Publications by authors named "Anna Salina"
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- Inhaled corticosteroids (ICS) have proven to be very effective for treating asthma but show only modest benefits for COPD.
- A study tested whether the size of bronchial airway smooth muscle cells (ASMC) in COPD patients correlates with their responsiveness to ICS.
- Results indicated that patients with high ASMC area (HASMC) experienced significant improvements in lung function when using ICS, while those with low ASMC area (LASMC) did not show considerable benefits, suggesting that ASMC size could help predict treatment outcomes for COPD patients.
Background: Early pathogen identification in pulmonary infection is crucial to guide antibacterial therapy and decrease length of hospital stay. We hypothesise that compared to conventional diagnostic methods, a multiplex bacterial polymerase chain reaction assay has a higher diagnostic yield in bronchoalveolar lavage (BAL) fluid and improved clinical outcomes in patients with suspicion of pulmonary infection.
Methods: A prospective, monocentric, quasi-experimental, observational study was carried out.
Background: The efficacy and safety of once-daily (o.d.) fixed-dose combination of indacaterol (IND), glycopyrronium (GLY) and mometasone furoate (MF) via Breezhaler® versus concurrent administration of salmeterol/fluticasone (SAL/FLU) twice-daily (b.
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