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P132 Impulse oscillometry in obstructive sleep apnoea syndrome and its response to CPAP: feasibility and insights into pulmonary mechanics
Background Obstructive sleep apnoea syndrome (OSAS) is characterised by repeated apnoea’s due to partial or total collapse of the upper airway during sleep, resulting in fragmentation of sleep and ...
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Self-management education for patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease: a systematic review
1 Department of Pulmonary Medicine, Medisch Spectrum Twente, Enschede, The Netherlands 2 Department of Pulmonary Medicine, University Medical Centre Nijmegen, The Netherlands Background: The idea of ...
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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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Acute effects of cigarette smoke on inflammation and oxidative stress: a review
Department of Pulmonology and Pathology, University Hospital Groningen, Groningen, The Netherlands Correspondence to: H van der Vaart Department of Pulmonology, University Hospital Groningen, ...
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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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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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Alternative methods for assessing bronchodilator reversibility in chronic obstructive pulmonary disease
BACKGROUND Bronchodilator reversibility testing is recommended in all patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) but does not predict improvements in breathlessness or exercise ...
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The top 10 research priorities in cystic fibrosis developed by a partnership between people with CF and healthcare providers
There remain many treatment uncertainties in cystic fibrosis (CF). With limited resources, research should focus on questions which are most important to the CF community. We conducted a James Lind ...
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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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Lymphangioleiomyomatosis: clinical features, management and basic mechanisms
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Association of IgG4-related disease and sarcoidosis
1 Department of Internal Medicine, Hôtel Dieu Hospital, Nantes, France 2 Department of Radiology, Hôtel Dieu Hospital, Nantes, France Correspondence to Professor Mohamed Hamidou, Department of ...
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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 ...