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Severe community-acquired pneumonia (sCAP): advances in management and future directions
Severe community-acquired pneumonia (sCAP) is a major global health challenge, with high morbidity and mortality, especially ...
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S64 Impact of choice of salbutamol pMDI and use of spacer on drug delivery and emissions – best for patient and environment
Introduction and Objectives MDIs are an important device option for many respiratory patients. The addition of a spacer can improve lung deposition, overcome coordination issues and reduce side ...
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Combined effects of parental and active smoking on early lung function deficits: a prospective study from birth to age 26 years
3 Mel and Enid Zuckerman College of Public Health, University of Arizona, Tucson, Arizona, USA Correspondence to Dr Stefano Guerra, Arizona Respiratory Center, University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ 85724, ...
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Green respiratory healthcare: what really matters
The BTS/SIGN/NICE have recently published updated guidance for the treatment of asthma.1 The guideline advises that inhaler choice should be based on the lowest environmental impact among suitable ...
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Future of academic respiratory medicine: near crisis point
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The five-repetition sit-to-stand test as a functional outcome measure in COPD
1 NIHR Respiratory Biomedical Research Unit, Royal Brompton & Harefield NHS Foundation Trust and Imperial College, Harefield, UK 2 Harefield Pulmonary Rehabilitation Unit, Royal Brompton & Harefield ...
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Usefulness of the Medical Research Council (MRC) dyspnoea scale as a measure of disability in patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease
a Academic Department of Respiratory Medicine, St Bartholomew’s and Royal London School of Medicine and Dentistry, London Chest Hospital, London, UK, b Division of Physiological Medicine, St George’s ...
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The cyclin-dependent kinase inhibitor AT7519 accelerates neutrophil apoptosis in sepsis-related acute respiratory distress syndrome
Acute respiratory distress syndrome (ARDS) is a neutrophil-dominant disorder with no effective pharmacological therapies. While the cyclin-dependent kinase inhibitor AT7519 induces neutrophil ...
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British Thoracic Society guidelines on diagnostic flexible bronchoscopy
Superseded By 2013 Guideline: British Thoracic Society Guidelines on Diagnostic Flexible Bronchoscopy. Thorax 2001 Feb; 56(Suppl 1): 1–21.
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Relationship between peripheral airway dysfunction, airway obstruction, and neutrophilic inflammation in COPD
1 Respiratory Cell and Molecular Biology, Division of Infection, Inflammation and Repair, University of Southampton, Southampton General Hospital, Southampton SO16 6YD, UK 2 Department of Molecular ...
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Inflammation in preschool cystic fibrosis is of mixed phenotype, extends beyond the lung and is differentially modified by CFTR modulators ...
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Mechanisms of neutrophil transmigration across the vascular endothelium in COPD
Lung Function and Sleep Department, University Hospital Birmingham NHS Foundation Trust, (New) Queen Elizabeth Hospital, Birmingham, UK Correspondence to Dr Jennie Gane, Lung Function and Sleep ...