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

Institute of Pulmonology, Hadassah-Hebrew University Medical Center, Jerusalem, Israel Correspondence to: Dr N Berkman Institute of Pulmonology, Hadassah University Hospital, POB 12000, Jerusalem, ...

1 Department of Paediatrics/Paediatric Respiratory Medicine, Erasmus Medical Centre/Sophia Children’s Hospital, Rotterdam, The Netherlands 2 Department of ...

BACKGROUND The guidelines on chemotherapy and management of tuberculosis in the United Kingdom have been reviewed and updated. METHODS A subcommittee was appointed by the Joint Tuberculosis Committee ...

Background: A study was undertaken to explore the pathway to diagnosis among a group of patients recently diagnosed with lung cancer. Methods: A directed interview study triangulating patients’ ...

Division of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine, Department of Medicine, Queen’s University, Kingston, Ontario, Canada Correspondence to: Dr D E O’Donnell Division of Respiratory and Critical Care ...

BACKGROUND Pulmonary rehabilitation programmes improve the health of patients disabled by lung disease but their cost effectiveness is unproved. We undertook a cost/utility analysis in conjunction ...

Departments of Respiratory Medicine and Immunology, Western Infirmary, Glasgow G11 6NT, UK Correspondence to: Professor N C Thomson, Department of Respiratory Medicine, Western Infirmary, Glasgow G11 ...

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

2 Servei de Pneumologia, Hospital Vall d'Hebron, Barcelona, Spain Correspondence to Dr María-Jesús Cruz, Servei de Pneumologia, Pg. Vall d'Hebron 119, 08035 Barcelona, Spain; mjcruz{at}ir.vhebron.net ...

Academic Respiratory Medicine, St Bartholomew's and Royal London Schools of Medicine and Dentistry and London Chest Hospital, London, UK Dr J A Wedzicha, Academic Respiratory Medicine, Dominion House, ...

BACKGROUND Acute lower respiratory tract illness in previously well adults is usually labelled as acute bronchitis and treated with antibiotics without establishing the aetiology. Viral infection is ...