Rationale Interlobar fissure integrity has previously correlated with responsiveness to endobronchial lung volume reduction therapy in patients with advanced emphysema. Objective This report ...

Background The integration of artificial intelligence (AI) into critical care offers significant potential to enhance early ...

Objectives Recent falls in CF admissions have been attributed to reduced exacerbations (PEx) in patients on CFTR modulators. We aimed to understand how these have affected the presentation and course ...

Mel and Enid Zuckerman College of Public Health, University of Arizona, Tucson, Arizona, USA Correspondence to Dr S Guerra, Arizona Respiratory Center, University of Arizona, 1501 N. Campbell Ave, PO ...

5 The Research Center of Experimental Medicine, Guangzhou Medical University, Guangzhou, Guangdong, China 6 The Third Affiliated Hospital, Guangzhou Medical University, Guangzhou, Guangdong, China 7 ...

Chronic cough (CC) is common, predominantly affecting middle-aged females. Sufferers experience significantly impaired quality of life (QoL). Cough is associated with increased healthcare costs.

Background Many studies show a link between forced expiratory volume in 1 s (FEV 1) and survival in the general population and this has been interpreted as a link between airway obstruction and ...

Background The aim of this study was to estimate the long-term (cost-) effectiveness of smoking cessation interventions for patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD). Methods A ...

4 Department of Respiratory Medicine, Royal Prince Alfred Hospital, Sydney, Australia Correspondence to: Dr D Breen, Intensive Care Unit, Royal Prince Alfred Hospital, Missenden Road, Camperdown, NSW ...

a Inflammation Research Unit, School of Pathology, University of New South Wales, Sydney, Australia 2052, b Division of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, John Curtin School of Medical Research, ...

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

Climate change is altering ecosystems worldwide. While shifting environmental conditions are complex, it has been hypothesised that the impact of climate change is directly leading to increases in ...