Ausgabe 1/2009
Inhalt (53 Artikel)
Inhaled corticosteroids for asthma: impact of practice level device switching on asthma control
Mike Thomas, David Price, Henry Chrystyn, Andrew Lloyd, Angela E Williams, Julie von Ziegenweidt
Characteristics of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease in Spain from a gender perspective
Pilar Carrasco-Garrido, Javier de Miguel-Díez, Javier Rejas-Gutierrez, Antonio Martín-Centeno, Elena Gobartt-Vázquez, Valentin Hernandez-Barrera, Angel Gil de Miguel, Rodrigo Jimenez-Garcia
Unsuspected and extensive transmission of a drug-susceptible Mycobacterium tuberculosisstrain
Ana Isabel López-Calleja, Patricia Gavín, Ma Antonia Lezcano, Ma Asunción Vitoria, Ma José Iglesias, Joaquín Guimbao, Ma Ángeles Lázaro, Nalin Rastogi, Ma José Revillo, Carlos Martín, Sofia Samper
Clinical predictors for Legionella in patients presenting with community-acquired pneumonia to the emergency department
Rico Fiumefreddo, Roya Zaborsky, Jeannine Haeuptle, Mirjam Christ-Crain, Andrej Trampuz, Ingrid Steffen, Reno Frei, Beat Müller, Philipp Schuetz
From arginine methylation to ADMA: A novel mechanism with therapeutic potential in chronic lung diseases
Dariusz Zakrzewicz, Oliver Eickelberg
COPD exacerbation: Lost in translation
Demosthenes Makris, Demosthenes Bouros
Asthma caused by occupational exposures is common – A systematic analysis of estimates of the population-attributable fraction
Kjell Torén, Paul D Blanc
Exercise-induced bronchoconstriction and atopy in Tunisian athletes
Ridha Sallaoui, Karim Chamari, Abbas Mossa, Zouhair Tabka, Moktar Chtara, Youssef Feki, Mohamed Amri
The diagnostic role of glycosaminoglycans in pleural effusions: A pilot study
Rozina Vavetsi, Stefanos Bonovas, Paraskevi Polizou, Chrysanthi Papanastasopoulou, Georgia Dougekou, Nikolaos M Sitaras
Rates of asthma attacks in patients with previously inadequately controlled mild asthma treated in clinical practice with combination drug therapy: an exploratory post-hoc analysis
Robert W Dal Negro, Luis Borderias, Qiaoyi Zhang, Tao Fan, Vasilisa Sazonov, Magda Guilera, Stephanie D Taylor
Plasma leptin and insulin-like growth factor I levels during acute exacerbations of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease
Prokopis Kythreotis, Ageliki Kokkini, Stavrina Avgeropoulou, Argyro Hadjioannou, Efgenia Anastasakou, Antonis Rasidakis, Petros Bakakos
Nonattendance in pediatric pulmonary clinics: an ambulatory survey
Aviv D Goldbart, Jacob Dreiher, Daniel A Vardy, Soliman Alkrinawi, Arnon D Cohen
Prediction and treatment of asthma in preschool children at risk: study design and baseline data of a prospective cohort study in general practice (ARCADE)
Karina E van Wonderen, Lonneke B van der Mark, Jacob Mohrs, Ronald B Geskus, Willem M van der Wal, Wim MC van Aalderen, Patrick JE Bindels, Gerben ter Riet
Studying bacteria in respiratory specimens by using conventional and molecular microbiological approaches
Geraint B Rogers, Thomas WV Daniels, Andrew Tuck, Mary P Carroll, Gary J Connett, Gondi JP David, Kenneth D Bruce
ICE COLD ERIC – International collaborative effort on chronic obstructive lung disease: exacerbation risk index cohorts – Study protocol for an international COPD cohort study
Lara Siebeling, Gerben ter Riet, Willem M van der Wal, Ronald B Geskus, Marco Zoller, Patrick Muggensturm, Irena Joleska, Milo A Puhan
Insufficient quality of sputum submitted for tuberculosis diagnosis and associated factors, in Klaten district, Indonesia
Mateus Sakundarno, Nurjazuli Nurjazuli, Sutopo Patria Jati, Retna Sariningdyah, Sumarsono Purwadi, Bachti Alisjahbana, Marieke J van der Werf
The Urban Environment and Childhood Asthma (URECA) birth cohort study: design, methods, and study population
James E Gern, Cynthia M Visness, Peter J Gergen, Robert A Wood, Gordon R Bloomberg, George T O'Connor, Meyer Kattan, Hugh A Sampson, Frank R Witter, Megan T Sandel, Wayne G Shreffler, Rosalind J Wright, Samuel J Arbes Jr, William W Busse
Serum VEGF levels are related to the presence of pulmonary arterial hypertension in systemic sclerosis
