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Association between vitamin D status at 3 years and eosinophilic asthma in 6-year-old children with a history of severe bronchiolitis
The association between early childhood serum 25-hydroxyvitamin D (25(OH)D) and eosinophilic asthma remains unclear. We ...
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Relationship between lung function impairment and incidence or recurrence of cardiovascular events in a middle-aged cohort
Introduction: Lung function impairment may be a risk factor for cardiovascular disease (CVD) events. Objective: To determine the relationship between the severity of airflow obstruction based on ...
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Surgery and the respiratory muscles
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British Thoracic Society guideline for diagnostic flexible bronchoscopy in adults: accredited by NICE
3 The University of Manchester, Manchester Academic Health Science Centre, University Hospital South Manchester NHS Foundation Trust, Manchester, UK 4 University Hospital of South Manchester, ...
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Incidence and recognition of acute respiratory distress syndrome in a UK intensive care unit
Correspondence to Dr Charlotte Summers, Division of Anaesthesia, Department of Medicine, Box 93, Level 4, Addenbrooke's Hospital, CUHNHSFT, Hills Road, Cambridge CB2 OQQ, UK; ...
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Matrix metalloproteinases in destructive pulmonary pathology
Correspondence to: Dr P T G Elkington Department of Infectious Diseases, Imperial College, Hammersmith Hospital, Du Cane Road, London W12 0NN, UK; p.elkington{at}imperial.ac.uk Matrix ...
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Quantification of dyspnoea using descriptors: development and initial testing of the Dyspnoea-12
Rationale: Dyspnoea is a debilitating and distressing symptom that is reflected in different verbal descriptors. Evidence suggests that dyspnoea, like pain perception, consists of sensory quality and ...
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Refractory asthma in the UK: cross-sectional findings from a UK multicentre registry
1 Centre for Infection and Immunity, Queen's University of Belfast, UK 2 Department of Infection, Inflammation and Immunity, Institute for Lung Health, University of Leicester, UK Introduction ...
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British Thoracic Society guideline on pulmonary rehabilitation in adults: accredited by NICE
Correspondence to British Thoracic Society, 17, Doughty Street, London WC1N 2PL, UK; bts{at}brit-thoracic.org.uk and Dr Charlotte E Bolton, Nottingham Respiratory Research Unit, University of ...
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Risk of fractures with inhaled corticosteroids in COPD: systematic review and meta-analysis of randomised controlled trials and observational studies
2 Department of Medicine, Division of Pulmonary, Critical Care and Sleep Disorders Medicine, University of Louisville, Kentucky, USA 3 Department of Medicine, Johns Hopkins University School of ...
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BAL findings in a patient with pulmonary alveolar proteinosis successfully treated with GM-CSF
Background: Idiopathic pulmonary alveolar proteinosis (PAP) has recently been recognised as a disease of impaired alveolar macrophage function caused by neutralising anti-granulocyte-macrophage colony ...