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How Accurate Is the Diagnosis of “Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease” in Patients Hospitalized with an Acute Exacerbation?

Medicina, 2023
Rationale: COPD diagnosis requires relevant symptoms and an FEV1/FVC ratio of 0.7), and those who have never performed spirometry. Results: A total of 1138 patients with a recorded diagnosis of COPD were identified of which 233 patients were included in
Fares Darawshy, Ayman Abu Rmeileh, Rottem Kuint, Polina Goychmann-Cohen, Zvi G. Fridlender, Neville Berkman   +5 more
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Lung volumes identify an at-risk group in persons with prolonged secondhand tobacco smoke exposure but without overt airflow obstruction. [PDF]

, 2018
IntroductionExposure to secondhand smoke (SHS) is associated with occult obstructive lung disease as evident by abnormal airflow indices representing small airway disease despite having preserved spirometry (normal forced expiratory volume in 1 s-to ...
Arjomandi, Mehrdad, Blanc, Paul D, Bos, Bruce, Elicker, Brett, Geerts, Jeroen, Gold, Warren M, Keene, Jason, Stiner, Rachel K, van Koeverden, Ian, Zeng, Siyang   +9 more
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Impulse oscillometry identifies peripheral airway dysfunction in children with adenosine deaminase deficiency. [PDF]

, 2015
Adenosine deaminase-deficient severe combined immunodeficiency (ADA-SCID) is characterized by impaired T-, B- and NK-cell function. Affected children, in addition to early onset of infections, manifest non-immunologic symptoms including pulmonary ...
Candotti, Fabio, Hershfield, Michael S, Kohn, Donald B, Komarow, Hirsh D, Metcalfe, Dean D, Sokolic, Robert, Young, Michael   +6 more
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Prevalence of asthma and COPD and blood eosinophil count in a middle-aged Belgian population [PDF]

, 2019
Various phenotypes exist in asthma and Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD). These are important to identify in order to guide treatment decisions.
Brusselle, Guy, De Buyzere, Marc, Lahousse, Lies, Rietzschel, Ernst, Wijnant, Sara   +4 more
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Spirometry practice and the impact of a phase 1 training workshop among health workers in southern Nigeria: a cross-sectional study

BMC Pulmonary Medicine, 2020
Background Global standards require that spirometry should be performed by trained and experienced personnel, who would be able to assess the correct performance of tests by patients and assure good quality of the result. The complete achievement of this
Adaeze Ayuk, Chizalu Ndukwu, Samuel Uwaezuoke, Eno Ekop   +3 more
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Can HRCT be used as a marker of airway remodelling in children with difficult asthma? [PDF]

, 2006
BACKGROUND: Whole airway wall thickening on high resolution computed tomography (HRCT) is reported to parallel thickening of the bronchial epithelial reticular basement membrane (RBM) in adult asthmatics. A similar relationship in children with difficult
A Barbato, A Chetta, AL James, C Owens, C Ward, D Payne, DG Altman, DN Payne, HR Roberts, HW Chu, J de Blic, K Kasahara, KO McKay, P Jeffery, P Sullivan, PA de Jong, PG Woodruff, PK Jeffery, S Saglani, SA Little, SM Stick, TR Bai, V Marchac, Y Nakano   +23 more
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Clinical Decision Support System to Enhance Quality Control of Spirometry Using Information and Communication Technologies

JMIR Medical Informatics, 2014
BackgroundWe recently demonstrated that quality of spirometry in primary care could markedly improve with remote offline support from specialized professionals.
Burgos, Felip, Melia, Umberto, Vallverdú, Montserrat, Velickovski, Filip, Lluch-Ariet, Magí, Caminal, Pere, Roca, Josep   +6 more
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A review of the challenges, learnings and future directions of home handheld spirometry in interstitial lung disease

Respiratory Research, 2022
Background Patients with interstitial lung disease (ILD) require regular physician visits and referral to specialist ILD clinics. Difficulties or delays in accessing care can limit opportunities to monitor disease trajectory and response to treatment ...
Toby M. Maher, Courtney Schiffman, Michael Kreuter, Catharina C. Moor, Steven D. Nathan, Judit Axmann, Paula Belloni, Monica Bengus, Frank Gilberg, Klaus-Uwe Kirchgaessler, Marlies S. Wijsenbeek   +10 more
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Acute and Chronic Effects of Smoking on Inflammation Markers in Exhaled Breath Condensate in Current Smokers [PDF]

, 2010
Background: Long-term cigarette smoking is associated with pulmonary inflammation, but the acute effects of smoking have been less well studied. Analysis of the exhaled breath condensate (EBC) can provide noninvasive markers that might be indicative of ...
Bals, Robert, Herr, Christian, Jörres, Rudolf A., Koczulla, A. Rembert, Noeske, Sarah, Römmelt, Horst, Vogelmeier, Claus   +6 more
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Incentive Spirometry: 2011 [PDF]

Respiratory Care, 2011
We searched the MEDLINE, CINAHL, and Cochrane Library databases for articles published between January 1995 and April 2011. The update of this clinical practice guideline is the result of reviewing a total of 54 clinical trials and systematic reviews on incentive spirometry.
Ruben D, Restrepo, Richard, Wettstein, Leo, Wittnebel, Michael, Tracy   +3 more
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