Bronchial hyperreactivity has long been recognized as a hallmark of chronic asthma. Less
is known about the prevalence and mechanisms of hyperreactivity in chronic obstructive …

Context Cardiovascular mortality is considered the main cause of death in patients receiving
dialysis and is 10 to 20 times higher in such patients than in the general population. …

Background and objectives: We compared the estimations of Cockcroft-Gault, Modification of
Diet in Renal Disease (MDRD), and Chronic Kidney Disease Epidemiology Collaboration (…

Objective To find an effective screening strategy for detecting patients with chronic kidney
disease and to describe the natural course of the disease. Design Eight year follow-up of a …

Background. Hyperphosphataemia is associated with increased mortality in patients with
chronic kidney disease (CKD) stage IV or on dialysis. Furthermore, in animal studies, elevated …

Airway diseases account for a significant proportion of the respiratory physician! s workload.
Traditionally, conditions are classified according to clinical symptoms and abnormalities of …

Background: Chronic rhinosinusitis and asthma are conditions that frequently coexist,
particularly in severe asthma. The precise mechanism of the relationship between upper and …

Background: Roflumilast is a targeted oral once-daily administered phosphodiesterase 4 (PDE4)
inhibitor with clinical efficacy in chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD). Results …

OBJECTIVE: We investigated the effects of inflammatory and nutritional status on the association
between serum albumin and mortality in hemodialysis (HD) and peritoneal dialysis (PD…

Background: The subjective global assessment of nutritional status (SGA) is used to assess
the nutritional status of chronic dialysis patients, but longitudinal data in relation to mortality …