W. VINCKEN

Publication List Details

Period

1986 - 2005

Number

18

Co-Authors

Effect of treatments on the progression of COPD: report of a workshop held in Leuven, 11-12 March 2004 (2005)

Bartsch, P, Löfdahl, C-G, Vincken, W, Dekhuijzen, R, ...

During the last decade several long term studies of interventions in patients with COPD have been published. This review analyses the potential of these interventions to alter the progression of the...

Bronchodilator treatment of stable COPD: long-acting anticholinergics (2005)

W. Vincken

Since airflow obstruction in chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) is to some extent reversible, bronchodilators play an important role in the maintenance treatment of COPD the more they...

Dual tachykinin NK1/NK2 antagonist DNK333 inhibits neurokinin A-induced bronchoconstriction in asthma patients (2004)

Joos, GF, Vincken, W, Louis, Renaud, Schelfhout, VJ, Wang, JH, Shaw, MJ, ...

Inhalation of neurokinin A (NKA) causes bronchoconstriction in patients with asthma. In vitro both tachykinin NK1 and NK2 receptors can mediate airway contraction. In this study the authors examined...

Associations between bronchial hyperresponsiveness and immune cell parameters in patients with chronic fatigue syndrome (2003)

De Becker, P, De Meirleir, K, Demanet, C, Vincken, W, Schuermans, D, ...

Study objective: To examine whether bronchial hyperresponsiveness (131111) in patients with chronic fatigue syndrome (CFS) is caused by immune system abnormalities.

Long-term safety and efficacy of a chlorofluorocarbon-free beclomethasone dipropionate extrafine aerosol (2001)

Prenner, B M, Vincken, W, Mol, S J, Cohen, R M

BACKGROUND: Beclomethasone dipropionate (BDP) extrafine aerosol, a newly developed pressurized metered dose inhaler (pMDI) with a hydrofluoroalkane-134a (HFA) propellant (HFA-BDP; Qvar, 3M...

A 35-year-old man with persistent cough, fever, and sore throat (1999)

Bervoets, K, Velkeniers, B, Lamote, J, Vincken, W

Respiratory Division, Academic Hospital AZ-VUB, Brussels, Belgium. pnennm@az.vub.ac.be

Diaphragm pacing with a quadripolar phrenic nerve electrode: an international study (1997)

Silvestri, J M, Kenny, A S, Ilbawi, M N, Hauptman, S A, Lipton, J W, ...

We sought to determine the international experience with the quadripolar diaphragm pacer system and to test two hypotheses: the incidence of pacer complications would be (1) increased among pediatric...

The association of bronchiolitis obliterans organizing pneumonia, systemic lupus erythematosus, and Hunner's cystitis (1993)

Mets, T, Vincken, W, Sennesael, J, Vanwaeyenbergh, J

An 83-year-old woman with histologically confirmed Hunner's cystitis presented with persistent fever, progressive dyspnea, and pulmonary patchy infiltrates. A transbronchial biopsy specimen revealed...

Malignant epithelial mesothelioma presenting as cardiac tamponade (1993)

MEYSMAN, M., NOPPEN, M., DEMEYER, G., VINCKEN, W.

A rare case of malignant mesothelioma of the mediastinal pleura with mediastinal lymph nodes and pericardial involvement, presenting as cardiac tamponade, is presented.

Efficacy and safety of pefloxacin in the treatment of severe infections in patients hospitalized in intensive care units (1986)

Lauwers, S., Vincken, W., Naessens, A., Pierard, D.

Sixteen patients, 14 with an infection of the lower respiratory tract and two with cholangitis, were treated with pefloxacin 400 mg bid or tid. The original pathogens were eradicated in all but one...