Published in J Am Osteopath Assoc on April 01, 2007
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Azithromycin for prevention of exacerbations of COPD. N Engl J Med (2011) 8.66
A randomized study of endobronchial valves for advanced emphysema. N Engl J Med (2010) 6.23
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Long-term follow-up of patients receiving lung-volume-reduction surgery versus medical therapy for severe emphysema by the National Emphysema Treatment Trial Research Group. Ann Thorac Surg (2006) 2.53
Prevention of acute exacerbations of COPD: American College of Chest Physicians and Canadian Thoracic Society Guideline. Chest (2015) 2.32
Comorbidities in chronic obstructive pulmonary disease. Proc Am Thorac Soc (2008) 2.20
A combined pulmonary-radiology workshop for visual evaluation of COPD: study design, chest CT findings and concordance with quantitative evaluation. COPD (2012) 2.07
Survival after lung volume reduction in chronic obstructive pulmonary disease: insights from small airway pathology. Am J Respir Crit Care Med (2007) 2.04
Six-minute walk distance in chronic obstructive pulmonary disease: reproducibility and effect of walking course layout and length. Am J Respir Crit Care Med (2003) 2.03
CT metrics of airway disease and emphysema in severe COPD. Chest (2009) 1.81
Treatment of persistent pulmonary air leaks using endobronchial valves. Chest (2009) 1.75
Pneumothorax following endobronchial valve therapy and its impact on clinical outcomes in severe emphysema. Respiration (2014) 1.74
Predictors of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease exacerbation reduction in response to daily azithromycin therapy. Am J Respir Crit Care Med (2014) 1.68
Respiratory failure after lung transplantation. Chest (2003) 1.67
Racial differences in quality of life in patients with COPD. Chest (2011) 1.64
An Official American Thoracic Society/European Respiratory Society Statement: Research questions in chronic obstructive pulmonary disease. Am J Respir Crit Care Med (2015) 1.63
Lung cancer risk in white and black Americans. Ann Epidemiol (2003) 1.63
New concepts in the pathobiology of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease. Proc Am Thorac Soc (2008) 1.59
Lung volume reduction therapies for advanced emphysema: an update. Chest (2010) 1.58
Integration of genomic and genetic approaches implicates IREB2 as a COPD susceptibility gene. Am J Hum Genet (2009) 1.52
Pulmonary diseases and the heart. Circulation (2007) 1.52
African Americans and men with severe COPD have a high prevalence of osteoporosis. COPD (2008) 1.49
Predictors of operative mortality and cardiopulmonary morbidity in the National Emphysema Treatment Trial. J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg (2005) 1.46
Effects of nasal continuous positive airway pressure on oxygen body stores in patients with Cheyne-Stokes respiration and congestive heart failure. Chest (2003) 1.44
Weight gain after lung reduction surgery is related to improved lung function and ventilatory efficiency. Am J Respir Crit Care Med (2012) 1.43
Current concepts in diastolic heart failure. J Am Osteopath Assoc (2008) 1.42
Treatment of Guillain-Barré syndrome induced by cyclosporine in a lung transplant patient. J Heart Lung Transplant (2005) 1.42
Patient-physician communication: why and how. J Am Osteopath Assoc (2005) 1.41
Proposed tenets of osteopathic medicine and principles for patient care. J Am Osteopath Assoc (2002) 1.38
Pulmonary hypertension and computed tomography measurement of small pulmonary vessels in severe emphysema. Am J Respir Crit Care Med (2009) 1.36
Smoking patterns in African Americans and whites with advanced COPD. Chest (2004) 1.33
Chronic bronchitis and chronic obstructive pulmonary disease. Am J Respir Crit Care Med (2012) 1.29
Comparison of positional therapy to CPAP in patients with positional obstructive sleep apnea. J Clin Sleep Med (2010) 1.27
Advanced emphysema in African-American and white patients: do differences exist? Chest (2006) 1.24
