bronchiolitis is a severe condition with no established efficient treatment. A 55-year-old woman with seropositive RA developed rapidly progressive constrictive bronchiolitis confirmed by lung biopsy. Her clinical condition worsened despite steroids and azathioprine. T...

journal_title：Respiratory medicine

authors： Cortot AB,Cottin V,Miossec P,Fauchon E,Thivolet-Béjui F,Cordier JF

更新日期：2005-04-01 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：BACKGROUND:Although rabbits are becoming popular as pets, data about the characteristics of allergic sensitization to rabbit allergens in patients without professional exposure are scarce. AIMS OF THE STUDY:To determine the characteristics of allergic sensitization to pet rabbits, and the role of direct and indirect e...

journal_title：Respiratory medicine

authors： Liccardi G,Piccolo A,Dente B,Salzillo A,Noschese P,Gilder JA,Russo M,D'Amato G

更新日期：2007-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The sick building syndrome has been the subject of research for approximately 10 years. Although it is often suggested that symptoms in office workers are due to circulating micro-organisms or particles, epidemiological studies investigating the relationship between them have been lacking. This cross-sectional study h...

journal_title：Respiratory medicine

authors： Harrison J,Pickering CA,Faragher EB,Austwick PK,Little SA,Lawton L

更新日期：1992-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Pneumonia is a leading cause of morbidity and mortality in children worldwide; however, its diagnosis can be challenging, especially in settings where skilled clinicians or standard imaging are unavailable. We sought to determine the diagnostic accuracy of lung ultrasound when compared to radiographically-co...

journal_title：Respiratory medicine

authors： Ellington LE,Gilman RH,Chavez MA,Pervaiz F,Marin-Concha J,Compen-Chang P,Riedel S,Rodriguez SJ,Gaydos C,Hardick J,Tielsch JM,Steinhoff M,Benson J,May EA,Figueroa-Quintanilla D,Checkley W,Lung Ultrasound for Pneumonia Asse

更新日期：2017-07-01 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：:Inhaled lignocaine appeared to have considerable steroid sparing properties in an uncontrolled trial in 20 patients with oral-steroid-dependent asthma. Since it can also cause bronchoconstriction, safety needs to be studied under controlled conditions. We have performed a randomized, double-blind, placebo-controlled s...

journal_title：Respiratory medicine

authors： Harrison TW,Tattersfield AE

更新日期：1998-12-01 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：:The increasing prevalence of allergic sensitization to indoor allergens such as dust mites, pets and cockroaches is the result of the changes in indoor environments induced by human activities. The Westernized lifestyle and the increasing time spent indoors determine a reduction in natural air ventilation and, consequ...

journal_title：Respiratory medicine

authors： Liccardi G,Cazzola M,D'Amato M,D'Amato G

更新日期：2000-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Although FEV1/FVC ratio has been shown to be negatively associated with longer duration of asthma; an association between RV/TLC ratio and longer duration of asthma has not been explored. MATERIAL AND METHODS:Patients with established asthma for more than a year and met inclusion and exclusion criteria were...

journal_title：Respiratory medicine

authors： Tiwari A,Rahman K,Abejie B,Jain VV,Vempilly JJ

更新日期：2017-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Physical activity and health status deteriorate early in the course of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD). This can only partially be explained by the degree of airflow limitation. Changes in (resting and dynamic) lung volumes are known to be associated with functional impairments and thus might in...

journal_title：Respiratory medicine

authors： Lahaije AJ,van Helvoort HA,Dekhuijzen PN,Vercoulen JH,Heijdra YF

更新日期：2013-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：INTRODUCTION:Non-cystic fibrosis(CF) bronchiectasis has been recognized in children for the past 200 years. Early childhood pneumonia and underlying conditions such as immunodeficiency, primary ciliary dyskinesia(PCD), and congenital lung pathology should be considered in the etiology. The aim of our study was to descr...

journal_title：Respiratory medicine

authors： Satırer O,Mete Yesil A,Emiralioglu N,Tugcu GD,Yalcın E,Dogru D,Kiper N,Ozcelik U

更新日期：2018-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：RATIONALE:Exercise-induced bronchoconstriction (EIB) increases in cold and dry air and decreases in humid air in subjects with asthma. Few reports have reported on the effect of humid environment upon exercise capacity in subjects with EIB. OBJECTIVE:The primary aim of the present study was to examine the effect of ch...

