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abstract::The need for novel and more effective approaches to tobacco control is unquestionable. The electronic cigarette is a battery-powered electronic nicotine delivery system that looks very similar to a conventional cigarette and is capable of emulating smoking, but without the combustion products accountable for smoking's...
journal_title:Expert review of respiratory medicine
pub_type: 杂志文章,评审
doi:10.1586/ers.11.92
更新日期:2012-02-01 00:00:00
abstract::Mometasone furoate and formoterol fumarate dihydrate (MF/F) administered via metered-dose inhaler with a dose counter is a new fixed-dose combination of an inhaled corticosteroid and a long-acting β2-agonist indicated for daily maintenance therapy in patients aged ≥12 years with persistent asthma. Randomized, controll...
journal_title:Expert review of respiratory medicine
pub_type: 杂志文章,评审
doi:10.1586/ers.11.71
更新日期:2011-12-01 00:00:00
abstract::There have been many advances in the field of diagnostic and therapeutic pulmonary medicine in the past several years, with major progress in the field of imaging. Optical coherence tomography (OCT) is a high-resolution (micron level) imaging modality currently being advanced with the potential to image airway wall st...
journal_title:Expert review of respiratory medicine
pub_type: 杂志文章,评审
doi:10.1586/ers.11.59
更新日期:2011-10-01 00:00:00
abstract::Studies on cough have come a long way but many shortfalls still exist. These shortfalls can be attributed to: the lack of randomized controlled studies with a focus on cough; studies not using robust cough outcome measures, poor definition of target groups in studies and guidelines, the lack of safe and efficacious tr...
journal_title:Expert review of respiratory medicine
pub_type: 杂志文章,评审
doi:10.1586/ers.11.35
更新日期:2011-08-01 00:00:00
abstract::Asthma is often associated with various comorbidities. The most frequently reported asthma comorbid conditions include rhinitis, sinusitis, gastroesophageal reflux disease, obstructive sleep apnea, hormonal disorders and psychopathologies. These conditions may, first: share a common pathophysiological mechanism with a...
journal_title:Expert review of respiratory medicine
pub_type: 杂志文章,评审
doi:10.1586/ers.11.34
更新日期:2011-06-01 00:00:00
abstract::The management of pulmonary hypertension has already incorporated the use of multiple therapies into routine practice. Available therapies act principally through vasodilatation of the pulmonary arterial circulation through well-delineated mechanisms, although right ventricular function determines function and prognos...
journal_title:Expert review of respiratory medicine
pub_type: 杂志文章,评审
doi:10.1586/ers.11.13
更新日期:2011-04-01 00:00:00
abstract::Cigarette smoking in asthma is frequently present and is associated with worsening of symptoms, accelerated lung-function decline, a higher frequency of hospital admissions, a higher degree of asthma severity, poorer asthma control and reduced responsiveness to corticosteroids. Furthermore, it is associated with reduc...
journal_title:Expert review of respiratory medicine
pub_type: 杂志文章,评审
doi:10.1586/ers.10.85
更新日期:2011-02-01 00:00:00
abstract::The airway epithelium is constantly faced with inflammatory and potentially injurious stimuli. Following damage, rapid repair mechanisms involving proliferation and differentiation of resident progenitor and stem cell pools are necessary in order to maintain a protective barrier. In asthma, evidence pointing to a comp...
journal_title:Expert review of respiratory medicine
pub_type: 杂志文章,评审
doi:10.1586/ers.10.72
更新日期:2010-12-01 00:00:00
abstract::Research on asthma pathophysiology over the past decade has expanded the complex repertoire involved in the pathophysiology of asthma to include inflammatory, immune and structural cells, as well as a wide range of mediators. Studies have identified a role for connective and other mesenchymal tissues involved in airwa...
journal_title:Expert review of respiratory medicine
pub_type: 杂志文章,评审
doi:10.1586/ers.10.57
更新日期:2010-10-01 00:00:00
abstract::Endobronchial ultrasound (EBUS) is an evolving diagnostic tool in respiratory medicine that allows the bronchoscopist to see beyond the airway. The radial probe EBUS was first introduced to evaluate the central airway structure. With advances in technology, the small radial probes can now visualize and assist transbro...
