Pulmonary hypertension (PH) is a common complication of interstitial lung diseases (ILDs), particularly in idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis and ILD associated with connective tissue disease. However, other lung diseases, such as combined pulmonary fibrosis and emphysema syndrome, pulmonary Langerhans cell histiocytosis, and lymphangioleiomyomatosis, may also include PH in their clinical manifestat...

APN circulates in different molecular forms in the blood. It has been reported by Miller et al., that by screening bronchoalveolar lavage (BAL) fluids from chronic obstructive pulmonary disease-Emphysema (COPD-E) and control subjects the epithelial cells can also secrete APN. Immuno-histochemistry of lung sections in COPD-E patients’ demonstrated markable levels of adiponectin and adiponectin r...

OBJECTIVES To verify and describe the main events related to the diagnosis and management of chronic obstructive pulmonary diseases in children (COPDC) and adolescents, considering the interrelated physiopathology, genetic, and environmental characteristics. SOURCES Relevant literature from PubMed was selected and reviewed. SUMMARY OF THE FINDINGS COPDC have an environmental and/or genetic ...

In 2015, the international guidelines for diagnosis and treatment of pulmonary hypertension (PH) were updated. Group 3 of the current classification includes PH associated with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD), interstitial lung disease (ILD), other pulmonary diseases with restrictive and obstructive pattern, sleep-disordered breathing, alveolar hypoventilation disorders, chronic ex...

T he interstitial lung diseases, like many chronic lung diseases, may lead to the development of pulmonary hypertension and cor pulmonale. The prevalence of pulmonary hypertension in these diseases is unknown, however. Current data suggest that prevalence varies with the type ofinterstitial disease.'3 In a group of patients with either idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis or interstitial lung disease ...

Pulmonary diseases are major causes of morbidity and death in persons with HIV infection. Millions of people with HIV/AIDS throughout the world are at risk of opportunistic pneumonias such as tuberculosis, bacterial pneumonia, and Pneumocystis pneumonia. However, the availability of combination antiretroviral therapy has turned HIV into a chronic disease, and noninfectious lung diseases such as...

Chronic lung diseases include a variety of obstinate and fatal diseases, including asthma, chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD), cystic fibrosis (CF), idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis (IPF), and lung cancers. Pharmacotherapy is important for the treatment of chronic lung diseases, and current progress in nanoparticles offers great potential as an advanced strategy for drug delivery. Based ...

Pulmonary rehabilitation is a tool that is receiving more acceptance in chronic lung diseases. A retrospective study was made in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, on the impact of pulmonary rehabilitation on respiratory parameters and health care utilization in a group of outpatients with chronic lung diseases other than chronic obstructive pulmonary disease. A group of 51 patients diagnosed with interstit...

The number of senile patients with therapy resistant bronchial asthma, chronic pulmonary emphysema increases due to the habit of smoking and increased number of older people, and these inflammatory pulmonary diseases are the leading causes of death worldwide. Rhinoviruses cause the majority of common colds, and provoke exacerbations of bronchial asthma and chronic pulmonary emphysema. Here, I r...

Comorbidity is one of the most significant problems modern healthcare. Numerous studies have analyzed possible pathogenetic mechanisms and relationships between a wide variety diseases. Cardiovascular (CVD) pulmonary diseases, in particular chronic obstructive disease (COPD), number same risk factors links, which aggravate each other's course. Moreover, CVD COPD are among common diseases world....