Prevalence of chronic kidney disease in patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease: a systematic review and meta-analysis.

abstract：BACKGROUND:The acute respiratory distress syndrome (ARDS) is a serious disease in critically ill patients that is characterized by pulmonary dysfunctions, hypoxemia and significant mortality. Patients with immunodeficiency (e.g. SCID with T and B cell deficiency) are particularly susceptible to the development of sever...

journal_title：BMC pulmonary medicine

authors： Verjans E,Kanzler S,Ohl K,Rieg AD,Ruske N,Schippers A,Wagner N,Tenbrock K,Uhlig S,Martin C

更新日期：2018-11-22 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Malignant pleural mesothelioma (MPM) is marked by its difficult diagnosis and poor prognosis. Medical thoracoscopy (MT) is an effective and safe procedure for the diagnosis of exudative pleural effusions and many factors associated with poor prognosis of MPM. We conducted this study to investigate the value ...

journal_title：BMC pulmonary medicine

authors： Xu LL,Yang Y,Wang Z,Wang XJ,Tong ZH,Shi HZ

更新日期：2018-04-03 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:To investigate if age, gender and smoking are associated with airway wall thickness (AWT) measured by high resolution computed tomography (HRCT) and if higher AWT is associated with lower levels of pulmonary function in healthy current- and never-smokers with a wide age range. METHODS:HRCT scans were perfor...

journal_title：BMC pulmonary medicine

authors： Telenga ED,Oudkerk M,van Ooijen PM,Vliegenthart R,Ten Hacken NH,Postma DS,van den Berge M

更新日期：2017-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Exposure to perinatal anxiety affects disease susceptibility in offspring but studies on the association between perinatal anxiety and gene polymorphisms are lacking. This study aimed to elucidate the interaction between perinatal anxiety and polymorphisms in antioxidant defense and innate immunity genes on ...

journal_title：BMC pulmonary medicine

authors： Lee E,Chang HY,Lee KS,Suh DI,Yu HS,Kang MJ,Choi IA,Park J,Kim KW,Shin YH,Ahn KM,Kwon JY,Choi SJ,Lee KJ,Won HS,Yang SI,Jung YH,Kim HY,Seo JH,Kwon JW,Kim BJ,Kim HB,Lee SY,Kim EJ,Lee JS,Keyes KM,Shin YJ,

更新日期：2014-09-29 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Air pollution has many negative health effects on the general population, especially children, subjects with underlying chronic disease and the elderly. The aims of this study were to evaluate the effects of traffic-related pollution on the exacerbation of asthma and development of respiratory infections in ...

journal_title：BMC pulmonary medicine

authors： Esposito S,Galeone C,Lelii M,Longhi B,Ascolese B,Senatore L,Prada E,Montinaro V,Malerba S,Patria MF,Principi N

更新日期：2014-08-07 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Relationships between low forced vital capacity (FVC), and morbidity have previously been studied but there are no data available for the Caribbean population. This study assessed the association of low FVC with risk factors, health variables and socioeconomic status in a community-based study of the Trinida...

journal_title：BMC pulmonary medicine

authors： Sakhamuri S,Lutchmansingh F,Simeon D,Conyette L,Burney P,Seemungal T

更新日期：2019-03-14 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Cardiac Troponin T (cTnT) elevation during exacerbations of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) is associated with increased mortality the first year after hospital discharge. The factors associated with cTnT elevation in COPD are not known. METHODS:From our hospital's database, all patients admitt...

journal_title：BMC pulmonary medicine

authors： Brekke PH,Omland T,Holmedal SH,Smith P,Søyseth V

更新日期：2009-07-19 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) have increased cardiovascular risk. Natriuretic peptides (NP) in other populations are useful in identifying cardiovascular disease, stratifying risk, and guiding therapy. METHODS:We performed a systematic literature review to examine NP in COPD, ut...

journal_title：BMC pulmonary medicine

authors： Hawkins NM,Khosla A,Virani SA,McMurray JJ,FitzGerald JM

更新日期：2017-01-10 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The assessment of airway inflammation for the diagnosis of asthma or COPD is still uncommon in pneumology-specialized general practices. In this respect, the measurement of exhaled nitric oxide (NO), as a fast and simple methodology, is increasingly used. The indirect assessment of airway inflammation, howev...

journal_title：BMC pulmonary medicine

authors： Holz O,Seiler T,Karmeier A,Fraedrich J,Leiner H,Magnussen H,Jörres RA,Welker L

更新日期：2008-02-28 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The use of extracorporeal membrane oxygenation (ECMO) in awake, spontaneously breathing and non-intubated patients (awake ECMO) may be a novel therapeutic strategy for severe acute respiratory distress syndrome (ARDS) patients. The purpose of this study is to assess the feasibility and safety of awake ECMO i...

