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Extreme value analysis has the potential to improve spirometry interpretation

Background Spirometry is a measure of lung function used to make clinical decisions regarding the diagnosis and management of ...
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Upstaging of screen-detected lung cancers during diagnostic assessment

A key outcome from lung cancer screening studies is the concept of ‘stage-shift’ seen in screen-detected cancers compared ...
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Frailty, comorbidity and survival comparisons between populations eligible for screening according to risk factor versus risk score criteria: results from the Yorkshir…

Background Lung cancer screening is effective for people at higher risk of the disease, but there is no international ...
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Airway microbiota in young people across four continents differ by country, asthma status and inflammatory phenotype

Background Asthma is an umbrella diagnosis encompassing distinct pathophysiological mechanisms. While a global problem, our ...
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Minimal important difference of quadriceps maximal voluntary contraction (QMVC) in COPD: a prospective cohort study

Background Quadriceps maximal voluntary contraction (QMVC) reliably measures quadriceps muscle force and predicts mortality in chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD). However, the minimal ...
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Clinical impact of customised positive airway pressure (PAP) therapy interfaces (3DPiPPIn): a single site randomised controlled trial

Introduction Positive airway pressure (PAP) therapy is the recognised treatment for sleep disordered breathing (SDB), delivered via a tight-fitting face mask (interface). Conventional interfaces do ...
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Home-based rehabilitation for COPD using minimal resources: a randomised, controlled equivalence trial

4 The Nossal Institute for Global Health, The University of Melbourne, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia Background Pulmonary rehabilitation is a cornerstone of care for COPD but uptake of traditional ...
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Physical rehabilitation interventions for adult patients during critical illness: an overview of systematic reviews

2 Centre for Human and Aerospace Physiological Sciences, King's College London, London, UK 3 Guy's & St Thomas’ NHS Foundation Trust and King's College London, National Institute of Health Research ...
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Mobile health pulmonary rehabilitation (m-PR): a randomised controlled equivalence trial

Background Mobile health (mHealth) is a novel model of care that may overcome barriers to pulmonary rehabilitation (PR) access. This study determined if mHealth PR was equivalent to centre-based PR ...
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Multidisciplinary, non-pharmacological breathlessness intervention service for patients with moderately severe to severe COPD: a randomised controlled trial

Background Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) is an often-progressive respiratory disease associated with disabling breathlessness. Breathlessness intervention services (BIS), which coach ...
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Measurement properties of the sit-to-stand test in community-dwelling people with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease: a COSMIN systematic review ...
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Rates of asthma exacerbations and mortality and associated factors in Uganda: a 2-year prospective cohort study

Data on asthma treatment outcomes in Africa are limited. 449 patients with asthma (age 5–93 years) in Uganda were followed up for 2 years to determine rates of exacerbations and mortality and ...