| Montelukast therapy and psychological distress in chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD): a preliminary report. | |
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PMID: 20478636 Owner: NLM Status: In-Process |
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Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) is an alteration in which ventilatory function, exercise capacity and health status of patients progressively decline and it is characterized by an increase of inflammatory cytokines such as TNF-α, LTB4, IL-8, etc. In this study we considered twenty patients (15 males and 5 females; mean age: 72.8 ± 6.3) with stable COPD. All patients were performed evaluation of psychological stress at enrollment and were treated with leukotriene receptor antagonists (montelukast tablets) 10mg/day for 12 months. After 12 months we observed a significant decrease of serum levels of LTB4, IL-8 and also a decrease of the number of outpatient clinic visits, of the number of hospitalizations and of the duration of hospitalization. |
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Nicolò Gueli; Walter Verrusio; Adele Linguanti; Wladimiro De Santis; Nicoletta Canitano; Flora Ippoliti; Vincenzo Marigliano; Mauro Cacciafesta |
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Type: Journal Article Date: 2010-05-15 |
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Title: Archives of gerontology and geriatrics Volume: 52 ISSN: 1872-6976 ISO Abbreviation: Arch Gerontol Geriatr Publication Date: 2011 Jan-Feb |
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Created Date: 2010-12-03 Completed Date: - Revised Date: - |
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Nlm Unique ID: 8214379 Medline TA: Arch Gerontol Geriatr Country: Netherlands |
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Languages: eng Pagination: e36-9 Citation Subset: IM |
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Copyright © 2010 Elsevier Ireland Ltd. All rights reserved. |
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Department of Aging Science, Policlinico Umberto I, Sapienza University of Rome, viale del Policlinico, 155, I-00161 Roma, Italy. nicolo.gueli@uniroma1.it |
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