Cardiovascular risk, myocardial injury, and exacerbations of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease

ARC Patel, BS Kowlessar, GC Donaldson… - American journal of …, 2013 - atsjournals.org
Rationale: Patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) have elevated
cardiovascular risk, and myocardial injury is common during severe exacerbations. Little is known …

Impact of prolonged exacerbation recovery in chronic obstructive pulmonary disease

GC Donaldson, M Law, B Kowlessar… - American journal of …, 2015 - atsjournals.org
… (B) Time course of PEF during nonrecovered exacerbations (n = 257). (C) Time course of
cold symptoms in recovered (triangles) and nonrecovered (circles) exacerbations. (D) Time …

[HTML][HTML] Influence of weather and atmospheric pollution on physical activity in patients with COPD

AD Alahmari, AJ Mackay, ARC Patel, BS Kowlessar… - Respiratory …, 2015 - Springer
… Data was successfully acquired from only 73 patients for the following reasons a) 21
patients once issued refused to use the pedometer, b) 19 patients lost their pedometers, c) 23 …

[HTML][HTML] Daily activity during stability and exacerbation of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease

AD Alahmari, ARC Patel, BS Kowlessar… - BMC pulmonary …, 2014 - Springer
… Data was successfully acquired from only 73 patients due to the following reasons a) 21
patients once issued refused to use the pedometer b) 19 patients lost their pedometers c) 23 …

Physical activity and exercise capacity in patients with moderate COPD exacerbations

AD Alahmari, BS Kowlessar, ARC Patel… - European …, 2016 - Eur Respiratory Soc
b) Quadriceps maximum voluntary contraction (QMVC) in stable patients and during … b)
Changes in depression scores and light activity duration between week 2 and week 1. …

[HTML][HTML] Inflammatory thresholds and the species-specific effects of colonising bacteria in stable chronic obstructive pulmonary disease

…, AJ Mackay, ARC Patel, DS Garcha, BS Kowlessar… - Respiratory …, 2014 - Springer
Background There has been increasing interest in the use of newer, culture-independent
techniques to study the airway microbiome of COPD patients. We investigated the relationships …

Detection and severity grading of COPD exacerbations using the exacerbations of chronic pulmonary disease tool (EXACT)

…, ARC Patel, R Singh, B Kowlessar… - European …, 2014 - Eur Respiratory Soc
… pulmonary disease tool (EXACT) score, b) London chronic obstructive pulmonary disease
(… b) Time course of EXACT scores during treated and untreated exacerbations. Vertical lines …

Upper respiratory symptoms worsen over time and relate to clinical phenotype in chronic obstructive pulmonary disease

…, JP Allinson, SE Brill, B Kowlessar… - Annals of the …, 2015 - atsjournals.org
Rationale: How nasal symptoms in patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD)
change over time and resolve during naturally occurring exacerbations has not been …

The time-course of changes in arterial stiffness during COPD exacerbations

ARC Patel, BS Kowlessar, AJ Mackay… - D49. IMPACT OF …, 2012 - atsjournals.org
Methods We measured carotid-femoral aortic pulse wave velocity (APWV) using the Vicorder™
device in 55 patients from the London COPD Cohort in the stable state, at exacerbation …

Relationships between COPD exacerbation frequency and arterial stiffness

ARC Patel, BS Kowlessar, AJ Mackay… - D49. IMPACT OF …, 2012 - atsjournals.org
Results 98 stable COPD patients had a mean±SD age of 72.1±8.9 years, with an FEV of
52.0±18.9% predicted, FEV1/FVC ratio of 0.47±0.13, 61% 1 were male, 20% were current …