journal_title：BMC pulmonary medicine

authors： Xia J,Gu S,Li M,Liu D,Huang X,Yi L,Wu L,Fan G,Zhan Q

更新日期：2019-12-09 00:00:00

abstract：:Chemo-radiotherapy and systemic therapies have proven satisfactory outcomes as standard treatments for various thoracic malignancies; however, adverse pulmonary effects, like pneumonitis, can be life-threatening. Pneumonitis is caused by direct cytotoxic effect, oxidative stress, and immune-mediated injury. Radiothera...

journal_title：BMC pulmonary medicine

authors： Arroyo-Hernández M,Maldonado F,Lozano-Ruiz F,Muñoz-Montaño W,Nuñez-Baez M,Arrieta O

更新日期：2021-01-06 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Although many studies on people with Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD) have examined the mutual impact of physical status and emotional experience, there is limited knowledge about the way COPD people first-hand perceive their condition. This study was designed to investigate the illness perceptio...

journal_title：BMC pulmonary medicine

authors： Pozzar M,Volpato E,Valota C,Pagnini F,Banfi PI

更新日期：2020-05-04 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Physical and psychological symptoms are the hallmark of patients' subjective perception of their illness. The purpose of this analysis was to determine if patients with COPD have distinctive symptom profiles and to examine the association of symptom profiles with systemic biomarkers of inflammation. METHODS...

journal_title：BMC pulmonary medicine

authors： Nguyen HQ,Herting JR,Pike KC,Gharib SA,Matute-Bello G,Borson S,Kohen R,Adams SG,Fan VS

更新日期：2016-12-03 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Interleukin (IL)-3 amplifies inflammation. However, the effect of IL-3 in acute lung injury (ALI), an acute inflammatory disease, is unclear. The aim of this study was to test the hypothesis that IL-3 plays an important role in hyperoxia-induced ALI. METHODS:Hyperoxic ALI was induced in wild-type (WT) and I...

journal_title：BMC pulmonary medicine

authors： Huang Z,Zhang W,Yang J,Sun F,Zhou H

更新日期：2018-10-30 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis (IPF) is a rare life-threating interstitial lung disease (ILD). This study characterizes demographics, health care utilization, and comorbidities among elderly IPF patients and estimates prevalence and incidence rates for selected outcomes. METHODS:Cohort study using a large US...

journal_title：BMC pulmonary medicine

authors： Mortimer K,Hartmann N,Chan C,Norman H,Wallace L,Enger C

更新日期：2019-01-10 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Exacerbations, a leading cause of hospitalization in patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD), affect the quality of life and prognosis. Treatment recommendations as provided in the evidence-based guidelines are not consistently followed, partly due to absence of simplified task-oriented ap...

journal_title：BMC pulmonary medicine

authors： Ban A,Ismail A,Harun R,Abdul Rahman A,Sulung S,Syed Mohamed A

更新日期：2012-06-22 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:During the past decades, numerous efforts have been made to decrease the death rate among lung cancer patients. Nonetheless, the improvement in long-term survival has been limited and lung cancer is still a devastating disease. DISCUSSION:With this article we would like to point out that survival of lung ca...

journal_title：BMC pulmonary medicine

authors： Heuvers ME,Hegmans JP,Stricker BH,Aerts JG

更新日期：2012-12-13 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:ALK-rearrangement is observed in < 5% non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC) cases and prior to the advent of oral tyrosine kinase inhibitors, the natural history of oncogenic NSCLC was typically poor. Literature relating to regression of treatment-naïve NSCLC is limited, and regression without treatment has not...

journal_title：BMC pulmonary medicine

authors： Walls M,Walls GM,James JA,Crawford KT,Abdulkhalek H,Lynch TB,Peace AJ,McManus TE,Evans OR

更新日期：2020-08-06 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:US mentholated cigarette sales have increased considerably over 50 years. Preference for mentholated cigarettes is markedly higher in Black people. While menthol itself is not genotoxic or carcinogenic, its acute respiratory effects might affect inhalation of cigarette smoke. This possibility seems consisten...

journal_title：BMC pulmonary medicine

authors： Lee PN

更新日期：2011-04-18 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Physical training has been shown to improve exercise capabilities in patients with asthma. Most studies focused on children and younger adults. Previously, the maximum program duration was six months. It is not known whether the same results may be obtained with lower intensity programs and sustained for tim...

journal_title：BMC pulmonary medicine

authors： Meyer A,Günther S,Volmer T,Taube K,Baumann HJ

更新日期：2015-05-07 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:To evaluate the factors affecting the maximum standardized uptake value (SUVmax) of metastatic lymph nodes in different histological types of non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC) on integrated positron emission tomography and computed tomography (PET-CT). METHODS:This was a retrospective, single-institution r...

