Publications by authors named "Marlize Frauendorf"
Background: Patients with COPD frequently demonstrate pulmonary hypertension (PH). Severe PH in patients with COPD, identified by pulmonary vascular resistance (PVR) of > 5 Wood units (WU), is closely linked to impaired transplant-free survival. The impact of PH-targeting pharmacotherapy in this context remains unclear.
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- - Pulmonary hypertension (PH) is a serious and varied disease, necessitating accurate assessments for effective treatment, and its existing risk models require further investigation, especially outside of group 1 (PAH).
- - This study analyzed 8,565 patients with different types of PH (groups 1 to 4) to determine if risk scores developed for pulmonary arterial hypertension (PAH) could predict outcomes in all groups.
- - Results showed that all risk scores were effective in predicting patient outcomes across PH groups, with the REVEAL scores proving to be the most statistically powerful and detailed.
Introduction: Little is known about cystic fibrosis (CF) in low- to middle-income settings. This study aimed to describe the spectrum and outcomes of CF in South Africa (SA) from the recently established SA CF registry (SACFR).
Methods: Demographic, diagnosis and clinical data were extracted from the SACFR.