3 Department of Statistics (Research & Development), King’s College Hospital, London, UK Correspondence to: Dr W D C Man Respiratory Muscle Laboratory, Guy’s, King’s and St Thomas’ School of Medicine, ...

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 ...

Introduction: Lung function impairment may be a risk factor for cardiovascular disease (CVD) events. Objective: To determine the relationship between the severity of airflow obstruction based on ...

Background Previous models of Hospital at Home (HAH) for COPD exacerbation (ECOPD) were limited by the lack of a reliable prognostic score to guide patient selection. Approximately 50% of hospitalised ...

Background It is current practice to use a single diagnostic sleep study in the diagnostic workup of obstructive sleep apnoea (OSA). However, a relevant night-to-night variability (NtNV) of ...

Background Newborn bloodspot screening (NBS) for cystic fibrosis (CF) was introduced across the UK in 2007 but the impact on clinical outcomes and health inequalities for children with CF is unclear.

Background Studies suggest an increased all-cause mortality among adults with asthma. We aimed to study the relationship between asthma in children and young adults and all-cause mortality, and ...

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1 Centre for Infection and Immunity, Queen's University of Belfast, UK 2 Department of Infection, Inflammation and Immunity, Institute for Lung Health, University of Leicester, UK Introduction ...

Autologous “blood patching” has been used successfully for the treatment of persistent air leak in patients with spontaneous secondary pneumothorax. The case history is presented of a 19 year old ...

3 The University of Manchester, Manchester Academic Health Science Centre, University Hospital South Manchester NHS Foundation Trust, Manchester, UK 4 University Hospital of South Manchester, ...

The British Thoracic Society (BTS) guideline for the management of adults with community acquired pneumonia (CAP) published in 2009 was compared with the 2014 National Institute for Health and Care ...