[PDF] Top 20 Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) and emergency departments

... compensation and massive workload (Brotons, ...population, and the report of the EXpert Panel on effective ways of investing in Health (ExPH, 2018) reaffirms the importance of discussing and ... See full document

... the Pulmonary Outpatient Clinic of the university hospital were ...other chronic diseases, such as uncontrolled diabetes mellitus, kidney or liver failure and cancer, also constituted grounds for ... See full document

... since chronic inflammation can be a major trigger of muscle ...mass, and COPD patients with low ...index and degree of apoptosis ...investigated and deserves more in-depth ... See full document

... recording and analyz- ing clinical ...type and number) of all centers located in the area under ...indicators and that differences in guide- line adherence in relation to hospital size were lower ... See full document

... removed and one reviewer performed the initial screening of title, abstract and keywords of studies based on the type of publication and relevance for the scope of the ...name and year of ... See full document

... robust and less biased treatment recom- mendations, solely relying on such strict methodologies can also compromise the conclusions and external valid- ity of ...asthma and/or allergy, never smokers ... See full document

... receptor, and is stored in cells bound to ...transferrin and ferritin expression was found in COPD lungs, and transferrin receptor was higher in BAL from COPD subjects than in healthy ...lungs, ... See full document

... used and ii) the inclusion of mainly older patients with ...COPD and would allow the establishment of stronger recommendations for the COPD ...countries and inform rehabilitation recommendations in a ... See full document

... Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) pro- gressively affects patients by causing physical con- straints, psychosocial disturbances and an economic ...therapies and other ... See full document

... scores and BMI ...attributes and SGRQ have been found in patients with COPD ...activity and impact do- mains of the SGRQ, as well as higher total SGRQ scores, than did patients presenting normal body ... See full document

... Ho-1(18) and EPHX1(26) association with health related quality of ...COPD and the Arg/Arg genotype presented better health related quality of life in treatments with tiotropium(17) whereas no significant ... See full document

... Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) has a dramatic effect on quality of ...factors, disease prevalence and pattern, and above all, the different overall ... See full document

... scores, and although is not considered a measurement property (Mokkink, Prinsen, Bouter, Vet, & Terwee, 2016), it is recognised by the COSMIN as an important characteristic of a measurement instrument (Mokkink ... See full document

... centres and one district hospital in the central region of ...1 and 2) and advanced (GOLD 3 and 4) outpatients with COPD (GOLD ...study and asked their willingness to be contacted by ... See full document

... disability and, thus, an increasing dependence on their family ...early and advanced COPD were ...uncertain and unpredictable nature of the symptoms and the acute exacerbations characteristic ... See full document

... systemic disease that also affects the musculoskeletal system, decreasing muscle mass due to disuse and leading to the development of many bioenergetic abnormalities ...patients and found that this ... See full document

... Asthma and COPD are chronic lung diseases which are highly prevalent and have significant socio-economic ...study and between 35 and 69 years old in the other); there is also another ... See full document

... into chronic bronchitis or emphysema as there is not much difference with regard to treatment ...emphysema, chronic bronchitis and small airway ...for chronic bronchitis and emphysema, ... See full document

... of Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease ...(Glu264Val) and PiZ (Glu342Lys) SERPINA1 alleles in 100 COPD patients and 200 healthy ...patients and controls, neither did ... See full document

... 15.7) and control (17 volun- teers, FEV1/FVC = ...(TINN) and Poincaré plot (SD1, SD2 and ...samples and Mann-Whitney test were used for data ... See full document