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Access to medication for opioid use disorder supported by telemedicine and healthcare coverage: A web-based survey during the COVID-19 pandemic

Addictive Behaviors Reports, 2023
Background and Aims: Medications for opioid use disorder (MOUD) are highly effective in improving treatment outcomes and reducing overdose. Concerns about interrupted access to critical MOUD services led to expansion of telemedicine services during the ...
Mollie A. Monnig, Samantha E. Clark, Hayley Treloar Padovano, Alexander W. Sokolovsky, Kimberly Goodyear, Jasjit S. Ahluwalia, Peter M. Monti   +6 more
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Is there a role of viral infection in cystic fibrosis exacerbation in children?

The Turkish Journal of Pediatrics, 2022
Background. Cystic fibrosis (CF) is a degenerative disease distinguished by progressive epithelial secretory gland dysfunction associated with recurrent respiratory tract infections.
Dina H Hamed, Mai Sherif Soliman, Ola Soliman Emam, Mona Mohsen El-Attar   +3 more
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The association between serum vitamin D deficiency and chronic obstructive pulmonary disease exacerbation

Indian Journal of Respiratory Care, 2022
Introduction: Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) is a progressive disease characterized by irreversible airway obstruction and impaired pulmonary function. Acute exacerbation is responsible for the majority of COPD mortality and morbidity. This
Farnoosh Ebrahimzadeh, Milad Bahrami, Fariba Rezaeetalab, Fatemeh Taheri Asl, Mobina Sadat Mirvahabi, Zeinolabedin Kafa, Farzaneh Akbari   +6 more
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Exacerbation and Cardiovascular Events in Eosinophilic Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease

Tokyo Women's Medical University Journal, 2023
Background: Eosinophilia is often observed in patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD), but the influence of eosinophilia on the clinical outcomes of patients with COPD is unknown.
Mami Orimo, Tomohiro Akaba, Fumi Kobayashi, Azusa Miyoshi, Osamitsu Yagi, Hideki Katsura, Mitsuko Kondo, Estuko Tagaya   +7 more
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The effects of different inhalation therapies on less symptomatic chronic obstructive pulmonary disease patients in a Chinese population: a real-world study

Annals of Medicine, 2023
Background The Global Initiative for Chronic Obstructive Lung Disease (GOLD) document suggests that patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) should be divided into a less symptomatic group. Moreover, single-inhaled drugs are recommended
Qing Song, Ling Lin, Aiyuan Zhou, Wei Cheng, Cong Liu, Yating Peng, Zijing Zhou, Yuqin Zeng, Dingding Deng, Dan Liu, Zhiping Yu, Yan Chen, Shan Cai, Ping Chen   +13 more
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Neutrophil gelatinase-associated lipocalin and interleukin-6: Potential biomarker for asthma- COPD overlap, differentiation from asthma and COPD

Biotechnology & Biotechnological Equipment, 2021
Asthma-COPD overlap (ACO) is a disorder that combines clinical signs of bronchial asthma and COPD – fixed airways obstruction and/or significant reversibility of the bronchial obstruction, rapid progression, poor quality of life, higher mortality ...
Miroslav Mihaylov, Radoslav Bilyukov, Julieta Hristova, Denitsa Dimitrova, Vania Youroukova   +4 more
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Predictors of Suboptimal Peak Inspiratory Flow in Patients with Acute Exacerbation of Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease in Clinical Practice [PDF]

Tuberculosis and Respiratory Diseases
Background Incorrect inhalation technique is a primary cause of therapeutic failure in chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD), leading to increased exacerbation frequency.
Natalia V. Trushenko, Baina B. Lavginova, Svetlana Yu. Chikina, Natalia E. Obukhova, Iuliia A. Levina, Fedor D. Tkachenko, Galina V. Nekludova, Zamira M. Merzhoeva, Sergey N. Avdeev   +8 more
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Observational study on the impact of initiating tiotropium alone versus tiotropium with fluticasone propionate/salmeterol combination therapy on outcomes and costs in chronic obstructive pulmonary disease

Respiratory Research, 2012
Background This retrospective cohort study compared the risks of exacerbations and COPD-related healthcare costs between patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) initiating tiotropium (TIO) alone and patients initiating triple therapy ...
Chatterjee Arjun, Shah Manan, D'Souza Anna O, Bechtel Benno, Crater Glenn, Dalal Anand A   +5 more
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Serum Uric Acid in Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease: A Hospital Based Case Control Study [PDF]

Journal of Clinical and Diagnostic Research, 2017
Introduction: Airway inflammation and imbalance between oxidant/ anti-oxidant mechanisms are postulated to play a major role in the pathogenesis and exacerbation of Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD).
Rajlaxmi Sarangi, Nirupama Varadhan, Jyotirmayee Bahinipati, Asha Dhinakaran, Anandaraj, Kandasamy Ravichandran   +5 more
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Annual and Post-Exacerbation Follow-Up of Asthma Patients in Clinical Practice – A Large Population-Based Study in Sweden

Journal of Asthma and Allergy, 2022
Hanna Sandelowsky,1– 3 Björn Ställberg,4 Fredrik Wiklund,5 Gunilla Telg,6 Sofie de Fine Licht,6 Christer Janson7 1Karolinska Institutet, Department of Medicine, Division of Clinical Epidemiology, Solna, Sweden; 2Karolinska Institutet, Department of ...
Sandelowsky H, Ställberg B, Wiklund F, Telg G, de Fine Licht S, Janson C   +5 more
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