journal_title:Expert review of respiratory medicine
pub_type: 杂志文章,评审
doi:10.1586/ers.10.39
更新日期:2010-08-01 00:00:00
abstract::The Understanding Potential Long-term Improvements in Function with Tiotropium (UPLIFT) trial was a global 4-year randomized placebo-controlled clinical trial that evaluated the long-term impact of tiotropium bromide 18 microg once daily on the accelerated age-related decline in pre- and post-bronchodilator forced exp...
journal_title:Expert review of respiratory medicine
pub_type: 杂志文章,评审
doi:10.1586/ers.10.23
更新日期:2010-06-01 00:00:00
abstract::Although mechanical ventilation (MV) is a life-saving intervention for patients with acute respiratory distress syndrome (ARDS), it can aggravate or cause lung injury, known as ventilator-induced lung injury (VILI). The biophysical characteristics of heterogeneously injured ARDS lungs increase the parenchymal stress a...
journal_title:Expert review of respiratory medicine
pub_type: 杂志文章,评审
doi:10.1586/ers.10.28
更新日期:2010-06-01 00:00:00
abstract::Some basic scientific data suggest that (S)-enantiomers of beta(2)-agonists have different and sometimes opposing effects to (R)-enantiomers. These data may explain the paradoxical response of the airways to the repeated, chronic administration of racemic beta(2)-agonists. Therefore, it is possible that the use of (R)...
journal_title:Expert review of respiratory medicine
pub_type: 杂志文章,评审
doi:10.1586/ers.10.16
更新日期:2010-04-01 00:00:00
abstract::Asthma is a disease that affects approximately 7% of adults residing in the USA; the prevalence is even greater in children and approaches 10%. The CDC has reported that the overall prevalence of lifetime asthma is 10.5%. New-onset asthma is most often seen in children and is associated with atopy; however, the majori...
journal_title:Expert review of respiratory medicine
pub_type: 杂志文章,评审
doi:10.1586/ers.10.12
更新日期:2010-04-01 00:00:00
abstract::Chronic respiratory disease is an increasingly prevalent cause of life-limiting illness. Care for patients with terminal respiratory diseases has historically focused on disease-modifying therapies, many of which have little impact on life expectancy. This exclusive focus can detract from attention to patient-physicia...
journal_title:Expert review of respiratory medicine
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1586/ers.09.47
更新日期:2009-12-01 00:00:00
abstract::Sepsis is a state of systemic inflammation directed at microbes or their toxins in blood or tissues. Nitric oxide (NO) is one of many vasoactive molecules released from a variety of cell types during sepsis. Almost two decades ago, NO emerged as a potential therapeutic target in sepsis. NO produced by the constitutive...
journal_title:Expert review of respiratory medicine
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1586/ers.09.39
更新日期:2009-10-01 00:00:00
abstract::For the last 100 years, the tuberculin skin test (TST) has been the only diagnostic tool available for latent TB infection (LTBI) and no biomarker per se is available to diagnose the presence of LTBI. With the introduction of M. tuberculosis-specific IFN-gamma release assays (IGRAs), a new area of in vitro immunodiagn...
journal_title:Expert review of respiratory medicine
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1586/ers.09.31
更新日期:2009-08-01 00:00:00
abstract::Smoke inhalation injury continues to increase morbidity and mortality in burn patients in both the third world and industrialized countries. The lack of uniform criteria for the diagnosis and definition of smoke inhalation injury contributes to the fact that, despite extensive research, mortality rates have changed li...
journal_title:Expert review of respiratory medicine
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1586/ERS.09.21
更新日期:2009-06-01 00:00:00
abstract::Owing to the prevalence, the considerable risk of accidents and cardiovascular consequences, optimal treatment of obstructive sleep apnea syndrome is of crucial importance. However, many patients look for alternative conservative or surgical therapies to continuous positive airway pressure to avoid discomfort and loca...
journal_title:Expert review of respiratory medicine
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1586/ers.09.12
更新日期:2009-06-01 00:00:00
abstract::Although wheezing illness is at its most prevalent in infancy and early childhood, its self-limiting nature in the majority poses considerable challenges in offering a long-term prognosis and in initiating long-term prophylaxis. Many of the established treatments in adults have not been adequately assessed in children...
journal_title:Expert review of respiratory medicine
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1586/ers.09.2
更新日期:2009-04-01 00:00:00
abstract::Refractory breathlessness is one of the most common and devastating symptoms of advanced cardiorespiratory disease, both malignant and nonmalignant. In spite of increased interest in research in the last 20 years, there have been few significant advances in the palliation of this distressing condition. The most succes...
