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Exhaled nitric oxide measurements: clinical application and interpretation
1 Department of Medical and Surgical Sciences, Dunedin School of Medicine, University of Otago, P O Box 913, Dunedin, New Zealand 2 Department of Paediatric Respiratory Medicine, Erasmus MC - Sophia ...
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P204 Prevalence of anxiety and depression in patients with severe asthma
Introduction Anxiety and depression correlate with poor asthma control. There is a cyclical relationship: poor asthma control increasing likelihood of emotional distress, which in turn reduces patient ...
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Pulmonary vascular resistance predicts early mortality in patients with diffuse fibrotic lung disease and suspected pulmonary hypertension
Background: Pulmonary hypertension (PH) is associated with a poor prognosis in diffuse lung disease (DLD). A study was undertaken to compare the prognostic significance of invasive and non-invasive ...
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Arterialised earlobe blood gas analysis: an underused technique.
BACKGROUND--Techniques for sampling arterialised capillary blood from the finger pulp and the earlobe were first described over two decades ago but, although close agreement between arterial values ...
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Altered matrix production in the distal airways of individuals with asthma
1 Department of Experimental Medical Science, Division of Vascular and Airway Research, LungBiology, Lund University, Sweden 2 Department of Clinical Medical Sciences, Lund, Division of Respiratory ...
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British Thoracic Society guideline for non-CF bronchiectasis
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Bronchoscopic findings in children with non-cystic fibrosis chronic suppurative lung disease
3 Department of Respiratory Medicine, Royal Prince Alfred Hospital, Sydney, Australia 4 Department of Radiology, Royal Children’s Hospital, Queensland, Australia Correspondence to: A/Prof A Chang, ...
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Non-eosinophilic asthma: importance and possible mechanisms
There is increasing evidence that inflammatory mechanisms other than eosinophilic inflammation may be involved in producing the final common pathway of enhanced bronchial reactivity and reversible ...
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Mediterranean diet in pregnancy is protective for wheeze and atopy in childhood
Introduction: Dietary intake of specific nutrients or food groups during pregnancy could play a role in the risk of asthma and atopy in offspring, but specific dietary patterns have not been ...
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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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Prospective study of the incidence, aetiology and outcome of adult lower respiratory tract illness in the community
BACKGROUND Acute lower respiratory tract illness in previously well adults is usually labelled as acute bronchitis and treated with antibiotics without establishing the aetiology. Viral infection is ...
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Airway inflammation, basement membrane thickening and bronchial hyperresponsiveness in asthma
Background: There are few data in asthma relating airway physiology, inflammation and remodelling and the relative effects of inhaled corticosteroid (ICS) treatment on these parameters. A study of the ...