obstructive airways disease
A Study on Electrocardiographic and Echocardiographic changes in Chronic Obstructive Airways Disease
... )-Chronic Obstructive Airways Disease & Bronchial asthma form part of a spectrum of ...Chronic Obstructive Airways Disease ...Chronic Obstructive Airways ...
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Receptor for advanced glycation end-products and environmental exposure related obstructive airways disease: a systematic review
... Autophagy is critical in the pathogenesis of PM-related COPD, leading to impairment of diffusion. One retrospective study in Taiwan investigated the association of clinically relevant biomarkers in COPD patients (Global ...
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<em>Haemophilus influenzae</em> and smoking-related obstructive airways disease
... symptomatic disease evidenced as chronic cough and sputum (chronic bronchitis, CB) and/or recurrent episodes of acute wheezy bronchitis, and/or late onset reversible airways disease (‘intrinsic ...
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Is pesticide exposure a cause of obstructive airways disease?
... In children, a notable study is that by S UNYER et al. [32], who conducted a well-designed prospective birth cohort study with objective measures of exposure (serum levels) prior to the development of disease. In ...
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Aspects of the pharmacotherapy of airways disease
... Patients with severe asthma or chronic obstructive airways disease are often administered 3-agonist drugs in combination with ipratropium bromide, a quaternary anti-cholinergic drug O'Dr[r] ...
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Vitamin D in respiratory diseases
... in obstructive airways disease such as COPD and asthma, but it is definitely beneficial in TB, and new evidence is mounting that it may be useful in patients with acute respiratory tract infections, ...
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The serious mental illness health improvement profile [HIP]: study protocol for a cluster randomised controlled trial
... List of abbreviations CONSORT: Consolidated Standards of Reporting Trials; COPD: Chronic Obstructive Airways Disease; CRTU: Clinical Research Trials Unit; CVD: Cardiovascular Disease; DH[r] ...
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Eustachian tube dysfunction in patients with severe sleep disordered breathing: evidence from inflation-deflation test
... tissue pressure on the pharyngeal wall and inc- reased overall mass within these tissues that in turn can result in the airway collapse [16]. In addition, the number of adipose tissue-resident macrophages that are ...
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Immune modulation of allergic airways disease
... Having first established the optimal in vitro conditions for differentiation and proliferation of murine eosinophilic precursor cells in colony formation assays, it was next shown that EL-12 markedly and selectively ...
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Non-typeable Haemophilus Influenzae detection in the lower airways of patients with lung cancer and chronic obstructive pulmonary disease
... [22] but also increased mortality in females [23]. A possible explanation for this phenomenon is thought to be that the lung is directly exposed to the noxious stimuli which can be both allergens and carcinogens. This ...
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Most Italians attending a congress on health of elderly people do not know and do not recognize respiratory diseases
... The chronic and disabling diseases, among which COPD holds a prominent position, are a serious social and eco- nomic problem; in fact their incidence is increasing and they are responsible for more than 35 millions of ...
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Possible role of Krüppel-like factor 5 in the remodeling of small airways and pulmonary vessels in chronic obstructive pulmonary disease
... random airways were chosen by two investigators without any prior knowledge of the background of the ...small airways was defined as the submucosal area of KLF5-positive cells standardized by the length of ...
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RAD: Reactive Airways Disease or Really Asthma Disease?
... description of the primary symptom of asthma. Saying “RAD” rather than “asthma” is akin to saying “dry, itchy skin disease” in lieu of eczema. Although many children only have symptoms of eczema in infancy and we ...
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Small airways disease: time for a revisit?
... Historically, it has proven difficult to obtain specific measurements of small airway function and, consequently, available techniques had been largely abandoned for general clinical management (where disease is ...
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Characterising human lung tissue for biomarkers of EMT fibrosis and functional steroid receptor components in chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) patients and control subjects
... small airways whereas in PF it leads to scarring of lung tissues and PF being the restrictive disease our aim here is to identify role of EMT in COPD (obstructive disease) where smoking plays ...
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Pulmonary Function Abnormalities in Symptom-free Children After Bronchiolitis
... Disease of the small airways is thought to be common to various chronic obstructive lung diseases in adulthood, and there is evidence that these airways are the site of the earliest chan[r] ...
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<p>Sarcopenia Is an Independent Risk Factor for NAFLD in COPD: A Nationwide Survey (KNHANES 2008–2011)</p>
... Viglino et al 3 revealed that the prevalence of NAFLD is high in patients with COPD. In that study, the prevalence of NAFLD was based on noninvasive ultrasonography. The pre- valence rates of steatosis, NASH, and fi ...
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Bacterial and Fungal Profile of Acute Exacerbation of Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease
... Chronic obstructive Pulmonary disease (AECOPD) is defined as a sustained worsening of the patient’s condition ,from the stable state in the patient’s baseline dyspnoea and cough or sputum ,or both and ...
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Non-linear parameters of specific resistance loops to characterise obstructive airways diseases
... the airways at tidal breathing, which may be characteristic and specific for the underlying ...of airways resistance by measuring alveolar pressure changes and corresponding airway flows during tidal ...
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Anthracotic Airways Disease: Report of 102 Cases
... In conclusion, chronic smoke inhalation, both indoors and occupationally related, seems to be an important cause of chronic airways disease leading to respiratory failure. Extensive studies are required to ...
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