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Pathogenesis of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease [PDF]

Clinics in Chest Medicine, 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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Expert Consensus on Immunomodulatory Therapies for Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease [PDF]

Zhongguo quanke yixue, 2022
China has attached importance to the prevention and treatment of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) , a major chronic respiratory disease. An in-depth discussion of the immunopathogenesis of COPD and intervening the identified key targets may ...
Writing Group for the Expert Consensus on Immunomodulatory Therapies for Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease
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Expert Consensus on Integrated Traditional Chinese and Western Medicine Management for Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (2023 Edition) [PDF]

Zhongguo quanke yixue, 2023
Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) is one of the major chronic disease seriously affecting the health of Chinese residents. There are national and international guidelines and consensus on the diagnosis, treatment and management of COPD ...
Expert Consensus Writing Group of Integrated Traditional Chinese and Western Medicine Management for Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease
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Impact of moderate altitude on lung diseases and risk of high altitude illnesses

Revista de Investigación Clínica, 2022
A large world population resides at moderate altitudes. In the Valley of Mexico (2240 m above sea level) and for patients with respiratory diseases implies more hypoxemia and clinical deterioration, unless supplementary oxygen is prescribed or patients ...
Rogelio Pérez-Padilla
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Neutrophilic Asthma Is Associated With Smoking, High Numbers of IRF5+, and Low Numbers of IL10+ Macrophages

Frontiers in Allergy, 2021
Asthma is a heterogenous disease with different inflammatory subgroups that differ in disease severity. This disease variation is hampering treatment and development of new treatment strategies.
Nil Turan, T. Anienke van der Veen, T. Anienke van der Veen, Christina Draijer, Christina Draijer, Fatemeh Fattahi, Fatemeh Fattahi, Fatemeh Fattahi, Nick H. ten Hacken, Nick H. ten Hacken, Wim Timens, Wim Timens, Antoon J. van Oosterhout, Maarten van den Berge, Maarten van den Berge, Barbro N. Melgert, Barbro N. Melgert, Barbro N. Melgert   +17 more
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Barriers to adherence to home-based pulmonary rehabilitation among patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease in Iran: a descriptive qualitative study

BMJ Open, 2023
Objectives Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease is a chronic disease with numerous complications. Therefore, its effective management depends on home-based pulmonary rehabilitation.
Ramin Sami, Kobra Salehi, Marzieh Hashemi, Shila Haghighat, Vajihe Atashi   +4 more
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Role of clinical questionnaires in optimizing everyday care of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease. [PDF]

, 2011
: Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) is a leading cause of disability in all its stages, and death in patients with moderate or severe obstruction.
van der Molen, T, Jones PW, Jones, P., van der Molen, T., Price, D, Price, David, Jones, PW, van der Molen, Thys, Jones, Paul W., Price D, van der Molen T, Price, D.   +11 more
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Guidelines of Integrated Traditional Chinese and Western Medicine for Diagnosis and Treatment of Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (2025 Edition) [PDF]

Zhongguo quanke yixue
Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease(COPD) poses a serious threat to human health, making it one of the major global public health burdens. In 2023, an expert consensus group was established to address key clinical questions in the integrated Chinese ...
Guideline Working Group of Integrated Traditional Chinese and Western Medicine Management for Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease
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Assessment of Risk Factors against Severity of COPD in Non-Smokers

Journal of Nepal Medical Association, 2013
Introduction: Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease in non-smokers has been an important concern in past decade. We studied the risk factors responsible for more severe Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease.
Ashok Kumar Panjwani, Shaista Ghazal, Ravi Mahat, Maria Malik, Nadeem Rizvi   +4 more
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Prevalence and Risk Factors of COPD in Nepal: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis

Journal of Nepal Health Research Council, 2022
Background: Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease is a common, preventable, and treatable disease. Here, we conducted a systematic review of Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease and its risk factors in Nepal for the last two decades.
Pravash Budhathoki, Dhan Bahadur Shrestha, Yub Raj Sedhai, Ramkaji Baniya, Ayush Bhatt, Kabita Chaudhary, Astutee Acharya, Ruja Rajkarnikar, Madan Basnet, Alok Atreya   +9 more
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