Air Pollution Exposure as a Relevant Risk Factor for Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease Exacerbations in Male and Female Patients by Miguel Enrique Silva Rodriguez, Patricia Silveyra

“… Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) is a multifactorial lung inflammatory disease that affects 174 million people worldwide, with a recently reported increased incidence in female patients. …”
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Association of occupational dust exposure with combined chronic obstructive pulmonary disease and pneumoconiosis: a cross-sectional study in China by Yali Fan, Qiao Ye, Wenjing Xu, Yuanying Wang, Yiran Wang, Shiwen Yu

“…Objectives Occupational dust exposure may induce various lung diseases, including pneumoconiosis and chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD). The features of combined COPD and pneumoconiosis have not been well described, and this may hamper the management. …”
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Early-Phase Recovery of Cardiorespiratory Measurements after Maximal Cardiopulmonary Exercise Testing in Patients with Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease by Marie Bellefleur, David Debeaumont, Alain Boutry, Marie Netchitailo, Antoine Cuvelier, Jean-François Muir, Catherine Tardif, Jérémy Coquart

“…This study investigated respiratory gas exchanges and heart rate (HR) kinetics during early-phase recovery after a maximal cardiopulmonary exercise test (CPET) in patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) grouped according to airflow limitation. …”
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Impact of patient compliance with inhaler therapy on chronic obstructive pulmonary disease severity: a rural tertiary care perspective by Nandakishore K. S., Preethiraj Ballal, Anirudha Katipalla, Shruthi Rai P., Supreetha T., Dixith T., Sanjay Srinivas, Shree Dhanusha, Pramod Pujar, Sushmitha Sudeesh, Vignesh T. M.

“…Abstract Background Inhaled medications have been the cornerstone of treatment for the exacerbations as well as stable chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) which is one of the leading cause of deaths in the recent times. …”
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Effectiveness, Safety, and Costs of Thromboprophylaxis with Enoxaparin or Unfractionated Heparin Among Medical Inpatients With Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease or Heart Failure by Alpesh N. Amin, Alex Kartashov, Wilson Ngai, Kevin Steele, Ning Rosenthal

“…**Background:** Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) and heart failure (HF) are risk factors for venous thromboembolism (VTE). …”
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A Randomized Trial to Evaluate the Sustained Efficacy of a Mucus Clearance Device in Ambulatory Patients with Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease by Norman Wolkove, Marc A Baltzan, Hany Kamel, Michael Rotaple

“…OBJECTIVE: To determine whether a mucus clearance device (MCD) (Flutter; Axcan Scandipharm, USA) could consistently improve the bronchodilator response and exercise performance in patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) when used in an ambulatory setting over a one-week period.…”
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Association between serum pyridoxal 5′-phosphate levels and chronic obstructive pulmonary disease: findings based on NHANES 2005–2010 by Yanbin Liu, Jun Yan

“…There is currently no research on the correlation between serum PLP levels and chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) prevalence. This study aims to explore the relationship between serum PLP levels and COPD prevalence.MethodsThis cross-sectional study included adult participants with complete data on COPD diagnosis and serum PLP levels from 2005 to 2010 National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey (NHANES) database. …”
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Prognostic impact of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease on short-term and long-term outcomes following coronary artery bypass grafting by Mohammad Sadeq Najafi, Arash Jalali, Zahra Karimi, Mohadese Dashtkoohi, Kimia Moradi, Mojgan Ghavami, Saeed Davoodi, Seyed Hossein Ahmadi Tafti, Rasoul Aliannejad

Subjects: “…Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease…”
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Exploring the Causal Relationship Between Frailty and Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease: Insights From Bidirectional Mendelian Randomization and Mediation Analysis by Cheng Z, Wu J, Xu C, Yan X

“…Zewen Cheng,1 Jian Wu,1 Chun Xu,2 Xiaokun Yan1 1Department of Thoracic Surgery, Suzhou Hospital of Integrated Traditional Chinese and Western Medicine, Suzhou, Jiangsu, 215000, People’s Republic of China; 2Department of Cardio-Thoracic Surgery, The First Affiliated Hospital of Soochow University, Suzhou, Jiangsu, 215000, People’s Republic of ChinaCorrespondence: Xiaokun Yan, Department of Thoracic Surgery, Suzhou Hospital of Integrated Traditional Chinese and Western Medicine, Suzhou, Jiangsu, 215000, People’s Republic of China, Email yanxk2008@126.comBackground: Observational studies have underscored a robust association between frailty and chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD), yet the causality remains equivocal.Methods: This study employed bidirectional two-sample Mendelian randomization (MR) analysis. …”
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High Serum Level of IL-17 in Patients with Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease and the Alpha-1 Antitrypsin PiZ Allele by Margarita Y. Pervakova, Alexandra V. Mazing, Sergey V. Lapin, Olga Y. Tkachenko, Anna I. Budkova, Elena A. Surkova, Vladimir L. Emanuel, Olga N. Titova

