… Bram van den Borst … Bram van den Borst … NADH-reacted section (B) shows atrophic
angulated fibres (x) and a disrupted mitochondrial network (O). ATPase-reacted sections show type I …

Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus (T2DM) and cardiovascular diseases (CVD) are common in patients
with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD). Prevention of these co-morbidities in …

Background Long-term health sequelae of coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) may be
multiple but have thus far not been systematically studied. Methods All patients discharged …

Background Research into the association between diabetes and pulmonary function has
resulted in inconsistent outcomes among studies. We performed a metaanalysis to clarify this …

Being well-established in advanced chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD),
skeletal muscle dysfunction and its underlying pathology have been scarcely investigated in …

… Bram van den Borst … Bram van den Borst … b ‘Respiratory symptoms’ was defined by having
one or more of the following symptoms: chronic cough (defined as cough during the winter …

Background and aims Cross-sectional studies suggest that obstructive lung disease (OLD)
and smoking affect lean mass and mobility. A study was undertaken to investigate whether …

Background: Low-grade systemic inflammation, particularly elevated IL-6, predicts mortality
in chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD). Although altered body composition, …

Background and objectives Long-term cognitive performance data in former critically ill
COVID-19 patients are sparse. Current evidence suggests that cognitive decline is related to …

… Visser, RHH Bemelmans, WG Boersma, B. van den Borst, JLI Burggraaf, SC Cannegieter,
AJ ten Cate-Hoek, FN Croles, HJ Faber, LM Faber, LM Hessels, PW Kamphuisen, SCE Koster, …