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Can We Assess Pulsus Paradoxus through Polysomnography in a Patient with Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease and Sleep-Disordered Breathing?
(American Academy of Sleep Medicine, 2016)
Pulsus paradoxus (PP) is a decrease in systolic blood pressure greater than 10 mm Hg during inspiration that occurs in various medical conditions. Using polysomnography pulse oximetry signal, photoplethysmography variations ...
What is a COPD-Like Spirometry Test Result in Resource Constrained Settings?
(Taylor and Francis, 2019)
The diagnosis of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD), a global health problem, is challenging in resource-constrained settings. Spirometry with an obstructive pattern after the administration of bronchodilators ...
Diagnosis of pulmonary embolism in patients with acute exacerbations of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease: a cross-sectional study
(Wiley Blackwell Publishing, Inc, 2020-12)
Introduction: Pulmonary embolism (PE) remains a frequent complication in patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD). It is unclear that the extent to which the traditional risk stratifying scores for PE are ...
Discriminative Accuracy of Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease Screening Instruments in 3 Low- and Middle-Income Country Settings
(American Medical Association, 2022)
Importance: Most of the global morbidity and mortality in chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) occurs in low- and middle-income countries (LMICs), with significant economic effects. Objective: To assess the ...
Cost-Accuracy Analysis of Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease Screening in Low- and Middle-Income Countries
(American Thoracic Society, 2022)
To the editor: The global burden of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) disproportionately affects low- and middle-income countries (LMICs). Well-recognized challenges to the mitigation of COPD in LMICs include ...
Patterns of Body Composition Relating to Chronic Respiratory Diseases Among Adults in Four Resource-Poor Settings in Peru
(Springer, 2018)
PURPOSE: Body composition is known to influence the development and progression of chronic respiratory diseases (CRDs). We sought to characterize the unique anthropometric phenotypes that present with asthma, chronic ...
Challenges in the implementation of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease guidelines in low- And middle-income countries an official American thoracic society workshop report
(American Thoracic Society, 2021)
There is a substantial burden of chronic respiratory diseases, including chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD), in lowand middle-income countries (LMICs). LMICs have particular challenges in delivering cost-effective ...
Epidemiology and risk factors of asthma-chronic obstructive pulmonary disease overlap in low- and middle-income countries
(Elsevier, 2018)
BACKGROUND: Asthma-chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) overlap (ACO) represents the confluence of bronchial airway hyperreactivity and chronic airflow limitation and has been described as leading to worse lung ...
Exacerbación Aguda de la Enfermedad Pulmonar Obstructiva Crónica (Eaepoc) por Infección: Reporte de Caso sobre una Paciente con Epoc Estadio Gold IV: Acute exacerbation of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (EAEPOC) by infection: a case report of a patient with EPOC gold Stage IV
(Universidad Técnica del Norte, 2017)