Impact of whole-body rehabilitation in patients receiving chronic mechanical ventilation. Crit Care Med (2005) 1.23
Cardiac disease in chronic obstructive pulmonary disease. Proc Am Thorac Soc (2008) 1.21
Prediction of acute respiratory disease in current and former smokers with and without COPD. Chest (2014) 1.15
Automated telecommunication to obtain longitudinal follow-up in a multicenter cross-sectional COPD study. COPD (2012) 1.15
Clinical and computed tomographic predictors of chronic bronchitis in COPD: a cross sectional analysis of the COPDGene study. Respir Res (2014) 1.14
Small airway pathology and bronchoreversibility in advanced emphysema. COPD (2010) 1.11
Cluster analysis in severe emphysema subjects using phenotype and genotype data: an exploratory investigation. Respir Res (2010) 1.10
Small airway mucous metaplasia and inflammation in chronic obstructive pulmonary disease. COPD (2008) 1.03
Expert statement: pneumothorax associated with endoscopic valve therapy for emphysema--potential mechanisms, treatment algorithm, and case examples. Respiration (2014) 1.03
Intralobar sequestration in the middle-aged and elderly adult: recognition and radiographic evaluation. J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg (2003) 1.02
Conversion to bosentan from prostacyclin infusion therapy in pulmonary arterial hypertension: a pilot study. Chest (2006) 1.02
Asthma deaths during sports: report of a 7-year experience. J Allergy Clin Immunol (2004) 1.01
The effects of high-flow vs low-flow oxygen on exercise in advanced obstructive airways disease. Chest (2004) 0.99
Superior immune response to protein-conjugate versus free pneumococcal polysaccharide vaccine in chronic obstructive pulmonary disease. Am J Respir Crit Care Med (2009) 0.99
The chronic bronchitis phenotype in chronic obstructive pulmonary disease: features and implications. Curr Opin Pulm Med (2015) 0.98
Circulating tissue factor procoagulant activity is elevated in stable moderate to severe chronic obstructive pulmonary disease. Thromb Res (2009) 0.98
Small airway morphometry and improvement in pulmonary function after lung volume reduction surgery. Am J Respir Crit Care Med (2004) 0.98
Histone 3.3 participates in a self-sustaining cascade of apoptosis that contributes to the progression of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease. Am J Respir Crit Care Med (2013) 0.97
Design of the Endobronchial Valve for Emphysema Palliation Trial (VENT): a non-surgical method of lung volume reduction. BMC Pulm Med (2007) 0.96
Lung deflation and oxygen pulse in COPD: results from the NETT randomized trial. Respir Med (2011) 0.96
Safety and efficacy of an inhaled epidermal growth factor receptor inhibitor (BIBW 2948 BS) in chronic obstructive pulmonary disease. Am J Respir Crit Care Med (2009) 0.96
Exercise testing in severe emphysema: association with quality of life and lung function. COPD (2008) 0.96
Tiotropium bromide for chronic obstructive pulmonary disease. Expert Rev Respir Med (2009) 0.96
Preventing acute exacerbations and hospital admissions in COPD. Chest (2013) 0.95
An unusual case of a microscopic alveolar adenoma coexisting with lung carcinoma: a case report and review of the literature. J Med Case Rep (2011) 0.93
Executive summary: prevention of acute exacerbation of COPD: American College of Chest Physicians and Canadian Thoracic Society Guideline. Chest (2015) 0.91
Effects of lung volume reduction surgery on sleep quality and nocturnal gas exchange in patients with severe emphysema. Chest (2005) 0.90
The small airways in chronic obstructive pulmonary disease: pathology and effects on disease progression and survival. Curr Opin Pulm Med (2013) 0.89
Complications of long-term mechanical ventilation. Respir Care Clin N Am (2002) 0.89
Association between occupational exposure and lung function, respiratory symptoms, and high-resolution computed tomography imaging in COPDGene. Am J Respir Crit Care Med (2014) 0.89
Increased oxygen pulse after lung volume reduction surgery is associated with reduced dynamic hyperinflation. Eur Respir J (2012) 0.89
