Accuracy of musculoskeletal imaging for the diagnosis of polymyalgia rheumatica: systematic review

SL Mackie, G Koduri, CL Hill, RJ Wakefield… - RMD open, 2015 - rmdopen.bmj.com
Objectives To review the evidence for accuracy of imaging for diagnosis of polymyalgia
rheumatica (PMR). Methods Searches included MEDLINE, EMBASE and PubMed …

Systemic biomarkers in the evaluation and management of COPD patients: are we getting closer to clinical application?

K Kostikas, P Bakakos, S Papiris, D Stolz… - Current Drug …, 2013 - ingentaconnect.com
Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) is a complex, multicomponent disease at
the clinical, cellular, and molecular levels. Over the past few years there has been a growing …

Prednisone in COPD exacerbation requiring ventilatory support: an open-label randomised evaluation

F Abroug, L Ouanes-Besbes… - European …, 2014 - Eur Respiratory Soc
Recommendation of the use of systemic steroids in chronic obstructive disease (COPD)
exacerbation rely on trials that excluded patients requiring ventilatory support. In an open …

Blood eosinophils and treatment response in hospitalized exacerbations of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease: a case-control study

L Serafino-Agrusa, N Scichilone, M Spatafora… - Pulmonary …, 2016 - Elsevier
Background In outpatients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD), blood
eosinophilia is considered as a biomarker of response to systemic corticosteroid therapy …

Association of metabolic syndrome with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease in an Indian population

A Acharyya, MD Shahjahan, FB Mesbah, SK Dey… - Lung India, 2016 - journals.lww.com
Materials and Methods: With a cross-sectional analytic design, 77 COPD and an equal
number of non-COPD (apparently healthy) participants were studied purposively. The two …

Tailoring the approach to multimorbidity in adults with respiratory disease: the NICE guideline

LEGW Vanfleteren, MA Spruit… - European Respiratory …, 2017 - Eur Respiratory Soc
Tailoring the approach to multimorbidity in adults with respiratory disease: the NICE guideline |
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Роль реабилитации в комплексном лечении хронической обструктивной болезни легких

МА Орлов - Русский медицинский журнал. Медицинское …, 2015 - elibrary.ru
АКТУАЛЬНАЯ ПРОБЛЕМА дрома [52, 53, 69]. Новые возможности лечения ХОБЛ
связываются с применением пролонгированных препаратов антихолинэргического …

Диагностическое значение биомаркеров при обострении хронической обструктивной болезни легких

АВ Будневский, ЕС Овсянников… - …, 2014 - journal.pulmonology.ru
Аннотация Обострения хронической обструктивной болезни легких (ХОБЛ) играют
важную роль в прогрессировании заболевания, значительно снижают качество жизни …

Airway inflammation and anti‐protease defences rapidly improve during treatment of an acute exacerbation of COPD

S Pant, EH Walters, A Griffiths, R WOOD‐BAKER… - …, 2009 - Wiley Online Library
Background and objective: There are few data on the short‐term natural history of airway
inflammation during severe episodes of acute exacerbation of COPD (AECOPD). An …

Glucocorticoid insensitivity as a future target of therapy for chronic obstructive pulmonary disease

JA Marwick, KF Chung - International Journal of Chronic …, 2010 - Taylor & Francis
Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) is characterized by an abnormal and
chronic inflammatory response in the lung that underlies the chronic airflow obstruction of …