Critical illness poses a significant global health challenge, disproportionately affecting low- and middle-income countries ...

Background The sit-to-stand (STS) test can assess physical function in people with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD); however, there are multiple versions. No study has used current ...

Background In real-world chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) care, poor adherence often leads to treatment ...

Correspondence to Professor Claire L Shovlin, Professor of Practice (Clinical and Molecular Medicine), NHLI Vascular Science, Imperial College London, Imperial Centre for Translational and ...

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Background Despite exacerbations of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) being both common and often fatal, accurate prognostication of patients hospitalised with an exacerbation is difficult.

Background Following thoracotomy, patients frequently receive routine respiratory physiotherapy which may include incentive spirometry, a breathing technique characterised by deep breathing performed ...

Objectives To estimate the social costs of occupational asthma in the UK. Methods A desk-top approach using cost-of-illness methodology was employed, defining direct and indirect lifetime costs for ...

Survival benefit of immune checkpoint inhibitors for non-small cell lung cancer patients with interstitial lung diseases: a nationwide population-based study ...

Rationale Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) is a common lung disease leading to progressive decline in lung function. Inhibition of release of inflammatory mediators by p38 inhibitors may ...

Correspondence to Dr Charlotte Summers, Division of Anaesthesia, Department of Medicine, Box 93, Level 4, Addenbrooke's Hospital, CUHNHSFT, Hills Road, Cambridge CB2 OQQ, UK; ...

1 Department of Diagnostic Imaging, Turku University Hospital, Turku, Finland 2 Department of Pediatrics, Turku University Hospital, Turku, Finland Correspondence to: Dr O Ruuskanen, Department of ...