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American Journal of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine, 2007 Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) remains a major public health problem. It is the fourth leading cause of chronic morbidity and mortality in the United States, and is projected to rank fifth in 2020 in burden of disease worldwide, according ...
K. Rabe +10 more
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ACVIM consensus statement guidelines for the diagnosis, classification, treatment, and monitoring of pulmonary hypertension in dogs. [PDF]
, 2020 Pulmonary hypertension (PH), defined by increased pressure within the pulmonary vasculature, is a hemodynamic and pathophysiologic state present in a wide variety of cardiovascular, respiratory, and systemic diseases.
Abbott, Jonathan +9 more
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Arginase and pulmonary diseases [PDF]
Naunyn-Schmiedeberg's Archives of Pharmacology, 2008 Recent studies have indicated that arginase, which converts L-arginine into L-ornithine and urea, may play an important role in the pathogenesis of various pulmonary disorders. In asthma, chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) and cystic fibrosis, increased arginase activity in the airways may contribute to obstruction and hyperresponsiveness of ...
Harm Maarsingh, Tonio Pera, Herman Meurs
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Elective lower limb orthopedic arthroplasty surgery in patients with pulmonary hypertension
Pulmonary Circulation, 2022 Patients with pulmonary arterial hypertension and chronic thromboembolic pulmonary hypertension (PH) are at increased risk when undergoing anesthesia and major surgery. Data on outcomes for elective orthopedic surgery in patients with PH are limited.
Mikaela Wardle +15 more
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COgnitive-Pulmonary Disease [PDF]
BioMed Research International, 2014 Over the past few decades, chronic obstructive lung disease (COPD) has been considered a disease of the lungs, often caused by smoking. Nowadays, COPD is regarded as a systemic disease. Both physical effects and effects on brains, including impaired psychological and cognitive functioning, have been demonstrated.
Rudolf W. H. M. Ponds +4 more
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A 73‐year‐old man with loss of consciousness during treatment for miliary tuberculosis
Respirology Case Reports, 2022 Key message Miliary tuberculosis is often associated with cerebral tuberculoma, which can manifest during treatment. We present images of a patient with cerebral tuberculoma detected due to emerging neurological symptoms during treatment of miliary ...
Masahiro Ohgiya +4 more
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Clinical Infectious Diseases, 2020 Nontuberculous mycobacteria (NTM) represent over 190 species and subspecies, some of which can produce disease in humans of all ages and can affect both pulmonary and extrapulmonary sites.
C. Daley +20 more
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Association between weight loss and mortality in idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis
Respiratory Research, 2022 Rationale Idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis (IPF) is a chronic, progressive interstitial lung disease that has no cure. Many current research efforts center on diagnostic and therapeutic modalities for IPF while other risk factors affecting disease ...
Aleksandr Kalininskiy +5 more
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BNP/NT-proBNP in pulmonary arterial hypertension: time for point-of-care testing?
European Respiratory Review, 2020 Despite the advent of new therapies and improved outcomes in patients with pulmonary arterial hypertension (PAH), it remains a life-shortening disease and the time to diagnosis remains unchanged.
Robert A. Lewis +3 more
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Pulmonary Diseases and Corticosteroids [PDF]
The Indian Journal of Pediatrics, 2008 Steroids (corticosteroids) are anti-inflammatory drugs. Corticosteroids are used in many pulmonary conditions. Corticosteroids have a proven beneficial role in asthma, croup (Laryngotracheobronchitis), decreasing the risk and severity of respiratory distress syndrome (RDS), allergic bronchopulmonary aspergillosis, interstitial lung disease, hemangioma ...
Gulshan Rai Sethi, Kamal Kumar Singhal
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