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Risk factors of postoperative pulmonary complications in patients with asthma and COPD

BMC Pulmonary Medicine   Research article    Open Access   Open Peer Review Takanori Numata, Katsutoshi Nakayama, Satoko Fujii, Yoko Yumino, Nayuta Saito, Masahiro Yoshida, Yusuke Kurita, Kenji Kobayashi, Saburo Ito, Hirofumi Utsumi, Haruhiko Yanagisawa, Mitsuo Hashimoto, Hiroshi Wakui, Shunsuke Minagawa, Takeo Ishikawa, Hiromichi Hara, Jun Araya, Yumi Kaneko and Kazuyoshi Kuwano BMC Pulmonary Medicine BMC series – open, inclusive and trusted 2018 18:4 https://doi.org/10.1186/s12890-017-0570-8 Open Peer Review reports Abstract Background…

Effect of the School-Based Telemedicine Enhanced Asthma Management (SB-TEAM) Program on Asthma Morbidity A Randomized Clinical Trial

  JAMA Pediatrics Jill S. Halterman, MD, MPH1; Maria Fagnano, MPH1; Reynaldo S. Tajon, BA1; et alPaul Tremblay, RN1; Hongyue Wang, PhD2; Arlene Butz, ScD, RN3; Tamara T. Perry, MD4; Kenneth M. McConnochie, MD, MPH1 Author Affiliations Article Information JAMA Pediatr. Published online January 8, 2018. doi:10.1001/jamapediatrics.2017.4938   Key Points Question  Can a novel school-based intervention that…

Physician perspectives on the burden and management of asthma in six countries: The Global Asthma Physician Survey (GAPS)

Kenneth R. Chapman, David Hinds, Peter Piazza, Chantal Raherison, Michael Gibbs, Timm Greulich, Kenneth Gaalswyk, Jiangtao Lin, Mitsuru Adachi and Kourtney J. Davis BMC Pulmonary Medicine BMC series – open, inclusive and trusted 2017 17:153 Open Peer Review reports Abstract Background Despite recognition of asthma as a growing global issue and development of global…

A simple prediction tool for inhaled corticosteroid response in asthmatic children

Yi-Fan Wu, Ming-Wei Su, Bor-Luen Chiang, Yao-Hsu Yang, Ching-Hui Tsai and Yungling L. Lee BMC Pulmonary Medicine BMC series – open, inclusive and trusted 2017 17:176 https://doi.org/10.1186/s12890-017-0533-0 Open Peer Review reports Abstract Background Inhaled corticosteroids are recommended as the first-line controller medication for childhood…