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| Nicholas GiardinoSummaryAffiliation: University of Michigan Country: USA Publications
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Relationship between quantitative CT metrics and health status and BODE in chronic obstructive pulmonary diseaseCarlos H Martinez
Division of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine, University of Michigan Health System, 3916 Taubman Center, Box 5360, 1500 E Medical Center Drive, Ann Arbor, MI 48109 5360, USA
Thorax 67:399-406. 2012..The authors hypothesised that QCT-defined emphysema and airway abnormalities relate to St George's Respiratory Questionnaire (SGRQ) and Body-Mass Index, Airflow Obstruction, Dyspnea and Exercise Capacity Index (BODE)...
Significance of the microbiome in obstructive lung diseaseMeiLan K Han
Division of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine, University of Michigan Health System, 3916 Taubman Center, Box 5360, 1500 E Medical Center Drive, Ann Arbor, MI 48109 5360, USA
Thorax 67:456-63. 2012..Whether we can manipulate bacterial communities to improve clinical outcomes remains to be seen...
Pharmacotherapeutic approaches to preventing acute exacerbations of chronic obstructive pulmonary diseaseMeiLan K Han
University of Michigan, Division of Pulmonary and Critical Care, Taubman, Ann Arbor, MI, USA
Proc Am Thorac Soc 8:356-62. 2011..As new therapies are developed, it will be helpful to know in which patient phenotypes they are most effective and how they compare in efficacy and side-effect profiles with inhaled coricosteroids, bronchodilators, or their combination...
Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease exacerbations in the COPDGene study: associated radiologic phenotypesMeiLan K Han
Department of Internal Medicine, University of Michigan Health System, Ann Arbor, MI 48109, USA
Radiology 261:274-82. 2011....
Racial differences in quality of life in patients with COPDMeiLan K Han
University of Michigan Health System, 3916 Taubman Center, 1500 E Medical Center Dr, Ann Arbor, MI 48109, USA
Chest 140:1169-76. 2011..We hypothesized that HRQL in COPD differs by race and sought to identify factors associated with those differences...
Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease phenotypes: the future of COPDMeiLan K Han
University of Michigan Pulmonary and Critical Care, 1500 E Medical Center Drive, 3916 Taubman, Ann Arbor, MI 48109, USA
Am J Respir Crit Care Med 182:598-604. 2010..We have much yet to learn, but establishing a common language for future research will facilitate our understanding and management of the complexity implicit to this disease...
Spirometry utilization for COPD: how do we measure up?MeiLan K Han
Division of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine, University of Michigan Health System, Ann Arbor, MI 48109 0360, USA
Chest 132:403-9. 2007..COPD is a significant cause of morbidity and mortality. Guidelines recommend the confirmation of a COPD diagnosis with spirometry. Limited evidence exists, however, documenting the frequency of spirometry use in clinical practice...
Gender influences Health-Related Quality of Life in IPFMeiLan K Han
University of Michigan Health System, Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine, Room 3916 Taubman Center, Ann Arbor, MI 48109 5360, USA
Respir Med 104:724-30. 2010..HRQL in IPF patients is impaired. Data from other respiratory diseases led us to hypothesize that significant gender differences in HRQL in IPF also exist...
Clinical significance of radiologic characterizations in COPDMeiLan K Han
University of Michigan Health System, Ann Arbor, Michigan 48109 5360, USA
COPD 6:459-67. 2009..Future research should clarify whether CT parameters complement BODE score in influencing survival...
Prevalence and clinical correlates of bronchoreversibility in severe emphysemaM K Han
Division of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine, University of Michigan Medical Center, Ann Arbor, MI 48109 0360, USA
Eur Respir J 35:1048-56. 2010..Improvements in FVC, however, were demonstrated in the majority of patients...
Sex differences in physiological progression of idiopathic pulmonary fibrosisM K Han
University of Michigan Health System, Ann Arbor, MI, USA
Eur Respir J 31:1183-8. 2008..These data suggest that differences in disease progression contribute to, but do not completely explain, better survival of females with idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis...
Relationship between anxiety, depression, and health satisfaction among veterans with PTSDSheila A M Rauch
VA Ann Arbor Healthcare System, Ann Arbor, MI 48105, USA
J Affect Disord 121:165-8. 2010..This study aims to examine the effects of depression and anxiety on health satisfaction in veterans with PTSD...
Respiratory irregularity and stress hormones in panic disorder: exploring potential linkagesJames L Abelson
Department of Psychiatry, Trauma, Stress and Anxiety Research Group, Drive, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan, USA
Depress Anxiety 25:885-7. 2008..Follow-up work is needed to directly test this hypothesis...
HPA axis, respiration and the airways in stress--a review in search of intersectionsJames L Abelson
Stress and Anxiety Research Group, Department of Psychiatry Trauma, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI 48109, USA
Biol Psychol 84:57-65. 2010..Given the importance of both systems to an organism's ability to survive and adapt in challenging and changing environments, further study of their interactions is needed...
