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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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S74 Improved NIV adherence with intelligent volume assured pressure support with automatic expiratory positive airway pressure (iVAPS-AE) in amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS)

Introduction Few studies have compared adherence rates between volume mode non-invasive ventilation (NIV) and pressure mode (ST) NIV in amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS). The use of intelligent ...
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Evaluation of pleural diseases with FDG-PET imaging: preliminary report.

BACKGROUND: Positron emission tomography (PET) with 18-fluorodeoxyglucose (FDG) is an accurate method for differentiating benign from malignant disease. The use of FDG-PET for the aetiological ...
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Pulmonary manifestations of Behçet's disease

aDivision of Pneumology, Istanbul Medical Faculty, University of Istanbul, Turkey, bDivision of Rheumatology, Department of Internal Medicine, Istanbul Medical Faculty ...
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Maternal BMI and smoking partly explain the association between maternal socio-economic position and offspring asthma

Background Numerous studies have found associations between parental socio-economic position (SEP) and offspring asthma.
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Symptoms and the early diagnosis of lung cancer

Thoracic Oncology Unit, Department of Respiratory Medicine, Glenfield Hospital, Leicester, UK Correspondence to: Dr M D Peake Thoracic Oncology Unit and Institute for Lung Health, Department of ...
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Prevalence of exercise-induced bronchoconstriction and exercise-induced laryngeal obstruction in a general adolescent population

Correspondence to Henrik Johansson, Department of Neuroscience/Physiotherapy, Uppsala University, Box 593 BMC, Uppsala 751 24, Sweden; henrik.johansson{at}neuro.uu.se ...
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Paradoxical reactions during tuberculosis treatment in patients with and without HIV co-infection

1 Department of Thoracic and HIV Medicine, Royal Free Hospital, London, UK 2 Department of Infectious Diseases, Royal Free Hospital, London, UK 3 Department of Primary Care and Population Sciences, ...
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COPD exacerbations · 1: Epidemiology

The epidemiology of exacerbations of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) is reviewed with particular reference to the definition, frequency, time course, natural history and seasonality, and ...
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Previous tuberculosis disease as a risk factor for chronic obstructive pulmonary disease: a cross-sectional analysis of multicountry, population-based studies

Background Risk factors for COPD in high-income settings are well understood; however, less attention has been paid to contributors of COPD in low-income and middle-income countries (LMICs) such as ...
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Understanding lung disease following extremely preterm birth

Individuals born extremely preterm (EP-born) must complete lung development outside the uterus, affecting the maturation and growth of airways and alveoli. They often show signs of both obstructive ...
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S90 FRONTIER-3: a randomized, phase 2a study to evaluate the efficacy and safety of tozorakimab (an anti-interleukin-33 monoclonal antibody) in early-onset asthma

2 Research and Early Development, Respiratory and Immunology, BioPharmaceuticals RandD, AstraZeneca, Cambridge, UK 3 Respiratory and Immunology, Biometrics and Statistical Innovation, Late Respiratory ...