journal_title：BMC pulmonary medicine

authors： Wang Y,Ma S,Dong M,Yao Y,Liu K,Zhou J

更新日期：2015-03-08 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Asthma is a heterogeneous disease and understanding this heterogeneity will enable the realisation of precision medicine. We sought to compare the sputum and serum inflammatory profiles in moderate-to-severe asthma during stable disease and exacerbation events. METHODS:We recruited 102 adults and 34 childre...

journal_title：BMC pulmonary medicine

authors： Ghebre MA,Pang PH,Desai D,Hargadon B,Newby C,Woods J,Rapley L,Cohen SE,Herath A,Gaillard EA,May RD,Brightling CE

更新日期：2019-08-08 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:To evaluate the diagnostic accuracy of the integrated Practical Approach to Lung Health in South Africa (PALSA) guideline in identifying patients requiring bacteriological screening for tuberculosis (TB), and to determine which clinical features best predict suspected and bacteriologically-confirmed tubercul...

journal_title：BMC pulmonary medicine

authors： English RG,Bachmann MO,Bateman ED,Zwarenstein MF,Fairall LR,Bheekie A,Majara BP,Lombard C,Scherpbier R,Ottomani SE

更新日期：2006-08-25 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The evidence regarding the association between lung cancer and occupational exposure to cement is controversial. This study investigated causes of deaths from cancer of respiratory tract among cement workers. METHODS:The deaths of the Greek Cement Workers Compensation Scheme were analyzed covering the perio...

journal_title：BMC pulmonary medicine

authors： Rachiotis G,Drivas S,Kostikas K,Makropoulos V,Hadjichristodoulou C

更新日期：2012-06-27 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Convenient approaches for accurate biopsy are extremely important to the diagnosis of lung cancer. We aimed to systematically review the clinical updates and development trends of approaches for biopsy, i.e., CT-guided PTNB (Percutaneous Transthoracic Needle Biopsy), ENB (Electromagnetic Navigation Bronchosc...

journal_title：BMC pulmonary medicine

authors： Deng CJ,Dai FQ,Qian K,Tan QY,Wang RW,Deng B,Zhou JH

更新日期：2018-09-03 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Idiopathic Pulmonary Fibrosis (IPF) is a fatal fibrotic lung disease occurring predominantly in middle-aged and older adults. The traditional diagnostic classification of IPF is based on clinical, radiological, and histopathological features. However, the considerable heterogeneity in IPF presentation sugges...

journal_title：BMC pulmonary medicine

authors： Wang Y,Yella J,Chen J,McCormack FX,Madala SK,Jegga AG

更新日期：2017-10-20 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:People with cystic fibrosis (CF) may work in healthcare settings risking nosocomial pathogen acquisition. The aim of this study was to determine the incidence of methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) infection in adult healthcare workers with CF (HCWcf). METHODS:Data was collected in this obser...

journal_title：BMC pulmonary medicine

authors： Wood ME,Sherrard LJ,Ramsay KA,Yerkovich ST,Reid DW,Kidd TJ,Bell SC

更新日期：2016-05-11 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Systemic inflammation plays an important role in the initiation, promotion, and progression of lung carcinogenesis. In patients with non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC), fibrinogen levels correlate with neoplasia. Here we compared the effects of pulmonary rehabilitation (PR) with chest physical therapy (CPT) ...

journal_title：BMC pulmonary medicine

authors： Morano MT,Mesquita R,Da Silva GP,Araújo AS,Pinto JM,Neto AG,Viana CM,De Moraes Filho MO,Pereira ED

更新日期：2014-07-28 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Neutrophil-to-lymphocyte ratio (NLR) is a biomarker of inflammation in chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) patients. But, a meaningful threshold and the longitudinal changes are unknown. We aimed to investigate the association between NLR and the clinical characteristics of COPD patients and to dete...

journal_title：BMC pulmonary medicine

authors： Sakurai K,Chubachi S,Irie H,Tsutsumi A,Kameyama N,Kamatani T,Koh H,Terashima T,Nakamura H,Asano K,Betsuyaku T

更新日期：2018-05-02 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Mycoplasma pneumoniae is one of the most common pathogens causing community acquired pneumonia in children. Although the rate of macrolide-refractory Mycoplasma pneumoniae (MRMP) has increased, systemic glucocorticoids as a treatment option has not been validated yet. The purpose of this study was to assess ...

journal_title：BMC pulmonary medicine

authors： Kim HS,Sol IS,Li D,Choi M,Choi YJ,Lee KS,Seo JH,Lee YJ,Yang HJ,Kim HH

更新日期：2019-12-18 00:00:00