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Residual sleepiness and impaired alertness in treated obstructive sleep apnoea: role of hypoxic burden and sleep fragmentation
The pathophysiology of residual sleepiness in treated obstructive sleep apnoea (OSA) remains poorly understood. Animal models ...
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Diagnostic performance of shape-sensing robotic-assisted bronchoscopy for pleural-based and fissure-based pulmonary lesions
Background Sampling of peripheral pulmonary lesions (PPLs) abutting the pleura carries a higher risk of pneumothorax and complications. Although typically performed with image-guided transthoracic ...
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Inhaled corticosteroids and major cardiovascular events in people with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease
Background Whether inhaled corticosteroids (ICSs) reduce major adverse cardiovascular events (MACEs) in people with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) is debated. Objectives To establish, ...
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Pulmonary function during pregnancy in normal women and in patients with cardiopulmonary disease
Cardiology Unit of the Department of Medicine, University of Rochester School of Medicine and Dentistry, Rochester, New York Pulmonary Disease Unit of the Department of Medicine, University of ...
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Small vessel vasculitis of the lung
Interstitial Lung Disease Center, Division of Pulmonary Sciences and Critical Care Medicine, National Jewish Medical and Research Center and University of Colorado Health Sciences Center, Denver, ...
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Guidelines on the selection of patients with lung cancer for surgery
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Peak flow diaries in childhood asthma are unreliable
BACKGROUND A study was undertaken to investigate the compliance with and accuracy of peak flow diaries in childhood asthma. METHODS Forty asthmatic children (5–16 years) were asked to perform peak ...
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Time course and pattern of COPD exacerbation onset
Background The natural history and time course of the onset of exacerbation events of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) is incompletely understood. Methods A prospective cohort of 212 ...
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Geographical variations in the use of cancer treatments are associated with survival of lung cancer patients
Introduction Lung cancer outcomes in England are inferior to comparable countries. Patient or disease characteristics, healthcare-seeking behaviour, diagnostic pathways, and oncology service provision ...
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British Thoracic Society guideline on pulmonary rehabilitation in adults: accredited by NICE
Correspondence to British Thoracic Society, 17, Doughty Street, London WC1N 2PL, UK; bts{at}brit-thoracic.org.uk and Dr Charlotte E Bolton, Nottingham Respiratory Research Unit, University of ...
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Blood pleurodesis for the medical management of pneumothorax
The North West Lung Centre, University Hospital of South Manchester NHS Foundation Trust, Wythenshawe Hospital, Manchester, UK Dr A Bentley The North West Lung Centre, University Hospital of South ...
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Validation of predictive rules and indices of severity for community acquired pneumonia
Background: A study was undertaken to validate the modified American Thoracic Society (ATS) rule and two British Thoracic Society (BTS) rules for the prediction of ICU admission and mortality of ...