[PDF] Top 20 Gestión, difusión en acceso abierto y preservación de datos de investigación (2016)

... of exacerbations among unclassified patients ...of COPD severity assessment pointed at these patients being less severe; however, this finding might also indicate that their COPD is less ... See full document

... overall COPD burden on the healthcare system is due to disease ...of COPD (AE-COPD), leading to wor- sening of lung function and ...define exacerbations as acute worsening of symptoms ... See full document

... with COPD. Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease COPD, a common preventable and treatable disease, is characterized by persistent airflow limitation that is usually progressive and associated ... See full document

... that COPD patients have higher levels of some inflammatory markers in blood, mainly C- reactive protein (CRP) [26], fibrinogen [27] and inflammatory cytokines ...of COPD patients and ...in COPD. ... See full document

... capacity; COPD, chronic obstructive pulmonary disease; DLco/VA, diffusing capacity of the lung for carbon monoxide and alveolar volume ratio; DOSE, dyspnea/airflow obstruction/smoking status/exacerbation ... See full document

... pulmonary disease (COPD) focus on reactive care for acute exacerbations, often neglecting ongoing COPD management to the detriment of patient experience and ...rial COPD management, ... See full document

... the highest rate of COPD subjects reporting cardiovascular disease and diabetes was found in the UAE (71.4% and 50.0%, respectively; data not shown). This reflects the high preva- lence of these diseases in ... See full document

... 50 COPD patients, the propor- tion varied between 29% and 88% (interquartile range, ...antibiotics, COPD severity, heart failure, underweight; all found to be inversely associated with antibiotic ... See full document

... dyspnoea severity, measured by the Extended MRC Dyspnoea Score) 12 were ...Respiratory Disease Questionnaire (CRQ), 14 Nottingham Extended Activities of Daily Living Scale (NEADL) 15 and Hospital Anxiety ... See full document

... of COPD exacerbations is a point of paramount importance in the management of COPD that needs a completely different approach because it cannot be addressed simply with the baseline pharmacological ... See full document

... I-II COPD patients (group 2) , and 20 stage III-IV COPD patients (group 3) were enrolled in the ...level. COPD patients were followed up for acute exacerbations for 6 ... See full document

... 35 COPD outpatients diagnosed by their chest physician with moderately severe COPD exacerbation, but without pneumonia, were randomised in a double blind, placebo-controlled ...more exacerbations in ... See full document

... for COPD including only high-quality evidence from RCTs found, instead, a significant reduction in the number of patients requiring hospital admissions and ED attendances ... See full document

... Participants: COPD patients must be confirmed according to the standard diagnostic criteria including the American Thoracic Society, Chinese COPD guideline [18] or the Global Initiative for Chronic ... See full document

... This paper describes the BACE (the Belgian trial with azithromycin for acute COPD exacerbations requiring hos- pitalization; clinicaltrial.gov number: NCT02135354) study design and its novel contributions ... See full document

... COPD is most often caused by smoking tobacco [5], but is also associated with air pollution [5] and occupational exposures to dusts and chemicals [5]. The disease is somewhat unique in the fact that it is ... See full document

... COPD exacerbations caused by enteric or nonfermenting Gram-negative bacilli were significantly associated with prolonged ...causing COPD exacerbation with prolongation of hospitalization might result ... See full document

... in COPD have been published previously, the present study evaluated variables not previously examined and used a novel approach to evaluate predictors’ relative ...with COPD as primary ... See full document

... pulmonary disease (AECOPD) is a disease state characterized by expiratory airflow limitation, increasing dead space, and diaphragm dysfunction [1], and invasive mechanical venti- lation (MV) is required in ... See full document

... Methods: COPD patients with more than one hospitalization per year due to an exacerbation were ...Clinical COPD Questionnaire, CCQ) and dyspnoea (measured by the MRC Dyspnoea ... See full document