The porcine model has contributed significantly to biomedical research over many decades.
The similar size and anatomy of pig and human organs make this model particularly …

The aim of this study was to evaluate the risk factors for and outcomes of acute exacerbations
in patients with advanced idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis (IPF), and to examine the …

Rationale: Quantitative computed tomographic (CT) measures of baseline disease severity
might identify patients with idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis (IPF) with an increased mortality risk. …

Background FEV 1 may remain stable while high-resolution CT (HRCT) appearances
deteriorate in children with cystic fibrosis (CF). However, spirometry results commonly decline in …

Background In cohort studies of pulmonary sarcoidosis, abnormal ventilatory patterns have
generally been subdivided into restrictive and obstructive defects. Mixed ventilatory defects …

Background and objective This study evaluated whether patients with combined pulmonary
fibrosis and emphysema (CPFE) have an increased likelihood of pulmonary hypertension (…

The advent of antifibrotic agents [1, 2] as standard of care in idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis (IPF)
requires that new non-inferiority IPF drug trials will need to identify smaller declines of …

… of residual risk in diabetes mellitus - Eoin P Judge, D Phelan, Donal O'Shea, 2010 … The
P-OM3 and simvastatin group was associated with significant reductions in TG, … Eoin P Judge …

Outcomes in PAH have improved in recent years through a management approach
characterized by general and supportive measures, and PAH-specific and surgical therapies in …

A novel actinomycete, strain N1286 T , isolated from a lung transplant patient with a
pulmonary infection, was provisionally assigned to the genus Nocardia . The strain had …