Bartolome Celli

Summary

Affiliation: Tufts University
Country: USA

Publications

  1. ncbi Cough and phlegm are important predictors of health status in smokers without COPD
    Yvonne F Heijdra
    Pulmonary Department, University Medical Center, St. Radboud, Nijmegen, The Netherlands
    Chest 121:1427-33. 2002
  2. ncbi Change in the BODE index reflects disease modification in COPD: lessons from lung volume reduction surgery
    Bartolome R Celli
    Chest 129:835-6. 2006
  3. ncbi Longitudinal inspiratory capacity changes in chronic obstructive pulmonary disease
    Bartolome R Celli
    Pulmonary Division, Brigham and Women s Hospital, Boston, MA, USA
    Respir Res 13:66. 2012
  4. ncbi Adverse health consequences in COPD patients with rapid decline in FEV1--evidence from the UPLIFT trial
    Steven Kesten
    Boehringer Ingelheim Pharmaceuticals, Ridgefield, Connecticut, USA
    Respir Res 12:129. 2011
  5. ncbi Health status in the TORCH study of COPD: treatment efficacy and other determinants of change
    Paul W Jones
    Department of Cardiac and Vascular Sciences, St George s Hospital, University of London, London, UK
    Respir Res 12:71. 2011
  6. ncbi Markers of exacerbation severity in chronic obstructive pulmonary disease
    Luigi G Franciosi
    Leiden Amsterdam Center for Drug Research, Leiden University, Leiden, The Netherlands
    Respir Res 7:74. 2006
  7. ncbi Gender and respiratory factors associated with dyspnea in chronic obstructive pulmonary disease
    Juan P de Torres
    Respiratory Research Unit, Hospital Nuestra Sra de Candelaria, Tenerife, Spain
    Respir Res 8:18. 2007
  8. ncbi Acute bronchodilator responsiveness and health outcomes in COPD patients in the UPLIFT trial
    Nicola A Hanania
    Section of Pulmonary, Critical Care and Sleep Medicine, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, TX, USA
    Respir Res 12:6. 2011
  9. ncbi Characterisation of COPD heterogeneity in the ECLIPSE cohort
    Alvar Agusti
    Thorax Institute, Hospital Clinic, IDIBAPS, Universitat de Barcelona, Spain
    Respir Res 11:122. 2010
  10. ncbi Gender associated differences in determinants of quality of life in patients with COPD: a case series study
    Juan P de Torres
    Respiratory Research Unit, Hospital Nuestra Sra de Candelaria, Tenerife, Spain
    Health Qual Life Outcomes 4:72. 2006

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Publications65

  1. ncbi Cough and phlegm are important predictors of health status in smokers without COPD
    Yvonne F Heijdra
    Pulmonary Department, University Medical Center, St. Radboud, Nijmegen, The Netherlands
    Chest 121:1427-33. 2002
    ..CONCLUSIONS: In smokers without COPD, the abnormal SGRQ score is due to the noxious effect of cigarette smoke, resulting in cough and phlegm, independent of its physiologic effects...
  2. ncbi Change in the BODE index reflects disease modification in COPD: lessons from lung volume reduction surgery
    Bartolome R Celli
    Chest 129:835-6. 2006
  3. ncbi Longitudinal inspiratory capacity changes in chronic obstructive pulmonary disease
    Bartolome R Celli
    Pulmonary Division, Brigham and Women s Hospital, Boston, MA, USA
    Respir Res 13:66. 2012
    ..The changes in inspiratory capacity (IC) over time in chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) patients are unknown. The Understanding Potential Long-term Impacts on Function with Tiotropium (UPLIFT®) trial included IC measurements...
  4. ncbi Adverse health consequences in COPD patients with rapid decline in FEV1--evidence from the UPLIFT trial
    Steven Kesten
    Boehringer Ingelheim Pharmaceuticals, Ridgefield, Connecticut, USA
    Respir Res 12:129. 2011
    ..The rate of decline in forced expiratory volume in 1 second (FEV1) is representative of the natural history of COPD. Sparse information exists regarding the associations between the magnitude of annualised loss of FEV1 with other endpoints...
