The symptoms with the highest frequency among cases were cough, non-specific chest infections, dyspnoea, chest pain and COPD. Although ... the number of patients in the validation cohort who will ...

No data conversions were necessary, as we qualitatively analysed patient symptoms and characteristics. The method used to prepare missing summary statistics of age range was to report the mean age.

Looking back on the accomplishments of recent past presidents of CHEST, John A. Howington, MD, MBA, FCCP, hopes to “continue ...

Injurious falls are common among people with COPD in the 2 years before death, with some medications tied to higher fall risk.

Objective: To investigate the efficacy and tolerability of high-dose N-acetylcysteine (NAC) in the treatment of patients with exacerbations of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD).

Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD), a condition that affects more than 14 million U.S. adults, is marked by damage ...

In the phase 3 ENHANCE trials, Ohtuvayre was shown to reduce exacerbation rate and risk over 24 weeks in COPD patients, regardless of blood eosinophil levels, compared to placebo, and also improve ...

Patients at Turai Yar’adua Maternity and Children Hospital in the Katsina metropolis have appealed to the state government to provide a functional X-ray machine in the hospital. The patients ...

Lung cancer is often associated with smoking, but for Devonne, the diagnosis after an X-Ray came as a complete shock.

Residents of the Kimbimbi area in Kirinyaga County have asked politicians to keep politics out of healthcare services. The ...

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