The microbiome in respiratory medicine: current challenges and future perspectives

…, S Sethi, J Dorca, E Monsó - European …, 2017 - Eur Respiratory Soc
The healthy lung has previously been considered to be a sterile organ because standard
microbiological culture techniques consistently yield negative results. However, culture-…

Bacterial infection in chronic obstructive pulmonary disease. A study of stable and exacerbated outpatients using the protected specimen brush.

E Monso, J Ruiz, A Rosell, J Manterola… - American journal of …, 1995 - atsjournals.org
The lower airways of asymptomatic chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) patients
can be colonized by bacteria, mainly Haemophilus influenza, Streptococcus pneumoniae, …

Validity and reliability of the St George's Respiratory Questionnaire after adaptation to a different language and culture: the Spanish example

…, J Alonso, L Prieto, V Plaza, E Monsó… - European …, 1996 - Eur Respiratory Soc
We describe the adaptation into Spanish of the St George's Respiratory Questionnaire (SGRQ),
a self-administered questionnaire developed by Jones et al. (1991) covering three …

Health-related quality of life and mortality in male patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease

…, M Félez, A Khalaf, RM Marrades, E Monsó… - American journal of …, 2002 - atsjournals.org
To assess whether generic and specific health-related quality of life (HRQL) are independently
associated with total and specific mortality in patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary …

Consensus document on the overlap phenotype COPD–asthma in COPD

…, MC González, M Miravitlles, E Monsó… - Archivos de …, 2012 - Elsevier
… During the second phase, we carried out 2 new rounds of consensus by e-mail. Each
affirmation or point to be agreed on was sent to each pulmonologist for voting. A Likert-type scale …

Identification and prospective validation of clinically relevant chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) subtypes

…, A Ferrer, J Roca, JB Gáldiz, J Sauleda, E Monsó… - Thorax, 2011 - thorax.bmj.com
… cluster groups and longitudinal outcomes was assessed including either ATS/ERS severity
stages3 or the U-BODE (updated body mass index, airflow obstruction, dyspnoea and e

Microbiologic determinants of exacerbation in chronic obstructive pulmonary disease

A Rosell, E Monsó, N Soler, F Torres… - Archives of internal …, 2005 - jamanetwork.com
Background The culture of bronchial secretions from the lower airway has been reported to
be positive for potentially pathogenic microorganisms (PPMs) in patients with stable chronic …

Risk factors for hospitalization for a chronic obstructive pulmonary disease exacerbation: EFRAM study

J Garcia-Aymerich, E Monso, RM Marrades… - American journal of …, 2001 - atsjournals.org
Although exacerbation of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) is important in terms
of health and costs, there is little information about which are the risk factors. We estimated …

[PDF][PDF] Air contaminants in different European farming environments

K Radon, B Danuser, M Iversen, E Monso… - Annals of agricultural …, 2002 - yadda.icm.edu.pl
Farmers are known to be at high risk from the development of occupational airway disease.
The first stage of the European farmers’ study has shown that pig farmers in Denmark and …

Respiratory symptoms in European animal farmers

…, M Iversen, R Jörres, E Monso… - European …, 2001 - Eur Respiratory Soc
Farmers are known to be at high risk for the development of occupational airway disease.
The aim of this European study was to determine which airway symptoms predominate in …