This presentation will have three phases. Phase I will be an overview of the peripheral airways and oscillometry testing. This will include the importance of the peripheral airways in asthma, methods of assessing the peripheral airways with different types of oscill [....] » Read More
The concept of gut-lung axis came about as a result of numerous studies where mechanisms of cross-talk between the lung and gut microbiota (LM, GM) were analysed. Their results can help better understand immunological mechanisms in homeostasis and pathological changes cause [....] » Read More
Long non-coding RNAs (lncRNAs) have been reported as key regulators of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD). However, the specific mechanisms have not been fully understood. This study aimed to establish the effects and regulatory mechanism of lncRNA00612 (LINC00612) in l [....] » Read More
The respiratory disease causing the death by wrong analysis might have an impressive effect on the patient’s health. In the pandemic resource limitation has significantly delayed the routine diagnosis of lung diseases patients including Interstitial Lung Disease (ILD). Earl [....] » Read More
Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) is the third leading cause of death in the developed countries. COPD represents an important public health challenge and a socio-economical problem that is preventable and treatable. The main cause of COPD is chronic cigarette smoking, [....] » Read More
Title : Emerging prospective on molecular pathogenesis and therapeutic targets for COPD
Yong Xiao Wang, Albany Medical College, United States
Chronic obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD) is a devastating common lung disease. It is the third leading cause of mortality in the world and will be the second leading cause of death by 2020. The current challenging tasks are that the molecular mechanisms for COPD remain largel [....] » Read More
Title : Tobacco cessation in COPD patients: Attitude of general practitioners
Salma Ait Batahar, Cadi Ayyad University Marrakech, Morocco
The general practitioner (GP) plays a fundamental role in its primary and secondary prevention of smoking. The main objective of our study is to measure the knowledge and attitudes of general practitioners towards smoking cessation in COPD patients. A cross-sectional survey was c [....] » Read More
Title : Evaluation of CIMAvax-EGF in COPD patients from a lung cancer prevention trial cohort preliminary clinical results
Santos Morales Orestes, Center of Molecular Immunology, Cuba
EGFR is overexpressed in 40-80% of lung cancers. Expression includes both activated and total EGFR. The over-expression of EGFR occurs early in lung carcinogenesis. EGF depleting immunotherapy (EDIT) have proved to be effective in increasing survival in advanced NSCLC by reducing [....] » Read More
Title : Effective Strategies to Optimize Functional Efficacy in Patients Suffering From COPD in Out Patient Department
Isha Trivedi, CIPLA, India
Pulmonary Rehabilitation has proven to be much more effective in patients suffering from various respiratory diseases, especially COPD. It is an integral part of functional optimization in such patients. Pulmonary rehabilitation is quite often prescribed in In-Patient Depart [....] » Read More
Title : Access to health care is a human right: urgent solutions are needed to enhance eHealth accessibility for patients
Esther Metting, University of Groningen, Netherlands
Access to health care is a human right: there is an urgent need to find solutions to improve access to eHealth for the large proportion of patients with digital skills Background: digital health becomes increasingly important and can improve health outcomes. Over the past decade [....] » Read More