Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) is a leading cause of morbidity and mortality
worldwide. Age and smoking are common risk factors for COPD and other illnesses, often …

Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) is one of the top five major causes of
morbidity and mortality worldwide. Despite worldwide health care efforts, costs, and medical …

The term asthma-COPD overlap (ACO) has been used to identify a heterogeneous condition
in which patients present with airflow limitation that is not completely reversible and clinical …

We evaluated the performance of procalcitonin (PCT) and C-reactive protein (CRP) threshold
values and kinetics as predictors of ventilator-associated pneumonia (VAP) survival and …

Introduction Bronchiectasis is a heterogeneous entity, taking into account clinical characteristics,
inflammatory response, effectiveness of treatment and frequency of exacerbations. In …

Background Some patients with asthma present persistent airflow limitation but their clinical
and inflammatory characteristics have not been extensively described. In this study we …

Introduction The coexistence of COPD and bronchiectasis seems to be common and
associated with a worse prognosis than for either disease individually. However, no definition of …

BACKGROUND Osteopontin (OPN) is a phosphorylated acidic glycoprotein that can function
as both an extracellular matrix molecule and a cytokine. Published data support that OPN is …

Introduction Post-acute sequelae of COVID-19 seem to be an emerging global crisis.
Machine learning radiographic models have great potential for meticulous evaluation of post-…

Background Osteopontin (OPN) is a glycoprotein that has been associated with inflammation
and fibrosis. Severe refractory asthma (SRA) is characterised by an intense inflammatory …