Cardiology Unit of the Department of Medicine, University of Rochester School of Medicine and Dentistry, Rochester, New York Pulmonary Disease Unit of the Department of Medicine, University of ...

Interstitial Lung Disease Center, Division of Pulmonary Sciences and Critical Care Medicine, National Jewish Medical and Research Center and University of Colorado Health Sciences Center, Denver, ...

The pathophysiology of residual sleepiness in treated obstructive sleep apnoea (OSA) remains poorly understood. Animal models ...

Air Travel Working Party: Dr R K Coker (chair), Dr D A R Boldy, Dr R Buchdahl, Mr D Cramer, Professor D Denison, Wing Commander D P Gradwell, Professor J M B Hughes, Dr J A Innes, Dr A O C Johnson, Dr ...

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Guidelines on contraindications for lung function tests have been based on expert opinion from >30 years ago. High-risk contraindications to lung function testing are associated with cardiovascular ...

BACKGROUND A study was undertaken to investigate the compliance with and accuracy of peak flow diaries in childhood asthma. METHODS Forty asthmatic children (5–16 years) were asked to perform peak ...

BACKGROUND A critical review was conducted of the quantitative literature linking indoor air pollution from household use of biomass fuels with acute respiratory infections in young children, which is ...

Correspondence to Astrid van Huisstede, Department of Pulmonology, Sint Franciscus Gasthuis, Kleiweg 500, Rotterdam 3045 PM, The Netherlands; a.vanhuisstede{at}sfg.nl Background The pathogenesis of ...

Introduction Lung cancer outcomes in England are inferior to comparable countries. Patient or disease characteristics, healthcare-seeking behaviour, diagnostic pathways, and oncology service provision ...

Background The natural history and time course of the onset of exacerbation events of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) is incompletely understood. Methods A prospective cohort of 212 ...

Background: Idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis (IPF) profoundly affects the quality of patients’ lives. A systematic review was performed to evaluate critically the published literature and to examine what ...