Lung volume reduction procedures are an established evidence-based aspect of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) ...
Healthy adult lowlanders sojourning above altitudes of 3000 m naturally develop periodic breathing (PB) ~40% of total sleep ...
With the recent death of E J M (Moran) Campbell, respiratory medicine lost one of its most notable figures of the last 50 years. Moran Campbell graduated in medicine from the Middlesex Hospital London ...
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Acute asthma exacerbations remain a major driver of morbidity and hospitalisation, accounting for substantial healthcare utilisation worldwide. Systemic oral corticosteroids (OCS) are the first-line ...
Background Malignant pleural effusion (MPE) causes debilitating breathlessness and predicting survival is challenging. This study aimed to obtain contemporary data on survival by underlying tumour ...
Correspondence to Dr Christine Kim Garcia, Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine, Columbia University Irving Medical Center, New York, NY 10032-3784, USA; ckg2116{at}cumc.columbia.edu The risk factors ...
Large numbers of people are being discharged from hospital following COVID-19 without assessment of recovery. In 384 patients (mean age 59.9 years; 62% male) followed a median 54 days post discharge, ...
Background Low-dose CT screening can reduce lung cancer-related mortality. However, most screen-detected pulmonary abnormalities do not develop into cancer and it often remains challenging to identify ...
2 Guy's and St Thomas' Foundation NHS Trust, London, UK 3 Greenwich Primary Care Trust, London, UK 4 Croydon Primary Care Trust, London, UK Background The COPD (chronic obstructive pulmonary disease) ...
In this comparative biomarker study, we analysed 1768 serial sputum samples from 178 patients at 4 sites in Southeast Africa. We show that tuberculosis Molecular Bacterial Load Assay (TB-MBLA) reduces ...
S Baudouin, S Blumenthal, B Cooper, C Davidson, A Davison, M Elliot, W Kinnear (Chairman), R Paton, E Sawicka, L Turner (Secretary) Non-invasive ventilation (NIV) refers to the provision of ...