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The diagnosis and treatment of elderly patients with acute exacerbation of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease and chronic bronchitis. [PDF]

open access: yes, 2010
The syndrome of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) consists of chronic bronchitis (CB), bronchiectasis, emphysema, and reversible airway disease that combine uniquely in an individual patient.
Albertson, Timothy E   +2 more
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LABA/LAMA combinations versus LAMA monotherapy or LABA/ICS in COPD : a systematic review and meta-analysis [PDF]

open access: yes, 2017
Acknowledgments The meta-analysis work was performed by Guruprasad Rao KS and Sharanbasappa Durg of Molecular Connections (P) Ltd, Bangalore, India, under the guidance of the manuscript authors and Novartis Pharma AG (Basel, Switzerland). Medical writing
Altman, Pablo   +8 more
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Unraveling the Complexities of Coagulation Dysfunction in Acute Exacerbation of Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease: Investigating the Interplay between Infection, Hypercapnia and Hemostatic Abnormalities

open access: yesLife and Science
Objective: To understand how the acute exacerbations of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) can lead to coagulation dysfunctions causing hemostatic abnormalities (prolonged prothrombin time, slightly longer activated partial thromboplastin time,
Bilal Ahmed   +5 more
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The effects of atorvastatin in mustard gas exposed patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease: A randomized controlled trail [PDF]

open access: yes
Background: Statins have anti-inflammatory effects in patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease. This study designed to evaluate the effects of atorvastatin on serum highly sensitive C-reactive protein (hs-CRP) and pulmonary function in ...
قانعی, مصطفی   +4 more
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Investigating fibrinogen levels as a biomarker for immune inflammation severity in COPD patients across GOLD stages

open access: yesJournal of the Pakistan Medical Association
Objective: To assess the association between fibrinogen levels and immune inflammation severity in patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease at different stages of the Global Initiative for Chronic Obstructive Lung Disease classification ...
Hamidullah   +4 more
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Association between left ventricular diastolic dysfunction and severity of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease

open access: yesClinics, 2013
OBJECTIVES: The prevalence of electrocardiographic and echocardiographic abnormalities in chronic obstructive pulmonary disease according to disease severity has not yet been established.
Laura Miranda de Oliveira Caram   +7 more
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Best evidence summary on exercise rehabilitation of stable patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease

open access: yesHuli yanjiu, 2021
ObjectiveTo retrieve and summarize the best evidences on exercise rehabilitation of stable patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease.MethodsDomestic and foreign databases and official websites of relevant associations were retrieved.Then ...
ZHA Huixian   +5 more
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Asthma and chronic obstructive pulmonary disease overlap: asthmatic chronic obstructive pulmonary disease or chronic obstructive asthma?

open access: yesTherapeutic Advances in Respiratory Disease, 2016
Asthma and chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) are different disease entities. They are both clinical diagnoses, with diagnostic tools to discriminate between one another. However, especially in older patients (>55 years) it seems more difficult
Annelies Slats, Christian Taube
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Association between Psoriasis and Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease: A Systematic Review and Meta-analysis.

open access: yesPLoS ONE, 2015
Psoriasis is considered a systemic inflammatory disorder. Previous studies have reported conflicting positive or negative correlations between psoriasis and chronic obstructive pulmonary disease. We performed a meta-analysis to determine whether there is
Xin Li   +8 more
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A systematic review of the association between pulmonary tuberculosis and the development of chronic airflow obstruction in adults [PDF]

open access: yes, 2012
Includes abstract.Includes bibliographical references.Pulmonary tuberculosis (TB) as a cause of COPD is debated, with some, but not all evidence suggesting an association between the two conditions.
Allwood, Brian
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