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787 Accesses
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The benefits of exercise training in interstitial lung disease: protocol for a multicentre randomised controlled trial
Leona Dowman, Christine F McDonald, Catherine Hill, Annemarie Lee, Kathryn Barker, Claire Boote, Ian Glaspole, Nicole Goh, Annemarie Southcott, Angela Burge, Rebecca Ndongo, Alicia Martin, Anne E Holland BMC Pulmonary Medicine 2013, 13:8 (1 February 2013)
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Finding an alternative diagnosis does not justify increased use of CT-pulmonary angiography
Subani Chandra, Pralay K Sarkar, Divay Chandra, Nicole E Ginsberg, Rubin I Cohen BMC Pulmonary Medicine 2013, 13:9 (7 February 2013)
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Editor’s summary
Computed tomography pulmonary angiography (CTPA) to investigate alternative pulmonary diagnoses in patients with suspected pulmonary embolus have a low incidence of identifying an alternative pathology, suggesting that increased use of CPTA is not justified.
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683 Accesses
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Efficacy and safety of moxifloxacin in acute exacerbations of chronic bronchitis: a prospective, multicenter, observational study (AVANTI)
Alexander Chuchalin, Maryna Zakharova, Dejan Dokic, Mahir Tokić, Hans-Peter Marschall, Thomas Petri BMC Pulmonary Medicine 2013, 13:5 (23 January 2013)
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Prevalence of obstructive sleep apnea in Asian adults: a systematic review of the literature
Aibek E Mirrakhimov, Talant Sooronbaev, Erkin M Mirrakhimov BMC Pulmonary Medicine 2013, 13:10 (23 February 2013)
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Beta-blocker use and COPD mortality: a systematic review and meta-analysis
Mahyar Etminan, Siavash Jafari, Bruce Carleton, John FitzGerald BMC Pulmonary Medicine 2012, 12:48 (4 September 2012)
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Economic burden of asthma: a systematic review
Katayoun Bahadori, Mary M Doyle-Waters, Carlo Marra, Larry Lynd, Kadria Alasaly, John Swiston, J Mark FitzGerald BMC Pulmonary Medicine 2009, 9:24 (19 May 2009)
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Evaluation of the effectiveness of manual chest physiotherapy techniques on quality of life at six months post exacerbation of COPD (MATREX): a randomised controlled equivalence trial
Jane L Cross, Frances Elender, Gary Barton, Allan Clark, Lee Shepstone, Annie Blyth, Max O Bachmann, Ian Harvey BMC Pulmonary Medicine 2012, 12:33 (2 July 2012)
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Long-term (5 year) safety of bronchial thermoplasty: Asthma Intervention Research (AIR) trial
Neil C Thomson, Adalberto S Rubin, Robert M Niven, Paul A Corris, Hans Siersted, Ronald Olivenstein, Ian D Pavord, David McCormack, Michel Laviolette, Narinder S Shargill, Gerard Cox, the AIR Trial Study Group BMC Pulmonary Medicine 2011, 11:8 (11 February 2011)
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369 Accesses
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Post tracheostomy and post intubation tracheal stenosis: Report of 31 cases and review of the literature
Nikolaos Zias, Alexandra Chroneou, Maher K Tabba, Anne V Gonzalez, Anthony W Gray, Carla R Lamb, David R Riker, John F Beamis BMC Pulmonary Medicine 2008, 8:18 (21 September 2008)
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Fluticasone/formoterol combination therapy is as effective as fluticasone/salmeterol in the treatment of asthma, but has a more rapid onset of action: an open-label, randomized study
Anna Bodzenta-Lukaszyk, Andrzej Dymek, Kirsten McAulay, Heikki Mansikka BMC Pulmonary Medicine 2011, 11:28 (23 May 2011)
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322 Accesses
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Aerosolized amikacin for treatment of pulmonary Mycobacterium avium infections: an observational case series
Kala K Davis, Peter N Kao, Susan S Jacobs, Stephen J Ruoss BMC Pulmonary Medicine 2007, 7:2 (23 February 2007)
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315 Accesses
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The six minute walk test accurately estimates mean peak oxygen uptake
Robert M Ross, Jayasimha N Murthy, Istvan D Wollak, Andrew S Jackson BMC Pulmonary Medicine 2010, 10:31 (26 May 2010)
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Assessing health status in COPD. A head-to-head comparison between the COPD assessment test (CAT) and the clinical COPD questionnaire (CCQ)
Ioanna G Tsiligianni, Thys van der Molen, Despoina Moraitaki, Ilaine Lopez, Janwillem WH Kocks, Konstantinos Karagiannis, Nikolaos Siafakas, Nikolaos Tzanakis BMC Pulmonary Medicine 2012, 12:20 (20 May 2012)
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275 Accesses
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Translation and validation of Berlin questionnaire in primary health care in Greece
Izolde Bouloukaki, Ioannis D Komninos, Charalampos Mermigkis, Katerina Micheli, Maria Komninou, Violeta Moniaki, Eleni Mauroudi, Nikolaos M Siafakas, Sophia E Schiza BMC Pulmonary Medicine 2013, 13:6 (24 January 2013)
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253 Accesses
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Can asthma control be improved by understanding the patient's perspective?
