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Schulung des Inhalationsmanövers bei Kindern mit Asthma bronchiale mittels optischem Feedback

2007

BACKGROUND: For inhalation as a mainstay of asthma therapy, the correct inhalation technique is of utmost importance. This comprises not only the correct handling of the device but also specific device-dependent requirements concerning the inhalation manoeuvre itself. METHODS: We examined whether totally different inhalation manoeuvres can be educated in parallel in asthmatic children. As target manoeuvres we defined: 1) an inhalation as fast as possible (peak inspiratory flow ≥ 60 l/min) with high acceleration in the starting phase as it is normally required for dry powder inhalers. 2) A constant inhalation at a flow between 40 and 90 l/min with a long duration as it is regarded to be opti…

SpirometryPulmonary and Respiratory MedicineAsthma therapyInhalationmedicine.diagnostic_testbusiness.industrymedicine.diseasePlaceboDry powderAnesthesiameasurement_unit.measuring_instrumentMedicinebusinessPeak flow metermeasurement_unitAsthmaHigh accelerationPneumologie
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Electrophysiologic evaluation of phrenic nerve and diaphragm function after coronary bypass surgery: Prospective study of diabetes and other risk fac…

2006

Objective Phrenic neuropathy after coronary artery bypass grafting has been related to various risk factors with conflicting results. The aim of this study was to assess the incidence, characteristics, and clinical consequences of phrenic neuropathy and the influence of diabetes and other risk factors. Methods We conducted an observational, prospective study of parallel groups including 94 consecutive patients subjected to coronary artery bypass grafting, half of them with diabetes and associated polyneuropathy . Electrophysiologic study of phrenic nerve conduction as the reference method, chest radiography, diaphragm ultrasound, and functional respiratory tests were performed 24 to 48 hour…

ThoraxMalePulmonary and Respiratory MedicineDiaphragmInternal thoracic arteryPhrenic Nerve InjuryDiabetes ComplicationsRisk Factorsmedicine.arteryDiabetes mellitusmedicineDiabetes MellitusHumansProspective StudiesRisk factorCoronary Artery BypassPhrenic nervebusiness.industryPeripheral Nervous System DiseasesMiddle Agedmedicine.diseaseElectrophysiologyPhrenic NerveBypass surgeryAnesthesiaFemaleSurgerybusinessCardiology and Cardiovascular MedicinePolyneuropathyThe Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery
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Effects of aclidinium on determinants of COPD severity: symptoms and quality of life

2016

Marco Contoli,1 Paolo Solidoro,2 Fabiano Di Marco,3,4 Nicola Scichilone,5 Angelo Corsico,6 Fulvio Braido,7 Pierachille Santus4,8 1Research Centre on Asthma and COPD, Department of Medical Sciences, University of Ferrara, Ferrara, Italy; 2Cardiovascular and Thoracic Department, Città della Salute, Turin, Italy; 3Department of Health Sciences, University of Milan, Milan, Italy; 4Respiratory Unit, San Paolo Hospital, Milan, Italy; 5Department of Internal Medicine, Section of Pulmonology (DIBIMIS), University of Palermo, Palermo, Italy; 6Department of Molecular Medicine, Fondazione IRCCS Policlinico San Matteo, Pavia, Italy; 7Allergy and Respiratory Diseases Clinic, DIMI, University of G…

Time FactorsReviewdaily symptomsAclidinium; COPD; Daily symptoms; LAMA; Quality of life; Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine; Health Policy; Public Health Environmental and Occupational HealthSeverity of Illness IndexPulmonary Disease Chronic Obstructive0302 clinical medicineBronchodilatorMedicine030212 general & internal medicineLungCOPDHealth PolicyTropaneLAMAGeneral MedicineBronchodilator AgentsMuscarinic AntagonistTreatment OutcomeTolerabilityChronic inflammatory responsePublic HealthHumanPulmonary and Respiratory MedicineChronic Obstructivemedicine.medical_specialtyTime Factormedicine.drug_classBronchoconstrictionSocio-culturaleMuscarinic AntagonistsSettore MED/10 - Malattie Dell'Apparato RespiratorioPulmonary Disease03 medical and health sciencesAclidinium bromideaclidiniumAclidinium; COPD; Daily symptoms; LAMA; Quality of life; Bronchoconstriction; Bronchodilator Agents; Humans; Lung; Muscarinic Antagonists; Pulmonary Disease Chronic Obstructive; Recovery of Function; Severity of Illness Index; Time Factors; Treatment Outcome; Tropanes; Quality of LifeInternal medicineSeverity of illnessAnticholinergicCOPDHumansAdverse effectBronchodilator Agentlcsh:RC705-779business.industryEnvironmental and Occupational HealthDaily symptomPublic Health Environmental and Occupational Healthlcsh:Diseases of the respiratory systemRecovery of Functionmedicine.diseasequality of life030228 respiratory systemPhysical therapybusinessTropanesInternational Journal of Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease
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Thrombotic complications of vaccination against SARS-CoV-2: what pharmacovigilance reports tell us – and what they don't

