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Background Antimicrobial resistance (AMR) is a growing global health crisis and is particularly relevant to people living ...
Objective Long-term azithromycin treatment effectively prevents acute exacerbations of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease ...
Objectives Infliximab, an anti-TNF agent, is used to treat sarcoidosis that does not respond to corticosteroids or second-line agents. The efficacy of other anti-TNF agents, non-TNF biologics and ...
Rationale Surgeries that require one-lung ventilation have high rates of postoperative cardiopulmonary complications with associated morbidity and mortality. Statins may limit inflammation involved in ...
Rationale Despite high prevalence of e-cigarette use (vaping), little is currently known regarding the health effects of secondhand nicotine vape exposure. Objective To investigate whether exposure to ...
Background Idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis (IPF) is characterised by damage to the epithelial layer, closely associated with the alveolar basement membrane (BM). We aimed to investigate how type IV ...
Introduction We have developed a Simian Immunodeficiency Virus (SIV)-based lentiviral vector pseudotyped with the Sendai-virus envelope glycoproteins (F/HN) (rSIV.F/HN) that is effective at ...
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Introduction and Objectives The interaction between hospitalisation for acute lower respiratory tract infection (LRTI), COPD status, and subsequent ACS is infrequently reported. Proposed mechanisms ...
Background There is emerging evidence suggesting a link between ambient heat exposure and chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) hospitalisations. Individual and contextual characteristics can ...
British Thoracic Society guideline for the use of long-term macrolides in adults with respiratory disease ...
Background Epithelial to mesenchymal transition (EMT) is associated with the pathophysiology of chronic rhinosinusitis with nasal polyp (CRSwNP). Wnt signaling is causative for EMT, whereas the ...