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

Background The impact of delays to diagnosis for individuals presenting with chronic breathlessness is unknown. We ...

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

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

3 Department of Internal Medicine, National Taiwan University Hospital, Taipei, Taiwan Correspondence to Dr Mei-Shu Lai, Graduate Institute of Epidemiology and Preventive Medicine, College of Public ...

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

A 13-year-old boy with primary ciliary dyskinesia (PCD) had progressive severe cystic bronchiectasis of the left middle and lower lobes on serial CT scans, in the context of situs inversus totalis and ...

In the 1990s, metered dose inhalers (MDIs) containing chlorofluorocarbons were replaced with dry-powder inhalers (DPIs) and MDIs containing hydrofluorocarbons (HFCs). While HFCs are not ozone ...

Is the provision of a national opt-out tobacco dependence treatment service in acute hospitals in England equitable? A national cohort study ...

Background The aim of this study was to estimate the long-term (cost-) effectiveness of smoking cessation interventions for patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD). Methods A ...

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 ...

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