Background Limited research exists on screening thresholds for low-dose CT in detecting malignant pure ground-glass lung ...

Atypical radiological manifestation of sarcoidosis presenting with an anterior mediastinal mass ...

Background With higher valency pneumococcal vaccines on the horizon and new adult immunisation strategies under discussion, ...

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 ...

Oxford Centre for Diabetes, Endocrinology and Metabolism, Churchill Hospital, Oxford, UK Dr Sophie D West, Sleep Unit, Oxford Centre for Respiratory Medicine, Churchill Hospital, Old Road, Oxford OX3 ...

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 ...

1 University of Glasgow, School of Medicine, Dentistry and Nursing, NHS Greater Glasgow and Clyde, Glasgow Royal Infirmary, Glasgow, UK We report the case of a self-employed builder aged 58-years, ...

Correspondence to: Dr Gabriel Laszlo Department of Respiratory Medicine, Bristol Royal Infirmary, Bristol BS2 8HW, UK; glaszlo11{at}aol.com This first chapter is essential reading for laboratory staff ...