A Study of Various Predictors of COPD-Related Fatigue (COPD-RF) and its Correlation with other Established Outcome Parameters in COPD.

Background: Over the years approach to COPD has changed. The focus of evaluation is shifting from physiological outcome parameters to patient centered outcomes. COPD-RF is one such patient related outcome that is of considerable importance to the patients as fatigue is the second common distressing symptom in COPD & is a major concern for the patients.

The Clinical, Radiological, and Laboratory Profile of Patients With Interstitial Pneumonitis With Autoimmune Features From India: An Observational, Cross-Sectional Study.

Introduction Interstitial pneumonia with autoimmune features (IPAF) refers to interstitial lung disease (ILD) with co-existing features of other clinical, serologic, or pulmonary features that suggest the presence of an underlying systemic autoimmune condition that does not fulfill the current rheumatologic criteria for connective tissue disorder (CTD). It is a relatively newly described clinical syndrome with only a handful of reports describing it. This study aimed at studying the clinical, radiological, and laboratory profiles of IPAF patients from a tertiary care hospital in South India.

Association Between Non-Cystic Fibrosis Bronchiectasis and Quality of Life: A Single-Center Cross-Sectional Study.

Introduction Bronchiectasis is a chronic respiratory disease that can affect patients of all ages and significantly impact the quality of life (QOL) in patients who suffer from it. In spite of its widespread prevalence, and the significant impact on QOL, data on the quantitative impact of bronchiectasis on QOL is lacking. The Quality of Life-Bronchiectasis (QOL-B) is a self-administered patient-reported outcome measure, that was recently developed as a response to the emergent need for such measurement tools to study the impact of bronchiectasis on QOL.