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Short-Term Effects of Ambient Air Pollution on Hospitalization for Respiratory Disease in Taiyuan, China: A Time-Series Analysis [PDF]

International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, 2018
In this study, we estimated the short-term effects of ambient air pollution on respiratory disease hospitalization in Taiyuan, China. Daily data of respiratory disease hospitalization, daily concentration of ambient air pollutants and meteorological ...
L. Luo, Yunquan Zhang, Junfeng Jiang, Hanghang Luan, Chuanhua Yu, Peihong Nan, Bin Luo, Mao You   +7 more
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The impact of the COVID‐19 pandemic on the care of pulmonary hypertension patients outside the Hubei province in China

Pulmonary Circulation, 2022
The Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID‐19) pandemic has severely affected the lives of people around the world, especially some patients with severe chronic diseases.
Yuqin Chen, Bihua Zhong, Qian Jiang, Yilin Chen, Wenjun He, Ning Lai, Dansha Zhou, Jiahao He, Yiting Yao, Yi Shen, Juan Li, Jianuo Yang, Zhe Zhang, Ran Ma, Jian Wang, Chunli Liu   +15 more
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Respiratory disease in rhesus macaques inoculated with SARS-CoV-2

Nature, 2020
An outbreak of coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19), which is caused by a novel coronavirus (named SARS-CoV-2) and has a case fatality rate of approximately 2%, started in Wuhan (China) in December 2019 1 , 2 . Following an unprecedented global spread 3 ,
V. Munster, F. Feldmann, Brandi N. Williamson, N. van Doremalen, L. Pérez-Pérez, Jonathan E. Schulz, Kimberly Meade-White, A. Okumura, Julie A. Callison, Beniah Brumbaugh, V. Avanzato, Rebecca Rosenke, P. Hanley, G. Saturday, D. Scott, E. Fischer, E. de Wit   +16 more
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Respiratory syncytial virus disease burden in adults aged 60 years and older in high‐income countries: A systematic literature review and meta‐analysis

Influenza and Other Respiratory Viruses, 2022
Respiratory syncytial virus (RSV)‐associated acute respiratory infection (ARI) is an underrecognized cause of illness in older adults. We conducted a systematic literature review and meta‐analysis to estimate the RSV disease burden in adults ≥60 years in
M. Savic, Y. Penders, T. Shi, A. Branche, J. Pirçon   +4 more
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Retrospective study of pleural parasitic infestations: a practical diagnostic approach

BMC Infectious Diseases, 2019
Background Pleural parasitic infestation (PPI) is a disease prevalent in certain parts of the world. It is frequently misdiagnosed due to its lack of standardized diagnostic criteria. The purpose of this study was to evaluate the clinical characteristics
Jinlin Wang, Weizhan Luo, Panxiao Shen, Jianxing He, Yunxiang Zeng   +4 more
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Clinical characteristics of airway impairment assessed by impulse oscillometry in patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease: findings from the ECOPD study in China

BMC Pulmonary Medicine, 2023
Background The role of airway impairment assessed by impulse oscillometry (IOS) in patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) remains unclear.
Lifei Lu, Jieqi Peng, Fan Wu, Huajing Yang, Youlan Zheng, Zhishan Deng, Ningning Zhao, Cuiqiong Dai, Shan Xiao, Xiang Wen, Jianwu Xu, Xiaohui Wu, Kunning Zhou, Pixin Ran, Yumin Zhou   +14 more
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Multilocus sequence typing of a global collection of pasteurella multocida isolates from cattle and other host species demonstrates niche association [PDF]

, 2011
Background- Pasteurella multocida causes disease in many host species throughout the world. In bovids, it contributes to bovine respiratory disease (BRD) and causes haemorrhagic septicaemia (HS).
Hodgson, J.C., Hotchkiss, E.J., Lainson, F.A., Zadoks, R.N.   +3 more
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Autofluorescence bronchoscopy to identify pre-cancerous bronchial lesions

Monaldi Archives for Chest Disease, 2005
Background. This study aimed to assess the diagnostic yield of autofluorescence bronchoscopy (AFB) in the detection of pre-cancerous bronchial lesions in a non-selected sample of patients. Methods.
L. Fuso, G. Pagliari, V. Boniello, A. Trovè, F. Varone, A. Longobardi, S. Basso, L. Trodella   +7 more
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Cytological and histological diagnosis of lung cancer in Sardinia and Italy in the 1990s

Monaldi Archives for Chest Disease, 2016
Background. Up to 30-50% of all lung cancer cases remain without cyto-histological characterisation. The aim of our study was to evaluate retrospectively the proportion of histological and/or cytological diagnosis in patients with lung cancer in Sardinia.
P. Pirina, M. Budroni, S. Esposito, S. Ostera, M.F. Polo, L. Santoru, G. Madeddu, A.G. Fois, G.C. Ginesu, G. Padua, F. Tanda, F. Ginesu   +11 more
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Preserved ratio impaired spirometry is associated with small airway dysfunction and reduced total lung capacity

Respiratory Research, 2022
Background: Preserved ratio impaired spirometry (PRISm) refers to decreased forced expiratory volume in 1 s (FEV1) in the setting of preserved ratio. Little is known about the role of PRISm and its complex relation with small airway dysfunction (SAD) and
Ningning Zhao, Fan Wu, Jieqi Peng, Youlan Zheng, Heshen Tian, Huajing Yang, Zhishan Deng, Zihui Wang, Haiqing Li, Xiang Wen, Shan Xiao, Peiyu Huang, Cuiqiong Dai, Lifei Lu, Kunning Zhou, Shengtang Chen, Yumin Zhou, Pixin Ran   +17 more
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