Rob Horne, David Price, Jen Cleland, Rui Costa, Donna Covey, Kevin Gruffydd-Jones, John Haughney, Svein Henrichsen, Alan Kaplan, Arnulf Langhammer, Anders Østrem, Mike Thomas, Thys van der Molen, J Christian Virchow, Siân Williams BMC Pulmonary Medicine 2007, 7:8 (22 May 2007)
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Idiopathic pleuroparenchymal fibroelastosis: consideration of a clinicopathological entity in a series of Japanese patients
Hideki Kusagaya, Yutaro Nakamura, Masato Kono, Yusuke Kaida, Shigeki Kuroishi, Noriyuki Enomoto, Tomoyuki Fujisawa, Naoki Koshimizu, Koshi Yokomura, Naoki Inui, Takafumi Suda, Thomas V Colby, Kingo Chida BMC Pulmonary Medicine 2012, 12:72 (5 December 2012)
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Unilateral phrenic nerve lesion in Lyme neuroborreliosis
Marija Djukic, Jörg Larsen, Paul Lingor, Roland Nau BMC Pulmonary Medicine 2013, 13:4 (18 January 2013)
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235 Accesses
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Rapid effects of extrafine beclomethasone dipropionate/formoterol fixed combination inhaler on airway inflammation and bronchoconstriction in asthma: a randomised controlled trial
Brian J O'Connor, Sara Collarini, Gianluigi Poli, Caterina Brindicci, Monica Spinola, Daniela Acerbi, Peter J Barnes, Brian Leaker BMC Pulmonary Medicine 2011, 11:60 (21 December 2011)
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224 Accesses
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Factors associated with patient visits to the emergency department for asthma therapy
Hamdan AL-Jahdali, Ahmed Anwar, Abdullah AL-Harbi, Salim Baharoon, Rabih Halwani, Abdulllah Al Shimemeri, Saleh Al-Muhsen BMC Pulmonary Medicine 2012, 12:80 (17 December 2012)
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Massive right-sided hemorrhagic pleural effusion due to pancreatitis; a case report
Mohammad Namazi, Ashkan Mowla BMC Pulmonary Medicine 2004, 4:1 (17 February 2004)
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Psychosocial risk factors for hospital readmission in COPD patients on early discharge services: a cohort study
Peter A Coventry, Isla Gemmell, Christopher J Todd BMC Pulmonary Medicine 2011, 11:49 (4 November 2011)
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Pulmonary focal fibrosis associated with microscopic arterio-venous fistula manifesting as focal ground-glass opacity on thin-section CT
Noriko Sudo, Atsushi Nambu, Takana Yamakawa, Masashi Kawamoto, Shozo Fujino, Masato Watanabe, Kunio Mizuguchi, Masao Tago BMC Pulmonary Medicine 2013, 13:3 (14 January 2013)
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210 Accesses
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Th1/Th2 cytokine pattern in bronchoalveolar lavage fluid and induced sputum in pulmonary sarcoidosis
Ioanna Tsiligianni, Katerina M Antoniou, Despina Kyriakou, Nikolaos Tzanakis, George Chrysofakis, Nikolaos M Siafakas, Demosthenes Bouros BMC Pulmonary Medicine 2005, 5:8 (24 June 2005)
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People with pulmonary sarcoidosis have an increased number of CD4+ -IFN gamma producing cells in induced sputum and bronchoalveolar lavage fluid compared to healthy controls.
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208 Accesses
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Diagnostic accuracy of spirometry in primary care
Antonius Schneider, Lena Gindner, Lisa Tilemann, Tjard Schermer, Geert-Jan Dinant, Franz Meyer, Joachim Szecsenyi BMC Pulmonary Medicine 2009, 9:31 (10 July 2009)
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Improving lung cancer survival; time to move on
Marlies E Heuvers, Joost P Hegmans, Bruno H Stricker, Joachim G Aerts BMC Pulmonary Medicine 2012, 12:77 (13 December 2012)
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