Perioperative Medicine, 2020 Pre-operative optimisation ‘pre-hab’ is a growing area in peri-operative medicine. This is usually undertaken with the aim of reducing post-operative complications.
William M. Ricketts +5 more
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Deaths certified as asthma and use of medical services: A national case-control study [PDF]
, 2005 This is an open access publication. The official published version can be accessed from the link below.Background: Studies have linked asthma death to either increased or decreased use of medical services.
Sturdy, PM +7 more
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Orphanet Journal of Rare Diseases, 2018 Background In 2010, the time on the lung transplant waiting list in Nantes University Hospital (NUH) was 9.2 months, compared to a French national median of about 4 months.
Isabelle Danner-Boucher +7 more
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Insects, 2023 The model organism Drosophila melanogaster, as a species of Holometabola, undergoes a series of transformations during metamorphosis. To deeply understand its development, it is crucial to study its anatomy during the key developmental stages.
Si-Pei Liu +15 more
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Influence of lung function on course of disease and response to antibiotic therapy in adult primary care patients with acute cough: a post hoc analysis of patients enrolled in a prospective multicentre study [PDF]
, 2014 BACKGROUND: In acute cough patients, impaired lung function as present in chronic lung conditions like asthma and chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) are often thought to negatively influence course of disease, but clear evidence is lacking.AIMS:
Verheij, Theo J M +22 more
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Measuring the frequency response of the honeybee thorax
Bioinspiration & Biomimetics, 2020 Insects with asynchronous flight muscles are believed to flap at the effective fundamental frequency of their thorax–wing system. Flapping in this manner leverages the natural elasticity of the thorax to reduce the energetic requirements of flight ...
Mark A. Jankauski
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Primary care summary of the British Thoracic Society Guidelines for the management of community acquired pneumonia in adults:2009 update. Endorsed by the Royal College of General Practitioners and the Primary Care Respiratory Society UK [PDF]
, 2010 The identification and management of adults presenting with pneumonia is a major challenge for primary care health professionals. This paper summarises the key recommendations of the British Thoracic Society (BTS) Guidelines for the management of ...
Woodhead, Mark A +10 more
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The IL-15 / sIL-15Rα complex modulates immunity without effect on asthma features in mouse
Respiratory Research, 2020 Background Interleukin 15 (IL-15) is a growth and modulating factor for B, T lymphocytes and natural killer cells (NK). Its action on innate and adaptive immunity is modulated by its alpha chain receptor (IL-15Rα).
Antoine Moui +6 more
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Automatic Multi-Organ Segmentation in Thorax CT Images Using U-Net-GAN
Medical Imaging, 2019 We propose a method to automatically segment multiple organs at risk (OARs) from routinely-acquired thorax CT images using generative adversarial network (GAN). Multi-label U-Net was introduced in generator to enable end-to-end segmentation.
Y. Lei +12 more
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Thorax Magnetic Resonance Imaging Findings in Patients with Coronavirus Disease (COVID-19)
Academic Radiology, 2020 Rationale and Objectives The aim of this study was to compare the findings found in thorax computed tomography (CT), which is increasingly used in the diagnosis of the important public health problem of coronavirus disease (COVID-19), and the findings of
O. Ates, O. Taydaş, H. Dheir
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