The immunopathology of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) is based on the
innate and adaptive inflammatory immune responses to the chronic inhalation of cigarette …

Purpose To correlate currently available quantitative CT measurements for airway disease
with physiological indices and the body-mass index, airflow obstruction, dyspnea, and …

Background Severe COVID‐19 increases the risk for long‐term respiratory impairment, but
data after mild COVID‐19 are scarce. Our aims were to determine risk factors for reduced …

Background: Low lung function is known to predict mortality in the general population, but
the prognostic significance of emphysema on computed tomography (CT) in persons without …

Background The COPD-Lung Cancer Screening Score (COPD-LUCSS) is a tool designed to
help identify patients with COPD with the highest risk of developing lung cancer (LC). The …

A weak correlation between diffusing capacity of the lung for carbon monoxide (DLCO) and
emphysema has been reported. This study investigated whether impaired DLCO in chronic …

Purpose To evaluate the relationships between DL CO, and Quantitative CT (QCT)
measurements and visual assessment of pulmonary emphysema and to test the relative …

Background: Inhaled formulations using extrafine particles of long-acting β2-agonists and
corticosteroids were developed to optimize asthma treatment. Findings that these …

Inflammation is a central feature of stable chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD)
and involves both activation of structural cells of the airways and the lungs and the activation …

Impaired single breath carbon monoxide diffusing capacity (DLCO) is associated with
emphysema. Small airways disease (SAD) may be a precursor lesion to emphysema, but …