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Effects of Ipratropium Bromide Combined with Traditional Chinese Medicine Intervention on the Pulmonary Function and Psychological Status of Patients with Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease

Effects of Ipratropium Bromide Combined with Traditional Chinese Medicine Intervention on the Pulmonary Function and Psychological Status of Patients with Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease

Source : https://www.hindawi.com/journals/ecam/2023/6483785/

Recently, most scholars have advocated multidisciplinary comprehensive intervention measures for chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) to improve lung function, relieve symptoms of dyspnea, and improve quality of life. Traditional Chinese...



Conclusion: The treatment with IB combined with TCM nursing can effectively enhance lung function, reduce inflammatory response, and improve psychological status of the COPD patients, resulting in the recovery of the disease. TCM nursing combined with IB could be effective in clinical treatment of COPD.

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Conclusions: CART is a new mind–body breathing therapy that targets eucapnic breathing, interoceptive function, and self-regulated breathing to relieve dyspnea and anxiety symptoms in COPD. Study findings supported the feasibility of CART and showed preliminary signals that CART may improve exercise tolerance, reduce dyspnea, and enhance PR...

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Bronchodilators in bronchiectasis: we urgently need more trials - Lung

Bronchodilators in bronchiectasis: we urgently need more trials - Lung

Source : https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s00408-023-00600-2

Bronchiectasis is an irreversible dilatation of the bronchial lumen as a consequence of a pathophysiological vicious circle in which infection, inflammation and remodeling of the bronchial wall play a fundamental...



Conclusions/Relevance: May this editorial serve as a wake-up call for the scientific community to carry out these necessary clinical trials to confirm what physicians seem to have already decided: that long-acting bronchodilators, whether alone or in combination, are effective, at least in the improvement of some fundamental outcomes in...

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Man on Noninvasive Positive Airway Pressure Ventilation With Throat Pain - PubMed

Man on Noninvasive Positive Airway Pressure Ventilation With Throat Pain - PubMed

Source : https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/36761857/

Dentures dislodged into throat on bilevel positive airway pressure (BiPAP) ventilation can be overlooked and potentially compromise airway patency. An 81-year-old man with a history of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease...



Relevance: Dentures dislodged into throat on bilevel positive airway pressure (BiPAP) ventilation can be overlooked and potentially compromise airway patency. An 81-year-old man with a history of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) presented with increased shortness of breath and productive cough for 1 week. Inhaled bronchodilators,...

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Another Reason to Quit Smoking: Results of a Prospective Study Examining Smoking, COPD, and Suicide - PubMed

Another Reason to Quit Smoking: Results of a Prospective Study Examining Smoking, COPD, and Suicide - PubMed

Source : https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/36759108/

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Conclusion: Adviento et al have provided the scientific community with new insights into the relationship among smoking, COPD, and suicide. Certainly, the study emphasizes yet another reason that smoking is detrimental to the health and well-being of patients. The results reiterate the critical need to promote smoking cessation as a strategy to...