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Intraoperative ventilator settings and acute lung injury after elective surgery: a nested case control study
Division of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine, Department of Internal Medicine, National Jewish Health, Denver, Colorado, USA Background: While acute lung injury (ALI) is among the most serious ...
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S35 Randomised control trial quantifying the efficacy of low dose morphine in a responder group of patients with refractory chronic cough
Introduction and objectives The pathophysiology of chronic cough remains poorly understood and treatment options are limited. Morphine sulphate can improve quality of life in refractory chronic cough, ...
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Progranulin aggravates pulmonary immunopathology during influenza virus infection
Correspondence to Dr Ju Cao, Department of Laboratory Medicine, The First Affiliated Hospital of Chongqing Medical University, Chongqing 400016, China; caoju723{at}163.com Progranulin (PGRN) exerts ...
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Atypical radiological manifestation of sarcoidosis presenting with an anterior mediastinal mass ...
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Reactivation of tuberculosis and vitamin D deficiency: the contribution of diet and exposure to sunlight
Department of Chemical Pathology, Guy’s and St Thomas’ Foundation Trust, London, UK Dr Heather Milburn, Chest Clinic, Guy’s Hospital, St Thomas’ Street, London SE1 9RT, UK; heather.milburn{at}gstt.nhs ...
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Effects of fluticasone propionate on inflammatory cells in COPD: an ultrastructural examination of endobronchial biopsy tissue
Background: Inhaled corticosteroids (ICS) markedly reduce bronchial mucosal inflammation in asthma but whether they have an anti-inflammatory effect in airway tissue in chronic obstructive pulmonary ...
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Suppression of plasminogen activator inhibitor-1 by RNA interference attenuates pulmonary fibrosis
1 Department of Molecular and Internal Medicine, Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences, Hiroshima University, Hiroshima, Japan 2 Department of Hematology and Respiratory Medicine, Kochi University, ...
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S26 Feasibility and patient tolerability of transcutaneous electrical stimulation in obstructive sleep apnoea
Introduction Transcutaneous electrical stimulation (TES) provides neuromuscular tone to the pharyngeal dilator muscles of the upper airway (UA) while asleep, but feasibility of this method to treat ...
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Quality of Life Questionnaire-Bronchiectasis: final psychometric analyses and determination of minimal important difference scores
Background The Quality of Life-Bronchiectasis (QOL-B), a self-administered, patient-reported outcome measure assessing symptoms, functioning and health-related quality of life for patients with ...
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Asthma aggravation, combustion, and stagnant air
BACKGROUND The relationship between current concentrations of ambient air pollution and adverse health effects is controversial. We report a meteorological index of air stagnation that is associated ...
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Diameter thresholds for pure ground-glass pulmonary nodules at low-dose CT screening: Chinese experience
Background Limited research exists on screening thresholds for low-dose CT in detecting malignant pure ground-glass lung ...
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Patterns of breathlessness and associated consulting behaviour: results of an online survey
The online British Lung Foundation Breath Test provides an opportunity to study the relationship between breathlessness, common sociobehavioural risk factors and interaction with healthcare. We ...