1 David Read Laboratory, Department of Medicine, University of Sydney, NSW 2006, Australia 2 Department of Respiratory Medicine, Westmead Hospital, Westmead, NSW 2145, Australia Correspondence to: Dr ...
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Background: Oxidative stress is thought to have a major role in the pathogenesis of airway obstruction. A study was undertaken to determine whether subjects with low levels of antioxidants (serum ...
Background Pulmonary microvasculature alterations are implicated in emphysema pathogenesis, but the association between ...
BACKGROUND Pulmonary rehabilitation programmes improve the health of patients disabled by lung disease but their cost effectiveness is unproved. We undertook a cost/utility analysis in conjunction ...
Guidelines on contraindications for lung function tests have been based on expert opinion from >30 years ago. High-risk contraindications to lung function testing are associated with cardiovascular ...
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5 Cardio-Respiratory Research Group, School of Medicine, University of Tasmania, Hobart, Australia Correspondence to: DrM Matheson Department of Epidemiology and Preventive Medicine, Monash University ...
a Department of Physiology and Pharmacology, Karolinska Institute, 171 77 Stockholm, Sweden, b Department of Anesthesiology and Intensive Care, Karolinska Hospital 171 76 Stockholm, Sweden Dr J O N ...
Rationale: Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) is associated with a 2–3-fold increase in the risk of ischaemic heart disease, stroke and sudden death. The mechanisms responsible for this ...
1 Division of Clinical Epidemiology, Royal Victoria Hospital, McGill University Health Centre, and the Departments of Epidemiology and Biostatistics and of Medicine, McGill University, Montreal, ...