Background Lung cancer screening is effective for people at higher risk of the disease, but there is no international ...
Background Antifibrotic (AF) therapy has been shown to potentially reduce the risk of lung cancer (LC) in patients with ...
Background Asthma is an umbrella diagnosis encompassing distinct pathophysiological mechanisms. While a global problem, our ...
Background Quadriceps maximal voluntary contraction (QMVC) reliably measures quadriceps muscle force and predicts mortality in chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD). However, the minimal ...
Correspondence to Dr Makon-Sébastien Njock, Laboratory of Molecular Angiogenesis, Université de Liège - GIGA centre, Liège, 4000, Belgium; sebastien.njock{at}gmail.com Idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis ...
Background Despite exacerbations of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) being both common and often fatal, accurate prognostication of patients hospitalised with an exacerbation is difficult.
Department of Child Health, Queen’s University of Belfast, Clinical Institute, Belfast, UK All children experience head colds and many consult their doctor because of associated coughing.1 Cough with ...
Correspondence to Dr Larissa Otero, Facultad de Medicina, Universidad Peruana Cayetano Heredia, Lima 15102, Peru; larissa.otero{at}upch.pe Background A recurrent tuberculosis (TB) episode results from ...
Sex differences in outcome after endoscopic lung volume reduction (ELVR) in patients with emphysema: a retrospective analysis of the German Lung Emphysema Registry (LER e.V.) ...
Department of Epidemiology and Public Health, University College London, London, UK Dr M Thomas, Department of General Practice and Primary Care, University of Aberdeen, Foresterhill Health Centre, ...
Objective To assess mortality related to exposure to tuberculosis (TB) at home among children in urban areas of Guinea-Bissau. Methods In four suburban areas included in the demographic surveillance ...
2 Department of Respiratory Medicine, Institute for Lung Health, University Hospitals of Leicester NHS Trust, Glenfield Hospital, Leicester, UK Correspondence to Dr Michael C Steiner, Department of ...