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P119 Mortality in patients with severe asthma and severe uncontrolled asthma in the UK: a retrospective cohort study
Introduction and Objectives In the UK, the latest data on mortality in patients with severe asthma was estimated in 2013 (14.8 deaths/1000 person-years). With an increasing trend in asthma-related ...
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Survival of patients with small cell lung cancer undergoing lung resection in England, 1998–2009
3 The Academic Division of Thoracic Surgery, The Royal Brompton Hospital, London, UK 4 Department of Thoracic Surgery, Liverpool Heart and Chest Hospital, Liverpool, UK 5 Respiratory Medicine Unit, ...
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Lung cancer • 4: Chemotherapy for non-small cell lung cancer: the end of the beginning
The development of chemotherapy for NSCLC over the last 20 years is reviewed, particularly with regard to its palliative effects. New “fourth generation” agents designed to inhibit specific biological ...
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Detection of respiratory viruses and the associated chemokine responses in serious acute respiratory illness
1 Department of Internal Medicine, Washington University School of Medicine, St Louis, Missouri, USA 2 Department of Pediatrics, Washington University School of Medicine, St Louis, Missouri, USA 3 ...
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Case finding for chronic obstructive pulmonary disease: a model for optimising a targeted approach
Objectives Case finding is proposed as an important component of the forthcoming English National Clinical Strategy for chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) because of accepted widespread ...
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Effect of diet on asthma and allergic sensitisation in the International Study on Allergies and Asthma in Childhood (ISAAC) Phase Two
2 Pediatric Respiratory and Allergy Units, “Arrixaca” University Children's Hospital, University of Murcia and CIBER of Epidemiology and Public Health (CIBERSP), Murcia, Spain 3 Division of Community ...
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Pulmonary hypertension: a contraindication to the use of β-adrenoceptor blocking agents
Scottish Pulmonary Vascular Unit, Level 1 Regional Heart and Lung Centre, Golden Jubilee National Hospital, Glasgow, UK Correspondence to A Peacock, Scottish Pulmonary Vascular Unit, Level 1 Regional ...
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Symptoms and the early diagnosis of lung cancer
Thoracic Oncology Unit, Department of Respiratory Medicine, Glenfield Hospital, Leicester, UK Correspondence to: Dr M D Peake Thoracic Oncology Unit and Institute for Lung Health, Department of ...
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Diagnosing COPD in non-smokers: splitting not lumping
Respiratory Medicine Division, Department of Medicine, University of Cambridge School of Clinical Medicine, Addenbrooke's Hospital, CUHNHSFT and Papworth Hospital NHS Foundation Trust, Cambridge, UK ...
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P90 Surgical outcomes after neoadjuvant nivolumab and platinum-based chemotherapy in resectable non-small cell lung cancer
1 Department of Thoracic Surgery, Leeds Teaching Hospitals, Leeds, UK 2 Department of Clinical Oncology, Leeds Teaching Hospitals, Leeds, UK 3 Department of Clinical Oncology Calderdale and ...
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P2 Incorporation of an in-depth thoracic ultrasound assessment into routine pre-procedural evaluation of patients with pleural effusions
Background Pleural disease affects 1 in 300 people annually; furthermore, the incidence of malignant pleural effusion (MPE) is increasing with over 40,000 cases each year in the UK alone. A ...