Are airway bacterial colonization and serum C-reactive protein associated with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease exacerbation following bronchoscopic lung volume reduction?
ABC is common in severe COPD patients undergoing BLVR, and along with elevated CRP level both are associated with high risk of immediate post-procedural COPD exacerbation. These patients should be identified, carefully observed and possibly benefit from prophylactic microbiologically directed antibiotic treatment.
Implanting a lens with complete anterior capsule overlap on the IOL was found to significantly reduce PCO, which advantage appeared to be greater than PCO prevention by a truncated, sharp edge IOL design.