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Cost effectiveness of an outpatient multidisciplinary pulmonary rehabilitation programme

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 ...
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The endurance shuttle walk: a new field test for the assessment of endurance capacity in chronic obstructive pulmonary disease

a Department of Respiratory Medicine, Glenfield Hospital, Leicester LE3 9QP, UK, b Department of Sports Science, Loughborough University of Technology, UK Dr S M Revill. BACKGROUND The purpose of this ...
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Pulmonary eosinophilia associated with montelukast

Antileukotriene drugs are new therapeutic agents that have recently been approved for the treatment of asthma. Several cases of eosinophilic conditions including Churg-Strauss syndrome have been ...
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Single versus combination antibiotic therapy in adults hospitalised with community acquired pneumonia

3 Department of Respiratory Medicine, Central Manchester University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust, Manchester, UK Correspondence to Dr Chamira Rodrigo, Department of Respiratory Medicine, City Campus ...
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Short-term air pollution exposure and exacerbation events in mild to moderate COPD: a case-crossover study within the CanCOLD cohort

Background Infections are considered as leading causes of acute exacerbations of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD). Non-infectious risk factors such as short-term air pollution exposure may ...
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The short-term association between asthma hospitalisations, ambient temperature, other meteorological factors and air pollutants in Hong Kong: a time-series study

1 The Jockey Club School of Public Health and Primary Care, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Shatin, Hong Kong SAR Correspondence to William B Goggins III, The Jockey Club School of Public Health ...
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CXCL14 is a candidate biomarker for Hedgehog signalling in idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis

Background Idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis (IPF) is associated with aberrant expression of developmental pathways, including Hedgehog (Hh). As Hh signalling contributes to multiple pro-fibrotic ...
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An evaluation of tuberculosis contact investigations against national standards

Correspondence to Sean M Cavany, TB Modelling Group, TB Centre and CMMID, Faculty of Epidemiology and Population Health, London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, Keppel Street, London WC1E 7HT, ...
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Proteomics-based risk prediction and drug targets identification for chronic obstructive pulmonary disease

Background Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) is a leading cause of global mortality, yet existing risk prediction models remain limited. This study aimed to develop and validate a ...
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British Guideline on the Management of Asthma

These guidelines have been replaced by British Guideline on the Management of Asthma. A national clinical guideline. Superseded By 2012 Revision Of 2008 Guideline: British Guideline on the Management ...
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Incidence and predictive factors of lower respiratory tract infections among the very elderly in the general population. The Leiden 85-plus Study

Department of Gerontology and Geriatrics, Leiden University Medical Centre, Leiden, The Netherlands Dr J Gussekloo, Department of Public Health and Primary Care, Leiden University Medical Center, Post ...
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β-Actin and GAPDH housekeeping gene expression in asthmatic airways is variable and not suitable for normalising mRNA levels

1 Department of Respiratory Medicine, Alfred Hospital and Monash University Medical School, Melbourne 3181, Australia 2 Department of Epidemiology and Preventive Medicine, Alfred Hospital and Monash ...