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The following information represents background on the press briefings associated with the largest annual scientific meeting devoted to new research findings on respiratory disease and critical care medicine. Available by phone hookup to U.S. media only.

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1)Disappointing study data results in call for successful newer short-term TB preventive therapy. 2) Apprentice machinists develop asthma-like symptoms from water-based metalworking fluids. 3) ATS publishes consensus statement on significant breathlessness, emphasizing treatment.

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1. Diminished airway function in infants up to three months predicts wheezing before first birthday; 2. Inhaling micropollutants is associated with death risk for long-term residents in major California air basins; 3. Four consecutive four-hour exposures to nitrogen dioxide cuts harmful effects to lung of a single exposure.

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1. Breathing diesel exhaust causes acute inflammatory response in healthy young adults; 2. Rhinovirus in infants and respiratory syncytial virus in older children strongly associated with wheezing; 3. How human immunodeficiency virus affects treatment outcome in patients with pulmonary TB.

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1.Disrupted and abnormal sleep for patients is endemic to intensive care units. 2.Three large homeless shelters in Los Angeles are major sites for tuberculosis transmission. 3. Long-term exposure to air pollution for Swiss, even at low levels, is associated with a higher prevalence of respiratory symptoms.

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A press briefings associated with the largest annual scientific meeting devoted to new research findings on respiratory disease and critical care medicine.

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1. Patients on prolonged mechanical ventilation show very low one-year survival and functional capabilities; 2. pulmonary rehab as integral to clinical management of respiratory disease, 3. new assessment tool for lung cancer patients undergoing resection of tumors.

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1. Smoking marijuana causes oxidative stress, cell injury and lung dysfunction; 2. doctors demonstrate poor understanding of asthma severity; 3. Normal lung growth takes place in lung transplant recipients less than 3 years old.

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1. Mild vitamin A deficiency can lead to increased risk of newborn respiratory distress syndrome; 2. How asthma is more severe and costly in older persons; 3. ATS statement on a breathing disorder in babies associated with abnormalities of the cardiovascular and/or respiratory systems.

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1. Removing blood clots in pulmonary vessels improves survival; 2. exercise for chronic obstructive pulmonary disease improved breathing. 3. ATS consensus statement on sarcoidosis.