Satoshi Marumo

TL;DR: GORD symptoms were identified as an important factor associated with COPD exacerbation and were significantly associated with the occurrence of exacerbations.

TL;DR: This is the first longitudinal study to demonstrate that exacerbations are involved in emphysema progression in patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease and establish a novel simulation model that found that not only enlargement of preexisting low-attenuation areas but also coalescence of adjoining low-attention areas due to alveolar wall destruction caused emphySEma progression.

TL;DR: It is suggested that COPD itself could be a risk factor for osteoporosis and that chest CT scanning is useful for the management of COPD as a systemic disease.

TL;DR: It is demonstrated that a low MPV predicted an unfavorable prognosis in patients with NSCLC following curative resection, and was an independent unfavorable prognostic factor for DFS and OS.

TL;DR: IOS measurements, especially indices of peripheral airway function, are significantly correlated with health status and dyspnea in patients with COPD and may be a useful clinical tool not only for detecting pulmonary functional impairment, but also to some extent at least estimating the patient's quality of daily life and well-being.