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

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’ ...

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 ...

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 ...

1 Institute for Lung Health, Department of Respiratory Medicine and Thoracic Surgery, University Hospitals of Leicester, Leicester LE3 9QP, UK 2 Department of Integrated Medicine, University Hospitals ...

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 ...

Cardiovascular Research Institute and Departments of Medicine and Anesthesia, University of California, San Francisco, USA Correspondence to: Dr M A Matthay, Cardiovascular Research Institute, ...

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

Department of Pediatrics, Montréal Children’s Hospital, McGill University, Montréal, Québec, Canada Correspondence to: Dr R T Brouillette Department of Pediatrics, Montréal Children’s Hospital, 2300 ...