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• Imaging evidence of the relationship between atherosclerosis and chronic obstructive pulmonary disease

  Authors:Damien Pike, Tamas J Lindenmaier, Don D Sin, and Grace ParragaFrom:Imaging in Medicine (Vol. 6, Issue 1)

  Feb. 201411,316 words Report 1990LAuthor(s): Damien Pike aff1 , Tamas J Lindenmaier aff1 , Don D Sin aff3 , Grace Parraga [*] aff1 Keywords : * atherosclerosis; computed tomography; COPD; intima-media thickness; MRI; ultrasound Background &...

• Evolving therapies in chronic obstructive pulmonary disease

  Authors:Anthony D D'Urzo, M Reza Maleki-Yazdi, and R Andrew McIvorFrom:Clinical Practice (Vol. 11, Issue 3) Peer-Reviewed

  May 201412,769 words Report 2520LAuthor(s): Anthony D D'Urzo [*] aff1 , M Reza Maleki-Yazdi aff2 , R Andrew McIvor aff3 Keywords: bronchodilation; chronic obstructive pulmonary disease; cost of illness; epidemiology; Global Initiative for Chronic...

• Trends in self-rated health status and health services use in COPD patients (2006-2012). A Spanish population-based survey

  Authors:Javier de Miguel Diez, Rodrigo Jimenez Garcia, Valentin Hernandez Barrera, Luis Puente Maestu, Maria Isabel del Cura Gonzalez, Manuel Mendez Bailon, et al.From:Lung (Vol. 193, Issue 1) Peer-Reviewed

  Feb. 20154,948 words Report 1470LBackground Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) patients often have a significant impairment in their health status, which is an independent predictor of health services use. Objectives To describe the...

• Peripheral neuropathy in Chronic Obstructive Airway Disease

  Authors:Neeraj Gupta, Chetan Patil, Rakesh Gupta, and Shahir AsfahanFrom:Journal of Medical Sciences (Vol. 35, Issue 2) Peer-Reviewed

  March-April 20151,356 words Disease/Disorder ove... 1480LByline: Neeraj. Gupta, Chetan. Patil, Rakesh. Gupta, Shahir. Asfahan Peripheral neuropathy in COPD has received scanty attention despite the fact that very often clinicians come across COPD patients having clinical...

• Prevalence of obstructive airway disease by spirometric indices in non-smoker subjects with IHD and HTN

  Authors:Virendra Patil, Bhupal Pujari, Harsha Patil, Amit Munjal, and Vaibhav AgrawalFrom:Lung India (Vol. 29, Issue 3) Peer-Reviewed

  July-September 20125,228 words Report 1410LByline: Virendra. Patil, Bhupal. Pujari, Harsha. Patil, Amit. Munjal, Vaibhav. Agrawal Background: Recent studies have found that there is a strong association between ischemic heart disease (IHD) and hypertension...

• Association of microsatellite instability and chronic obstructive pulmonary disorder in isocyanate-exposed population of Bhopal

  Authors:Rashmi Bathri and Protiti BoseFrom:Indian Journal of Human Genetics (Vol. 18, Issue 2) Peer-Reviewed

  May-August 20122,444 words Report 1610LByline: Rashmi. Bathri, Protiti. Bose Context: Survivors of the Bhopal gas disaster still suffer from various respiratory ailments. We examined the effects of exposures among a cross-section of current residents...

• Comprehensive out-patient pulmonary rehabilitation: Treatment outcomes in early and late stages of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease

  Authors:Dicle Kaymaz, Yurdanur Erdogan, Nese Demir, and Nurcan EgeselFrom:Annals of Thoracic Medicine (Vol. 6, Issue 2) Peer-Reviewed

  April-June 20114,963 words Report 1590LByline: Pinar. Ergun, Dicle. Kaymaz, Ersin. Gunay, Yurdanur. Erdogan, Ulku. Turay, Nese. Demir, Ebru. Canak, Fatma. Sengul, Nurcan. Egesel, Serdal. Kose Background : The aim was to evaluate the outcomes of a...

• Autoimmunity in chronic obstructive pulmonary disease: clinical and experimental evidence

  Authors:Farrah Kheradmand, Ming Shan, Chuang Xu, and David B CorryFrom:Expert Review of Clinical Immunology (Vol. 8, Issue 3) Peer-Reviewed

  Mar. 20126,039 words Article 1660LAuthor(s): Farrah Kheradmand [**] 5 , Ming Shan 1 3 , Chuang Xu 1 , David B Corry 2 3 4 6 Keywords : adaptive immunity; antigen-presenting cells; cytokines; Th1; Th17 Emphysema: an important & underdiagnosed...

• Helping people breathe easier: Jenny Knight reports on extra support for respiratory care

  Author:Jenny KnightFrom:Nursing Standard (Vol. 26, Issue 9) Peer-Reviewed

  Nov. 2, 2011213 words Brief article 1260LThe British Lung Foundation (BLF) is recruiting more respiratory nurse specialists to care for people with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) and asthma in areas where prevalence is high. The BLF recruits...

