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Claudio Imperiale

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Effects of chronic airway disease on health status of geriatric patients.

2004

Background and aims: The impact of chronic airway disease on the health status of elderly patients is only to some extent explained by indexes of airflow limitation. The present study was designed to assess to what extent: 1) asthma, chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) and chronic bronchitis with normal FEV1 (simple bronchitis) differ in their impact on health status; 2) health status depends upon non-respiratory factors. Methods: A total of 1601 outpatients over 65 - 198 with asthma, 228 with COPD, 91 with simple bronchitis, and 1084 with non-respiratory illnesses (control group) -were studied by collection of five health status indexes and multidimensional assessment. Discriminan…

AgingChronic bronchitismedicine.medical_specialtyHealth StatusSettore MED/10 - Malattie Dell'Apparato RespiratorioPulmonary Disease Chronic ObstructiveInternal medicinemedicineHealth Status IndicatorsHumansRespiratory functionBronchitisAsthmaAgedCOPDbusiness.industryAnthropometrymedicine.diseaseComorbidityAsthmarespiratory tract diseasesAirway diseaseChronic DiseasePhysical therapyBronchitisaging quality of life COPDGeriatrics and GerontologybusinessAlgorithmsAging clinical and experimental research
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Aging and Disability Affect Misdiagnosis of COPD in Elderly Asthmatics

2003

Study objectives: This study investigated to what extent a diagnosis of COPD is erroneously made or the disease remains unrecognized in elderly asthmatic patients, and identified factors leading to misdiagnosis and underdiagnosis of asthma in such patients. Design: A multicenter study involving 24 Italian pulmonary or geriatric institutions. Patients: One hundred twenty-eight asthmatic patients (98 women, 76.6%) aged 73 6.4 years (mean SD) were selected from the cohort of the Salute Respiratoria nell’Anziano (respiratory health in the elderly) study. Methods: All patients underwent a clinical evaluation that included clinical history and spirometry with a bronchodilator test. A diagnosis of…

Pulmonary and Respiratory MedicineSpirometryCOPDPediatricsmedicine.medical_specialtyMini–Mental State Examinationmedicine.diagnostic_testbusiness.industrymedicine.drug_classCritical Care and Intensive Care Medicinemedicine.diseaseBronchodilatorCohortmedicinePhysical therapyGeriatric Depression ScaleRisk factorCardiology and Cardiovascular MedicinebusinessAsthmaChest
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Evaluation of Health Outcomes in Elderly Patients With Asthma and COPD Using Disease-Specific and Generic Instruments

2001

Abstract Objectives To compare the effects of asthma and COPD on health status (HS) in elderly patients, and to assess the correlation between disease-specific and generic instruments assessing HS. Design Multicenter, cross-sectional, observational study. Setting The Salute Respiratoria nell'Anziano (respiratory health in the elderly) Study network of outpatient departments. Patients One hundred ninety-eight asthma patients and 230 COPD patients ≥ 65 years old. Measurements HS was assessed by the Saint George's Respiratory Questionnaire (SGRQ) and five generic outcomes: Barthel's index, 6-min walk test, mini mental state examination, geriatric depression scale (GDS), and quality-of-sleep in…

Pulmonary and Respiratory MedicinePolypharmacyeducation.field_of_studyCOPDmedicine.medical_specialtyMini–Mental State Examinationmedicine.diagnostic_testbusiness.industryPopulationCritical Care and Intensive Care Medicinemedicine.diseasehumanitiesrespiratory tract diseasesQuality of lifePhysical therapyMedicineGeriatric Depression ScaleCardiology and Cardiovascular Medicinebusinesseducationhuman activitiesBody mass indexAsthmaChest
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Mild to moderate chronic airways disease does not carry an excess risk of cognitive dysfunction

2003

Whether chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) carries a risk of cognitive dysfunction prior to the onset of arterial hypoxemia is not known. Our objective was to assess both the prevalence and main correlates of subclinical cognitive dysfunction in older patients with non-hypoxemic COPD.Home-dwelling non-demented subjects over 64 years of age consecutively attending 24 outpatient Departments of Respiratory Medicine or Geriatrics because of COPD (N = 233), asthma (N = 203), non-obstructive bronchitis (N = 92) or chronic non-respiratory and non-dementing diseases (controls, N = 1080) underwent a multidimensional assessment. Cognitive status was assessed by the Mini-Mental State Examina…

Agingmedicine.medical_specialtyVital capacityNeuropsychological TestsSeverity of Illness IndexPulmonary Disease Chronic ObstructiveRisk FactorsInternal medicineSeverity of illnessmedicineHumansRespiratory functionAgedAsthmaAged 80 and overGeriatricsCOPDbusiness.industrymedicine.diseaseMultivariate AnalysisPhysical therapyBronchitisGeriatric Depression ScaleGeriatrics and GerontologyCognition DisordersbusinessAging Clinical and Experimental Research
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