2021

In the present issue of the Journal [1], Smadja et al. present an analysis of global pharmacovigilance reports of thrombotic events following severe acute respiratory distress syndrome coronavirus (SARS-CoV)-2 vaccination. More specifically, the authors analysed the data entered into the World Health Organization (WHO) Global Database for Individual Case Safety Reports (VigiBase) between December 13, 2020 and March 16, 2021, covering, at that time, a population of almost 362 million vaccinated individuals across the world. The study focuses on three of the coronavirus disease (COVID)-19 vaccines available to date, namely the Pfizer-BioNtech (BNT162b2), Moderna (mRNA-1273), and OxfordAstraZe…

Venous ThrombosisPulmonary and Respiratory Medicine2019-20 coronavirus outbreakmedicine.medical_specialtyCoronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19)SARS-CoV-2business.industrySevere acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2)VaccinationCOVID-19ThrombosisVaccination03 medical and health sciencesEditorial0302 clinical medicine030228 respiratory systemPharmacovigilancemedicineHumans030212 general & internal medicineIntensive care medicinebusinessThrombotic complicationEuropean Respiratory Journal
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Effects of a structured educational intervention in moderate-to-severe elderly asthmatic subjects.

2019

Background: Adherence to inhaled drugs is linked to patients’ satisfaction with their device, and an incorrect use can negatively affect the outcomes of asthma treatment. We speculated that this is particularly true in elderly asthmatic subjects. Aim: We performed a national pre-post interventional multicentre study, enrolling moderate-to-severe asthmatic subjects aged ≥65 ​years treated with fixed inhaled combination drugs by dry powder inhaler (DPI) or pressurized metered dose inhaler (pMDI). Adherence and critical errors were evaluated by means of validated questionnaires at first visit (V1) and after 3–6 months (V2). At V1, subjects underwent intensive training on the correct use of the…

Vital capacityACT asthma control testExacerbationSAE severe asthma exacerbationSF12chlorofluorocarbonsmental health composite scoreEDUCA elderly and device use in chronic asthmaPCS physical health composite scoreACT asthma control test; AHDS hospital anxiety depression scale; Asthma; CFC chlorofluorocarbons; Device misuse; EDUCA elderly and device use in chronic asthma; Education; Elderly; FEV1 forced expiratory volume 1s second; FVC forced vital capacity; ICS inhaled corticosteroids; LABA long-acting β2 agonist; LAMA long-acting muscarinic antagonists; MCS mental health composite score; PCS physical health composite score; PROs patient-reported outcomes; SAE severe asthma exacerbation; SF12 short form health survey; mMRC modified medical research councilEDUCAFEV10302 clinical medicineElderlyImmunology and AllergyMedicine030223 otorhinolaryngologybiologymMRC modified medical research councilsevere asthma exacerbationmodified medical research councilLAMASAELamaelderly and device use in chronic asthmaMetered-dose inhalerDry-powder inhalerDevice misusePROs patient-reported outcomesCFCPCSpatient-reported outcomesmMRClcsh:Immunologic diseases. AllergyPulmonary and Respiratory Medicinelong-acting β2 agonistmedicine.medical_specialtyImmunologyLABAphysical health composite scoreArticleLAMA long-acting muscarinic antagonistsAHDSEducation03 medical and health sciencesFEV1/FVC ratiolong-acting muscarinic antagonistsforced vital capacitySF12 short form health surveyAsthma; Device misuse; Education; ElderlyInternal medicineMCS mental health composite scoreforced expiratory volume 1s secondAsthmabusiness.industryFEV1 forced expiratory volume 1s secondInhalerasthma control testbiology.organism_classificationmedicine.diseaseCFC chlorofluorocarbonsACTICS inhaled corticosteroidsFVCAsthmaMCShospital anxiety depression scale030228 respiratory systemICSAHDS hospital anxiety depression scaleFVC forced vital capacityPROsshort form health surveyinhaled corticosteroidslcsh:RC581-607businessLABA long-acting β2 agonistThe World Allergy Organization journal
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Identification et spécificité d’espèce des protéines d’intérêt pour le diagnostic sérologique de la maladie du poumon d’éleveur d’oiseaux

