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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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Impact of long-term non-invasive ventilation on severe exacerbations and survival in COPD: a French nationwide cohort study using multistate models
Rationale Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) is the most common indication for domiciliary non-invasive ventilation (NIV), but long-term outcomes data are limited. Objective This multistate ...
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Systematic review and meta-analysis of the efficacy of biologic and targeted synthetic therapies in sarcoidosis
Objectives Infliximab, an anti-TNF agent, is used to treat sarcoidosis that does not respond to corticosteroids or second-line agents. The efficacy of other anti-TNF agents, non-TNF biologics and ...
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External validation and recalibration of the Brock model to predict probability of cancer in pulmonary nodules using NLST data
Correspondence to Dr Audrey Winter, Department of Radiological Sciences, Medical Imaging Informatics, University of California, Los Angeles, CA 90095, USA; audrey.winter89{at}gmail.com Introduction We ...
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Interstitial lung disease in patients with mixed connective tissue disease
Correspondence to Dr Harpreet K Lota, ST5 in Respiratory Medicine, Royal Brompton Hospital, Sydney Street, London SW3 6NP, UK; h.lota{at}rbht.nhs.uk If you wish to reuse any or all of this article ...
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Development of a symptom specific health status measure for patients with chronic cough: Leicester Cough Questionnaire (LCQ)
Background: Chronic cough is a common condition which has a significant impact on quality of life. Assessment and management are hampered by the absence of well validated outcome measures. The ...
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Management of severe community-acquired pneumonia of children in developing and developed countries
Department of Maternal and Paediatric Sciences, Università degli Studi di Milano, Fondazione IRCCS Ca' Granda Ospedale Maggiore Policlinico, Milan, Italy Correspondence to Nicola Principi, Department ...
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Diaphragm plication following phrenic nerve injury: a comparison of paediatric and adult patients
Department of Thoracic Surgery, Sheba Medical Center, Tel Hashomer affiliated with Sackler Faculty of Medicine of Tel Aviv University Correspondence to: Dr A Yellin, Department of General Thoracic ...
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Endoscopic ultrasound guided biopsy of mediastinal lesions has a major impact on patient management
1 Department of CardioThoracic Surgery, Gentofte University Hospital, DK-2900 Hellerup, Copenhagen, Denmark 2 Department of Surgical Gastroenterology, Gentofte University Hospital 3 Department of ...
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Role of computed tomographic scanning of the thorax prior to bronchoscopy in the investigation of suspected lung cancer
BACKGROUND Fibreoptic bronchoscopy (FOB) is the usual initial investigation of choice in patients with suspected endobronchial carcinoma, but it is often non-diagnostic. Once a positive diagnosis has ...
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British Thoracic Society community-acquired pneumonia care bundle: results of a national implementation project
Correspondence to Dr Wei Shen Lim, Department of Respiratory Medicine, Nottingham University Hospitals NHS Trust, Hucknall Road, Nottingham NG5 1PB, UK; weishen.lim{at}nuh.nhs.uk In 2013, 16 UK ...
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Non-coding RNAs and respiratory disease
Correspondence to Professor Karim Vermaelen, Tumor Immunology Laboratory, Department of Respiratory Medicine, Ghent University Hospital 7K12ie, De Pintelaan 185, Ghent B-9000, Belgium; Karim.Vermaelen ...