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    • C-reactive protein levels in patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease Proteína C reactiva en la ... 
      Díaz, Orlando; Parada, Alejandra; Ramos, Cristóbal; Klaassen, Julieta; Díaz, Juan Carlos; Andresen, Max; Lisboa, Carmen; Saldías, Fernando (2012)
      Background: Patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) have elevated serum levels of ultrasensitive C reactive protein (CRPus). This raise may be related directly to COPD and its associated systemic ...
    • Emphysema and DL 
      Díaz, Alejandro A.; Pinto Plata, Víctor; Hernández, Camila; Peña, Javier; Ramos, Cristóbal; Díaz, Juan C.; Klaassen, Julieta; Patino, Cecilia M.; Saldías, Fernando; Díaz, Orlando (W.B. Saunders Ltd, 2015)
      © 2015 Elsevier Ltd. Background Exercise impairment is a central feature of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD), and a minimal clinically important difference (MCID) for 6-min walk distance (6MWD) decline (>30 ...
    • Sonographic Measurement of the Quadriceps Muscle in Patients With Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease 
      Cruz Montecinos, Carlos; Guajardo Rojas, Carlos; Montt, Eloísa; Contreras Briceño, Felipe; Torres Castro, Rodrigo; Díaz, Orlando; Cuesta Vargas, Antonio (Wiley, 2016)
      Objectives-The purpose of this study was to determine the association between functionality as assessed by the 6-minute walking test (6MWT), maximal voluntary contraction of the quadriceps (MVCQ), and quadriceps thickness ...
    • The boundaries of mild chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD): design of the searching clinical COPD ... 
      Labarca, Gonzalo; Bustamante, Andrea; Valdivia, Gonzalo; Díaz, Rodrigo; Huete, Alvaro; Mac Nab, Paul; Mendoza Inzunza, Laura; Leppe, Jaime; Lisboa, Carmen; Saldias, Fernando; Díaz, Orlando (BMJ Publishing Group, 2017)
      Introduction Clinical onset of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) is the point at which the disease is first identifiable by physicians. It is a poorly defined stage which seems to include both mild spirometric ...