Introduction and Objectives Differentiating tuberculosis and sarcoidosis can be difficult, particularly in the context of mediastinal lymphadenopathy, because both diseases are characterised by ...

1 Department of Palliative Medicine, Royal Marsden and Royal Brompton NHS Foundation Trusts, London, UK 2 Department of Palliative Care, Policy and Rehabilitation, King's College London, Cicely ...

Rationale: Dyspnoea is a debilitating and distressing symptom that is reflected in different verbal descriptors. Evidence suggests that dyspnoea, like pain perception, consists of sensory quality and ...

Introduction and objectives Inhalers are widely used in the treatment of asthma and chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD). For patients to gain maximum benefit they need to be educated by ...

Introduction Targeted lung cancer screening requires identification of current and ex-smokers. In the NHS England Targeted Lung Health Check Programme this relies on smoking history data in GP records ...

Background High-level exposure to crystalline silica dust is the key factor in silicosis. Long-term exposure to low-level silica dust, for example, lower than that in occupational exposure limits, ...

Background Patients with the connective tissue disorder Ehlers-Danlos syndrome (EDS) often suffer from fatigue, excessive daytime sleepiness and impaired quality of life. Obstructive sleep apnoea (OSA ...

Department of Obstetrics, Gynecology and Reproductive Sciences, University of California, San Francisco, California, USA Dr C R Cohen, Department of Obstetrics, Gynecology and Reproductive Sciences, ...

Abstract In sarcoidosis, chronic pulmonary aspergillosis (CPA) may be associated with significant morbidity, and treatment failure rates are often high, even with newer triazole antifungal agents. We ...

The Small Area Health Statistics Unit, Department of Epidemiology and Public Health, Imperial College School of Medicine, St Mary's Campus, Norfolk Place, London W2 1PG, UK BACKGROUND The incidence of ...

1 School of Medicine, The University of Queensland, The Prince Charles Hospital, Brisbane, Australia 2 Department of Thoracic Medicine, The Prince Charles Hospital, Brisbane, Australia 3 Infection, ...

BACKGROUND Cystic fibrosis is the most common inherited disease with a fatal outcome in industrialised nations. With the improvement in life expectancy, supporting patients and their families in ...