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The COPD assessment test (CAT): response to pulmonary rehabilitation. A multicentre, prospective study

2 Guy's and St Thomas' Foundation NHS Trust, London, UK 3 Greenwich Primary Care Trust, London, UK 4 Croydon Primary Care Trust, London, UK Background The COPD (chronic obstructive pulmonary disease) ...
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Nasal nitric oxide in man

a Department of Physiology and Pharmacology, Karolinska Institute, 171 77 Stockholm, Sweden, b Department of Anesthesiology and Intensive Care, Karolinska Hospital 171 76 Stockholm, Sweden Dr J O N ...
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Nasal high flow oxygen therapy in patients with COPD reduces respiratory rate and tissue carbon dioxide while increasing tidal and end-expiratory lung volumes: a randomised ...

Correspondence to Amanda Corley, Critical Care Research Group, Level 5 CSB, The Prince Charles Hospital, Rode Rd, Chermside, Brisbane, QLD 4032, Australia; amanda.corley{at}health.qld.gov.au The ...
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Value of severity scales in predicting mortality from community-acquired pneumonia: systematic review and meta-analysis

1 School of Medicine, Health Policy and Practice, University of East Anglia, Norwich, Norfolk, UK 2 Directorate of Medicine, Norfolk and Norwich University Hospital, Norwich, Norfolk, UK ...
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Health-related quality of life in patients surviving non-small cell lung cancer

1 Department of Health Organization, Policy and Economics, CAPHRI research institute, Maastricht University, Maastricht, The Netherlands 2 Department of Radiation Oncology (Maastro Clinic), GROW ...
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Lower airway microbiota in COPD and healthy controls

Background The lower airway microbiota in patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) are likely altered compared with the microbiota in healthy individuals. Information on how the ...
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Montelukast as add-on therapy to inhaled corticosteroids in the treatment of mild to moderate asthma: a systematic review

Institute for Quality and Efficiency in Health Care (Institut für Qualität und Wirtschaftlichkeit im Gesundheitswesen, IQWIG), Cologne, Germany Dr S Joos, Department of General Practice and Health ...
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Relationship between asthma severity and progression of Alzheimer's disease

Department of Geriatric and Respiratory Medicine, Tohoku University School of Medicine, Sendai 980-8574, Japan Correspondence to: Dr H Sasaki, Department of Geriatric and Respiratory Medicine, Tohoku ...
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S27 A placebo-controlled, double-blind, randomised, crossover study to assess the efficacy, safety and tolerability of TRPV4 inhibitor GSK2798745 in participants with chronic cough

Introduction and objectives Airway sensory nerves involved in the cough reflex may be mediated by adenosine triphosphate (ATP) agonism of P2X purinoceptor 3 (P2X3) receptors. Transient receptor ...
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Persisting new nodules in incidence rounds of the NELSON CT lung cancer screening study

Correspondence to Professor Matthijs Oudkerk, CMI-Center for Medical Imaging, Universitary Medical Center Groningen, University of Groningen, Groningen 9700 RB, The Netherlands; m.oudkerk{at}umcg.nl ...
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Maternal antibiotic use during pregnancy increases the risk of offspring airway infections: a systematic review and meta-analysis

Background Antibiotics are widely prescribed during pregnancy, yet their impact on offspring infection risk remains unclear. This study synthesises all available data and evaluates the association ...
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P237 Technophobia is not the most significant patient-reported barrier to accepting a digital adherence package: an analysis of the MAGNIFY trial

4 Scottish Centre for Respiratory Research, University of Dundee, Ninewells Hospital and Medical School, Dundee, UK 5 Norwich Medical School, University of East Anglia, Norwich, UK 6 Research and ...