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Association between maternal asthma and impaired infant lung function is diminished by inhaled corticosteroid use in pregnancy

Background Infants of asthmatic mothers have reduced lung function in early life for reasons that remain to be defined. The association between inhaled corticosteroid (ICS) use during pregnancy and ...
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Thrombocytosis is associated with increased short and long term mortality after exacerbation of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease: a role for antiplatelet therapy?

Introduction Evidence suggests that platelets play a significant role in inflammation in addition to their role in thrombosis. Systemic inflammation is linked to poor short and long term outcomes in ...
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Comparative safety of inhaled medications in patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease: systematic review and mixed treatment comparison meta-analysis of randomised ...

3 Department of Internal Medicine, National Taiwan University Hospital, Taipei, Taiwan Correspondence to Dr Mei-Shu Lai, Graduate Institute of Epidemiology and Preventive Medicine, College of Public ...
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Neutrophils and tissue damage: is hypoxia the key to excessive degranulation?

Correspondence to Professor Rachel C Chambers, Centre for Inflammation and Tissue Repair, Division of Medicine, University College London, London WC1E 6JF, UK; r.chambers{at}ucl.ac.uk ...
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Diaphragm ultrasound as a predictor of successful extubation from mechanical ventilation

Memorial Hospital of Rhode Island and Brown University, Pawtucket, Rhode Island, USA Correspondence to Dr F Dennis McCool, Pulmonary, Critical Care and Sleep Medicine, Memorial Hospital of Rhode ...
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Written action plans for asthma: an evidence-based review of the key components

Hunter Medical Research Institute, Department of Respiratory and Sleep Medicine, John Hunter Hospital, Newcastle, NSW, Australia Correspondence to: Dr P G Gibson Hunter Medical Research Institute, ...
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Inhaled mannitol for non-cystic fibrosis bronchiectasis: a randomised, controlled trial

10 Hospital Interzonal Especializado en Agudos y Cronicos "Dr Antonio A. Cetrangolo”, Partido de Vicente Lopez Provincia de Buenos Aires, Buenos Aires, Argentina Rationale Bronchiectasis is ...
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Treating idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis with the addition of co-trimoxazole: a randomised controlled trial

2 Department of Respiratory Medicine, Bedford Hospital NHS Trust, Bedford, UK 3 Respiratory Medicine Division, Department of Medicine, School of Clinical Medicine, University of Cambridge, CUHNHSFT ...
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Coronary artery calcification is increased in patients with COPD and associated with increased morbidity and mortality

12 Department of Respiratory Medicine, Odense University & University of Southern Denmark, Denmark/University of Manchester, Academic Health Science Centre, Manchester, UK 13 Department of Respiratory ...
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Epidemiology of pneumothorax in England

BACKGROUND Little is known of the epidemiology of pneumothorax. Routinely available data on pneumothorax in England are described. METHODS Patients consulting in primary care with a diagnosis of ...
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Pneumococcal serotypes in adult non-invasive and invasive pneumonia in relation to child contact and child vaccination status

2 Respiratory and Systemic Infection Laboratory, Public Health England, Microbiology Services Division, London, UK 3 Public Health England East Midlands, Derbyshire and Nottinghamshire Health ...
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The Clinical COPD Questionnaire: response to pulmonary rehabilitation and minimal clinically important difference

Background The Clinical COPD Questionnaire (CCQ) is a simple 10-item, health-related quality of life questionnaire (HRQoL) with good psychometric properties. However, little data exists regarding the ...