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Investigating the diagnostic utility of high-resolution oesophageal manometry in patients with refractory respiratory symptoms (2022)
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Sykes, D. L., Crooks, M. G., Hart, S. P., Jackson, W., Gallagher, J., & Morice, A. H. (2022). Investigating the diagnostic utility of high-resolution oesophageal manometry in patients with refractory respiratory symptoms. Respiratory medicine, 202, Article 106985. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.rmed.2022.106985

Background: The interaction between the respiratory and gastrointestinal systems, and the role of the latter in the development of respiratory pathology, has been examined with a focus on gastro-oesophageal reflux disease (GORD). However, little data... Read More about Investigating the diagnostic utility of high-resolution oesophageal manometry in patients with refractory respiratory symptoms.

Domiciliary Cough Monitoring for the Prediction of COPD Exacerbations (2021)
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Crooks, M. G., den Brinker, A. C., Thackray-Nocera, S., van Dinther, R., Wright, C. E., & Morice, A. H. (2021). Domiciliary Cough Monitoring for the Prediction of COPD Exacerbations. Lung, 199(2), 131-137. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00408-021-00435-9

Introduction: Acute exacerbations of COPD (AE-COPD) are a leading cause of health service utilisation and are associated with morbidity and mortality. Identifying the prodrome of AE-COPD by monitoring symptoms and physiological parameters (telemonito... Read More about Domiciliary Cough Monitoring for the Prediction of COPD Exacerbations.

Post-COVID-19 Symptom Burden: What is Long-COVID and How Should We Manage It? (2021)
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Sykes, D. L., Holdsworth, L., Jawad, N., Gunasekera, P., Morice, A. H., & Crooks, M. G. (2021). Post-COVID-19 Symptom Burden: What is Long-COVID and How Should We Manage It?. Lung, 199(2), 113-119. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00408-021-00423-z

© 2021, The Author(s), under exclusive licence to Springer Science+Business Media, LLC part of Springer Nature. The enduring impact of COVID-19 on patients has been examined in recent studies, leading to the description of Long-COVID. We report the l... Read More about Post-COVID-19 Symptom Burden: What is Long-COVID and How Should We Manage It?.

Distinct immune regulatory receptor profiles linked to altered monocyte subsets in sarcoidosis (2020)
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Fraser, S. D., Crooks, M. G., Kaye, P. M., & Hart, S. P. (2021). Distinct immune regulatory receptor profiles linked to altered monocyte subsets in sarcoidosis. ERJ Open Research, 7(1), https://doi.org/10.1183/23120541.00804-2020

Background: In sarcoidosis, blood monocytes, circulating precursors of granuloma macrophages, display enhanced inflammatory cytokine production, reduced expression of the regulatory (inhibitory) receptor CD200R, and altered subsets defined by CD14 an... Read More about Distinct immune regulatory receptor profiles linked to altered monocyte subsets in sarcoidosis.

Azithromycin for sarcoidosis cough: an open label exploratory clinical trial (2020)
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Fraser, S. D., Thackray-Nocera, S., Shepherd, M., Flockton, R., Wright, C., Sheedy, W., …Hart, S. P. (2020). Azithromycin for sarcoidosis cough: an open label exploratory clinical trial. ERJ Open Research, 6(4), Article 00534. https://doi.org/10.1183/23120541.00534-2020

Background: Chronic cough is a distressing symptom for many people with pulmonary sarcoidosis. Continuous treatment with a macrolide antibiotic may improve cough. We aimed to assess the potential efficacy of azithromycin in patients with sarcoidosis... Read More about Azithromycin for sarcoidosis cough: an open label exploratory clinical trial.

Alert system design based on experimental findings from long-term unobtrusive monitoring in COPD (2020)
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den Brinker, A. C., van Dinther, R., Crooks, M. G., Thackray-Nocera, S., & Morice, A. H. (2021). Alert system design based on experimental findings from long-term unobtrusive monitoring in COPD. Biomedical Signal Processing and Control, 63, Article 102205. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.bspc.2020.102205

An observational study using a cough count monitor was executed in the home of 30 patients with Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD). The monitoring system was unobtrusive, allowing long-term monitoring. This paper illustrates the cough count... Read More about Alert system design based on experimental findings from long-term unobtrusive monitoring in COPD.

