Breathlessness intervention services (BIS), which coach patients to self-manage breathlessness using non-pharmacological ...

Background Current guidelines for the evaluation of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) do not recommend screening ...

Background: Clinical detection of structural narrowing of the upper airway may facilitate early recognition of obstructive sleep apnoea (OSA). To determine whether the craniofacial profile predicts ...

Correspondence to British Thoracic Society, 17, Doughty Street, London WC1N 2PL, UK; bts{at}brit-thoracic.org.uk and Dr Charlotte E Bolton, Nottingham Respiratory Research Unit, University of ...

Introduction Chest binders are garments used for compression of breast tissue by transgender individuals. Deleterious consequences of binder reported include shortness of breath with associated ...

Background Exacerbations of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) are characterised by increased dyspnoea, reduced quality of life and muscle weakness. Re-exacerbation and hospital admission ...

Rationale Several randomised controlled trials support the provision of early pulmonary rehabilitation (PR) following hospitalisation for acute exacerbation of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease ...

Correspondence to Dr Elizabeth Sapey, Institute of Inflammation and Ageing, University of Birmingham, Birmingham B15 2TT, UK; e.sapey{at}bham.ac.uk The current paper14 builds on these findings to ...

Background Mucociliary clearance (MCC) is critical to lung health and is impaired in many diseases. The path of MCC may have an important impact on clearance but has never been rigorously studied. The ...

Introduction and Objectives Type 2 inflammation (indicated by elevated blood eosinophil counts [BEC]) in patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) often correlates with higher ...

North West Lung Centre, University Hospital of South Manchester NHS Foundation Trust, Manchester, UK Dr J A Smith, Education and Research Centre, Wythenshawe Hospital, Southmoor Road, Manchester M23 ...

1 Department of Respiratory Medicine, Tuberculosis Research Unit, National Heart and Lung Institute, Imperial College London, London, UK 2 Department of Infectious Disease Epidemiology, MRC Centre for ...