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Blood eosinophil-guided systemic corticosteroid duration in adults hospitalised for asthma exacerbation: a randomised, controlled, open-label, non-inferiority trial

Objective Systemic corticosteroids for 5–7 days are standard care for asthma exacerbations, but the optimal duration and ...
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Maternal eating disorders and respiratory outcomes in childhood: findings from the EU Child Cohort Network

Background While maternal depression and anxiety have been linked to adverse childhood respiratory outcomes, the role of ...
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Multidisciplinary, non-pharmacological breathlessness intervention service for patients with moderately severe to severe COPD: a randomised controlled trial

Breathlessness intervention services (BIS), which coach patients to self-manage breathlessness using non-pharmacological ...
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Comparative safety of inhaled medications in patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease: systematic review and mixed treatment comparison meta-analysis of randomised ...

3 Department of Internal Medicine, National Taiwan University Hospital, Taipei, Taiwan Correspondence to Dr Mei-Shu Lai, Graduate Institute of Epidemiology and Preventive Medicine, College of Public ...
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The pulmonary physician in critical care • 12: Acute severe asthma in the intensive care unit

Intensive Care Unit, John Radcliffe Hospital, Oxford OX3 9DU, UK Correspondence to: Dr C S Garrard, Intensive Care Unit, John Radcliffe Hospital, Oxford OX3 9DU, UK; chris.garrard{at}clinical-medicine ...
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Disproportionate impairment in diffusing capacity predicts pulmonary hypertension with an elevated pulmonary vascular resistance in COPD

Background Current guidelines for the evaluation of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) do not recommend screening ...
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Non-invasive ventilation in obesity hypoventilation syndrome without severe obstructive sleep apnoea

Background Non-invasive ventilation (NIV) is an effective form of treatment in patients with obesity hypoventilation syndrome (OHS) who have concomitant severe obstructive sleep apnoea (OSA). However, ...
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BTS Guidelines for the Management of Community Acquired Pneumonia in Adults

British Thoracic Society Standards of Care Committee in collaboration with and endorsed by the Royal College of Physicians of London, Royal College of General Practitioners, British Geriatrics Society ...
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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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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 ...
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Attributable mortality of acute respiratory distress syndrome: a systematic review, meta-analysis and survival analysis using targeted minimum loss-based estimation

Correspondence to Dr Ilias I Siempos, Department of Medicine, Division of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine, NewYork-Presbyterian Hospital/Weill Cornell Medical Center, New York NY 10065, USA; ...