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Assessment of Risk Factors against Severity of COPD in Non-Smokers

Journal of Nepal Medical Association, 2013
Introduction: Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease in non-smokers has been an important concern in past decade. We studied the risk factors responsible for more severe Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease.
Ashok Kumar Panjwani, Shaista Ghazal, Ravi Mahat, Maria Malik, Nadeem Rizvi   +4 more
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Global Initiative for the Diagnosis, Management, and Prevention of Chronic Obstructive Lung Disease. The 2020 GOLD Science Committee Report on COVID-19 and Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease

American Journal of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine, 2020
The severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) pandemic has raised many questions about the management of patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) and whether modifications of their therapy are required.
D. Halpin, G. Criner, A. Papi, Dave Singh, A. Anzueto, F. Martinez, A. Agustí, C. Vogelmeier   +7 more
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Management of Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease

Handbook of Healthcare in the Arab World, 2021
Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) is a major cause of mortality and morbidity throughout the world. It is the only cause of death among the top ten causes that is increasing and is expected to become the third leading cause of death in the ...
Maher R. Khdour, Hussein O. Hallak, Hani Abdeen   +2 more
semanticscholar   +1 more source

A comparison of HTLV-1 Infection Frequency in Patients with or without Tuberculosis [PDF]

Journal of Cardio-Thoracic Medicine, 2014
Introduction: To recognize the predisposing factors in tuberculosis as an endemic infection in Northeast province of Iran, this study was aimed to evaluate whether HumanT-lymphocyte type 1 (HTLV-I) as an immunosuppressive factor increases the risk of ...
Leila Ghofraniha, Elham Ghalenavi, Davood Attaran, Mohammad Towhidi, Hooshang Rafatpanah, Mohamad Khajehdaloee, Mohamad Reza Sarvghad Moghadam   +6 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, Heba H Eltrawy, Shaimaa E Kabil, Hanaa A Abou-Elhassan, Rania Abdelshafy, Ahmed Aboseif, Abdullah M Albalsha, Fawzy M Omar, Mohamed Heggy, Mostafa A Ibrahim, Ashraf Moursi, Ahmed F Elbwab, Moaz Atef, Ahmed E Kabil   +13 more
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Prevalence of depression and anxiety in patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease and their association with psychosocial outcomes: A cross-sectional study from Pakistan

SAGE Open Medicine, 2021
Objectives: Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease contributes to substantial health and economic burden worldwide. Co-morbid depression and anxiety are highly prevalent in patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease.
Muhammad Omair Husain, Imran B Chaudhry, Amy Blakemore, Suleman Shakoor, Muhammad Ali Husain, Steven Lane, Tayyeba Kiran, Farhat Jafri, Rakhshi Memon, Maria Panagioti, Nusrat Husain   +10 more
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Advances in Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease.

Annual Review of Medicine, 2021
Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) is a common respiratory disorder with significant morbidity and mortality. Despite its prevalence, COPD is underdiagnosed, and many patients do not receive a diagnosis until the disease is clinically advanced.
M. Ferrera, W. Labaki, M. Han
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Clinical characteristics of Japanese patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) with comorbid interstitial lung abnormalities: A cross-sectional study.

PLoS ONE, 2020
Smoking-related interstitial lung abnormalities are different from specific forms of fibrosing lung disease which might be associated with poor prognoses.
Manabu Ono, Seiichi Kobayashi, Masakazu Hanagama, Masatsugu Ishida, Hikari Sato, Tomonori Makiguchi, Masaru Yanai   +6 more
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Global burden of medication non-adherence in chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) and asthma: a narrative review of the clinical and economic case for smart inhalers

Journal of Thoracic Disease, 2021
Medication non-adherence to asthma and chronic obstructive pulmonary disease therapy poses a significant burden for patients and societies. Non-adherence encompasses poor initiation, implementation (including poor inhalation technique) and non ...
Evalyne M Jansen, S. J. van de Hei, B. Dierick, H. Kerstjens, J. Kocks, Job F. M. van Boven   +5 more
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Disease-associated gut microbiome and metabolome changes in patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease

Nature Communications, 2020
Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) is the third commonest cause of death globally, and manifests as a progressive inflammatory lung disease with no curative treatment. The lung microbiome contributes to COPD progression, but the function of the
K. Bowerman, S. F. Rehman, Annalicia Vaughan, Nancy Lachner, K. Budden, R. Kim, David L A Wood, S. Gellatly, S. Shukla, L. Wood, I. Yang, P. Wark, P. Hugenholtz, P. Hansbro   +13 more
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