Lower Airway Microbiota in COPD and Healthy Controls
Source : https://thorax.bmj.com/content/early/2024/02/07/thorax-2023-220455
The lower airway microbiota in patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) are likely altered compared with the microbiota in healthy individuals. Information on how the microbiota is affected by...
Smoking has different effects on diversity and taxonomic abundance in patients with COPD compared with controls. COPD severity and ICS use were not linked to the lower airway microbiota.
Being Met as a Person and Not as a Diagnosis – Meanings of Healthcare Encounters for Women With Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease Stage III or IV
Source : https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/38334989/
Our study seeks to elucidate meanings of healthcare encounters for women with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease stage III or IV. We conducted 12 narrative interviews which were analyzed using phenomenological...
For women living with stage 3/4 COPD, healthcare encounters that are experienced as unequal or unjust could pose serious health risks through the exacerbation of feelings of insecurity and lack of support.
Comorbidity in Small Cell Lung Cancer: Prognostic Impacts of Hypertension/Coronary Artery Disease, Diabetes Mellitus, and Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease
Source : https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/38299573/
Comorbidity, the most important components of which are hypertension/coronary artery disease (HTN/CAD), diabetes mellitus (DM), and chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD), is frequently encountered in small cell lung cancer (SCLC)...
The presence of hypertension, coronary artery disease, and COPD did not adversely affect outcomes, but lower survival rates were observed in patients with coexisting diabetes mellitus.
Lung Disease and Social Justice – COPD as a Manifestation of Structural Violence
Source : https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/38300144/
Lung health, the development of lung disease, and how well a person with lung disease is able to live, all depend on a wide range of societal factors. These systemic...
The authors developed a taxonomy to make the causal processes relating to COPD more apparent, and the responsibility to interrupt or alleviate them clearer.
Midregional Proatrial Naturetic Peptide (MRproANP) and Copeptin (COPAVP) as Predictors of All-Cause Mortality in Recently Diagnosed Mild to Moderate COPD—Results From COSYCONET
Source : https://respiratory-research.biomedcentral.com/articles/10.1186/s12931-024-02690-9
MRproANP and COPAVP are prognostic markers for mortality in chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD). Furthermore, these biomarkers predict mortality due to cardiovascular diseases, which are important prognostically determining comorbidities in...
In patients with recently diagnosed mild to moderate COPD, elevated values of copeptin and midregional proatrial naturetic peptide were robust, independent biomarkers for all-cause mortality risk after adjustment for multiple other factors.