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Pierre Ernst

Researcher at McGill University

Publications -  241
Citations -  17884

Pierre Ernst is an academic researcher from McGill University. The author has contributed to research in topics: Asthma & COPD. The author has an hindex of 64, co-authored 232 publications receiving 16614 citations. Previous affiliations of Pierre Ernst include Jewish General Hospital & McGill University Health Centre.

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The INPULSIS enigma: exacerbations in idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis

TL;DR: The phenomenon of treatment effect dilution, which can lead to false non-significant effects, is described using the INPULSIS trials as an illustration and a contrasting example to this phenomenon using the case of the risk of pneumonia in trials of inhaled corticosteroids in COPD is provided.
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β-Blockers for COPD inpatients

TL;DR: The authors specifically evaluated whether β-blockers given early to patients hospitalised for AECOPD, and who also have ischaemic heart disease or heart failure, increase the risk of mortality.
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Should combination therapy with inhaled corticosteroids and long-acting β2-agonists be prescribed as initial maintenance treatment for asthma?

TL;DR: In March of this year, GlaxoSmithKline received approval from Health Canada for a revised product monograph with a new indication for the use of Advair, an aerosol containing both salmeterol, a long-acting β2-agonist, and fluticasone, an inhaled corticosteroid for use in patients with asthma.
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Facilitators and Solutions for Practicing Optimal Guided Asthma Self-Management: The Physician Perspective

TL;DR: Physicians proposed multiple facilitators and solutions to support optimal practice, leading to the development of a novel taxonomy and the need to carefully select the most promising knowledge translation interventions.