Prevalence and clinical characteristics of fibromyalgia syndrome in individuals with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease: A cross-sectional study [PDF]
Objective This study investigated the prevalence of fibromyalgia syndrome in individuals with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease and examined its association with the demographic and clinical variables of these individuals.
Suat Konuk +3 more
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Association of single-nucleotide polymorphism with spirometry indices and pulmonary ventilation characteristics in patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease [PDF]
Objectives Genome-wide association studies have identified FAM13A as a gene linked to chronic obstructive pulmonary disease. Several single-nucleotide polymorphisms—notably, rs7671167, rs2869967, rs2869966, and rs17014601—are associated with chronic ...
Binh Huy Nguyen +8 more
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Expert Consensus on Immunomodulatory Therapies for Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease [PDF]
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]
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
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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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 +17 more
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Global Burden of Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease Through 2050
Key Points Question What will the global and regional burden of COPD be in terms of cases and prevalence by 2050? Findings In this modeling study, global COPD prevalence was projected to approach 600 million cases worldwide by 2050, which represents a ...
E. Boers +13 more
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The 2023 Global Initiative for Chronic Obstructive Lung Disease (GOLD) report includes relevant topics from the clinician’s perspective and evidence published on chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) since GOLD 2017. The World Health Organization (
D. Parums
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Objectives Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease is a chronic disease with numerous complications. Therefore, its effective management depends on home-based pulmonary rehabilitation.
Ramin Sami +4 more
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Association of clonal hematopoiesis with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease
Clonal hematopoiesis of indeterminate potential (CHIP) is an age-related phenomenon that induces inflammation. Since CHIP is a risk factor for cardiovascular disease, Miller and colleagues investigated the association between CHIP and chronic obstructive
P. Miller +43 more
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