Objective Assessment of Cough: An Early Marker of Response to Biological Therapies in Asthma? (2020)
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Faruqi, S., Sykes, D. L., Crooks, M. G., Brindle, K., Thompson, J., & Morice, A. H. (2020). Objective Assessment of Cough: An Early Marker of Response to Biological Therapies in Asthma?. Lung, 198(5), 767-770. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00408-020-00391-w

© 2020, Springer Science+Business Media, LLC, part of Springer Nature. Cough is an important symptom of asthma. The objective assessment of chronic cough has been enhanced by the development of ambulatory cough monitoring systems. Mepolizumab has bee... Read More about Objective Assessment of Cough: An Early Marker of Response to Biological Therapies in Asthma?.

A feasibility, randomised controlled trial of a complex breathlessness intervention in idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis (BREEZE-IPF): study protocol (2019)
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Wright, C., Hart, S. P., Allgar, V., English, A., Swan, F., Dyson, J., …Crooks, M. G. (2019). A feasibility, randomised controlled trial of a complex breathlessness intervention in idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis (BREEZE-IPF): study protocol. ERJ Open Research, 5(4), Article 0186. https://doi.org/10.1183/23120541.00186-2019

Introduction: Idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis (IPF) is a chronic and progressive lung disease that causes breathlessness and cough that worsen over time, limiting daily activities and negatively impacting quality of life. Although treatments are now av... Read More about A feasibility, randomised controlled trial of a complex breathlessness intervention in idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis (BREEZE-IPF): study protocol.

Agreement between blood draw techniques for assessing platelet activation by flow cytometry (2018)
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Welch, E. L., Crooks, M. G., & Hart, S. P. (2019). Agreement between blood draw techniques for assessing platelet activation by flow cytometry. Platelets, 30(4), 530-534. https://doi.org/10.1080/09537104.2018.1535705

It is widely believed that assays of platelet activation are susceptible to preanalytical variables related to blood draw technique. We assessed platelet activation by whole blood flow cytometry and investigated the effects of: (1) drawing blood into... Read More about Agreement between blood draw techniques for assessing platelet activation by flow cytometry.

Phenotyping patients with chronic cough: Evaluating the ability to predict the response to anti-inflammatory therapy (2018)
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Sadeghi, M. H., Wright, C. E., Hart, S., Crooks, M., & Morice, A. (2018). Phenotyping patients with chronic cough: Evaluating the ability to predict the response to anti-inflammatory therapy. Annals of Allergy, Asthma and Immunology, 120(3), 285-291. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.anai.2017.12.004

© 2017 Background: Whether the fraction of exhaled nitric oxide (FeNO) measurement can predict the response to anti-inflammatory treatment in chronic cough is unknown. Objective: To explore whether the effectiveness of treatment with 10 mg of montelu... Read More about Phenotyping patients with chronic cough: Evaluating the ability to predict the response to anti-inflammatory therapy.

Does FeNO Predict Clinical Characteristics in Chronic Cough? (2017)
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Sadeghi, M. H., Wright, C. E., Hart, S., Crooks, M., & Morice, A. H. (2018). Does FeNO Predict Clinical Characteristics in Chronic Cough?. Lung, 196(1), 59-64. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00408-017-0074-6

© 2017, The Author(s). Purpose: To evaluate whether exhaled nitric oxide measurement can facilitate in the assessment of chronic cough patients based on their airway inflammatory phenotype. Methods: We have studied consecutive patients attending a sp... Read More about Does FeNO Predict Clinical Characteristics in Chronic Cough?.

Continuous cough monitoring using ambient sound recording during convalescence from a COPD exacerbation (2017)
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Crooks, M. G., den Brinker, A., Hayman, Y., Williamson, J. D., Innes, A., Wright, C. E., …Morice, A. H. (2017). Continuous cough monitoring using ambient sound recording during convalescence from a COPD exacerbation. Lung, 195(3), 289-294. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00408-017-9996-2

Purpose Cough is common in chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) and is associated with frequent exacerbations and increased mortality. Cough increases during acute exacerbations (AE-COPD), representing a possible metric of clinical deteriorat... Read More about Continuous cough monitoring using ambient sound recording during convalescence from a COPD exacerbation.

