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Jones P, Alzaabi A, Casas Herrera A, Polatli M, Rabahi MF, Cortes Telles A, Aggarwal B, Acharya S, Hasnaoui AE, Compton C. Understanding the Gaps in the Reporting of COPD Exacerbations by Patients: A Review. COPD 2024; 21:2316594. [PMID: 38421013 DOI: 10.1080/15412555.2024.2316594] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/01/2023] [Accepted: 02/05/2024] [Indexed: 03/02/2024]
Abstract
Exacerbations of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) are associated with loss of lung function, poor quality of life, loss of exercise capacity, risk of serious cardiovascular events, hospitalization, and death. However, patients underreport exacerbations, and evidence suggests that unreported exacerbations have similar negative health implications for patients as those that are reported. Whilst there is guidance for physicians to identify patients who are at risk of exacerbations, they do not help patients recognise and report them. Newly developed tools, such as the COPD Exacerbation Recognition Tool (CERT) have been designed to achieve this objective. This review focuses on the underreporting of COPD exacerbations by patients, the factors associated with this, the consequences of underreporting, and potential solutions.
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- Paul Jones
- Global Medical, Regulatory and Quality, GSK plc, Brentford, UK
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- Internal Medicine Department, College of Medicine and Health Sciences, UAE University, Al Ain, UAE
- Respirology Department, Zayed Military Hospital, Abu Dhabi, UAE
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- AIREPOC (Integrated care and rehabilitation program of COPD), Fundación Neumológica Colombiana, Bogotá, Colombia
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- School of Medicine, Chest Disease Department, Aydin Adnan Menderes University, Aydin, Turkey
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- Clínica de Enfermedades Respiratorias Hospital Regional de Alta Especialidad de la Península de Yucatán, Yucatán, México
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Mota LFM, Fernandes GA, Herrera AC, Scalez DCB, Espigolan R, Magalhães AFB, Carvalheiro R, Baldi F, Albuquerque LG. Genomic reaction norm models exploiting genotype × environment interaction on sexual precocity indicator traits in Nellore cattle. Anim Genet 2020; 51:210-223. [PMID: 31944356 DOI: 10.1111/age.12902] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Accepted: 12/13/2019] [Indexed: 12/31/2022]
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Brazilian beef cattle are raised predominantly on pasture in a wide range of environments. In this scenario, genotype by environment (G×E) interaction is an important source of phenotypic variation in the reproductive traits. Hence, the evaluation of G×E interactions for heifer's early pregnancy (HP) and scrotal circumference (SC) traits in Nellore cattle, belonging to three breeding programs, was carried out to determine the animal's sensitivity to the environmental conditions (EC). The dataset consisted of 85 874 records for HP and 151 553 records for SC, from which 1800 heifers and 3343 young bulls were genotyped with the BovineHD BeadChip. Genotypic information for 826 sires was also used in the analyses. EC levels were based on the contemporary group solutions for yearling body weight. Linear reaction norm models (RNM), using pedigree information (RNM_A) or pedigree and genomic information (RNM_H), were used to infer G×E interactions. Two validation schemes were used to assess the predictive ability, with the following training populations: (a) forward scheme-dataset was split based on year of birth from 2008 for HP and from 2011 for SC; and (b) environment-specific scheme-low EC (-3.0 and -1.5) and high EC (1.5 and 3.0). The inclusion of the H matrix in RNM increased the genetic variance of the intercept and slope by 18.55 and 23.00% on average respectively, and provided genetic parameter estimates that were more accurate than those considering pedigree only. The same trend was observed for heritability estimates, which were 0.28-0.56 for SC and 0.26-0.49 for HP, using RNM_H, and 0.26-0.52 for SC and 0.22-0.45 for HP, using RNM_A. The lowest correlation observed between unfavorable (-3.0) and favorable (3.0) EC levels were 0.30 for HP and -0.12 for SC, indicating the presence of G×E interaction. The G×E interaction effect implied differences in animals' genetic merit and re-ranking of animals on different environmental conditions. SNP marker-environment interaction was detected for Nellore sexual precocity indicator traits with changes in effect and variance across EC levels. The RNM_H captured G×E interaction effects better than RNM_A and improved the predictive ability by around 14.04% for SC and 21.31% for HP. Using the forward scheme increased the overall predictive ability for SC (20.55%) and HP (11.06%) compared with the environment-specific scheme. The results suggest that the inclusion of genomic information combined with the pedigree to assess the G×E interaction leads to more accurate variance components and genetic parameter estimates.
