Background Prior work suggests different interstitial lung diseases (ILDs) that share the radiological usual interstitial pneumonia (UIP) pattern have an overall worse prognosis. However, ...

Background The diagnosis and management of pneumonia is often challenging due to its overlapping clinical presentations with ...

Rationale Pulmonary rehabilitation (PR) is an effective, key standard treatment for people with COPD. Nevertheless, low participant uptake, insufficient attendance and high drop-out rates are reported ...

In the nineteenth century, it was recognised that acute attacks of chronic bronchitis were harmful. 140 years later, it is clearer than ever that exacerbations of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease ...

Background Malignant pleural effusion (MPE) causes debilitating breathlessness and predicting survival is challenging. This study aimed to obtain contemporary data on survival by underlying tumour ...

Background Patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) are at increased risk of cardiovascular disease (CVD). The extent to which the excess CVD risk is captured by risk factors in ...

Background Social media may influence children and young people’s health behaviour, including cigarette and e-cigarette use. Methods We analysed data from participants aged 10–25 years in the UK ...

Correspondence to Dr František Duška, Fac Med 3, Charles University, PRAGUE, Czech Republic, Czech Republic; frantisek.duska{at}lf3.cuni.cz Purpose Functional electrical stimulation-assisted cycle ...

1 Herlev-Gentofte University Hospital, Medical Department O, Respiratory Section; Herlev-Gentofte University Hospital, Department of Cardiology, Copenhagen, Denmark 2 The Copenhagen Male Study ...

Correspondence to Prof Rosalind Smyth, Great Ormond Street Institute for Child Health, UCL, London EH16 4TJ, UK; rosalind.smyth{at}ucl.ac.uk Respiratory syncytial virus (RSV) is the most common single ...

Correspondence to Professor Michael J Abramson, School of Public Health and Preventive Medicine, Monash University, Melbourne, VIC 3004, Australia; michael.abramson{at}monash.edu Introduction ...

Correspondence to Professor Wim Janssens, Laboratory of Respiratory Diseases and Thoracic Surgery (BREATHE), KU Leuven, Leuven 3000, Belgium; wim.janssens{at}uzleuven.be Rationale Estimating the ...