Long-Term Mortality following Acute Noninvasive Ventilation for Obesity-Related Respiratory Failure: A Retrospective Single-Centre Study by Aditya Krishnan, Paul Ellis, Pearlene Antoine-Pitterson, Amy Oakes, Bethany Jones, Alice Turner, Rahul Mukherjee

“…Determinants of long-term mortality following acute hypercapnic respiratory failure have been extensively studied in patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease. However, respiratory failure due to obesity has not been studied to the same extent. …”
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Fluorofenidone alleviates cigarette smoke exposure-induced chronic lung injury by targeting ferroptosis by Yuan Wu, Binbin Li, Yixuan Xuan, Yu Jiang, Jinping Chen, Hong Liao, Jihua Feng, Jianfeng Zhang

“…Abstract Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) is a common condition that poses significant health risks to humans. …”
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Bilateral Testicular Infarction from IgA Vasculitis of the Spermatic Cords by Mazen Toushan, Ashka Atodaria, Stephen D. Lynch, Hassan D. Kanaan, Limin Yu, Mitual B. Amin, Mamon Tahhan, Ping L. Zhang, Paul S. Kellerman, Abhishek Swami

“…A 51-year-old man with type 2 diabetes mellitus and chronic obstructive pulmonary disease presented to the emergency room with increasing bilateral leg pain, rash, and scrotal swelling with pain. …”
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Low-Dose Oxygen Enhances Macrophage-Derived Bacterial Clearance following Cigarette Smoke Exposure by William G. Bain, Ashutosh Tripathi, Pooja Mandke, Jonathan H. Gans, Franco R. D’Alessio, Venkataramana K. Sidhaye, Neil R. Aggarwal

“…Background. Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) is a common, smoking-related lung disease. …”
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Brain Oxygenation During Exercise in Different Types of Chronic Lung Disease: A Narrative Review by Stella Kritikou, Andreas Zafeiridis, Georgia Pitsiou, Ioannis Gkalgkouranas, Leonidas Kastritseas, Afroditi Boutou, Konstantina Dipla

“…Chronic lung diseases such as Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease, Interstitial Lung Disease (ILD), and Pulmonary Hypertension (PH) are characterized by progressive symptoms such as dyspnea, fatigue, and muscle weakness, often leading to physical inactivity, and reduced quality of life. …”
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Postoperative Complications among Major Abdominal Surgeries using Clavien-Dindo Classification in Tertiary Hospital: An Observational Study by Manoj Kumar Jha, Kunda Bikram Shah, Anup Thapa, Sunil Basukala, Sumit Kumar Sah

“…Amongst the morbidities, diabetes mellitus was seen in 7 (15.56%) patients, hypertension in 6 (13.33%), chronic obstructive pulmonary disease in 5 (11.11%) cases and anaemia in 3 (6.67%) cases. …”
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Small Airway Dysfunction in Chronic Bronchitis with Preserved Pulmonary Function by Qi Ding, Bai-Bing Mi, Xia Wei, Jie Li, Jiu-Yun Mi, Jing-Ting Ren, Rui-Li Li

“…We retrospectively collected clinical data from 157 chronic bronchitis (CB) and 186 chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) patients between October 2014 and September 2017. …”
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Results from a UK consensus about the optimal prescribing of medium strength triple therapy in uncontrolled adult asthma patients in the NHS by Richard E. K. Russell, Darush Attar-Zadeh, Natalie Harper, Fiona Mosgrove, Laura Rush, Dave Singh

“…The use of medium-strength ICS/LABA/LAMA is established in treating chronic obstructive pulmonary disease but is less well-established in asthma. …”
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Risk factors related to COVID-19. Turcios Lima Polyclinic. Pinar del Rio, 2020-2021 by Jorge Félix Rodríguez Ramos, Gema Chávez Ivizate, Raquel Piloto González

“…<br /><strong>Results</strong>: the most frequent risk factors were: male sex (X2=8.5900; p&lt;0.001), urban residence (X2=509.03; p&lt;0.001) and occupation as a student or worker (X2=199 .93, p&lt;0.001); as well as personal medical history of diabetes mellitus, arterial hypertension, ischemic heart disease, bronchial asthma, heart failure, and chronic obstructive pulmonary disease.<strong><br />Conclusions</strong>: although sex, place of residence, occupation, and personal medical history were identified as risk factors related to COVID-19, information about the impact of other factors is still limited and requires further study.…”
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Associations between ultra-processed foods intake and preserved ratio impaired spirometry in U.S. adults by Weiliang Kong

