1 Department of Respiratory Medicine, Childrens' Hospital at Westmead, Sydney, Australia 2 The Children's Hospital at Westmead Clinical School, Discipline of Paediatrics and Child Health, Faculty of ...

Correspondence to Professor Ji-Hun Mo, Otorhinolaryngology, Dankook University College of Medicine, Cheonan, Chungcheongnam-do, South Korea; jihunmo{at}gmail.com; Professor Hyun-Woo Shin, Pharmacology ...

2 Centre for Human and Aerospace Physiological Sciences, King's College London, London, UK 3 Guy's & St Thomas’ NHS Foundation Trust and King's College London, National Institute of Health Research ...

A key outcome from lung cancer screening studies is the concept of ‘stage-shift’ seen in screen-detected cancers compared ...

Introduction To confirm resolution of air leak after intercostal chest drain (ICD) insertion for pneumothorax, physicians may clamp the ICD to mimic removal and/or use digital suction devices to ...

Background Lung cancer screening is effective for people at higher risk of the disease, but there is no international ...

Background Metabolic alkalosis may lead to respiratory inhibition and increased need for ventilatory support or prolongation of weaning from ventilation for patients with chronic respiratory disease.

Correspondence to Dr Ioannis Psallidas, Oxford Centre for Respiratory Medicine, Churchill Hospital, Oxford University Hospitals Trust, Old Road, Oxford OX3 7LE, UK; ioannis.psallidas{at}ndm.ox.ac.uk ...

Background Asthma is an umbrella diagnosis encompassing distinct pathophysiological mechanisms. While a global problem, our ...

Data on asthma treatment outcomes in Africa are limited. 449 patients with asthma (age 5–93 years) in Uganda were followed up for 2 years to determine rates of exacerbations and mortality and ...

Department of Child Health, Queen’s University of Belfast, Clinical Institute, Belfast, UK All children experience head colds and many consult their doctor because of associated coughing.1 Cough with ...

a Academic Department of Respiratory Medicine, St Bartholomew’s and Royal London School of Medicine and Dentistry, London Chest Hospital, London, UK, b Division of Physiological Medicine, St George’s ...