B-type natriuretic peptides in chronic obstructive pulmonary disease: a systematic review.

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:Fine needle aspiration is an important tool for diagnosis and preoperative evaluation of solitary nodules of the lung. It provides a definitive diagnosis in most patients at low cost with minimal trauma. However, because of the nature of the study and the presentation of the cells in a more distorted and inc...

journal_title：BMC pulmonary medicine

authors： Torkian B,Kanthan R,Burbridge B

更新日期：2003-09-08 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：BACKGROUND:Inhaled bronchodilators including long-acting beta-agonist (LABA) and long-acting muscarinic antagonist (LAMA) play a central role in the treatment of stable chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD). However, it is still unclear whether LABA or LAMA should be used for the initial treatment. Therefore, we...

journal_title：BMC pulmonary medicine

authors： Koarai A,Sugiura H,Yamada M,Ichikawa T,Fujino N,Kawayama T,Ichinose M

更新日期：2020-04-29 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Although cigarette smoking may have a negative impact on the clinical outcome of pulmonary tuberculosis (PTB), few studies have investigated the impact of smoking-associated lung diseases. Emphysema is a major pathological finding of smoking-related lung damage. We aimed to clarify the effect of emphysema on...

journal_title：BMC pulmonary medicine

authors： Takasaka N,Seki Y,Fujisaki I,Uchiyama S,Matsubayashi S,Sato A,Yamanaka Y,Odashima K,Kazuyori T,Seki A,Takeda H,Ishikawa T,Kuwano K

更新日期：2020-11-07 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:Smoking cessation is the best possible way to prevent the progression of smoking related airway diseases. However, the effect and time scale of smoking cessation on airway inflammation/remodelling are largely unknown. This prospective study evaluated the effects of smoking cessation on induced sputum (IS) ne...

journal_title：BMC pulmonary medicine

authors： Louhelainen N,Stark H,Mazur W,Rytilä P,Djukanovic R,Kinnula VL

更新日期：2010-03-14 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) exacerbations are accompanied with increased systemic inflammation, which accelerate the pulmonary function injury and impair the quality of life. Prompt and effective treatments for COPD exacerbations slow down the disease progression, but an objective instrument...

journal_title：BMC pulmonary medicine

authors： Tu YH,Zhang Y,Fei GH

更新日期：2014-03-11 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Clinical guidelines specify that diagnosis of interstitial pulmonary fibrosis (IPF) requires identification of usual interstitial pneumonia (UIP) pattern. While UIP can be identified by high resolution CT of the chest, the results are often inconclusive, making surgical lung biopsy necessary to reach a defin...

journal_title：BMC pulmonary medicine

authors： Choi Y,Lu J,Hu Z,Pankratz DG,Jiang H,Cao M,Marchisano C,Huiras J,Fedorowicz G,Wong MG,Anderson JR,Tom EY,Babiarz J,Imtiaz U,Barth NM,Walsh PS,Kennedy GC,Huang J

更新日期：2017-11-17 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Telehealth has the potential to improve asthma management through regular monitoring of lung function and/or asthma symptoms by health professionals in conjunction with feedback to patients. Although the benefits of telehealth for improving asthma management have been extensively studied, the feasibility of ...

journal_title：BMC pulmonary medicine

authors： Zairina E,Abramson MJ,McDonald CF,Li J,Dharmasiri T,Stewart K,Walker SP,Paul E,George J

更新日期：2015-07-31 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Community-acquired pneumonia (CAP) requires urgent and specific antimicrobial therapy. However, the causal pathogen is typically unknown at the point when anti-infective therapeutics must be initiated. Physicians synthesize information from diverse data streams to make appropriate decisions. Artificial intel...

journal_title：BMC pulmonary medicine

authors： Lhommet C,Garot D,Grammatico-Guillon L,Jourdannaud C,Asfar P,Faisy C,Muller G,Barker KA,Mercier E,Robert S,Lanotte P,Goudeau A,Blasco H,Guillon A

更新日期：2020-03-06 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The ability to objectively differentiate exacerbations of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) from day-to-day symptom variations would be an important development in clinical practice and research. We assessed the ability of domiciliary pulse oximetry to achieve this. METHODS:40 patients with moder...

journal_title：BMC pulmonary medicine

authors： Hurst JR,Donaldson GC,Quint JK,Goldring JJ,Patel AR,Wedzicha JA

更新日期：2010-10-20 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Acute exacerbation of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (AECOPD) is the most common reason for the hospitalization and death of pulmonary patients. The use of antibiotics as adjuvant therapy for AECOPD, however, is still a matter of debate. METHODS:In this study, we searched the PubMed, EmBase, and Coch...

journal_title：BMC pulmonary medicine

authors： Zhang HL,Tan M,Qiu AM,Tao Z,Wang CH

更新日期：2017-12-12 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Little is known about whether or how supplemental oxygen affects patients with pulmonary fibrosis. METHODS/DESIGN:A mixed-methods study is described. Patients with pulmonary fibrosis, informal caregivers of pulmonary fibrosis patients and practitioners who prescribe supplemental oxygen will be interviewed t...

journal_title：BMC pulmonary medicine

authors： Belkin A,Fier K,Albright K,Baird S,Crowe B,Eres L,Korn M,Maginn L,McCormick M,Root ED,Vierzba T,Wamboldt FS,Swigris JJ

更新日期：2014-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The most prevalent complication of percutaneous lung biopsy is pneumothorax (PNX). A routine immediate post-procedure CT scan (ICT) to spot PNX is done in many centers. However, the diagnostic yield of this practice has not been studied broadly. We sought to evaluate whether an ICT could replace the routine ...