2016

Introduction La maladie du poumon d’eleveur d’oiseaux (PEO) est une pneumopathie d’hypersensibilite liee a l’inhalation repetee de proteines antigeniques localisees entre autre, dans les fientes des oiseaux. Actuellement on connait peu de chose sur la nature de ces proteines. La serologie occupe une place importante dans le diagnostic, toutefois, celle-ci manque de specificite et de standardisation. Les objectifs consistent a evaluer la specificite des proteines antigeniques impliquees dans le PEO vis-a-vis de differentes especes aviaires et a identifier les proteines d’interet contenues dans les fientes de pigeon. Methodes Une comparaison des proteines des fientes de deux races de pigeon, …

[SDV.EE.SANT]Life Sciences [q-bio]/Ecology environment/HealthPulmonary and Respiratory Medicine03 medical and health sciences0302 clinical medicine030228 respiratory system030212 general & internal medicineComputingMilieux_MISCELLANEOUS[ SDV.EE.SANT ] Life Sciences [q-bio]/Ecology environment/Health3. Good healthRevue des Maladies Respiratoires
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Bone marrow-derived progenitors are greatly reduced in patients with severe COPD and low-BMI.

2009

Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) patients have reduced circulating hemopoietic progenitors. We hypothesized that severity of COPD parallels the decrease in progenitors and that the reduction in body mass index (BMI) could be associated with more severe bone marrow dysfunction. We studied 39 patients with moderate to very severe COPD (18 with low-BMI and 21 with normal-BMI) and 12 controls. Disease severity was associated to a greater reduction in circulating progenitors. Proangiogenetic and inflammatory markers correlated with disease severity parameters. Compared to normal-BMI patients, low-BMI patients showed: greater reduction in circulating progenitors; higher VEGF-A, VEGF-C…

aged; analysis of variance; antigens; blood; blood cell count; body mass index; bone marrow transplantation; case-control studies; cd; chronic obstructive; chronic obstructive pulmonary disease; colony-forming units assay; creatine kinase; cytokines; endothelial cells; enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay; fat-free mass; female; humans; intercellular signaling peptides and proteins; lactate dehydrogenases; low-bmi copd; male; metabolism; methods; middle aged; normal-bmi copd; physiology; physiopathology/surgery; pulmonary disease; severity of illness index; statistics as topicMalePathologyPhysiologyStatistics as TopicCD34GastroenterologySeverity of Illness IndexBody Mass IndexPulmonary Disease Chronic Obstructiveantigenslow-bmi copdnormal-bmi copdCreatine Kinasepulmonary diseaseBone Marrow TransplantationCOPDchronic obstructiveGeneral NeuroscienceRespiratory diseaseMiddle Agedcdfat-free massHaematopoiesismedicine.anatomical_structurephysiopathology/surgeryCytokinesIntercellular Signaling Peptides and ProteinsFemalePulmonary and Respiratory Medicinemedicine.medical_specialtyEnzyme-Linked Immunosorbent Assaymacromolecular substancesSettore MED/10 - Malattie Dell'Apparato Respiratoriochronic obstructive pulmonary diseasemethodsColony-Forming Units AssayChronic obstructive pulmonary disease low-BMI COPD normal-BMI COPD fat-free massbloodAntigens CDInternal medicineSeverity of illnessmedicineHumansProgenitor cellLactate DehydrogenasesAgedAnalysis of Variancebusiness.industryCase-control studyEndothelial Cellsmedicine.diseaseBlood Cell CountCase-Control StudiesBone marrowbusinessmetabolismRespiratory physiologyneurobiology
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Extracellular matrix fiber microarchitecture is region-specific in bicuspid aortic valve-associated ascending aortopathy