“…Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) is multifactorial disease, which is characterized by airflow limitation and can be provoked by genetic factors, including carriage of the PiZ allele of the protease inhibitor (Pi) gene, encoding alpha-1 antitrypsin (A1AT). …”
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Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease and heart failure in real life: the tip of the iceberg in the sea of comorbidities. A prospective observational study by Ombretta Para, Marco Vanetti, Chiara Dibonaventura, Davide Salerno, Lorenzo Caruso, Christian Carleo, Asim Raza, Carlo Nozzoli, Antonio Spanevello

“… Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) and heart failure (HF) are two of the most common conditions treated in internal medicine. …”
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Optimizing Pulmonary Rehabilitation in Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease – Practical Issues: A Canadian Thoracic Society Clinical Practice Guideline by Darcy D Marciniuk, Dina Brooks, Scott Butcher, Richard Debigare, Gail Dechman, Gordon Ford, Veronique Pepin, Darlene Reid, Andrew W Sheel, Micheal K Stickland, David C Todd, Shannon L Walker, Shawn D Aaron, Meyer Balter, Jean Bourbeau, Paul Hernandez, Francois Maltais, Denis E O’Donnell, Donna Bleakney, Brian Carlin, Roger Goldstein, Stella K Muthuri

“…Pulmonary rehabilitation (PR) participation is the standard of care for patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) who remain symptomatic despite bronchodilator therapies. …”
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Associations of Vitamin D With GPX4 and Iron Parameters in Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease Patients: A Case–Control Study by Jun Fei, Ling Liu, Jia-Fei Li, Qiang Zhou, Yu Wei, Ting-Dong Zhou, Lin Fu

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Evaluation of health-related quality of life among patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease at District Headquarter Hospital haripur, Pakistan by Mehwish Fayaz, Shahbaz Ahmad Zakki, Ijaz Ul Haq, Muhammad Afzal, Mudassar Latif, Ehtisham Altaf

“…Background & objectives: Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) is a notable worldwide public health issue and a major cause of morbidity and mortality in Pakistan. …”
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Comparing spirometry, impulse oscillometry with computed tomography for assessing small airway dysfunction in subjects with and without chronic obstructive pulmonary disease by Suyin Huang, Fan Wu, Zhishan Deng, Jieqi Peng, Cuiqiong Dai, Lifei Lu, Kunning Zhou, Xiaohui Wu, Qi Wan, Gaoying Tang, Shengtang Chen, Changli Yang, Yongqing Huang, Shuqing Yu, Pixin Ran, Yumin Zhou

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Risk of All-Cause Mortality in Mild Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease: Evidence From the NHANES III and 2007–2012 by Zou W, Ou J, Wu F, Xiao S, Deng Z, Li H, Wang Z, Tang G, Liu S, Ye D, Zhu D, Hu J, Ran P

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The Expression of IL-6, TNF-α, and MCP-1 in Respiratory Viral Infection in Acute Exacerbations of Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease by Jingtong Zheng, Yue Shi, Lingxin Xiong, Weijie Zhang, Ying Li, Peter G. Gibson, Jodie L. Simpson, Chao Zhang, Junying Lu, Jingying Sai, Guoqiang Wang, Fang Wang

“…Viral infection is a common trigger for acute exacerbations of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (AECOPD). The aim of this study is to investigate the expression of cytokines in AECOPD. …”
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Antimicrobials in Acute Exacerbations of Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease - An Analysis of the Time to Next Exacerbation Before and After Implementation of Standing Orders by Rob D Goddard, Shelly A McNeil, Kathryn L Slayter, R Andrew McIvor

“…OBJECTIVE: To compare the mean time to next exacerbation in patients with acute exacerbations of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) before and after the implementation of standing orders.…”
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Wnt3a Enhances Mesenchymal Stem Cell Engraftment and Differentiation in a Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease Rat Model by Wu H, Zhong Y, Li Y, Zhou X, Zhao T, Wan D, Zhu Y, Zhang Z, Li X, Gan X

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Role of PI3K/AKT/mTOR signaling pathway and sirtuin genes in chronic obstructive pulmonary disease development by G. F. Korytina, L. Z. Akhmadishina, V. A. Markelov, Y. G. Aznabaeva, O. V. Kochetova, T. R. Nasibullin, A. P. Larkina, N. N. Khusnutdinova, N. Sh. Zagidullin, T. V. Victorova

Subjects: “…chronic obstructive pulmonary disease…”
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