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Different responses of the oral, nasal and lung microbiomes to cigarette smoke | Thorax
The airway microbiome is in proximity to the apical side of respiratory epithelia and thus forms an intimate interface between the epithelial barrier and the external environment. 1 It has been ...
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The changing face of inflammation following CFTR modulation: identifying new phenotypes of innate immunity
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Antimicrobial resistance in chronic lung infection: the road to resistance
Background Antimicrobial resistance (AMR) is a growing global health crisis and is particularly relevant to people living ...
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Identifying azithromycin responders with an individual treatment effect model in COPD
Objective Long-term azithromycin treatment effectively prevents acute exacerbations of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease ...
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Secondhand nicotine vaping at home and respiratory symptoms in young adults | Thorax
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 ...
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PM2.5 as a risk factor for sleep oxygen desaturation in COPD: identifying susceptible individuals by smoking and inflammatory phenotypes | Thorax
Background Nocturnal hypoxia is prevalent in chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) and contributes significantly to poor disease prognosis. However, its key environmental risk factors and ...
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Dual sequential testing for latent tuberculosis infection in BCG-vaccinated contacts: is it worth it? | Thorax
A pillar of the WHO End TB Strategy is targeted latent tuberculosis infection (LTBI) testing to identify persons who would benefit from TB preventive treatment (TPT).1 The WHO recommends the ...
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Basement membrane repair response biomarker PRO-C4 predicts progression in idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis: analysis of the PFBIO and PROFILE cohorts | Thorax
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 ...
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Associations of interstitial lung disease subtype and CT pattern with lung function and survival | Thorax
Background Prior work suggests different interstitial lung diseases (ILDs) that share the radiological usual interstitial pneumonia (UIP) pattern have an overall worse prognosis. However, ...
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Bacterial multiplex polymerase chain reaction tests for the diagnosis and management of pneumonia: ready for prime time? | Thorax
Background The diagnosis and management of pneumonia is often challenging due to its overlapping clinical presentations with other respiratory illnesses, low pathogen identification rates, and slow ...
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Optimised oxygenation improves functional capacity during daily activities in patients with COPD on long-term oxygen therapy: a randomised crossover trial | Thorax
Background Minimising hypoxaemia during submaximal walking tests has a positive effect on exercise capacity and dyspnoea in patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) on long-term ...
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Early phase clinical trials in pulmonary hypertension: how small is big enough? | Thorax
In this issue of Thorax , Czepiel et al report the results of a double-blind randomised controlled trial of an oral agent, hymecromone, in patients with pulmonary hypertension (PH).1 The authors ...