Introduction Acute exacerbation of interstitial lung disease (AE-ILD) often results in death and poses significant challenges ...

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

Background Whether inhaled corticosteroids (ICSs) reduce major adverse cardiovascular events (MACEs) in people with chronic ...

Introduction Cilia are critically important in the mucociliary clearance of the airways. This study explores the long-term effects of SARS-CoV-2 on cilial function and regeneration. Aim We aimed to ...

This review examines the rationale for increased study of the prenatal development of airway smooth muscle (ASM). With a critical role in asthma and airway remodelling, ASM has been extensively ...

Background Inhaled mannitol provokes bronchoconstriction via mediators released during osmotic degranulation of inflammatory cells, and, hence represents a useful diagnostic test for asthma and model ...

Associations of pulmonary microvascular blood volume with per cent emphysema and CT emphysema subtypes in the community: the MESA Lung study ...

2 Institute of Respiratory Medicine, University of Sydney, NSW, Australia 3 South Western Sydney Clinical School, University of New South Wales, NSW, Australia Background: Sahaja Yoga is a traditional ...

BACKGROUND Since the last British study of the microbial aetiology of community acquired pneumonia (CAP) about 20 years ago, new organisms have been identified (for example, Chlamydia pneumoniae), new ...

BACKGROUND Two recent reviews have assessed the effect of parental smoking on respiratory disease in children. METHODS The results of the systematic quantitative review published as a series inThorax ...

Background: In adults, viral causes of community-acquired pneumonia (CAP) are poorly characterised. The aims of this study were to characterise the viral aetiology of CAP in adults by using an ...

These guidelines have been replaced by British Guideline on the Management of Asthma. A national clinical guideline. Superseded By 2012 Revision Of 2008 Guideline: British Guideline on the Management ...