[Long-term treatment strategy in chronic obstructive pulmonary disease: how to change the course of the disease].

COPD is a pulmonary disease with a systemic impact. The goals of COPD assessment are to determine the severity of the disease to guide management. Smoking cessation is a prime objective at all the stages of the disease to modify the long-term decline in lung function, reduce the COPD symptoms, and the frequency of exacerbations, improve health status and reduce mortality.

Main bronchial diameters in patients with very severe COPD.

Purpose: This retrospective study was performed in order to determine if patients with very severe chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) have larger main bronchi than patients with less severe disease.

Methods: Charts of patients having had a spirometric evaluation of their COPD and a digitized thin-slice computed tomography (CT) scan between January 2004 and September 2007 were reviewed. Adequate CT scans of male patients [i.

Complications/adverse effects of maxillomandibular advancement for the treatment of OSA in regard to outcome.

Objective: To evaluate adverse effects/postoperative complications and surgical response rate of maxillomandibular advancement for the treatment of severe obstructive sleep apnea syndrome.

Study Design: Case series with chart review.

Setting: Otolaryngology Head and Neck Surgery Department in a teaching hospital.

Telemetric monitoring of pulmonary function after allogeneic hematopoietic stem cell transplantation.

Background: Late-onset noninfectious pulmonary complications (LONIPC) are both frequent and severe after allogeneic hematopoietic stem cell transplantation (HSCT). The high mortality rate (40-80%) may be related to delayed diagnosis. We assessed the use of telemetric home surveillance of pulmonary function for early diagnosis of LONIPC in transplant recipients.

Influence of availability of perches on the behavioral well-being of captive, group-living mangabeys.

Environmental enrichment is expected to increase the well-being of animals. Changes in well-being can be measured by variations in behavioral patterns. This study reports on behavioral changes induced, in arboreal monkeys, by progressively increasing the number of perches, from none to five, in an "experimental cage.