[PDF] Top 20 Double bronchodilation in chronic obstructive pulmonary disease: a crude analysis from a systematic review

... ranged from 22 to 90 mL for all combina- tions, the only exception being ...same analysis was performed by comparing an FDC against tiotropium (Table 3), the efficacy parameters were found to improve ... See full document

... detailed review of these studies with data extraction in Table 1 and we included the results reported in these studies in a meta-analysis to estimate the cumulative ...detailed review of these ... See full document

... either from to- bacco exposure or from the IBD itself [13, 34, ...This chronic injury can contribute to microbiome dysfunction and endothelial barrier dysfunction [36, ... See full document

... and analysis: MEDLINE and Embase will be searched for relevant articles using a prespecified search ...data from those studies meeting our selection ... See full document

... Studies yielded by the database search strategy were assessed independently in a blinded manner by two research- ers. Both researchers closely evaluated the inclusion and exclusion criteria, treatment methods, ... See full document

... of fixed-dose indacaterol/glycopyrronium on exacerbations in patients with severe and very severe COPD (defined according to the GOLD 2007 spirometric criteria). In a parallel-group study, 2,224 patients (having had at ... See full document

... products from five Traditional Chinese Medicines: Radix scutellariae, Flos lonicerae, Fructus forsythiae, Fel ursi, and Cornu saigae ...developed from above five components, which suggests that its effect ... See full document

... sub-group analysis was also planned where the Chi square test was less than ...of disease. A sensitivity analysis was also planned to include studies judged as low risk of bias for sequence ... See full document

... program, Review Manager (RevMan), ...the analysis of clinical efficacy, count data will be assessed in terms of risk ratios, and continuous data will be assessed in terms of mean difference ...information ... See full document

... Carlo error, and autocorrelation plots were used to establish convergence of the Markov Chain Monte Carlo method. We performed sensitivity analyses to assess the impact of using different prior distributions. If the ... See full document

... this review by searching the following electronic databases from inception to June 18, 2013: Medline, Embase, Cumulative Index to Nursing and Allied Health Literature (CINAHL), British Nursing Index and ... See full document

... moderate heterogeneity, and .75% high heterogeneity. Considering the high heterogeneity, a random-effects model was applied to combine the overall effect. In addition, 2 reviewers (ZL and CC) independently used the ... See full document

... bacteria 21.6.Among Gram negative organisms Klebsiella pneumoniae 33.3% was the most commonly and significantly isolated organism followed by Pseudomonas aeruginosa .In stable COPD patients only 19% Klebsiella pneumoniae ... See full document

... their disease is not accurately coded and there is no proper differential diagnosis which leads to disease ...respiratory disease and there is no clear strategy to assess ... See full document

... The pooled outcomes were expressed as weighted mean difference (WMD) with P-value and 95% CIs. The results were regarded statistically significant when P,0.05. Heterogeneity across studies was tested by using the I² ... See full document

... In the present study, the number of hospitalizations due to COPD exacerbations in patients with frequent re-admissions decreased by 56% after introduction of a case manager, which contributes to one of the main goals of ... See full document

... ance at 20 Hz (R 20 ), the difference in resistanc- es at 5 Hz and 20 Hz (R 5-20 ), and the reactance at 5 Hz (X 5 ) [11]. Based on these indices, we know that respiratory resistance and reactance are located in ... See full document

... 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 ... See full document

... artery disease, while risks of invasive therapies are likely higher in IPF due to worse func- tional capacity and respiratory ...artery disease should be screened and treated similarly to non-IPF ...artery ... See full document

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