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CYFRA21-1 is a more sensitive biomarker to assess the severity of pulmonary alveolar proteinosis

BMC Pulmonary Medicine, 2022
Background Serum lactate dehydrogenase (LDH), carcinoembryonic antigen (CEA) and CYFRA21-1 are the commonly used biomarkers to identify patients with autoimmune pulmonary alveolar proteinosis (APAP).
Jiu-Wu Bai, Shui-Yi Gu, Xiao-Li Sun, Hai-Wen Lu, Shuo Liang, Jin-Fu Xu   +5 more
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Systems for the management of respiratory disease in primary care - an international series: United Kingdom [PDF]

, 2010
INTRODUCTION: The UK National Health Service (NHS) is essentially publicly funded through general taxation. Challenges facing the NHS include the rise in prevalence of long-term conditions and financial pressures.
Allison Worth, Mark Levy, Worth, Allison, Levy, Mark L., Fletcher, Monica, Pinnock, Hilary, Aziz Sheikh, Monica Fletcher, Hilary Pinnock, Pinnock, Hilary; id_orcid, Hoskins, Gaylor, Levy, Mark, Gaylor Hoskins, Sheikh, Aziz, Levy, Mark L   +14 more
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Altered fecal microbiome and metabolome in adult patients with non-cystic fibrosis bronchiectasis

Respiratory Research, 2022
Background Emerging experimental and epidemiological evidence highlights a crucial cross-talk between the intestinal flora and the lungs, termed the “gut-lung axis”. However, the function of the gut microbiota in bronchiectasis remains undefined. In this
Wen-Wen Wang, Bei Mao, Yang Liu, Shu-Yi Gu, Hai-Wen Lu, Jiu-Wu Bai, Shuo Liang, Jia-Wei Yang, Jian-Xiong Li, Xiao Su, Hai-Yang Hu, Chen Wang, Jin-Fu Xu   +12 more
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Pulmonary xenon-129 MRI: new opportunities to unravel enigmas in respiratory medicine [PDF]

European Respiratory Journal, 2019
129Xe MRI provides rapid, sensitive, non-invasive, high spatial resolution and simultaneous measurements of pulmonary ventilation, tissue microstructure and gas exchange, and is poised for routine clinical assessments in patients with chronic lung diseasehttp://bit.ly ...
Eddy, Rachel L, Parraga, Grace
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Diagnosing and mapping pulmonary emphysema on X-ray projection images [PDF]

, 2013
To assess whether grating-based X-ray dark-field imaging can increase the sensitivity of X-ray projection images in the diagnosis of pulmonary emphysema and allow for a more accurate assessment of emphysema distribution.
Pfeiffer, Franz, Meinel, Felix G., Schleede, Simone, Herzen, Julia, Ruth, Ronald, Nikolaou, Konstantin, Bohla, Alexander, Bech, Martin, Yildirim, Ali Ö., Reiser, Maximilian F., Auweter, Sigrid, Bamberg, Fabian, Schwab, Felix, Loewen, Rod, Gifford, Martin, Achterhold, Klaus, Eickelberg, Oliver   +16 more
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Prevalence and attributable health burden of chronic respiratory diseases, 1990–2017: a systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2017 [PDF]

, 2020
Background: Previous attempts to characterise the burden of chronic respiratory diseases have focused only on specific disease conditions, such as chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) or asthma.
GBD Chronic Respiratory Disease Collaborators, GBD Chronic Respiratory Disease Collaborators,   +1 more
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Laryngopharyngeal reflux in chronic obstructive pulmonary disease - a multi-centre study

