Evidence-based recommendations on the clinical use of cardiopulmonary exercise testing (CPET)
in lung and heart disease are presented, with reference to the assessment of exercise …

Severe protein-calorie malnutrition is a major problem in many intensive care (ICU) patients
due to the increased catabolic state often associated with acute severe illness and the …

BACKGROUND: An increase in resting energy expenditure (REE) commonly occurs in
patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD), the cause of which is as yet …

Nutritional depletion commonly occurs in patients with COPD, causing muscle wasting and
impaired physiologic function. Two hundred seventeen patients with COPD participated in a …

Although increasing attention has been paid to nutritional aspects in chronic obstructive
pulmonary disease (COPD), limited information is available regarding the prevalence and …

Nutrition and metabolism have been the topic of extensive scientific research in chronic
obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) but clinical awareness of the impact dietary habits, …

OBJECTIVE: To study whether an increase of plasma leptin concentrations, as observed in
the case of increased body weight, is associated with an inflammatory state. SUBJECTS: Sixty…

To investigate whether a compromised nutritional state may limit exercise performance in
patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease we studied 54 such patients (FEV1 less …

In several studies a correlation between body weight and peak exercise capacity has been
found in patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD). In the present study a …

Severe protein-calorie malnutrition is a major problem in many intensive care (ICU) patients,
due to the increased catabolic state often associated with acute severe illness and the …