Introduction Preterm-born infants are particularly vulnerable to poor air quality, which may contribute to respiratory ...
Risk assessment in chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) still depends heavily on a familiar clinical shortcut: a ...
Elexacaftor-tezacaftor-ivacaftor (ETI) has transformed cystic fibrosis (CF) care for over 90% of people with CF (pwCF) in countries with access to treatment.1 Clinical trial and ‘real-world’ reports ...
Background Antibiotic therapy before presentation (prior antibiotic exposure, PAE) is reported in 11–39% of patients with ...
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Low-dose CT screening reduces lung cancer mortality,1 2 and the policy debate has moved beyond whether screening works to how programmes should be designed. Risk-based eligibility is central to that ...
Lung Investigation Unit, Queen Elizabeth Hospital, Birmingham B15 2TH, UK Correspondence to: Professor R A Stockley Lung Investigation Unit, Nuffield House, Queen Elizabeth Hospital, Birmingham B15 ...
Background: Transbronchial needle aspiration (TBNA) is an established method for sampling mediastinal lymph nodes to aid in diagnosing lymphadenopathy and in staging lung cancers. Real-time ...
PM 2.5, O 3 and survival gains from China’s clean air actions among patients with lung cancer: a 20-year registry-based cohort study in Beijing ...
BACKGROUND The guidelines on control and prevention of tuberculosis in the United Kingdom have been reviewed and updated. METHODS A subcommittee was appointed by the Joint Tuberculosis Committee (JTC) ...
Background Non-dipping of nocturnal blood pressure (BP) is associated with target organ damage and cardiovascular disease. Obstructive sleep apnoea (OSA) is associated with incident non-dipping.
Background Comorbidities associated with systemic inflammation including cardiovascular disease (CVD), stroke and diabetes mellitus (DM) are common among individuals with chronic obstructive pulmonary ...