Quantitative analyzes of the variability in airways via four-dimensional dynamic ventilation CT patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease: correlation spirometry data and severity airflow limitation

  Introduction: Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD) secondary to sulfur mustard exposure, known as mustard lung, is an important late pulmonary complication. The BODE (Body mass index, Obstruction, Dyspnea, and Exercise) index has been established as a valuable tool for determining the adverse consequences of COPD. The aim of this study was to evaluate the role of the BODE index in pat...

introduction: chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (copd) secondary to sulfur mustard exposure, known as mustard lung, is an important late pulmonary complication. the bode (body mass index, obstruction, dyspnea, and exercise) index has been established as a valuable tool for determining the adverse consequences of copd. the aim of this study was to evaluate the role of the bode index in patie...

The pathogenesis of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease is not fully understood. The objective of this study was to compare circulating endothelial progenitor cells in patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease to age, sex, and cigarette smoking matched healthy controls. Patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (n = 37) and healthy controls (n = 19) were matched by age, se...

The etiology of chronic obstructive pulmonary emphysema is frequently uncertain, and the known laboratory procedures leading to a specmc diagnosis are often unrevealing. In this paper, chronic obstructive pulmonary emphysema will be discussed with reference to sweat electrolytes and the disease entity, cystic fibrosis of the pancreas. Pediatric literature frequently associates chronic obstructi...

objective: sulfur mustard (sm) is a potent mutagenic agent that targets several organs, particularly lung tissue. changes in morphological structure of the airway system are associated with chronic obstructive pulmonary deficiency following exposure to sm. although numerous studies have demonstrated pathological effects of sm on respiratory organs, unfortunately there is no effective treatment ...

Background: The burden of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease to patients, their caretakers, and health system is gradually increasing associated with the morbidity, mortality, disability adjusted life years higher costs. Self-management COPD a vital strategy for its management. This study aims develop, implement, evaluate an informatics platform home-based self-management Chronic Obstructive...

Air pollution by diesel exhaust particles is associated with elevated mortality and increased hospital admissions in individuals with respiratory diseases such as asthma and chronic obstructive pulmonary disease. During active inflammation monocytes are recruited to the airways and can replace resident alveolar macrophages. We therefore investigated whether chronic fourteen day exposure to low ...