Introduction: Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) is a complex and
heterogenous disease that is associated with a range of respiratory and non-respiratory …

Background: The use of maintenance medication in patients with chronic obstructive
pulmonary disease (COPD) in real life is known to deviate from recommendations in …

Abstract Treatment of patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) is one of
the most important tasks of clinical medicine due to high prevalence of and high mortality …

Objectives Little is known about the indicators to assess malnutrition in patients with
idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis (IPF). This study aimed to determine the following: 1) the …

Rationale Population-based studies have found evidence of a relationship between
occupational exposures and Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD), but these …

Background The burden of COPD in terms of mortality, morbidity, costs and prevalence has
increased worldwide. Recent results on prevalence in Western Europe are conflicting. In …

Background and purpose Add-on therapies with the monoterpene 1, 8-cineole were shown
to be effective in controlled studies, on asthma and chronic obstructive pulmonary diseases …

Background Multifrequency bioelectrical impedance analysis (MF-BIA) is a technique that
measures body impedance (Z) at different frequencies (5, 10, 50, 100, and 250 kHz). Body …

Aims Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) and cardiovascular diseases are
thought to be linked through various factors. We aimed to assess the relationship between …

Background In the search for specific phenotypes of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease
(COPD) computed tomography (CT) derived Parametric Response Mapping (PRM) has …