Prevalence of COPD in Spain: impact of undiagnosed COPD on quality of life and daily life activities
Fundació Clínic, Institut d’Investigacions Biomèdiques August Pi i Sunyer (IDIBAPS), Barcelona, Spain Aims: This study aimed to determine the prevalence of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) ...
BACKGROUND The Chronic Respiratory Questionnaire (CRQ) is an established measure of health status for chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD). It has been found to be reproducible and sensitive ...
BACKGROUND A critical review was conducted of the quantitative literature linking indoor air pollution from household use of biomass fuels with acute respiratory infections in young children, which is ...
BACKGROUND Airway inflammation, with recruitment of neutrophils to the airway lumen, results in purulent secretions and a variety of potential adverse consequences for patients with chronic bronchitis ...
BACKGROUND Respiratory bronchiolitis-associated interstitial lung disease (RBILD) is a rare form of interstitial lung disease which may present in similar fashion to other types of chronic ...
1 NIHR Collaboration for Leadership in Applied Health Research and Care for North West London, Chelsea and Westminster NHS Foundation Trust, London, UK 2 NIHR Respiratory Biomedical Research Unit of ...
Multidisciplinary home-based rehabilitation in inoperable lung cancer: a randomised controlled trial
Correspondence to Dr Linda Denehy, School of Health Sciences, The University of Melbourne, Parkville, VIC 3010, Australia; l.denehy{at}unimelb.edu.au Background Lung cancer is associated with poor ...
Division of Sleep Medicine, Brigham and Women’s Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA Correspondence to: Dr R B Fogel Division of Sleep Medicine, Brigham and Women’s Hospital, Harvard ...
2 Guy's and St Thomas' Foundation NHS Trust, London, UK 3 Greenwich Primary Care Trust, London, UK 4 Croydon Primary Care Trust, London, UK Background The COPD (chronic obstructive pulmonary disease) ...
Background: Interstitial lung disease (ILD) is characterised by exertional dyspnoea, exercise limitation and reduced quality of life. The role of exercise training in this diverse patient group is ...
Section of Airways Disease, National Heart & Lung Institute, Imperial College & Royal Brompton and Harefield NHS Trust Hospital, London, UK Professor K F Chung, National Heart & Lung Institute, ...
Background Idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis (IPF) is a chronic lung disease characterised by exuberant tissue remodelling and associated with high unmet medical needs. Outcomes are even worse when IPF ...
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