- ►annals.org [PDF] I Tillie-Leblond, CH Marquette, T Perez, A … - Annals of internal medicine, 2006 - Am Coll Physicians Background: Diagnosis of pulmonary embolism (PE) is difficult in patients with
chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) and exacerbation. ... Objective:
To evaluate PE in patients with COPD and exacerbation of unknown origin and ... Cited by 101 - Related articles - BL Direct - All 8 versions
- ►critcaremed.com OT Rutschmann, J Cornuz, PA Poletti, PO … - British Medical Journal, 2007 - thorax.bmj.com Background: The cause of acute exacerbation of chronic obstructive pulmonary
disease (COPD) is often difficult to determine. Pulmonary embolism may be a
trigger of acute dyspnoea in patients with COPD. ... Aim: To determine the ... Cited by 28 - Related articles - BL Direct - All 7 versions
- ►atsjournals.org JR Hurst, GC Donaldson, WR Perera, T … - American journal of respiratory and critical care …, 2006 - Am Thoracic Soc Impact: This study explores the use of measuring plasma biomarkers at
exacerbation of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD), providing insight
into the underlying pathogenesis of these important events. Cited by 87 - Related articles - BL Direct - All 8 versions
M Ambrosetti, W Ageno, A Spanevello, M … - Thrombosis research, 2003 - Elsevier Background: Little information exists on the prevalence and prevention of deep
vein thrombosis (DVT) and pulmonary embolism (PE) in patients admitted for acute
exacerbations of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD). Objective: ... Cited by 23 - Related articles - All 9 versions
- ►nih.gov E Sapey, RA Stockley - British Medical Journal, 2006 - thorax.bmj.com Exacerbations of COPD are thought to be caused by complex interactions between
the host, bacteria, viruses, and environmental pollution. These factors increase
the inflammatory burden in the lower airways, overwhelming the protective ... Cited by 65 - Related articles - BL Direct - All 12 versions
D Mispelaere, JC Glerant, M Audebert, A … - Revue des maladies respiratoires, 2002 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov Pulmonary Embolism (PE) poses an important diagnostic problem in patients with
chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD). Indeed PE may aggravate the
already precarious respiratory state of these fragile patients. Moreover, ... Cited by 27 - Related articles
- ►atsjournals.org [PDF] A Papi, CM Bellettato, F Braccioni, M … - American journal of respiratory and critical care …, 2006 - Am Thoracic Soc Page 1. Infections and airway inflammation in Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary
Disease severe exacerbations. Alberto Papi 1 , Cinzia ... Cited by 160 - Related articles - BL Direct - All 5 versions
T Wilkinson, JR Hurst, WR Perera, M Wilks, … - Chest, 2006 - chestjournal.chestpubs.org Study objectives: The inflammatory responses and associated clinical severity of
COPD exacerbations are greatly variable, and the determinants of these factors
are poorly understood. We examined the hypothesis that bacteria and viruses ... Cited by 74 - Related articles - BL Direct - All 5 versions
- ►ersj.org.uk WR Perera, JR Hurst, TMA Wilkinson, RJ … - European Respiratory Journal, 2007 - ersj.org.uk In 23% of patients, symptoms did not recover to baseline by day 35. These
patients had persistently higher levels of serum CRP during the recovery period.
A total of 22% of the patients who had recurrent exacerbations within 50 ... Cited by 60 - Related articles - BL Direct - All 10 versions
