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

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 ...

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

Objective Vaping may increase the cytotoxic effects of e-cigarette liquid (ECL). We compared the effect of unvaped ECL to e-cigarette vapour condensate (ECVC) on alveolar macrophage (AM) function.

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

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 ...

Objective Little is known about how lower respiratory tract infections (LRTIs) before chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) are associated with future exacerbations and mortality. We ...

Introduction Identifying acute hypercapnic respiratory failure is crucial in the initial management of acute exacerbations of COPD. Guidelines recommend obtaining arterial blood samples but these are ...

3 The University of Manchester, Manchester Academic Health Science Centre, University Hospital South Manchester NHS Foundation Trust, Manchester, UK 4 University Hospital of South Manchester, ...

1 School of Nursing and Midwifery, National University of Ireland, Galway, Ireland 2 HRB Clinical Research Facility and School of Mathematics, Statistics and Applied Mathematics, National University ...

UK Centre for Tobacco Control Studies, Division of Epidemiology and Public Health, University of Nottingham, UK Correspondence to Associate Professor Jo Leonardi-Bee, Division of Epidemiology and ...