BACKGROUND Divergent strategies have emerged for the management of severe asthma. One strategy utilises high and fixed doses of maintenance treatment, usually inhaled corticosteroid/long-acting β2-agonist (ICS/LABA), supplemented by a short-acting β2-agonist (SABA) as needed. Alternatively, budesonide/formoterol is used as both maintenance and reliever therapy. The latter is superior to fixed-d...

This paper describes the high-power testing of the first RF cavity for the PEP-II Bfactory. The cavity is designed for continuous operation at 476 MHz with up to 150 kW wall dissipation and heavy beam loading. Three rectangular waveguides and broad-band loads are used to damp the cavity higher-order modes. The test configuration, RF conditioning history and high-power performance are described ...

Spatiotemporal Encoding Diffusion Weighted Imaging of the Breast: Comparison with SE-EPI-based methodology Eddy Solomon, Noam Nissan, Amir Seginer, Edna Furman-Haran, Myra Shapiro-Feinberg, Hadassa Degani, and Lucio Frydman Chemical Physics, Weizmann Institute of Science, Rehovot, Israel, Biological Regulation, Weizmann Institute of Science, Rehovot, Israel, Biological Services, Weizmann Instit...

Fariba Bakhshian, Hossein Jabbari Beirami, Saba Jabbari Beirami, Seiied Yaaghoob Fatollahi. Ms of midwifery, vice chancellor office, Tabriz University of Medical Sciences Tabriz, Iran; Associated Professor of Health Administration & Management, Department of Community Medicine, Tabriz University of Medical Sciences Tabriz, Iran; Dentistry student, Dentistry faculty, Tabriz University of Medical...

• Objective: To compare budesonide/formoterol (BFC) and fluticasone propionate/salmeterol (FSC) in their ability to reduce COPD exacerbations using a novel risk stratification approach. • Design: Retrospective cohort study with propensity matching and stratification by short-acting beta2-agonist (SABA) use. • Participants: 7704 COPD patients identified using 2 U.S. health claims databases (stud...

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Short-acting β2-agonists (SABA) are widely used in the emergency department (ED) to treat patients with decompensated chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD). We sought to model the effectiveness of nebulized SABA (terbutaline) on clinically relevant parameters associated with a reduction in work of breathing or respiratory muscle fatigue in decompensated COPD patients admitted to the ED.F...