2016

Abstract Objective Ascending thoracic aortic aneurysm (ATAA) in patients with bicuspid aortic valve (BAV) commonly dilate asymmetrically compared with patients with tricuspid aortic valve (TAV). This discrepancy in aneurysm geometry led us to hypothesize that microarchitectural differences underlie the observed asymmetric dilatation pattern. The purpose of this study was to characterize the microarchitectural distinctions of the extracellular matrix of the 2 phenotypes with a focus on the proportion of radially oriented elastin and collagen fibers in different circumferential aortic regions. Methods Aortic tissue rings were obtained just distal to the sinotubular junction from patients with…

collagenMaleAortic valveHeart Valve DiseasesaortopathyAorta Thoracic030204 cardiovascular system & hematologyAortic aneurysm0302 clinical medicineBicuspid aortic valveBicuspid Aortic Valve DiseaseAortic sinusThoracic aortaAortaAged 80 and overAnatomyMiddle AgedExtracellular MatrixHeart Valve Diseasemedicine.anatomical_structureAortic Valve030220 oncology & carcinogenesiscardiovascular systemCardiologyFemaleCardiology and Cardiovascular MedicineHumanAdultPulmonary and Respiratory Medicinemedicine.medical_specialtybicuspid aortic valveelastinThoracic aortic aneurysmaortic wall microarchitectureArticle03 medical and health sciencesascending aortic aneurysmInternal medicinemedicine.arterymedicineHumansBicuspidCoronary sinusAgedAortaAortic Aneurysm Thoracicbusiness.industrymedicine.diseaseElasticitySurgerybusinessThe Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery
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Anti-inflammatory effects of pre-seasonal Th1-adjuvant vaccine to Parietaria judaica in asthmatics

2011

Nicola Scichilone, Chiara Minaldi, Roberta Santagata, Salvatore Battaglia, Gaetana Camarda, Vincenzo Bellia Dipartimento Biomedico di Medicina Interna e Specialistica (Di.Bi.M.I.S.), Sezione di Pneumologia, University of Palermo, Palermo, ItalyBackground: The ultra-short course pre-seasonal allergy vaccine, containing appropriate allergoids with the adjuvant monophosphoryl lipid A (MPL), may be effective in treating allergic symptoms. Objective: To explore the timing of the immunological responses to the pre-seasonal allergy vaccine.Methods: Four subcutaneous injections of the active product (Pollinex Quattro) were administered to 20 Parietaria-sensitive intermittent asthmatics (M/F: 12/8; …

exhaled breath condensatelcsh:Immunologic diseases. AllergyPulmonary and Respiratory MedicinePediatricsmedicine.medical_specialtymedicine.drug_classmedicine.medical_treatmentSettore MED/10 - Malattie Dell'Apparato Respiratoriomedicine.disease_causeAnti-inflammatoryAllergenJournal of Asthma and AllergymedicineImmunology and AllergyExhaled breath condensateOriginal ResearchAsthmabiologybusiness.industryasthmabiology.organism_classificationmedicine.diseaseinflammationpollenallergen asthma immunotherapy inflammation pollen exhaled breath condensateImmunologyParietaria judaicaimmunotherapylcsh:RC581-607businessAdjuvantallergenJournal of Asthma and Allergy
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Students’ approaches to solving R-FCI tasks observed by eye-tracking method

2018

This study sought to assess the representational format of task options in the representational variant of the force concept Inventory (R-FCI) test, namely its impact on students’ problem-solving approaches. This was done with the help of eye-tracking equipment. 35 high-school students solved four tasks, mainly from the R-FCI test, which sought to assess the student’s understanding of Newton’s 1st and 2nd Law of Motion. As they were trying to solve the problems, their gazes were tracked by TobiiTX300. A comparison between students who provided the correct and incorrect answer was subsequently carried out. The correctly answering students very quickly found the correct solution both in verba…

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