a significant proportion of patients with asthma and chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) remain symptomatic. Endoscopic therapies have a complementary role in the management of these airway diseases. The sustained efficacy of bronchial thermoplasty (BT) among patients with asthma over 10 years h...
Abstract:Advanced chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) is a significant cause of morbidity. Treatment options beyond conventional medical therapies are limited to a minority of patients. Lung volume reduction surgery (LVRS) although effective in selected subgroups of patients is not commonly under...
Pulm Ther (2025) 11:7–24 https://doi.org/10.1007/s41030-024-00280-0 REVIEW Εosinophilic Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease. What Do We Know So Far? Konstantinos Bartziokas · Andriana I. Papaioannou · Nikoletta Rovina · Georgia Papaiakovou · Stelios Loukides...
1. What effect does this disease have on PCO2 and PO2? Why? 2. Is Pat's residual volume going to be higher or lower than usual? What is the proposed aetiology suggested by those who view heart disease as an infectious ailment? Your neighbor, with severe c...
Asthmatic smokers suffer from more symptoms and exacerbations, develop a more rapid decline in pulmonary function and have a worse prognosis than non-smoking asthmatics [5,6,7]. In addition, they usually present with a higher proportion of neutrophils in induced sputum, reduced pH, and ...
pulmonary wedge pressure, CO: cardiac output, FHVP: free hepatic vein pressure,WHVP: wedge hepatic vein pressure, HVPG: hepatic vein pressure gradient, PVP: direct portal venous pressure measurement, PPG: portal pressure gradient (PVP minusWHVP), PFTs: pulmonary function tests, DLco: diffusion ...
Mean pulmonary artery pressure (MPAP) was calculated by the following formula MPAP = 0.61 x PASP + 2 mm Hg and patient was labelled as having PAH if MPAP [greater than or equal to]25mmHg. Frequency and predictors of pulmonary hypertension in patients with Systemic Lupus Erythematosus Right ...