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  1. Dyspnea is the main symptom perceived by patients affected by chronic respiratory diseases. It derives from a complex interaction of signals arising in the central nervous system, which is connected through af...

    Authors: Ernesto Crisafulli and Enrico M Clini
    Citation: Multidisciplinary Respiratory Medicine 2010 5:202
    Content type: Review Published on:

  2. Dyspnea is a general term used to characterize a range of different descriptors; it varies in intensity, and is influenced by a wide variety of factors such as cultural expectations and the patient's experienc...

    Authors: Francesco Gigliotti
    Citation: Multidisciplinary Respiratory Medicine 2010 5:195
    Content type: Review Published on:

  3. Lung resection is the mainstay of treatment in patients with early stage non-small cell lung cancer. However, lung cancer patients often suffer from comorbidities and the respiratory reserve should be carefull...

    Authors: Chrysovalantis V. Papageorgiou, Dimosthenis Antoniou, Georgios Kaltsakas and Nikolaos G. Koulouris
    Citation: Multidisciplinary Respiratory Medicine 2010 5:188
    Content type: Technical note Published on:

  4. Inflammatory bowel diseases (IBD) include ulcerative colitis (UC) and Crohn's disease (CD) and are due to a dysregulation of the antimicrobial defense normally provided by the intestinal mucosa. This inflammat...

    Authors: Nadia D'Andrea, Rossana Vigliarolo and Claudio M. Sanguinetti
    Citation: Multidisciplinary Respiratory Medicine 2010 5:173
    Content type: Review Published on:

  5. Pulmonary embolism (PE) is diagnosed with increasing frequency nowadays due to advances in the diagnostic methods and the increased awareness of the disease. There is a tendency to use non invasive diagnostic ...

    Authors: Funda Coskun, Dilber Yilmaz, Ahmet Ursavas, Esra Uzaslan and Ercument Ege
    Citation: Multidisciplinary Respiratory Medicine 2010 5:168
    Content type: Original article Published on:

  6. Fatigue is associated with longitudinal ratings of health in patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD). Although the degree of airflow obstruction is often used to grade disease severity in pa...

    Authors: Deniz Inal-Ince, Sema Savci, Melda Saglam, Ebru Calik, Hulya Arikan, Meral Bosnak-Guclu, Naciye Vardar-Yagli and Lutfi Coplu
    Citation: Multidisciplinary Respiratory Medicine 2010 5:162
    Content type: Original article Published on:

  7. Chronic cough has been reported to be the fifth most common complaint seen by primary care physicians in the world, the third in Italy. Chronic cough in non-smoking, non-treated with ACE-inhibitor adults with ...

    Authors: Chiara Magni, Elisa Chellini and Alessandro Zanasi
    Citation: Multidisciplinary Respiratory Medicine 2010 5:99
    Content type: Review Published on:

  9. Recently a multidimensional grading system based on the body mass index (B), degree of airflow obstruction (O), dyspnea (D) and exercise capacity (E) - the BODE index - has begun to be used increasingly for th...

    Authors: Nurhan Sarioglu, Aylin Ozgen Alpaydin, Aysın Sakar Coskun, Pınar Celik, Beyhan Cengiz Ozyurt and Arzu Yorgancioglu
    Citation: Multidisciplinary Respiratory Medicine 2010 5:84
    Content type: Original article Published on:

  10. Obstructive sleep apnea-hypopnea syndrome (OSAHS) is characterized by repeated breathing pauses during sleep and is closely associated with obesity. Body fat is known to be a predictive factor for OSAHS and it...

    Authors: Sînziana Lovin, Raluca Bercea, Cristian Cojocaru, Gianina Rusu and Traian Mihăescu
    Citation: Multidisciplinary Respiratory Medicine 2010 5:44
    Content type: Original article Published on:

  11. The aim of this study was to investigate the effects of a home-based pulmonary rehabilitation program on the functional outcome parameters in patients with idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis (IPF).

    Authors: Sevgi Ozalevli, Hayriye Kul Karaali, Duygu Ilgin and Eyup Sabri Ucan
    Citation: Multidisciplinary Respiratory Medicine 2010 5:31
    Content type: Original article Published on:

  12. CD4+CD25+ regulatory T (Treg) cells play an essential role in maintaining immune homeostasis. In this study, we investigated whether the induced sputum (IS) pool and the function of CD4+CD25+ Treg cells are alter...

    Authors: Agnès Hamzaoui, Jamel Ammar and Kamel Hamzaoui
    Citation: Multidisciplinary Respiratory Medicine 2010 5:22
    Content type: Original article Published on:

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