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A. G. Corsico

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COPD classification methods and informativeness on mortality: Contrasting evidences

2013

Understanding whether the ABCD GOLD classification method is informative with respect to the spirometric classification of severity in predicting mortality of patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) is subject of debate. The results of a study performed on a sample of the Norwegian population (HUNT2) were recently published. Such data showed the inferiority of ABCD classification in predicting mortality compared to the spirometric classification, which was considered the gold standard up to the 2011 version of GOLD guidelines. This result is not in line with the results of other studies that have shown the equivalence of the two classifications. The new GOLD classificatio…

EpidemiologyCOPD guidelines lung functionPulmonary diseaseSettore MED/10 - Malattie Dell'Apparato RespiratorioChronic obstructive-pulmonary diseaseLung diseasesChronic obstructive; Chronic obstructive-pulmonary disease; Epidemiology; Lung diseases; Pulmonary diseaseChronic obstructive
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Chronic rhinosinusitis with nasal polyps impact in severe asthma patients: Evidences from the Severe Asthma Network Italy (SANI) registry

2020

Abstract Background The clinical and laboratory features of patients enrolled in the Severe Asthma Network in Italy (SANI) registry, a web-based observatory collecting demographic, clinical, functional and inflammatory data of patients with severe asthma were evaluated, with a special emphasis to chronic rhinosinusitis with nasal polyposis (CRSwNP). Methods For each eligible patients the following information has been collected: demographic data, clinical features, asthma control in the previous month according to the GINA (Global INitiative for Asthma) Guidelines and standardized questionnaires, concomitant regular and on demand treatments and inflammatory markers. Results 695 patients wit…

Pulmonary and Respiratory MedicineAdultMalemedicine.medical_specialtySevere asthmaDatabases FactualAdministration OralComorbiditySettore MED/10 - Malattie Dell'Apparato RespiratorioNitric OxideSeverity of Illness IndexComorbiditiesOral corticosteroidAdrenal Cortex HormonesInternal medicineSeverity of illnessOral corticosteroidsmedicinePrevalenceNasal polypsHumansNasal polypsRegistriesSinusitisSinusitisAsthmaAgedRhinitisInternetBronchiectasisbusiness.industryNasal polypSettore MED/09 - MEDICINA INTERNAAtopic dermatitisComorbidities; Nasal polyps; Oral corticosteroids; Severe asthmaMiddle Agedmedicine.diseaseComorbidityAsthmaComorbidities Nasal polyps Oral corticosteroids Severe asthmaItalyConcomitantChronic DiseaseDisease ProgressionFemaleComorbiditiebusiness
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Reply to: Kow CS et al. Are severe asthma patients at higher risk of developing severe outcomes from COVID-19?

2021

severe asthma2019-20 coronavirus outbreakmedicine.medical_specialtyCoronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19)Severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2)Severe asthmaImmunologyComorbiditySettore MED/10 - Malattie Dell'Apparato RespiratorioCOVID-19 severe asthma COPDNOHumans; SARS-CoV-2; Asthma; COVID-19Internal medicineCorrespondencemedicineCOPDImmunology and AllergyHumansAsthmaCOVIDbusiness.industrySARS-CoV-2COVID-19asthmamedicine.diseaseItalybusiness
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Spirometric criteria to diagnose airway obstruction in the elderly: fixed ratio vs. lower limit of normal.

2015

COPD is the most common chronic lung disease. It becomes more prevalent with increasing age but remains under-diagnosed in the elderly. A heated debate concerns the most suitable way to diagnose airway obstruction in this age group. Most COPD guidelines recommend to use a FEV1/FVC of 0.70 as threshold to define an obstructive ventilatory defect. While the use of a 0.70 ratio may be simple, it may result in under-diagnosis of airflow obstruction in young people and over-diagnosis in the elderly due to an age-related decline in pulmonary volumes, especially in FEV1. This might lead to unnecessary use of medications and increased risk of adverse effects. A proposed strategy for reducing the mi…

COPD diagnosis spirometry airflow obstruction forced expiratory volume
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