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Acute cardiorespiratory responses to low-load blood-flow restriction vs high-load resistance exercise in COPD: a randomised crossover trial

Introduction Dyspnoea is a major barrier to effective pulmonary rehabilitation in patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary ...
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Sputum exosomes: promising biomarkers for idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis

Correspondence to Dr Makon-Sébastien Njock, Laboratory of Molecular Angiogenesis, Université de Liège - GIGA centre, Liège, 4000, Belgium; sebastien.njock{at}gmail.com Idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis ...
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Mucus plugs in COPD: another reason for not losing weight?

In this issue of Thorax , Martinez-Manzano et al explore the relationship between body mass index (BMI) and mucus plugging on CT, both in patients with COPD spanning GOLD grades 1–4 and smokers ...
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Obesity and the lung: 5 · Obesity and COPD

Department of Human Biology, Nutrition and Toxicology Research Institute (NUTRIM), Maastricht University, Maastricht, The Netherlands Dr A M W J Schols, NUTRIM School for Nutrition, Toxicology and ...
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Interval versus continuous training in individuals with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease- a systematic review

2 Respiratory Medicine, West Park Healthcare Centre, Toronto, Ontario, Canada 3 Respiratory Diagnostic and Evaluation Services, West Park Healthcare Centre, Toronto, Ontario, Canada 4 Department of ...
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P159 Validation of the VitaloJAK™ 24 Hour Ambulatory Cough Monitor

Introduction Development of novel treatments for cough and its management are hampered by the lack of well validated objective cough frequency methodologies. Previous validations have been performed ...
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Exacerbation risk and characterisation of the UK’s asthma population from infants to old age

Correspondence to Dr Chloe I Bloom, Department of Respiratory Epidemiology, Occupational Medicine and Public Health, NHLI, Imperial College London, London SW7 2AZ, UK; chloe.bloom06{at}imperial.ac.uk ...
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β-Actin and GAPDH housekeeping gene expression in asthmatic airways is variable and not suitable for normalising mRNA levels

1 Department of Respiratory Medicine, Alfred Hospital and Monash University Medical School, Melbourne 3181, Australia 2 Department of Epidemiology and Preventive Medicine, Alfred Hospital and Monash ...
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Metabolic surgery and obstructive sleep apnoea: the protective effects of bariatric procedures

1 The Department of Surgery and Cancer, Imperial College London, London, UK 2 Section of Investigative Medicine, Division of Diabetes, Endocrinology and Metabolism, Department of Medicine, Imperial ...
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Pleuropulmonary manifestations of systemic lupus erythematosus

Division of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine, University of Michigan Medical Center, Ann Arbor, MI 48109, USA Dr J P Lynch III, Department of Internal Medicine, Division of Pulmonary and Critical ...
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Comparison of oral amoxicillin and intravenous benzyl penicillin for community acquired pneumonia in children (PIVOT trial): a multicentre pragmatic randomised controlled ...

Division of Child Health, University of Nottingham, University Hospital Queen’s Medical Centre, Nottingham, UK Objective: To ascertain whether therapeutic equivalence exists for the treatment of ...
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Antibiotic allergy in cystic fibrosis

2 Respiratory Medicine and Allergy Unit, Department of Medicine, Addenbrooke’s Hospital, Cambridge, UK Correspondence to: Dr S Nasser Clinic 2A, Respiratory Medicine and Allergy Unit, Addenbrooke’s ...