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School-age lung function after preterm birth: early-life determinants in a paediatric pulmonology cohort with comparison with NHANES

Introduction Lung-function outcomes among preterm-born children referred for pulmonology care are highly heterogeneous, and ...
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Inhaled corticosteroid withdrawal and mortality rate in trials of triple therapy inhalers for COPD

The Efficacy and Safety of Triple Therapy in Obstructive Lung Disease (ETHOS) and Informing the Pathway of Chronic ...
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Primary adenoid cystic carcinoma of the trachea

A 72-year-old woman presented with a 6-month history of productive cough, hoarseness and exertional dyspnoea. She is a ...
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Evaluation of clinically relevant changes in the lung clearance index in children with cystic fibrosis and healthy controls

Background The limits of reproducibility of the lung clearance index (LCI) are higher in children with cystic fibrosis (CF) compared with healthy children, and it is currently unclear what defines a ...
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Prevalence, diagnosis and relation to tobacco dependence of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease in a nationally representative population sample

1 Cancer Research Health Behaviour Unit, Department of Epidemiology and Public Health, University College London, London WC1E 6BT, UK 2 Division of Epidemiology and Public Health, University of ...
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Use of inhaled corticosteroids and the risk of tuberculosis

1 National Evidence-based Healthcare Collaborating Agency, Seoul, Republic of Korea 2 Division of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine, Department of Internal Medicine and Lung Institute, Seoul ...
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Persisting new nodules in incidence rounds of the NELSON CT lung cancer screening study

Correspondence to Professor Matthijs Oudkerk, CMI-Center for Medical Imaging, Universitary Medical Center Groningen, University of Groningen, Groningen 9700 RB, The Netherlands; m.oudkerk{at}umcg.nl ...
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Recommendations for the assessment and management of cough in children

Department of Child Health, Queen’s University of Belfast, Clinical Institute, Belfast, UK All children experience head colds and many consult their doctor because of associated coughing.1 Cough with ...
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QRISK3 underestimates the risk of cardiovascular events in patients with COPD

Background Patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) are at increased risk of cardiovascular disease (CVD). The extent to which the excess CVD risk is captured by risk factors in ...
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Nasal high flow oxygen therapy in patients with COPD reduces respiratory rate and tissue carbon dioxide while increasing tidal and end-expiratory lung volumes: a randomised ...

Correspondence to Amanda Corley, Critical Care Research Group, Level 5 CSB, The Prince Charles Hospital, Rode Rd, Chermside, Brisbane, QLD 4032, Australia; amanda.corley{at}health.qld.gov.au The ...
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Lifetime occupational exposures and chronic obstructive pulmonary disease risk in the UK Biobank cohort

Background and aim Occupational exposures are important, preventable causes of COPD. We previously found an increased risk of COPD among six occupations by analysing lifetime job histories and lung ...
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Guidelines for the physiotherapy management of the adult, medical, spontaneously breathing patient

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