  5. ncbi Health status in the TORCH study of COPD: treatment efficacy and other determinants of change
    Paul W Jones
    Department of Cardiac and Vascular Sciences, St George s Hospital, University of London, London, UK
    Respir Res 12:71. 2011
    ..Little is known about factors that determine health status decline in clinical trials of COPD...
  6. ncbi Markers of exacerbation severity in chronic obstructive pulmonary disease
    Luigi G Franciosi
    Leiden Amsterdam Center for Drug Research, Leiden University, Leiden, The Netherlands
    Respir Res 7:74. 2006
    ..In an attempt to find the best surrogates for exacerbations, we have reviewed the literature to identify which of these markers change in a consistent manner with the severity of the exacerbation event...
  7. ncbi Gender and respiratory factors associated with dyspnea in chronic obstructive pulmonary disease
    Juan P de Torres
    Respiratory Research Unit, Hospital Nuestra Sra de Candelaria, Tenerife, Spain
    Respir Res 8:18. 2007
    ..We had shown that COPD women expressed more dyspnea than men for the same degree of airway obstruction...
  8. ncbi Acute bronchodilator responsiveness and health outcomes in COPD patients in the UPLIFT trial
    Nicola A Hanania
    Section of Pulmonary, Critical Care and Sleep Medicine, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, TX, USA
    Respir Res 12:6. 2011
    ..Debate continues as to whether acute bronchodilator responsiveness (BDR) predicts long-term outcomes in COPD. Furthermore, there is no consensus on a threshold for BDR...
  9. ncbi Characterisation of COPD heterogeneity in the ECLIPSE cohort
    Alvar Agusti
    Thorax Institute, Hospital Clinic, IDIBAPS, Universitat de Barcelona, Spain
    Respir Res 11:122. 2010
    ..Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) is a complex condition with pulmonary and extra-pulmonary manifestations. This study describes the heterogeneity of COPD in a large and well characterised and controlled COPD cohort (ECLIPSE)...
  10. ncbi Gender associated differences in determinants of quality of life in patients with COPD: a case series study
    Juan P de Torres
    Respiratory Research Unit, Hospital Nuestra Sra de Candelaria, Tenerife, Spain
    Health Qual Life Outcomes 4:72. 2006
    ..Quality of Life (QoL) has become an important outcome in COPD patients. The aim of our study was to explore factors contributing to gender differences in Quality of Life of COPD patients...
  11. ncbi Venous admixture in COPD: pathophysiology and therapeutic approaches
    Christopher B Cooper
    David Geffen School of Medicine, University of California, Los Angeles, California 90095 1690, USA
    COPD 5:376-81. 2008
    ..This approach to treatment could have significant impact for patients with COPD but should also benefit any patient with chronic hypoxemia that impairs exercise performance...
  12. ncbi Effect of pharmacotherapy on rate of decline of lung function in chronic obstructive pulmonary disease: results from the TORCH study
    Bartolome R Celli
    Tufts University School of Medicine, Pulmonary and Critical Care Division, Caritas St Elizabeth s Medical Center, Boston, MA 02135 2997, USA
    Am J Respir Crit Care Med 178:332-8. 2008
    ..Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) is characterized by an accelerated decline in lung function. No drug has been shown conclusively to reduce this decline...
  13. ncbi Roger s. Mitchell lecture. Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease phenotypes and their clinical relevance
    Bartolome R Celli
    Pulmonary and Critical Care Services, Caritas St Elizabeth s Medical Center, 736 Cambridge Street, Boston, MA 02135, USA
    Proc Am Thorac Soc 3:461-5. 2006
    ..The hope is that, coupled with primary and secondary prevention, we can reverse the current epidemic and we can improve the well-being of patients affected by COPD...
  14. ncbi Update on the management of COPD
    Bartolome R Celli
    Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine, Caritas St Elizabeth s Medical Center, Boston, MA 02135 2997, USA
    Chest 133:1451-62. 2008
    ..Ultimately, the advent of newer and more effective therapies will lead to a decline in the contribution of this disease to poor world health...
