28 research outputs found
Hypocapnia correction as a working mechanism for breathing retraining in asthma – authors' reply
No full textRefers to: Alex Jan van 't Hul, Duco D Deenstra, Remco S Djamin, Jeanine C Antons, Hanneke A van Helvoort'Hypocapnia correction as a working mechanism for breathing retraining in asthma', The Lancet Respiratory Medicine, Volume 6, Issue 4, April 2018, Pages e14Anne Bruton, Amanda Lee, Lucy Yardley, James Raftery, Emily Arden-Close, Sarah Kirby, Shihua Zhu, Manimekalai Thiruvothiyur, Frances Webley, Lyn Taylor, Denise Gibson, Guiqing Yao, Mark Stafford-Watson, Jenny Versnel, Michael Moore, Steve George, Paul Little, Ratko Djukanovic, David Price, Ian D Pavord, Stephen T Holgate, Mike Thomas'Physiotherapy breathing retraining for asthma: a randomised controlled trial', The Lancet Respiratory Medicine, Volume 6, Issue 1, January 2018, Pages 19-28Referred to by:Alex Jan van 't Hul, Duco D Deenstra, Remco S Djamin, Jeanine C Antons, Hanneke A van Helvoort'Hypocapnia correction as a working mechanism for breathing retraining in asthma' The Lancet Respiratory Medicine, Volume 6, Issue 4, April 2018, Pages e1
Revision_Online_supplement_FatigueCOPD_Ther_Adv_Resp_Dis_YMJGoertz_3April2019 – Supplemental material for Fatigue is highly prevalent in patients with COPD and correlates poorly with the degree of airflow limitation
No full textSupplemental material, Revision_Online_supplement_FatigueCOPD_Ther_Adv_Resp_Dis_YMJGoertz_3April2019 for Fatigue is highly prevalent in patients with COPD and correlates poorly with the degree of airflow limitation by Yvonne M. J. Goërtz, Martijn A. Spruit, Alex J. Van ‘t Hul, Jeannette B. Peters, Maarten Van Herck, Nienke Nakken, Remco S. Djamin, Chris Burtin, Melissa S. Y. Thong, Arnold Coors, Yvonne Meertens-Kerris, Emiel F. M. Wouters, Judith B. Prins, Frits M. E. Franssen, Jean W. M. Muris, Lowie E. G. W. Vanfleteren, Mirjam A. G. Sprangers, Daisy J. A. Janssen and Jan H. Vercoulen in Therapeutic Advances in Respiratory Disease</p
"Can do" versus "do do": A Novel Concept to Better Understand Physical Functioning in Patients with Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease
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"Can Do" Versus "Do Do" in Patients with Asthma at First Referral to a Pulmonologist
No full textBACKGROUND: Pharmacotherapy is key in asthma control, including preventing lung function decline, in primary care. However, patients' physical functioning (eg, physical capacity [PC] [=can do] and physical activity [PA] [=do do]) correlates poorly with lung function. Therefore, a better insight into the physical function of patients with asthma is needed, using the "can do, do do" concept.OBJECTIVE: To explore the "can do, do do" concept in adult patients with asthma at referral for the first time to an outpatient consultation of a pulmonologist.METHODS: PC was measured using the six-minute walk test and PA by using an accelerometer. Patients were classified into quadrants: low PC (6-minute walking distanceRESULTS: A total of 479 patients with asthma had a median (interquartile range) 6-minute walking distance of 74% (66%82%) predicted, and walked 6829 (4593-9075) steps/d. Only 29% were classified as "can do, do do," whereas 30% were classified as "can't do, don't do." The Asthma Control Questionnaire and the Asthma Quality of Life Questionnaire scores were worst in the "can't do" groups.CONCLUSIONS: Low PC and/or PA was found in most patients with asthma at the index referral to a pulmonologist. An impaired PC is accompanied by a significantly reduced asthma control and disease-specific quality of life. This justifies further studies on safety and efficacy of nonpharmacological interventions, such as physiotherapy. (C) 2020 American Academy of Allergy, Asthma & Immunology</p
Frequent Exacerbations Of COPD Result In Decline In Lung Function But Not In 6 Minutes Walking Distance And Medical Research Council Score
No full textVALIDASl SPESIFlKASI CAMPURAN BIODIESEL-SOLAR HASIL PENGUKURAN DENGAN METODA PERHITUNGAN SEDERHANA
