The National Institute for Health and Care Excellence recommends spirometry for asthma monitoring from 5 years in all healthcare settings. There is little spirometry and FeNO data in children managed for asthma in UK primary care to support their use. Objectives To study the prevalence of abnormal...
Asthma and lung cancer, after accounting for co-occurring respiratory diseases and allergic conditions: a systematic review protocol.doi:10.1136/bmjopen-2016-013637Asthma is one of the most frequently diagnosed respiratory diseases in the UK, and commonly co-occurs with other respiratory and allergic ...
2,3,4as well as forming the basis for the diagnosis of COPD. It is well established that pulmonary function is partially genetically determined. Twin studies in European and US populations give heritability estimates for FEV1as high as 0.77 (refs.5,6)...
Lung cancer outcomes have improved only marginally over the last 40 years and remain poor in comparison to most other cancers—just 17.7% of women and 12.9% of men in the UK survive after diagnosis for 5 years or longer [7]. The lack of overt or specific symptoms in the early stages of...
This cohort study aimed to examine associations between flavonoid intake and COPD, asthma, and lung function. Among 119,466 participants of the UK Biobank, median [interquartile range] age of 60 [53, 65] y, we estimated intakes of flavonoids, flavonoid-rich foods, and a flavodiet score ...
People with lung diseases such as COPD, asthma and CF are likely to be more vulnerable to the harmful effects of living near a PCS, and exposure to bioaerosols may represent a particular health risk among pwCF [19]. This national-scale study aimed to investigate whether proximity to PCS—...
Primary care clinics for asthma have been encouraged and are becoming widespread in some countries, particularly in the UK. To determine the effectiveness... A Jones,JK Fay,FS Ram - John Wiley & Sons, Ltd 被引量: 64发表: 2002年 Accuracy of a first diagnosis of asthma in primary health ...
Diagnosis of asthma in symptomatic children based on measures of lung function: an analysis of data from a population-based birth cohort study Concerns have been expressed about asthma overdiagnosis. The UK National Institute of Health and Care Excellence (NICE) proposed a new diagnostic algorithm ap...
The expression of CXCL8 and CCL20 distinguishes this subset from interstitial macrophages which express CCL4. CXCL8 is associated with lung infection, asthma, IPF and COPD53 and was identified in psoriatic skin macrophages54. T and NK cell subsets in the lung and airways T lymphocytes and ...
Obstructive lung diseases (OLDs) are common and serious diseases, representing a growing public health challenge worldwide1. The prevalence of asthma varies between 15% and 18% depending on the way of diagnosing2. Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) is estimated to become the third most ...