Alpha-1 Antitrypsin Deficiency and Pulmonary Morbidity in Patients with Primary Immunodeficiency Disease: A Single-Center Experience by Georg Evers, Arik Bernard Schulze, Michael Thrull, Jan-Philipp Hering, Christoph Schülke, Rainer Wiewrodt, Helmut Wittkowski, Lars Henning Schmidt, Michael Mohr

“…Alpha-1 antitrypsin deficiency (AATD) is of importance in the pathogenesis of pulmonary emphysema, chronic obstructive pulmonary diseases (COPD), and bronchiectasis. …”
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The Association between the Pulmonary Arterial Obstruction Index and Atrial Size in Patients with Acute Pulmonary Embolism by Taraneh Faghihi Langroudi, Maryam Sheikh, Mohammadreza Naderian, Morteza Sanei Taheri, Amir Ashraf-ganjouei, Isa Khaheshi

“…There was not a significant difference in the positive history of diabetes mellitus, hypertension, asthma, chronic obstructive pulmonary diseases, ischemic heart disease, and smoking between patients and control group. …”
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Improving access to pulmonary rehabilitation for patients with COPD treated for substance misuse in the London Borough of Islington by Duncan Stewart, Jane Simpson, Divya Narasimhan

“…Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) is a collection of conditions that cause permanent damage to the lungs. …”
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Determination of Factors Affecting Sleep Quality in Postoperative Patients and Improvement of Correctible Causes by Ayşegül Özgök, Gökçe Selçuk Sert, Dilek Öztürk Kazancı

“…The diseases we investigated included hypertension, chronic obstructive pulmonary diseases, asthma, heart failure, cerebrovascular diseases, thyroid function disorders, diabetes mellitus, chronic kidney diseases, and chronic kidney failure. …”
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