Background: There is a growing recognition that genetic predisposition contributes to the development of fibrotic ...

Background Emerging evidence suggests that lung function decline may be linked to cardiovascular disease (CVD), but this has ...

Small-molecule oral Janus kinase (JAK) inhibitors are increasingly used for treatment of digestive and rheumatic inflammatory ...

Background Previous studies have reported an association between warm temperature and asthma hospitalisation. They have reported different sex-related and age-related vulnerabilities; nevertheless, ...

2 Respiratory Medicine, West Park Healthcare Centre, Toronto, Ontario, Canada 3 Respiratory Diagnostic and Evaluation Services, West Park Healthcare Centre, Toronto, Ontario, Canada 4 Department of ...

Correspondence to Dr Sonia Wing Mei Cheng, Discipline of Physiotherapy, Sydney School of Health Sciences, Susan Wakil Health Building, The University of Sydney, Sydney, New South Wales 2050, Australia ...

For decades, most critical care patients have survived hospitalisation, supporting increased attention on the long-term critical illness recovery. The term ‘Post-Intensive Care Syndrome’ was coined in ...

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 ...

Rationale The European Quality of Life 5-Dimensions 5-Levels questionnaire (EQ-5D-5L) is a multidimensional patient-reported questionnaire that supports calculation of quality-adjusted life-years. Our ...

8 Department of Respiratory Medicine at Royal Brompton Hospital, London, Chelsea and Westminster Hospital, and Imperial College, London, UK 9 Chelsea and Westminster Hospital, London, UK ...

Sarcoidosis of the upper respiratory tract (SURT) includes nasopharyngeal, laryngeal and tracheal disease. Documented SURT occurs in ∼5% of patients, although upper airway symptoms are more common in ...

Correspondence to Dr Narelle S Cox, Respiratory Research@Alfred, Department of Immunology and Pathology, Monash University, Melbourne 3004, Victoria, Australia; narelle.cox{at}monash.edu Background ...