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Brian O'Driscoll

University of Ottawa
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The link between fungi and severe asthma: a summary of the evidence

DW Denning, BR O'driscoll… - European …, 2006 - Eur Respiratory Soc
There is current evidence to demonstrate a close association between fungal sensitisation
and asthma severity. Whether such an association is causal remains to be confirmed, but this …

BTS guideline for emergency oxygen use in adult patients

BR O'driscoll, LS Howard, AG Davison - Thorax, 2008 - thorax.bmj.com
OF THE GUIDELINE Philosophy of the guideline c Oxygen is a treatment for hypoxaemia,
not breathlessness.(Oxygen has not been shown to have any effect on the sensation of …

Petrogenesis of the platinum-group minerals

B O'Driscoll… - Reviews in Mineralogy …, 2016 - pubs.geoscienceworld.org
The platinum-group minerals (PGM) are a diverse group of minerals that concentrate the
platinum-group elements (PGE; Os, Ir, Ru, Rh, Pt, and Pd). At the time of writing, the …

Magma plumbing systems: a geophysical perspective

…, CAL Jackson, MS Petronis, B O'driscoll… - Journal of …, 2018 - academic.oup.com
Over the last few decades, significant advances in using geophysical techniques to image
the structure of magma plumbing systems have enabled the identification of zones of melt …

BTS guideline for oxygen use in adults in healthcare and emergency settings

BR O'Driscoll, LS Howard, J Earis, V Mak - Thorax, 2017 - thorax.bmj.com
… BR O'Driscoll1,2, … Correspondence to Dr BR O'Driscoll, Respiratory Medicine, Level 4
Brooke Building (Orange Area), Salford Royal Foundation NHS Trust, Stott Lane, Salford …

Adaptive acid tolerance response in Listeria monocytogenes: isolation of an acid-tolerant mutant which demonstrates increased virulence

B O'Driscoll, CG Gahan, C Hill - Applied and environmental …, 1996 - Am Soc Microbiol
The ability of Listeria monocytogenes to tolerate low-pH environments is of particular
importance because the pathogen encounters such environments in vivo, both during passage …

European Respiratory Society Guidelines on the use of nebulizers: Guidelines prepared by a European Respiratory Society Task Force on the use of nebulizers

J Boe, JH Dennis, BR O'driscoll… - European …, 2001 - Eur Respiratory Soc
The European Respiratory Society (ERS) recognizes that there are an increasing number of
national and international guidelines for the management of asthma, chronic obstructive …

Randomized controlled trial of oral antifungal treatment for severe asthma with fungal sensitization: The Fungal Asthma Sensitization Trial (FAST) study

DW Denning, BR O'Driscoll, G Powell… - American journal of …, 2009 - atsjournals.org
Rationale: Some patients with severe asthma are immunologically sensitized to one or more
fungi, a clinical entity categorized as severe asthma with fungal sensitization (SAFS). It is …

Acid adaptation of Listeria monocytogenes can enhance survival in acidic foods and during milk fermentation

CG Gahan, B O'Driscoll, C Hill - Applied and environmental …, 1996 - Am Soc Microbiol
… acid tolerant in the absence of an induction step (ODriscoll et al., Appl. Environ. Microbiol. …
monocytogenes cultures were added at pH 4.8 (A) or pH 5.5 (B). Error bars indicate the …

[HTML][HTML] Mold sensitization is common amongst patients with severe asthma requiring multiple hospital admissions

BR O'Driscoll, LC Hopkinson, DW Denning - BMC pulmonary medicine, 2005 - Springer
Background Multiple studies have linked fungal exposure to asthma, but the link to severe
asthma is controversial. We studied the relationship between asthma severity and immediate …