All Outputs (4)

Risk factors for wheezing in infants born in Cuba (2013)
Journal Article
Venero-Fernandez, S., Suarez-Medina, R., Mora-Faife, E., Garcia-Garcia, G., Valle-Infante, I., Gomez-Marrero, L., …Fogarty, A. W. (2013). Risk factors for wheezing in infants born in Cuba. QJM: An International Journal of Medicine, 106(11), https://doi.org/10.1093/qjmed/hct143

Background: Cuba is a unique country, and despite limited economic development, has an excellent health system. However, the prevalence of asthma symptoms in children in Havana, Cuba, is unusually high. Aim: As early life exposures are critical t... Read More about Risk factors for wheezing in infants born in Cuba.

The UK prevalence of hereditary haemorrhagic telangiectasia and its association with sex, socioeconomic status and region of residence: a population-based study (2013)
Journal Article
Donaldson, J. W., McKeever, T. M., Hall, I. P., Hubbard, R., & Fogarty, A. W. (2014). The UK prevalence of hereditary haemorrhagic telangiectasia and its association with sex, socioeconomic status and region of residence: a population-based study. Thorax, 69(2), 161-167. https://doi.org/10.1136/thoraxjnl-2013-203720

Background Hereditary haemorrhagic telangiectasia (HHT) is an autosomal dominant genetic disorder of aberrant blood vessel development characterised by arteriovenous malformations. HHT is associated with significant morbidity due to complications inc... Read More about The UK prevalence of hereditary haemorrhagic telangiectasia and its association with sex, socioeconomic status and region of residence: a population-based study.

Presence of a prothrombotic state in people with idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis: a population-based case–control study (2013)
Journal Article
Navaratnam, V., Fogarty, A. W., McKeever, T. M., Thompson, N., Jenkins, G., Johnson, S. R., …Hubbard, R. B. (2014). Presence of a prothrombotic state in people with idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis: a population-based case–control study. Thorax, 69(3), 207-215. https://doi.org/10.1136/thoraxjnl-2013-203740

BACKGROUND: Laboratory studies suggest that the clotting cascade is activated in fibrotic lungs. Since humans vary in their tendency to clot due to a variety of inherited or acquired defects, we investigated whether a prothrombotic state increases th... Read More about Presence of a prothrombotic state in people with idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis: a population-based case–control study.

The acute impact of a hematopoietic allograft on lung function and inflammation: a prospective observational study (2013)
Journal Article
Enocson, A., Hubbard, R., McKeever, T. M., Russell, N., Byrne, J., Das-Gupta, E., …Fogarty, A. W. (2013). The acute impact of a hematopoietic allograft on lung function and inflammation: a prospective observational study. BMC Pulmonary Medicine, 13(Januar), Article 6. https://doi.org/10.1186/1471-2466-13-2

Background: No studies have investigated the immediate impact of receiving an allogeneic hematopoietic stem cell transplant (HSCT) on pulmonary inflammation or lung function. Methods: Using a prospective study design, we quantified the changes in... Read More about The acute impact of a hematopoietic allograft on lung function and inflammation: a prospective observational study.