Acute Exacerbations of Respiratory Diseases

Acute Exacerbations of Respiratory Diseases

is is an interesting monograph pulling together into one volume disparate pulmonary diseases that have in common only that they are primarily pulmonary and may present with acute exacerbations. Th e chapters cover the primary diseases chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD), asthma, pulmonary fi brosis, bronchiectasis, idiopathic pulmonary fi brosis, sarcoidosis, hypersensi-tivity pneumoni...

[Acute respiratory diseases].

Oxidative stress during acute respiratory exacerbations in cystic fibrosis.

BACKGROUND Patients with cystic fibrosis experience chronic systemic oxidative stress. This is coupled with chronic inflammation of the lung involving bronchial polymorphonuclear neutrophil accumulation and activation. We hypothesised that, during periods of acute respiratory exacerbation, free radical activity and consequent damage would be most marked and that intensive treatment of the infec...

The threat in chronic lung diseases: acute exacerbations.

Affiliations: Center for Interstitial and Rare Lung Diseases, Pneumology and Respiratory Critical Care Medicine, Thoraxklinik, University of Heidelberg and Translational Lung Research Center Heidelberg, member of the German Center for Lung Research, Heidelberg, Germany. National Reference Center for Rare Pulmonary Diseases, Dept of Respiratory Medicine, Louis Pradel Hospital, Claude Bernard Uni...

Respiratory viruses and exacerbations ofasthma

Objective-To study the role ofrespiratory viruses in exacerbations ofasthma in adults. Design-Longitudinal study of 138 adults with asthma. Setting-Leicestershire Health Authority. Subjects-48 men and 90 women 19-46 years of age with a mean duration of wheeze of 19-6 years. 75% received regular treatment with bronchodilators; 89%'/o gave a history of eczema, hay fever, allergic rhinitis, nasal ...