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Staphylococcus aureus enterotoxins (SE) may act as superantigens and induce an intense T-cell activation, causing local production of polyclonal IgE and resultant eosinophil activation.
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Mashup Score: 0Role of hyperglycemia in cystic fibrosis pulmonary exacerbations - 10 month(s) ago
Hyperglycemia could affect treatment response during cystic fibrosis (CF) exacerbations. We aimed to evaluate the prevalence and associations of hyper…
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Mashup Score: 0Pulmonary rehab for patients with acute exacerbations of COPD improves exercise capacity - 10 month(s) ago
For patients with COPD hospitalized with acute exacerbations, pulmonary rehabilitation yielded better exercise capacity and quality of life vs. usual care, according to study results published in Annals of the American Thoracic Society.“The purpose of our review was to systematically summarize the available scientific evidence, focusing on a specific clinic population (acute exacerbations
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WASHINGTON — Patients with COPD on budesonide/glycopyrrolate/formoterol fumarate within 30 days of an exacerbation had fewer future exacerbations, according to data presented at the American Thoracic Society International Conference.“Exacerbations and Real-world Outcomes [EROS] informs us that triple therapy begun immediately after both moderate and severe exacerbations improved
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Mashup Score: 0Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease and Pneumonia in New Users of Combination Maintenance Inhalers - 11 month(s) ago
This cohort study uses commercial insurance claims to compare the incidence of first moderate or severe chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) exacerbation and first pneumonia hospitalization among patients with COPD who started using inhalers with long-acting muscarinic antagonists and…
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Mashup Score: 0Nocturnal High-Flow Nasal Cannula Therapy and Sinonasal Symptoms During Cystic Fibrosis Exacerbations - 11 month(s) ago
BACKGROUND: Both nasal obstruction and sleep disturbance are common in patients with cystic fibrosis (CF). In patients with obstructive sleep apnea (OSA), studies suggest that these conditions are related and that nasal congestion improves with CPAP therapy. We hypothesized that subjects admitted to hospital for therapy of an exacerbation of CF would have both nasal symptoms and sleep disturbance…
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Mashup Score: 0High likelihood for OSA, depression, poor asthma control in patients with asthma, insomnia - 11 month(s) ago
WASHINGTON — More patients with asthma and insomnia had obstructive sleep apnea, depression and worse exacerbations than patients without insomnia, according to research presented at the American Thoracic Society International Conference.“I hope these findings raise awareness among providers that patients with asthma may have poor nocturnal control, or poor disease control in general,
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Mashup Score: 0EXAcerbations of COPD and their OutcomeS on CardioVascular diseases (EXACOS-CV) Programme: protocol of multicountry observational cohort studies - 11 month(s) ago
Introduction In patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD), the risk of certain cardiovascular (CV) events is increased by threefold to fivefold in the year following acute exacerbation of COPD (AECOPD), compared with a non-exacerbation period. While the effect of severe AECOPD is well established, the relationship of moderate exacerbation or prior exacerbation to elevated risk of…
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Mashup Score: 0Dementia risk increases with greater acute exacerbation severity among patients with COPD - 11 month(s) ago
Patients with COPD first visiting the ED with acute exacerbations faced greater risks for dementia with ICU admission vs. hospital admission or exclusive ED care, according to study results published in BMC Pulmonary Medicine.“Bronchodilator administration might be associated with a decreased risk of developing dementia,” Kuo-Hua Chia, a resident in the department of emergency and
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Mashup Score: 0Future exacerbations in children with severe wheeze predicted by bronchial remodeling - 11 month(s) ago
The risk for regular and severe future exacerbations in children aged 1 to 5 years with severe wheeze can be found through bronchial remodeling, according to results published in American Journal of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine.“Preschool wheezers represent a heterogeneous population,” Michael Fayon, MD, PhD, physician and clinical researcher in the Pediatric Pulmonology
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