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History: 50 year old male with diabetes, hypertension, obstructive sleep apnea, and hyperlipidemia presents with 1 week history of hemoptysis. The differential for crazy paving pattern is wide, how…

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The bacteria helicobacter pylori, which is involved in the development of stomach ulcers, has been found to be common in patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD).

Drug Utilization Evaluation in Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease Patients (Paperback)

The aim of the present work was to study the treatment pattern in the patients diagnosed with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease. The total number of drugs the patient received during their treatment period 19.20% of antibiotics are given to the patients, 18.70% of Corticosteroids, 18.10% of Short acting beta -2 agonist, 17.20% of Inhaled corticosteroids, 15.50% Methyxanthines, 6.90% of Systemic corticosteroids, 4.10% of Long acting beta -2 agonist, 0.30% of Secretolytic agents. According to route of administration the percentage was calculated as 23.70% of oral administrated drug, 37.98% are parenterally administered, 38.32% are inhalations. Drug Utilization Evaluation in Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease Patients (Paperback)

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Pulmonary emphysema is a chronic obstructive pulmonary disease[COPD] which causes shortness of breath.Cigarette smoking is the most common cause.This book aims at improving quantitative measures of emphysema in Computed Tomography images of lungs using texture analysis technique called Local Binary Pattern[LBP].A study is performed by choosing Local binary Pattern as texture feature and classification is performed using KNN classifier. Classification accuracy and quantification shows that KNN classifier performs better when LBP is used as texture feature in determining Pulmonary Emphysema. Quantitative Analysis of Pulmonary Emphysema Using Lbp Technique (Paperback)

Upper Limbs Exercises and Dynamic Hyperinflation in Copd Patients (Paperback)

Occurrence of dynamic hyperinflation during upper-limbs exercises in chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) patients it is not well described. Upper limbs exercises are widely used in the rehabilitation of COPD patients, however, there are few evidence which and how much these exercises may develop dynamic pulmonary hyperinflation and changes in the breathing pattern and thoracoabdominal configuration. There are several upper limbs training techniques, but the most used ones are the arm cycle ergometer and adapted diagonals (proprioceptive neuromuscular facilitation technique). To know which exercise develops less dynamic hyperinflation, thoracoabdominal asynchrony and dyspnea would be important to choose the proper exercise to train COPD patients. In this book we will review the literature emphasizing the main aspects of upper limbs training and its effects such as dynamic pulmonary hyperinflation, thoracoabdominal asynchrony and dyspnea. Also, we will present two of our laboratory previous published papers (reproduced with permission) that brought additional data to the literature. Upper Limbs Exercises and Dynamic Hyperinflation in Copd Patients (Paperback)