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Background The impact of COVID-19 on physical and mental health and employment after
hospitalisation with acute disease is not well understood. The aim of this study was to …

Bronchiectasis in adults is a chronic disorder associated with poor quality of life and frequent
exacerbations in many patients. There have been no previous international guidelines. The …

Background— We examined whether population-level hospitalization rates for heart failure (HF)
and subsequent survival have continued to improve since the turn of the century. We …

Rationale: There are no risk stratification tools for morbidity and mortality in bronchiectasis.
Identifying patients at risk of exacerbations, hospital admissions, and mortality is vital for …

Despite substantial progress in reducing the global impact of many non-communicable
diseases, including heart disease and cancer, morbidity and mortality due to chronic respiratory …

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BACKGROUND: C-reactive protein (CRP) is an acute phase protein synthesized by the liver
primarily in response to interleukin-6. Initial studies have suggested that inflammatory …

CT scanning can also aid in identifying an aetiology of bronchiectasis eg Allergic
bronchopulmonary aspergillosis (ABPA), Non-tuberculous mycobacteria (NTM), primary ciliary …

This study investigates the potential impacts of the proposed nuclear waste repository at
Yucca Mountain, Nevada, upon tourism, retirement and job‐related migration, and business …