Objective Long-term azithromycin treatment effectively prevents acute exacerbations of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease ...

Introduction The number of computed tomography guided biopsies (CTGB) performed to investigate lung cancer is increasing. Data regarding performance and complications are important to inform patient ...

Background Poor adherence to ICS in severe eosinophilic asthma patients is associated with poor control regardless of severity (Blake, 2017; Caminati et al., 2020). Primary Objective To evaluate the ...

Crystalline silica, a primary mineral component of the Earth’s crust, is one of the most common occupational health hazards. Workers are exposed to silica dust during activities such as cutting, ...

Pulmonary rehabilitation has established itself as a vital and core therapy for people with chronic lung disease. Significant improvements are seen in several patient outcomes, for the thousands ...

Introduction and Objectives Approximately 1 in every 4100 people worldwide are born with oesophageal atresia ± tracheo-oesophageal fistula (OA/TOF). Whilst surgical correction is, in most cases, ...

Reduction of the risk of asthma attacks is a major goal of current asthma management. We propose to derive a risk scale predicting asthma attacks based on the blood eosinophil count and exhaled nitric ...

Background and objectives IgG4-related disease (IgG4-RD) is a multi-system fibro-inflammatory disorder originally described in association with autoimmune pancreatitis (AIP), usually but not always in ...

In the 1990s, metered dose inhalers (MDIs) containing chlorofluorocarbons were replaced with dry-powder inhalers (DPIs) and MDIs containing hydrofluorocarbons (HFCs). While HFCs are not ozone ...

Introduction and Objectives The COPD Assessment Test (CAT) and Saint George Respiratory Questionnaire (SGRQ) are reliable instruments for monitoring health status changes in clinical trials. We ...

Introduction Patients with chronic cardiorespiratory diseases commonly present with chronic breathlessness and there are well-described delays in diagnosis. The impact of delays to diagnosis in adults ...

Introduction Despite improvements in pulmonary function, physical activity (PA) levels remain significantly lower than the general population, even at 1 year following lung transplantation (LTx).