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Brian D Kent

Trinity College Dublin
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Hypoxemia in patients with COPD: cause, effects, and disease progression

BD Kent, PD Mitchell… - International journal of …, 2011 - Taylor & Francis
Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) is a leading cause of death and disability
internationally. Alveolar hypoxia and consequent hypoxemia increase in prevalence as …

[HTML][HTML] Epidemiological aspects of obstructive sleep apnea

…, MF Pengo, P Drakatos, BD Kent - Journal of thoracic …, 2015 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
Obstructive sleep apnea (OSA) is probably the most common respiratory disorder, with recent
data from the United States and Europe suggesting that between 14% and 49% of middle-…

Real-world effectiveness of benralizumab in severe eosinophilic asthma

…, L Green, L Thomson, AM Nanzer, BD Kent… - Chest, 2021 - Elsevier
Background Benralizumab is an IL5-receptor monoclonal antibody licensed for the treatment
of severe eosinophilic asthma (SEA). It has demonstrated efficacy in clinical trials in …

Diabetes mellitus prevalence and control in sleep-disordered breathing: the European Sleep Apnea Cohort (ESADA) study

BD Kent, L Grote, S Ryan, JL Pepin, MR Bonsignore… - Chest, 2014 - Elsevier
… Author links open overlay panel Brian D. Kent MBBCh a , Ludger Grote PhD b , Silke Ryan
PhD a , Jean-Louis Pépin PhD c , Maria R. Bonsignore PhD d , Ruzena Tkacova PhD e , …

Real-world effectiveness and the characteristics of a “super-responder” to mepolizumab in severe eosinophilic asthma

…, C Roxas, J Dhariwal, AM Nanzer, BD Kent… - Chest, 2020 - Elsevier
Background Mepolizumab was the first licensed anti-IL5 monoclonal antibody for severe
eosinophilic asthma (SEA). To date there are few data to confirm its efficacy in the real-world …

Obstructive sleep apnea and inflammation: relationship to cardiovascular co-morbidity

BD Kent, S Ryan, WT McNicholas - Respiratory physiology & neurobiology, 2011 - Elsevier
Obstructive sleep apnoea syndrome (OSAS) is a highly prevalent disease and associated with
cardiovascular morbidity and mortality. The pathogenesis of cardiovascular complications …

[HTML][HTML] Insulin resistance, glucose intolerance and diabetes mellitus in obstructive sleep apnoea

BD Kent, WT McNicholas, S Ryan - Journal of thoracic disease, 2015 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
Obstructive sleep apnoea (OSA) is a highly prevalent disorder, which conveys an increased
risk of cardiovascular disease and death. Type 2 diabetes mellitus (T2DM), glucose …

Intermittent hypoxia in obstructive sleep apnoea mediates insulin resistance through adipose tissue inflammation

…, A Thomas, SJ Crinion, BD Kent… - European …, 2017 - Eur Respiratory Soc
Obstructive sleep apnoea (OSA) is increasingly associated with insulin resistance. The
underlying pathophysiology remains unclear but intermittent hypoxia (IH)-mediated inflammation …

Over-and under-diagnosis in asthma

J Kavanagh, DJ Jackson, BD Kent - Breathe, 2019 - Eur Respiratory Soc
Asthma is extremely common with a prevalence of approximately 10% in Europe. It presents
with symptoms which have a broad differential diagnosis and examination can be entirely …

Continuous positive airway pressure versus standard care for the treatment of people with mild obstructive sleep apnoea (MERGE): a multicentre, randomised …

…, JCT Pepperell, NR Ward, BD Kent… - The Lancet …, 2020 - thelancet.com
Background The evidence base for the treatment of mild obstructive sleep apnoea is limited
and definitions of disease severity vary. The MERGE trial investigated the clinical …