Comorbidities and chronic obstructive pulmonary disease: prevalence, influence on outcomes, and management

N Putcha, MB Drummond, RA Wise… - … in respiratory and …, 2015 - thieme-connect.com
Comorbidities impact a large proportion of patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary
disease (COPD), with over 80% of patients with COPD estimated to have at least one …

An official American Thoracic Society/European Respiratory Society statement: key concepts and advances in pulmonary rehabilitation

MA Spruit, SJ Singh, C Garvey… - American journal of …, 2013 - atsjournals.org
Background: Pulmonary rehabilitation is recognized as a core component of the
management of individuals with chronic respiratory disease. Since the 2006 American …

Management of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease beyond the lungs

LEGW Vanfleteren, MA Spruit, EFM Wouters… - The Lancet …, 2016 - thelancet.com
Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) is an umbrella term that covers many
clinical subtypes with clearly different pulmonary and extra-pulmonary characteristics, but …

British Thoracic Society guideline on pulmonary rehabilitation in adults: accredited by NICE

CE Bolton, EF Bevan-Smith, JD Blakey, P Crowe… - Thorax, 2013 - thorax.bmj.com
Aim Pulmonary rehabilitation has established itself as a key management strategy in people
with chronic respiratory disease. The role of pulmonary rehabilitation has recently been …

Extrapulmonary comorbidities in chronic obstructive pulmonary disease: state of the art

ARC Patel, JR Hurst - Expert review of respiratory medicine, 2011 - Taylor & Francis
Extrapulmonary comorbidities are common and significant in chronic obstructive pulmonary
disease (COPD), often contributing to symptoms, exacerbations, hospital admissions and …

Molecular characteristics and treatment of endothelial dysfunction in patients with COPD: a review article

B Szucs, C Szucs, M Petrekanits, JT Varga - International journal of …, 2019 - mdpi.com
Patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) show systemic consequences,
such as chronic systemic inflammation leading to changes in the airway, airway …

Comorbidities in patients with COPD and pulmonary rehabilitation: do they matter?

FME Franssen, CL Rochester - European Respiratory Review, 2014 - Eur Respiratory Soc
It is now recognised that chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) is a heterogeneous
disease with many systemic features. Cardiovascular, metabolic, musculoskeletal and …

Arterial stiffness in COPD

I Vivodtzev, R Tamisier, JP Baguet, JC Borel, P Levy… - Chest, 2014 - Elsevier
In patients with COPD, cardiovascular diseases are the most common concomitant chronic
diseases, a leading cause of hospitalization, and one of the main causes of death. A close …

COPD and exercise: does it make a difference?

MA Spruit, C Burtin, P De Boever, D Langer… - Breathe, 2016 - Eur Respiratory Soc
Key points Physiological changes are observed following a structured exercise training
programme in patients with COPD, without changes in resting lung function. Exercise …

Association between serum interleukin-6 concentrations and chronic obstructive pulmonary disease: a systematic review and meta-analysis

J Wei, X **ong, Y Lin, B Zheng, D Cheng - PeerJ, 2015 - peerj.com
Background. Interleukin-6 (IL-6) is an important pro-inflammatory cytokine and has been
implicated to play a role in the systemic inflammation of patients with chronic obstructive …