Mepolizumab is a monoclonal antibody that targets interleukin-5, a key cytokine in eosinophilic inflammation. The MATINEE ...
Background Obstructive sleep apnoea (OSA) is a prevalent sleep disorder strongly associated with metabolic syndrome. Visceral ...
Objective Severe early-onset-chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (SEO-COPD) represents the most severe form of COPD that ...
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A 19-year-old female presented with complaints of cough, dyspnoea and chest pain, which had been ongoing for approximately 2 weeks. On physical examination, the patient was afebrile and ...
Introduction Physical exercise has been used to assist smoking cessation, but supervised programmes are bounded by limited ...
Introduction Acute exacerbation of interstitial lung disease (AE-ILD) often results in death and poses significant challenges in clinical management. While corticosteroids are frequently employed, the ...
Objective To determine the diagnostic accuracy of point-of-care ultrasound in suspected pulmonary embolism. Design Systematic review and meta-analysis. Data sources MEDLINE, Embase, CINAHL and ...
Reduction of the risk of asthma attacks is a major goal of current asthma management. We propose to derive a risk scale predicting asthma attacks based on the blood eosinophil count and exhaled nitric ...
Background Chronic respiratory diseases (CRD) are common, are increasing in prevalence, and cause significant morbidity and mortality worldwide. However, we have limited knowledge on causes of death ...
Purpose Malignant pleural mesothelioma (MPM) has a high symptom burden and poor survival. Evidence from other cancer types suggests some benefit in health-related quality of life (HRQoL) with early ...