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What pulmonologists think about the asthma-COPD overlap syndrome [PDF]
Some patients with COPD may share characteristics of asthma; this is the so-called asthma-COPD overlap syndrome (ACOS). There are no universally accepted criteria for ACOS, and most treatments for asthma and COPD have not been adequately tested in this ...
García-Sidro, Patricia +41 more
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Bridging the translational gap in clinical nanomedicine: From rational design to clinical reality
Nanotechnology offers a multi‐faceted approach to modern healthcare, encompassing high‐sensitivity diagnostic imaging, innovative vaccine delivery, and targeted therapeutics. This review explores how these nanomedicine applications address critical challenges in cancer recurrence and the treatment of neurologic and respiratory diseases to combat rising
Ahmed H. Ghonaim +9 more
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Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease With Asthma-Like Features in the General Population in China
BackgroundPatients with features of both asthma and chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) are seen commonly in the clinic but less is known in the general population.
Kewu Huang +92 more
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Increased health service use for asthma, but decreased for COPD: Northumbrian hospital episodes, 2013–2014 [PDF]
The burden of respiratory disease has persisted over the years, for both men and women. The aim of the present study was to investigate the hospital episode rates in respiratory disease and to understand whether and how the use of the health service for ...
Shiue, Ivy, I. Shiue
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Asthma-COPD overlap szindróma [PDF]
Obstructive lung diseases represent a major health problem worldwide due to their high prevalence associated with elevated socioeconomic costs. Bronchial asthma and chronic obstructive pulmonary disease are chronic obstructive ventilatory disorders with airway inflammation, however they are separate nosological entities based on thedifferent ...
Odler, Balázs, Müller, Veronika
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Mucus Plugs and Small Airway Dysfunction in Asthma, COPD, and Asthma-COPD Overlap
There are reports concerning mucus plugs detected on high-resolution computed tomography images and airflow obstruction in asthma and chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD). However, little is known about the associations between mucus plugs and small airway dysfunction (SAD).
Kanami Tamura +8 more
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What Can Providers' Motivations Tell Us About Healthcare Quality?
ABSTRACT Agency theory suggests that variation in providers' quality of care may be explained by their heterogeneous motivations. We provide novel empirical evidence on the links between different sources of provider motivation and quality of care by combining a unique 4‐year survey dataset on Danish general practitioners' motivations with quality ...
Lucy Margaret Poole +2 more
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Asthma-COPD Overlap Shows Favorable Clinical Outcomes Compared to Pure COPD in a Korean COPD Cohort [PDF]
PURPOSE: Comparisons of the characteristics of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) and asthma-COPD overlap syndrome (ACOS) have been the focus of several studies since the diseases were defined by the Global Initiative for Asthma and Global ...
박혜정 +3 more
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Maria Montes de Oca,1 Carlos Aguirre,2 Maria Victorina Lopez Varela,3 Maria E Laucho-Contreras,1 Alejandro Casas,2 Filip Surmont4 1Service of Pneumology, Hospital Universitario de Caracas, Facultad de Medicina, Universidad Central de Venezuela, Caracas,
Montes de Oca M +5 more
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This study aims to investigate the characteristics of the phenotype and management of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) patients in the general population in China.
Heling Bao +11 more
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