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BMC Pediatrics 2009, 9:69
While pediatricians claim they prescribe antibiotics due to uncertainty about diagnosis, they rarely use supporting diagnostic tests and can be influenced by parents expectations of antibiotic prescription, which highlights a risk for antibiotic overuse.

Respiratory Research 2009, 10:105
Novel cell culture protocol mimicking lung physiological conditions promotes human embryonic stem cells to differentiate into major lung epithelium cell lineages.

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BMC Geriatrics 2009, 9:47
One in four Mexicans aged 65-69 and nearly half those over 85 are so frail, as measured by a new index created from self-reported deficits, that they have an increased risk of dying in the next two years.

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BMC Emergency Medicine 2009, 9:21
A computer algorithm which inputs clinical parameters provided by ambulance staff can assess a patient's life threat risk at the moment of the emergency call with moderate accuracy and may help improve emergency responses.

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BMC Pulmonary Medicine 2009, 9:45
Oral administration of geranylgeranylacetone, an anti-ulcer drug that induces heat shock protein 70, exerts a protective effect against lung injury in a drug-induced lung fibrosis mouse model by suppressing the fibrotic reaction.

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Bronchodilator effect of deep inspiration and bronchoconstriction-triggered cough
Noriyuki Ohkura, Masaki Fujimura, Akira Tokuda, Johsuke Hara, Akihiro Hori, Masaru Nishitsuji, Miki Abo, Nobuyuki Katayama
Cough 2009, 5:9 (20November2009)
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Role of lysophosphatidic acid receptor LPA2 in the development of allergic airway inflammation in a murine model of asthma
Yutong Zhao, Jiankun Tong, Donghong He, Srikanth Pendyala, Berdyshev Evgeny, Jerold Chun, Anne I Sperling, Viswanathan Natarajan
Respiratory Research 2009, 10:114 (20November2009)
[Abstract] [Provisional PDF]

Case report
A fatal case of spinal tuberculosis mistaken for metastatic lung cancer: recalling ancient Pott's disease
Felix C Ringshausen, Andrea Tannapfel, Volkmar Nicolas, Andreas Weber, Hans-Werner Duchna, Gerhard Schultze-Werninghaus, Gernot Rohde
Annals of Clinical Microbiology and Antimicrobials 2009, 8:32 (20November2009)
[Abstract] [Provisional PDF]

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Classification of voluntary cough sound and airflow patterns for detecting abnormal pulmonary function
Ayman A Abaza, Jeremy B Day, Jeffrey S Reynolds, Ahmed M Mahmoud, W TRAVIS Goldsmith, Walter G McKinney, E LEE Petsonk, David G Frazer
Cough 2009, 5:8 (20November2009)
[Abstract] [Provisional PDF]

Case report
Relapsing macrophage activating syndrome in a 15-year-old girl with Still's disease: a case report
Meir Mizrahi, Eldad Ben-Chetrit
Journal of Medical Case Reports 2009, 3:138 (19November2009)
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