Andriana I Papaioannou, Epaminondas Zakynthinos, Konstantinos Kostikas, Theodoros Kiropoulos, Angela Koutsokera, Athanasios Ziogas, Athanasios Koutroumpas, Lazaros Sakkas, Konstantinos I Gourgoulianis, Zoe D Daniil
Gene expression in lungs of mice lacking the 5-hydroxytryptamine transporter gene
Daniel Crona, Julie Harral, Serge Adnot, Saadia Eddahibi, James West
Alterations in the human lung proteome with lipopolysaccharide
Russell P Bowler, Nichole Reisdorph, Richard Reisdorph, Edward Abraham
Host markers in Quantiferon supernatants differentiate active TB from latent TB infection: preliminary report
Novel N Chegou, Gillian F Black, Martin Kidd, Paul D van Helden, Gerhard Walzl
Occurrence of HSV-1-induced pneumonitis in patients under standard immunosuppressive therapy for rheumatic, vasculitic, and connective tissue disease
Matthias N Witt, Gerald S Braun, Stephan Ihrler, Holger Schmid
Home exposure to Arabian incense (bakhour) and asthma symptoms in children: a community survey in two regions in Oman
Omar A Al-Rawas, Abdullah A Al-Maniri, Bazdawi M Al-Riyami
Economic burden of asthma: a systematic review
Katayoun Bahadori, Mary M Doyle-Waters, Carlo Marra, Larry Lynd, Kadria Alasaly, John Swiston, Js Mark FitzGerald
Persistence of oxidant and protease burden in the airways after smoking cessation
Noora Louhelainen, Paula Rytilä, Tari Haahtela, Vuokko L Kinnula, Ratko Djukanović
Three years of pulmonary rehabilitation: inhibit the decline in airflow obstruction, improves exercise endurance time, and body-mass index, in chronic obstructive pulmonary disease
David Stav, Meir Raz, Isaac Shpirer
Stem cell factor and its soluble receptor (c-kit) in serum of asthmatic patients- correlation with disease severity
Joanna S Makowska, Malgorzata Cieslak, Marek L Kowalski
Comparison of airway measurements during influenza-induced tachypnea in infant and adult cotton rats
Elman L Trias, Arash Hassantoufighi, Gregory A Prince, Maryna C Eichelberger
Approach to the diagnosis and management of suspected exercise-induced bronchoconstriction by primary care physicians
James H Hull, Peter J Hull, Jonathan P Parsons, John W Dickinson, Les Ansley
Lung diffusing capacity for nitric oxide and carbon monoxide in relation to morphological changes as assessed by computed tomography in patients with cystic fibrosis
Holger Dressel, Laura Filser, Rainald Fischer, Katharina Marten, Ullrich Müller-Lisse, Dorothea de la Motte, Dennis Nowak, Rudolf M Huber, Rudolf A Jörres
Diagnostic accuracy of spirometry in primary care
Antonius Schneider, Lena Gindner, Lisa Tilemann, Tjard Schermer, Geert-Jan Dinant, Franz Joachim Meyer, Joachim Szecsenyi
Associations between statins and COPD: a systematic review
Claudia C Dobler, Keith K Wong, Guy B Marks
Tolerability of inhaled N-chlorotaurine in the pig model
Ralf Geiger, Benedikt Treml, Anna Pinna, Linn Barnickel, Harald Prossliner, Hannes Reinstadler, Michael Pilch, Maria Hauer, Christoph Walther, Hans-Jörg Steiner, Thomas Giese, Andreas Wemhöner, Sabine Scholl-Bürgi, Waldemar Gottardi, Roland Arnitz, Consolato Sergi, Markus Nagl, Alexander Löckinger
IL-13 expression by blood T cells and not eosinophils is increased in asthma compared to non-asthmatic eosinophilic bronchitis
Salman Siddiqui, Glenn Cruse, Susan Mckenna, William Monteiro, Vijay Mistry, Andrew Wardlaw, Christopher Brightling
Determinants of cardiac troponin T elevation in COPD exacerbation – a cross-sectional study
Pål H Brekke, Torbjørn Omland, Stein Harald Holmedal, Pål Smith, Vidar Søyseth
Respiratory physiotherapy and incidence of pulmonary complications in off-pump coronary artery bypass graft surgery: an observational follow-up study
Isabel Yánez-Brage, Salvador Pita-Fernández, Alberto Juffé-Stein, Ursicino Martínez-González, Sonia Pértega-Díaz, Ángeles Mauleón-García
The efficacy of a comprehensive lifestyle modification programme based on yoga in the management of bronchial asthma: a randomized controlled trial
Ramaprabhu Vempati, Ramesh Lal Bijlani, Kishore Kumar Deepak
The Queensland experience of participation in a national drug use evaluation project, Community-acquired pneumonia – towards improving outcomes nationally (CAPTION)
Lisa K Pulver, Susan E Tett, Judith Coombes
What is the clinical relevance of different lung compartments?
