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Brigitte W. M. Willemse
Researcher at University Medical Center Groningen
Publications - 29
Citations - 2286
Brigitte W. M. Willemse is an academic researcher from University Medical Center Groningen. The author has contributed to research in topics: COPD & Smoking cessation. The author has an hindex of 13, co-authored 26 publications receiving 1942 citations. Previous affiliations of Brigitte W. M. Willemse include University of Groningen.
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Development, validity and responsiveness of the Clinical COPD Questionnaire
Thys van der Molen,Thys van der Molen,Brigitte W. M. Willemse,Siebrig Schokker,Nick H. T. ten Hacken,Dirkje S. Postma,Elizabeth F Juniper +6 more
TL;DR: The CCQ is a self-administered questionnaire specially developed to measure clinical control in patients with COPD and thirty-six smokers with and without COPD showed significant improvement in the CCQ after 2 months smoking cessation, indicating the responsiveness of theCCQ.
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The impact of smoking cessation on respiratory symptoms, lung function, airway hyperresponsiveness and inflammation
TL;DR: Many studies have shown that smoking cessation improves the accelerated decline in forced expiratory volume in one second, which strongly indicates that important inflammatory and/or remodelling processes are positively affected.
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Effect of 1-year smoking cessation on airway inflammation in COPD and asymptomatic smokers
Brigitte W. M. Willemse,N.H.T. ten Hacken,Bea Rutgers,Ivonne Lesman-Leegte,Dirkje S. Postma,Wim Timens +5 more
TL;DR: It is suggested that the observed persistent airway inflammation in patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease is related to repair of tissue damage in the airways.
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Consensus document for the selection of lung transplant candidates: An update from the International Society for Heart and Lung Transplantation.
Lorriana E. Leard,Are Martin Holm,Maryam Valapour,Allan R. Glanville,Sandeep Attawar,Meghan Aversa,Silvia Vidal Campos,Lillian M. Christon,Marcelo Cypel,Göran Dellgren,Matthew G. Hartwig,Siddhartha G. Kapnadak,Nicholas A. Kolaitis,Robert M. Kotloff,Caroline M. Patterson,Oksana A. Shlobin,Patrick Smith,Amparo Solé,Melinda Solomon,David Weill,Marlies S. Wijsenbeek,Brigitte W. M. Willemse,Selim M. Arcasoy,Kathleen J. Ramos +23 more
TL;DR: The International Society for Heart and Lung Transplantation appointed an international group of members to review the literature, to consider recent advances in the management of advanced lung diseases, and to update prior consensus documents on the selection of lung transplant candidates as mentioned in this paper.
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Acute effects of cigarette smoking on inflammation in healthy intermittent smokers
Hester van der Vaart,Dirkje S. Postma,Wim Timens,Machteld N. Hylkema,Brigitte W. M. Willemse,H. Marike Boezen,Judith M. Vonk,Dorothea M. De Reus,Henk F. Kauffman,Nick H. T. ten Hacken +9 more
TL;DR: There is also a suppressive effect of smoking two cigarettes on particular inflammatory parameters, besides an increase in inflammation, as known from chronic smoking, according to an open randomised cross-over study.