forty-five patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease were studied to compare the acute effects of ipratropium bromide (60 µg), salbutamol (300 µg) and placebo (3 puffs) on the forced expiratory volume in 1 sec (fev 1) and forced vital capacity (pvc). ipratropium bromide produced a significantly greater improvement than salbutamol in both fev1 and fvc at 15,60 and 180 minutes after dru...

Purpose: The aim of our study was to determine whether the RS time measured on an electrocardiogram is associated with severity chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD).
 Materials and Methods: population made up 100 COPD patients a mean age 63 ± 10 years (86% were males). These divided into mild moderate (GOLD 1–2) group (n = 45) severe very 3–4) 55) according Global Initiative for Ch...

Bone mineral density decreases with advancing chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) severity, but it is not known whether this is reflected in higher fracture rates. The present authors wanted to compare the prevalence of vertebral deformities in COPD patients with those in a population-based reference group to determine whether the number of deformities was related to the severity of CO...

References 1 Rossi A, van der Molen T, del Olmo R, et al. INSTEAD: a randomised switch trial of indacaterol versus salmeterol/fluticasone in moderate COPD. Eur Respir J 2014; 44: 1548–1556. 2 Global Initiative for Chronic Obstructive Lung Disease. Global Strategy for the Diagnosis, Management and Prevention of COPD. 2010. Available from: http://www.goldcopd.org/uploads/users/files/GOLDReport_ A...

Decreased lung function is at risk for COPD (chronic obstructive pulmonary disease). Risk identification a strategy to improve the quality of self-management, through factors and early symptoms COPD. This study aims determine relationship between in builders related disorders. The design this was case control Rungkut District, Surabaya September-December 2018. research variables were disorders,...

Pulmonary hypertension is a common complication of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD). Its presence is associated with shorter survival and worse clinical evolution. In COPD, pulmonary hypertension tends to be of moderate severity and progresses slowly. However, transitory increases of pulmonary artery pressure may occur during exacerbations, exercise and sleep. Right ventricular func...

background: vitamin d has a potential to modulate inflammatory response against noxious particles in patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (copd). the present study was conducted to determine the status of serum vitamin d in copd versus healthy group. methods: the patients presented to the outpatient pulmonary clinic of ayatollah rouhani hospital, babol iran. diagnosis of copd was...

III Einstein International Symposium on Intensive Care and the XXX Mechanical Ventilation. Aug 16-18, 2023. Category: Pneumology Introduction: Musculoskeletal dysfunction results in disability mortality patients with Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD). () Body mass, weight height influence quadriceps muscle thickness. Thus, thigh sonographic index (IST) becomes a reliable parameter as...

8-Isoprostane is a potential in vivo marker for oxidant burden, but its usefulness in induced sputum of smokers and chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) has not been investigated. The current study investigated 58 subjects comprising 11 never-smokers, 11 ex-smokers, 13 healthy current smokers and 23 COPD with stage 0-III disease (according to the Global Initiative for Chronic Obstructiv...

Pulmonary emphysema, as a feature of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD), is characterised by destruction of alveolar tissue. The present authors previously demonstrated reduced decorin expression in the peribronchial area of COPD patients, reflecting an altered extracellular matrix (ECM) modulation. Decorin transcription is regulated by the transforming growth factor (TGF)-beta-Smad p...