Bleomycin increases neutrophil adhesion to human vascular endothelial cells independently of upregulation of ICAM-1 and E-selectin (2016)
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Williamson, J. D., Sadofsky, L. R., Crooks, M. G., Greenman, J., & Hart, S. P. (2016). Bleomycin increases neutrophil adhesion to human vascular endothelial cells independently of upregulation of ICAM-1 and E-selectin. Experimental Lung Research, 42(8-10), 397-407. https://doi.org/10.1080/01902148.2016.1243742

© 2016 Taylor & Francis. Aim of the Study: Bleomycin-induced lung disease is a serious complication of therapy characterized by alveolar injury, cytokine release, inflammatory cell recruitment, and eventually pulmonary fibrosis. The mechanisms unde... Read More about Bleomycin increases neutrophil adhesion to human vascular endothelial cells independently of upregulation of ICAM-1 and E-selectin.

Objective measurement of cough frequency during COPD exacerbation convalescence (2015)
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Crooks, M. G., Hayman, Y., Innes, A., Williamson, J., Wright, C. E., & Morice, A. H. (2016). Objective measurement of cough frequency during COPD exacerbation convalescence. Lung, 194(1), 117-120. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00408-015-9782-y

Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) is a major cause of morbidity and mortality worldwide. Cough and sputum production are associated with adverse outcomes in COPD and are common during COPD exacerbation (AE-COPD). This study of objective co... Read More about Objective measurement of cough frequency during COPD exacerbation convalescence.

The value of telehealth in the early detection of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease exacerbations: A prospective observational study (2015)
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Hamad, G. A., Crooks, M., & Morice, A. H. (2016). The value of telehealth in the early detection of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease exacerbations: A prospective observational study. Health Informatics Journal, 22(2), 406-413. https://doi.org/10.1177/1460458214564434

© 2014 The Author(s). We aim to establish the value of telemonitoring in the early detection of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease exacerbations. We followed up patients undergoing chronic obstructive pulmonary disease telemonitoring for 4 months.... Read More about The value of telehealth in the early detection of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease exacerbations: A prospective observational study.

Increased platelet binding to circulating monocytes in idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis. (2014)
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Fahim, A., Crooks, M. G., Morice, A. H., & Hart, S. P. (2014). Increased platelet binding to circulating monocytes in idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis. Lung, 192(2), 277-284. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00408-013-9546-5

Purpose Idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis (IPF) is the most common idiopathic interstitial pneumonia and its prognosis is poor. Epidemiological evidence suggests an association of IPF with vascular disease and thrombotic tendency, which may be related to... Read More about Increased platelet binding to circulating monocytes in idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis..

Serum carcinoembryonic antigen correlates with severity of idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis (2012)
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Fahim, A., Crooks, M., Wilmot, R., Campbell, A. P., Morice, A., & Hart, S. (2012). Serum carcinoembryonic antigen correlates with severity of idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis. Respirology : official journal of the Asian Pacific Society of Respirology, 17(8), 1247-1252. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1440-1843.2012.02231.x

Background and objective: Idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis (IPF) is the commonest idiopathic interstitial pneumonia and carries a poor prognosis. Epidemiological evidence suggests that patients with IPF have an increased risk of developing lung cancer.... Read More about Serum carcinoembryonic antigen correlates with severity of idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis.

Idiopathic Pulmonary Fibrosis is Associated with Circulating Antiepithelial Antibodies (2012)
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Fahim, A., Chong, M. C., Crooks, M. G., & Hart, S. P. (2012). Idiopathic Pulmonary Fibrosis is Associated with Circulating Antiepithelial Antibodies. Lung, 190(4), 451-458. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00408-012-9390-z

PurposeIdiopathic pulmonary fibrosis (IPF) is a restrictive fibrotic lung disease of uncertain etiology. Alveolar epithelial injury may be one of the inciting triggers in the pathogenesis of this disorder. We hypothesized that circulating antibodies... Read More about Idiopathic Pulmonary Fibrosis is Associated with Circulating Antiepithelial Antibodies.