Search Results - "Eagan, Tomas"
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The pulmonary mycobiome-A study of subjects with and without chronic obstructive pulmonary disease
Published in PloS one (07-04-2021)“…The fungal part of the pulmonary microbiome (mycobiome) is understudied. We report the composition of the oral and pulmonary mycobiome in participants with…”
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Exploring protocol bias in airway microbiome studies: one versus two PCR steps and 16S rRNA gene region V3 V4 versus V4
Published in BMC genomics (04-01-2021)“…Studies on the airway microbiome have been performed using a wide range of laboratory protocols for high-throughput sequencing of the bacterial 16S ribosomal…”
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A longitudinal study of the pulmonary mycobiome in subjects with and without chronic obstructive pulmonary disease
Published in PloS one (12-05-2022)“…Few studies have examined the stability of the pulmonary mycobiome. We report longitudinal changes in the oral and pulmonary mycobiome of participants with and…”
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Predictors of exacerbations in chronic obstructive pulmonary disease--results from the Bergen COPD cohort study
Published in PloS one (03-10-2014)“…COPD exacerbations accelerate disease progression. To examine if COPD characteristics and systemic inflammatory markers predict the risk for acute COPD…”
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Laboratory contamination in airway microbiome studies
Published in BMC microbiology (14-08-2019)“…The low bacterial load in samples acquired from the lungs, have made studies on the airway microbiome vulnerable to contamination from bacterial DNA introduced…”
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Vitamin D, vitamin D binding protein, and longitudinal outcomes in COPD
Published in PloS one (24-03-2015)“…Associations between Vitamin D3 [25(OH)D], vitamin D binding protein (VDBP) and chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) are previously reported. We aimed…”
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Quantitative Computed Tomography Measures of Emphysema and Airway Wall Thickness Are Related to Respiratory Symptoms
Published in American journal of respiratory and critical care medicine (15-02-2010)“…There is limited knowledge about the relationship between respiratory symptoms and quantitative high-resolution computed tomography measures of emphysema and…”
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Coagulation markers as predictors for clinical events in COPD
Published in Respirology (Carlton, Vic.) (01-04-2021)“…ABSTRACT Background and objective Activation of the blood coagulation system is a common observation in inflammatory diseases. The role of coagulation in COPD…”
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Comparison of nutritional risk screening with NRS2002 and the GLIM diagnostic criteria for malnutrition in hospitalized patients
Published in Scientific reports (17-11-2022)“…Nutritional risk screening, to identify patients at risk of malnutrition, is the first step in the prevention and treatment of malnutrition in hospitalized…”
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Sputum microbiota and inflammation at stable state and during exacerbations in a cohort of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) patients
Published in PloS one (17-09-2019)“…Exacerbations of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) are debilitating events and spur disease progression. Infectious causes are frequent; however, it…”
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The lower airways microbiome and antimicrobial peptides in idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis differ from chronic obstructive pulmonary disease
Published in PloS one (06-01-2022)“…The lower airways microbiome and host immune response in chronic pulmonary diseases are incompletely understood. We aimed to investigate possible microbiome…”
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The respiratory virome and exacerbations in patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease
Published in PloS one (24-10-2019)“…Exacerbations are major contributors to morbidity and mortality in patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD), and respiratory bacterial and…”
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Impaired Lung Function in Extremely Preterm-Born Adults in Their Fourth Decade of Life
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Factors associated with coronary heart disease in COPD patients and controls
Published in PloS one (27-04-2022)“…COPD and coronary heart disease (CHD) frequently co-occur, yet which COPD phenotypes are most prone to CHD is poorly understood. The aim of this study was to…”
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Repeated bronchoscopy in health and obstructive lung disease: is the airway microbiome stable?
Published in BMC pulmonary medicine (02-11-2021)“…Little is known concerning the stability of the lower airway microbiome. We have compared the microbiota identified by repeated bronchoscopy in healthy…”
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Malnutrition as a prognostic factor for 2‐year mortality in hospitalized patients in Norway: A matched cohort study
Published in JPEN. Journal of parenteral and enteral nutrition (01-04-2024)“…Background Risk of malnutrition and malnutrition have been previously associated with increased risk of mortality. It remains unclear, however, whether the…”
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Variability of within-breath reactance in COPD patients and its association with dyspnoea
Published in The European respiratory journal (01-03-2015)“…The forced oscillation technique can identify expiratory flow limitation (EFL) when a large difference in inspiratory and expiratory reactance (ΔXrs) occurs…”
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Oxygen desaturation in 6-min walk test is a risk factor for adverse outcomes in COPD
Published in The European respiratory journal (01-07-2016)“…The 6-min walk test (6MWT) is an exercise test that measures functional status in chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) patients and provides…”
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Pleural Empyema Caused by Streptococcus intermedius and Fusobacterium nucleatum: A Distinct Entity of Pleural Infections
Published in Clinical infectious diseases (17-11-2023)“…Abstract Background Many community-acquired pleural infections are caused by facultative and anaerobic bacteria from the human oral microbiota. The…”
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Median regression spline modeling of longitudinal FEV1 measurements in cystic fibrosis (CF) and chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) patients
Published in PloS one (20-12-2017)“…Clinical phenotyping, therapeutic investigations as well as genomic, airway secretion metabolomic and metagenomic investigations can benefit from robust,…”
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