Do clinical practice guidelines follow sustainable healthcare principles? A review of respiratory guidance

N Khan, SC Walpole, OM Rostkowska… - PLOS Sustainability …, 2023 - journals.plos.org
Background Respiratory care is an important site for climate action, given that common
treatments for conditions such as asthma and COPD produce significant greenhouse gas …

Explainable machine learning model for predicting first-time acute exacerbation in patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease

CT Kor, YR Li, PR Lin, SH Lin, BY Wang… - Journal of personalized …, 2022 - mdpi.com
Background: The study developed accurate explainable machine learning (ML) models for
predicting first-time acute exacerbation of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD …

Management of COPD in Asia: A position statement of the Asian Pacific Society of Respirology

CK Rhee, NQ Chau, F Yunus, K Matsunaga… - …, 2019 - Wiley Online Library
Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) is a major disease in Asia. However, how to
manage specifically Asian COPD patients has not been proposed. Awareness of COPD is …

COPD symptom burden: impact on health care resource utilization, and work and activity impairment

B Ding, M Small, G Bergström… - International journal of …, 2017 - Taylor & Francis
Background Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) can greatly impact the quality
of life by limiting patients' activities. However, data on impact of symptomatic burden on the …

Oral Candidal Load and Oral Health Status in Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD) Patients: A Case‐Cohort Study

S Khijmatgar, G Belur, R Venkataram… - BioMed Research …, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
Objective. The objective of this study was to determine the candidal load of the patients with
Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD) and evaluate the oral health status of …

Burden of asthma and COPD overlap (ACO) in Taiwan: a nationwide population-based study

S Shantakumar, RF Pwu, L D'Silva, K Wurst… - BMC Pulmonary …, 2018 - Springer
Background Patients with symptoms of both asthma and chronic obstructive pulmonary
disease (COPD) may be classified with the term asthma-COPD overlap (ACO). ACO is of …

Involvement of inflammatory cytokines and epigenetic modification of the mtTFA complex in T-helper cells of patients' suffering from non-small cell lung cancer and …

G Shanmugam, JS Sunny, S Rakshit, M George… - Molecular …, 2022 - Elsevier
Dysregulated inflammatory response plays a crucial role in the pathogenesis of chronic
obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) and Non-Small cell lung cancer (NSCLC). Hence …

Effect of Bufei Yishen Granules Combined with Electroacupuncture in Rats with Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease via the Regulation of TLR‐4/NF‐κB Signaling

J Ma, Y Tian, J Li, L Zhang, M Wu… - Evidence‐Based …, 2019 - Wiley Online Library
Background. The combined therapy of Bufei Yishen granules (BY) and electroacupuncture
(EA) has shown good effects clinically in treating chronic obstructive pulmonary disease …

Prescription patterns and effectiveness of medications for chronic obstructive pulmonary disease: A retrospective study of real-world settings

HJ Park, JU Lee, S Jeon, HS Lee, BY Kim, YJ Chae… - PloS one, 2024 - journals.plos.org
This study aimed to define real-world prescription patterns in Korea and compare the
effectiveness of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) medications. We used …

[HTML][HTML] Physical therapy for the treatment of respiratory issues using Systemic Manual Therapy protocols

A Halili - Journal of Bodywork and Movement Therapies, 2021 - Elsevier
Background The emergence of the Coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic increased the need
for an effective treatment for respiratory conditions exponentially. To meet this challenge, we …