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In pharmacokinetic studies for respiratory diseases, urea is a commonly used dilution marker for volume normalization of various biological matrices, owing to the fact that urea diffuses freely throughout the body and is minimally affected by disease states. In this study, we developed a convenient liquid chromatography–tandem mass spectrometry (LC–MS/MS) surrogate matrix assay for accurate urea quantitation...
Adequate nasal breathing is indispensable for athletes, and nasal symptoms have been shown to interfere with their subjective feeling of comfortable breathing and quality of life. Nasal symptoms are caused by either structural abnormalities or mucosal pathology. Structural pathologies are managed differently from mucosal disease, and therefore, adequate diagnosis is of utmost importance in athletes...
Objectives
We set out to create Consensus Guidelines, based on current evidence and relative risks of adverse effects and the costs of different treatments, which reflect the views of the British Rhinological Society (BRS) Council on where the use of biologics should be positioned within treatment pathways for CRSwNP, specifically in the setting of the National Health Service (NHS).
Design
An expert...