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BTS statement on criteria for specialist referral, admission, discharge and follow-up for adults with respiratory disease
Dr C F A Pantin, Department of Respiratory Medicine, City General University Hospital of North Staffordshire, Newcastle Road, Stoke on Trent, Staffordshire ST4 6QG, UK; ...
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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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Long-term low-dose erythromycin in patients with unexplained chronic cough: a double-blind placebo controlled trial
Aims Unexplained chronic cough is a common condition with no satisfactory treatments. Previous work has suggested that cough may be linked to neutrophilic airway inflammation. This study tested the ...
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Cherry-flavoured electronic cigarettes expose users to the inhalation irritant, benzaldehyde
Correspondence to Dr Maciej L Goniewicz, Department of Health Behavior, Roswell Park Cancer Institute, Elm & Carlton Streets/Carlton House A320, Buffalo, NY 14263, USA; maciej.goniewicz{at}roswellpark ...
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Non-volitional assessment of skeletal muscle strength in patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease
1 Respiratory Muscle Laboratory, Guy’s, King’s and St Thomas’ School of Medicine, King’s College Hospital, London, UK Background: Although quadriceps weakness is well recognised in chronic obstructive ...
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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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Leisure-time vigorous physical activity is associated with better lung function: the prospective ECRHS study
Objective We assessed associations between physical activity and lung function, and its decline, in the prospective population-based European Community Respiratory Health Survey cohort.
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Associations of pulmonary microvascular blood volume with per cent emphysema and CT emphysema subtypes in the community: the MESA Lung study ...
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Gender differences in airway behaviour over the human life span
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Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease • 11: Fitness to fly with COPD
Correspondence to: A O C Johnson, Department of General and Respiratory Medicine, Pontefract General Infirmary, Pontefract WF8 1PL, UK; owen.johnson{at}panp-tr.northy.nhs.uk For most passengers, even ...
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Managing passengers with stable respiratory disease planning air travel: British Thoracic Society recommendations
1 National Heart & Lung Institute, Royal Brompton Hospital and Imperial College London, UK 2 National Heart & Lung Institute, Hammersmith Hospital and Imperial College London, UK Correspondence to Dr ...
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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 ...