  15. ncbi Novel concepts in the pharmacotherapy of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease
    Bartolome R Celli
    Division of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine, Caritas St Elizabeth s Medical Center, Boston, Stany Zjednoczone
    Pneumonol Alergol Pol 77:82-90. 2009
    ..Ultimately, the advent of newer and more effective therapies will lead to a decline in the contribution of this disease to poor world health...
  16. ncbi Mortality in the 4-year trial of tiotropium (UPLIFT) in patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease
    Bartolome Celli
    Brigham and Women s Hospital and St Elizabeth s Medical Center, Boston, MA 02115, USA
    Am J Respir Crit Care Med 180:948-55. 2009
    ..Mortality and its causes was a secondary endpoint in UPLIFT...
  17. ncbi Future perspectives in COPD
    Bartolome Celli
    Caritas St Elizabeth s Medical Center, Department of Medicine, Tufts University, Boston, USA
    Respir Med 99:S41-8. 2005
    ..Many questions remain to be answered, but a comprehensive approach is now considered essential to the life-long management of COPD, and will undoubtedly reduce the considerable socio-economic burden of COPD...
  18. ncbi A 62-year-old woman with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease
    Bartolome R Celli
    Tufts University, USA
    JAMA 290:2721-9. 2003
  19. ncbi Bronchodilator responsiveness and onset of effect with budesonide/formoterol pMDI in COPD
    Bartolome R Celli
    Harvard University, Brigham and Women s Hospital, Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine, Boston, MA 02115, USA
    Respir Med 105:1176-88. 2011
    ..We also evaluated the speed of onset of bronchodilation...
  20. ncbi The body-mass index, airflow obstruction, dyspnea, and exercise capacity index in chronic obstructive pulmonary disease
    Bartolome R Celli
    COPD Center at St Elizabeth s Medical Center, Tufts University School of Medicine, Boston, MA 02135, USA
    N Engl J Med 350:1005-12. 2004
    ..We hypothesized that a multidimensional grading system that assessed the respiratory and systemic expressions of COPD would better categorize and predict outcome in these patients...
  21. ncbi Sex differences in mortality and clinical expressions of patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease. The TORCH experience
    Bartolome Celli
    Pulmonary and Critical Care Division, Brigham and Women s Hospital, Boston, MA 02115, USA
    Am J Respir Crit Care Med 183:317-22. 2011
    ..Objectives: Determine sex differences in survival, causes of death, and patient-centered outcomes in the 3-year Toward a Revolution in COPD Health (TORCH) study...
  22. ncbi Predictors of mortality in COPD
    Bartolome R Celli
    Tufts University, St Elizabeth s Medical Center, 736 Cambridge St, Boston, MA 02135, USA
    Respir Med 104:773-9. 2010
    ..This article reviews these predictors of mortality in COPD...
  23. ncbi Profiling serum biomarkers in patients with COPD: associations with clinical parameters
    Victor Pinto Plata
    Caritas St Elizabeth s Medical Center, 736 Cambridge Street, Boston, Massachusetts 02135, USA
    Thorax 62:595-601. 2007
    ..A systematic analysis was undertaken of multiple protein analytes in the serum of well characterised patients with COPD and matched controls using novel protein microarray platform (PMP) technology...
  24. ncbi Cardiovascular safety of tiotropium in patients with COPD
    Bartolome Celli
    Carita St Elizabeth s Medical Center, Boston, MA, USA
    Chest 137:20-30. 2010
    ..The clinical trial safety database for tiotropium has been augmented with a 4-year trial in patients with COPD, which provides an opportunity to better evaluate the cardiovascular (CV) profile of tiotropium...
  25. ncbi Improvement in resting inspiratory capacity and hyperinflation with tiotropium in COPD patients with increased static lung volumes
    Bartolome Celli
    Pulmonary and Critical Care Division, St Elizabeth s Medical Center, Boston, MA 02135, USA
    Chest 124:1743-8. 2003
    ..We sought to evaluate changes in resting IC and lung volumes after long-term administration of tiotropium...
