This review is the summary of a workshop on small airways disease, which took place in
Porquerolles, France in November 2011. The purpose of this workshop was to review the …

The small airways constitute one of the least understood areas of the lungs. They play a role
in many lung diseases, and small airway pathology results in significant morbidity. New …

This review article is a summary of a seminar organised by the European Respiratory
Society on “The role of small airways in obstructive airway diseases” which was held in …

Small airway disease in chronic obstructive pulmonary diseas... : Current Opinion in Pulmonary
Medicine Small airway disease in chronic obstructive pulmonary disease: insights and …

Asthma and COPD have a high personal, societal, and economic impact. Both diseases are
characterized by airway obstruction and an inflammatory process. The inflammatory process …

Background and objective Chronic exposure to biomass smoke (BS) can significantly
compromise pulmonary function and lead to chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) …

The current techniques utilized to assess patients for small airway disease need to be
improved, so clinicians can more effectively phenotype patients with COPD and small …

The small airways, once regarded as the silent zone in the air conducting system of the
lungs are now known to be one of the initial sites of involvement in diseases like asthma and …

The purpose of this review is to provide the clinician with a synthesis and evaluation of the
available information about small airways disease. It will trace the development of the …

Context.—The term small airways disease encompasses a generally poorly understood
group of lung diseases that may arise primarily within the small airways or secondarily from …