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Open AccessA Survey of Physicians' Perception of the Use and Effectiveness of Diagnostic and Therapeutic Procedures in Chronic Cough Patients
The aim of this study was to understand the perception of family physicians, pulmonologists, and allergists with respect to diagnostic tests performed on patients with chronic cough and treatments prescribed t...
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Usefulness of combining clinical and biochemical parameters for prediction of postoperative pulmonary complications after lung resection surgery
Early detection of patients with a high risk of postoperative pulmonary complications (PPCs) could improve postoperative strategies. We investigated the role of monitoring systemic and lung inflammatory biomar...
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Readmission Due to Exacerbation of COPD: Associated Factors
To compare characteristics of patients readmitted after discharge by chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) exacerbation with those who were not readmitted and to identify factors associated with readmis...
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Open AccessDegree of dyspnoea at admission and discharge in patients with heart failure and respiratory diseases
Dyspnoea is a disabling symptom in patients admitted with heart failure (HF) and respiratory diseases (RD). The main aim of this study is to evaluate its intensity at admission and discharge and the relation w...
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Open AccessBeta-blockers in patients with chronic obstructive disease and coexistent cardiac illnesses
Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease is prevalent condition commonly associated with cardiovascular diseases. When both are combined the prognosis of the patient worsens. One cornerstone therapy for most card...
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Obstructive sleep apnea among hospitalized patients in Spain, analysis of hospital discharge data 2008–2012
The aim of this study is to describe clinical characteristics, diagnostic and therapeutic procedure (polysomnography and continuous positive airway pressure (CPAP)/bi-level positive airway pressure (BPAP)), co...
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Trends in Self-Rated Health Status and Health Services Use in COPD Patients (2006–2012). A Spanish Population-Based Survey
Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) patients often have a significant impairment in their health status, which is an independent predictor of health services use.
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Open AccessAclidinium improves exercise endurance, dyspnea, lung hyperinflation, and physical activity in patients with COPD: a randomized, placebo-controlled, crossover trial
This study evaluated the effects of aclidinium bromide, a long-acting muscarinic antagonist indicated for maintenance treatment of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD), on exercise endurance, dyspnea, ...
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Relationship Between Tobacco Consumption and Health-related Quality of Life in Adults Living in a Large Metropolitan Area
The aim of this study was to analyze the relationship between health-related quality of life (HRQOL) and tobacco consumption in adult individuals (over the age of 15). The study was based on individual data fr...
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A Controlled Trial of the Effects of Leg Training on Breathing Pattern and Dynamic Hyperinflation in Severe COPD
The effects of training on dynamic hyperinflation in stable chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) were investigated by using a controlled study of 28 subjects with FEV1 = 42.5 (8.3 SD)%pred and 20 matched ...
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Training improves muscle oxidative capacity and oxygenation recovery kinetics in patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease
We studied 21 patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease aged [mean (SD)] 63 (10) years, with a mean forced expiratory volume in 1 s of 40 (6)% and a peak oxygen uptake of 67 (11)% of predicted value...
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Breath-by-breath fluctuations of pulmonary gas exchange and ventilation in COPD patients
The purpose of the study was to characterise statistically the inherent fluctuations in breath-by-breath measurements of pulmonary gas exchange (oxygen uptake and carbon dioxide output, VO2 and VCO2, respectivel...
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Reproducibility of the parameters of the on-transient cardiopulmonary responses during moderate exercise in patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease
To be clinically useful as indices reflective of altered physiological function consequent to interventions in patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD), the time constant (τ) and steady-stat...
