Funding: The author(s) disclosed receipt of the following financial support for the research, authorship and/or publication of this article: This study was supported by AstraZeneca – Projecto OLDER (CEDOC/2015/59) and Finnee Project (PTDC/CCI-BIO/29702/2017).; Though the approach used to classify chronic respiratory diseases is changing to a treatable-traits (TT) approach, data regarding very elderly patients i...
This work was supported by Foundation for Science and Technology (Fundacao para a Ciencia e Tecnologia - FCT, grant number PTDC/SAU-SAP/116563/2010) through Operational Competitiveness Programme (COMPETE) as part of the National Strategic Reference Framework.; OBJECTIVE: the aim of this study was to analyze the etiology and clinical consequences of viral respiratory infections in 18 elderly care centers (ECC) i...
Background: Spirometry is the single most important test for the evaluation of respiratory function. The results are interpreted by comparing measured data with predicted values previously obtained from a reference population. Reference equations for spirometry have been discussed previously. The aim of this study was to compare reference values based on National Health and Nutrition Assessment Survey (NHANES I...
Funding This work was supported by GERIA Project (www.geria.web node.com): PTDC/SAU-SAP/116563/2010 and a PhD Grant (SFRH/BD/72399/2010) from Foundation for Science and Technology (Fundação para a Ciência e Tecnologia - FCT) through Operational Competitiveness Programme (COMPETE) as part of the National Strategic Reference Framework. SB work was supported by a grant funded by AIRC (Associazione Italiana per la ...
Funding This work was supported by GERIA Project PTDC/ SAU-SAP/116563/2010, a PhD Grant (SFRH/BD/72399/ 2010) from Foundation for Science and Technology (Fundação para a Ciência e Tecnologia - FCT) through Operational Competitiveness Programme (COMPETE) as part of the National Strategic Reference Framework and a grant funded by AIRC (Associazione Italiana per la Ricerca sul Cancro).; BACKGROUND: persons who are...
Funding The author(s) disclosed receipt of the following financial support for the research, authorship, and/or publication of this article: This study was supported by Fundação para a Ciência e Tecnologia–GERIA Project PTDC/SAU-SAP/ 116563/2010.; Few studies have assessed the quality of life (QOL) related to chronic respiratory diseases in the elderly. In the framework of the geriatric study on the health effe...