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Filter by:- The goal of this randomized controlled trial is to investigate the effects of elastic tape in individuals with mild to very severe COPD. - The main questions it aims to answer are: Does the ET influence on daily life physical activity (DLPA), dyspnea, health status, health-related quality of life (HRQoL), and anxiety and depression symptoms in individuals with COPD? Does the ET modify the perceived barriers to DLPA in individuals with COPD? - The protocol lasted 21 days, including seven days of initial assessments and 14 days of intervention. Before baseline assessments, participants were randomly allocated into intervention (Elastic Tape Group, ETG, n=25) or control groups (CG, n=25). The ETG received ETs on the chest wall and abdomen for two consecutive weeks while the CG received instructions about the importance of becoming physical activity. The assessments were performed before and after 14 days of intervention. - The ET placement was previously described by Pinto et al. (2020).
This is a first in human (FIH), multi-center, dose escalating study to evaluate the safety, tolerability, pharmacokinetics (PK), pharmacodynamics (PD) and immunogenicity of AD-214 when administered to healthy volunteers (HVs). The study in HVs will be a randomized, double blind, and placebo-controlled single ascending dose (SAD) and multiple ascending dose (MAD) (Part B) study.
The purpose of this study is to investigate the clinical features and long-term outcome of anti-neutrophil cytoplasmic antibody (ANCA)-positive interstitial lung disease (ILD) and assess the difference between microscopic polyangiitis (MPA) associated ILD and isolated ANCA-positive idiopathic interstitial pneumonia.
Prone positioning is an established intervention in mechanically ventilated acute respiratory distress syndrome (ARDS) patients, with demonstrated reductions in mortality. Preliminary data suggest that awake proning in patients with COVID-19 treated with high-flow nasal oxygenation (HFNO) improves gas exchanges, and might be associated with a reduced need of mechanical ventilation, and reduced mortality. Further investigation in a formal randomized-controlled trial is need.
The aim of this study is to evaluate the effectiveness of MLS laser therapy as a treatment for pulmonary complications due to COVID-19 infection.
Molecular testing (e.g PCR) of respiratory tract samples is the recommended method for the identification and laboratory confirmation of COVID-19 cases. Recent evidence reported that the diagnostic accuracy of many of the available RT-PCR tests for detecting SARS-CoV2 may be lower than optimal. Of course, the economical and clinical implications of diagnostic errors are of foremost significance and in case of infectious outbreaks, namely pandemics, the repercussions are amplified. False positives and false-negative results may jeopardize the health of a single patient and may affect the efficacy of containment of the outbreak and of public health policies. In particular, false-negative results contribute to the ongoing of the infection causing further spread of the virus within the community, masking also other potentially infected people.
Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) is a significant current public health problem, characterized by the presence of limited airflow. However, COPD has important manifestations beyond the lungs, the so-called systemic effects. These included dysfunction of peripheral and respiratory muscles. The growing amount of evidence has shown that patients with COPD also present important deficits in postural balance and consequently, increased risk of falling. As an essential part of the management of COPD, pulmonary rehabilitation (PR) alleviates dyspnea and fatigue, improves exercise tolerance and health-related quality of life, and reduces hospital admissions and mortality for COPD patients. Exercise is the key component of PR, which is composed of exercise assessment and training therapy. Currently, two modalities of therapy have been suggested as complementary to pulmonary rehabilitation: inspiratory muscular training (IMT) and neuromuscular electrical stimulation (NMES). Based on the premise that peripheral and respiratory muscle dysfunction can negatively impact postural control of patients with COPD, and given the importance of balance as a modifiable risk factor for falls, it is important to investigate whether the use of these therapeutic modalities (IMT and/or NMES) is capable of improving the short-term effects of pulmonary rehabilitation and also promoting improved balance.
This is a single-site feasibility pilot study to determine if patients with COPD with an increased risk of exacerbation will use an in-home COPD telemonitoring system for three months that collects lung measures, pulse oximetry, and medication compliance.
The patients enrolled in this study will be all patients entering triage with suspicion of SARS-CoV2. Planned activities are required by the nasopharyngeal swab in parallel with the analysis of the conjunctival swab to identify new potential alternative and equally effective diagnostic pathways. Simultaneously systemic data (as Pulmonary images, hematological parameters etc.) will be collected to observe a possible correlation between conjunctival swab positivity and systemic impairment.
Data from chronic obstructive pulmonary disease patients awaiting lung transplantation which performed a pulmonary rehabilitation program will be analyzed retrospectively. Acute exacerbations occur frequently in these patients and have a major impact on the course of the disease. This study investigates the prevalence and the impact of acute exacerbations during pulmonary Rehabilitation in patients with severe chronic obstructive pulmonary disease patients awaiting lung Transplantation that continued the Rehabilitation program despite an acute exacerbation. Data will be taken from the internal database of the reference center (Schoen Klinik Berchtesgadener Land, Schoenau, Germany) where these data were collected during clinical routine.