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Maternal BMI and smoking partly explain the association between maternal socio-economic position and offspring asthma

Background Numerous studies have found associations between parental socio-economic position (SEP) and offspring asthma.
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Understanding lung disease following extremely preterm birth

Individuals born extremely preterm (EP-born) must complete lung development outside the uterus, affecting the maturation and growth of airways and alveoli. They often show signs of both obstructive ...
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New NICE asthma guideline: evidence-based gold standard approach or unachievable utopia?

The number of asthma deaths among children and young people (CYP) in the UK has remained stubbornly constant despite advances in medication, delivery systems and maintenance and reliever therapy ...
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Previous tuberculosis disease as a risk factor for chronic obstructive pulmonary disease: a cross-sectional analysis of multicountry, population-based studies

Background Risk factors for COPD in high-income settings are well understood; however, less attention has been paid to contributors of COPD in low-income and middle-income countries (LMICs) such as ...
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Bronchogenic cyst infected by Pasteurella multocida following a ferret bite

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Pneumonia in low and middle income countries: progress and challenges

1 Department of Paediatrics and Child Health, Red Cross War Memorial Childrens Hospital, University of Cape Town, Cape Town, South Africa 2 National Institute for Communicable Diseases, Division of ...
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Risk factors for atopic and non-atopic asthma in school-age children from high-income and low- and middle-income countries ...
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Is late diagnosis of lung cancer inevitable? Interview study of patients’ recollections of symptoms before diagnosis

Background: A study was undertaken to explore the pathway to diagnosis among a group of patients recently diagnosed with lung cancer. Methods: A directed interview study triangulating patients’ ...
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BCG vaccination by multipuncture method

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Postoperative pulmonary complications following thoracic surgery: are there any modifiable risk factors?

2 Department of Pulmonary and Cardiac Rehabilitation, Coventry University, School of Health and Life Sciences, Coventry, UK 3 Clinical Trials Unit, Warwick Medical School, The University of Warwick, ...
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Global variation in the prevalence and severity of asthma symptoms: Phase Three of the International Study of Asthma and Allergies in Childhood (ISAAC)

Background: Phase Three of the International Study of Asthma and Allergies in Childhood (ISAAC) measured the global prevalence and severity of asthma symptoms in children. Methods: A cross-sectional ...
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Creatine supplementation during pulmonary rehabilitation in chronic obstructive pulmonary disease

Background: Skeletal muscle wasting and dysfunction are strong independent predictors of mortality in patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD). Creatine nutritional supplementation ...