Background Few studies have examined the effects of ambient particulate matter with an aerodynamic diameter less than or equal to 2.5 μm (PM2.5) on hospital cost and length of hospital stay for ...
Whether inhaled therapies for chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) (inhaled corticosteroid (ICS) therapy or long-acting bronchodilators (LABD)) reduce non-respiratory adverse events, such as ...
Introduction and objectives Inhalers are widely used in the treatment of asthma and chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD). For patients to gain maximum benefit they need to be educated by ...
Introduction Obese patients with severe asthma have a distinct clinical phenotype. These patients are more likely to have low T2 biomarkers (T2low) so are less likely to meet criteria to be treated ...
Methods A targeted literature review (TLR) evaluated evidence on reducing background medication in adults with controlled severe asthma on biologic therapy. Two surveys were conducted to gain further ...
A 58-year-old woman with no prior medical history, presented with a 5-month history of productive cough, worsening breathlessness and weight loss of 5 kg despite three courses of oral antibiotic ...
Six cases of large thymic cyst are described; five were cystic thymomas and one was nonneoplastic. Two of the thymomas were not only grossly degenerate but showed severe chronic inflammatory change, ...
Introduction and Objectives Severe asthma patients are often treated with long-term high-dose inhaled and systemic corticosteroids which puts them at significant risk of developing adrenal ...
Correspondence to Dr Pratik Sinha, Division of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine, Department of Medicine, University of California, San Francisco, CA 94143, USA; pratik.sinha{at}ucsf.edu A complex ...
BACKGROUND Little is known of the epidemiology of pneumothorax. Routinely available data on pneumothorax in England are described. METHODS Patients consulting in primary care with a diagnosis of ...
Correspondence to Prof. Min Yu, Zhejiang Provincial Center for Disease Control and Prevention, Hangzhou, 310051, Zhejiang, China; mycdc1234{at}163.com; Dr Yingjun Li, Department of Epidemiology and ...
Dr JT Murchison, Department of Clinical Imaging, Royal Infirmary of Edinburgh, Lauriston Place, Edinburgh. EH3 9YW, UK. The computed tomographic (CT) pulmonary angiogram appearances of acute right ...
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