  26. ncbi Effect of tiotropium in men and women with COPD: results of the 4-year UPLIFT trial
    Donald Tashkin
    Department of Medicine, David Geffen School of Medicine, UCLA, Los Angeles, CA 90095 1690, USA
    Respir Med 104:1495-504. 2010
    ..Gender differences may occur in many chronic diseases. We have examined the influence of gender in chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) on long-term responses to tiotropium...
  27. ncbi Genome-wide association analysis of blood biomarkers in chronic obstructive pulmonary disease
    Deog Kyeom Kim
    Channing Division of Network Medicine, Brigham and Women s Hospital, Boston, MA 02115, USA
    Am J Respir Crit Care Med 186:1238-47. 2012
    ..A genome-wide association study (GWAS) for circulating chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) biomarkers could identify genetic determinants of biomarker levels and COPD susceptibility...
  28. ncbi Biological lung volume reduction: a new bronchoscopic therapy for advanced emphysema
    John Reilly
    Brigham and Women s Hospital, Pulmonary Critical Care Medicine, 75 Francis St, Boston, MA 02115 6110, USA
    Chest 131:1108-13. 2007
    ..This report summarizes the initial clinical experience including a 3-month follow-up using this technique in humans...
  29. ncbi Cardiopulmonary exercise testing: relevant but underused
    Daniel E Forman
    Division of Cardiovascular Medicine, Brigham and Women s Hospital, Boston, MA 02115, USA
    Postgrad Med 122:68-86. 2010
    ..In this article, we provide an overview of CPX principles and testing logistics, as well as some of the clinical contexts in which it can enhance patient care...
  30. ncbi Resting handgrip force and impaired cardiac function at rest and during exercise in COPD patients
    Felipe Cortopassi
    Division of Pulmonary, St Elizabeth s Medical Center, Tufts University School of Medicine, Boston, MA 02135, USA
    Respir Med 105:748-54. 2011
    ..Cardiac function measured as the oxygen pulse (O(2) pulse) is impaired during exercise (CPET) in patients with COPD. We investigated the relationship between handgrip force and O(2) pulse in COPD and controls...
  31. ncbi Proposal for a multidimensional staging system for chronic obstructive pulmonary disease
    Bartolome R Celli
    Department of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine, Tufts University, Boston, MA 02135, USA
    Respir Med 99:1546-54. 2005
    ..Although the staging boundaries were based on existing literature, they have proven useful in predicting survival. We conclude that a multidimensional grading system is useful to assess the impact of COPD...
  32. ncbi Comorbidities and risk of mortality in patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease
    Miguel Divo
    Pulmonary and Critical Division, Brigham and Women s Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA 02115, USA
    Am J Respir Crit Care Med 186:155-61. 2012
    ..Patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) are afflicted by comorbidities. Few studies have prospectively evaluated COPD comorbidities and mortality risk...
  33. ncbi Power of outcome measurements to detect clinically significant changes in pulmonary rehabilitation of patients with COPD
    Juan Pablo de Torres
    Pulmonary and Critical Care Division, St. Elizabeth's Medical Center, Boston 02135-2997, USA
    Chest 121:1092-8. 2002
    ..The 6MWD evaluates a unique domain not related to quality of life. Due to their simplicity and sensitivity, VAS at peak exercise, 6MWD, and CRQ may be the best practical tools to evaluate responsiveness to PR...
  34. ncbi Predictors of Survival in COPD: more than just the FEV1
    Bartolome R Celli
    Caritas St Elizabeth s Medical Center, Boston, MA, USA
    Respir Med 102:S27-35. 2008
    ....
