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Incidence and recognition of acute respiratory distress syndrome in a UK intensive care unit

Correspondence to Dr Charlotte Summers, Division of Anaesthesia, Department of Medicine, Box 93, Level 4, Addenbrooke's Hospital, CUHNHSFT, Hills Road, Cambridge CB2 OQQ, UK; ...
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Coronary artery calcification is increased in patients with COPD and associated with increased morbidity and mortality

12 Department of Respiratory Medicine, Odense University & University of Southern Denmark, Denmark/University of Manchester, Academic Health Science Centre, Manchester, UK 13 Department of Respiratory ...
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Long-term natural history of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease: severe exacerbations and mortality

3 Pulmonary Division, Jewish General Hospital, McGill University, Montreal, Canada Correspondence to Professor Samy Suissa, Centre for Clinical Epidemiology, Jewish General Hospital, 3755 Cote ...
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Churg-Strauss syndrome associated with montelukast therapy

Churg-Strauss syndrome is a rare form of eosinophilic vasculitis associated with asthma. There have been several recent case reports of the condition in association with leukotriene antagonists and it ...
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Balloon dilatation for bronchoscope delivery: first-in-human trial of a novel technique for peripheral lung field access

Background Bronchoscopic limitations in reaching peripheral pulmonary lesions (PPLs) can compromise biopsy sensitivity, ...
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Role of CFTR mutations in adult bronchiectasis

1 Department of Respiratory Medicine, Monash Medical Centre, Melbourne, Australia 2 Monash University Department of Medicine, Monash Medical Centre, Melbourne, Australia If you wish to reuse any or ...
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The dynamics of the pulmonary microbiome during mechanical ventilation in the intensive care unit and the association with occurrence of pneumonia

Rationale Ventilator-associated pneumonia (VAP) is the most common nosocomial infections in patients admitted to the ICU. The adapted island model predicts several changes in the respiratory ...
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Aetiological role of viral and bacterial infections in acute adult lower respiratory tract infection (LRTI) in primary care

2 Department of Thoracic Medicine, Royal Free and University College Medical School, University College London, UK 3 Centre for Medical Microbiology, Royal Free and University College Medical School, ...
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Obstructive sleep apnoea and quality of life in Ehlers-Danlos syndrome: a parallel cohort study

Background Patients with the connective tissue disorder Ehlers-Danlos syndrome (EDS) often suffer from fatigue, excessive daytime sleepiness and impaired quality of life. Obstructive sleep apnoea (OSA ...
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Risk of fractures with inhaled corticosteroids in COPD: systematic review and meta-analysis of randomised controlled trials and observational studies

2 Department of Medicine, Division of Pulmonary, Critical Care and Sleep Disorders Medicine, University of Louisville, Kentucky, USA 3 Department of Medicine, Johns Hopkins University School of ...
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Diet and asthma in Dutch school children (ISAAC-2)

1 Center for Prevention and Health Services Research, National Institute of Public Health and the Environment, Bilthoven, The Netherlands 2 Environmental and Occupational Health, Institute for Risk ...
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Internet-based tapering of oral corticosteroids in severe asthma: a pragmatic randomised controlled trial

1 Department of Respiratory Medicine, Academic Medical Centre, University of Amsterdam, Amsterdam, The Netherlands 2 Department of Pulmonology, Medical Centre Leeuwarden, Leeuwarden, The Netherlands 3 ...