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Exacerbations of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) are defined as sustained worsening of a patient's condition beyond normal day-to-day variations that is acute in onset, and that may also require a change in medication and/or hospitalization.
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Martine Hoogendoorn,1 Talitha L Feenstra,2,3 Melinde Boland,1 Andrew H Briggs,4 Sixten Borg,5 Sven-Arne Jansson,6 Nancy A Risebrough,7 Julia F Slejko,8 Maureen PMH Rutten-van Mölken1 1Institute for Medical Technology Assessment (iMTA)/Erasmus ...
Hoogendoorn M +8 more
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Exacerbations, health status and sibling pair comparisons in severe Alpha-1-Antitrypsin Deficiency [PDF]
Alpha-1-Antitrypsin Deficiency (AATD) is a risk factor for the development of early-onset emphysema and airflow obstruction. The current work defines exacerbations, lung function and health status in these patients including sibling pairs.
Needham, Michelle
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Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) is the third leading cause of death worldwide. While COPD is a mainly chronic disease, a substantial number of patients suffer from exacerbations. Severe exacerbations are related to a significantly worse survival outcome.
Christian Viniol, Claus F. Vogelmeier
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Pappas, Dominic, Vempati, Amrita
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Management and prevention of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease exacerbations: a state of the art review [PDF]
Exacerbations of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) are important events in the natural history of this prevalent and devastating condition. This review provides a concise, state of the art summary on prevention and management of exacerbations.
Hurst, JR +5 more
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Pulsed moxifloxacin for the prevention of exacerbations of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease: a randomized controlled trial [PDF]
Background Acute exacerbations contribute to the morbidity and mortality associated with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD). This proof-of-concept study evaluates whether intermittent pulsed moxifloxacin treatment could reduce the frequency of ...
Jones, PW +118 more
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Treatment of pulmonary exacerbations in cystic fibrosis [PDF]
Purpose of review This review will discuss the challenges of defining a pulmonary exacerbations in cystic fibrosis and the key pathogens, which contribute.
Nadig, Tejaswi +3 more
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Changes in plasma levels of B-type natriuretic peptide with acute exacerbations of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease. [PDF]
Background: Elevated plasma B-type natriuretic peptide (BNP) levels and their association with heart failure have been reported in subjects with acute exacerbations of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (AECOPD).
Oga, T +5 more
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Acute exacerbation of COPD [PDF]
AbstractThe literature of acute exacerbation of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) is fast expanding. This review focuses on several aspects of acute exacerbation of COPD (AECOPD) including epidemiology, diagnosis and management. COPD poses a major health and economic burden in the Asia‐Pacific region, as it does worldwide. Triggering factors
Fanny W. Ko +6 more
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