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Myocardial atrio-venous junctions and extensions (sleeves) over the pulmonary and caval veins
The myocardial fibres of the posterior wall of the atrio-venous junctions were examined in 35 large domestic mammals. In the majority of specimens a common pattern in the course and organization of ...
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P176 After weight loss: two-year outcomes following a weight management programme in difficult-to-treat asthma and obesity
Introduction We delivered a one-year weight management programme (Counterweight Plus, CWP) in participants with difficult-to-treat asthma and obesity in a single-centre randomised controlled trial ...
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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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Combined effects of parental and active smoking on early lung function deficits: a prospective study from birth to age 26 years
3 Mel and Enid Zuckerman College of Public Health, University of Arizona, Tucson, Arizona, USA Correspondence to Dr Stefano Guerra, Arizona Respiratory Center, University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ 85724, ...
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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 ...
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S64 Impact of choice of salbutamol pMDI and use of spacer on drug delivery and emissions – best for patient and environment
Introduction and Objectives MDIs are an important device option for many respiratory patients. The addition of a spacer can improve lung deposition, overcome coordination issues and reduce side ...
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Parental smoking and childhood asthma: longitudinal and case-control studies
BACKGROUND The relation of parental smoking to wheezing and asthma occurring after the first year of life was assessed by a systematic quantitative review of case-control and longitudinal studies, ...
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The five-repetition sit-to-stand test as a functional outcome measure in COPD
1 NIHR Respiratory Biomedical Research Unit, Royal Brompton & Harefield NHS Foundation Trust and Imperial College, Harefield, UK 2 Harefield Pulmonary Rehabilitation Unit, Royal Brompton & Harefield ...
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The cyclin-dependent kinase inhibitor AT7519 accelerates neutrophil apoptosis in sepsis-related acute respiratory distress syndrome
Acute respiratory distress syndrome (ARDS) is a neutrophil-dominant disorder with no effective pharmacological therapies. While the cyclin-dependent kinase inhibitor AT7519 induces neutrophil ...
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Usefulness of the Medical Research Council (MRC) dyspnoea scale as a measure of disability in patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease
a Academic Department of Respiratory Medicine, St Bartholomew’s and Royal London School of Medicine and Dentistry, London Chest Hospital, London, UK, b Division of Physiological Medicine, St George’s ...
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British Thoracic Society guidelines on diagnostic flexible bronchoscopy
Superseded By 2013 Guideline: British Thoracic Society Guidelines on Diagnostic Flexible Bronchoscopy. Thorax 2001 Feb; 56(Suppl 1): 1–21.
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Screening for lung cancer using low dose CT scanning
Background: Lung cancer is the most common cause of cancer related death in Ireland. The majority of lung cancers are inoperable at the time of diagnosis and consequently the overall 5 year survival ...