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Juan Pablo de Torres Tajes

Clinica Universidad de Navarra
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Comorbidities and risk of mortality in patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease

M Divo, C Cote, JP de Torres, C Casanova… - American journal of …, 2012 - atsjournals.org
Rationale: Patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) are afflicted by
comorbidities. Few studies have prospectively evaluated COPD comorbidities and mortality risk. …

Inspiratory-to-total lung capacity ratio predicts mortality in patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease

C Casanova, C Cote, JP de Torres… - American journal of …, 2005 - atsjournals.org
Static lung hyperinflation has important clinical consequences in patients with chronic obstructive
pulmonary disease. We analyzed the power of lung hyperinflation as measured by the …

Assessing the relationship between lung cancer risk and emphysema detected on low-dose CT of the chest

JP de Torres, G Bastarrika, JP Wisnivesky, AB Alcaide… - Chest, 2007 - Elsevier
Rationale: Identification of risk factors for lung cancer can help in selecting patients who may
benefit the most from smoking cessation interventions, early detection, or chemoprevention. …

C-reactive protein levels and clinically important predictive outcomes in stable COPD patients

JP De Torres, E Cordoba-Lanus… - European respiratory …, 2006 - Eur Respiratory Soc
The aim of this study was to determine the relationship between C-reactive protein (CRP)
levels and factors known to predict outcome in stable chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (…

Power of outcome measurements to detect clinically significant changes in pulmonary rehabilitation of patients with COPD

JP De Torres, V Pinto-Plata, E Ingenito, P Bagley… - Chest, 2002 - Elsevier
Study objectives Several validated instruments are used to measure outcomes, such as
exercise performance, dyspnea, and health-related quality of life after pulmonary rehabilitation (…

Distance and oxygen desaturation during the 6-min walk test as predictors of long-term mortality in patients with COPD

…, C Cote, JM Marin, V Pinto-Plata, JP de Torres… - Chest, 2008 - Elsevier
Rationale The distance walked in the 6-min walk test (6MWT) predicts mortality in patients
with severe COPD. Little is known about its prognostic value in patients with a wider range of …

Gender and COPD in patients attending a pulmonary clinic

JP de Torres, C Casanova, C Hernández, J Abreu… - Chest, 2005 - Elsevier
Objectives To compare gender differences in the clinical expression of COPD patients attending
a pulmonary clinic. Materials and methods We compared 53 FEV 1 -matched men and …

Defining the asthma-COPD overlap syndrome in a COPD cohort

…, M Calle-Rubio, JJ Soler-Cataluna, JP de-Torres… - Chest, 2016 - Elsevier
Background Asthma-COPD overlap syndrome (ACOS) has been recently described by
international guidelines. A stepwise approach to diagnosis using usual features of both diseases …

Lung cancer in patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease: incidence and predicting factors

JP de Torres, JM Marín, C Casanova… - American journal of …, 2011 - atsjournals.org
… Correspondence and requests for reprints should be addressed to Juan P. de Torres, MD,
Pulmonary Department, Clinica Universidad de Navarra, Pamplona, Spain 31200. E-mail: […

The progression of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease is heterogeneous: the experience of the BODE cohort

C Casanova, JP de Torres, A Aguirre-Jaíme… - American journal of …, 2011 - atsjournals.org
Rationale: Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) is thought to result in rapid and
progressive loss of lung function usually expressed as mean values for whole cohorts. …