Proportional assist ventilation is a promising addition to other more conventional modes of mechanical ventilation with the theoretical advantage of improving patient-ventilator interaction. It may ...
Division of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine, Department of Internal Medicine, National Jewish Health, Denver, Colorado, USA Background: While acute lung injury (ALI) is among the most serious ...
1 Castle Hill Hospital, Hull and East Yorkshire Hospitals NHS Trust, Cottingham, East Yorkshire, UK 2 Ninewells Hospital and Medical School, Tayside University Hospitals NHS Trust, Dundee, UK ...
BACKGROUND The relationship between current concentrations of ambient air pollution and adverse health effects is controversial. We report a meteorological index of air stagnation that is associated ...
Air Travel Working Party: Dr R K Coker (chair), Dr D A R Boldy, Dr R Buchdahl, Mr D Cramer, Professor D Denison, Wing Commander D P Gradwell, Professor J M B Hughes, Dr J A Innes, Dr A O C Johnson, Dr ...
Respiratory Research Group, Centre for Infection, Inflammation and Repair, The Queen’s University of Belfast, Belfast, UK Correspondence to: Dr A P Watt Respiratory Research Group, Centre for ...
Department of Chemical Pathology, Guy’s and St Thomas’ Foundation Trust, London, UK Dr Heather Milburn, Chest Clinic, Guy’s Hospital, St Thomas’ Street, London SE1 9RT, UK; heather.milburn{at}gstt.nhs ...
Correspondence to Dr Ju Cao, Department of Laboratory Medicine, The First Affiliated Hospital of Chongqing Medical University, Chongqing 400016, China; caoju723{at}163.com Progranulin (PGRN) exerts ...
The online British Lung Foundation Breath Test provides an opportunity to study the relationship between breathlessness, common sociobehavioural risk factors and interaction with healthcare. We ...