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Pathogenesis of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease [PDF]

Clinics in Chest Medicine, 2005
The current paradigm for the pathogenesis of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease is that chronic airflow limitation results from an abnormal inflammatory response to inhaled particles and gases in the lung. Airspace inflammation appears to be different
Macnee, W
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Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease [PDF]

BMJ, 2007
A 58 year old female smoker presents with a complaint of dyspnoea associated with chronic cough and sputum production during the winter months. Her general health is good. She recently took early retirement to spend more time with her grandchildren but found that she is too breathless to lift and carry them or to look after them safely in the park ...
Andrew, McIvor, Paul, Little
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Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease [PDF]

The Lancet, 2012
Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) is characterised by progressive airflow obstruction that is only partly reversible, inflammation in the airways, and systemic effects or comorbities. The main cause is smoking tobacco, but other factors have been identified.
Decramer, Marc, Janssens, Wim, Miravitlles, Marc   +2 more
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Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease [PDF]

Critical Care Nursing Quarterly, 2016
Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) is a chronic smoking-related lung disease associated with significant mortality and morbidity. It carries an enormous economic burden on the health care system. This results in a significant social impact on affected patients and their families.
Yousef, Hattab, Sulaiman, Alhassan, Marvin, Balaan, Mark, Lega, Anil C, Singh   +4 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
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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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The effect of adding inhaled corticosteroids to tiotropium and long-acting beta(2)-agonists for chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (Review) [PDF]

, 2011
BackgroundLong-acting bronchodilators comprising long-acting beta(2)-agonists and the anticholinergic agent tiotropiumare commonly used, either on their own or in combination, for managing persistent symptoms of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease ...
Aaron, Aaron, Agarwal, Akazawa, Appleton, Barr, Beeh, Berger, Briggs, Calverley, Dalal, Effing, Higgins, Hutchinson, Johnson, Kaplan, Lacasse, Meer, Najafzadeh, Najafzadeh, Nannini, Nannini Luis, Proskocil, Rodrigo, Rodrigo, Roisman, Singh, Singh, Tanaka, Tashkin, Wallukat, Welsh, Yang   +32 more
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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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Telehealthcare for chronic obstructive pulmonary disease [PDF]

, 2011
BACKGROUND: Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) is a disease of irreversible airways obstruction in which patients often suffer exacerbations. Sometimes these exacerbations need hospital care: telehealthcare has the potential to reduce admission
Car, Josip, Liu, Joseph L. Y., McLean, Susannah, Nurmatov, Ulugbek, Pagliari, Claudia, Sheikh, Aziz   +5 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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