Background Muscle wasting and weakness (sarcopenia) are commonly associated with COPD causing frailty and reduced quality of ...

A 64-year-old male retired firefighter and never-smoker presented to the ventilation team with a 6-month history of ...

We present the case of a 45-year-old man who reported 2 years of cough and expectoration and 1 year of dyspnoea. He had a ...

Institute for Lung Health, Department of Respiratory Medicine, Glenfield Hospital, Leicester, UK Correspondence to: Dr S S Birring Institute for Lung Health, Department of Respiratory Medicine, ...

BACKGROUND--Serial peak expiratory flow rate (PEF) recording has been advocated as a sensitive and specific means of confirming work related asthma. The optimum number of recordings per day to achieve ...

Introduction Non-invasive ventilation (NIV) is an effective treatment for acute type 2 respiratory failure, often avoiding intubation and improving mortality. However many patients struggle to ...

Background Rates of mortality and readmission are high in patients hospitalised with acute exacerbations of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (AECOPD). In this population, the prognostic value of ...

Dr P A Lewis, School of Postgraduate Medicine, University of Bath, Bath BA2 7AY, UK. BACKGROUND The UK has published observed cohort survival figures for subjects with cystic fibrosis born since 1968.

Chronic cough or cough that lasts more than 8 weeks, once a chest x-ray and spirometry are confirmed normal, is caused by an alteration in a section of the route between peripheral receptors, mainly ...