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Raffaele Antonelli Incalzi
Pneumology/Respiratory System
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Open AccessPrevalence, clinical characteristics, and disease burden of chronic cough in Italy: a cross-sectional study
Chronic cough has been associated with reduced health-related quality of life, negative impacts on sleep, work, and other daily activities, and increased use of health care resources. Little is known about the...
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Open AccessThe additional value of lung cancer screening program in identifying unrecognized diseases
A systematic examination of low-dose CT (LDCT) scan, beside lung nodules, may disclose the presence of undiagnosed diseases, improving the efficacy and the cost/efficacy of these programs. The study was aimed ...
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Open AccessCorrection to: Circadian rhythm of COPD symptoms in clinically based phenotypes. Results from the STORICO Italian observational study
Following publication of the original article [1], the authors flagged that the article had been provided with the names of the authors (not including the STORICO study group) in the wrong order: the ‘Given Na...
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Open AccessCircadian rhythm of COPD symptoms in clinically based phenotypes. Results from the STORICO Italian observational study
Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD) encompasses various phenotypes that severely limit the applicability of precision respiratory medicine. The present investigation is aimed to assess the circadian r...
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Open AccessRelative lymphocyte count as an indicator of 3-year mortality in elderly people with severe COPD
Prognostic stratification of elderly patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) is difficult due to the wide inter-individual variability in the course of the disease. No marker can exactly str...
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Comorbidity modulates non invasive ventilation-induced changes in breath print of obstructive sleep apnea syndrome patients
In obstructive sleep apnea syndrome (OSAS), exhaled volatile organic compounds (VOCs) change after long-term continuous positive airway pressure (CPAP). The objective of the study was to verify whether changes...
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Cardiovascular and Metabolic Indices
Patients on long-term oxygen therapy (LTOT) are commonly plagued with cardiovascular and metabolic problems. Indeed, they are usually ex-smokers and are affected by conditions such as COPD or pulmonary fibrosi...
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Open AccessDoes mild COPD affect prognosis in the elderly?
Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) affects independence and survival in the general population, but it is unknown to which extent this conclusion applies to elderly people with mild disease. The aim ...
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Open AccessDiscriminative and predictive properties of disease-specific and generic health status indexes in elderly COPD patients
The association between bronchial obstruction severity and mortality in Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD) is well established, but it is unknown whether disease-specific health status measures and m...
