OBJECTIVES To determine if chronic pulmonary diseases adversely impact selected outcomes in hospitalised patients who have various allergic conditions including anaphylaxis. DESIGN A population-based cohort study. PARTICIPANTS A statewide hospital inpatient discharge database from Texas, USA, covering the years 2004-2007 was analysed. Patients with anaphylaxis and other allergic conditions ...

background and purpose: despite the high prevalence of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, there haven,t been definite curative treatment for the disease and focus of treatment has directed towards pulmonary rehabilitation as an effective non-drug treatments. this study were performed to determine the effect of motivational abdominal breathing device on breathing pattern and dyspnea of chron...

background: chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (copd) is usually considered one of the leading causes of death worldwide, so finding proper therapeutic strategies for this disease is of high importance. in this meta-analysis, we reviewed the existing literature on the efficacy and safety of conventional long acting beta agonists (labas) in copd patients. methods: we searched medline and goog...

background and objective: the main causes of nocturnal hypoxemia are pulmonary diseases or sleep related breathing disorders. in overlap syndrome, the co-existence of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (copd) and ob-structive sleep apnea (osa), blood oxygen alteration, and hypercapnia may be more severe. we aimed to study hypox-emia markers in osa patients with or without copd. materials and...

objective : patients with chronic physical diseases sometimes show increased loss of function; such patients need more care. anxiety is a well-known symptom that is prevalent among chronic obstructive pulmonary disease patients that can prolong and increase the risk of hospitalization. the purpose of this study was to evaluate the severity of anxiety in the mentioned patients and to examine the...

c-reactive protein (crp) is an acute-phase protein synthesized predominantly by the hepatocytes in response to tissue damage or inflammation. levels of acute-phase proteins rise rapidly, during infection and after injury. we take up the study to correlate serum crp levels with other important predictive markers of outcome in copd. patient with stable copd (no exacerbation in the last two months...

conclusions in short term, using the self-management program can lead to increased exercise tolerance and decreased dyspnea in patients with copd; thus, this program is recommended as an effective way to improve the functional statuses of these patients. results there was no significant difference between the groups in exercise tolerance at base line; but, they were significantly different at t...

background & aim: the aim of this clinical trial study was to evaluate sleep quality in patients with chronic lung disease and the role of controlled breathing to improve the quality of sleep. methods & materials: sixty-four patients with chronic lung disease in two group (experimental and control group) enrolled in a 7 weeks. before interventions, the pittsburgh sleep quality index (psqi) and ...

Dysfunctional protein quality control is emerging as a key pathogenic mechanism for chronic lung diseases. Two major hereditary conformational disorders of the lung, cystic fibrosis and a1-antitrypsin (a1-AT) deficiency, and some familial forms of idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis (IPF) are caused by the expression of mutant and misfolded proteins that disrupt protein homeostasis and drive the onse...

Pediatric Respiratory Research Opportunities Lung Growth, Development, and Repair Infectious Agents Asthma Environmental Exposure Regulation of Respiration Addiction Research Care and Impact of Chronic Respiratory Disease Cystic Fibrosis Sickle Cell Disease Other Rare Conditions Pediatric Respiratory Research Challenges Workforce Issues Few Pediatric Pulmonary Research Centers Relative Rarity o...