Background: Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) is a chronic inflammatory lung disease, and its treatment still controversial. Statins have been proven to anti-inflammatory immunomodulatory effects, but their effectiveness in the of COPD unclear. We conducted this meta-analysis more accurately evaluate therapeutic effect statins on patients.

OBJECTIVE This pilot study investigated whether a home exercise video programme could improve exercise tolerance and breathlessness in patients with moderate to severe chronic obstructive pulmonary disease. METHODS Twenty subjects completed the study after being randomized to intervention or control. The intervention group (n=10), watched a 19-min video on the benefits of exercise for patient...

Background: Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD) is a chronic lung disease characterized by progressive and irreversible obstruction of the airways of the lungs. Different studies have emphasized on the role of Vascular Endothelial Growth Factor (VEGF) in COPD patients. The aim of this study was to investigate the relationship of this factor with disease severity and th...

conclusions ngal and il-18 obviated the disadvantages of creatinine. they were efficient in early detection of aki, in differentiating pre-renal from intrinsic aki and in predicting the severity of aki reliably in post-cardiac surgery patients. background acute kidney injury (aki) is common after cardiac surgery, the incidence varying between 7.7% and 28.1%. it significantly increases morbidity...

The Effects of a Multidisciplinary Supportive Program on Caregiver Burden among the Family Caregivers Patients with Advanced Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease: A Randomized Controlled Field Trial

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

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INTRODUCTION Asthma and chronic obstructive pulmonary disease are often unrecognized and undertreated. The aim of this study was to describe the frequency of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease and asthma in primary care patients in Serbia, and to examine the agreement between general practitioners and pulmonologists on the diagnosis of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease and asthma. MATE...