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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NURSING CARE IN EFFECTIVENESS OF BREATHING FOR CHRONIC OBSTRUCTION PATIENTS IN RSI NASHRUL UMMAH LAMONGAN by Annisa Dwi Anugrah

“…This research aims to explain nursing care for patients with Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD) in the Tuberose Room at RSI Nashrul Ummah Lamongan. …”
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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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Daily Objective Physical Activity and Sedentary Time in Adults with COPD Using Spirometry Data from Canadian Measures Health Survey by P. Bernard, G. Hains-Monfette, S. Atoui, G. Moullec

“…Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) is expected to be the third leading cause of premature death and disability in Canada and around the world by the year 2020. …”
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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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Oxygen Therapy by Bonnie Solmes

“…Shortness of breath is a mechanical problem resulting from the effects of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease. Oxygen therapy may or may not reduce shortness of breath, but it will help the lungs and heart to function with less stress.…”
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Knowledge and attitudes towards sarcopenia among healthcare professionals by Jeremy Jun Wei Teng, Raymond Kai Heng Goh, Melanie Mei Ying Tan, Le Alicia How, Li Feng Tan

“…It leads to increased adverse outcomes such as increased risks of falls, fractures, postoperative complications, disability and increased mortality.2 It is associated with many chronic diseases such as heart failure, chronic kidney disease, chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, diabetes and cognitive impairment.2,4 The prevalence of sarcopenia is expected to dramatically increase in the next few decades, especially in ageing populations.6…”
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Multiple bronchopleural fistulas resolved with combination stent therapy by Aga Jimu, Xiuli Liu, Yingqi Fan, Pengfei Yu

“…We present a case of a 65-year-old male with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease who developed multiple BPFs postresection of the right lower lobe due to lung cancer and with tumor recurrence and metastasis. …”
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Mortality causes and health spending by gender and health conditions in octogenarians, nonagenarians and centenarians in Colombia by Oscar Espinosa, Valeria Bejarano, Isabella Franky, Sandeep Pagali, Michael Drummond, Oscar H. Franco

“…Conditions of cerebrovascular diseases, cancer, influenza pneumonia and chronic obstructive pulmonary disease were the most expensive in health care, summing above 5000 purchasing power parity USD on average (min: 2234, max: 7539). …”
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Always Consider the Possibility of Opioid Induced Respiratory Depression in Patients Presenting with Hypercapnic Respiratory Failure Who Fail to Improve as Expected with Appropriat... by Martin Steynor, Andrew MacDuff

“…Two common causes are acute exacerbations of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) and as a side effect of opioids. …”
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Combination of ICSs and LABAs Should Be Used in the Management of Patients with COPD -- The Pro Argument by Don D Sin

“…THE EFFECTS OF INHALED CORTICOSTEROID MONOTHERAPY Airway inflammation is a prominent feature of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD), even among ex-smokers (1), and its intensity is directly related to the severity of the underlying COPD (2). …”
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Resource Use Study in COPD (RUSIC): A prospective Study to Quantify the Effects of COPD Exacerbations on Health Care Resource Use Among COPD Patients by J Mark FitzGerald, Jennifer M Haddon, Carole Bradley-Kennedy, Lisa Kuramoto, Gordon T Ford, The RUSIC Study Group

“…BACKGROUND: There is increasing interest in health care resource use (HRU) in Canada, particularly in resources associated with acute exacerbations of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD).…”
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The Challenges of Spirometric Diagnosis of COPD by Adriana Maldonado-Franco, Luis F. Giraldo-Cadavid, Eduardo Tuta-Quintero, Alirio R. Bastidas Goyes, Daniel A. Botero-Rosas

“…Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) is one of the top causes of morbidity and mortality worldwide. …”
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A nomogram for predicting mortality risk in geriatric patients with hip fractures complicated by pneumonia: A multicenter study by Kaiming Zhang, Xiangwei Li, Yujia Xiao, Cheng Zhou, Yu Liu, Fan Zhen, Hao Zhang, Mao Nie

“…Age, BMI, total hip arthroplasty, diabetes, and chronic obstructive pulmonary disease were found to be independent risk factors for mortality in this patient population.…”
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