[PDF] Top 20 Multi detector computed tomography evaluation in chronic obstructive pulmonary disease and correlation with severity of disease

... the obstructive diseases vary extensively, a fact that is readily obvious to clinical ...radiologist. Multi-detector computed tomography scanners provide noninvasive methods to study ... See full document

... Introduction: Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) is a progressive inflammatory disease of the lung characterized by chronic bronchitis, airway thickening and ... See full document

... Background: COPD can affect the heart as secondary effects of the disease. The electrocardiography has been seen as a very best tool for early diagnosis of any cardiac changes that may occur as a result of ... See full document

... of chronic obstructive pulmonary ...the severity of the ...the severity of COPD when spirometry is not ...significant correlation of disease severity with the ... See full document

... and pulmonary blood vessels are well known to complicate the clinical course of COPD and co-relate inversely with ...survival. Pulmonary arterial hypertension (PAH) is the primary cardiovascular ... See full document

... smoking. Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) has considerable effects on cardiac functions, including those of the right ventricle, left ventricle, and pulmonary blood ...of ... See full document

... high-altitude pulmonary hypertensive disease in cattle known as brisket ...grazing, pulmonary arterial pressure climbs only moderately in some; but in others the pressure raises ...hyperresponsive ... See full document

... There are few limitations to the present study. Authors have not included data regarding occupational exposure history, socioeconomic status, medication use, or previous hospitalization. This study only evaluated the ... See full document

... whether severity of airflow obstruction (measured by GOLD stage) and comorbidity (measured by the Charlson index) were independently related, a multivariate regres- sion analysis (Table 5) was ...Pearson ... See full document

... COPD: chronic obstructive pulmonary disease; PFT: pulmonary function test- ing; CT: computed tomography; MRI: magnetic resonance imaging; SPECT: single photon emission ... See full document

... Pneumologische Erkrankungen wie die Chronisch Obstruk- tive Lungenerkrankung (COPD, engl.: Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease) oder das Asthma bronchiale zählen zu den großen ... See full document

... not strong enough to accurately discriminate patients re- garding clinical outcomes [2]. Chronic obstructive pul- monary disease (COPD) and asthma are the most common causes of such chronic ... See full document

... parameters that could supplement the current under- standing of GC clinical response prediction in patients with CRSwNP would greatly improve the management of the disease. In the present study, we found that the ... See full document

... cardiac evaluation by echocardiography particularly to assess the LV diastolic function and diastolic heart ...about pulmonary rehabilitation programme including exercise training and smoking cessation, ... See full document

... According to previous findings, 47% to 58% of patients with COPD report fatigue everyday [18,19], and 44% of patients report that their fatigue is the worst symptom that they perceive [19]. We found that 59% of our ... See full document

... levels. Computed tomography (CT) scans revealed dilation of the upper small bowel and the presence of intramural gas in a part of the dilated bowel ... See full document

... acute pulmonary edema, coexistence of interstitial lung disease, history of neuromuscular disease, chest wall de- formities, previously assessed diaphragmatic palsy, shock or severe hemodynamic ... See full document

... 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[.] ... See full document

... Paraneoplastic syndromes can precede the initial manifestation and diagnosis of cancer. Paraneoplastic syndromes are a heterogeneous group of disorders caused by mechanisms other than the local presence of tumor cells. ... See full document

... a recent meta-analysis identified 22 papers encompassing a pooled population of nearly 30,000 subjects revealed important bidirectional relationships between both anxiety and/or depression on COPD co-occurrence and the ... See full document