Introduction Vitamin D deficiency has been associated with many chronic illnesses, but little is known about its relationship with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD). Objectives Serum ...
Background Comorbidities associated with systemic inflammation including cardiovascular disease (CVD), stroke and diabetes mellitus (DM) are common among individuals with chronic obstructive pulmonary ...
1 Department of Primary Care and Public Health Sciences, King's College London, London, UK 2 Department of Community Health Sciences, St George's, University of London, London, UK 3 Queen Mary ...
Obesity is a major problem from a public health perspective and a difficult practical matter for intensivists. The obesity pandemic has required treating clinicians to develop an appreciation of the ...
BACKGROUND Sputum induction is an important non-invasive technique for measuring airway inflammation in asthma. Cell numbers are often too low for flow cytometric analysis. Laser scanning cytometry ...
Background: Idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis (IPF) and sarcoidosis are common diagnoses in patients attending chest clinics, but little is known about the epidemiology of these diseases. We used data ...
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 ...
2 GRIAC Research Institute, University Medical Center Groningen, University of Groningen, Groningen, The Netherlands Correspondence to Loes E M Kistemaker, Department of Molecular Pharmacology, ...
Background: The association between gastro-oesophageal reflux disease (GORD) and chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) exacerbation has so far remained unclear. Objective: To prospectively ...
Background The Epworth Sleepiness Scale (ESS) is a widely used tool for assessing sleepiness in patients with obstructive sleep apnoea (OSA). We aimed to estimate the minimal important difference (MID ...
aMRC Environmental Epidemiology Unit, University of Southampton, Southampton SO16 6YD, UK, bDepartment of Occupational and Environmental Medicine, Imperial School of Medicine at National Heart and ...
Background Subglottic stenosis (SGS) is a rare condition with symptoms ranging from exertional breathlessness to severe airway compromise. Bronchoscopic intervention is typically the first-line ...
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