  35. ncbi Differences in cardiopulmonary exercise test results by American Thoracic Society/European Respiratory Society-Global Initiative for Chronic Obstructive Lung Disease stage categories and gender
    Victor M Pinto-Plata
    Division of Pulmonary, Critical Care and Sleep Medicine, Caritas St Elizabeth s Medical Center, Tufts University School of Medicine, 736 Cambridge St, Boston, MA 02135, USA
    Chest 132:1204-11. 2007
    ..We hypothesized that exercise performance measured by cardiopulmonary exercise test (CPET) results should decline significantly with each disease stage, independent of gender...
  36. ncbi The 6-min walk distance, peak oxygen uptake, and mortality in COPD
    Claudia G Cote
    Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine, Bay Pines VA Health Care System, 10, 000 Bay Pines Blvd, Bay Pines, FL 33744, USA
    Chest 132:1778-85. 2007
    ..993 to 0.999; p < 0.01) had a stronger association than the peak Vo2 (HR, 0.971; 95% CI, 0.959 to 1.000; p = 0.050) with mortality. This study shows the 6MWD is as good predictor of mortality as the peak Vo2 in patients with COPD...
  37. ncbi Systemic cytokines, clinical and physiological changes in patients hospitalized for exacerbation of COPD
    Victor M Pinto Plata
    Division of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine, St Elizabeth s Medical Center, Tufts University School of Medicine, Boston, MA, USA
    Chest 131:37-43. 2007
    ..Systemic inflammation in patients with COPD may worsen during exacerbations, but there is limited information relating levels of systemic inflammatory markers with symptoms and physiologic changes during an exacerbation..
  38. ncbi A genome-wide association study of COPD identifies a susceptibility locus on chromosome 19q13
    Michael H Cho
    Channing Laboratory, Brigham and Women s Hospital, Boston, MA 02115, USA
    Hum Mol Genet 21:947-57. 2012
    ..08 and 0.04) and severe (GOLD 3&4) COPD (P = 0.09 and 0.017). This region includes RAB4B, EGLN2, MIA and CYP2A6, and has previously been identified in association with cigarette smoking behavior...
  39. ncbi Use of proteomic patterns of serum biomarkers in patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease: correlation with clinical parameters
    Victor Pinto-Plata
    Pulmonary-Critical Care Medicine, Caritas St. Elizabeth's Medical Center, 736 Cambridge Street, Boston, MA 02135
    Proc Am Thorac Soc 3:465-6. 2006
  40. ncbi Genome-wide association study of smoking behaviours in patients with COPD
    Mateusz Siedlinski
    Channing Laboratory, Brigham and Women s Hospital and Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts, USA
    Thorax 66:894-902. 2011
    ..Associations of CHRNA3/CHRNA5 and CYP2A6 loci with CPD and DBH with smoking cessation are also likely of importance in the smoking behaviours of patients with COPD...
  41. ncbi Gene expression profiling of human lung tissue from smokers with severe emphysema
    Avrum Spira
    The Pulmonary Center and Department of Medicine, Boston University School of Medicine, 715 Albany Street, R304, Boston, MA 02118, USA
    Am J Respir Cell Mol Biol 31:601-10. 2004
    ....
  42. ncbi Pulmonary rehabilitation
    Bartolome R Celli
    St. Elizabeth's Medical Center, Tufts University, Boston, MA, USA
    Isr Med Assoc J 5:443-8. 2003
  43. ncbi Lung volume reduction therapies for advanced emphysema: an update
    Robert L Berger
    Division of Cardiothoracic Surgery, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Deaconess, Boston, MA 02215, USA
    Chest 138:407-17. 2010
    ..Although there is promise of limited therapeutic influence, the available information is not sufficient to recommend use of bronchoscopic strategies for treating emphysema...
  44. ncbi Airway obstruction in never smokers: results from the Third National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey
    Bartolome R Celli
    Caritas St. Elizabeth's Medical Center, Tufts University Medical School, Boston, Mass, USA
    Am J Med 118:1364-72. 2005
    ..COPD may explain much of the remainder, although known risk factors were not explanatory in this dataset. Recommendations that lung health screening programs be limited to smokers should be reconsidered...