Influenza epidemic or pandemic? Time to roll up sleeves, vaccinate patients, and hone osteopathic manipulative skills. J Am Osteopath Assoc (2004) 0.88
Pulmonary tumor embolism. Lung (2010) 0.88
Long-term comparative immunogenicity of protein conjugate and free polysaccharide pneumococcal vaccines in chronic obstructive pulmonary disease. Clin Infect Dis (2012) 0.86
Severe chronic bronchitis in advanced emphysema increases mortality and hospitalizations. COPD (2013) 0.86
Total lung capacity by plethysmography and high-resolution computed tomography in COPD. Int J Chron Obstruct Pulmon Dis (2012) 0.85
High incidence of venous thromboembolic events in lung transplant recipients. J Heart Lung Transplant (2007) 0.85
An official American Thoracic Society/International Society for Heart and Lung Transplantation/Society of Critical Care Medicine/Association of Organ and Procurement Organizations/United Network of Organ Sharing Statement: ethical and policy considerations in organ donation after circulatory determination of death. Am J Respir Crit Care Med (2013) 0.85
Comparison between an alternative and the classic definition of chronic bronchitis in COPDGene. Ann Am Thorac Soc (2015) 0.85
Cardiac safety of formoterol 12 microg twice daily in patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease. Pulm Pharmacol Ther (2006) 0.84
Hospitalized acute exacerbation of COPD impairs flow and nitroglycerin-mediated peripheral vascular dilation. COPD (2011) 0.84
Demographic, physiologic and radiographic characteristics of COPD patients taking chronic systemic corticosteroids. COPD (2012) 0.83
Randomized trial of zileuton for treatment of COPD exacerbations requiring hospitalization. COPD (2011) 0.83
Chronic cough and dyspnea in ice hockey players after an acute exposure to combustion products of a faulty ice resurfacer. Lung (2007) 0.83
Short- and long-term effects of ambient ozone and fine particulate matter on the respiratory health of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease subjects. Arch Environ Occup Health (2015) 0.83
The effect of chronic sputum production on respiratory symptoms in severe COPD. COPD (2011) 0.82
Survival in Patients Receiving Prolonged Ventilation: Factors that Influence Outcome. Clin Med Insights Circ Respir Pulm Med (2011) 0.81
Mortality and functional performance in severe emphysema after lung volume reduction or transplant. COPD (2007) 0.81
Use of long-term macrolide therapy in chronic obstructive pulmonary disease. Curr Opin Pulm Med (2014) 0.81
Influence of lightweight ambulatory oxygen on oxygen use and activity patterns of COPD patients receiving long-term oxygen therapy. COPD (2012) 0.81
Effects of oxygen therapy on left ventricular function in patients with Cheyne-Stokes respiration and congestive heart failure. J Clin Sleep Med (2005) 0.80
Lung elastic recoil does not correlate with pulmonary hemodynamics in severe emphysema. Chest (2007) 0.80
Lung transplantation and lung volume reduction surgery versus transplantation in chronic obstructive pulmonary disease. Proc Am Thorac Soc (2008) 0.80
Effect of bilateral lung volume reduction surgery on FEV1 decline in severe emphysema. COPD (2005) 0.79
Update in chronic obstructive pulmonary disease 2012. Am J Respir Crit Care Med (2013) 0.78
Frontiers in emphysema research. Semin Thorac Cardiovasc Surg (2007) 0.78
Asthma screening of high school athletes: identifying the undiagnosed and poorly controlled. Ann Allergy Asthma Immunol (2002) 0.78
Transplantation in chronic obstructive pulmonary disease. COPD (2006) 0.78
Association between inhaled nitric oxide treatment and long-term pulmonary function in survivors of acute respiratory distress syndrome. Crit Care (2012) 0.78
Airway wall thickness is increased in COPD patients with bronchodilator responsiveness. Respir Res (2014) 0.78
Optimal treatment of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease: the search for the magic combination of inhaled bronchodilators and corticosteroids. Ann Intern Med (2007) 0.77
COPD and the heart: when less lung means more heart. Chest (2010) 0.77