“…BackgroundPreserved Ratio Impaired Spirometry (PRISm) is increasingly recognized as a precursor to Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD). The impact of Ultra-Processed Foods (UPFs) intake on PRISm and lung function remains underexplored, and we aimed to explore their associations.MethodsThis study included 8,336 U.S. adults. …”
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Creation of Text Vignettes Based on Patient-Reported Data to Facilitate a Better Understanding of the Patient Perspective: Design Study by Sofia Charlotte Kelly, Emilie Kauffeldt Wegener, Lars Kayser

“…In part 1, individuals with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease completed the READHY instrument, providing data to be used to create vignettes based on cluster profiles from the READHY instrument. …”
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Spontaneous Complete Regression of Colon Cancer Liver Metastases in a Lung Transplant Patient: A Case Report by Koen Zwart, Dieuwertje Ruigrok, Magda de Graaf-Bos, Roel Goldschmeding, Miriam Koopman, Guus M. Bol

“…She had received a single lung transplant, five years prior, for end-stage chronic obstructive pulmonary disease. Abdominal ultrasound and a computed tomography scan showed extensive liver lesions, and liver biopsy determined that the lesions were liver metastases originating from a colonic adenocarcinoma. …”
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Recording practices of body mass index, overweight and obesity by Dutch general practitioners: an observational study by Willemijn J. van den Hout, Petra G. van Peet, Mattijs E. Numans, Dennis O. Mook-Kanamori

“…At least one BMI was recorded in 68.5% individuals with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, 70.6% with hypertension, 86.3% with type II diabetes, 42.4% with eating disorders, 36% with depression and 64.2% with osteoarthritis. …”
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What are the perceived influences on asthma self-management at the workplace? A qualitative study by Adrian Loerbroks, Katherina Heinrichs, Patricia Vu-Eickmann, Stefan Hummel, Jalal Gholami

“…Patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease were excluded.Results According to participants, the most influential factors with regard to asthma SMB at work appeared to be job decision latitude (JDL) and social support. …”
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Downhill: a new rehabilitation frontier. A systematic review of the literature by Matteo Tamburlani, Rossana Cuscito, Alessio D’Angelo, Giovanni Galeoto, Leonardo Papi, Ilaria Ruotolo, Francesca Santini, Annamaria Servadio, Edoardo Tirelli, Giovanni Sellitto

“…Forty-one RCTs were included, and three articles remained to be analyzed; the included studies showed 110 participants for three RCTs; of these, two were performed on patients diagnosed with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD), while one was for treating people with multiple sclerosis (MS). …”
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The Role of Pharmaceutical Innovation in Clinical Practice Guidelines for Chronic Diseases by Meaghan Roach, Natalie Land, Jennifer Hernandez, Reina Rau, Jacquelyn W. Chou, Stacey S. Hickson, Danielle F. Rollmann, J. Ross Maclean

“…Clinical practice guidelines published from 2000 to 2021 were identified for five chronic diseases: ischemic heart disease (IHD), non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC), chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD), Alzheimer’s disease (AD), and type 2 diabetes (T2D). …”
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Impact of telephone follow-up on COPD outcomes in pulmonary rehabilitation patients: A randomized clinical trial by Stefanie Tonguino Rosero, Juan Carlos Ávila Valencia, Jhonatan Betancourt Peña

“…The objective was to determine the effect of telephone follow-up on educational needs, dyspnea, quality of life and functional capacity in Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD) patients undergoing PR…”
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Neutrophil Oxidized-Modified Proteins and Neutrophil Extracellular Traps in Patients with Community-Acquired Pneumonia by Vilen Molotov-Luchanskiy, Altynbek Nukhuly, Larissa Muravlyova, Ryszhan Bakirova, Aruna Kossybayeva, Dmitry Klyuyev, Ludmila Demidchik, Irina Beinikova

“…The third group (III), the comparison group, consisted of 14 CAP patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD). The control group consisted of 19 volunteers. …”
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How Breathing Exercises Influence on Respiratory Muscles and Quality of Life among Patients with COPD? A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis by Ruisheng Yun, Yiwen Bai, Yan Lu, Xubo Wu, Shin-Da Lee

“…This systematic review aimed to investigate the effect of different breathing exercises on respiratory muscle function, 6-minute walk test (6MWT), and quality of life (QoL) in patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD). Methods. We searched online databases including PubMed, Embase, Web of Science, Cochrane Library, and Ovid for randomized controlled trials that assessed the efficacy of breathing exercises on patients with COPD. …”
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Trimethoprim/sulfamethoxazole-induced acute renal failure: A case report by Gabriella Nucera, Valentina Raffaelli, Lisa Caliari, Giulia Cantoni, Pietro Marino

“…He presented a history of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD), hypertension, diabetes mellitus and early (stage 1) chronic renal failure with normal levels of creatinine and no sign and symptoms of renal disease. …”
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