  45. ncbi Longitudinal change in the BODE index predicts mortality in severe emphysema
    Fernando J Martinez
    Division of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine, University of Michigan Medical Center, Ann Arbor, Michigan 48109 0360, USA
    Am J Respir Crit Care Med 178:491-9. 2008
    ..We hypothesized that decrease in a modified BODE (mBODE) would predict survival in National Emphysema Treatment Trial (NETT) patients...
  46. ncbi Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease: from unjustified nihilism to evidence-based optimism
    Bartolome R Celli
    Department of Medicine, Tufts University
    Proc Am Thorac Soc 3:58-65. 2006
    ..The advent of newer and more effective therapies will lead to a decline in the contribution of this disease to poor world health...
  47. ncbi Tracheobronchitis caused by methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus as a cause of chronic wheezing in a non-ventilated adult patient with tracheobronchomalacia
    Theodoros Kelesidis
    Department of Medicine, Caritas St Elizabeth s Medical Center, Tufts University School of Medicine, Boston, MA 02135, USA
    Respiration 80:148-56. 2010
    ..Physicians should be aware of the diagnosis of tracheomalacia in adults, which can masquerade as persistent asthma and may be associated with the development of serious infections including MRSA tracheobronchitis...
  48. ncbi Discrepancy in the use of confirmatory tests in patients hospitalized with the diagnosis of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease or congestive heart failure
    Mahendra Damarla
    Division of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine, Caritas St Elizabeth's Medical Center, Boston, Massachusetts 02135, USA
    Respir Care 51:1120-4. 2006
    ..To impact the increasingly important problem of COPD, we must raise awareness of the need to confirm its diagnosis and severity with spirometry...
  49. ncbi Deep breath reversal and exponential return of methacholine-induced obstruction in asthmatic and nonasthmatic subjects
    Andrew C Jackson
    Biomedical Engineering Dept, Boston Univ, 44 Cummington St, Boston, MA 02215, USA
    J Appl Physiol 96:137-42. 2004
    ..19 +/- 4.95 and 7.14 +/- 3.56 cmH2O.l-1.s, respectively). The monoexponential recovery suggests a first-order process such as airway wall-parenchymal tissue interdependence or renewed constriction of airway smooth muscle...
  50. ncbi Comorbidities, patient knowledge, and disease management in a national sample of patients with COPD
    R Graham Barr
    Division of General Medicine, Department of Medicine, College of Physicians and Surgeons, Columbia University, New York, NY, USA
    Am J Med 122:348-55. 2009
    ..We evaluated the prevalence of these comorbid conditions and compared testing, patient knowledge, and management in a national sample of patients with COPD...
  51. ncbi Chronic respiratory failure after lung resection: the role of pulmonary rehabilitation
    Bartolome R Celli
    Division of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine, Caritas St Elizabeth s Medical Center, Seton 3 Pulmonary, 736 Cambridge Street, Brighton, MA 02135, USA
    Thorac Surg Clin 14:417-28. 2004
    ..Currently, pulmonary rehabilitation should be made available to all patients with symptomatic respiratory disease and be an integral part of any program considering high-risk surgery...
  52. ncbi Physician and patient perceptions in COPD: the COPD Resource Network Needs Assessment Survey
    R Graham Barr
    Division of General Medicine, Department of Medicine, College of Physicians and Surgeons, Mailman School of Public Health, Columbia University, New York, NY, USA
    Am J Med 118:1415. 2005
    ..National data are lacking on patient and physician perceptions of and patterns of care for COPD...
  53. ncbi Pulmonary rehabilitation improves depression, anxiety, dyspnea and health status in patients with COPD
    Hildegarde Paz Díaz
    Pulmonary Division, Hospital Universitario de Caracas, Universidad Central de Venezuela, Caracas, Venezuela
    Am J Phys Med Rehabil 86:30-6. 2007
    ..To determine the impact of an 8-wk program of comprehensive pulmonary rehabilitation on depression, anxiety, dyspnea, and health-related quality of life in patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD)...
