Pulmonary Disease, Chronic Obstructive
The development, implementation and evaluation of clinical pathways for chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) in Saskatchewan: protocol for an interrupted times series evaluation
... Background: Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) has substantial economic and human costs; it is expected to be the third leading cause of death worldwide by ...of chronic ...
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Effectiveness of a standardized electronic admission order set for acute exacerbation of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease
... [unspecified chronic bronchitis], J43 [emphysema], or J44 [other chronic obstructive pulmonary disease]) in the primary diagnosis field of the hospital discharge abstract database; and ...
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Symptomatology and Health Status in Patients with Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease
... Symptomatology and Health Status in Patients With Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease ORIGINAL ARTICLE Symptomatology and Health Status in Patients With Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease i&&tJlJ[.] ...
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Aerosol Inhalation of Tanreqing Injection Combined with Conventional Western Medicine in the Treatment of Acute Exacerbation of Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease: a systematic review of Randomized Controlled Trials
... Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) is a chronic, irreversible lung disease which is characterized by progressive deterioration of lung function ...Besides ...
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High intensity versus low intensity noninvasive positive pressure ventilation in patients with acute exacerbation of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (HAPPEN): study protocol for a multicenter randomized controlled trial
... of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (AECOPD), NPPV fails in approximately 15% of patients with AECOPD, possibly because the inspiratory pressure delivered by conventional low-intensity ...
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Original Article Impedance differences between chronic obstructive pulmonary disease and Asthma patients with the same airflow limitation severities
... Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) and asthma are very common chronic airway diseases ...conventional pulmonary function test (cPFT) is ...
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Bacterial and Fungal Profile of Acute Exacerbation of Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease
... of 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 ...
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Effects of neurally adjusted ventilatory assist on air distribution and dead space in patients with acute exacerbation of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease
... of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (AECOPD) is a disease state characterized by expiratory airflow limitation, increasing dead space, and diaphragm dysfunction [1], and invasive ...
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<p>Highlights of an Expert Advisory Board on Acute Exacerbations of Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (AE-COPD) in Latin America</p>
... Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) is a progressive lung disease charac- terized by persistent airflow ...1 Chronic inflammation of the lung leads to structural changes ...
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Computed tomography-derived area and density of pectoralis muscle associated disease severity and longitudinal changes in chronic obstructive pulmonary disease: a case control study
... Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD), charac- terized by a progressive decline in airflow, is the leading cause of death worldwide and is related to systemic manifestations and ...
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Clinical, physiological, and radiological features of asthma–chronic obstructive pulmonary disease overlap syndrome
... Asthma–chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) overlap syndrome (ACOS) is associated with rapid decline in lung function, poorer health-related quality-of-life outcomes, and frequent ...
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Evaluation of severity of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease using bronchial obstruction, dyspnea, exercise index and global initiative for chronic obstructive lung disease classification and it’s correlation with physical quality of life measured by St. George’s respiratory disease questionnaire score
... for chronic Obstructive Lung Disease (GOLD) criteria classified chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) by severity into four ...Respiratory disease ...
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Current Trends in the Management of Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease
... Current Trends in the Management of Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease CONTINUING MEDICAL EDUCATION Current Trends in the Management of Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease IBE Jill III C K Liam,[.] ...
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Ultrasound assessed diaphragmatic impairment is a predictor of outcomes in patients with acute exacerbation of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease undergoing noninvasive ventilation
... of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (AECOPD) have considerably high in- hospital (24%) and 1-year (59%) mortality rates ...with chronic obstructive pulmonary ...
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Guidelines in the Management of Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease A Consensus Statement Of Ministry of Health of Malaysia, Academy of Medicine of Malaysia and Malaysian Thoracic Society
... Guidelines in the anagement of Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease Guidelines in the anagement of Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease A Consensus Statement of the Ministry of Health of Malaysia, A[.] ...
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Exacerbation Of Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease
... of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) are important events in COPD patients and place a large burden on healthcare ...pneumonia, chronic maintenance inhaled pharmacotherapy, ...
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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
... a chronic inflammation in lungs. Structural changes in pulmonary vascular remodelling include media hypertrophy, thickening of the intima with reduction of the lumen diameter and muscularization of small ...
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Frequent utilization of the emergency department for acute exacerbation of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease
... Our study should be viewed in the context of several po- tential limitations. Our data were not derived from a sample of the national COPD population. However, the data from two geographically diverse states included all ...
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Expiratory central airway collapse in stable COPD and during exacerbations
... In chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD), acute exacerbations (AECOPD) create large intrathoracic pressure swings which may increase tracheal ...
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Effectiveness of case management in the prevention of COPD re admissions: a pilot study
... Values are presented as means (standard deviations), unless stated otherwise FER forced expiratory ratio (FEV1/FVC × 100%), FVC forced vital capacity, FEV1 forced expiratory volume in 1 s, post-bronchodilator, predicted ...
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