Phase-resolved functional lung (PREFUL) MRI provides unique insight into response to bilobectomy in a child with primary ciliary dyskinesia ...

Objective Systemic corticosteroids for 5–7 days are standard care for asthma exacerbations, but the optimal duration and ...

5 Division of Respiratory Medicine, Nottingham City Hospital, Nottingham NG5 1PB, UK Correspondence to: Dr J T Macfarlane, Respiratory Infection Research Group, Respiratory Medicine, Nottingham City ...

Background While maternal depression and anxiety have been linked to adverse childhood respiratory outcomes, the role of ...

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 ...

Objectives To characterise the sketetal muscle metabolic phenotype during early critical illness. Methods Vastus lateralis muscle biopsies and serum samples (days 1 and 7) were obtained from 63 ...

Background Persistence of myofibroblasts is believed to contribute to the development of fibrosis in idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis (IPF). Transforming growth factor β1 (TGFβ1) irreversibly converts ...

5 Genentech Inc. (a Member of the Roche Group), South San Francisco, California, USA Correspondence to Dr Karl Yen, Genentech Inc, 1 DNA Drive, South San Francisco, CA 94080-4990, USA; ...

Background: Patterns of wheezing during early childhood may indicate differences in aetiology and prognosis of respiratory illnesses. Improved characterisation of wheezing phenotypes could lead to the ...

2 Department of Pulmonary and Cardiac Rehabilitation, Coventry University, School of Health and Life Sciences, Coventry, UK 3 Clinical Trials Unit, Warwick Medical School, The University of Warwick, ...

Pulmonary Rehabilitation Research Group, Department of Respiratory Medicine and Thoracic Surgery, Glenfield Hospital, University Hospitals of Leicester NHS Trust, Leicester, UK Background: The ...

1 The Jockey Club School of Public Health and Primary Care, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Shatin, Hong Kong SAR Correspondence to William B Goggins III, The Jockey Club School of Public Health ...