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Detection of respiratory viruses and the associated chemokine responses in serious acute respiratory illness
1 Department of Internal Medicine, Washington University School of Medicine, St Louis, Missouri, USA 2 Department of Pediatrics, Washington University School of Medicine, St Louis, Missouri, USA 3 ...
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Airflow obstruction in bronchiectasis: correlation between computed tomography features and pulmonary function tests
BACKGROUND An obstructive defect is usual in bronchiectasis, but the pathophysiological basis of airflow obstruction remains uncertain. High resolution computed tomographic (CT) scanning now allows ...
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Effect of diet on asthma and allergic sensitisation in the International Study on Allergies and Asthma in Childhood (ISAAC) Phase Two
2 Pediatric Respiratory and Allergy Units, “Arrixaca” University Children's Hospital, University of Murcia and CIBER of Epidemiology and Public Health (CIBERSP), Murcia, Spain 3 Division of Community ...
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Pulmonary hypertension: a contraindication to the use of β-adrenoceptor blocking agents
Scottish Pulmonary Vascular Unit, Level 1 Regional Heart and Lung Centre, Golden Jubilee National Hospital, Glasgow, UK Correspondence to A Peacock, Scottish Pulmonary Vascular Unit, Level 1 Regional ...
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BTS Guidelines for the Management of Community Acquired Pneumonia in Adults
British Thoracic Society Standards of Care Committee in collaboration with and endorsed by the Royal College of Physicians of London, Royal College of General Practitioners, British Geriatrics Society ...
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Incidence and characteristics of viral community-acquired pneumonia in adults
Background: In adults, viral causes of community-acquired pneumonia (CAP) are poorly characterised. The aims of this study were to characterise the viral aetiology of CAP in adults by using an ...
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The 6 minute walk in idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis: longitudinal changes and minimum important difference
1 Interstitial Lung Disease Program and Autoimmune Lung Center, National Jewish Health, Denver, Colorado, USA 2 Division of Psychosocial Medicine, National Jewish Health, Denver, Colorado, USA 3 ...
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Matrix metalloproteinases in destructive pulmonary pathology
Correspondence to: Dr P T G Elkington Department of Infectious Diseases, Imperial College, Hammersmith Hospital, Du Cane Road, London W12 0NN, UK; p.elkington{at}imperial.ac.uk Matrix ...
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Mepolizumab in corticosteroid-resistant eosinophilic asthma
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Design of the Subpopulations and Intermediate Outcomes in COPD Study (SPIROMICS)
3 Department of Medicine, Columbia University, New York, New York, USA 4 Center for Genomics and Personalized Medicine Research, Wake Forest University, Winston-Salem, New York, USA 5 Department of ...
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Association between vitamin D status at 3 years and eosinophilic asthma in 6-year-old children with a history of severe bronchiolitis
The association between early childhood serum 25-hydroxyvitamin D (25(OH)D) and eosinophilic asthma remains unclear. We investigated this association using multicentre prospective data from 584 ...
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Prospective study of the incidence, aetiology and outcome of adult lower respiratory tract illness in the community
BACKGROUND Acute lower respiratory tract illness in previously well adults is usually labelled as acute bronchitis and treated with antibiotics without establishing the aetiology. Viral infection is ...