Respiratory Research, 2020
Reflux of gastric content has been associated with recurrent exacerbations of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD). We aimed to assess the prevalence of laryngopharyngeal reflux (LPR) in COPD and if LPR is a contributing factor to clinically ...
Julia Sanchez, Desiree M. Schumann, Meropi Karakioulaki, Eleni Papakonstantinou, Frank Rassouli, Matthias Frasnelli, Martin Brutsche, Michael Tamm, Daiana Stolz   +8 more
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Risk factors for bloodstream infection (BSI) in patients with severe acute respiratory distress syndrome (ARDS) supported by veno–venous extracorporeal membrane oxygenation (VV–ECMO)

BMC Pulmonary Medicine, 2022
Background There were relatively few studies about the incidence and risk factors for bloodstream infection (BSI) in patients with severe acute respiratory distress syndrome (ARDS) supported by veno–venous extracorporeal membrane oxygenation (VV–ECMO ...
Liuting Yang, Min Li, Sichao Gu, Yingying Feng, Xu Huang, Yi Zhang, Ye Tian, Xiaojing Wu, Qingyuan Zhan, Linna Huang   +9 more
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Pulsed moxifloxacin for the prevention of exacerbations of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease: a randomized controlled trial [PDF]

, 2010
Background Acute exacerbations contribute to the morbidity and mortality associated with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD). This proof-of-concept study evaluates whether intermittent pulsed moxifloxacin treatment could reduce the frequency of ...
Jones, PW, Badenhorst J., Sethi S., Cukier A., Miravitlles, M, Sethi, S, Clancy L., Marlize Schmitt Theron, Bitter-Suermann S., Miravitlles Marc, Bettendorf A., Nadar R., Sanjay Sethi, Queguiner A., Rubinstein, E, Potena A., Naude G., PULSE Study group, Abenhaim N., Schroder-Babo W., Di Bartolo C., null null, Theron, MS, Kroemer B., Ferreyra R., del Campo F., de Oliveira J. A., Wedzicha J. A., Jones P. W., Killian J., Watz H., Millar A., Toubis M., Jadwiga A Wedzicha, Molitor S., Anzueto A., Gebhardt R., Groth G., Sanchez R. P., Peraza R. B., Sharafkhaneh A., Bassaris H., Smith C., Wilson Robert, Merida F. C., Fritscher C., Joubert J., Sethi Sanjay, Llamas F. S., Parada M., Alvarez-Sala L., Rubinstein Ethan, Raz P., Cote C., Vlastos F., Legnani D., Richter K., Menendez R., Barnes N. C., Viljoen J., Hasan S., Lalanne G., Wilson, R, Rubinstein E., Rastogi P., Elliott M., Bolio F. T., Fernandez P., Gaines S., Colberg K., Schaberg T., Harari S., Triot P., Monso E., Nieuwoudt G., Westerhausen U., Paul W Jones, Mans W., O'Connell F., Prins M., Dichmann R., Miravitlles M., Taminau D., Raz M., Ignacio J. M., Plautz M., Jones Paul W, Theron M. S., Zeltser D., Habib M., Kawley F., Jardim J. B., Linnhoff A., Weiler Z., Cutillas J. R., Wedzicha Jadwiga A, Robert Wilson, Barros M., Stockley R., Ethan Rubinstein, Wedzicha, JA, Wilson R., Mahutte C. K., Bugnas B., Littner M., Marc Miravitlles, Luna C., Theron Marlize, Hosp H. A., Pozzi E., Groth J.   +110 more
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The Role of Strain by Cardiac Magnetic Resonance Imaging in Predicting the Prognosis of Patients with Chronic Thromboembolic Pulmonary Hypertension

Clinical and Applied Thrombosis/Hemostasis, 2023
Chronic thromboembolic pulmonary hypertension (CTEPH) is characterized by thrombotic obstruction of the pulmonary arteries, and right ventricular (RV) dysfunction is a major cause of death.
Xuefei Zhang MS, Xiaojuan Guo MD, Bowen Zhang MS, Qi Yang MD, Juanni Gong MD, Suqiao Yang MD, Jifeng Li MD, Tuguang Kuang MD, Ran Miao PhD, Yuanhua Yang MD   +9 more
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