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Evaluation of tracheobronchomalacia by dynamic flexible bronchoscopy. A pilot study by Majid, Adnan, Gaurav, Kumar, Sanchez, Jully M, Berger, Robert L, Folch, Erik, Fernandez-Bussy, Sebastian, Ernst, Armin, Gangadharan, Sidhu P

“…Dynamic flexible bronchoscopy is the "gold standard" for assessing changes in airway luminal size associated with tracheobronchomalacia, but the procedure has…”
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Cryotechnology for Staged Removal of Self-Expandable Metallic Airway Stents by Majid, Adnan, MD, Palkar, Atul, MD, Myers, Renelle, MD, Berger, Robert L., MD, Folch, Erik, MD

“…Self-expandable covered metallic airway stents (SEMAS) deployed for relieving inoperable central airway obstruction frequently develop complications that…”
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An Evidence-Based Estimate on the Size of the Potential Patient Pool for Lung Volume Reduction Surgery by Akuthota, Praveen, MD, Litmanovich, Diana, MD, Zutler, Moshe, MD, Boiselle, Phillip M., MD, Bankier, Alexander A., MD, PhD, Roberts, David H., MD, Celli, Bartolome R., MD, DeCamp, Malcolm M., MD, Berger, Robert L., MD

“…Background Observational and randomized studies have demonstrated that lung volume reduction surgery (LVRS) improves symptoms, lung function, and survival in…”
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Clinical Experience With a Novel Thermosensitive Temporary Coronary Artery Occluder (LeGoo) by Bouchot, Olivier, MD, Berger, Robert L., MD, Berne, Jean Pierre, MD, Brunotte, François, MD, Brenot, Roger, MD

“…Background A bloodless field is important for visualizing relevant anatomical structures and facilitating construction of high-quality coronary anastomoses…”
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Maximal Oxygen Uptake—Risk Predictor of NSCLC Resection in Patients With Comorbid Emphysema: Lessons From NETT by Makey, Ian, MD, Berger, Robert L., MD, Cabral, Howard J., PhD, Celli, Bartolome, MD, Folch, Erik, MD, Whyte, Richard I., MD, MBA

“…We compared VO2 max values from ACCP Guidelines and from NETT’s homogenous NULPD surrogate for predicting operative mortalities. Estimated mid and long-term…”
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Bronchoscopic Volume Reduction . A Safe and Effective Alternative to Surgical Therapy for Emphysema by INGENITO, EDWARD P, REILLY, JOHN J, MENTZER, STEVEN J, SWANSON, SCOTT J, VIN, RON, KEUHN, HEIKE, BERGER, ROBERT L, HOFFMAN, ANDREW

“…Lung volume reduction surgery (LVRS), the removal of damaged, hyperexpanded lung, has been shown to improve respiratory function in many patients with…”
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Home and Exile: Listening for Contrapuntal Irony in Don Juan by Berger, Robert L.

“…In “Home and Exile: Listening for Contrapuntal Irony in Don Juan,” I connect several threads of contemporary critical theory to read Lord Byron's Don Juan via…”
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Regional deposition of mometasone furoate nasal spray suspension in humans by Shah, Samir A, Berger, Robert L, McDermott, John, Gupta, Pranav, Monteith, David, Connor, Alyson, Lin, Wu

“…Nasal deposition studies can demonstrate whether nasal sprays treating allergic rhinitis and polyposis reach the ciliated posterior nasal cavity, where…”
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Sternal fracture: isolated lesion versus polytrauma from associated extrasternal injuries--analysis of 1,867 cases by Odell, David D, Peleg, Kobi, Givon, Adi, Radomislensky, Irina, Makey, Ian, Decamp, Malcolm M, Whyte, Richard, Gangadharan, Sidhu P, Berger, Robert L

“…Sternal fractures fall into two distinct categories as follows: (1) isolated sternal fracture (ISF) without associated injury and (2) polytrauma sternal…”
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Lung volume reduction therapies for advanced emphysema: an update by Berger, Robert L, Decamp, Malcolm M, Criner, Gerard J, Celli, Bartolome R

“…Observational and randomized studies provide convincing evidence that lung volume reduction surgery (LVRS) improves symptoms, lung function, exercise…”
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Bronchoscopic Lung Volume Reduction Using Tissue Engineering Principles by Ingenito, Edward P, Berger, Robert L, Henderson, A. Cortney, Reilly, John J, Tsai, Larry, Hoffman, Andrew

“…Bronchoscopic lung volume reduction (BLVR), a minimally invasive procedure based on tissue engineering principles, was performed in six sheep with…”
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Thermodynamic characterization of daunomycin-DNA interactions: Comparison of complete binding profiles for a series of DNA host duplexes by Remeta, David P, Mudd, Courtney P, Berger, Robert L, Breslauer, Kenneth J

“…Using a combination of spectroscopic and calorimetric techniques, we have determined complete thermodynamic binding profiles (delta G degree, delta H degree,…”
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Lung volume reduction surgery vs medical treatment: for patients with advanced emphysema by Miller, John D, Berger, Robert L, Malthaner, Richard A, Celli, Bartolome R, Goldsmith, Charles H, Ingenito, Edward P, Higgins, David, Bagley, Peter, Cox, Gerard, Wright, Cameron D

“…To contribute to the knowledge on the therapeutic value of lung volume reduction surgery (LVRS). Two similar, independently conceived and conducted,…”
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Limitations of randomized clinical trials for evaluating emerging operations: the case of lung volume reduction surgery by Berger, Robert L, Celli, Bartolome R, Meneghetti, Anne L, Bagley, Peter H, Wright, Cameron D, Ingenito, Edward P, Gray, Anthony, Snider, Gordon L

“…Although unanswered questions remain, scores of observational studies and several small randomized clinical trials (RCTs) indicate that lung volume reduction…”
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Nazi Science — The Dachau Hypothermia Experiments by Berger, Robert L

“…IT is widely recognized that the experiments performed on prisoners in German concentration camps during the Second World War were in fact brutal crimes…”
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Lung volume reduction surgery: a meta-analysis of randomized clinical trials by Berger, Robert L, Wood, Kathryn A, Cabral, Howard J, Goodnight-White, Sheila, Ingenito, Edward P, Gray, Anthony, Miller, John, Springmeyer, Steven C

“…Observational studies have suggested that lung volume reduction surgery (LVRS) is superior to optimal medical therapy for selected subsets of patients with…”
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Heparin resistance after preoperative heparin therapy or intraaortic balloon pumping by Staples, Mark H., Dunton, Robert F., Karlson, Karl J., Leonardi, Howard K., Berger, Robert L.

“…Heparin resistance, defined as failure of 500 IU per kilogram of body weight of heparin to prolong the activated clotting time (ACT) to 480 seconds or longer,…”
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Connecting the Chemical and Physical Viewpoints of What Determines Structure: From 1-D Chains to [gamma]-Brasses by Berger, Robert L, Walter, Peter L, Lee, Stephen, Hoffmann, Roald

“…The Hume-Rothery rules regarding solids and molecular electron-counting rules are examined. The 2 rules can by distinguished in subtle ways…”
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Safety and efficacy of autologous blood donation before elective aortic valve operation by Dzik, Walter H., Fleisher, Arlen G., Ciavarella, David, Karison, Karl J., Reed, George E., Berger, Robert L.

“…Although the use of preoperative autologous blood donations for patients undergoing elective cardiac operations has increased dramatically in recent years,…”
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Closing the door on Nazi data by Berger, Robert L

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