Serum pituitary and thyroid hormones, testosterone, and the response of pituitary hormones to thyrotrophin releasing hormone were measured in 20 inpatients (mean age 68, range 42-81 years) with severe chronic obstructive lung disease and in 15 control convalescent inpatients (mean age 73, range 57-83 years) who had normal respiratory function. No significant differences were found in total and ...

Background- Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary disease (COPD) as defined by Global Initiative for Lung Disease (GOLD) is a common preventable and treatable disease, characterized persistent airflow limitation that usually progressive associated with an enhanced chronic inflammatory response in the airways lung to noxious particles or gases. Objectives-To evaluate outcome of NIV terms ofTime reversio...

1 The British Thoracic Society. Intermediate care – hospital-athome in chronic obstructive pulmonary disease. British Thoracic Society guidelines. Thorax 2007; 62: 200–210. 2 British Lung Foundation. Invisible lives – Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD) – finding the missing millions. www.lunguk.org Date last updated: November 2007. Date last accessed: April 2008. 3 Global Initiative f...

Background: Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD) is a chronic lung disease characterized by progressive and irreversible obstruction of the airways of the lungs. Different studies have emphasized on the role of Vascular Endothelial Growth Factor (VEGF) in COPD patients. The aim of this study was to investigate the relationship of this factor with disease severity and th...

background: the objective of this study is to assess the safety and preventative effects of aminophylline on the incidence of chronic lung disease (cld) in very premature infants. methods: this was a long follow‑up randomized clinical trial. the prophylactic effect of aminophylline on the incidence of cld was investigated in very premature infants. the study group received aminophylline for the...

chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (copd) has been defined by the global initiative for chronic obstructive lung disease (gold), as a disease state characterized by airflow limitation which is not fully reversible. copd consists of emphysema which is the destruction and inflammation of the lung alveoli. adenosine deaminase (ada, e.c.3.5.4.4) converts adenosine to inosine. there are two isoen...

introduction: chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (copd) secondary to sulfur mustard gas poisoning, known as mustard lung, is a major late pulmonary complications in chemical warfare patients. serious comorbidities like dyslipidemia are frequently encountered in copd. the aim of this study was to measure the serum lipid profile and evaluate the relation of lipid parameters with the severity o...

materials and methods weighted logistic regression models were used for the analysis of 1,248 cases and 39,995 controls from the 2005 california health interview survey (chis). results the prevalence of spd was 10% in cases and 4% in controls, respectively. the percentages of past and current smoking were higher in cases than controls (50% vs. 24% and 27% vs. 15%, respectively). after adjusting...

the purpose of this study was to examine the effect of intravenous magnesium sulfate on patients with copd exacerbation requiring hospitalization. in this randomized clinical trial 30 patients with copd exacerbation were studied. patients were randomly assigned to group a (case) who concurrent with standard therapy received 2g magnesium sulfate in normal saline infused in 20 minutes on days one...