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BTS guidelines for the management of community acquired pneumonia in adults: update 2009
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Randomised controlled trial of amoxycillin clavulanate in children with chronic wet cough
1 Queensland Children's Respiratory Centre, Royal Children's Hospital, Brisbane, Australia 2 Queensland Children's Medical Research Institute, University of Queensland, Brisbane, Australia 3 ...
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Relationship between peripheral airway dysfunction, airway obstruction, and neutrophilic inflammation in COPD
1 Respiratory Cell and Molecular Biology, Division of Infection, Inflammation and Repair, University of Southampton, Southampton General Hospital, Southampton SO16 6YD, UK 2 Department of Molecular ...
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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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Lung cancer in HIV infected patients: facts, questions and challenges
AIDS related mortality has fallen sharply in industrialised countries since 1996 following the introduction of highly active antiretroviral therapy. This has been accompanied by an increase in the ...
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No demonstrable effect of S-carboxymethylcysteine on clearance of secretions from the human lung.
The mucolytic efficacy of S-carboxymethylcysteine has been assessed in a double-blind crossover trial in 16 patients with chronic obstructive bronchitis. No significant difference was found between ...
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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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Lymphangioleiomyomatosis: clinical features, management and basic mechanisms
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Association of increased CCL5 and CXCL7 chemokine expression with neutrophil activation in severe stable COPD
Division of Pulmonary Disease and Laboratory of Cytoimmunopathology of Heart and Lung, Salvatore Maugeri Foundation, IRCCS, Veruno, Italy Background: Increased numbers of activated neutrophils have ...
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Development of the bronchial epithelial reticular basement membrane: relationship to epithelial height and age
Background The bronchial epithelium and underlying reticular basement membrane (RBM) have a close spatial and functional inter-relationship and are considered an epithelial–mesenchymal trophic unit ...
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Home treatment of COPD exacerbation selected by DECAF score: a non-inferiority, randomised controlled trial and economic evaluation
Background Previous models of Hospital at Home (HAH) for COPD exacerbation (ECOPD) were limited by the lack of a reliable prognostic score to guide patient selection. Approximately 50% of hospitalised ...