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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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Pathogenesis of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease [PDF]

, 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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A case of diffuse persistent pulmonary emphysema: When is difficult the diagnosis?

Journal of Pediatric Surgery Case Reports, 2016
Persistent pulmonary interstitial emphysema (PPIE) is a rare condition that occurs in both preterm and term infants. It is thought to arise from a disruption of the basement membrane of the alveolar wall allowing air entry into the interstitial space ...
Marina Sica, Francesco Molinaro, Rossella Angotti, Oscar Mazzei, Mario Messina   +4 more
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Local lung responses following endobronchial elastase and lipopolysaccharide instillation in sheep [PDF]

, 2006
Chronic lipopolysaccharide (LPS) exposure may contribute to the pathogenesis of a number of lung diseases including COPD and emphysema. We sought to develop a large-animal model of emphysema using repeated LPS administration into sheep lung segments.
Blundell, Richard, Rhind, Susan; id_orcid, McLean, Nicola, Rhind, Susan, Milne, Elspeth, Woodall, Chris, Collie, D David S, Baker, Alison, Sallenave, Jean-Michel   +8 more
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Association between Image Characteristics on Chest CT and Severe Pleural Adhesion during Lung Cancer Surgery. [PDF]

PLoS ONE, 2016
The aim of this study was to investigate the association between image characteristics on preoperative chest CT and severe pleural adhesion during surgery in lung cancer patients.
Kwang Nam Jin, Yong Won Sung, Se Jin Oh, Ye Ra Choi, Hyoun Cho, Jae-Sung Choi, Hyeon-Jong Moon   +6 more
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Pulmonary interstitial emphysema presenting in a woman on the intensive care unit: case report and review of literature

Journal of Medical Case Reports, 2011
Introduction Pulmonary interstitial emphysema is a life-threatening form of ventilator-induced lung injury. We present one of the few reported adult cases of pulmonary interstitial emphysema in a woman with respiratory failure admitted to our intensive ...
Jovaisa Tomas, Sherren Peter B
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MRI of the lung (3/3)-current applications and future perspectives [PDF]

, 2011
BackgroundMRI of the lung is recommended in a number of clinical indications. Having a non-radiation alternative is particularly attractive in children and young subjects, or pregnant women.MethodsProvided there is sufficient expertise, magnetic ...
M. Both, Molinari, F., Mirsadraee, S., E. J. R. Van Beek, Molinari, F, Both, M, Beer, M., Bauman, G, Wild, J., Mirsadraee, S, Biederer, J, Hintze, C, Jürgen Biederer, J. Wild, S. Mirsadraee, Puderbach, M, Biederer, Jürgen, Wild, J, Bauman, G., M. Beer, M. Puderbach, Van Beek, E J R, Beer, M, Hintze, C., Both, M., G. Bauman, C. Hintze, Van Beek, EJR, F. Molinari, Van Beek, E. J. R., Puderbach, M.   +30 more
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Combined Pulmonary Fibrosis and Emphysema in a welder

Monaldi Archives for Chest Disease, 2015
Combined pulmonary fibrosis and emphysema (CPFE) syndrome is an uncommon entity characterised by emphysema of the upper lobes and diffuse fibrosis of the lower lobes and carries a bad prognosis with the onset of pulmonary hypertension.
R. Roshan, M. Gupta, R. Kulshrestha, B. Menon, S.K. Chhabra   +4 more
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Korean Guidelines for Diagnosis and Management of Interstitial Lung Diseases [PDF]

Tuberculosis and Respiratory Diseases
Interstitial lung disease (ILD) comprises a heterogeneous group of disorders characterized by interstitial compartment proliferation, inflammatory infiltration, and potential fibrosis with abnormal collagen deposition.
Chul Park, Yoomi Yeo, A La Woo, Jung Wan Yoo, Goohyeon Hong, Jong Wook Shin, Sung Woo Park, on Behalf of the Korean Interstitial Lung Disease Study Group   +7 more
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Radiologic findings in interstitial pulmonary emphysema [PDF]

, 1988
Nine patients with pneumomediastinum ranging in age from 0 to 72 years were reviewed. X-ray CT ("Review" or high resolution CT) showed interstitial pulmonary emphysema (IPE) in perivascular and peribronchial space in 2 of the patients.
Satoh, Katashi, Kojima, Kanji, Toyasato TAMAI, Mizukawa, Kichiro, Kageyama, Junichi, Uefuji, Tetsuro, Yasutane MORI, Yoichi SHIRAKAWA, Tamai, Toyosato, Katashi SATOH, Toyama, Yoshihiro, Yoshihiro TOYAMA, Yoshiro KAWASE, Kichiro MIZUKAWA, Kanji KOJIMA, Kawase, Yoshiro, Shirakawa, Yoichi, Yoko TOSAKI, Masatada TANABE, Tosaki, Yoko, Tetsuro UEFUJI, Junichi KAGEYAMA, Mori, Yasutane, Tanabe, Masatada   +23 more
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