journal_title：Respiratory medicine

authors： Stensrud T,Berntsen S,Carlsen KH

更新日期：2006-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A survey was conducted of the management of adult patients with pulmonary tuberculosis notified in England and Wales in the first 6 months of 1988. Its main aim was to record the current usage of anti-tuberculosis drugs. Information was obtained on 1026 patients (91% of those surveyed), of whom 97% were prescribed rif...

journal_title：Respiratory medicine

authors：

更新日期：1991-07-01 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：:Snoring and obstructive sleep apnoea/hypopnoea syndrome (OSAHS) are often treated with mandibular repositioning splints (MRS), but the efficacy and satisfaction of them has not been comprehensively addressed. A survey on the use of and satisfaction with MRS was posted to 177 patients referred by a hospital orthodontic...

journal_title：Respiratory medicine

authors： Izci B,McDonald JP,Coleman EL,Mackay TW,Douglas NJ,Engleman HM

更新日期：2005-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The measurement of CA50 in serum and pleural fluid by immunoradiometric assay was presented in 45 (27 malignancy and 18 tuberculosis) patients with pleural effusion. The mean CA50 level in malignant effusion (89.26 +/- 122.32 U ml-1) was significantly higher than that in tuberculous effusion (5.18 +/- 8.65 U ml-1) (P ...

journal_title：Respiratory medicine

authors： Yang SZ,Ji SQ

更新日期：1994-01-01 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：:It is logical to look upon the nose and the bronchi as integrated parts of one 'united airway' and we would like to advance the hypothesis that optimal management of airway disease, caused by inhaled allergens, may necessitate control of inflammation in all parts of the airways. Nasal inflammation can aggravate asthma...

journal_title：Respiratory medicine

authors： Mygind N,Dahl R,Nielsen LP

更新日期：1998-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The pathophysiology of corticosteroid-induced osteoporosis is complex, but centres around a primary inhibition of osteoblastic activity compounded by the effects of secondary hyperparathyroidism. The preservation of the microanatomy of bone in the early stages of the disease, coupled with strategies to prevent the eme...

journal_title：Respiratory medicine

authors： Hosking DJ

更新日期：1993-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Patients with COPD are at risk for other comorbid diseases, like heart failure, coronary heart disease, and depression. However, little is known about COPD phenotypes and prevalence of sub-clinical renal failure. 433 COPD patients and 233 subjects without COPD, from Western Norway, age 40-75, GOLD stage II-IV, were ex...

journal_title：Respiratory medicine

authors： Gjerde B,Bakke PS,Ueland T,Hardie JA,Eagan TM

更新日期：2012-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUNDS:Cancer immunotherapy using immune checkpoint inhibitors has received a remarkable amount of attention in patients with non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC). The unique adverse effects known as immune-related adverse events (irAEs) associated with immune checkpoint inhibitors are not known however, and neither...

journal_title：Respiratory medicine

authors： Fujita K,Kim YH,Kanai O,Yoshida H,Mio T,Hirai T

更新日期：2019-01-01 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 AND OBJECTIVE:Idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis (IPF) is a progressive and irreversible interstitial lung disease with poor prognosis despite the recent availability of two antifibrotic drugs. Patients are more susceptible to cardiovascular comorbidities. In this study, we aimed to determine the impact of concom...

journal_title：Respiratory medicine

authors： M Lambert E,A Wuyts W,Yserbyt J,De Sadeleer LJ

更新日期：2020-11-26 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Acute exacerbation of COPD (AECOPD) is one of the leading causes for hospitalization and readmission in developed countries. No laboratory indices were consistently found to be associated with readmission risk. Recent evidence attests that red blood cell distribution width (RDW), conveys important informatio...

journal_title：Respiratory medicine

authors： Epstein D,Nasser R,Mashiach T,Azzam ZS,Berger G

更新日期：2018-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:To evaluate the relationship between cephalometric parameters, upper airway morphological factors and obstructive sleep apnea (OSA) in Chinese subjects. DESIGN:Polysomnogram (PSG) were performed and scored using standard criteria. Supine lateral cephalometric parameters and pharyngeal cross-sectional areas ...

journal_title：Respiratory medicine

authors： Lam B,Ooi CG,Peh WC,Lauder I,Tsang KW,Lam WK,Ip MS

更新日期：2004-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Long-term oxygen therapy (LTOT) in patients with chronic hypoxaemia is an expanding field. Traditional stationary oxygen, with and without portable compressed gas cylinders, and portable liquid oxygen equipment is available today. No official guidelines exist for the prescription of liquid oxygen vs traditional oxygen...

journal_title：Respiratory medicine

authors： Schaanning J,Strøm K,Boe J

更新日期：1998-01-01 00:00:00