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Background Ventilator-free days (VFDs), a composite endpoint combining survival and mechanical ventilation duration, are increasingly used in acute respiratory distress syndrome (ARDS) trials to ...
Department of Child Health, Queen’s University of Belfast, Clinical Institute, Belfast, UK All children experience head colds and many consult their doctor because of associated coughing.1 Cough with ...
Rationale Pulmonary rehabilitation (PR) is an effective, key standard treatment for people with COPD. Nevertheless, low participant uptake, insufficient attendance and high drop-out rates are reported ...
Multidisciplinary home-based rehabilitation in inoperable lung cancer: a randomised controlled trial
Correspondence to Dr Linda Denehy, School of Health Sciences, The University of Melbourne, Parkville, VIC 3010, Australia; l.denehy{at}unimelb.edu.au Background Lung cancer is associated with poor ...
Understanding risk of poor outcomes in adults hospitalised with respiratory syncytial virus infection: evidence from a multicentre UK cohort ...
1 Institute of Occupational and Environmental Medicine, School of Population and Health Sciences, University of Birmingham, Birmingham, UK 2 Division of Applied Health Sciences, University of Aberdeen ...
1 Lung and Asthma Information Agency, Division of Community Health Sciences, St George’s, University of London, UK 2 Division of Community Health Sciences: GP Section, University of Edinburgh, UK 3 ...
Background Decline in forced vital capacity (FVC) over time reliably predicts mortality in patients with idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis. The use of this measure in clinical practice is recommended by ...
Background Patients with the connective tissue disorder Ehlers-Danlos syndrome (EDS) often suffer from fatigue, excessive daytime sleepiness and impaired quality of life. Obstructive sleep apnoea (OSA ...
Respiratory Investigation Unit, Department of Medicine, Queen’s University, Kingston, Ontario, Canada Dr Denis E O’Donnell, Respiratory Investigation Unit, Department of Medicine, Queen’s University, ...
Background: Quadriceps weakness and loss of muscle mass predict mortality in chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD). It was hypothesised that a reduced quadriceps cross-sectional area could be ...
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