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Mashup Score: 1Long-term exposure to air pollution and severe COVID-19 in Catalonia: a population-based cohort study - Nature Communications - 12 month(s) ago
In this study, the authors investigate the relationship between exposure to air pollutants and severe COVID-19 disease using data from a cohort of ~5 million people in Catalonia, Spain. They find that long-term exposure to pollutants is associated with a higher risk of COVID-19-related hospitalization, death, intensive care admission, and length of hospital stay.
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Mashup Score: 0EXAcerbations of COPD and their OutcomeS on CardioVascular diseases (EXACOS-CV) Programme: protocol of multicountry observational cohort studies - 12 month(s) ago
Introduction In patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD), the risk of certain cardiovascular (CV) events is increased by threefold to fivefold in the year following acute exacerbation of COPD (AECOPD), compared with a non-exacerbation period. While the effect of severe AECOPD is well established, the relationship of moderate exacerbation or prior exacerbation to elevated risk of…
Source: BMJ OpenCategories: Latest Headlines, PulmonologyTweet
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Background COPD diagnosis is tightly linked to the fixed-ratio spirometry criteria of FEV1/FVC < 0.7. African-Americans are less often diagnosed with COPD. Objective Compare COPD diagnosis by fixed-ratio with findings and outcomes by race. Design Genetic Epidemiology of COPD (COPDGene) (2007–present), cross-sectional comparing non-Hispanic white (NHW) and African-American (AA) participants for...
Source: SpringerLinkCategories: Latest Headlines, PulmonologyTweet
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Background In the absence of evidence-based strategies to improve patient outcomes, the management of patients with severe idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis (IPF) exacerbations may vary widely across centres. We assessed between-hospital variation in practices and mortality for patients with severe IPF exacerbations. Methods Using the Premier Healthcare Database from 1 October 2015 to 31 December…
Source: BMJ Open Respiratory ResearchCategories: Latest Headlines, PulmonologyTweet
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Mashup Score: 0Differences in Self-Reported Food Allergy and Food-Associated Anaphylaxis by Race and Ethnicity Among SAPPHIRE Cohort Participants - 1 year(s) ago
Although food allergies are considered common, relatively little is known about disparities in food allergy by race in the United States.
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Recent observational studies suggest that the leukotriene receptor antagonist montelukast may have neuropsychiatric adverse effects, however, results are conflicting.
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Mashup Score: 0Switch patterns in a cohort of individuals with asthma who received omalizumab or mepolizumab therapy - 1 year(s) ago
As more monoclonal antibodies become approved for the treatment of asthma and given that many individuals will be eligible for multiple biologics,1,2 there are ample opportunities to switch between biologics. Switching may reflect the lack of effectiveness and/or poor tolerability of the initial biologic. We evaluated the all-cause switch patterns of omalizumab and mepolizumab as an indicator of…
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Mashup Score: 1Smoking, e-cigarettes and the effect on respiratory symptoms among a population sample of youth: Retrospective cohort study - 1 year(s) ago
E-cigarettes have been steadily increasing in popularity, both as cessation methods for smoking and for recreational and social reasons. This increase in vaping may pose cardiovascular and respiratory risks. We aimed to assess respiratory symptoms in …
Source: PubMed Central (PMC)Categories: Latest Headlines, PulmonologyTweet
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In critically ill patients receiving at least 2 days of invasive mechanical ventilation, only 65% were weaned at 90 days. A better understanding of factors that delay the weaning process, such as delays in weaning initiation or excessive sedation levels, might improve weaning success rates.
Source: The Lancet Respiratory MedicineCategories: Latest Headlines, PulmonologyTweet
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Mashup Score: 0Self-reported insufficient sleep is associated with clinical and inflammatory features of asthma: a prospective cohort study - 1 year(s) ago
A few studies have explored the association between short sleep duration and worse asthma outcomes in patients with self-reported asthma; however, all of them were cross-sectional.
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