Background: Early detection of airflow obstruction is particularly important among young
adults because they are more likely to benefit from intervention. Using the forced expiratory …

Rationale: There are few follow-up studies on long-term cardiopulmonary function after
pulmonary endarterectomy (PEA), the operation of choice for chronic thromboembolic …

Background: The prevalence rates of smoking in subjects with asthma have frequently been
reported as similar to those in the general population; however, available data are not up-to …

Aim To evaluate the clinical outcome and socioeconomic consequences of occupational
asthma (OA). Subjects and methods Twenty-five patients with OA both to high-and low …

Background Smoking is an important cause of morbidity and mortality worldwide. It iswidely
accepted as a major risk factor for metabolic and cardiovasculardisease. Smoking reduces …

Asthma guidelines from the Global Initiative for Asthma (GINA) and from the National Heart,
Lung, and Blood Institute provide conflicting definitions of airflow obstruction, suggesting a …

The clinical and socio-professional fate of subjects with occupational asthma is not univocal.
We re-examined twenty-nine subjects diagnosed in our center as suffering from this disease …

Background. Chronic productive cough is a common clinical problem; often potential causes
outside the lower respiratory tract are forgotten or ignored. The aim of this study was to make …

An unusual case of smoking-related centrilobular emphysema with normal spirometry. A 64-
year-old man presented with severe dyspnoea and respiratory failure. Pulmonary function …

The compliance of patients in educational programmes on asthma is sometimes lacking and
this may be due in part to patients' scarce interest or refusal to expand their knowledge of the …