  54. ncbi Predicting mortality in chronic obstructive pulmonary disease: chasing the "Holy Grail"
    Bartolome R Celli
    Am J Respir Crit Care Med 173:1298-9. 2006
  55. ncbi Muscle strength and exercise kinetics in COPD patients with a normal fat-free mass index are comparable to control subjects
    Yvonne F Heijdra
    Pulmonary Department, University Medical Center St. Radboud, Nijmegen, The Netherlands
    Chest 124:75-82. 2003
    ..Also, a normal body composition was found in nearly all COPD patients. This argues against the existence of a clinically significant systemic myopathy in most stable patients with severe COPD and normal FFMI...
  56. ncbi C-reactive protein levels and survival in patients with moderate to very severe COPD
    Juan P de Torres
    Respiratory Research Unit, Hospital Ntra Sra de Candelaria, Canary Islands, Tenerife, Spain
    Chest 133:1336-43. 2008
    ..In epidemiologic studies, CRP level is associated with all-cause mortality in patients with mild-to-moderate disease...
  57. ncbi Gender and COPD in patients attending a pulmonary clinic
    Juan P de Torres
    Respiratory Research Unit, Hospital Nuestra Sra de Candelaria, Tenerife, Spain
    Chest 128:2012-6. 2005
    ..To compare gender differences in the clinical expression of COPD patients attending a pulmonary clinic...
  58. ncbi What is the best pharmacological treatment to prevent exacerbation of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease?
    Bartolome R Celli
    Pol Arch Med Wewn 118:172-4. 2008
  59. ncbi Distance and oxygen desaturation during the 6-min walk test as predictors of long-term mortality in patients with COPD
    Ciro Casanova
    Pulmonary Department, Hospital La Candelaria, Carretera del Rosario n degrees 145, 38010 Santa Cruz de Tenerife, Spain
    Chest 134:746-52. 2008
    ..Little is known about its prognostic value in patients with a wider range of COPD severity, living in different countries, and the potential additional impact of oxygen desaturation measured during the test...
  60. ncbi Inspiratory-to-total lung capacity ratio predicts mortality in patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease
    Ciro Casanova
    Respiratory Research Institute, Hospital Universitario La Candelaria, Carretera del Rosario s n, 38010 Santa Cruz de Tenerife, Spain
    Am J Respir Crit Care Med 171:591-7. 2005
    ..We propose that this ratio be considered in the assessment of patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease...
  61. ncbi New treatment strategies for COPD. Pairing the new with the tried and true
    Claudia G Cote
    University of South Florida College of Medicine, Tampa, USA
    Postgrad Med 117:27-34. 2005
    ..With all of these options, a nihilistic attitude toward management of COPD is not justified...
  62. ncbi Lung volume reduction surgery vs medical treatment: for patients with advanced emphysema
    John D Miller
    McMaster University, Hamilton Ontarion, Canada
    Chest 127:1166-77. 2005
    ..CONCLUSION: Six months after randomization, LVRS produced better palliation than optimal medical therapy in patients with advanced emphysema...
  63. ncbi Markers of disease severity in chronic obstructive pulmonary disease
    Luigi G Franciosi
    Gorlaeus Laboratories, Leiden Amsterdam Center for Drug Research, Leiden University, The Netherlands
    Pulm Pharmacol Ther 19:189-99. 2006
    ....
  64. ncbi Predictors of mortality in chronic obstructive pulmonary disease
    Claudia G Cote
    University of South Florida, Tampa, FL, USA
    Clin Chest Med 28:515-24, v. 2007
    ..It also discusses the ability of an integrated, multidimensional tool to more broadly characterize COPD severity, assess response to therapeutic interventions and exacerbations, and predict mortality...
  65. ncbi A comparison of 5-day courses of dirithromycin and azithromycin in the treatment of acute exacerbations of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease
    Richard S Castaldo
    SUNY Buffalo School of Medicine, Buffalo, New York, USA
    Clin Ther 25:542-57. 2003
    ..There were insufficient data to permit meaningful comparison of the bacteriologic efficacy of these macrolide antibiotics...