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Study protocol for a randomised controlled trial of electronic cigarettes versus nicotine patch for smoking cessation

, 2013
PMCID: PMC3602285This is an Open Access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0), which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided ...
Hayden McRobbie, Varsha Parag, Natalie Walker, Murray Laugesen, Walker, N, Bullen, C, Parag, V, Laugesen, M, Jonathan Williman, McRobbie, H, Chris Bullen, Howe, C, Colin Howe, Williman, J   +13 more
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Electronic cigarettes and lung toxicity

Southwest Respiratory and Critical Care Chronicles, 2017
The use of electronic cigarettes (e-cigarettes) in the United States has steadily increased since their introduction into the market in 2007. These devices deliver nicotine through the vaporization of a liquid which contains a vehicle (propylene glycol ...
Terrance Rodrigues, Eric Deal, Kenneth Nugent, J. Drew Payne   +3 more
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Evaluating a Pragmatic Strength Alternative for Frailty Measurement and Assessing Its Predictive Capacity Against Established Frailty Instruments in Rheumatoid Arthritis

Arthritis Care &Research, EarlyView.
Objective Frailty occurs prematurely in rheumatoid arthritis (RA) and is associated with poor health outcomes. We compared the performance of four frailty instruments, including a pragmatic alternative measure using chair sit‐to‐stand (STS), and evaluated their abilities to predict poor health outcomes.
Kylie E. Riggles, Hannah F. Brubeck, Adrienne D. Tanus, Courtney N. Loecker, Punyasha Roul, Bryant R. England, Elizabeth R. Wahl, James S. Andrews, Namrata Singh, Joshua F. Baker, Patricia P. Katz, Dolores M. Shoback, Jose M. Garcia, Ariela R. Orkaby, Katherine D. Wysham   +14 more
wiley   +1 more source

Electronic Cigarette Use in 12 European Countries: Results From the TackSHS Survey

Journal of Epidemiology, 2023
Background: Limited data on electronic cigarette prevalence, patterns, and settings of use are available from several European countries. Methods: Within the TackSHS project, a face-to-face survey was conducted in 2017–2018 in 12 European countries ...
Silvano Gallus, Alessandra Lugo, Chiara Stival, Sonia Cerrai, Luke Clancy, Filippos T. Filippidis, Giuseppe Gorini, Maria José Lopez, Ángel López-Nicolás, Sabrina Molinaro, Anna Odone, Joan B. Soriano, Olena Tigova, Piet A. van den Brandt, Constantine I. Vardavas, Esteve Fernandez, the TackSHS Project Investigators   +16 more
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Electronic cigarette (e-cigarette)

Journal of Oncological Science, 2016
Electronic cigarette (e-cigarette) is a device developed with an intent to enable smokers to quit smoking and avoid the unhealthful effects of cigarettes. The popularity of e-cigarette has increased rapidly in recent years. The increase in its use during the adolescence period is attention-grabbing.
Erdinc Nayir, Burak Karacabey, Onder Kirca, Mustafa Ozdogan   +3 more
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Developing and Evaluating a Laboratory‐Based Frailty Index for the Prediction of Long‐Term Health Outcomes in Systemic Lupus Erythematosus

Arthritis Care &Research, EarlyView.
Objective We aimed to construct and evaluate the first laboratory‐based frailty index (FI‐Lab) for predicting adverse outcomes in systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE) and to compare its predictive ability to that of an existing clinical FI. Methods We used data from a single‐center prospective cohort of adult patients with SLE whose baseline visit ...
Grace Burns, Samuel D. Searle, Alexandra Legge   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

Characteristics and Outcomes of Male Participants in a Multicenter Longitudinal Australian Study Cohort

Arthritis Care &Research, EarlyView.
Objective The aim of this study was to determine the differences in demographic, serologic, and clinical characteristics between male and female patients with systemic sclerosis (SSc) in an Australian cohort. Methods This was a retrospective observational study using data from the Australian Scleroderma Cohort Study.
Emily Lin, Dylan Hansen, Laura Ross, Gene‐Siew Ngian, Susanna Proudman, Gabor Major, Maryam Tabesh, Mandana Nikpour, Jennifer Walker, Lauren Host, Nava Ferdowsi, Alannah Quinlivan, Wendy Stevens, Joanne Sahhar, Diane Apostolopoulos   +14 more
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Adverse Cardiovascular Effects of Nicotine Delivered by Chronic Electronic Cigarettes or Standard Cigarettes Captured by Cardiovascular Intrinsic Frequencies

Journal of the American Heart Association: Cardiovascular and Cerebrovascular Disease
Background Electronic cigarettes have gained popularity as a nicotine delivery system, which has been recommended by some as an aid to help people quit traditional smoking.
Rashid Alavi, Wangde Dai, Sohrab P. Mazandarani, Rebecca J. Arechavala, David A. Herman, Michael T. Kleinman, Robert A. Kloner, Niema M. Pahlevan   +7 more
doaj   +1 more source

Ballistic trauma from an exploding electronic cigarette: Case report

Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery Cases, 2017
Electronic cigarettes (e-cigarettes) first became available in the United States in 2007, and since that time, the number of e-cigarette users in the US has grown to over 2.5 million.
Christopher Ban, DMD, Deepak G. Krishnan, DDS, FACS, Yasmine Abdallah, BS   +2 more
doaj   +1 more source

Macrophage Extracellular Traps in Immunity and Cancer

Advanced Science, EarlyView.
As a macrophage‐mediated innate defense mechanism, the dysregulated release of METs drives chronic inflammation and influences tumor progression. Furthermore, METs exhibit a functional duality within the tumor microenvironment, capable of both promoting and suppressing tumor development.
Junyao Li, Eugenie Nepovimova, Adam Grundel, Lukas Peter, Qinghua Wu, Kamil Kuca   +5 more
wiley   +1 more source