Introduction: Lung function impairment may be a risk factor for cardiovascular disease (CVD) events. Objective: To determine the relationship between the severity of airflow obstruction based on ...

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1 Department of Palliative Medicine, The North London Hospice and Barnet and Chase Farm Hospitals NHS Trust, London N12 8TF, UK 2 Department of Palliative Medicine, Bristol Haematology and Oncology ...

1 Centre for Infection and Immunity, Queen's University of Belfast, UK 2 Department of Infection, Inflammation and Immunity, Institute for Lung Health, University of Leicester, UK Introduction ...

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Background Studies suggest an increased all-cause mortality among adults with asthma. We aimed to study the relationship between asthma in children and young adults and all-cause mortality, and ...

Background: Reports of psychological conditions in asthmatic subjects have been limited to certain population groups or convenience samples. A study was undertaken of the prevalence of psychological ...

Background Newborn bloodspot screening (NBS) for cystic fibrosis (CF) was introduced across the UK in 2007 but the impact on clinical outcomes and health inequalities for children with CF is unclear.

National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, Department of Critical Care Medicine and Pulmonary Services, Pulmonary Rehabilitation Centre, Evangelismos Hospital, G.P. Livanos and M. Simou ...

Background: Idiopathic pulmonary alveolar proteinosis (PAP) has recently been recognised as a disease of impaired alveolar macrophage function caused by neutralising anti-granulocyte-macrophage colony ...

3 Mel and Enid Zuckerman College of Public Health, University of Arizona, Tucson, Arizona, USA Correspondence to Dr Stefano Guerra, Arizona Respiratory Center, University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ 85724, ...

BACKGROUND Severe life threatening asthma (SLTA) is important in its own right and as a proxy for asthma death. In order to target hospital based intervention strategies to those most likely to ...