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Pneumococcal pneumonia trends in adults hospitalised with community-acquired pneumonia over 10 years (2013–2023) and the role of serotype 3
Background With higher valency pneumococcal vaccines on the horizon and new adult immunisation strategies under discussion, ...
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Association between automatic AI-based quantification of airway-occlusive mucus plugs and all-cause mortality in patients with COPD
In this cohort study involving 9399 current and former smokers from the Genetic Epidemiology of Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary ...
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Bronchiectasis in association with coeliac disease
a Department of Chest Medicine, West Suffolk Hospital, Bury St Edmunds IP33 2QZ, UK, b Department of Radiology, Addenbrookes Hospital, Cambridge CB2 2QQ, UK Dr R Mahadeva, Dept of Respiratory Medicine ...
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Atypical radiological manifestation of sarcoidosis presenting with an anterior mediastinal mass ...
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Body mass index is associated with the development of acute respiratory distress syndrome
Environmental Health Department (Environmental and Occupational Medicine and Epidemiology Program), Harvard School of Public Health, Boston, Massachusetts, USA Correspondence to Dr D C Christiani, ...
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The incremental shuttle walking test in elderly people with chronic airflow limitation
1 Department of Geriatric Medicine, Royal United Hospital Bath NHS Trust, Bath, UK 2 Department of Respiratory Medicine, Glenfield Hospital, Leicester, UK 3 Department of Respiratory Medicine, ...
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Integrated breathing and relaxation training (the Papworth method) for adults with asthma in primary care: a randomised controlled trial
Health Behaviour Unit, Department of Epidemiology and Public Health, University College London, London WC1E 6BT, UK Elizabeth Holloway, Research Physiotherapist, Department of Epidemiology and Public ...
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British Thoracic Society community acquired pneumonia guideline and the NICE pneumonia guideline: how they fit together
The British Thoracic Society (BTS) guideline for the management of adults with community acquired pneumonia (CAP) published in 2009 was compared with the 2014 National Institute for Health and Care ...
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Orphan lung diseases in childhood: still unadopted?
Despite recent initiatives, the UK is failing adequately to address the inequities in healthcare provision for children with rare lung disease Money drives research—whether it is for profit by drug ...
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Adults miscoded and misdiagnosed as having pneumonia: results from the British Thoracic Society pneumonia audit
A key objective of the British Thoracic Society national community-acquired pneumonia (CAP) audit was to determine the clinical characteristics and outcomes of hospitalised adults given a primary ...
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The value of multiple tests of respiratory muscle strength
Background: Respiratory muscle weakness is an important clinical problem. Tests of varying complexity and invasiveness are available to assess respiratory muscle strength. The relative precision of ...
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Asthma and incident cardiovascular disease: the Atherosclerosis Risk in Communities Study
Background: A possible association between asthma and cardiovascular disease has been described in several exploratory studies. Methods: The association of self-reported, doctor diagnosed asthma and ...