A full-term male infant (39+4 weeks, 4125 g) was born following an uncomplicated pregnancy and delivery. Apgar scores were 9 ...

Anxiety and/or depression are common in fibrotic interstitial lung disease (ILD) but with unclear treatment implications. A prospective multicentre registry of 4009 patients was used to evaluate the ...

Introduction Respiratory syncytial virus (RSV) is the leading cause of severe lower respiratory tract infection in infants globally. Newborns, especially those born prematurely, are at increased risk ...

Background Tuberculous pleurisy (TBP) is a leading aetiology of exudative pleural effusion in tuberculosis (TB)-endemic regions and poses significant diagnostic challenges due to its paucibacillary ...

Respiratory viruses are triggers of approximately half of all acute exacerbations of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (AE-COPD).1–3 Such exacerbations are pivotal events that accelerate lung ...

Background Diagnosis of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease is based on detection of airflow obstruction on spirometry. There is no consensus regarding using a fixed threshold to define airflow ...

Background: Inhaled bronchodilators can increase exercise capacity in chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) by reducing dynamic hyperinflation, but treatment is not always effective. This may ...

Background: Skeletal muscle wasting and dysfunction are strong independent predictors of mortality in patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD). Creatine nutritional supplementation ...

Comparison of Lower Airway Sampling Strategies in Children with Protracted Bacterial Bronchitis (CLASSIC-PBB): a non-randomised, internally controlled, multicentre trial ...

Correspondence to Professor Adam T Hill, Department of Respiratory Medicine, Royal Infirmary of Edinburgh, Edinburgh, Scotland EH16 4SA, UK; adam.hill318{at}nhs.net The new British Thoracic Society ...

Correspondence to Dr Linda Denehy, School of Health Sciences, The University of Melbourne, Parkville, VIC 3010, Australia; l.denehy{at}unimelb.edu.au Background Lung cancer is associated with poor ...

1 School of Public Health, Li Ka Shing Faculty of Medicine, The University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong Special Administrative Region, Hong Kong Background Climate change increases global mean temperature ...