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Rationale for the use of non-invasive ventilation in chronic ventilatory failure
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Pulmonary fibrosis: rate of disease progression as a trigger for referral for lung transplantation
Cardiopulmonary Transplant Unit, Freeman Hospital, Newcastle upon Tyne and Applied Immunobiology and Transplantation Research Group, University of Newcastle, Newcastle upon Tyne, UK Dr Andrew J Fisher ...
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Relation of sputum inflammatory markers to symptoms and lung function changes in COPD exacerbations
Academic Respiratory Medicine, St Bartholomew's and Royal London School of Medicine and Dentistry, St Bartholomew's Hospital, London EC1A 7BE, UK BACKGROUND Although it is presumed that exacerbations ...
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Exacerbation of sleep apnoea by frequent central events in patients with the obstructive sleep apnoea syndrome at altitude: a randomised trial
Background Many patients with the obstructive sleep apnoea syndrome (OSA) travel to the mountains for recreational and professional activities while temporarily discontinuing continuous positive ...
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Associations of pulmonary microvascular blood volume with per cent emphysema and CT emphysema subtypes in the community: the MESA Lung study ...
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Pulse transit time: an appraisal of potential clinical applications
a Department of Respiratory Medicine, Sleep Laboratory and PRETA Laboratory, CHRU, Grenoble, France, b Respiratory Department, Bristol Royal Infirmary, Bristol, UK Professor PA Levy, EFCR, Pneumologie ...
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Understanding patient outcomes after acute respiratory distress syndrome: identifying subtypes of physical, cognitive and mental health outcomes
Purpose With improving short-term mortality in acute respiratory distress syndrome (ARDS), understanding survivors’ posthospitalisation outcomes is increasingly important. However, little is known ...
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Hereditary haemorrhagic telangiectasia and pulmonary arteriovenous malformations: issues in clinical management and review of pathogenic mechanisms
aRespiratory Medicine, Imperial College School of Medicine, National Heart and Lung Institute, Hammersmith Hospital, Du Cane Road, London W12 0NN, UK, bCancer and Blood Programme, The Hospital for ...
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Sputum microbiome profiling in COPD: beyond singular pathogen detection
Culture-independent microbial sequencing techniques have revealed that the respiratory tract harbours a complex microbiome not detectable by conventional culturing methods. The contribution of the ...
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Expression of cilium-associated genes defines novel molecular subtypes of idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis
3 Department of Epidemiology, Colorado School of Public Health, Aurora, Colorado, USA 4 Department of Medicine, National Jewish Health, Denver, Colorado, USA 5 Department of Biostatistics, Colorado ...
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A crossover randomised controlled trial of oral mandibular advancement devices for obstructive sleep apnoea-hypopnoea (TOMADO)
Rationale Mandibular advancement devices (MADs) are used to treat obstructive sleep apnoea-hypopnoea syndrome (OSAHS) but evidence is lacking regarding their clinical and cost-effectiveness in less ...
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Managing passengers with respiratory disease planning air travel: British Thoracic Society recommendations
Air Travel Working Party: Dr R K Coker (chair), Dr D A R Boldy, Dr R Buchdahl, Mr D Cramer, Professor D Denison, Wing Commander D P Gradwell, Professor J M B Hughes, Dr J A Innes, Dr A O C Johnson, Dr ...