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International Journal of Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease

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Editor in Chief Dr Richard E Russell

1178-2005(R)

Skeletal muscle dysfunction in patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease
Ho Cheol Kim, Mahroo Mofarrahi, Sabah NA Hussain

Association of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease and obstructive sleep apnea consequences
Carlos Zamarrón, Vanesa García Paz, Emilio Morete, Felix del Campo Matías

The role for S-carboxymethylcysteine (carbocisteine) in the management of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease
C Hooper, J Calvert

Treatment of respiratory failure in COPD
Stephan Budweiser, Rudolf A Jörres, Michael Pfeifer

Mental disorders and quality of life in COPD patients and their spouses
Kerstin Kühl, Wolfgang Schürmann, Winfried Rief

Health-related quality of life in outpatients with COPD in daily practice: the VICE Spanish study
Antonio Martín, José M Rodríguez-González Moro, José L Izquierdo, Elena Gobartt, Pilar de Lucas, The VICE Study Group

Noninvasive positive pressure ventilation in acute respiratory failure due to COPD vs other causes: Effectiveness and predictors of failure in a respiratory ICU in North India
Ritesh Agarwal, Rajesh Gupta, Ashutosh N Aggarwal, Dheeraj Gupta

Role of T-lymphocytes and pro-inflammatory mediators in the pathogenesis of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease
Aneal Gadgil, Steven R Duncan

Safety, tolerability and risk benefit analysis of tiotropium in COPD
Yuji Oba, Tareq Zaza, Danish M Thameem

Treatment of mild chronic obstructive pulmonary disease
Alex Chee, Don D Sin

Self efficacy measurement and goal attainment after pulmonary rehabilitation
Rachel Garrod, Johanna Marshall, Fiona Jones

Diagnostic value of post-bronchodilator pulmonary function testing to distinguish between stable, moderate to severe COPD and asthma
Daphne C Richter, James R Joubert, Haylene Nell, Mace M Schuurmans, Elvis M Irusen

Effect of noninvasive mechanical ventilation in elderly patients with hypercapnic acute-on-chronic respiratory failure and a do-not-intubate order
Paolo Scarpazza, Cristoforo Incorvaia, Giuseppe di Franco, Stefania Raschi, Pierfranco Usai, et al

Lung volume reduction surgery and lung transplantation in chronic obstructive pulmonary disease
Jorge I Mora, Denis Hadjiliadis

Pulmonary and systemic hepatocyte and keratinocyte growth factors in patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease
Jaume Sauleda, Aina Noguera, David Blanquer, Jaume Pons, Meritxell López, et al

Pathophysiological roles of microvascular alterations in pulmonary inflammatory diseases: possible implications of tumor necrosis factor-alpha and CXC chemokines
Kanami Orihara, Akio Matsuda

Tiotropium and exercise training in COPD patients: Effects on dyspnea and exercise tolerance
Nicolino Ambrosino, Katia Foglio, Gianni Balzano, Pier Luigi Paggiaro, Patrizia Lessi, Steven Kesten

Geographic differences in clinical characteristics and management of COPD: the EPOCA study
Marc Miravitlles, Cristina Murio, Gema Tirado-Conde, Gur Levy, Hana Muellerova, et al

C-reactive protein correlates with tissue oxygen availability in patients with stable COPD
Simonetta Baldi, Gian Domenico Pinna1 Piera Mombaruzzo, Milena Biglieri, Angelo De Martini, Paolo Palange

Determinants and predictors of the cost of COPD in primary care: A Spanish perspective
Javier de Miguel Diez, Pilar Carrasco Garrido, Marta García Carballo, Angel Gil de Miguel, Javier Rejas Gutierrez, et al

Health literacy in COPD
Nicola J Roberts, Ramesh Ghiassi, Martyn R Partridge

Use of azithromycin in the treatment of acute exacerbations of COPD
Aaron P Milstone

Tissue regeneration as next-generation therapy for COPD – potential applications
Shunsuke Ohnishi, Noritoshi Nagaya

ABCD of the phosphodiesterase family: interaction and differential activity in COPD
David MG Halpin

Higher lung deposition with Respimat® Soft Mist™ Inhaler than HFA-MDI in COPD patients with poor technique
Peter Brand, Bettina Hederer, George Austen, Helen Dewberry, Thomas Meyer

Caregivers for people with end-stage lung disease: Characteristics and unmet needs in the whole population
David C Currow, Alicia Ward, Katie Clark, Catherine M Burns, Amy P Abernethy

Suppressive activity of tiotropium bromide on matrix metalloproteinase production from lung fibroblasts in vitro
Kazuhito Asano, Yusuke Shikama, Yasuhiro Shibuya, Hiroaki Nakajima, Ken-ichi Kanai, et al

Impact of social support and self-efficacy on functioning in depressed older adults with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease
Patricia Marino, Jo Anne Sirey, Patrick J Raue, George S Alexopoulos

Airway biomarkers of the oxidant burden in asthma and chronic obstructive pulmonary disease: Current and future perspectives
Noora Louhelainen, Marjukka Myllärniemi, Irfan Rahman, Vuokko L Kinnula

Long-acting β2-agonists (LABA) in chronic obstructive pulmonary disease: efficacy and safety
Andrea Rossi, Sonia Khirani, Mario Cazzola

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