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Non-Invasive VentilationSESSION TYPE: Slide PresentationsPRESENTED ON: Saturday, March 22, 2014 at 12:15 PM - 01:15 PMPURPOSE: Our objective is to investigate the outcome of HMV in ≥ 75 years to determine if there are differences respect to younger patients. ⋯ The following authors have nothing to disclose: María del Carmen García García, Jacinto Hernández Borge, Pedro Pires Goncalves, Estefanía Molina Ortiz, Pilar Cordero Montero, María Teresa Gómez Vizcaíno, Francisca Lourdes Márquez Pérez, José Antonio Marín Torrado, Ana Castañar Jover, Ignacio Rodríguez BlancoNo Product/Research Disclosure Information.
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OSA & COPD PostersSESSION TYPE: Poster PresentationsPRESENTED ON: Saturday, March 22, 2014 at 01:15 PM - 02:15 PMPURPOSE: OSAS is an independent risk factor for asthma exacerbations and OSAS symptoms are more common in asthmatic patients than in the general population. This study correlates number of exacerbations with AHI in 24 stable asthmatics with overlap of OSAMETHODS: 24 stable patients' of BA with overlap of OSA diagnosed on PSG, using or not using CPAP, attending outpatient clinic of Metro Centre for Respiratory diseases were retrospectively analysed for number of exacerbations in last one year using SPSS software. ⋯ The following authors have nothing to disclose: Mayuri Johari, Karn Mehra, Deepak TalwarNo Product/Research Disclosure Information.
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Slide PresentationsPRESENTED ON: Monday, March 24, 2014 at 09:00 AM - 10:00 AMPURPOSE: Our goal has been to assess the presence of neoplasms in a cohort of COPD patients, to describe their clinical and epidemiological characteristics and observe if there are differences between COPD patients with neoplasms and those without them. ⋯ The following authors have nothing to disclose: María del Carmen García García, Jacinto Hernández Borge, Pedro Pires Goncalves, Lourdes Cañón Barroso, Estefanía Molina Ortiz, Ana Castañar Jover, Francisca Lourdes Márquez Pérez, María José Antona Rodríguez, José Antonio Gutierrez Lara, Ignacio Rodríguez BlancoNo Product/Research Disclosure Information.
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Randomized Controlled Trial Multicenter Study
Effect of Isoniazid Therapy for Latent Tuberculosis Infection on QuantiFERON-TB Gold In-tube Responses in Tuberculin Skin Test Positive Adults in a High Tuberculosis Incidence Area: A Controlled Study.
T-cell interferon-γ release assays (IGRAs) are used in the diagnosis of Mycobacterium tuberculosis infection and could be useful biomarkers of response to treatment of latent TB infection for clinical trials, infection control units, and TB programs. ⋯ IPT had no effect on changes in QFT-GIT readouts during short-term follow-up of adults with positive tuberculin skin tests in a high TB incidence setting. QFT-GIT is unlikely to be a useful biomarker of response to treatment of latent TB infection.
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Multicenter Study
Automated Computed Tomography Scores of Bronchiectasis and Air Trapping in Cystic Fibrosis.
Computer analysis of high-resolution CT (HRCT) scans may improve the assessment of structural lung injury in children with cystic fibrosis (CF). The goal of this cross-sectional pilot study was to validate automated, observer-independent image analysis software to establish objective, simple criteria for bronchiectasis and air trapping. ⋯ Quantitative airway counts and LAD (%) on HRCT scans appear to be useful surrogates for bronchiectasis and air trapping in children with CF. Our automated methodology provides objective quantitative measures of bronchiectasis and air trapping that may serve as end points in CF clinical trials.