background: statins have anti-inflammatory effects in patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (copd). this study designed to evaluate the effects of atorvastatin on serum highly sensitive c-reactive protein (hs-crp) and pulmonary function in sulfur mustard exposed patients with copd. materials and methods: fifty patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease due to sulfur musta...

Background: The burden of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease to patients, their caretakers, and health system is gradually increasing associated with the morbidity, mortality, disability adjusted life years higher costs. Self-management COPD a vital strategy for its management. This study aims develop, implement, evaluate an informatics platform home-based self-management Chronic Obstructive...

Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) is characterized by tissue loss and a growing restriction of airflow. Due to chronic inflammation brought on extended exposure noxious particles or gases, most often cigarette smoke, it linked structural abnormalities in the lungs. Airway constriction reduction lung recoil are results inflammation. In affluent countries, majority COPD cases caused to...

background: chronic obstructive pulmonary diseases (copd) are planned to rank fifth in burden of disease and third with respect to mortality by 2020. carrying out research regarding different aspects of copd is mentioned as important health priorities by academic institutions and governments. the burden of lung disease (bold) initiative was designed a decade ago to develop robust models that ca...

overlap syndrome, which is known as the coexistence of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (copd) and obstructive sleep apnea (osa), was first defined by flenley. although it can refer to concomitant occurrence of any of the pulmonary diseases and osa, overlap syndrome is commonly considered as the coexistence of osa and copd. this disease has unique adverse health consequences distinct from ...

Background: The natural course of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) is characterized by symptom exacerbation and quality-of-life reduction. Therefore, symptoms should be properly assessed. Some studies have demonstrated a weak correlation between cardiopulmonary exercise testing (CPET) parameters in patients with COPD; however, data on Asian are lacking. We investigated the value CPE...

Background: In severe chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD), interval training (IT) can be performed with oxygen support, which provides beneficial effect on metabolic processes, tissue perfusion, and peripheral muscle function.