[PDF] Top 20 Three-year follow-up study of respiratory and systemic manifestations of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease

... in chronic obstructive pulmonary disease ...present study, we moni- tored forced expiratory volume in the irst second (FEV 1 ) and other manifestations of the ... See full document

... causes of death in these patients were cardiovascular disease and lung cancer (Sin et ...be chronic systemic and pulmonary ...formation and oxidative stress (Zuo et ... See full document

... probability of death was in line with mortality figures reported by other ...History of exacerbations was associated with a higher probability of death during the follow-up but not with ... See full document

... Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease is progressive and is characterized by abnormal inflammation of the lungs in response to inhalation of noxious particles or toxic ... See full document

... 1 . Marin JM, Carrizo SJ, Gascon M, Sanchez A, Gallego B, Celli BR. Inspiratory capacity, dynamic hyperinflation, breathlessness and exer- cise performance during the 6-minutes-walk test in chronic ... See full document

... in chronic obstructive pulmonary disease ...hypoxemia and, in severe cases, can lead to respiratory ...subjects and can improve sleep in several clinical ... See full document

... ST and CT modalities produced significant and similar changes in health-related quality of life in the pres- ent ...magnitude of the improvements shown in the present study (SGRQ total ... See full document

... his study was a prospective, descriptive and analytical ...patients of both genders aged ≥18 years who used non- invasive mechanical ventilation due to acute respiratory failure that was ... See full document

... ABSTRACT: Respiratory diseases impose a tremendous health burden on ...pollution and changes in lifestyle have contributed to increased levels of respiratory ...disease. Chronic ... See full document

... describe and analyze clinical symptoms and spirometric alterations of patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) and history of exposure to ... See full document

... a pulmonary pathology associated with numerous systemic manifes- tations, among them musculoskeletal ...aim of the study was to evaluate and compare respiratory and ... See full document

... first study to confirm objectively the prior finding from lab-based polysomnography that COPD patients have marked sleep disruption, including prolonged sleep latency, decreased total sleep time, and ... See full document

... evaluated, and 53 participated in the prospective ...diagnosis of COPD according to GOLD 2006 and the Brazilian Thoracic Society (BTS) guidelines ...diagnosis of other respiratory ... See full document

... objective of this study was to evaluate the applicability of a modified version of the Saint George's Respiratory ...“agree" and “do not agree", rather than “yes" ... See full document

... ventilatory and metabolic variables - a breath to breath - measured by the Cardio2 System (Medical Graphics Corporation, ...Japan), and (iii) heart rate through cardiofrequencymeter (Polar ...equivalence ... See full document

... levels and affecting 1 in 2000 to 1 in 7000 individuals of European descent 24 ...The disease was first described by Laurell and Eriksson in 1963, when they noticed the absence of the ... See full document

... clinically and radiographi- cally evaluated after 3 years of the treatment (Fig- ures 4, 5 and ...retention of the customized dowel and crown and if it was capable to resist the ... See full document

... 4. Bhatt SP, Guleria R, Luqman-Arafath TK, Gupta AK, Mohan A, Nanda S, et al. Effect of tripod position on objective parameters of respiratory function in stable chronic obstructive ... See full document

... values of all dyspnoea scale scores evaluated and all the health-related quality of life ...gree of correlation of both total SGRQ and 15D scores was found for the values ... See full document

... used systemic corticoids associated with broad spectrum ...dyspnea and anorexia for 5 days. A 10-day course of ciprofloxacin was prescribed, a treatment that resulted in no clinical improvement, ... See full document