Real-world practice of idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis: Results from a 2000–2016 cohort
Open Medicine, 2023 The study aimed to investigate comorbidities, major adverse respiratory events, and mortality in patients with idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis (IPF). We established an IPF cohort and a comparative cohort matched for sex, age, and the date of IPF diagnosis.
Wang Ying-Tso +5 more
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Viruses, 2023 While molnupiravir (MOV) and nirmatrelvir–ritonavir (NMV-r) were developed for treatment of mild to moderate COVID-19 infection, there has been a lack of data on the efficacy among unvaccinated adult patients with chronic respiratory diseases, including ...
Wang Chun Kwok +8 more
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Frontiers in Microbiology, 2017 Growing evidence suggests that the airway microbiota might be involved in acute exacerbation of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (AECOPD). Understanding this relationship requires examination of a large-scale population for a long duration to ...
Hai-Yue Liu +8 more
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Systems for the management of respiratory disease in primary care - an international series: United Kingdom [PDF]
, 2010 INTRODUCTION: The UK National Health Service (NHS) is essentially publicly funded through general taxation. Challenges facing the NHS include the rise in prevalence of long-term conditions and financial pressures.
Allison Worth +14 more
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Respiratory Support for Patients with Chronic Respiratory Failure: the Necessity of a Long-Term Homecare Ventilation Program [PDF]
Ķazaķstannyṇ Klinikalyķ MedicinasySevere respiratory failure, resulting from a wide range of acute and chronic diseases such as chronic obstructive pulmonary diseases, obstructive sleep apnoea, obesity hypoventilation syndrome (Pickwickian syndrome), COVID-19, bilateral pneumonitis ...
Abai Baigenzhin +4 more
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Auditory function assessment in patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease
SAGE Open Medicine, 2023 Background: Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease is a multisystem disease with multiple comorbidities. Hearing is dependent on the cochlear functions that may be affected by oxygenation. Affection of hearing is problematic and represents a major concern
Hoda A Eid +13 more
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Oxygen Therapy in Chronic Respiratory Failure [PDF]
BMJ, 1973 In hypercapnic chronic respiratory failure red cell volume correlates with the arterial oxygen tension during the quiescent phase of the disease. During an acute exacerbation measurement of the red cell volume can give a reasonable index of the arterial oxygen tension existing in the previous quiescent state.
R, Hume, P J, Rooney, D L, McLellan
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Risk factors for prolonged ventilation in patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease presenting with acute respiratory failure [PDF]
, 2009 Includes abstract.Includes bibliographical references (leaves 35-37).Patients with COPD presenting to the Emergency Unit with acute hypercapnic respiratory failure often require invasive mechanical ventilation and subsequent admission to the intensive ...
Van der Schyff, Nasief
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Quantitative CT: Associations between Emphysema, Airway Wall Thickness and Body Composition in COPD
Pulmonary Medicine, 2011 The objective of the present study was to determine the association between CT phenotypes—emphysema by low attenuation area and bronchitis by airway wall thickness—and body composition parameters in a large cohort of subjects with and without COPD.
Erica P. A. Rutten +8 more
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ERS Clinical Practice Guidelines: high-flow nasal cannula in acute respiratory failure. [PDF]
, 2021 BACKGROUND High-flow nasal cannula (HFNC) has become a frequently used non-invasive form of respiratory support in acute settings, however evidence supporting its use has only recently emerged.
Thille, Arnaud W. +22 more
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