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 ...

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 ...

British Thoracic Society Standards of Care Committee in collaboration with and endorsed by the Royal College of Physicians of London, Royal College of General Practitioners, British Geriatrics Society ...

Department of Epidemiology and Public Health, University College London, London, UK Dr M Thomas, Department of General Practice and Primary Care, University of Aberdeen, Foresterhill Health Centre, ...

1 Lung and Asthma Information Agency, Division of Community Health Sciences, St George’s, University of London, UK 2 Division of Community Health Sciences: GP Section, University of Edinburgh, UK 3 ...