Thomas Tschernig, Reinhard Pabst
A solitary bronchial papilloma with unusual endoscopic presentation: case study and literature review
Fabrice Paganin, Martine Prevot, Jean Baptiste Noel, Marie Frejeville, Claude Arvin-Berod, Arnaud Bourdin
T-cell-based diagnosis of tuberculosis infection in children in Lithuania: a country of high incidence despite a high coverage with bacille Calmette-Guerin vaccination
Edita Hansted, Angele Andriuskeviciene, Raimundas Sakalauskas, Rimantas Kevalas, Brigita Sitkauskiene
Effect of traffic pollution on respiratory and allergic disease in adults: cross-sectional and longitudinal analyses
Mar Pujades-Rodríguez, Tricia McKeever, Sarah Lewis, Duncan Whyatt, John Britton, Andrea Venn
Impact of patient characteristics, education and knowledge on emergency room visits in patients with asthma and COPD: a descriptive and correlative study
Margareta Emtner, Anna Hedin, Mikael Andersson, Christer Janson
Efficacy and safety of tigecycline versus levofloxacin for community-acquired pneumonia
Cristina Tanaseanu, Slobodan Milutinovic, Petre I Calistru, Janos Strausz, Marius Zolubas, Valeriy Chernyak, Nathalie Dartois, Nathalie Castaing, Hassan Gandjini, C Angel Cooper
Protective effect of geranylgeranylacetone, an inducer of heat shock protein 70, against drug-induced lung injury/fibrosis in an animal model
Takayoshi Fujibayashi, Naozumi Hashimoto, Mayumi Jijiwa, Yoshinori Hasegawa, Toshihisa Kojima, Naoki Ishiguro
Association of the TLR4 Asp299Gly polymorphism with lung function in relation to body mass index
Punam Pahwa, Chandima P Karunanayake, Donna C Rennie, Yue Chen, David A Schwartz, James A Dosman
Evaluation of psychological and physiological predictors of fatigue in patients with COPD
Agnieszka Lewko, Penelope L Bidgood, Rachel Garrod
Comparative analysis of selected exhaled breath biomarkers obtained with two different temperature-controlled devices
Frank Hoffmeyer, Monika Raulf-Heimsoth, Volker Harth, Jürgen Bünger, Thomas Brüning
Plasma CC16 levels are associated with development of ALI/ARDS in patients with ventilator-associated pneumonia: a retrospective observational study
Rogier M Determann, Julian L Millo, Sam Waddy, Rene Lutter, Chris S Garrard, Marcus J Schultz
Evaluation of Current Knowledge, Awareness and Practice of Spirometry among Hospital -based Nigerian Doctors
Olufemi O Desalu, Olusegun A Busari, Cajetan C Onyedum, Fatai K Salawu, Olusegun A Obateru, Kelechukwu C Nwogu, Alakija K Salami
Effects of acute hypoventilation and hyperventilation on exhaled carbon monoxide measurement in healthy volunteers
Franco Cavaliere, Carmen Volpe, Riccardo Gargaruti, Andrea Poscia, Michele Di Donato, Giovanni Grieco, Umberto Moscato
Action Plan to enhance self-management and early detection of exacerbations in COPD patients; a multicenter RCT
Jaap CA Trappenburg, Lieselotte Koevoets, Gerdien H de Weert-van Oene, Evelyn M Monninkhof, Jean Bourbeau, Thierry Troosters, Theo JM Verheij, Jan-Willem J Lammers, Augustinus JP Schrijvers
Exhaled nitric oxide and airway hyperresponsiveness in workers: a preliminary study in lifeguards
Valérie Demange, Abraham Bohadana, Nicole Massin, Pascal Wild