Respiratory medicine
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Respiratory medicine · Apr 2009
Gas6 evaluation in patients with acute dyspnea due to suspected pulmonary embolism.
Gas6 protein is involved in pulmonary embolism (PE) and acute inflammation in animal models. ⋯ The data link Gas6 protein to infection/inflammation, but not to PE, in humans. Gas6 assay was useful in PE diagnosis, improving D-dimer accuracy particularly in LICP patients, and limiting false positives.
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Respiratory medicine · Apr 2009
Association between ischaemic heart disease and interstitial lung disease: a case-control study.
Idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis (IPF) is increasing in incidence. One of the authors noted that many of his patients with IPF were taking statins, and suspected an association. A case-control study was undertaken to investigate the association of statins with interstitial lung disease. ⋯ There was no statistically significant association between the use of statins and the diagnosis of interstitial lung disease. However there was a statistically significant association between ischaemic heart disease and the diagnosis of ILD.