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Maternal BMI and smoking partly explain the association between maternal socio-economic position and offspring asthma

Background Numerous studies have found associations between parental socio-economic position (SEP) and offspring asthma.
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Understanding lung disease following extremely preterm birth

Individuals born extremely preterm (EP-born) must complete lung development outside the uterus, affecting the maturation and growth of airways and alveoli. They often show signs of both obstructive ...
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Pneumonia in low and middle income countries: progress and challenges

1 Department of Paediatrics and Child Health, Red Cross War Memorial Childrens Hospital, University of Cape Town, Cape Town, South Africa 2 National Institute for Communicable Diseases, Division of ...
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Is late diagnosis of lung cancer inevitable? Interview study of patients’ recollections of symptoms before diagnosis

Background: A study was undertaken to explore the pathway to diagnosis among a group of patients recently diagnosed with lung cancer. Methods: A directed interview study triangulating patients’ ...
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Initial starting dose of inhaled corticosteroids in adults with asthma: a systematic review

1 Department of Respiratory and Sleep Medicine, Hunter Medical Research Institute, John Hunter Hospital, Newcastle, NSW 2310, and Cooperative Research Centre for Asthma, Camperdown, NSW 2050, ...
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P55 Bleeding risk in patients with idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis (IPF) on nintedanib and con-current anticoagulation or antiplatelet therapy

Introduction Nintedanib, one of two approved antifibrotic treatments for patients with IPF, is a tyrosine-kinase inhibitor whose inhibition of vascular endothelial growth factor poses a theoretical ...