The Pneumo-Quest self-questionnaire was developed to standardize the practice of recollection when welcoming a new patient. It consists of 82 main questions and 34 subsidiary questions to be completed at home by the patients before their first visit to a pulmonologist. This evaluation was carried out on the basis of 137 returned questionnaires.
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The complexity of sepsis pathophysiology hinders patient management and therapeutic decisions. In this proof-of-concept study we characterised the underlying host immune response alterations using a standardised immune functional assay (IFA) in order to stratify a sepsis population.
Objectives: Hydroxychloroquine (HCQ) is an anchor drug in the treatment of systemic lupus erythe-matosus (SLE). Adherence to HCQ is key for efficacy. Inaccurate evaluation of adherence could lead tonon-justified switch to more expensive or less tolerated drugs.
Initial combination therapy plays a central role in managing pulmonary arterial hypertension (PAH) [1–4]. Patients with low- or intermediate-risk of 1-year mortality at diagnosis should be
Immunoglobulins are 2nd or 3rd-line treatments in dermatomyositis (DM) or polymyositis (PM) refractory to high-dose corticosteroids and immunosup…
Systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE) is a chronic autoimmune multi-organ disease with an unpredictable course. SLE causes functional disability, …
Recent advances in the immunotherapy field require evaluation of the immune function to adapt therapeutic decisions.
Evaluation of serum thymidine kinase 1 activity as a biomarker for treatment effectiveness and prediction of relapse in dogs with non-Hodgkin lymphoma.
Septic shock patients exhibit an increased incidence of viral reactivation. Precise timing of such reactivation-as an early marker of immune suppression, or as a consequence of the later-is not known precisely…
Methotrexate (MTX) is a remarkable drug with a key role in the management of rheumatoid arthritis (RA) at every stage of its evolution. Its attributes include good overall efficacy for signs and symptoms, inhibition of structural damage and preservation of function with acceptable and manageable safety…
