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Non invasive ventilation (NIV) usually presents air leaks that may determine the result of this treatment. The clinical usefulness of analyzing (and quantifying) these leaks during the adaptation period to NIV has not been evaluated in prospective clinical studies as a predictive data of treatment effectiveness. Our hypothesis is that air leaks are correlated to a successful adaptation to NIV. And air leak magnitude may predict early failures of this treatment. And also, as we do not know if air leaks change during the adaptation period to NIV, we do not know whether early detection of air leaks plays a role in the therapeutic outcome. Our objective is to evaluate the clinical usefulness of quantifying air leaks during the adaptation period to NIV as a predictor of effectiveness of this treatment. We also want to evaluate the correlation between air leaks and clinical-functional patients' profile, and the ventilatory parameters selected and to evaluate air leaks variability during the adaptation period to NIV. Method: We will determine the air leak magnitude in twenty patients during adaptation to NIV. We will use VPAP III ventilators (ResMed, Australia), commercial nasal masks (Mirage o Ultra Mirage) and VPAP III/ResLinkTM (ResMed, North Ryde, Australia), a device that includes a monitoring system coupled with the VPAP III ventilator. This device allows to record air leaks and other ventilation parameters. We will perform four VPAP III/ResLinkTM recordings in each patient (the last night in hospital during the adaptation period, the first night at home, and one and two months later, after the initiation of NIV treatment). We will also perform a complete pulmonary function test, quality-of-life questionnaire (SF36), and a tolerance to NIV questionnaire in all patients at the onset of NIV treatment and two months later. We will evaluate which patients will need to change treatment at the end of the adaptation period to NIV. We also will analyze and compare air leaks magnitude in each of the four recordings stated above.
The purpose of this study is to determine if a lower extremity strengthening program as part of pulmonary rehabilitation will improve quadriceps muscle strength, endurance and functional status as well as overall quality of life. Hypothesis: 1. Lower extremity resistance training as part of a pulmonary rehabilitation program will improve quadriceps strength, endurance and functional capacity. 2. Lower extremity resistance training as part of a pulmonary rehabilitation program will improve quality of life in patients awaiting lung transplant.
This study will compare the effects of exercise training and breathing retraining (using metronome tones) to exercise training only. Exercise training lasts 12 weeks.
Respiration failure type 2 is loss of the lungs ability to take up oxygen (O2) and get rid of carbon dioxide (CO2). The diagnosis is based on blood gas measurement of pressures of O2 and CO2. Patients with COPD is often seen to have co-morbidity with cardiac diseases. Chronic systemic inflammation is seen in both COPD and cardiac diseases. The investigators will investigate the sleep quality, CO2-retention, O2-saturation, cardiac arrythmias and markers of inflammation in 120 patients with COPD in different stages of the disease. Our hypotheses are: - that the first signs of respiration failure type 2 is seen during sleep with alteration of sleep patterns and greater and more long-lasting retention of CO2 in the blood compared to those with a normal lung function - that the use of alcohol, zopiclone or supplementary oxygen will make these differences even greater - that cardiac arrythmias correlates with hypoxemia - that cardiac arrythmias and respiration failure correlates with degree of inflammation
The purpose of this study is to evaluate the clinical outcome and safety of flutter mucus clearance devices in elders of gerocomium.
Asthma and chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) are diseases that affect a person's ability to breathe normally. People who do not receive enough vitamin D may have a higher risk of developing asthma or COPD. This study will examine previously collected blood samples of participants in three studies to determine whether people with low vitamin D levels have an increased risk of severe asthma or COPD.
To evaluate the potential of a new imaging device, termed Optical Frequency Domain Imaging (OFDI), in the early diagnosing of pulmonary malignancies in the central airways.
During general anesthesia, airway closure and the formation of atelectasis impair oxygenation. During one-lung ventilation, large tidal volumes are used to resume atelectasis with a risk of regional over distension and Ventilator-Induced Lung Injury (VILI). The reduction in TV should reduce the occurrence of VILI but lead to a consistent alveolar derecruitment. This harmful effect may be counteracted by PEP. We, therefore, study the impact on oxygenation, of increasing PEP during OLV, in order to maintain alveolar recruitment when TV is reduced.
Bronchiectasis is a chronic pulmonary disease characterized by an irreversible dilatation of the bronchi. The current view of the pathogenesis of bronchiectasis considers initial colonization of the lower respiratory tract by different microorganisms as the first step leading to an inflammatory response characterized by neutrophil migration within the airways and secondary secretion of a variety of tissue-damaging oxidants and enzymes such as neutrophil elastase and myeloperoxidase. Persistence of microorganisms in the airways because of impairment in mucus clearance may lead to a vicious circle of events characterized by chronic bacterial colonization, persistent inflammatory reaction, and progressive tissue damage. The exact prevalence of bronchiectasis in COPD patients is not known. It would be important to assess the prevalence, the kind of bronchiectasis and the bacterial colonisation. These are all important features that can be related to the natural history of COPD and to the therapeutic management of patient with COPD and bronchiectasis. Recent data indicate that macrolide long-term treatment and inhaled steroids therapy are both associated with a reduced rate of exacerbation, bronchial colonization and inflammation The present study will address, on a relatively large number of patients, the prevalence of bronchiectasis in COPD subjects using a multislice CT scan technique applied in all the units and centrally analysed by Unit 2 and 4. This analysis will determine the presence and the morphology of bronchiectasis. Bacterial colonization and inflammatory parameters will be evaluated on blood and exhalate bronchial condensate. Concerning bacterial colonization molecular biology techniques (Qualitative PCR and quantitative real time PCR) will be applied. ELISPOT technique for the evaluation of specific immune response will be used.Electron and optical microscopy techniques will be applied on bronchial biopsy samples obtained in a subgroup of patients enrolled. During the second study year, a randomized trial on patients with bronchiectasis will be performed. Patients will be randomized to receive a macrolide or inhaled steroids or standard of care for 6 months with a follow-up of 6 months. All the inflammatory, microbiologic and functional parameters described above will be recorded. A clinical and functional evaluation will be applied looking to number of exacerbations, quality of life, respiratory function parameters.