Inhaler mishandling is very common in patients with chronic airflow obstruction and long-…

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Status asthmaticus in the medical intensive care unit: A 30-year experience.
Resp…

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All Danish first-time COPD hospitalisations 2002-2008: Incidence, outcome, patients, and …

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Computerized lung sound analysis as diagnostic aid for the detection of abnormal lung sou…

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Effectiveness of discharge-coordinator intervention in patients with chronic obstructive …

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Differences between bisoprolol and carvedilol in patients with chronic heart failure and …

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The need for medication reconciliation: a cross-sectional observational study in adult pa…

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Alpha-1 antitrypsin is elevated in exhaled breath condensate and serum in exacerbated COPD patients.
Respir Med. 2011 Aug 25;
Authors: Rembert Koczulla A, Noeske S, Herr C, Koepke J, Jörres RA, Nell C, Schmid S, Vogelmeier C,…

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Ischemia modified albumin in the differential diagnosis of pleural effusions.
Respir Med. 2011 Aug 13;
Authors: Dikensoy O, Celik N, Kul S, Gogebakan B, Bayram H, Light RW
The differential diagnosis of pleural effusion…

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Post-bronchoscopy sputum: Improving the diagnostic yield in smear negative pulmonary TB.
Respir Med. 2011 Aug 12;
Authors: George PM, Mehta M, Dhariwal J, Singanayagam A, Raphael CE, Salmasi M, Connell DW, Molyneaux P, Wickrem…

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Brain natriuretic peptide measurement in pulmonary medicine.
Respir Med. 2011 Aug 5;
Authors: Salerno D, Marik PE
Serum levels of natriuretic peptides are well established as important biomarkers in patients with cardi…

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Clinical and economic outcomes of multiple versus single long-acting inhalers in COPD.
Respir Med. 2011 Jul 30;
Authors: Yu AP, Guérin A, de Leon DP, Ramakrishnan K, Wu EQ, Mocarski M, Blum SI, Setyawan J
OBJECTIVE: T…

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The health, activity, dyspnea, obstruction, age, and hospitalization: Prognostic score for stable COPD patients.
Respir Med. 2011 Jun 22;
Authors: Esteban C, Quintana JM, Aburto M, Moraza J, Arostegui I, España PP, Aizpiri S,…

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Pulmonary-renal syndromes: An update for respiratory physicians.
Respir Med. 2011 Jun 17;
Authors: McCabe C, Jones Q, Nikolopoulou A, Wathen C, Luqmani R
Pulmonary-renal syndromes are a group of disorders characterised…

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Costs of COPD exacerbations in the emergency department and inpatient setting.
Respir Med. 2011 Mar;105(3):454-60
Authors: Dalal AA, Shah M, D’Souza AO, Rane P
Exacerbations of COPD contribute to lung function decline …

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