3 Mel and Enid Zuckerman College of Public Health, University of Arizona, Tucson, Arizona, USA Correspondence to Dr Stefano Guerra, Arizona Respiratory Center, University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ 85724, ...

Introduction and Objectives MDIs are an important device option for many respiratory patients. The addition of a spacer can improve lung deposition, overcome coordination issues and reduce side ...

1 NIHR Respiratory Biomedical Research Unit, Royal Brompton & Harefield NHS Foundation Trust and Imperial College, Harefield, UK 2 Harefield Pulmonary Rehabilitation Unit, Royal Brompton & Harefield ...

Acute respiratory distress syndrome (ARDS) is a neutrophil-dominant disorder with no effective pharmacological therapies. While the cyclin-dependent kinase inhibitor AT7519 induces neutrophil ...

a Academic Department of Respiratory Medicine, St Bartholomew’s and Royal London School of Medicine and Dentistry, London Chest Hospital, London, UK, b Division of Physiological Medicine, St George’s ...

Superseded By 2013 Guideline: British Thoracic Society Guidelines on Diagnostic Flexible Bronchoscopy. Thorax 2001 Feb; 56(Suppl 1): 1–21.

Background: Lung cancer is the most common cause of cancer related death in Ireland. The majority of lung cancers are inoperable at the time of diagnosis and consequently the overall 5 year survival ...

Introduction and Objectives Tension pneumothorax is a life-threatening condition, occurring when an increasing pressure of air in the pleural space compresses mediastinal structures, leading to ...

Background Obstructive sleep apnoea syndrome (OSAS) is characterised by repeated apnoea’s due to partial or total collapse of the upper airway during sleep, resulting in fragmentation of sleep and ...

1 Department of Pulmonary Medicine, Medisch Spectrum Twente, Enschede, The Netherlands 2 Department of Pulmonary Medicine, University Medical Centre Nijmegen, The Netherlands Background: The idea of ...

BACKGROUND A beneficial effect of fresh fruit consumption on lung function has been observed in several studies. The epidemiological evidence of the effect on respiratory symptoms and asthma is ...

1 Queensland Children's Respiratory Centre, Royal Children's Hospital, Brisbane, Australia 2 Queensland Children's Medical Research Institute, University of Queensland, Brisbane, Australia 3 ...