FEV1 % and FEV1/FVC % in smokers with special reference to Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Diseases

Effect of Zafirlukast on improving lung function in patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary diseases

  Background : There is little evidence about the role of Zafirlukast (a highly selective LTD4 antagonist) in Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD). The Zafirlukast can reduce the need for short-acting rescue β2 agonists, produce fewer exacerbations of asthma and increased quality of life as possible benefits treatment for asthma. The aim of our study was to evaluate the effects of Zafir...

Correction to: Relationship between Air Pollution and Mortality Rate due to Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Diseases in Mashhad, Iran

Correction to: Relationship between Air Pollution and Mortality Rate due to Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Diseases in Mashhad, Iran     Narges Ghorbani1, Jamshid Yazdani-Charati2,  Siavash Etemadinejad3, Nasrin Ghorbani4   1 PhD Student in Biostatistics, Student Research Committee, Hamadan University of Medical Sciences, Hamadan, Iran 2 Associate Professor, Department of Biostatistics,...

The Chronic Rheumatic Diseases with Special Reference to Chronic Arthritis

Ammonia metabolism in chronic obstructive pulmonary disease with special reference to congestive right ventricular failure.

Valero, A., Airoy, G., Eisenkraft, B., and Itskovitch, J. (1974). Thorax, 29, 703-709. Ammonia metabolism in chronic obstnuctive pulmonary disease with special reference to congestive right ventricular failure. A study of 36 patients was undertaken to evaluate the role of raised blood and CSF ammonia in the production of central nervous manifestations in chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (C...

Aspergillus colonization in patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease

Background and Purpose: Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) has been recognized as a risk factor for invasive aspergillosis. Airway colonization by Aspergillus species is a common feature of chronic pulmonary diseases. Nowadays, the incidence of COPD has increased in critically ill patients. The aim of the present study was to isolate and identify Aspergillus colonies in the respirator...