Interstitial lung disease in systemic sclerosis

AU Wells - La Presse Médicale, 2014 - Elsevier
… However, it is worth stressing that the sensitivity of HRCT in identifying limited lung disease
which is not necessarily clinically significant has posed the major management problem of …

Significance of glutathione in lung disease and implications for therapy

PE Morris, GR Bernard - The American journal of the medical sciences, 1994 - Elsevier
… Stagnaro etal79 studied lymphocytes collected from healthy volunteers and from patients
with chronic lung disease. When these lymphocytes were exposed to reactive oxygen species …

Interpreting small differences in functional status: the Six Minute Walk test in chronic lung disease patients.

DA Redelmeier, AM Bayoumi, RS Goldstein… - American journal of …, 1997 - atsjournals.org
… differences may be statistically significant but not clinically significant. How much does the …
chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPO)? We studied individuals with stable COPD(n =…

[PDF][PDF] Diabetes and lung disease: an underestimated relationship

J Khateeb, E Fuchs, M Khamaisi - Review of Diabetic Studies, 2019 - ingentaconnect.com
… for lung diseases. AIM: In this review, we aimed to investigate the effects of diabetes and
hypoglycemic agent on lung diseases, … However, the clinical significance is unknown, mostly be…

Frequency and significance of cardiac arrhythmias in chronic obstructive lung disease

HT Shih, CR Webb, WA Conway, E Peterson, B Tilley… - Chest, 1988 - Elsevier
… , each patient had a clinical diagnosis of chronic obstructive lung disease with severe
hypoxemia (… therapy or had diseases other than chronic obstructive lung disease that might affect …

Course and prognosis of chronic obstructive lung disease: a prospective study of 200 patients

B Burrows, RH Earle - New England Journal of Medicine, 1969 - Mass Medical Soc
… obstructive lung disease. Prospective studies of patients with clinically significant airways …
A poor prognosis for patients with chronic obstructive lung disease has been shown to be …

[HTML][HTML] Small changes in six-minute walk distance are important in diffuse parenchymal lung disease

AE Holland, CJ Hill, M Conron, P Munro… - Respiratory …, 2009 - Elsevier
… distance as the primary indicator of clinically significant change. Although many authors have
… In conclusion, this study demonstrates that the threshold for clinically significant change in …

COPD as a lung disease with systemic consequences–clinical impact, mechanisms, and potential for early intervention

M Decramer, S Rennard, T Troosters… - … Pulmonary Disease, 2008 - Taylor & Francis
Clinically significant depression symptoms are seen in almost half of patients with COPD,
and about 20% of patients will meet psychiatric criteria for major depressive or dysthymic …

Interstitial lung disease in connective tissue disease—mechanisms and management

AU Wells, CP Denton - Nature Reviews Rheumatology, 2014 - nature.com
… For example, patients with anti-topoisomerase antibodies are more likely to develop clinically
significant lung fibrosis and those with anti-RNA polymerase III antibodies less likely. Other …

Connective tissue disease-associated interstitial lung disease: a review

M Gutsche, GD Rosen, JJ Swigris - Current respiratory care reports, 2012 - Springer
… In patients with clinically significant disease, two main types of clinical presentations have
been observed. The first is characterized by subacute onset of dyspnea and widespread …