In the majority of cases, asthma and chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) are two
clearly distinct disease entities. However, in some patients there may be significant overlap …

Ultrasound (US) is acoustic energy that interacts with human tissues, thus, producing bioeffects
that may be hazardous, especially in sensitive organs (ie, brain, eye, heart, lung, and …

Idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis (IPF), chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD), asthma
and sleep disorders are chronic respiratory diseases that affect the airways, compromising …

Background In hospitalized patients with coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pneumonia,
progression to acute respiratory failure requiring invasive mechanical ventilation (MV) is …

Background Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS) is a neurodegenerative disease, which rapidly
leads to chronic respiratory failure requiring mechanical ventilation. Currently, forced vital …

… , Paolo Bonfanti, Giuseppe Lapadula, Donato Lacedonia, Antonio Voza, Nicoletta Carpenè,
… D. Lacedonia collected and interpreted the data, revised and approved the work. A. Voza …

Objectives: Few papers addressed the gender difference in the polisomnographic features of
obstructive sleep apnea (OSA). In this paper we investigated the sleep architecture and the …

… and iron), inflammatory markers [C-reactive protein (CRP) and erythrocyte sedimentation
rate], lactate dehydrogenase (LDH), total lymphocytes and T‐lymphocytes count, and vitamin D …

… The Dulbecco’s phosphate-buffered saline (D-PBS) cell suspension was centrifuged at 450
rpm (Shandon centrifuge) for 5 min. Citation14 The slides were stained by Diff-Quick staining …

Obstructive sleep apnea–hypopnea syndrome ( OSA ) is being identified increasingly as an
important health issue. It is typified by repeated episodes of upper airway collapse during …