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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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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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Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease

BMJ, 2003
Three distinct disorders combine to produce chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD): emphysema, peripheral airway disease or bronchospasm, and chronic bronchitis. Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease is defined as a disease state characterized by airflow limitation that is not fully reversible.
David, Price, Martin, Duerden
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Prediction of disease progression, treatment response and dropout in chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD). [PDF]

, 2014
Drug development in chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) has been characterised by unacceptably high failure rates. In addition to the poor sensitivity in forced expiratory volume in one second (FEV1), numerous causes are known to contribute to ...
Musuamba, F.T., O. Della Pasqua, H. J. Maas, A. Facius, Della Pasqua, O., Della Pasqua, O, Yang, S., M. Danhof, D. Teutonico, Facius, A, Musuamba, FT, Teutonico, D, Yang, S, Facius, A., Danhof, M., S. Yang, Teutonico, D., Maas, H.J., Maas, HJ, Danhof, M, F. T. Musuamba   +20 more
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Changing patterns in long-acting bronchodilator trials in chronic obstructive pulmonary disease. [PDF]

, 2011
Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) is a major cause of morbidity and mortality worldwide. Developments in the understanding of COPD have led to standard guidelines for diagnosis, treatment, and spirometry assessments, which have in turn ...
James Donohue, Paul Jones, James F Donohue, Paul W Jones, Donohue, JF, Jones, PW   +5 more
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Models of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease [PDF]

, 2004
Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) is a major global health problem and is predicted to become the third most common cause of death by 2020. Apart from the important preventive steps of smoking cessation, there are no other specific treatments ...
David A Groneberg, Chung K Fan, Chung, K. Fan, Groneberg, Jan David Alexander, Groneberg David A, K Fan Chung   +5 more
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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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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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Bronchiectasis in patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease

Journal of Pathology of Nepal, 2018
Background: Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease is most common disease entity and third leading cause of mortality worldwide. The presence of bronchiectasis in severe chronic obstructive pulmonary disease patients had led to frequent exacerbation ...
Milesh Jung Sijapati, Narayan Bikram Thapa, Rajendra Rijal, Shiva Raj KC, Poojyashree Karki   +4 more
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Evaluation of Arterial Stiffness in Patients with Bronchial Asthma and Co-Existent Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease

Galician Medical Journal, 2017
The objective of the research was to determine the characteristics of arterial stiffness and cardiovascular risk in patients with co-existence of asthma and chronic obstructive pulmonary disease. Materials and methods.
Kseniia Nazarenko
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