Background: Chronic cough is a common condition which has a significant impact on quality of life. Assessment and management are hampered by the absence of well validated outcome measures. The ...

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

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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

1 Department of Geriatric Medicine, Royal United Hospital Bath NHS Trust, Bath, UK 2 Department of Respiratory Medicine, Glenfield Hospital, Leicester, UK 3 Department of Respiratory Medicine, ...

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

Despite recent initiatives, the UK is failing adequately to address the inequities in healthcare provision for children with rare lung disease Money drives research—whether it is for profit by drug ...