• Normative values for maximal respiratory pressures in an Indian Mangalore population: A cross-sectional pilot study

  Authors:A. Gopalakrishna, K. Vaishali, V. Prem, and Pravin AaronFrom:Lung India (Vol. 28, Issue 4) Peer-Reviewed

  October-December 20112,887 words Report 1800LByline: A. Gopalakrishna, K. Vaishali, V. Prem, Pravin. Aaron Objective: The objective of the pilot study is to obtain normal maximal inspiratory and expiratory pressures for individuals in the age group 20-70 years...

• Nebulized corticosteroids in the management of acute exacerbation of COPD

  Authors:G. Gaude and S. NadagoudaFrom:Lung India (Vol. 27, Issue 4) Peer-Reviewed

  October-December 20104,581 words Clinical report 1570LByline: G. Gaude, S. Nadagouda Acute exacerbations in chronic onstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) are common and systemic steroids play an important role in the management of these cases along with the...

• Guidelines for the management of COPD

  From:JAAPA-Journal of the American Academy of Physicians Assistants (Vol. 24, Issue 11) Peer-Reviewed

  Nov. 2011276 words Brief article 1490LClinical question What are useful rules for the treatment of patients with stable chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD)? Bottom line The current guidelines, which are outlined in the synopsis, are an update of...

• Mountainside to bedside: reality or fiction?

  Authors:Maryam Khosravi and Mike P.W. GrocottFrom:Expert Review of Respiratory Medicine (Vol. 3, Issue 6) Peer-Reviewed

  November-December 20093,247 words Editorial This editorial describes how the study of healthy individuals at high altitude may advance the development of treatments for respiratory disease. Case report: a 35-year-old male presented with a 1-month history of...

• COPD-associated vascular pathology: a future targeting area

  Authors:Yaoli Wang, Chunxue Bai, and Xiangdong WangFrom:Expert Review of Respiratory Medicine (Vol. 2, Issue 3) Peer-Reviewed

  June 20082,103 words Editorial Author(s): Yaoli Wang 1 , Chunxue Bai 2 , Xiangdong Wang [[dagger]] 3 Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) is one of the leading causes of morbidity and mortality worldwide, affecting the airways (i.e.,...

• Breatheeasy

  From:Occupational Health (Issue 204) Peer-Reviewed

  Oct. 10, 2008923 words Report 1200LChronic obstructive pulmonary disease is widely undiagnosed. Bernard Garbe reports on the missing millions. Despite increasing government concern about chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) and a 2009 national...

• Self-management programs in chronic obstructive pulmonary disease: do they have a sustained effect on health resource utilization?

  Author:Sabina A AntoniuFrom:Expert Review of Pharmacoeconomics & Outcomes Research (Vol. 6, Issue 2) Peer-Reviewed

  Apr. 20061,993 words Article 1460LAuthor(s): Sabina A Antoniu 1 Keywords: chronic obstructive pulmonary disease; health resource utilization; self-management programs Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) is a progressive disease of the...

• BI inhales success: propellant-free device improves drug deposition

  From:Pharmaceutical Technology Europe (Vol. 18, Issue 11) Peer-Reviewed

  Nov. 2006206 words Brief article 1820LBoehringer Ingelheim is to adopt a novel propellant-free device to deliver the best-selling asthma/COPD drug Spiriva. The company is confident that the new Respimat soft-mist inhaler (SMI) will differentiate Spiriva...

• Effect of the bronchodilator inhalation on diffusion capacity in patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary diseases (COPD)

  Authors:Yaling Zhu and Haoyan WangFrom:Chest (Vol. 128, Issue 4) Peer-Reviewed

  Oct. 2005182 words Brief article PURPOSE: To evaluate the effect of bronchodilator inhalation on the diffusion capacity in patients with COPD. METHODS: 58 COPD patients were tested with bronchodilator inhalation (Albuterol 200ug) and divided into 2...

• Effects of pulmonary rehabilitation on exacerbation rate, hospitalizations, length of hospital stay and public health economics in patients with moderate-to-severe chronic obstructive pulmonary disease

  Authors:Epaminondas N. Kosmas, Helen Vey, Maria-Konstantina Fraggou, Irene Papaneofytou, Zoi Athanassa, Antonia Koutsoukou, et al.From:Chest (Vol. 128, Issue 4) Peer-Reviewed

  Oct. 2005384 words Article PURPOSE: Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) exacerbations are a significant cause of morbidity and mortality and with a substantially high cost worldwide. The objective of this study was to evaluate the impact...

• Addition of Formoterol to tiotropium produces better FEV1 and FVC responses when measured over 24 hours following single-dose administration in subjects with moderate-to-severe COPD

  Authors:Bill Brashier, Ashwini Jantikar, Manisha Maganji, Anchala Raghupathy, Sapna Valsa, Partha Gokhale, et al.From:Chest (Vol. 128, Issue 4) Peer-Reviewed

  Oct. 2005378 words Brief article PURPOSE: Tiotropium, a new long-acting antieholinergic drug is recommended as first-line bronchodilator in the management of COPD. The aim of this study was to investigate whether addition of Formoterol, a long-acting...