Internal Medicine - Pulmonology News & Articles

861 Efficacy of cytisine in helping smokers quit: systematic review and meta-analysis Thorax, February 22, 2013    Evidence Based Medicine    Review Article

862 Changes in physiological, functional and structural markers of cystic fibrosis lung disease with treatment of a pulmonary exacerbation Thorax, February 22, 2013    Clinical Article

863 No room to breathe: the importance of lung hyperinflation in COPD Full Text Primary Care Respiratory Journal, February 22, 2013    Review Article

864 Safety and immunogenicity of the recombinant BCG vaccine VPM1002 in a phase 1 open-label randomized clinical trial Vaccine , February 22, 2013    Clinical Article

865 Nebulized arformoterol: what is its place in the management of COPD? Therapeutic Advances in Respiratory Disease, February 22, 2013    Clinical Article

866 Bronchoscopic staging of lung cancer Therapeutic Advances in Respiratory Disease, February 22, 2013    Review Article

867 Recruiting and retaining general practitioners to a primary care asthma-intervention study in Australia The Australian Journal of Primary Health, February 22, 2013    Review Article

868 The [beta]2 agonist debate: is there still a problem Current Opinion in Allergy and Clinical Immunology, February 22, 2013    Evidence Based Medicine    Review Article

869 Nodular Pulmonary Amyloidosis Is Characterized by Localized Immunoglobulin Deposition and Is Frequently Associated With an Indolent B-cell Lymphoproliferative Disorder American Journal of Surgical Pathology , February 22, 2013    Review Article

870 Incremental shuttle walk test in the assessment of patients with obstructive sleep apnoea-hypopnoea syndrome Journal of Sleep Research, February 22, 2013    Clinical Article

871 Attentional control is partially impaired in obstructive sleep apnoea syndrome Journal of Sleep Research, February 22, 2013    Review Article

872 Association of levofloxacin resistance with mortality in adult patients with invasive pneumococcal diseases: a post hoc analysis of a prospective cohort Infection, February 22, 2013    Evidence Based Medicine

873 Simple aspiration and drainage and intrapleural minocycline pleurodesis versus simple aspiration and drainage for the initial treatment of primary spontaneous pneumothorax: an open-label, parallel-group, prospective, randomised, controlled trial The Lancet, February 21, 2013    Clinical Article

874 Environmental conditions, immunologic phenotypes, atopy, and asthma: New evidence of how hygiene hypothesis operates in Latin America The Journal of Allergy and Clinical Immunology, February 21, 2013    Review Article

875 Breathing Pattern and Chest Wall Kinematics during Phonation in Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease Patients Respiration, February 21, 2013    Clinical Article

876 A possible role for CD8+ and non-CD8+ cell granzyme B in early small airway wall remodeling in centrilobular emphysema Respirology, February 21, 2013    Clinical Article

877 Obstructive sleep apnoea syndrome is associated with relative hypocortisolemia and decreased hypothalamo–pituitary–adrenal axis response to 1 and 250μg ACTH and glucagon stimulation tests Sleep Medicine, February 21, 2013    Clinical Article

878 Lung cancer survival and stage at diagnosis in Australia, Canada, Denmark, Norway, Sweden and the UK: a population-based study, 2004-2007 Thorax, February 21, 2013    Clinical Article

879 Long-term multicentre randomised controlled study of high frequency chest wall oscillation versus positive expiratory pressure mask in cystic fibrosis Thorax, February 21, 2013    Clinical Article

880 Appearance of remodelled and dendritic cell-rich alveolar-lymphoid interfaces provides a structural basis for increased alveolar antigen uptake in chronic obstructive pulmonary disease Thorax, February 21, 2013    Clinical Article

1 Regular treatment with salmeterol and inhaled steroids for chronic asthma: serious adverse events Cochrane Reviews, April 2, 2013    Review Article

2 Pulmonary hypertension: diagnosis and management British Medical Journal, April 23, 2013    Review Article

3 Three phenotypes of adult-onset asthma Allergy, April 19, 2013    Review Article

4 Cardiovascular events after clarithromycin use in lower respiratory tract infections: analysis of two prospective cohort studies British Medical Journal, April 10, 2013    Free full text

5 Does aspirin use prevent acute coronary syndrome in patients with pneumonia: multicenter prospective randomized trial Coronary Artery Disease, April 12, 2013

6 Effect of Azithromycin Maintenance Treatment on Infectious Exacerbations Among Patients With Non–Cystic Fibrosis Bronchiectasis: The BAT Randomized Controlled Trial JAMA, March 27, 2013    Evidence Based Medicine

7 Peripheral lung function in patients with stable and unstable asthma The Journal of Allergy and Clinical Immunology, April 8, 2013

8 Invasive mechanical ventilation in acute coronary syndromes in the era of percutaneous coronary intervention European Heart Journal: Acute Cardiovascular Care, April 16, 2013

9 Inhaled corticosteroids for subacute and chronic cough in adults Cochrane Reviews, April 11, 2013

10 Lack of a relation between serum 25(OH)D concentrations and asthma in adolescents American Journal of Clinical Nutrition, April 18, 2013

11 Asthma outcomes and costs of therapy with extrafine beclomethasone and fluticasone The Journal of Allergy and Clinical Immunology, April 16, 2013

12 Predictors of early dyspnoea relief in acute heart failure and the association with 30-day outcomes: findings from ASCEND-HF European Journal of Heart Failure, March 27, 2013

13 Sublingual Immunotherapy for the Treatment of Allergic Rhinoconjunctivitis and Asthma: A Systematic Review JAMA, March 27, 2013    Evidence Based Medicine

14 Application of appropriateness criteria for hospitalization in COPD exacerbation Internal and Emergency Medicine, April 5, 2013

15 Ciclesonide versus other inhaled corticosteroids for chronic asthma in children Cochrane Reviews, March 7, 2013    Review Article

16 Effect of Long-term, Low-Dose Erythromycin on Pulmonary Exacerbations Among Patients With Non–Cystic Fibrosis Bronchiectasis: The BLESS Randomized Controlled Trial JAMA, March 27, 2013    Evidence Based Medicine

17 Identification of patients with low-risk pulmonary embolism suitable for outpatient treatment using the pulmonary embolism severity index (PESI) Irish Journal of Medical Science, March 26, 2013

18 Linezolid versus vancomycin or teicoplanin for nosocomial pneumonia: meta-analysis of randomised controlled trials European Journal of Clinical Microbiology & Infectious Diseases, April 10, 2013    Evidence Based Medicine

19 Characteristics of Lung Cancers Detected by Computer Tomography Screening in the Randomized NELSON Trial American Journal of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine, April 18, 2013

20 Combination therapy in the management of pulmonary arterial hypertension International Journal of Clinical Practice, April 15, 2013    Review Article