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,...

Little is known about chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) in Chinese nonsmokers. The present study aimed to investigate the profiles of COPD among nonsmokers based on the Chinese Epidemiological Survey of COPD (CESCOPD). In the CESCOPD, 20,245 subjects aged 40 yrs or older were interviewed with questionnaires and spirometry tests. Subjects with a post-bronchodilator forced expiratory v...

Legionella pneumophila is a thin, aerobic, Gram-negative, pathogenic bacillus and the leading cause of Legionnaires’ disease (LD) in human, especially those with high risk conditions including immune system disorders or chronic lung diseases. The mortality rate of LD has been reported to be 60% or higher in inappropriately treated cases. Investigating the prevalence of L. pneumophila and identi...

Introduction: Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) patients are at increased risk of sleep-disorders. The concomitant occurrence of COPD and obstructive sleep apnea hypopnea syndrome (OSAHS) is named overlap syndrome. This study aimed to evaluate the severity of OSAHS in overlap syndrome patients.Materials & Methods: This cross-sectional study was conducted on adult patients with forced...

ABSTRACT This systematic review aimed to demonstrate the effectiveness of inspiratory muscle training (IMT) in people with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD), analyzing effects IMT on strength and endurance, exercise tolerance reduction dyspnea. A search was carried out PubMed, Cochrane Lilacs databases, from August 2021 February 2023, searching for studies published 2016. The descrip...

Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) exhibits significant heterogeneity in its clinical presentation and rate of progression among affected individuals, owing at least part to differing morphologic abnormalities. Symptom assessment, spirometric evaluation, frequency respiratory exacerbations have traditionally been used determine severity guide management. ChestComputed Tomography (CT)...

Previous studies have shown that microsatellite (MS) DNA instability (MSI) is detectable in sputum cells in chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) and asthma. The aim of the present study was to investigate whether asthma and COPD could be distinguished at the MS DNA level. DNA was extracted from sputum cells and white blood cells from 63 COPD patients, 60 non-COPD smokers, 36 asthmatics ...

Zielsetzung Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD) is a leading cause of death worldwide, yet early detection and treatment can prevent the progression disease. X-ray Computed Tomography (CT) scans chest provide quantitative measure morphological changes in lung. The potential incorporating optimal Window Setting (WS) selection, typically carried out during examination CT for COPD, genera...

Background: The most important problem of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) patients is acute exacerbation. Researching this experience and examining its relationship with death extremely in patient care. Methods: This study was conducted to reveal the experiences individ