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Assessing and accessing the small airways; implications for asthma management

2013

Despite the wealth of experience in the management of asthma, the disease remains inadequately controlled in some patients, who face long-term respiratory impairment and disability. The disease has been characterised as an inflammatory condition affecting first the larger airways and eventually the smaller airways, but there is evidence that peripheral airway involvement defines a particular and more severe phenotype of asthma. For this reason, assessing functional and biological parameters reflective of small airways involvement is important prognostically. No assessment method is universally and directly representative of peripheral airway function, but the traditional spirometric tests, …

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Relationship between sleep disturbances and peripheral airway abnormalities in COPD patients

2017

Background: Individuals with COPD experience sleep disturbances due to the impact of symptoms on quality of sleep. Aim: To test the hypothesis that, in COPD, sleep disturbances are linked to peripheral airway abnormalities. Methods: An investigational study is being performed at the University of Palermo, Italy. The impact of breathing problems on quality of sleep during the previous week is measured with the COPD and Asthma Sleep Impact Scale (CASIS) questionnaire. Airway resistances by impulse oscillometry (IOS) assesses peripheral airway abnormalities. Lung function evaluation includes static and dynamic lung volume measurements. To rule out the risk of having obstructive sleep apnea, th…

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