No full textABSTRACT Biodiesel is a fuel derived from vegetable oil or animal fats that can be used as an additive to or entirely replace conventional petroleum diesel fuel. In most cases, biodiesel is mixed with conventional diesel because of the higher cost of biodiesel, product availability and engine compatibility issues. In Indonesia, the decree No. 3675K/24/DJM/2006 regarding the quality and specification of diesel oil type Solsr 48 and Solar 51 has been issued this decree regulates the use of FAME (fatty acid methyl ester) up to the maximum of 10 percent of the volume of automotive diesel fuel with which it is to be blended. The cost to measure the properlles of fuel is expensive and time consuming, therefore it is important to develop a simple method to predict those blending properties. This paper presents the development of a simple calculation method for the validation of blend palm biodiesel-mineral diesel specification (density, viscosity, cetane number and lubricity) which has been measured in the author\u27s previous study The result shows that the lubricity and viscosity shows a higher average error value (difference value between calculation and measurement result) of 1.66% and 1.35%, whereas density and cetane number shows lower average error values of 0.06 and 0.6%. The average error value less than 2% is still acceptable. Keywords: Biodiesel, blend, fuel properties, density. cetane, viscosity, lubricity Diterima; 20 Agustus 2007; Disetujui: 31 Agustus 200
Endoscopic Ultrasound Fine Needle Aspiration in the Diagnosis of Lymphoma
No full textIn recent years, endoscopic ultrasound techniques with Fine Needle Aspiration (FNA) have become an increasingly used diagnostic aid in the differentiation of mediastinal lymphadenopathy. Endobronchial ultrasound (EBUS) and endoesophageal ultrasound (EUS) are now available for clinicians to reach mediastinal and paramediastinal masses using a minimally invasive approach. These techniques are an established component for diagnosing and staging lung cancer and their benefit in the diagnosis of lymphoma's has been highlighted in a number of case studies. However, the lack of tissue architecture obtained by cytological FNA specimens decreases the diagnostic accuracy for benign causes of thoracic lymphadenopathies, lymphomas, and histopathological subtyping of lung cancer. Accordingly, our study group have adapted the FNA sampling technique, resulting in tissue fragments that can be used for histopathological examinations. As an illustration, we report a case of follicular non-Hodgkin lymphoma, diagnosed on tissue fragments obtained by adjusted EUS FNA. We believe that this relatively simple adjustment to routine FNA sampling can help to overcome the diagnostic limitations inherent in cytology obtained by routine FNA.</jats:p
Occurrence of virus-induced COPD exacerbations during four seasons
No full textIn this study, we investigated the occurrence of viral infections in acute exacerbations of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) during four seasons. Viral infections were detected by the use of real-time reverse transcriptase polymerase chain reaction on pharyngeal swabs. During a 12-month period pharyngeal swabs were obtained in 136 exacerbations of 63 patients. In 35 exacerbations (25.7%) a viral infection was detected. Most viral infections occurred in the winter ( n = 14, 40.0%), followed by summer ( n = 9, 25.7%), autumn ( n = 6, 17.1%), and spring ( n = 6, 17.1%). Rhinovirus was the most frequently isolated virus ( n = 19, 51.4%), followed by respiratory syncytial virus ( n = 6, 16.2%), human metapneumovirus ( n = 5, 13.5%), influenza A ( n = 4, 10.8%), parainfluenza 4 ( n = 2, 5.4%), and parainfluenza 3 ( n = 1, 2.7%). This study showed that virus-induced COPD exacerbations occur in all four seasons with a peak in the winter months. However, the distribution of rhinovirus infections showed a different pattern, with most infections occurring in July
