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The role of airway infection in chronic obstructive pulmonary disease [PDF]

, 2006
PhDThis. thesis examines the role of respiratory bacterial and viral infection in the natural history of Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease. The rationale for this study is basedu pon previous data demonstratingt hat airway bacterial colonisationi s
Wilkinson, Thomas Michael Alan
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The Histological Changes of Bones and Lining Mucosa in the Middle and Inferior Turbinate in Chronic Rhinosinusitis

Otorhinolaryngology and Facial Plastic Surgery, 2023
Background: There is an association between osteitis and symptoms in chronic rhinosinusitis (CRS), but the exact clinical significance of osteitis is unclear.
Jahangir Ghorbani , Mitra Rezaei , Amir Sam Roshani Zaferanlo , Afsoon Zandi , Mahboobeh Karimi Galougahi   +4 more
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Serial SOFA‐score trends in ICU‐admitted COVID‐19 patients as predictor of 28‐day mortality: A prospective cohort study

Health Science Reports, 2023
Background and Aim The efficacy of Sequential Organ Failure Assessment (SOFA) score as predictor of clinical outcomes among ICU‐admitted COVID‐19 patients is still controversial.
Farzad Esmaeili Tarki, Siamak Afaghi, Fatemeh Sadat Rahimi, Arda Kiani, Mohammad Varahram, Atefeh Abedini   +5 more
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Pericytes in Chronic Lung Disease [PDF]

International Archives of Allergy and Immunology, 2014
Pericytes are mesenchymal cells embedded within the abluminal surface of the endothelium of microvessels such as capillaries, pre-capillary arterioles, post-capillary and collecting venules, where they maintain microvascular homeostasis and participate in angiogenesis.
Jessica E. Rowley, Jill R. Johnson
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Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease: a complex comorbidity of lung cancer [PDF]

, 2011
Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) is a major burden throughout the world. It is associated with a significantly increased incidence of lung cancer and may influence treatment options and outcome.
Derek Grose MRCP, FRCR, Robert Milroy, Grose, Derek, Milroy, Robert   +3 more
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Evaluating Patients with Olfactory Dysfunction after COVID-19 Infection by Questionnaire of Olfactory Disorders-Negative Statements

Otorhinolaryngology and Facial Plastic Surgery, 2022
Background: The number of patients with COVID-19-induced olfactory dysfunction has consistently increased since the onset of the pandemic. Since a considerable proportion of these patients have olfactory dysfunction for a relatively long period of time,
Mahboobeh Karimi-Galougahi , Nasim Raad, Sara Haseli , Jahangir Ghorbani , Behnaz Seyed-Mohammadi   +4 more
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The Effect of Using the Surgical Mask on the Status of Cerebral Oxygen Saturation and End-Tidal Carbon Dioxide in Health Care Workers

Otorhinolaryngology and Facial Plastic Surgery, 2022
Background: With the outbreak of the new coronavirus (SARS-COV-2), one of the challenges ahead has been to control the prevalence of the disease in the world.
Jahangir Ghorbani, Ali Safavi Naini, Alireza Jahangirifard, Nasim Raad, Mahboobeh Karimi-Galougahi, Alireza Moradi, Seyed Bashir Mirtajani, Seied-Reza Seied-Mohammad Doulabi   +7 more
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Pathogenesis of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease [PDF]

, 2005
The current paradigm for the pathogenesis of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease is that chronic airflow limitation results from an abnormal inflammatory response to inhaled particles and gases in the lung. Airspace inflammation appears to be different
Macnee, W
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Oxidative modification of albumin in the parenchymal lung tissue of current smokers with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease [PDF]

, 2010
Background: there is accumulating evidence that oxidative stress plays an important role in the pathophysiology of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD).
Treasure, Tom, Hackett Tillie L, Warner Jane A, Wan Tan, Tan Wan, Lu Zheng, Tom Treasure, Hackett, Tillie-Louise, Scarci Marco, Treasure Tom, Zheng Lu, Marco Scarci, Jane A Warner, Warner, Jane A., Tillie L Hackett, Scarci, Marco, Zheng, Lu, Tan, Wan   +17 more
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Bushfire smoke is pro-inflammatory and suppresses macrophage phagocytic function

Scientific Reports, 2018
Bushfires are increasing in frequency and severity worldwide. Bushfire smoke contains organic/inorganic compounds including aldehydes and acrolein. We described suppressive effects of tobacco smoke on the phagocytic capacity of airway macrophages, linked
Rhys Hamon, Hai B. Tran, Eugene Roscioli, Miranda Ween, Hubertus Jersmann, Sandra Hodge   +5 more
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