The Association Between the CALLY Index and All-Cause Mortality in Patients with COPD: Results from the Cohort Study of NHANES 2007–2010 by Ding Y, Liu Y, Yu J, Cai C, Fu L, Zhu J, Yang S, Jiang Y, Wang J

Subjects: “…chronic obstructive pulmonary disease…”
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Bone Marrow Mesenchymal Stem Cells-Derived Exosomes Inhibit Apoptosis of Pulmonary Microvascular Endothelial Cells in COPD Mice Through miR-30b/Wnt5a Pathway by Song Q, Zhou A, Cheng W, Zhao Y, Liu C, Zeng Y, Lin L, Zhou Z, Peng Y, Chen P

Subjects: “…chronic obstructive pulmonary disease…”
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Feasibility, Usability, and Pilot Efficacy Study of a Software-Enabled, Virtual Pulmonary Rehabilitation with Remote Therapeutic Monitoring by Flynn S, Mosher CL, Cornelison S, Rao E, Metzler KA, Pu W, Davies J, Paladenech C, Doyle D, MacIntyre N, Ohar J

Subjects: “…chronic obstructive pulmonary disease…”
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Targeting BRD4 ameliorates experimental emphysema by disrupting super-enhancer in polarized alveolar macrophage by Difei Li, Xing Shi, Yuqiong Yang, Yao Deng, Dandan Chen, Shuyu Chen, Jinyong Wang, Guanxi Wen, Zhenyu Liang, Fengyan Wang, Jiaqi Gao, Yuanyuan Liu, Danna Wang, Ruifang Liang, Haizhao Xu, Rongchang Chen, Shanze Chen, Lingwei Wang

Subjects: “…Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD)…”
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The Saudi thoracic society guidelines for vaccinations in adult patients with chronic respiratory diseases by Mohammed Al Ghobain, Fayssal Farahat, Mohammed Zeitouni, Waleed Alsowayan, Sultan Al-Awfi, Ali AlBarrak, Shareefah Al-Basheri, Fatmah Alhabeeb, Esam H. Alhamad

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Inhibiting METTLl3-ATG5 axis-mediated harmful autophagy in macrophages could help reduce airway epithelial inflammation and remodeling in COPD by Chen Guiyang, Xia Zhiwei, Zeng Xianyou, Liu Hanying

Subjects: “…chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (copd)…”
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State of the Art Review of Wearable Devices for Respiratory Monitoring by Zhiyu Jia, Hannah Huth, Wen Qi Teoh, Sheng Xu, Bradford Wood, Zion Tsz Ho Tse

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A study on the current status of home-based pulmonary rehabilitation in stable chronic obstructive pulmonary disease patients and its impact on quality of life (稳定期慢性阻塞性肺疾病患者居家肺康复现状及其对生活质量影响的调查研究) by WANG Tao (王涛), YAN Qiaoyuan (颜巧元), WU Hongyan (吴红艳), YANG Hualu (杨华露), ZHOU Juan (周娟), MO Beirong (莫蓓蓉), LIU Xianliang (刘贤亮)

Subjects: “…chronic obstructive pulmonary disease…”
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Targeting Liver Biopsies For Optimal Biopsy Site In Diffused Liver Disease Using Real-Time Shear Wave Elastography: A Prospective, Single Center Study by Naushaba Malik, Shahbakht Aftab, Rida Noor, Noor Aftab, Rizwan, Rehan

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Cigarette Smoking Patterns Among Racial and Ethnic Groups With Chronic Lung Diseases During the COVID-19 Pandemic by Vijaya L. Seegulam, MPH, Caretia J. Washington, BS, Parvathy P. Surendran, BPT, Alyssa M. Falise, PhD, MSPH, Diana Gomez-Manjarres, MD, Catalina Lopez-Quintero, MD, MPH, PhD

“…Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease remains the third most prevalent cause of death worldwide, with 90% of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease deaths attributed to combustible cigarette smoking. …”
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Geriatric Chest Imaging: When and How to Image the Elderly Lung, Age-Related Changes, and Common Pathologies by J. Gossner, R. Nau

“…Pathologies with a special relevance for the elderly patient are discussed in detail: pneumonia, aspiration pneumonia, congestive heart failure, chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, the problem of overlapping heart failure and chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, pulmonary drug toxicity, incidental pulmonary embolism pulmonary nodules, and thoracic trauma.…”
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Update on Clinical Inflammometry for the Management of Airway Diseases by Parameswaran Nair

“…Thus, it is unfortunate that this is not used more widely in the management of airway diseases, particularly in patients with severe asthma and chronic obstructive pulmonary disease who experience frequent exacerbations.…”
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Association between HMGB1 and COPD: A Systematic Review by Sebastiano Gangemi, Marco Casciaro, Giovanni Trapani, Sebastiano Quartuccio, Michele Navarra, Giovanni Pioggia, Egidio Imbalzano

“…HMGB1 is an alarmin, a protein that warns and activates inflammation. Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) is characterised by a progressive airflow obstruction and airway inflammation. …”
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Characterization of home oxygen therapy prescription. Cienfuegos Municipality, 2022 by Aracelia Esther Valdés Zamora, Idaimy Molina del Sol, Anay de la C. Núñez Herrera, Noel A. Pardillo Mustelier, Anisbelys Álvarez

“…<br /><strong>Results</strong>: the most common health problem was chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, present in 56.1% of patients; followed by bronchial asthma and neoplasms. …”
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The Use of Noninvasive Mechanical Ventilation for the Treatment of Acute Exacerbations of Copd in Canada by Jennifer Drummond, Brian Rowe, Lawrence Cheung, Irvin Mayers

“…BACKGROUND: Noninvasive mechanical ventilation (NIMV) is accepted as a life-saving treatment for patients presenting to the emergency department and other acute care settings with severe exacerbations of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD).…”
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Exclusion Spirometry: A Good Idea by Nick R. Anthonise

“…The idea is that spirometry should be performed not necessarily to make specific diagnoses, but to rule in or out the possibility of a number of lung diseases, most notably, chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD). If the patient demonstrates normal forced vital capacity and forced expiratory volume in 1 s, then he or she does not have COPD; if the results are not normal, then COPD is a possibility that can be further investigated.…”
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Putting COPD and Lung Cancer Guidelines Into Practice: A Canadian Thoracic Society and American College of Chest Physicians Perspective

“…Your entire medical team will benefit from attending this essential update on chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) and lung cancer. Gain valuable insights on COPD diagnosis and management from the 2003 CTS Recommendations for the Management of COPD. …”
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The Addition of Salmeterol 50 µg Bid to Anticholinergenic Treatment in Patients with COPD: A Randomized Placebo Controlled Trial by Kenneth R Chapman, Peter Arvidsson, AG Chuchalin, DP Dhillon, Peter Faurschou, Roger S Goldstein, AF Kuipers

“…BACKGROUND: In the past, the role of long-acting beta2-agonists in chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) relative to other agents has been unclear.…”
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Exclusion Spirometry: A Bad Idea by Andrew Mcivor

“…I, like my colleagues, visually conceptualize chronic obstructive pulmonary disease patients using objective lung function testing. …”
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What Is Unique about the New Canadian COPD Guidelines? by Denis E O'Donnell

“…Faced with the evidence that death rates from chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) continue to escalate in Canada and that its prevalence has risen to unprecedented levels (particularly in older women), the panel believed that there was an urgent need to raise awareness of this disease, and to optimize diagnosis and management (2).…”
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