journal_title：BMC pulmonary medicine

authors： Brzezinski RY,Vigiser I,Fomin I,Israeli L,Shenhar-Tsarfaty S,Bar-Shai A

更新日期：2020-04-15 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Although the prevalence of both obstructive sleep apnoea (OSA) and asthma are both increasing, little is known about the impact of OSA on the natural history of lung function in asthmatic patients. METHODS:A total of 466 patients from our sleep laboratory were retrospectively enrolled. Of them, 77 patients ...

journal_title：BMC pulmonary medicine

authors： Wang TY,Lo YL,Lin SM,Huang CD,Chung FT,Lin HC,Wang CH,Kuo HP

更新日期：2017-03-21 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:Pulmonary sequestration (PS) is a form of congenital pulmonary malformation that is generally diagnosed in childhood or adolescence and usually resected when diagnosed. We aim to identify the clinical presentation and course of patients diagnosed to have PS during adulthood. METHODS:Using a computer-assiste...

journal_title：BMC pulmonary medicine

authors： Alsumrain M,Ryu JH

更新日期：2018-06-05 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:Epithelial-mesenchymal transition (EMT) has been believed to be related with chemotherapy resistance in non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC). Recent studies have suggested eIF5A-2 may function as a proliferation-related oncogene in tumorigenic processes. METHODS:We used cell viability assays, western blotting...

journal_title：BMC pulmonary medicine

authors： Xu G,Yu H,Shi X,Sun L,Zhou Q,Zheng D,Shi H,Li N,Zhang X,Shao G

更新日期：2014-11-07 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Asthma is a common chronic disease among young adults, and several studies have reported increased mortality rates in patients with asthma. However, no study has described sudden unexpected death in a nationwide setting in patients with uncontrolled asthma. We defined uncontrolled asthma as a previous hospit...

journal_title：BMC pulmonary medicine

authors： Gullach AJ,Risgaard B,Lynge TH,Jabbari R,Glinge C,Haunsø S,Backer V,Winkel BG,Tfelt-Hansen J

更新日期：2015-04-14 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Chlamydia psittaci pneumonia is a zoonotic infectious disease caused by Chlamydia psittaci. Diagnostic tools, including culture, serologic test and PCR-based methods, are available but prone to false negative results. CASE PRESENTATION:This report included five cases of Chlamydia psittaci pneumonia. Symptom...

journal_title：BMC pulmonary medicine

authors： Gu L,Liu W,Ru M,Lin J,Yu G,Ye J,Zhu ZA,Liu Y,Chen J,Lai G,Wen W

更新日期：2020-03-17 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:As supra-physiological intake of corticosteroids is a well known risk factor for the development of adrenal insufficiency, we investigated the function of the hypothalamic-pituitary-adrenal (HPA) axis during a 14-day course of systemic corticosteroids in patients with acute exacerbation of chronic obstructiv...

journal_title：BMC pulmonary medicine

authors： Schuetz P,Christ-Crain M,Schild U,Süess E,Facompre M,Baty F,Nusbaumer C,Brutsche M,Müller B

更新日期：2008-01-26 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Dose intensity and dose density of first line Platinum and Etoposide (PE) do not influence Overall Survival (OS) of Small Cell Lung Cancer (SCLC) patients. The effect of treatment length, however, remains unclear. Current guidelines recommend treating beyond 4 cycles -up to 6-, in patients that respond to an...

journal_title：BMC pulmonary medicine

authors： Sallam M,Wong H,Escriu C

更新日期：2019-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Pulmonary alveolar proteinosis (PAP) is a rare lung disease characterized by accumulation of phospholipoproteinaceous material in the alveoli. The presentation is nonspecific but typically includes dyspnea; the spectrum of disease includes rapidly progressive hypoxic respiratory failure. Whole lung lavage (W...

journal_title：BMC pulmonary medicine

authors： Boyce DSK,Lee JW,Shah P,Freeman JH,Aboudara MC,Hostler DC

更新日期：2019-03-12 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:It is widely recognized that health-related quality of life (HRQL) is impaired in patients with Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD), but there is a lack of research on longitudinal associations of COPD and HRQL. This study examined the effects of COPD in early stages of disease on HRQL over ten year...

journal_title：BMC pulmonary medicine

authors： Wacker ME,Hunger M,Karrasch S,Heinrich J,Peters A,Schulz H,Holle R

更新日期：2014-08-09 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The aim of this substudy of the ghrelin treatment, multicenter, randomized, double-blind, placebo-controlled trial was to investigate the effects of ghrelin administration on exercise capacity and the underlying mechanisms in underweight patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) using cardio...

journal_title：BMC pulmonary medicine

authors： Miki K,Maekura R,Nagaya N,Kitada S,Miki M,Yoshimura K,Tateishi Y,Motone M,Hiraga T,Mori M,Kangawa K

更新日期：2013-06-10 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The pathological diagnosis of idiopathic interstitial pneumonias (IIP) by surgical lung biopsy is important for clinical decision-making. However, there is a need to use less invasive biomarkers to differentiate nonspecific interstitial pneumonia (NSIP) from other IIP such as usual interstitial pneumonia (UI...

journal_title：BMC pulmonary medicine

authors： Kakugawa T,Yokota S,Mukae H,Kubota H,Sakamoto N,Mizunoe S,Matsuoka Y,Kadota J,Fujii N,Nagata K,Kohno S

更新日期：2008-11-04 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Pulsus paradoxus estimated by dynamic change in area under the oximeter plethysmograph waveform (PEP) might provide a measure of acute asthma severity. Our primary objective was to determine how well PEP correlates with forced expiratory volume in 1-second (%FEV1) (criterion validity) and change of %FEV1 (re...

journal_title：BMC pulmonary medicine

authors： Arnold DH,Jenkins CA,Hartert TV

更新日期：2010-03-29 00:00:00