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pro vyhledávání: '"J H Alpers"'
Publikováno v:
Quality of Life Research. 11:309-316
Objective: This prospective longitudinal study examined whether quality of life as measured by the disease specific chronic respiratory questionnaire (CRQ) and living alone, at the time of prescription of long-term oxygen therapy (LTOT), impacted on
Autor:
J. H. Alpers
Publikováno v:
Internal Medicine Journal. 31:304-307
Publikováno v:
Respiratory Medicine. 95:437-443
This study aimed to review the evidence for the use of long-term oxygen therapy for patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD).The design was a systematic Cochrane review of randomized controlled trials (RCTs) of long-term oxygen ther
Publikováno v:
International Journal for Quality in Health Care. 12:41-46
To examine factors which impact on the length of stay and readmission for patients with chronic airflow limitation at a South Australian hospital from December 1996 until March 1998.Discharges from Flinders Medical Centre for patients agedor = 18 yea
Autor:
J. H. Alpers, Julie A Black, Louis S. Pilotto, Brian J. Smith, Adrian R Heard, Ian J Richards
Publikováno v:
Medical Journal of Australia. 171:68-71
OBJECTIVE To compare the effects on asthma morbidity of asthma clinics based in general practice with standard general practice care. DESIGN AND SETTING A randomised controlled trial in eight general practices. Patients, general practitioners and out
Publikováno v:
Science & Justice. 39:173-177
The aim of this study was to determine the minimum lung function required by an individual to complete a breath alcohol test successfully using a Lion Alcolmeter SD-400. A total of 331 subjects routinely referred to a busy clinical respiratory functi
Publikováno v:
American Journal of Physiology-Lung Cellular and Molecular Physiology. 275:L983-L989
Bronchiolitis is characterized histologically by epithelial necrosis and peribronchial infiltration of leukocytes, with a high percentage of neutrophils in the airways. We investigated the expression of adhesion molecules (CD11a, CD11b, CD18, CD31, C
Publikováno v:
Clinical and Experimental Immunology. 114:49-54
SUMMARYNeutrophils are the predominant inflammatory cell in the lung tissues and airways in RSV infection, and can augment the epithelial cell damage induced by RSV. Neutrophil apoptosis has been suggested to be a mechanism to reduce the potential fo
The changing prevalence of asthma-like respiratory symptoms in South Australian rural schoolchildren
Publikováno v:
Journal of Paediatrics and Child Health. 31:213-217
Objectives: To describe the changing prevalence of wheezy breathing and doctor-diagnosed asthma, as obtained by questionnaire data, from the years 1984-92 in a sample of South Australian rural schoolchildren. Methodology A cross-sectional study of th
Publikováno v:
Medical Journal of Australia. 161:600-603
OBJECTIVE To examine trends in mortality from chronic obstructive pulmonary disease in the Australian population from 1964 to 1990. DESIGN Review of national data on deaths from chronic obstructive pulmonary disease. We calculated direct annual age-s