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Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease
Nursing Older People, 2017A new report on chronic obstructive pulmonary disease by the British Lung Foundation criticises the lack of progress in tackling lung disease.
Klaus F, Rabe, Henrik, Watz
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Chronic Intestinal Pseudo-Obstruction
Journal of Clinical Gastroenterology, 1981Intestinal pseudo-obstruction (IP) is an uncommon disorder of gut motility which must be differentiated from mechanical intestinal obstruction. We have seen 11 such patients over the last 5 years. Characteristic symptoms, shared by mechanical obstruction, include abdominal distention and pain, nausea, and vomiting.
E H, Hirsh +3 more
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The American Journal of Surgery, 1970
Summary o 1. Chronic duodenal ileus is a true clinical entity. 2. Nine case reports of patients with this condition are presented.
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Summary o 1. Chronic duodenal ileus is a true clinical entity. 2. Nine case reports of patients with this condition are presented.
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Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease
Nature Reviews Disease Primers, 2015Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) is a common disease with high global morbidity and mortality. COPD is characterized by poorly reversible airway obstruction, which is confirmed by spirometry, and includes obstruction of the small airways (chronic obstructive bronchiolitis) and emphysema, which lead to air trapping and shortness of breath in
Peter J, Barnes +6 more
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Chronic Intestinal Pseudo‐Obstruction
Nutrition in Clinical Practice, 2013Chronic intestinal pseudo‐obstruction (CIP) is a rare and serious disorder of the gastrointestinal (GI) tract characterized as a motility disorder with the primary defect of impaired peristalsis; symptoms are consistent with a bowel obstruction, although mechanical obstruction cannot be identified.
Scott L, Gabbard, Brian E, Lacy
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Pathology of chronic airflow obstruction
Chest, 1990Classification of chronic airflow obstruction may be based on the site of the obstructing lesions. It is seldom that only one type of lesion is present, but one may often dominate. In chronic bronchitis, the major disease of large airways, chronic mucus hypersecretion, is reflected by an increase in size of bronchial mucous glands. This may be a factor
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Managing chronic obstructive disease
Nursing Standard, 1995Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease is a term which encompasses a range of different conditions. This article explains the various presentations and discusses how patients should be managed.
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Aerosols in Chronic Airway Obstruction
New England Journal of Medicine, 1986Clinicians treating chronic airway obstruction can now choose from so varied a menu of therapies that the choice often becomes bewilderingly difficult. Some connoisseurs are beginning to think that bronchodilators should be listed among the appetizers or side dishes rather than among the entrees, because bronchoconstriction is only one component of ...
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Chronic Intestinal Pseudo-Obstruction
Digestive Diseases, 2000Chronic intestinal pseudo-obstruction (CIPO) is a syndrome defined by the presence of chronic intestinal dilation and dysmotility in the absence of mechanical obstruction or gross inflammatory disease. Specific diseases may affect any level of the brain-gut axis.
I, Hirano, J, Pandolfino
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Chronic intestinal pseudo-obstruction
Current Treatment Options in Gastroenterology, 2005Chronic intestinal pseudo-obstruction (CIP) is a gastrointestinal motility disorder characterized by chronic symptoms and signs of bowel obstruction in the absence of a fixed, lumen-occluding lesion. Radiographic findings consist of dilated bowel with air-fluid levels. Pseudo-obstruction is an uncommon condition and can result from primary or secondary
Kashyap V, Panganamamula +1 more
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