… Tobacco smoking is a risk factor for many of these comorbidities as well as for COPD,
making it difficult to draw conclusions about the relationship between COPD and these …

… management; identify gaps in knowledge; and make recommendations for future research.
It is … Physiological and anatomical outcomes make research easier, more efficient, and less …

… increasing costs and then treatment objectives and goals, sites for care in which the objectives
and goals may be achieved, criteria for discharge to those facilities, and steps for making …

… These compelling data strongly support that a combination of CT imaging and physiological
testing can clearly impact therapeutic decision making, thus validating its value as a …

We studied risk factors for nosocomial pneumonia and fatality in 233 intensive care unit
patients requiring continuous mechanical ventilation. Ventilator-associated pneumonia was …

We performed a genome-wide association study of non-Hispanic, white individuals with fibrotic
idiopathic interstitial pneumonias (IIPs; n = 1,616) and controls (n = 4,683), with follow-up …

We performed a genome-wide association study for chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD)
in three population cohorts, including 2,940 cases and 1,380 controls who were …

Background The coexistence of COPD and asthma is widely recognized but has not been
well described. This study characterizes clinical features, spirometry, and chest CT scans of …

Background Exacerbations of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) are associated
with accelerated loss of lung function and death. Identification of patients at risk for these …

Purpose To test the hypothesis—given the increasing emphasis on quantitative computed
tomographic (CT) phenotypes of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD)—that a …