Most Recent Articles: Respiratory Research
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Thu, 01/21/2021 - 01:00
Lung function impairment persists in 55% of critical COVID-19 patients three months after ICU discharge. Patient lung function, exercise capacity, radiologic, and quality of life data suggest impairment is rel...
Thu, 01/21/2021 - 01:00
Risk stratification is essential to assess mortality risk and guide treatment in patients with precapillary pulmonary hypertension (PH). We herein compared the accuracy of different currently used PH risk stra...
Thu, 01/21/2021 - 01:00
Although pulmonary vascular bed has been the main subject of research for many years in pulmonary hypertension (PH), interest has recently started to divert towards the possibility of a co-existing peripheral ...
Thu, 01/21/2021 - 01:00
The epithelial-mesenchymal signaling involving SHH-FOXF1, TBX4-FGF10, and TBX2 pathways is an essential transcriptional network operating during early lung organogenesis. However, precise regulatory interactio...
Thu, 01/21/2021 - 01:00
Inhaled corticosteroids (ICS) are indicated for prevention of exacerbations in patients with COPD, but they are frequently overprescribed. ICS withdrawal has been recommended by international guidelines in ord...
Wed, 01/20/2021 - 01:00
When infected with Mycobacterium tuberculosis, only a small proportion of the population will develop active TB, and the role of host genetic factors in different TB infection status was not fully understood.
Tue, 01/19/2021 - 01:00
Increasing evidence shows that endothelial apoptosis contributes to cigarette smoke (CS)-induced disease progression, such as chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD). Our previous studies have validated N...
Tue, 01/19/2021 - 01:00
An amendment to this paper has been published and can be accessed via the original article.
Mon, 01/18/2021 - 01:00
COVID-19 causes acute respiratory distress syndrome (ARDS) and depletes the lungs of surfactant, leading to prolonged mechanical ventilation and death. The feasibility and safety of surfactant delivery in COVI...
Mon, 01/18/2021 - 01:00
Diet is a modifier of metabolic syndrome which in turn is associated with World Trade Center obstructive airways disease (WTC-OAD). We have designed this study to (1) assess the dietary phenotype (food types, ...
Fri, 01/15/2021 - 01:00
Physical inactivity due to cachexia and muscle wasting is well recognized as a sign of poor prognosis in chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD). However, there have been no reports on the relationship be...
Fri, 01/15/2021 - 01:00
For some patients, Continuous Positive Airway Pressure (CPAP) remains an uncomfortable therapy despite the constant development of technological innovations. To date, no real life study has investigated the re...
Fri, 01/15/2021 - 01:00
Some studies investigated epidemiological and clinical features of laboratory-confirmed patients with severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) the virus causing coronavirus disease 2019 (CO...
Wed, 01/13/2021 - 01:00
Elderly asthmatics represent an important group that is often excluded from clinical studies. In this study we wanted to present characteristics of asthmatics older than 70 years old as compared to younger pat...
Wed, 01/13/2021 - 01:00
In chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD), lung-infiltrating inflammatory cells secrete proteases and participate in elastin breakdown and genesis of elastin-derived peptides (EP). In the present study, ...
Tue, 01/12/2021 - 01:00
It is essential to avoid admission of patients with undetected corona virus disease 2019 (COVID-19) to hospitals’ general wards. Even repeated negative reverse transcription polymerase chain reaction (RT-PCR) ...
Fri, 01/08/2021 - 01:00
In their letter-to-the-editor entitled “Misconceptions of pathophysiology of happy hypoxemia and implications for management of COVID-19”, Tobin et al. (Respir Res 21:249, 2020) debated our views on happy hypo...
Thu, 01/07/2021 - 01:00
For antibiotic treatment of Acute exacerbations of COPD (AECOPD) the National guidelines in Denmark recommend either first choice amoxicillin 750 mg TID (AMX) or amoxicillin with clavulanic acid 500 mg/125 mg ...
Thu, 01/07/2021 - 01:00
Patients with severe asthma may have a greater risk of dying from COVID-19 disease. Angiotensin converting enzyme-2 (ACE2) and the enzyme proteases, transmembrane protease serine 2 (TMPRSS2) and FURIN, are nee...
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