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…hysema had airflow obstruction. 108 (17.2%) individuals without emphysema had no airflow obstruction. Sensitivity, specificity, positive …

…ion Lower serum IgA levels were associated with greater percent emphysema. Additionally, higher Gd-IgA1 levels were associated with airwa…

…ns Occupational exposures to inorganic dust are associated with emphysema. The association is stronger in those with the combination of e…

… a retrospective cross-sectional study. Patients diagnosed with AECOPD through pulmonary function tests and hospitalised in People’s H…

…aveforms (averaged across the cohort) for emphysema-predominant COPD patients and healthy controlsConclusions This initial dataset h…

…a, gas trapping and airway wall thickness on CT correlates with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) disease severity and exacerbation risk. In stable COPD, …

…Introduction There is an increased risk of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) in heterozygotes for the alpha-1 antitrypsin (AAT) Z all…

…ting the most severely affected regions in patients with severe emphysema.Methods and analysis This is a prospective, multicentre, random…

…deployed via bronchoscopy to release trapped air. The effect of emphysema distribution and collateral ventilation (CV) on treatment respo…

…The most common position for the nodules in patients developing pneumothorax was RUL (n=18) followed by RLL (n=14), LLL (N=10), LUL (N=9) an…

…opulation attributable fractions for PM1-related mortality from COPD, chronic bronchitis, emphysema and AECOPD were 8.86%, 8.84%, 8.…

…Background Current quantitative chest CT techniques improve chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) phenotyping but do not capture spatial variability and p…