Physiological changes in respiratory function associated with ageing

JP Janssens, JC Pache… - European Respiratory …, 1999 - Eur Respiratory Soc
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1226, ThoÃnex Geneva … JP JANSSENS ET AL. …

Pneumonia in the very old

JP Janssens, KH Krause - The Lancet infectious diseases, 2004 - thelancet.com
Pneumonia is a major medical problem in the very old. The increased frequency and
severity of pneumonia in the elderly is largely explained by the ageing of organ systems (in …

Aging of the respiratory system: impact on pulmonary function tests and adaptation to exertion

JP Janssens - Clinics in chest medicine, 2005 - chestmed.theclinics.com
Life expectancy has risen sharply during the past century and is expected to continue to rise
in virtually all populations throughout the world. In the United States population, life …

Diagnosis of ventilator-associated pneumonia by bacteriologic analysis of bronchoscopic and nonbronchoscopic “blind” bronchoalveolar lavage fluid

…, R Auckenthaler, N Mili, JP Janssens… - American Review of …, 1991 - atsjournals.org
Substantial efforts have been devoted to improving the means for early and accurate diagnosis
of ventilator-associated (VA) pneumonia in intensive care unit (ICU) patients because of …

Changing patterns in long-term noninvasive ventilation: a 7-year prospective study in the Geneva Lake area

JP Janssens, S Derivaz, E Breitenstein, B De Muralt… - Chest, 2003 - Elsevier
Study objectives To describe a 7-year follow-up (1992 to 2000) of patients who were treated
by home nasal positive-pressure ventilation (NPPV) for chronic hypercapnic respiratory …

Risk assessment of tuberculosis in immunocompromised patients. A TBNET study

…, E Girardi, D Goletti, JP Janssens… - American journal of …, 2014 - atsjournals.org
Rationale: In the absence of active tuberculosis, a positive tuberculin skin test (TST) or
interferon-γ release assay (IGRA) result defines latent infection with Mycobacterium tuberculosis, …

Nocturnal monitoring of home non-invasive ventilation: the contribution of simple tools such as pulse oximetry, capnography, built-in ventilator software and autonomic …

JP Janssens, JC Borel, JL Pépin, SomnoNIV Group - Thorax, 2011 - thorax.bmj.com
Complex respiratory events, which may have a detrimental effect on both quality of sleep
and control of nocturnal hypoventilation, occur during sleep in patients treated with non-…

[HTML][HTML] Impact of volume targeting on efficacy of bi-level non-invasive ventilation and sleep in obesity-hypoventilation

JP Janssens, M Metzger, E Sforza - Respiratory medicine, 2009 - Elsevier
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b … or other potential conflict of interest exists regarding this study for Jean-Paul Janssens. …

Rapid eye movement-related disordered breathing: clinical and polysomnographic features

J Haba-Rubio, JP Janssens, T Rochat, E Sforza - Chest, 2005 - Elsevier
Objective: The existence of a rapid eye movement (REM)-specific sleep-disordered breathing
(SDB) has been suggested based on the finding of an association between sleepiness …

Proposal for a systematic analysis of polygraphy or polysomnography for identifying and scoring abnormal events occurring during non-invasive ventilation

J Gonzalez-Bermejo, C Perrin, JP Janssens, JL Pepin… - Thorax, 2012 - thorax.bmj.com
Non-invasive ventilation (NIV) is recognised as an effective treatment for chronic hypercapnic
respiratory failure. Monitoring NIV during sleep may be preferable to daytime assessment. …