Patients at a single pulmonary centre who developed obstructive lung disease after bone marrow transplantation (BMT) and lung transplantation (LT) were studied, in order to compare the clinical expression of post-transplant obstructive lung disease (PTOLD) (bronchiolitis obliterans) in these two conditions, which have so far been studied separately. Nine out of 179 patients surviving more than ...

The pathological hallmarks of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) are inflammation of the small airways (bronchiolitis) and destruction of lung parenchyma (emphysema). The functional consequence of these abnormalities is airflow limitation. Airway abnormalities and emphysema interact in a complex fashion in the development of airflow limitation in COPD. In an attempt to improve underst...

BACKGROUND The importance of occupational exposure to airborne agents in the development of obstructive disease is uncertain. Studying the relation in a community population has the benefit of reducing the healthy worker effect seen in studies of working populations. METHODS The prevalence of obstructive lung disease was examined in a Norwegian general population aged 18-73 in a two phased cr...

Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) represents an increasing burden throughout the world. COPD-related mortality is probably underestimated because of the difficulties associated with identifying the precise cause of death. Respiratory failure is considered the major cause of death in advanced COPD. Comorbidities such as cardiovascular disease and lung cancer are also major causes and,...

Introduction. Calculations of the components body mass: fat, muscle and bone serve as an objective characteristic a person's physique. The aim: to evaluate composition indicators patients with COPD establish correlational relationships. Materials methods. 120 were examined, evenly distributed by degree severity (GOLD 1-4). Average age (56.67 ± 10.28) years. We determined: mass index (BMI), BMD ...