Look at the wood and not at the tree: The microbiome in chronic obstructive lung disease and cystic fibrosis

2020 ◽  
Vol 56 (1) ◽  
pp. 5-6
Author(s):  
Eduard Monsó
Keyword(s):  
Cystic Fibrosis ◽  
Lung Disease ◽  
Obstructive Lung Disease ◽  
Chronic Obstructive Lung Disease ◽  
Chronic Obstructive

scholarly journals Prognosis-Based Early Intervention Strategies to Resolve Exacerbation and Progressive Lung Function Decline in Cystic Fibrosis

2021 ◽  
Vol 11 (2) ◽  
pp. 96
Author(s):  
Neeraj Vij
Keyword(s):  
Cystic Fibrosis ◽  
Lung Function ◽  
Lung Disease ◽  
Obstructive Lung Disease ◽  
Unmet Need ◽  
Chronic Obstructive Lung Disease ◽  
Intervention Strategies ◽  
Chronic Obstructive ◽  
Forced Oscillation Technique ◽  
Lung Function Decline

Cystic fibrosis (CF) is a genetic disease caused by a mutation(s) in the CF transmembrane regulator (CFTR), where progressive decline in lung function due to recurring exacerbations is a major cause of mortality. The initiation of chronic obstructive lung disease in CF involves inflammation and exacerbations, leading to mucus obstruction and lung function decline. Even though clinical management of CF lung disease has prolonged survival, exacerbation and age-related lung function decline remain a challenge for controlling the progressive lung disease. The key to the resolution of progressive lung disease is prognosis-based early therapeutic intervention; thus, the development of novel diagnostics and prognostic biomarkers for predicting exacerbation and lung function decline will allow optimal management of the lung disease. Hence, the development of real-time lung function diagnostics such as forced oscillation technique (FOT), impulse oscillometry system (IOS), and electrical impedance tomography (EIT), and novel prognosis-based intervention strategies for controlling the progression of chronic obstructive lung disease will fulfill a significant unmet need for CF patients. Early detection of CF lung inflammation and exacerbations with the timely resolution will not only prolong survival and reduce mortality but also improve quality of life while reducing significant health care costs due to recurring hospitalizations.

Hemodynamic Characteristics in Chronic Obstructive Lung Disease as Related to Cardiac Size

Respiration ◽  
1981 ◽  
Vol 41 (1) ◽  
pp. 25-32 ◽  
Author(s):  
J. Hutsebaut ◽  
G. Scano ◽  
P. Garcia-Herreros ◽  
S. Degré ◽  
A. De Coster ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Lung Disease ◽  
Obstructive Lung Disease ◽  
Chronic Obstructive Lung Disease ◽  
Chronic Obstructive ◽  
Hemodynamic Characteristics
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