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Disease Onset and Burden in Patients With Chronic Bronchitis and COPD: A Real-World Evidence Study [PDF]

Chronic bronchitis (CB), classically defined as having cough and sputum production for at least three months per year for two consecutive years, is frequently associated with COPD. This retrospective cohort study using the Optum® de-identified Electronic
Criner, G.J., Lashari, B.H., Martinez, F.J., Karcher, H., Schoenberger, M., Krishnan, J.K., Lindoulsi, A., Khokhlovich, E., Kim, V., Altman, P.   +9 more
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Patient Use Patterns of Portable Oxygen Concentrators

Pulmonary Therapy
Introduction Portable oxygen concentrators (POCs) are medical devices that provide supplemental oxygen to patients requiring long-term oxygen therapy.
Stanislav Glezer, Michael W. Hess, Alan K. Kamada   +2 more
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Effectiveness of ICS/LABA and LAMA/LABA in COPD due to biomass

ERJ Open Research
Background COPD due to biomass exposure (COPD-B) is highly prevalent in low- and middle-income countries, and there are no clinical trials designed to evaluate the effectiveness of the treatments currently recommended for patients with COPD due to ...
Alejandra Ramírez-Venegas, Francisco Montiel-Lopez, Robinson E. Robles-Hernández, Bartolome R. Celli, Raúl H. Sansores, Maricruz Cassou-Martínez, José L. Pérez Lara-Albisua, Claudia González-González, María E. Mayar-Maya, Aloisa P. Hernández-Morales, Rafael J. Hernández-Zenteno, Ramcés Falfán-Valencia, Ireri Thirión-Romero, Oliver Pérez-Bautista, Rogelio Pérez-Padilla   +14 more
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Fractional Exhaled Nitric Oxide (FeNO) in Biomass Smoke-Associated Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease

Medical Sciences
Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD) is a disease characterized by local and systemic inflammation independently of the risk factor; during the exacerbations, such inflammation is accentuated and amplified. A practical inflammatory marker and one
Juan Silva-Gallardo, Raúl H. Sansores, Alejandra Ramírez-Venegas, Robinson E. Robles Hernández, Gustavo I. Centeno-Saenz, Rafael J. Hernández-Zenteno   +5 more
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Psychometric Properties of the COPD-Specific Beliefs About Medicine Questionnaire in an Outpatient Population:A Rasch-Analysis

, 2016
Background: Understanding non-adherence in patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) remains challenging. The necessity and the concerns scales of the Beliefs about Medicines Questionnaire (BMQ) are known to correlate with adherence ...
Topp, Marie, Vestbo, Jørgen, Mortensen, Erik Lykke   +2 more
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Air quality in Mexico City during the COVID-19 lockdown possibly decreased COPD exacerbations

ERJ Open Research, 2022
Francisco Montiel-Lopez, Daniela Rodríguez-Ramírez, Maricruz Cassou-Martínez, María Cristina Miranda-Márquez, Claudia González-González, Raúl H. Sansores, María Eugenia Mayar-Maya, Rogelio Pérez-Padilla, Robinson Emmanuel Robles-Hernández, Ireri Thirion-Romero, Oliver Pérez-Bautista, Alejandra Ramírez-Venegas   +11 more
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COPD and Schizophrenia

Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Diseases: Journal of the COPD Foundation
The prevalence of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) is higher in people with schizophrenia than in the general population, even after adjusting for smoking, but schizophrenia has not generally been considered in discussions of COPD multimorbidity. People with schizophrenia die prematurely, and COPD is an important but neglected cause of this
Ratcliffe, Sophie, Halpin, David M.G.
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Influence of smoking cessation on airway T lymphocyte subsets in COPD

, 2009
The mechanisms behind airway inflammation in chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) are still not well understood. Here we investigated lymphocyte subtypes in bronchoalveolar lavage fluid, likely to be involved in the pathogenesis of COPD, as well ...
Ekstrand-Hammarström, Barbro, Blomberg, Anders,, Pourazar, Jamshid,, Roos-Engstrand, Ester,, Behndig, Annelie F,, Bucht, Anders,   +5 more
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COPD or functionally COPD? [PDF]

Lungs and Breathing, 2018
Duarte-de-Araújo A, Hespanhol V, Correia-de-Sousa J   +2 more
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The disruptive effects of COPD exacerbation-associated factors on epithelial repair responses

Frontiers in Immunology
IntroductionExacerbations of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) increase mortality risk and can lead to accelerated loss of lung function. The increased inflammatory response during exacerbations contributes to worsening of airflow limitation ...
Rosa K. Kortekaas, Rosa K. Kortekaas, Kerstin E. Geillinger-Kästle, Rocío Fuentes-Mateos, Rocío Fuentes-Mateos, Roël van Orsoy, Roël van Orsoy, Nakaa Al-Alyan, Nakaa Al-Alyan, Janette K. Burgess, Janette K. Burgess, Reinoud Gosens, Reinoud Gosens   +12 more
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