Predicting survival in pulmonary arterial hypertension in the UK

WTN Lee, Y Ling, KK Sheares… - European …, 2012 - Eur Respiratory Soc
Contemporary prognostic equations in pulmonary arterial hypertension (PAH) derived from
US and French cohorts may not perform as well in the UK as a locally derived scoring …

[HTML][HTML] Insights into frequent asthma exacerbations from a primary care perspective and the implications of UK National Review of Asthma Deaths recommendations

…, D Murray, M Shepherd, WTN Lee - NPJ Primary Care …, 2018 - nature.com
The United Kingdom National Review of Asthma Deaths (NRAD) recommends that patients
who require ≥3 courses of oral corticosteroids (OCS) for exacerbations in the past year or …

Use of non-invasive haemodynamic measurements to detect treatment response in precapillary pulmonary hypertension

WTN Lee, A Brown, AJ Peacock, MK Johnson - Thorax, 2011 - thorax.bmj.com
Background Haemodynamic measurements may be superior to the 6-min walk distance (6MWD)
as outcome measures in pulmonary hypertension (PH) as they are directly linked to the …

An unusual case of refractory asthma

WTN Lee, A Brown, S Banham, H Walker, M Johnson - Thorax, 2011 - thorax.bmj.com
CLINICAL PRESENTATION A 34-year-old woman with atopic asthma since the age of 16years
presented with increasing exertional dyspnoea and wheeze over a period of 12 months. …

[HTML][HTML] Non-invasive outcome measures in pulmonary hypertension

WTN Lee - 2013 - theses.gla.ac.uk
Pulmonary hypertension (PH), a disease state affecting the pulmonary circulation, was first
recognised in the 1950s. Obliteration of pulmonary capillary beds and vasoconstriction lead …

Cost Effectiveness Of Bronchial Thermoplasty For Treatment Of Severe Asthma Patients In Scotland

WTN Lee, R Chaudhuri, S Bicknell, K Ferguson… - 2017 - Eur Respiratory Soc
Objectives: Bronchial thermoplasty (BT) is a technology that reduces airway smooth muscle
mass and airway hyper-reactivity; studies have demonstrated a durable reduction in asthma …

Predicting survival in pulmonary hypertension in the United Kingdom: Comparison of prognostic equations

WTN Lee, Y Ling, K Sheares, J Pepke-Zaba… - 2011 - Eur Respiratory Soc
Background: Prognostic equations in pulmonary arterial hypertension (PAH) have been
developed in the United States [1,2] and France [3]. It is not known if these would perform as well …

Insight into frequent asthma exacerbations from a primary care perspective and the implications of UK National Review of Asthma Deaths (NRAD) recommendations

…, C McSharry, D Murray, M Shepherd, WTN Lee… - 2017 - Eur Respiratory Soc
Background: Frequent asthma exacerbations are associated with high morbidity and the
death rates in asthma remain unacceptably high across Europe. NRAD 1 recommends that …

Refractory asthma in elderly patients in the UK

…, A Menzies-Gow, C Bucknall, A Mansur, WTN Lee… - 2013 - Eur Respiratory Soc
BACKGROUND Severe refractory asthma affects all age-groups including the elderly. We
examined the effect of age on clinical and inflammatory outcomes in patients recruited to the …

[HTML][HTML] Prescription of antibiotics and anxiolytics/hypnotics to asthmatic patients in general practice: a cross-sectional study based on French and Italian prescribing …

D Darmon, L Laforest, E Van Ganse, F Petrazzuoli… - BMC Family …, 2015 - Springer
Background Asthma is often poorly controlled and guidelines are often inadequately followed
in medical practice. In particular, the prescription of non-asthma-specific drugs can affect …