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The Relationship Between Structural and Functional Pulmonary Status and Quality of Life in Children With Primary Ciliary Dyskinesia

Pediatric Pulmonology, Volume 61, Issue 6, June 2026.
ABSTRACT Introduction Primary ciliary dyskinesia (PCD) is a genetic disorder characterized by impaired mucociliary clearance, leading to recurrent airway infections and bronchiectasis. Monitoring disease progression requires both functional and structural assessments of the lungs.
Nesibe Hatun Sarıhan, Sinem Can Oksay, Sabriye Gülçin Bozbeyoğlu, Saniye Girit   +3 more
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Novel Therapeutics for Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease: From Empirical Bronchodilation to Precision Medicine

Respirology, Volume 31, Issue 6, Page 561-577, June 2026.
ABSTRACT Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) remains the third leading cause of death worldwide, and conventional bronchodilator‐based therapies have limited efficacy in preventing exacerbations and disease progression. The 2024–2026 period represents a historic inflection point: three mechanistically distinct agents received Food and Drug ...
Naoya Fujino, Hisatoshi Sugiura
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Model for Developing a Health-Related Quality of Life Questionnaire for Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease

Canadian Respiratory Journal, 2018
Introduction. The St. George’s Respiratory Questionnaire (SGRQ), Modified Medical Research Council (mMRC) Dyspnea Scale, Hospital Anxiety and Depression Scale (HADS), and general health questionnaire (SF-36) are widely used for chronic respiratory ...
Nikolić Emilija, Nikolić Aleksandar, Stević Ruža, Brandmajer Tijana, Mićanović Veselin, Mašnić Jelena   +5 more
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Spirometry, the St. George’s Respiratory Questionnaire, and other clinical measures as predictors of medical costs and COPD exacerbation events in a prospective cohort

Southwest Respiratory and Critical Care Chronicles, 2015
Purpose:We conducted a prospective clinical cohort study of 300 established COPD patients randomly recruited from one managed care system to examine how well a battery of spirometry, exercise, and health status measures, including the St.
Douglas W Mapel, Melissa Roberts
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Questionnaires

Canadian Respiratory Journal, 2004
In this issue of the Canadian Respiratory Journal, Bourbeau et al (pages 480-486) publish what could be loosely described as a validation of a French-Canadian translation of the Chronic Respiratory Questionnaire (CRQ) (1) and the St George's Respiratory ...
Nick R Anthonisen
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Determinants of quality of life after lung transplant: an Italian collaborative study

Monaldi Archives for Chest Disease, 2016
Background. With the improvement in survival rates after lung transplantation, concern has arisen about evaluating quality of life (QoL). This multicenter cross-sectional study aimed at describing QoL and identifying factors associated with it.
S. Ricotti, P. Vitulo, L. Petrucci, T. Oggionni, C. Klersy   +4 more
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Quality of Life and Limitations in Daily Life of Stable COPD Outpatients in a Real-World Setting in Austria – Results from the CLARA Project

International Journal of COPD, 2020
Andreas Horner,1– 3 Otto C Burghuber,4 Sylvia Hartl,5 Michael Studnicka,6 Monika Merkle,7 Horst Olschewski,8 Bernhard Kaiser,1 Eva Maria Wallner,9 Bernd Lamprecht1,2 1Department of Pulmonology, Kepler University Hospital, Linz, Austria; 2Faculty of
Horner A, Burghuber OC, Hartl S, Studnicka M, Merkle M, Olschewski H, Kaiser B, Wallner EM, Lamprecht B   +8 more
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Voice, swallowing, and quality of life after management of laryngeal cancer with different treatment modalities

The Egyptian Journal of Otolaryngology, 2016
En Abstract Background Laryngeal cancer is the most common malignant tumor of the upper aerodigestive tract. Surgical treatment of advanced laryngeal cancer often requires a total laryngectomy (TL), resulting in a permanent tracheostomy and potential ...
Medhat M. H. Mansour, Mahmoud F. Abdel-Aziz, Magdy E. Saafan, Haytham R. M. Al-Afandi, Mohammed Darweesh   +4 more
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Comparison of Different Disease-Specific Health-Related Quality of Life Measurements in Patients with Long-Term Noninvasive Ventilation

Canadian Respiratory Journal, 2017
Background. Two disease-specific questionnaires have been developed to assess health-related quality of life (HRQL) in patients with chronic respiratory failure: the Severe Respiratory Insufficiency (SRI) Questionnaire and the Maugeri Respiratory Failure
Toru Oga, Hiroyuki Taniguchi, Hideo Kita, Tomomasa Tsuboi, Keisuke Tomii, Morihide Ando, Eiji Kojima, Hiromi Tomioka, Yoshio Taguchi, Yusuke Kaji, Ryoji Maekura, Toru Hiraga, Naoki Sakai, Tomoki Kimura, Michiaki Mishima, Wolfram Windisch, Kazuo Chin   +16 more
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Assessment for efficacy of additional breathing exercises over improvement in health impairment due to asthma assessed using St. George's respiratory questionnaire

International Journal of Yoga, 2017
Background: Breathing exercises have been described to be useful in asthma management by few researchers in the past. Objective: To assess the efficacy of breathing exercises (Pranayamas) added to regular optimal medications in asthma patients in ...
Dipti Agarwal, Prem Parkash Gupta, Sushma Sood   +2 more
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