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R J O Davies

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Chapman S, Khor C, Vannberg F, Rautanen A, Segal S, Moore C, et al.
Genes Immun . 2009 Oct; 11(4):319-25. PMID: 19798075
The proinflammatory transcription factor nuclear factor-kappaB (NF-kappaB) has a central role in host defence against pneumococcal disease. Both rare mutations and common polymorphisms in the NFKBIA gene encoding the NF-kappaB...
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Bielsa S, Davies H, Davies R, Taylor A, Lee Y
Eur Respir J . 2009 Oct; 34(4):1001-3. PMID: 19797674
No abstract available.
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McDaid C, Griffin S, Weatherly H, Duree K, van der Burgt M, van Hout S, et al.
Health Technol Assess . 2008 Dec; 13(4):iii-iv, xi-xiv, 1-119, 143-274. PMID: 19103134
Objectives: To determine the clinical effectiveness, safety and cost-effectiveness of continuous positive airway pressure (CPAP) devices for the treatment of obstructive apnoea-hypopnoea syndrome (OSAHS), compared with the best supportive care,...
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Kohler M, Ayers L, Pepperell J, Packwood K, Ferry B, Crosthwaite N, et al.
Thorax . 2008 Sep; 64(1):67-73. PMID: 18786982
Background: Obstructive sleep apnoea syndrome (OSAS) has been associated with cardiovascular disease in epidemiological and observational studies. Continuous positive airway pressure (CPAP) is the treatment of choice for OSAS, but...
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Kohler M, Pepperell J, Casadei B, Craig S, Crosthwaite N, Stradling J, et al.
Eur Respir J . 2008 Jul; 32(6):1488-96. PMID: 18653654
Obstructive sleep apnoea syndrome (OSAS) has been associated with hypertension, stroke and myocardial ischaemia in epidemiological and observational studies. Continuous positive airway pressure (CPAP) is the treatment of choice for...
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Tonna I, Conlon C, Davies R
Eur J Intern Med . 2007 Aug; 18(5):441-2. PMID: 17693237
We present a case of empyema necessitatis presenting with an inflammatory cellulitis of the chest wall. Most of the cases previously reported were due to tuberculosis, pneumococcus or actinomycosis, with...
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Rahman N, Davies R, Gleeson F
BMJ . 2007 Jan; 334(7586):206-7. PMID: 17255615
No abstract available.
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Tassi G, Davies R, Noppen M
Eur Respir J . 2006 Nov; 28(5):1051-9. PMID: 17074920
For expert pulmonologists, advanced procedures in medical thoracoscopy are the nonroutine and more complex applications of the method. The main current indications are the treatment of infected pleural space, forceps...
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Robinson G, Smith D, Langford B, Davies R, Stradling J
Eur Respir J . 2006 Feb; 27(6):1229-35. PMID: 16455835
Obstructive sleep apnoea (OSA) is associated with high cardiovascular morbidity and mortality. Several randomised controlled trials have shown that continuous positive airway pressure (CPAP) treatment of OSA reduces blood pressure...
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Miller R, Lindley A, Copas A, Ambrose H, Davies R, Wakefield A
Thorax . 2005 Aug; 60(8):679-82. PMID: 16061710
Background: Pneumocystis jirovecii is the cause of Pneumocystis pneumonia (PCP) in immunosuppressed humans. Asymptomatic colonisation with P jirovecii may occur in patients with minor immunosuppression or chronic lung disease. The...