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- L F M Mota
- School of Agricultural and Veterinarian Sciences, São Paulo State University (UNESP), Via de Acesso Prof. Paulo Donato Castelane, 14884-900, Jaboticabal, Brazil
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- School of Agricultural and Veterinarian Sciences, São Paulo State University (UNESP), Via de Acesso Prof. Paulo Donato Castelane, 14884-900, Jaboticabal, Brazil
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- School of Agricultural and Veterinarian Sciences, São Paulo State University (UNESP), Via de Acesso Prof. Paulo Donato Castelane, 14884-900, Jaboticabal, Brazil
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- School of Agricultural and Veterinarian Sciences, São Paulo State University (UNESP), Via de Acesso Prof. Paulo Donato Castelane, 14884-900, Jaboticabal, Brazil
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- School of Agricultural and Veterinarian Sciences, São Paulo State University (UNESP), Via de Acesso Prof. Paulo Donato Castelane, 14884-900, Jaboticabal, Brazil
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- School of Agricultural and Veterinarian Sciences, São Paulo State University (UNESP), Via de Acesso Prof. Paulo Donato Castelane, 14884-900, Jaboticabal, Brazil
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- School of Agricultural and Veterinarian Sciences, São Paulo State University (UNESP), Via de Acesso Prof. Paulo Donato Castelane, 14884-900, Jaboticabal, Brazil.,National Council for Science and Technological Development, 71605-001, Brasilia, Brazil
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- School of Agricultural and Veterinarian Sciences, São Paulo State University (UNESP), Via de Acesso Prof. Paulo Donato Castelane, 14884-900, Jaboticabal, Brazil
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- School of Agricultural and Veterinarian Sciences, São Paulo State University (UNESP), Via de Acesso Prof. Paulo Donato Castelane, 14884-900, Jaboticabal, Brazil.,National Council for Science and Technological Development, 71605-001, Brasilia, Brazil
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Jiménez Ruiz CA, Buljubasich D, Sansores R, Riesco Miranda JA, Guerreros Benavides A, Luhning S, Chatkin JM, Zabert G, de Granda Orive JI, Solano Reina S, Casas Herrera A, de Lucas Ramos P. SEPAR-ALAT Consensus Document on Antipneumoccal Vaccination in Smokers. Arch Bronconeumol 2015; 51:350-4. [PMID: 25641351 DOI: 10.1016/j.arbres.2014.12.003] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/25/2014] [Revised: 12/10/2014] [Accepted: 12/12/2014] [Indexed: 01/06/2023]
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Streptococcus pneumoniae is responsible for several clinical syndromes, such as community-acquired pneumonia, sinusitis, otitis media, and others. The most severe clinical entity caused by this bacteria is undoubtedly invasive pneumococcal disease. Certain factors are known to increase the risk of presenting invasive pneumococcal disease, the most important being smoking habit and underlying concomitant diseases. This article comprises a consensus document on antipneumococcal vaccination in smokers, drawn up by a Smoking Expert Group from the Spanish Society of Pulmonology and Thoracic Surgery and the Latin American Chest Association.
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- Asociación Latinoamérica del Tórax (ALAT), Montevideo, Uruguay
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- Asociación Latinoamérica del Tórax (ALAT), Montevideo, Uruguay
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- Asociación Latinoamérica del Tórax (ALAT), Montevideo, Uruguay
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