journal_title:Expert review of respiratory medicine
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1586/17476348.3.1.21
更新日期:2009-02-01 00:00:00
abstract::Childhood obstructive sleep disordered breathing (OSDB), a sleep-related upper airway obstruction that degrades sleep quality, ventilation and/or oxygenation, in turn leads to a variety of daytime symptoms and morbidity. In the past, childhood OSDB was classified into primary snoring versus obstructive sleep apnea (OS...
journal_title:Expert review of respiratory medicine
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1586/17476348.2.6.791
更新日期:2008-12-01 00:00:00
abstract::Budesonide/formoterol is a combination of an inhaled corticosteroid plus a long-acting beta(2)-agonist available as a dry-powder inhaler for the indication of asthma and chronic obstructive pulmonary disease in various countries outside of the USA and as a pressurized metered-dose inhaler in the USA for the indication...
journal_title:Expert review of respiratory medicine
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1586/17476348.2.5.551
更新日期:2008-10-01 00:00:00
abstract::Non-small-cell lung cancer is the most common cause of cancer-related death worldwide. Surgery remains the cornerstone of treatment for localized, resectable lung cancer, although advanced stages are associated with a high risk of developing distant metastases. Large randomized trials have demonstrated an improvement ...
journal_title:Expert review of respiratory medicine
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1586/17476348.2.5.655
更新日期:2008-10-01 00:00:00
abstract::Lung transplantation has evolved over the past two decades as a well-recognized therapy for patients with end-stage lung diseases. However, lung transplantation has been limited, in part, due to the scarcity of donor lung organs. Previously, donor lung organs were allocated based on a potential recipient's waiting lis...
journal_title:Expert review of respiratory medicine
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1586/17476348.2.4.473
更新日期:2008-08-01 00:00:00
abstract::Chronic airway infection and inflammation are the hallmarks of cystic fibrosis (CF) lung disease. As these events occur early in life, it is critical to develop techniques for the assessment and monitoring of early-CF lung disease in infants and young children. In the last several years, there have been major advances...
journal_title:Expert review of respiratory medicine
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1586/17476348.2.3.381
更新日期:2008-06-01 00:00:00
abstract::Dendritic cells (DCs) are the most potent antigen-presenting cells in the human lung and are now recognized as crucial initiators of immune responses in general. They are arranged as sentinels in a dense surveillance network inside and below the epithelium of the airways and alveoli, where they are ideally situated to...
journal_title:Expert review of respiratory medicine
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1586/17476348.2.2.215
更新日期:2008-04-01 00:00:00
abstract::Despite marginal improvements in survival gained from multimodality treatment, long-term survival rates remain low for lung cancer, which remains the leading cause of cancer-related mortality in North America. BLP25 liposomal (L-BLP25) vaccine (Stimuvax) is a promising liposomal vaccine designed to generate an immune ...
journal_title:Expert review of respiratory medicine
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1586/17476348.2.1.37
更新日期:2008-02-01 00:00:00
abstract::Erdosteine is a multimechanism, mucolytic agent that decreases the sputum viscoelastic properties and bacterial adhesion to the cell membrane, endowed with bronchial anti-inflammatory activity and a scavenging effect on free oxidant radicals. Erdosteine is a prodrug and metabolite I is the active metabolite of erdoste...
journal_title:Expert review of respiratory medicine
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1586/17476348.1.3.307
更新日期:2007-12-01 00:00:00
abstract::Lung transplantation is the only effective treatment for many advanced lung diseases. However, long-term survival after transplantation remains relatively poor, thus limiting the application of lung transplantation to patients with end-stage disease only. Acute and chronic rejection is the main reason for allograft fa...
journal_title:Expert review of respiratory medicine
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1586/17476348.1.2.271
更新日期:2007-10-01 00:00:00
abstract::In 2007 the long-term outcome of lung cancer is still disappointing, with a 5-year survival rate not exceeding 15%. However, small but significant improvements in survival times have been achieved in the last decade. This progress has been achieved through the improvement of surgical techniques and following the intro...
journal_title:Expert review of respiratory medicine
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1586/17476348.1.1.99
更新日期:2007-08-01 00:00:00