Methods/Design: This is to be a randomized, multicentre, open-label clinical trial. A total of 444 smokers over 40 years of age will be recruited by 39 general practitioners from 22 health centers ...

A sample of 444 people will be recruited. The sample size calculation was based on assuming a level of significance of 5%, a quit rate after brief anti-smoking intervention only (control group) of ...

Recommended management of asthma, including appropriate diagnostic steps and use of fractional exhaled nitric oxide (FeNO) in ...

On May 6, 2025, the Global Initiative For Asthma (GINA) published the 2025 update to their Global Strategy for Asthma ...

Breathing should be effortless . But for millions, conditions like asthma and COPD (Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease) ...

Conclusion This review consistently found elevated R5-R20 levels in small airway disease across all obstructive lung diseases, even with normal spirometry. A mean X5 value of ≤ -0.1kPa/L/s could ...

Spirometry results were within normal limits with forced expiratory volume in one second (FEV1) of 82%, forced vital capacity (FVC) of 84%, total lung capacity (TLC) of 80% and diffusion capacity of ...

Aim: The aim of this study was to evaluate the safety and outcomes of antireflux surgery in lung transplant recipients (LTRs) with BOS and associated gastroesophageal reflux disease (GERD). Materials ...

The currently accepted normal range for the 24-hour thyroidal radioiodine uptake at the National Institutes of Health Clinical Center is 9 to 32 per cent (95 per cent range for 30 euthyroid adults ...

Rory McIlroy has looked a shadow of the player that won the Masters just two months ago - and Paul McGinley is not confident about his US Open chances after seeing his press conference ...

Visit-to-visit FEV1 variation was found to be a mortality risk factor among 9/11 FDNY rescue and recovery workers.

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