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1 Department of Paediatrics, Prince of Wales Hospital, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Shatin, Hong Kong 2 Department of Psychiatry, Shatin Hospital, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Shatin, ...
Background: There is little previous information of the effects of size fractioned particulate air pollution and source specific fine particles (PM 2.5; <2.5 μm) on asthma and chronic obstructive ...
4 Department of Respiratory Medicine, Royal Prince Alfred Hospital, Sydney, Australia Correspondence to: Dr D Breen, Intensive Care Unit, Royal Prince Alfred Hospital, Missenden Road, Camperdown, NSW ...
Introduction Chest binders are garments used for compression of breast tissue by transgender individuals. Deleterious consequences of binder reported include shortness of breath with associated ...
1 Accident and Emergency Medicine Academic Unit, Chinese University of Hong Kong, Prince of Wales Hospital, Shatin, NT, Hong Kong 2 Department of Medicine and Therapeutics, Chinese University of Hong ...
Dr S R Durham, Respiratory Medicine, Imperial College School of Medicine at National Heart and Lung Institute, Dovehouse Street, London SW3 6LY, UK. BACKGROUND Bronchiectasis is a chronic suppurative ...
Correspondence to Dr Mohsen Sadatsafavi, Faculty of Pharmaceutical Sciences, The University of British Columbia, Vancouver, BC V6T 1Z4, Canada; msafavi{at}mail.ubc.ca Background Low-dose oral ...
The British Thoracic Society (BTS) Home Oxygen Guideline provides detailed evidence-based guidance for the use of home oxygen for patients out of hospital. Although the majority of evidence comes from ...
Department of Gerontology and Geriatrics, Leiden University Medical Centre, Leiden, The Netherlands Dr J Gussekloo, Department of Public Health and Primary Care, Leiden University Medical Center, Post ...
a Institute for Medical Technology Assessment, Erasmus University Rotterdam, 3000 DR Rotterdam, The Netherlands, b Atrium Hospital, Heerlen, The Netherlands Dr M Rutten-van Mölken. BACKGROUND The ...
Department of Complementary Medicine, School of Sport and Health Studies, University of Exeter, Exeter EX2 4NT, UK Correspondence to: Dr A Huntley, Department of Complementary Medicine, School of ...
11 NIHR Health Protection Research Unit, Institute of Infection, Veterinary and Ecological Sciences, Faculty of Health and Life Sciences, University of Liverpool, Liverpool, UK Purpose To ...