THE NEUTROPHIL AND ITS SPECIAL ROLE IN CHRONIC OBSTRUCTIVE PULMONARY DISEASE

63(5):551-565.10. Snaith RP: The Hospital Anxiety And Depression Scale. Healthand quality of life outcomes 2003, 1(1):29.11. Lee JS, Hurley MJ, Carew D, Fisher R, Kiss A, Drummond N: A ran-domized clinical trial to assess the impact on an emergencyresponse system on anxiety a[r]

vey, 1988–1994. Arch Intern Med 2000, 160:1683-1689.14. Balmes J, Becklake M, Blanc P, Henneberger P, Kreiss K, Mapp C, Mil-ton D, Schwartz D, Toren K, Viegi G: American Thoracic SocietyStatement: Occupational contribution to the burden of air-way disease. Am J Respir Crit Care Med 200[r]

Objectives: To examine the characteristics of concomitant cardiovascular diseases in patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease. Subjects and methods: A cross-sectional descriptive study was conducted on 162 patients who had a confirmed diagnosis of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease fro[r]

stores (e.g., liquor stores, grocery stores, etc). With few exceptions, this latter category also sells tobacco products, and thus we used off-premise alcohol outlets as a surrogate estimate for number of tobacco outlets. Clearly, this is a conservative estimate of the number of tobacc[r]

rehabilitation illustrated in Figure 1. Figure 1 Three levels of selecting participants for RCTs on rehabilitation Unknown total COPD population1st 1st levellevelPatients contacted2st 2st levellevelPatients screenedInclusionExclusionExclusion3rd 3rd levellevelRandomizationCompletersDropouts[r]

cigarette smoking affects chromatin remodeling in the lungs [76]. Smoking has been found to reduce expression of IκB protein dramatically and thus affects regulation of NF-κB. Unexpectedly, in ex-smokers with COPD, a notable depletion of IκBα has been detected. Neverthele[r]

Methods: The European Community Respiratory Health Survey (ECRHS) I and II provided data on HRQoL, lungfunction, respiratory symp toms, asthma, atopy, and BHR from 6009 subjects. Generic HRQoL was assessed throughthe physical component summary (PCS) score and the m[r]

Indoor air pollution in developing countries: amajor environmental and public health challengeNigel Bruce,1Rogelio Perez-Padilla,2& Rachel Albalak3Around 50% of people, almost all in developing countries, rely on coal and biomass in the form of wood,[r]

of exposure to different substances on the development ofCOPD. Ann. Epidemiol. 2006; 16: 59–62.38 Liu S, Zhou Y, Wang X et al. Biomass fuels are the probable riskfactor for chronic obstructive pulmonary disease in rural SouthChina. Thorax 2007; 62: 88[r]

outcomes such as progression of renal dysfunction or co-morbidity from cardiovascular disease. Despite this, there is an increasing evidence base to support a range of interventions in patients with CKD, providing indirect support for identifying these individuals at an earlier stage o[r]

- Vật vã hay không hợp tác- Tình trạng bệnh nhân không cho phép đặt mặt nạ hay không bảo đảm tình trạng kín khít của mặt nạGUIDELINES5 điểm của guidelines trong xử lý đợt cấp của COPD xuất phát từ kết Nguyễn Đạt Anh12Chơng Hô hấpquả các khuyến cáo của các hiệp hội và tổ chức y tế rất nổi tiếng trên[r]

Occupational Medicine of the German Social Accident Insurance (IPA), Ruhr-University Bochum, Germany.Authors’ contributionsTS carried out the follow-up investigation, developed the study design,performed part of the statistical analysis and drafted the manus[r]

are often not set up to place environmental health issues that matter to the poor high on the agenda. ere are several reasons for this. First, environmental health is rarely placed on the agenda of many conventional health sector programs. is may be because, in order to[r]

assessing progress, problems, setting goals, and solving problems. Whileguidance, training the patient is necessary, as it is essential for the patient todevelop. Knowledge. Patient education and training is meant to providepatients with information (documents and[r]

(e.g. both FEV1 and FVC are lower than predicted). Bronchodilator reversibility test should be performed at least once to diagnose bronchial hyper-reactivity and to establish the best lung function for the individual patient. The patient is then tested before [r]

strategy for the diagnosis, management, and prevention ofchronic obstructive pulmonary disease. NHLBI/WHO Glo-bal Initiative for Chronic Obstructive Lung Disease (GOLD)Workshop summary. American journal of respiratory and critical careme[r]

American heritage, myopia, and hypertension. The production and regulation of aqueous humor have been discussed in an earlier section of this chapter. Although particularly elevated intraocular pressures (e.g., greater than 30 mm Hg) usually will lead to optic nerve damage, cert[r]

Chẩn đoán bệnh phổi tắc nghẽn mạn tính Bệnh phổi tắc nghẽn mạn tính (BPTNMT : Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease-COPD ) là một bệnh có đặc điểm tắc nghẽn lưu lượng khí thở ra thường xuyên bị hạn chế không hồi phục hoặc chỉ hồi phục một phần, tiến triển, thường có tăng[r]

Khi bị bệnh phổi tắc nghẽn mãn tính Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease, viết tắt COPD, đường dẫn khí hẹp lại do thành của đường dẫn dày lên và sưng phù, đồng thời bị các vòng cơ nhỏ b[r]

"BioMed Central will be the most significant development for disseminating the results of biomedical research in our lifetime."Sir Paul Nurse, Cancer Research UKYour research papers will be:available free of charge to the entire biomedical communitypeer reviewed and publi[r]